Neep! This is especially for Anything but Ordinary3 so that her head doesn't explode.
Brian: Too bad your's wouldn't do that...
Karla: I will leave you at the mercy of Kat.
Brian: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo*gasp*oooooooooooooooooo!
Karla: Stop stealing that line!
Kurt: Has anyone seen Meggan?
Karla: She's helping Allistaire with the airships. Now Synopsis Boy!
Brian: Didn't I-
Karla: I said... Now Synopsis Boy!
Brian: *mutters about a synopsis machine* Brittany has been taken to another universe yet again and has come face to face with a man she believes to be her father. *pause* Doesn't she know that there's quite a few versions of me out there?
Kat: There's more than one of you? Does that mean there's more than one of me?
All: *shudder*
"I don't have a daughter. Who are you?" the man standing over me asked.
"Her name is Brittany." Jamie said. The man stared at her for a few seconds then embraced her tightly.
"Your home! I've been so worried about you. Where have you been?" questions poured out of him.
"Can we go inside first? It's a really long story." She said. He let go of her and bustled us both inside. The inside of the cottage was more curious than the outside had been.
It really was carved out of the inside of the tree. More precisely, the tree had grown so that the roots formed a nice dome. The tree was still alive as well, which was astonishing. Covering the floor was a large warm rug made of something soft and warm. The floor itself was hardwood but it was part of the still living tree.
"I take it you're impressed?" he asked.
"Very." I replied. He motioned us both to sit down. Jamie refused, perfering to hover crosslegged, but I sat at the table, which was surprisingly a part of the tree.
"You're not from around here are you?" He asked. "My name's Brian if you want to know. That's my sister Jamie, but I guess you already know that." I nodded.
"She tells me you're from a world where the black art prevails over everything. Are you tainted?" Brian asked. I had no idea what that meant.
"I don't think so, I mean, I don't know what you're asking me." I replied. Tainted by science... my brain started running through everything I knew about it.
"Do you bear the mark of technology?" He asked. He was beginning to get exasperated.
"No she doesn't." Jamie came to my rescue. "She has minor piercings but bears none of the marks. In fact, she seems so far to be a diviner."
"She is? Take her to the pillars then." he said.
"Brian, I was hoping you'd teach her how to work Life properly first. The pillars are a long way off, and she doesn't know how to get there, let alone use the Life needed for it." Jamie replied.
"Um... what are you two talking about?" I asked.
Jamie sighed. "The pillars are three ever changing towers that stick out of the ground. Supposedly they have our history and future written on them. The one we've managed to peg as the future is starting to become short, and of course that to most people means that the end of the world is coming."
"The trouble is, you need a diviner to read them." Brian finished for her.
"So can't you go and read them yourself?" I asked.
"Well no. The only way there can be a diviner is if you're the son or daughter of one." he explained.
"Why's that? Can't you learn it?" I'd learned everything I knew from books and experiments.
"No. I'm already gifted to an element. Mine happens to be earth. Jamie is a catalyst. That means she's able to give Life, but she can't do much with it herself. There are a few other elements, but I'd rather not explain everything right now. Get some sleep and tommorow Jamie and I will explain our world."
Okay, like I said in my other fic, the idea tank is running low. The inspiration for the world is from the Darksword Cronicles(?) by Margret Weiss and Tracy Hickman.
Brian: Too bad your's wouldn't do that...
Karla: I will leave you at the mercy of Kat.
Brian: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo*gasp*oooooooooooooooooo!
Karla: Stop stealing that line!
Kurt: Has anyone seen Meggan?
Karla: She's helping Allistaire with the airships. Now Synopsis Boy!
Brian: Didn't I-
Karla: I said... Now Synopsis Boy!
Brian: *mutters about a synopsis machine* Brittany has been taken to another universe yet again and has come face to face with a man she believes to be her father. *pause* Doesn't she know that there's quite a few versions of me out there?
Kat: There's more than one of you? Does that mean there's more than one of me?
All: *shudder*
"I don't have a daughter. Who are you?" the man standing over me asked.
"Her name is Brittany." Jamie said. The man stared at her for a few seconds then embraced her tightly.
"Your home! I've been so worried about you. Where have you been?" questions poured out of him.
"Can we go inside first? It's a really long story." She said. He let go of her and bustled us both inside. The inside of the cottage was more curious than the outside had been.
It really was carved out of the inside of the tree. More precisely, the tree had grown so that the roots formed a nice dome. The tree was still alive as well, which was astonishing. Covering the floor was a large warm rug made of something soft and warm. The floor itself was hardwood but it was part of the still living tree.
"I take it you're impressed?" he asked.
"Very." I replied. He motioned us both to sit down. Jamie refused, perfering to hover crosslegged, but I sat at the table, which was surprisingly a part of the tree.
"You're not from around here are you?" He asked. "My name's Brian if you want to know. That's my sister Jamie, but I guess you already know that." I nodded.
"She tells me you're from a world where the black art prevails over everything. Are you tainted?" Brian asked. I had no idea what that meant.
"I don't think so, I mean, I don't know what you're asking me." I replied. Tainted by science... my brain started running through everything I knew about it.
"Do you bear the mark of technology?" He asked. He was beginning to get exasperated.
"No she doesn't." Jamie came to my rescue. "She has minor piercings but bears none of the marks. In fact, she seems so far to be a diviner."
"She is? Take her to the pillars then." he said.
"Brian, I was hoping you'd teach her how to work Life properly first. The pillars are a long way off, and she doesn't know how to get there, let alone use the Life needed for it." Jamie replied.
"Um... what are you two talking about?" I asked.
Jamie sighed. "The pillars are three ever changing towers that stick out of the ground. Supposedly they have our history and future written on them. The one we've managed to peg as the future is starting to become short, and of course that to most people means that the end of the world is coming."
"The trouble is, you need a diviner to read them." Brian finished for her.
"So can't you go and read them yourself?" I asked.
"Well no. The only way there can be a diviner is if you're the son or daughter of one." he explained.
"Why's that? Can't you learn it?" I'd learned everything I knew from books and experiments.
"No. I'm already gifted to an element. Mine happens to be earth. Jamie is a catalyst. That means she's able to give Life, but she can't do much with it herself. There are a few other elements, but I'd rather not explain everything right now. Get some sleep and tommorow Jamie and I will explain our world."
Okay, like I said in my other fic, the idea tank is running low. The inspiration for the world is from the Darksword Cronicles(?) by Margret Weiss and Tracy Hickman.