Singularity Chapter 1:
"The Cobbler is Safe for the Children"
"Speech"
Thoughts
A tired young man stumbled through a bad storm, up the steep and rocky slope atop which stood his destination.
"Why is it-"gasp! "that these mages-"gasp! "always have to-" whew! "live-"gasp!- "%$!ing in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of" – pant!- "a storm in a creepy old castle!"- sharp intake of air! Thud! The young man collapsed. "I could have gone to that other mage who was working on founding a resort, but noooOOOoo. I had to go for the more infamous one on top of mount vertigo where the top is always covered by severe storms. A what was with all those death traps! You'd think he..." The young man continued to grumble to himself as he picked himself up and walked over to the HuAge door that was the entrance to the castle. He knocked.
"You've got 10 seconds to state your business. If I don't like what you have to say then you're going to be taking the express route down the mountain, via explosion spell," came a voice from the other side of the door.
"Um, well I'm here to apply for the job as your assistant," responded the Young man.
"OH good an assistant!" exclaimed the voice. Then much softer, "I've been meaning to get another guinea pig for a while, the last guy didn't even last three days, oh well."
"What was that about pigs?" asked the young man.
"Never mind, never mind, just speak the pass word and you may enter."
"What password?"
"I can't let you in unless you say the password. You could be one of my rivals in disguise ya' know."
"Damn!" swore the young man. What could that password be? he pondered as he shook his head, It could be anything for all.. I...know... his thoughts trailed off as the young man noticed a glowing neon brown sign next to the door. He couldn't be that stupid could he? the young man thought as he stared at the sign, which simply said, "Password: The cobbler is safe for the children".
Well it couldn't hurt could it? the young man thought, then speaking up. "The cobbler is safe for the children!"
The door opened and the voice invited him in. The young man accepted the invitation and entered. As soon as he did the door slammed shut behind him and locked.
The young man turned around and stared at the door for a minute before he sweat-dropped and muttered something about old clichés.
"Well now that you're here let's get acquainted shall we?" politely asked the voice.
"Huh?" said the young man as he looked around entry way, not seeing anybody.
"Ahem!" the voice cleared it's throat, "Look down."
The young man looked down to see a boy that looked no older than 10 or 12 looking back at him. "Oh, and who are you little boy?" he asked, "Do you live here with Magus Proles? I am looking for him."
The boy glared at the young man for a minute before answering, "YOU BAKA!!" the boy whapped the young man over the head with his fist. "I am who you're looking for. I am the Master Mage! The Supreme Scientist! The King of spell hacking and designing! I am Magus Proles! Also known as Lord Giga!" the boy shouted, striking a pose. "And you," he said pointing a finger at the young man "are my new guinea pi- MY NEW ASSISTANT!!"
The young man just sweat-dropped. "Okay if that's true then how come you're only a child? Magus Proles is supposed to be over a hundred years old," the young man challenged.
"Oh that? When I was young I figured if immaturity could last forever why couldn't childhood?"
Wham! The young man face-faulted onto the floor again wondering why he didn't go for the mage trying to found the resort.
"By the way what is your name? I didn't catch it," Magus Proles asked. The young man got up, brushing the dirt off his clothes and brushing his long purple hair out of his face.
"Xellos," the young man stated, "My name is Xellos."
