Wahoo! Venus and Ramses, Zagan and Cybele! I got reviews!
(Calm down. They're just reviews.)
Yeah, but they're reviews! And they're positive! And two of them are from authors of the Supreme Seven!
Mierin Eronaile: Oh, thank you! I have a first reviewer! Sure, I'll continue.
Master of Reality: Wow, you really think it's good? And you think of me as a friend? Thank you… By the way, you also cleared up my writers' block; I finished my first draft the afternoon that I read your review.
Golden Sun Geek: Well, thank you for your consideration. And it's on your fave list! By the way, as my bio indicates, Dumbledore is not my only muse.
Mablung Elensar: Short and to the point. I like that. I'm on it.
The Big Rocky Eye: Awww… You're just saying that third line because you haven't seen me try to write in Modern, with characters to keep straight. Archaic is easy, requiring only a little practice.
jedigirl2001: Thank you for reviewing! I must say, I don't see a lot of Tolkien in this, myself. More King James. This story has actually been floating around in my head longer than my muses. There's a story behind that, but it can wait until after the Djinn's.
Wow, six reviews! I don't think I've seen that many on very many first chapters! Thank you all again.
And not one person said anything about the hundred forty four Djinn or the four Psynergy stones that did not break. The Djinn number is a little affectation of mine; my favorite number of twelve, and twelve Djinn each for twelve party members is more reasonable to me than nine each for eight. The stones are the ones that eventually became Air's Rock, Gaia Rock, Aqua Rock, and Magma Rock.
Lo, and behold, when the Twelve did set forth, that they might build their lighthouses, then did those who did remain in Vale combine their Psynergy; and with it they did send forth a call. And verily, all that did possess some power of Psynergy heard this call, but they wist not what it was. But the Djinn, which had hidden themselves as pets and dumb beasts among all the peoples of the world, did also hear the call, and by ones and twos did they slip away in the night; and in their own ways did they journey unto Mount Aleph and Vale, even every one, and their numbers were one hundred twoscore and four.
And lo, those who did live at Vale, which had been of the Society of Sol, did speak with these Djinn. And they did perform several experiments, that they might determine what they might do; for the mighty Jupiter Prophetess Deborah did speak unto them, saying:
There shall arise heroes in the distant future; and if their quest doth fail, then shall Weyard fall to pieces. And they shall fail if they do not find and use the Djinn, even to the utmost capacities thereof. Therefore, find all that can be known of these elementals; and inscribe on Psynergetic tablets how to direct them to combine their summoning energies. Then must these tablets be hidden and the Djinn placed in the bearers of the Stars.
Thus did they discover all those things that might be done to, by, and with the Djinn. And they did indeed scribe their records in ancient runic script on mystic tablets, which they did hide in caves and divers places. And on some did they set mighty guardians, that the heroes might not have too much power too quickly. And others did lie beyond puzzles that only specific Psynergies might solve.
And lo, the Twelve did return, even the Elemental Stars and their bearers, and the Djinn did of their own accord follow them into Sol's Sanctum. And when the women were turned to statues, behold, the Djinn did Set themselves to them; and when all the Djinn were Set, then were the Stars placed in the bearers' hands, and the Djinn did find themselves trapped. Thus were all the instructions of Deborah fulfilled.
And there it is. I'd like to thank Master of Reality again for breaking my writer's block.
Alright, I promised jedigirl a story… About six months ago a friend of mine handed me a game called Golden Sun: The Lost Age and told me I had to play it. I got as far as Naribwe before he asked to have it back, but I was hooked. Having not played the first game, I had no idea what the introduction stuff meant, but Zagan had sent my mind racing. Eventually I got ahold of my own copies of both games and understood a lot more, but this chapter has been around, in a nebulous form, about twice as long as the other.
Well, I think that turned out okay.
