The time has come for the third chapter of One Heck Of A Life!! Yay!! Don't forget! R&R! Thankies! Should I continue the story?
Disclaimer: *sigh* All Diablo related stuff belongs to Blizzard and the Moogles belong to Final Fantasy.
*The moogle is startled to see a black creature with wings and pupilless eyes, an imp. The moogle says, "Day 3, kupo. What the heck is that, kupo?!"*
The next day, Kyra comes home waving a paper in both Salem's and Rika's face.
"Carnival!" she shouts in a childish voice.
"No", comes the same answer at the same time.
"Carnival!"
"No!"
"Oh please?!"
"Nuh-uh."
"B-but... Selena wants to go!"
"Yeah. I wanna' go," says the short, little girl that Brian recognized as Salem's sister. Her black hair was cut short and she boldly walks around Brian, a stranger to her, as if she owned the
house.
"Okay," Rika and Salem said.
"Well, go get ready and we'll go today," Salem said more to Selena than anyone else.
"Really? Yay!" Selena 's eyes light up as she bounds toward's Salem's room where she was allowed to keep her belongings.
Reading once more the mind of Kyra for the information on what a 'carnival' was, Brian receives the visions of roaring tigers, dancing bears, sodden-faced clowns with wads of bright make-up plastered on their sweaty faces, balloons, popcorn, and a large, yellow tent. He shudders from all the bright colors and the laughter of children in those memories.
"Come on Brian, we're going now," says Rika.
"Yeah Brainy-head," says Selena.
"It's Brian," says Salem, rather annoyed as they head out.
*The imp takes the stage and says, "Uhh... At the carnival...kupo..."*
It had been Brian's first car ride in an automobile. The ride had made him queasy and had him questioning why humans would use such slow transportation instead of just using a teleportation spell. Selena had bounced in her seat the entire length of the trip which added to his sickness.
The main 'big-top' tent was just as he had seen in those memories. The entire fairgrounds are packed with men, women, children, and vehicles all cluttered in a crammed area. Joyous, musical tunes permeate the air with a strange humming and the scent of cotton candy fills Brian's senses. 'So unaware of the evil that now walks among them,' thinks the demon lord.
*The moogle says, "Later at the carnival kupo!"
It is now evening, when the lights outline the rides and food stands and the faces of many. The stars hang faintly above the clouds, as if a watchful audience.
Salem, eating away at the soft texture of cotton candy from a paper cone, stands away in the throngs of people in the 'game alley', watching Kyra and Rika teaching Brian how each game worked and giving him a few tries as well. She giggles when he threw the first ball, aiming to hit three bottles off of a stand, and throws it too lightly, knocking only one. The second time, he throws it with incredible force that makes both assisting girls plus the game manager flinch, and knocks not only the three targets, but the also every other in the stall. He receives two large plush toys, one a bear, the other a snake. He looks as if he has no clue of what to do with them. Kyra and Rika whisper to him but Salem can't understand what they are saying.
"Hey Brian," whispers Rika. "Why don't you go over there and give those to Salem."
"Yeah, say' It's for you' too," states Kyra.
"But don't tell her that we said anything."
"Okay," Brian says, then stalks through the crowds towards Salem, who is startled when he comes.
"Hey uh... These are for you," he says, not understanding the point of this act.
"Uh...t-thanks," Salem stutters.
Soon Rika rushes up to the two. "Sorry to interrupt but...where's Selena?"
"Holy crap!" The raven-tressed girl shouts, drawing passerby eyes. "We gotta find her!"
"Well where would she most likely be?"
Noticing the absence of the young one too, the demon sighs and feels helpless in the matter, unable to conduct a tracking spell due to the risk of exposure...and a lack of power from the recent reincarnation.
Salem paced back and forth, thinking furiously. "The Freak Show!!!" And she took off instantly with Rika.
Brian bolts after, insuring he would not lose his human pawns, with Kyra not too far behind. The crowds of humans easily move from the two's path as they make their way to an oddly decorated tent. It was smaller than the main tents and it's visage depicted twisted, abstract forms of muscular men, odd creatures and faces upon which many emotions were played. The paintings send a shiver of nostalgia through Brian while Kyra shudders in fear. She follows him anyway.
The interior of the tent is washed in a dim, red glow, making shadows play odd tricks on the eye. There is a path winding away, towards the back of the tent, in a serpent-like manner, lined with cages and exhibits on either side. In grimly sketched letters the words 'FrEAk sHOw' are on a sign, marking the beginning of the path and plastic plaques are set near each cage. They say things like "The Ultra Strong Man" and "Medusa, The Serpent Lady". The two pass by multitudes of weirdos clad in glossy, strange garments posing and taunting the crowd. Soon, someone screams and the lady who had been shrieking barrels right out of the tent in a flash.
"Was it just me or did that lady look terribly frightened?" Kyra says faintly. "That's it, I'm outta' here-"
"No, wait. We mustn't lose them," he says seriously, placing a clawed hand on her shoulder. She doesn't leave and follows after the taller figure. As they walk by the first of cages, three teenagers run out, one clawing at her hair screaming about spiders, another shouting, "No! I didn't kill no on! Honestly!" and the last one wailing into the night, "Please! Don't let me fall! The heights! I CAN'T STAND THE HEIGHTS!!!"
The fear flickering in the eyes of those kids caused the demon to wonder what of these strange people would spark such wonderful fear. He shrugs an, as they advance further, hears shouts in Salem's familiar voice.
"I told you to stay!"
"But you were just watching stinky Brainy-head and I gots bored. Besides, I gots me a new fwiend."
The two round the corner and see Salem, Rika - who gives an 'I'm innocent' shrug'- and Selena. They stand in front of a cage shouting at each other. A plaque near the cage states "The Eyes Of Terror." Upon closer inspection, there is a teenage boy wearing baggy pants akin to Brian's and a sleeve-less white shirt with a crown of blond hair on his head that comes down from his scalp in long streaks. Kyra went over to Rika and the shouting sisters while Brian goes over to the plque to read what was so special about a boy sitting in a chair with his head downcast.
'Dorozan, Possessor of the Eyes of Terror. Take one look into his gaze and meet your greatest fears,' was all it said. Brian tries to look at the skinny boy's eyes to see if such was true but the other seems asleep. Upon entering the tent, he had conducted a magical energy scan on each 'freak' and had come to the conclusion that all were human. Yet this one is different, possessing an odd yet still mortal power level.
A small group of people wind their way towards the group of friends, studying each exhibit. When they got to where Brian stood, the more rude, juvenile ones of the gathering begin to tap on the glass of the 'Eyes Of Terror' cage to attract the occupant's attention. Brian watches curiously. The boy fidgets, then in an instant, jerks his head upwards, his eyes glowing a crimson glow like the overhead lights. The group do not see his eyes but instead see visions more terrifying than the next, and each vision molded around the particular fears of each person. They all flee back towards the entrance, limbs flailing and tears strolling down cheeks.
Brian does not see any visions.
Okay. That's the end now so now my fingers can have some rest. The pain!!!