Chapter Nine: A Deal with the Devil
(Hershel's POV)
What is this place, and why is it so empty?
I was standing in a big white room, there was absolutely nothing distinguishing about it, it was just a white room. As I surveyed the room, looking for a door, a featureless apparition appeared.
"Hello." It said. From the sound of its voice, I deduced that it was probably a he.
"Uh, hi. If you don't mind my asking, who are you, and where am I?" I asked
"This place is a prison of sorts, and I its sole prisoner. And as for who I am, I am a long forgotten shadow of the past, you may call me Omofrisit." He answered "But where are my manners. Please, take a seat."
I looked around to find somewhere other than the floor to sit and found nothing. Just as I was about to ask where I was supposed to sit, I looked back at Omofrisit and saw that he was already sitting at a white table with matching chairs. I decided not to question it and took the seat across from Omofrisit.
"Uh, thanks, but, why am I here, did I do something wrong?"
"You've done nothing wrong; you're here because I summoned you." He explained
"Oh…I don't remember being 'summoned' though."
"There's no reason you should remember it. I summoned your mind while you slept."
"Okay, why did you summon me in particular?"
"I didn't, I summoned many people, and you were merely the first to answer the call." He explained. "But enough with the questions, I summoned you here because I wish to ask for your help in freeing me from my prison, because, as you can imagine, it gets rather boring sitting in a white room for ages."
"Yeah, I'll bet that does get pretty boring, but what reason do I have for helping you? And you said this was a prison, so for all I know, you're in here for a really good reason." I said
"I understand where you're coming from, but I'm merely here because I had a…disagreement with a past king, so he overreacted and had me sent here." He said
That…sounded rather suspicious…
"Hey, it's your decision whether or not to believe me, but I am telling the truth." He said
Huh, his statement was well timed; it was almost as if he could hear my thoughts.
"I can."
Oh, so you can read all of my thoughts?
"Yes."
"Then what am I thinking of?"
"You're thinking of how much you hate asparagus."
Oh, he's good.
"Thank you."
DANG IT.
"Can we please get back to the original topic?" He asked with a sigh.
"Oh, uh, sure….um….What were we talking about?"
"I was asking for your help in getting me out of here."
"Oh, right, I knew that, just had to test you."
"…Right. Anyway, are you going to help me or not?"
"That depends, what am I getting out of this?" I asked
"Hmm, power and riches?"
"It's a deal!" I said quickly
"Great, let's get down to business then. I have a plan in mind already, but it has a lot of inner workings, so you'll need to come back to see me often."
"How often are we talking?" I asked as I leaned forward in my chair.
"Somewhere between two and three times a day."
"WHAT! I can't do that, I have stuff to do. If I come back here three times a day, I'd be spending almost all of my time here!"
"Well, yeah, but it's not like you have anything important to do."
"Be that as it may, I still like to be conscious for more than a few hours every day."
"Fine, if you see it as THAT much of a problem, I'll try to find another way." He said with a sigh as he put his head in his hands. "I'll bring you back tomorrow night; I should be able to do something by then."
"All right, cool, now how do I get out of here?" I asked, getting up from my chair.
"How do you think?" He said, pointing to the right. "You go through the only door here."
I looked to where he was pointing and saw a pair of large black double doors.
I swear that wasn't there before.
"It wasn't." He said
Dang it! I forgot you could do that.
"Well, that's your mistake."
Yeah, whatever, I'm leaving now.
He didn't respond. I looked to the where he was sitting and found that he was no longer there. I shrugged and walked towards the door. As I got closer to the doors, it seemed that they got bigger and bigger the closer I got to them. When I finally reached them, they were so large that I couldn't even grab the handle.
I tried scaling the door to get to the handle, but it seemed to be coated in a slippery liquid. Just as I was about to give up on trying to open the door, my foot hit a button on the bottom of the door frame. I looked up, expecting the door to open, instead, a trap door beneath my feet opened and I began my descent.
Oh, real mature, Omofrisit.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist." His voice said in my head
GOSH DANGIT, MAN.
I was shaken awake by Frey.
"C'mon, get up, Lon'qu came to get us for something, and we'd better not keep him waiting." Frey said
"Lon'…qu?" I asked groggily
"Yeah, don't you remember? He's the Khan's lackey."
Oh yeah…great…
(Omofrisit's POV)
Yes! I finally found someone dumb enough to agree, this is gonna be great…it does concern me that he's that dumb though…oh well, with my coaching he'll be able to make the right choices.
"Jagen! You're services are no longer necessary, you may go home now."
"Oh, thank you, but…how do I get home?"
My goodness, why do I always end up with the idiots?
"It's through the giant black double doors, Jagen."
"Ah, I see. Well, I'll be going now."
I watched as he exited the doors. As soon as he was gone, I let out a sigh of relief. At least I wouldn't have to deal with his uselessness anymore.
(Marth's POV, a long time ago)
Today has been a fantastic day, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the kingdom is peaceful, and my good mood unstoppable. Today, life seems to be a game that-
"Sire, Jagen has returned!"
-just can't be won…
A/N: Hey guys, sorry this is so late, my computer crashed and I lost all of my notes, so I had to get my computer back up and running and then I had to write this from scratch.
Sorry to any Jagen fans out there, I just always found him to be extremely useless, thus the bashing.
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