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Eerie Safari
The section called "Eerie Safari" was as the name suggested East African themed. In the center of the room was a mummified gorilla fist. Basil was certain he had seen something like that in a dream that may or may not have been a nightmare. There was nothing voodoo related in here because voodoo was Dominican, Haitian, Louisianan and West African. However some Afro-African religions were mistakenly called voodoo.
Many a hellish looking thing there was in that part of the Abode of Alarm. It caused a chill to run down the spines of Basil and Venus.
"What kind of a place I this?" asked Venus.
"A hellish one." Replied Basil. "The very kind of place Crom Cruach would find himself at home in!"
Venus did not know who Crom Cruach was. Indeed this was one of the few times Basil mentioned a mythological figure who was quite obscure to some. Everyone knew who the likes of Achilles, Agamemnon, Hector, Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus and Athena were. There were those however who did not know whom Crom Cruach was.
Crom Cruach was an Irish god that had been appeased through human sacrifice. He had fallen out of favor quickly with the pagan Celts of Ireland when the Vikings started to invade. He had become considered by pagan and Christian Celts alike as a force of evil. No doubt any place as hellish looking as this section of the Abode of Alarm would be a suitable home for Crom Cruach.
Basil would bet dollars to donuts that, this place would be considered hellish by someone of even East African heritage!
"Basil…" Venus got close to Basil. "I'm scarified!"
This was starting to become awkward for Basil. He was scared too and Venus seeking protection was causing him some difficulty because of his attraction to her because she looked like his girlfriend.
"Then lets talk, take your mind off of the fear. Are you a part of any clubs at school?"
"I'm on the cheerleading squad."
Venus was on the cheerleading squad… Of course she was!