Kazooie and The Crooked Mountains
Chapter Three
The Merchandise Factory
She was tired. That's all that she was certain about, she knew her legs would give in if she kept walking, Kazooie had been walking for hours, and her legs were sore because of this. She didn't seem any closer to the mountain's and that left her with a strong feeling of despair in her gut.
"The longer I take, the more Banjo suffers" she kept thinking that, she couldn't take anymore of this, her body crumbled to the damp, cold, undergrowth of the lush forest, she was exhausted, fighting to get back on her feet seemed useless, Kazooie was to drained to keep awake, she drifted asleep.
Her dream was more like a flashback, she had no control of it. Banjo and Kazooie were in nutty acres trying to beat bottles flying challenge, Banjo was struggling to keep the lead, the layout of the plane he built. "You know Kaz, this might been less stressful if you were flying" Banjo looked like he was at his breaking point. "You want me to fly this thing?!?" She didn't like how rickety the foil flyer was either, and Banjo had more experience with it than she did.
"No, I was just trying to say I trust you more then I trust this" – One of the planes wing flaps broke off forcing Banjo to slow down- "Oh no, oh god no this is bad". The plane started to fall out of the sky, the engine was on fire and Kazooie grabbed onto the first thing she could reach, which was Banjo. "Kazooie what are you…" Kazooie's wings around Banjo's torso, but before he could finish, there plane hit the water.
Kazooie woke up and unintentionally called out for Banjo, she then remembered he was gone, her stomach ached, it wasn't hunger though, she missed him, she thought to herself she would get him home over and over until the pain was subsided. Kazooie struggled to her feet and looked around. For the first time she felt a glimmer of hope, there was a large facility with a large sign with a bold Bk on it, it was a merchandising plant! Kazooie notice that the B on the sign was more flashy and presentable then the K, Kazooie was always taken for granted by everyone, never really felt that important, but Banjo was different, he always was kind with her, even if she was a nuisance, except for when she went out of her way to annoy him. She stepped towards the door and pushed it opened with I squeak, she walked through and saw banjokazooie merchandise and an old, jammed press, she she also saw one of jamjars's silos, she was actually happy to see a familiar… nah she wasn't, Kazooie trotted over and pecked the metal hatch, she stood and waited.
"Look I'm kinda busy, bird brain, lest cut the rhymes and get to Business" Jamjars looked a little annoyed, honestly she couldn't blame him. "If your so busy then teach me something, don't just stare at me like a idiot" Kazooie already wasted to much time, but she didn't need people wasting her time as well. Jamjars blinked a few times and said. "Ok fine, your going to need more protection now that your on your own, you can still use your beak as means of defending your self, just jab something with it, that's all" he jumped into his silo and left Kazooie alone.
She looked around and didn't like what she saw, there was Banjokazooie merchandise everywhere, but most of it was relevant to Banjo and only Banjo, again she was made out to be an accessory, secondary character, the sidekick. When did she get what she wanted? Then she thought "what do I want?". That's something she never thought about before now, she didn't spend to much time on the topic, she needed… what was she doing?
She didn't have reason to go here, she thought would be a good idea. That's when the wall came down, there was a path at the other end, it led to a stone slab about the size of Banjo's house. it looked so out of place, Kazooie had to investigate. The slab was engraved with a warning.
"The Forest Of Truth only welcomes those who have proven themselves worthy, and only those who wish to scale the mountain of night, if you don't understand your own truth, then turn back, the trials of discovery start and end here, bring forth 7 golden jigsaw pieces and prove your worth"
Great, always with the jiggys, when did she get a break?
Kazooie felt a little bit changed, she needed 5 more jigsaw pieces to pass into the stupid forest, but she didn't like the idea of Banjo suffering.
She still had no clue about what her 'truth' exactly was, and the trials of discovery sounded a little cultural, but the first of 7 paths looked like a good place to start her quest.
She didn't like her odds, Banjo was usually the hero, she was usually safely hidden in his backpack, so for the first time she felt the stress of taking on the hero status.
She made her way down the path towards her first trial, at least she hoped that's where it led.