Chapter 3
Suit up
While on the blimp to Chicken Island.
Tak was practicing swinging the Spirit Rattle.
Flora was sitting nearby.
"You're going to get tired."
She said as Tak continued swinging his new weapon.
"This is heavier than my club was,I need to get used to it."
"If you keep swinging it like that you're going to get eaten by the Nerbals."
Tak stopped swinging his weapon and looked at Flora.
"What do you mean?"
"The Spirit Rattle responds to your own Juju power, the stronger it is the more useful it will be to you."
Flora placed her hand on it.
The Spirit Rattle began to glow with green energy.
"Whoa"
Tak looked at the energy and then at Flora.
She backed away.
"Anyway the longer you wield it should be easier to use, you'll even learn how to use some Juju spells with it."
Tak moves the Spirit Rattle around a bit.
Some of his own Juju magic was showing before he put it where his club originally was.
The blimp landed back on Chicken Island.
Flora transformed into her travel form and flew ahead.
"We passed the shrine on our way to the Tiki shouldn't be far from there follow me."
Tak nods and follows her and after passing the wooden circle from before he stood on the tall platform.
"Well I see the shrine but how do we get to the west side of the island?"
Flora floated next to him.
"There used to be a cave tunnel that allowed the villagers to easily access the other side of the island,unfortunately an avalanche blocked the path and no one has been able to fix it so rather than that they prefer to use boats to travel from one side to the other."
"Don't suppose they'll let us use one of their boats will they?"
"Knowing them probably not,that's why I suggested we go to the shrine we get another Juju to help us then we should be able to get to the other side of the island."
"So then the question is where is the Tiki at?"
Tak felt something different.
"Huh?"
He closed his eyes and focused on that feeling until he opened his eyes.
"It's over there."
He pointed at a taller platform in the middle of this small pool of water that came from a waterfall that had geysers shooting every now and then.
Flora flew up a bit and saw the Tiki.
"You're right,how did you know?"
"I can feel its power."
He replaced the Spirit Rattle for his staff and pole vaulted from one platform to the next till he reached the tallest one where the Tiki floated in the center of it.
Tak reached out and grabbed the Tiki before jumping down into the water below and swimming back onto land, the shrine not far away.
Flora floated near him.
"You got it!"
She cheered.
"Yeah."
He held the Tiki up a little.
"So all i have to do is put the Tiki in the center of the shrine and it should summon a Juju right?"
"Yep just place it down and back up a bit, some Juju like to make entrances."
Tak stepped towards the shrine.
"Right,here we go."
He quickly placed the Tiki and took several steps back.
Magic began to swirl around in front of Tak.
"Liar!"
He heard someone shout before a Juju appeared in front of him.
This Juju was green and ogre a white shirt with a J on it as well as a pair of blue overalls.
The Juju also had two heads,one had a single eye and the other had two, both had orange hair and messed up teeth.
"Uhh"
Was all Tak had to say about this.
"You've been a liar as long as i've known you!"
The two eyed head shouted.
"It is true,I tell you! It's more powerful than the seven skin-peeling stenches of the south!"
The one eyed head responded.
Impossible!"
"It is more deadly than the rancid funk of the stink giant's fingers!"
"Ridiculous!"
"I can prove it."
Suddenly the right arm of the Juju was shoved in the face of the two eyed head.
"Pull my finger."
"Pull your finger? No way!"
The left arm pushed the right arm away.
"Pull my finger"
The right hand finger was shoved in the face of the two eyed head again.
"Don't ever stick your finger in my face again!"
The left hand was pointing at the face of the one eyed head.
Suddenly Flora pushed Tak down towards the water.
"Hit the deck!"
Tak fell into the water right before the Juju pulled its finger resulting in a small explosion.
Once the gas cleared Tak came up for air and noticed the explosion had opened a cave entrance next to the shrine.
He coughed up some water and then plugged his nose.
"Ugg what's that smell?"
"That would be the Two Headed Juju."
Flora said, transforming into her travel form.
"They're nice,a bit gross but overall helpful."
The smell cleared after a minute allowing Tak to take some breaths of fresh air.
While Tak did this Flora went on ahead exploring the cave entrance.
Tak approached the cave as Flora returned.
"The explosion opened a way to the other side of the island."
She said returning to her normal form.
"That's convenient."
"Like I said, they're helpful in their own gross way."
"Guess I can't deny that."
He walked through the cave and when he exited he immediately noticed another shrine.
Tak approached the shrine and noticed a long fall nearby.
"Don't think I can get down there without breaking my legs."
Flora floated next to him.
"Looks like we'll need to summon another Juju."
Tak closed his eyes and focused.
He opened his eyes and noticed a path on the side of a hill and a wooden platform attached above the path.
"I can see it."
Tak started walking down the path he jumped across two grassy platforms till he reached a wooden path connecting to the buildings on the hill.
He used his staff to pole vaulted from one higher house to another.
The Tiki was in his sight.
Several Nerbals were on the platforms leading to the Tiki.
Tak ran towards them, jumping from one platform to the other, hitting each Nerbal to the ground below with the Spirit Rattle.
He reached the Tiki and grabbed it.
"Great work Tak,now back to the shrine."
Flora said while floating near him.
He looked down.
The shrine was a bit of a fall if he went straight,not as long of a fall as his way forward but still a fall that would hurt him.
"Really wish I could fly like you."
He said as he walked and jumped back the way he came.
"That would be easier, unfortunately it takes a lot of power in order for non Juju to fly."
He reached the shrine and placed the Tiki in the shrine before taking several steps back.
Juju magic began to spin around till something showed up.
But it wasn't a Juju.
It was an outhouse.
"You wipe it!"
Tak heard a familiar voice say.
"Oh no."
Tak said to himself.
"Un uh! You're gonna wipe it."
Tak listened to the argument for only a little longer before speaking up.
"Uh excuse me"
"Someone's out there."
The first voice said.
"Just a minute!"
The second responded.
The Two Headed Juju came out of the outhouse.
"Oh sorry. We were just…"
The one eyed head said before whispering.
"doing some paperwork."
"Yeah,doodooing it!"
The two eyed head said before being shushed by the one eyed one.
"Shhshsh! Be quiet."
Tak just shook his head to try and get back on topic.
"Hey guys listen I'm you give me a hand?"
The Juju extended his right hand to Tak.
"Nuh uh. Not that hand."
"We can help you,but you have to prove your bravery and your must go in there!"
The two eyed head said while pointing at the outhouse.
Tak gave a disgusted look.
"Oh aww come on! Anything but that, that's just cruel."
"What?Too scared to go inside?"
The one eyed head said.
"Why? Are you just a little chicken? Chicken little,little chicken."
The two eyed head started making chicken sounds while the one eyed head began to laugh.
"Hahaha, i wrote that!"
"No, I'm not a chicken!"
Tak sighed.
"I'll do it."
He slowly approached the outhouse as the Two Headed Juju vanished.
Tak entered the outhouse.
Surprisingly it was clean and didn't even smell,it began to shake with Juju magic before spitting Tak out.
"Ugg what the?"
He looked at himself.
He was now in a suit covered in white feathers with wings with arms and two googly eyes on top of his head.
The Chicken Suit.
Flora floated near him and very clearly tried not to laugh.
"Ok how is this supposed to help me?"
Tak said moving the wings a bit.
"I can't even use my weapons like this."
Flora transformed into her travel form trying to avoid laughing.
"Ok so the Chicken Suit does have a few abilities, you can glide down cliffs, ride air currents and drop exploding eggs."
"That's…actually kind of cool."
Tak couldn't help but admit.
"Yeah but you should stay away from water,the suit's magic is weak to water and will return you back to your normal self."
Tak looked at the ocean and saw several jellyfish.
"I don't think I'm going to want to go in the water even with this suit."
He stepped to the edge of the cliff.
The beach below him had several Nerbals running around.
He jumped,holding the wing straight left and right.
Tak was gliding over the beach.
"Ok this is cool but how do i"
Tak was trying to figure out how the suit dropped eggs.
"Oh"
An orange egg fell from the suit and exploded a nearby Nerbal.
"This is kinda fun."
He launched more eggs, exploding each Nerbal.
As Tak landed on the ground a Nerbal ran towards him.
"Tak the air vent!"
Flora shouted.
Tak ran to the air vent and jumped, sending him into the sky.
"Woo!"
He shouted before launching the egg directly at the Nerbal exploding it.
Tak landed on the ground.
"So where is the Golden Yorbel at?"
He questions while looking around.
"It's hidden on one of the islands that way."
Flora returned to her normal form still holding back laughter.
She pointed out to the islands.
"It's a very powerful item so hopefully you'll be able to sense it as we get closer."
Tak closed his eyes but couldn't feel anything.
"Nothing yet"
"Then you'll need to get to the next island, when the tide is low run towards the small one up ahead, i have a feeling you're going to need the Chicken Suit later down the line."
She returned to her travel form as Tak got ready to run.
The second the tide lowered he ran towards the small island.
Unfortunately the tide didn't stay low for long.
Tak took a jump and landed on the island.
"That was close."
He took several deep breaths.
"Tak you still have to make it to the other island."
Flora said to him.
He looked ahead and saw the next island he had to get to.
Tak looked down annoyed.
After he ran to the next island he proceeded to jump from one part of a hill to another till he reached the top of the current island he was on and looked around.
While the island he was currently on was much bigger than the small ones he had to run before the tide was high it was much smaller than the first island and the one in front of him.
He noticed a ledge below him and jumped down, gliding towards the lower ledge of the island in front of him.
His feet felt the sand and he took a moment to get a grasp on his surroundings.
There wasn't much besides the large mountain-like hill on his right with only a couple trees and an air vent within reach of him.
"Guess the only way to go is up."
Tak said as he jumped into the air vent in front of him.
He went up and saw below him was a water source with several geysers and air vents in the middle of the water source.
"Careful Tak!"
Flora shouted while flying near him.
Tak focused and began slowly gliding around the first geyser.
He almost landed on the water as she glided to the air vent in front of him, sending back into the sky.
With only a little time to react he maneuvered around the last geyser in front of him landing on solid ground.
"Phew!"
He looked around and besides plants there was a much larger air vent that was stronger than the one's Tak had been using since he got the suit on.
"Something tells me I'm going to need to go very far in order to get to the next island."
He looked ahead and saw how far the next island was.
Tak closed his eyes and tried to focus.
"It's faint but I can feel something powerful there."
He pointed at the island with his wing.
Flora was holding back her laughter at this sight.
Tak sighed and jumped into the air vent,launching him way higher than the previous ones and he slowly began to glide down to the next island.
He jumped up the small hill in front of him and noticed a large pit in front of him.
Tak looked down at the pit curiously and saw over a dozen Nerbal nests with multiple Nerbals running around.
"What is this?"
He questioned as Flora floated near him in her normal form.
"I think this is one of Tlaloc's Nerbal experiments, it reeks of Dark Juju."
She steps back.
"Then we should destroy it."
Tak looks at his Chicken Suit and then at the center of the pit which had an air vent.
He immediately jumped down into the pit.
"Hey you ugly beasts!"
The Nerbals all looked at him.
"Come and get me!"
He flaps his wings and began running as the Nerbals chased him all over the pit.
"What is he…?"
Flora questioned before she noticed Tak was leaving the explosive eggs everywhere he ran.
The suit began to flicker a bit.
"Tak hurry and get out of there!"
Flora shouted.
Tak quickly jumped into the air vent right before a Nerbal got him.
As he was launched into the sky he dropped one more egg which landed right where a bunch of eggs he left were.
A large explosion launched Tak to the other side of the pit as well as destroying his Chicken Suit to protect him.
As the smoke cleared Flora saw that Tak was on the other side and flew over to him as he laid on his back trying to catch his breath.
"That was crazy and reckless and…"
Flora criticized him.
"Pretty smart way to get rid of that pit."
Tak got up, still taking several deep breaths.
"I'll take the compliment."
He got up and jumped down the hill in front of him.
Tak noticed three islands with air vents on each of them leading to the next island.
"That feeling is getting stronger but how am I going to get there?"
Flora looked around and saw an outhouse in the corner of the platform he was on.
"I think you'll need to go in there again."
She pointed at it, making Tak groan in annoyance.
"Whatever it takes."
He walks into the outhouse and like before it begins to shake with Juju before launching him out of it once again in the Chicken Suit.
"I hate doing that."
Tak took steps back to the stone wall behind him before running and jumping into the air vent launching him into the sky.
He slowly glides to each air vent before landing on the cliff of the next island.
"The feeling is getting stronger."
Tak closed his eyes for a moment.
"Better hurry then."
Flora said.
Tak walked alongside the cliff till he reached an open area.
He walks into the open area and looks around.
Suddenly a purple Nerbal jumped at Tak who quickly smacked with his wing off the cliff in front of him.
He looked down the cliff as the Nerbal exploded.
Below him was another air vent on a beach below him.
"If it wasn't for all the jellyfish we could've easily swimmed here."
Tak commented.
"But you would've had to climb up the cliffs to get to that ledge."
Flora pointed in front of them towards another cliff on the inner side of the island.
"Yeah i guess i prefer flying then even if i do look like this."
Tak flapped his wings a bit.
Flora transformed again holding back her laughter.
Tak jumps into the air vent and glides over to the ledge.
"I wish I could glide without the suit."
"It's possible to learn but you might want to hold off till after we're done with the mission."
"Probably a good call."
Tak walked along the cliff side,jumping down to a lower cliff till he reached a waterfall that had both an air vent and a water geyser.
"I think I'm getting used to this."
He jumps into the air vent and slowly maneuvers around the water landing on the other side.
Tak jumped down onto a nearby beach before he noticed a small wave hit his Chicken Suit and it vanished.
"Dang it."
He said looking around seeing a hill to climb up.
"Hopefully I won't need it."
He climbed up the hill and reached another open area.
To his surprise there were a lot of huts and wooden platforms all over this island.
"Was someone living here before?"
Tak said as he climbed up the wooden platform.
"The tide used to be lower which allowed for easier travel between islands."
Flora said while flying near him.
Tak had reached a big wooden structure with long platforms with openings that allowed for climbing up.
"As the weather got worse the people had to move for the safety of their people."
Tak listened while climbing up the structure.
As he reached the top he saw a water source below him.
"So this is the top of the waterfalls we passed."
Tak commented,noticing a cave entrance near the water source.
He closed his eyes.
"The source of this powerful Juju is coming from there."
Tak dived into the water and swam towards the cave.
Flora followed him as Tak walked down the cave path.
They reached a big open cave that had markings across the wall.
Tak placed his hand on the wall and noticed three chickens forming a triangle on the wall.
"This is where the source is coming from."
Flora looked at the wall.
"There's something we're missing, but what is…Tak look out!"
She quickly shouted as Tak was pinned against a wall by a large blue hand.
Tak looked at what had pinned him.
It was a large blue Nerbal with wooden armor on it.
"What?!"
Tak barely said while holding onto the spirit rattle.
He tried to hit the Nerbal but it did nothing.
The Nerbal laughed a bit as lightning began to emit from its body.
Tak felt the lightning shock him.
"Agggg!"
He shouted in pain.
Flora looked around the cave.
There were no plants.
"Uggg screw it."
She flew towards the Nerbal and it with her hand.
Tak was dropped and the Nerbal responded by smacking Flora into a different wall.
"Flora no!"
Tak shouted.
The Nerbal laughed once again.
Tak glared at it angrily and began shaking the Spirit Rattle.
His Juju power shining as the Nerbal tried to grab him again.
Right before it could Tak aimed the Spirit Rattle at it and a small white light shot from the weapon and hit the Nerbal.
The armor fell off and what was left behind was three chickens.
"What the..?"
Tak questioned as the wall behind him began to open up.
He shook his head and ran over to Flora.
She was laying on the ground holding her right arm.
"I don't think I should do that again."
She slightly jokes.
"Are you ok?"
Tak was concerned.
"Yeah just give me a minute, Juju recover better in environments that are their specialty.
She started to walk towards the cave entrance.
"Let me near some plants and I'll recover fast. I think you should grab that in the meantime."
Flora pointed at the wall that opened up.
Tak turned and could see the source of the powerful Juju on the pedestal where the wall opened.
The Golden Yorbel.
He approached it and held out his hand.
Suddenly the Yorbel flew to his hand and vanished.
Tak's body glowed with yellow Juju before returning to normal.
"That was different."
He said as he walked out of the hidden room.
The wall started to close again.
"Now how do we get out of here?"
Tak saw the cave go deeper.
"Might as well."
He said as he went to investigate.
At the end of the cave he found a warp gate.
"That'll do."
Tak went back to the entrance to see Flora sitting in the small field of grass resting.
"Hey Tak."
She looked at him.
Tak was a little dazed when she spoke to him before he shook his head.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah I just need to stick to my travel form for a bit."
Flora floated a bit.
"I found a warp gate."
Tak said pointing back at the cave.
"We can use it to get back to the village."
"That's great, just give me a few minutes and I'll meet you at the gate."
Tak nodded.
"No rush but I'm eager to go somewhere with fewer chickens."
He said before walking into the cave again.
After Tak was out of earshot Flora finally laughed thinking about Tak in the Chicken Suit.
"So funny."
She said to herself before she went into the cave.
While this was happening…
Tlaloc had stopped working on his plants and was currently creating new bodies for his now destroyed minions.
"This boy is really starting to annoy me."
He said to himself.
"I may need to get more involved."
He turns and looks at three Chicken Island Villagers trapped in smaller versions of the bigger plant Tlaloc has been working on.
AN:And that's Chicken Island kinda a long one right? Honestly I wanted to be more detailed in some areas while skipping over areas that just seemed to obviously not doing a one for one retelling of this.I just recommend playing the game if you I'm satisfied with how this went and I hope you enjoyed it. I write these things for fun while trying to improve my own writing. Anyway next time will be a shorter one with the Dryrock Caverns which should be a shorter chapter but hopefully it'll be next time.
