New Beginning 14: Through the Looking Glass Again...

[Marvelous Miscreant]

I sense a new hero rising... I wonder who it is.

[Zaleramancer]

I just smell chicken noodle soup..

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 "I sense a disturbance in the Force."

[TheSoupster]

Before the sweet nectar of the gods touches my lips, however, I hear a noise. Instantly alert, I feel the blood coursing through my veins, intimately aware of every hair and heartbeat, ready for a fight (I knew 'Complete Physical Mastery' was worth the pain!).

'Who goes there?' I ask, not so much in fear as mercy, letting the intruder have a chance to give himself up before I bring the full weight of a hearty beef stew on his head. Quietly, I teleport behind the door, straining my ears for the sound of a breath.

And then I hear it... A dim whisper... As if it had travelled through five dimensions and a wormhole...

Something about, a hero, chicken soup, and the force...?

[Zaleramancer]

"Pssst. I felt an eavesdropper." My shadow whispered.

I glanced up from my book and said distractedly, "Then go check it out."

My shadow slipped soundlessly from my shoulder, heading for a nearby patch of darkness. She drifted into it, then spiraled through the abyssal place all shadows met. The shadowy silhouette emerged near where the eavesdropper lurked.

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[Zaleramancer]

My shadow is hearing things..

And who is cooking soup? I still smell it..

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[TheSoupster]

A sudden chill comes over the room, as it becomes noticeably darker...

I sense, somehow, that someone's listening, and so teleport out of the house and into the park. I sit back on a bench and watch the sky as the sun's rays begin to paint it blue. What the heck just happened?

[Zaleramancer]

He was gone..

The shadow fluttered a bit and considered... Options.

She could stealthily track him down.

Or..

She could just go charging forward in a whirlwind of destruction.

Let's go with that one, the shadow thought with a gleeful smile.

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[Celadon's Penultimate]

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[Celadon's Penultimate]

She's an anime otaku, and I met HER before I met ANY of you...I think she'd handle it fine...

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Hey, I still love ya like a brother...

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[Celadon's Penultimate]

Sorry you feel that way, um...not-new guy...

Anyways...we, um...didn't forget you at all!

What's your name, again?

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