New Beginning 21: Awesomeness Revisited

[jester_of_god]

Alright, time for a party then.

The copy disintegrates falling into a pile of ash which is quickly blown back by the wind. The cloud of ash begins to move erratically as the individual particles begin to shape themselves into a large Gate towering over the surrounding buildings. I re materialize sitting at the gate's apex with a smirk. A small click is heard from within the gate and its sides snap open as if pushed aside by a gigantic force, opening the way into an infinite reach of darkness.

A slow rumbling begins, quickly gaining volume as it slowly begins to resemble the marching of an uncountable number of feet. An instant later a wave of yellow creatures from beyond nightmare of all shapes and sizes explode out of the gateway.

They continue to flow out in a maniacal tidal wave of chaos before I let loose a piercing whistle. Immediately they stop and stand at attention. I send out a quick pulse, to pinpoint the position of the parasites, and point In the general direction. "Kill"

(Hopefully this also answers shad's question.)

[Celadon's Penultimate]

(Thank you. You can go back to being Mik Hael now, if you like. I just needed your help to restore your previous deleted posts.)

[Philote]

"And I should trust that this is the way to Zale?" I ask

"We also promised to inquire about granting freedom to this creature that led us here."

(Yes, Wulf should be with me)

[Celadon's Penultimate]

(Kay, I'm with ya, Phi)

"Yeah; you're not gonna lead us down a dead end, are ya?"

[The Junkyard Cat]

(Um I kinda forgot what we were doing 0_0   Got really busy with a few odd jobs I had to take care of)

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Lead the way. We'll give these guys a good thumping, collect our prize, and be back in time for lunch." The ape said, following.

[Zaleramancer]

A huge door splits the wall, showing only grey fog.

Without a word, as if he clove walls in half everyday, the stranger walks into the fog.

[Zaleramancer]

(You're still wandering around the place with all the critters.

Try talking.)

[Zaleramancer]

The glowing energies of the portal began to rise from the pond, growing into vines and tendrils of light.

"Take her with you." The woman spoke.

Twisting around her and the trees, the vines of energy engulfed Wulf, Phi and the stranger.

"Good riddance."

A flash of light and the scene vanished, and the trio found themselves dumped bodily onto flagstones.

[Zaleramancer]

(Feel free to narrate the horrible destruction of the gremlin-creatures.)

[Zaleramancer]

The lights continue their wild dance, always just on the edge of sight.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 "Ow..."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Is this a trap, Mr. Vault?" Sherman asked.

"Quite possibly, Sherman," replied the ape. "But, fortune favors the bold! Come on."

There's a sound a great heavy door opening, then slamming shut. The boy is gone. The ape strolls after the stranger, into the fog.

[Zaleramancer]

The fog slowly dissipates, showing an area that resembles a new york subway station. The cloaked figure stands near the railway where the train would arrive, tapping his foot and humming.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

The ape makes his way over. He decides to make ideal conversation, as one would when waiting for a late train.

"You know, I once found a most remarkable railway system in some far flung arm of some galaxy or another. See, they had never gotten the hang of spaceflight, but they were very good at trains. Railways covered their entire planet, oceans, mountain, planes. So, the remarkable little buggers had just decided to lay them in the sky as well. And it had worked! By the time they made first contact and rendered the entire system obsolete, they had connected every planet in the system by railway. Took several years for one inter-planetary trip, which is probably why it was in disuse when I came along and scooped it up."

"Remarkable little buggers. They had such big ears."

[Zaleramancer]

"Quite Impressive." He said distractedly, "I once had an entire kingdom of goblins prostrating themselves at my feet. That was before direct rule became boring. The power behind the throne has much more fun."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"So, you were a sort of vizier."

Silence hangs in the air.

"Train's late."

[Zaleramancer]

"Yes. It is in my nature. I could no more not attempt to become a wicked vizier and rule through a puppet-king than a fish could decide it's tired of water."

"Our transport is not late. Dramatic convention demands that it appear as soon as mentioned."

A rumbling sound emerged from the tunnel, the ground began to shake.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Ah, narrative causality. Love narrative causality. It's so fun."

He stands stock still as the ground rumbles.

"I'm going to have to take Sherman out for ice-cream or something. For getting it right."

[Zaleramancer]

A huge pale lizard surges from the tunnel, bending along the walls and sticking to the ceiling. It crashes towards the ground, an almost albino-looing creature with blind, skin-covered eyes.

"A cave dragon. One of my pets." The Vizier said as he approached it. Then several blackened patches along it's body became apparent, places covered with ash.

"Oh. Why is my little pet covered in ash?" He said as he rubbed it's massive head, revealing clawed and scale covered hands.

Then a loud and trumpet-like voice echoed from the tunnel, screaming a name.

"ZESTTO! YOU WILL BE DESTROYED!"

The Vizier turned to glance down it the tunnel, seeing a pin-point of fiery light.

"Ah. Adramelech. I haven't seen him in ages." He turned to the ape. "We should run now."