Sunday, May 16, 2004

Dragnet part ten
here's part ten. hope you like it.


Ten minutes passed and nothing happened. Gilgal, as impatient as he was, asked Cascon why he acted how he did when they fought the Chicony.
“It’s a long story.”
“We ain’t goin’ anywhere.”
“You wouldn’t understand,” replied Cascon indifferently.
“What wouldn’t I understand.”
“Just nothing – I don’t want to talk about it.”
“You’re eventually going to have to tell me.”
“Eventually, but not now.”
“Fine,” said Gilgal obviously annoyed by Cascon’s attitude.
During this conversation, Sanguis had walked over to one of the pillars. He stood there strangely looking at something behind it. He called over to Cascon and Gilgal who looked up and then came over.
Sanguis had been looking at a crudely fashioned bow with arrows and a crudely fashioned staff.
“Was that there when we got here?” asked Gilgal confusedly.
“I don’t think so,” was the reply.
“It’s just some badly crafted weapons, what could happen to us.”
With that he walked away. Because Sanguis looked at the weapons eagerly, Cascon said, “Keep ‘em if you want.”
Sanguis was overjoyed. He was not allowed to bear any weapons before because the greater demons did not allow others to bear weapons. Sanguis strapped the bag of arrows onto him and carried the bow on his back. He took the staff and walked over to the well again. There, he sat observing his new weapons. His bow was made of arcanide wood, which is cheap but durable. The wood was wrapped with a harsh cloth that allowed the bow to be gripped easily. The cloth was grey before Sanguis picked it up, but after carrying it to the well, it had become black with three gold streaks on it. The string was made of rough leather. Next, Sanguis examined his new staff. The staff was a little shorter than his head. It was also made of arcanide wood, but it was not completely covered with the same rough cloth that was on the bow. Only the top of the staff was covered by it; all the rest was left bare. The cloth-color on this had also changed from grey to black with gold. At the top of the staff, a few inches of the wood were left bare. Here the wood was cut to form a miniature Sanguis! It had been shaped like a block of the wall before, but it had changed just as the cloth had changed. When Sanguis saw this, he hurriedly ran over to Cascon and Gilgal who were waiting for the well to answer. After seeing this, Cascon knew exactly how the weapons had gotten there and why they had change from.
Gilgal, who had become extremely curious and surprised, stuttered, “How – how did that – was it like that before – no – what changed it…”
“Shut up,” Cascon interrupted calmly.
“What?”
“I know how all this happened.”
“Well then tell me!”


Part eleven coming soon. plz tell me how you like it so far.
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