What the hell, man.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Fresh Air, Part 82
I woke up a few days after we all ate our hearts. It was weird--Famine's didn't seem to have changed me very much. I was actually glad of that--I had accepted that I was the powerless man I was now. I didn't exactly like it, but I had accepted it, at least. Grief had helped a lot with that. He'd been training me to use my body as a weapon, and the swords I'd made. He said I was a fast learner, and I believed him--I was already better than him at most of the techniques, but I thought it was because my body still remembered how to fight from when I was strong.
I left the room, Harx following closely behind me. The past couple days had given me time to think, which I needed. I thought almost entirely about Adrienne, about what Stewart had said. I can bring her back, I thought. But did I want that? What if she was happy where she was? What if she was in heaven? I pushed the thought from my mind. I'd cross that bridge when I came to it.
I found Grief in the entrance way to the rooms. I reached out my hand to shake his. "Thanks, Grief. For everything."
"It was nothing at all, sir," he said. I asked him to give me a portal to the outside world and he obliged. I seemed to be in the same wooded area as before. I hopped on Harx and we flew away, searching for some town on which to test my new powers. Stewart, I knew, had to be stopped. It wasn't so much about the apocalypse, but rather the fact that he was getting more and more evil with every passing day. He'd already killed millions of innocent people, and the only problem was that I wasn't strong enough to stop him anymore, which meant I'd have to work with Zach, and probably Alex too, to take him down. But that would have to wait, too. There was way too much work to do as it was.
My whole body was sore. It was strange, feeling this sort of soreness. It came from the muscles which had just started to form on my body because of all my training. These were my muscles, not some magical power, not hand-me-downs from my uncle. It hurt getting them, but it was worth it.
Harx and I stopped in the first town we got to, which turned out to be a small town in Alabama. Hmm, I guess that means hell really is in Alabama. We stopped and I told him to go hide--Griffins are hard to explain. I didn't like the idea of ruining an entire town's crops--There didn't need to be anymore death, but I had a plan in mind. It had been a long time since I'd had anything tasty to eat, and I thought if God wanted me to be pestilence, I was going to have some fun with it. I walked into the first house I saw.
Inside there were three people, a father, a mother, and a small girl who was probably no more than ten. They were watching television, which depicted the terrors which were probably caused by Stewart, and also some odd disease which turned people orange making its way across Nevada--Zach. I smiled, despite myself. When I walked in the family turned and screamed, not because I was terribly imposing--I was just a normal guy, wearing a plain white T-shirt and jeans. I assumed it was because I had busted in, and perhaps because I was still wearing my swords on my back. It didn't matter. I could see the terror in their eyes and all I wanted to do was to tell them that I wasn't going to hurt them, that they would be okay, but I knew it wouldn't be true--I knew they would probably die along with the rest of the world when Stewart started his apocalypse. Stewart had mentioned Fall Out 3, and despite that being a freaking awesome video game I couldn't bear seeing the world turned into that. But I couldn't lie to myself--I was excited about creating my own nation in our new world. But these people were so small, so normal. I had no powers, but I could have easily killed them with my bear hands. I wouldn't, obviously, but the idea of the human fragility occurred to me, how easy it would be to just silence them all, and yet how persistent we all are--
But I thought also of how we've destroyed this world, how we've made it almost uninhabitable. Maybe it was for the best. I'm sure that's what God was thinking. Anyway I was here, in this house, staring at this normal, seemingly good family. The walls were painted brown and all the lights were off but in the kitchen. It was there that I knew I'd find what I was looking for. I stared the father in the eye. He had green eyes. The mother had blue, and an idle thought occurred to me that, if she were younger, she would have been very beautiful, and if, had she been older, her daughter would have been very beautiful, but this was the only time I'd ever see these people, and because of Stewart it might be the only time they even exist, and this is who they are, who they forever will be, and in a way, they are all beautiful.
I looked him in the eye.
Now was the time to act.
"Give me all your fucking Twinkies," I said.
-The Knight
Happy Reunions! Part 81
She wouldn't take off her panties, but it was just more well rendered boobage... Part 80
It was nice to finally be back with Mary. We had a little time to spend together before I had everyone called together to eat the hearts.
That's in Egypt.
I didn't know that.
"What? Cairo is not only in Egypt but it is the capital?" I was muttering under my breath.
Yeah, did you get stupid? Something in your brain eating away at memory or anything I should know about?
"Not that I know of. So, lets get to work."
Sure thing.
I armored up, and thought of creative ways to kill people. I stood in front of the pyramids and looked at the sands. I was in the mood for some large monsters, and maybe some vampires.
I made a huge sand monster. he stood as tall as one of the pyramids. Next to him I formed a fire monster. I love fire. People started panicking, and my monsters didn't like that and started to lash out at the people.
"Pile the bodies for me!" I yelled at the monsters. I summoned up a lightning monster, and then decided there should be a mix. I summoned a fourth monster and made him sand, lightning and fire. They destroyed all the buildings, and reduced it all to sand. People were piling up. I shot out ten or so tentacles and got to work.
I summoned up an army of vampires and then they went to work on the town as well.
Ten minutes later, everyone was dead. I grinned, my eyes shone brighter than ever. The vampires worked along my tentacles and then we all stood before an Eiffel Tower of dead bodies. All the buildings were gone, it was as if no one was ever there, except the Eiffel tower that I made.
"Let's go see Mary and spend some time with her before the others get back." I said, dismissing all the vampires.
Sounds good to me.
We went back to Hell. I went into our room, then curled up next to Mary. She snuggled up next to me, and we went to sleep.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Shouldn't This Taste Like Almonds ... Part 79
The room was very well accommodated, but I couldn't call it a room.
"This pales in comparison to my previous abode but a change of scenery is always nice."
"I find this a much better alternative to killer robots."
"You young ones, always complaining."
"I'm sorry but I'm not the biggest supporter of large metal humanoid things running at me and trying to kill me."
"What did you expect a tickle fight."
"Well, it would have been nice, but ultimately useless since I'm not ticklish."
"Well just think of it as a very intense tickle fight."
"You're kidding right? Right? Anyways what forms can you take?"
"Whichever you choose."
"Can I get like a catalog or a short sampler or sorts, but before that. You need a name. Well not exactly need .... What is your name?"
"Which one of us exactly?"
"Damn it, you just love to make things complicated. Ok, you need a name. A universal name, but something bad ass ... How about Raven?"
"You possess us and our knowledge. Any name you provide, we will gladly acknowledge."
"Alright if you don't mind it. You will now be Raven."
At this point the old man collapsed and a raven stood in his place. He stood around for a few seconds and began to transform in to many different forms. Some of the more notable transformations within the collection were a white tiger, a beetle, an elephant that surprisingly fit in the room/palace and he also went trough perfect representations of Zac, Stewart, and Ramsey and finally ended by transforming into me.
"Well that last one will come in very handy, but for the time being just choose whichever form you like best. You can talk while in animal form right?"
Raven transformed into an elegant black panther and spoke in his usual well mannered voice.
"Certainly sir."
"You don't have to title me, just call me Alex or The Dude or something anything but Sir."
"Certainly, sir."
"Eh, whatever I'm gonna go plan how to bring back Dracula."
"I didn't know he could be killed."
"Well, you haven't exactly spent too much time around Stewart."
"That I certainly have not."
".... Wait, you know Dracula."
"He was in a very similar situation as we were, and like we have mentioned before. Any ally is an ally."
"Well you can be a very helpful part in retrieving the scrolls that Zac currently beholds."
"I will get right on that sir"
I sighed as the black panther made his way out of the room. I didn't know how he expected to find out where Zac was but I'm sure he knew a way and will find information within his unlimited connections in the hell we have currently found ourselves stuck in.
I decided to go to sleep and let Raven do the detective work. I will piece a plan of action as soon as I have most of the scrolls.
I had little time to sleep. One of Grief's underlings, or so I presume, awoke me with a loud banging on the door trying his best to demand me to meet everyone in the dining area. The last thing on my mind was the fact that I had no clue where the dining area was, but the minion was waiting outside my door to escort me. Stewart, as always was seated across from Zac and I caught a glimpse of Ramsey shaking hands with Grief and make his way towards the table. Why was Grief here, isn't he on vacation? I decided to pay no attention to it and took my seat at the table. Stewart was very giddy and Zac did not looked like he wanted to be here. Ramsey sat shortly after me and Stewart snapped his fingers. Several demons appeared out of nowhere and placed a covered silver platter in front of each of us. I was severely confused and I am quite sure Ramsey and Zac were not exactly completely aware of what was happening either. Stewart couldn't wait any longer.
"Let's begin."
He tossed the cover to the floor behind himself and took the heart that was laying on the plate and almost swallowed it whole. I was even more confused than before. I looked at the heart before me and the memory of the half of Dracula's heart still somewhere in the confines of my jacket came rushing back to me. I didn't know what to do.
"Uhh, what is this?"
"War's, Pestilence's and Famine's hearts, respectively."
"Why their hearts?"
"Because we are the next horsemen. You must eat the heart to gain their position."
"I don't know if I like raw heart."
"Just think of it as a nice rare steak, only slightly chewier."
"That does not make it any better than it was. Can it be slightly roasted or something."
I fiddled with he heart and poked it with the fork, I took out of my jacket. Zac seemed to have an equally hard time with the idea of eating someone else's heart.
"Is this absolutely necessary."
"Yes. It's required for us to take their throne."
I grumbled and begun cutting up the heart into almost microscopic pieces. I provided everyone with utensils and condiments they required.
"Just eat the damn thing." Stewart mumbled while still trying to chew the heart of death.
"How's the taste of death?"
"Kind of bitter."
"Really? I would have thought it would taste something like almonds."
"Ha, Arsenic jokes never get old."
Stewart went back to chewing his heart and I watched over Ramsey's and Zac's expressions as they tried to eat their's, although it was not exactly fair for Ramsey since his was all shrunken and withered, but Zac had it the worst it seemed. His heart looked absolutely disgusting and I watched as a pustule popped and a maggot crawled out of one of the ventricles. Closely observing Zac's heart quickly made my bloody piece of meat look like a feast in comparison and made the unexpected dinner slightly more tolerable.
After what seemed like hours, Stewart finally finished chewing his dinner, Ramsey was nourished by his, Zac was trying not to puke while finishing the last few pieces of hisand I was attempting to clean my face from the blood of mine.
Thirty Posts!
-The Knight
Monday, March 1, 2010
A Change, but is it for the Better? Part 78
Epic Workstations and A New Look At Star Wars
During the past month or so I have been following a collection of very interesting sites.