Chapter II: Secrets
You rush into the crowds, and you see the door smashing open from the inside, and soon the door breaks and a halfling leaps out, head twisted upside-down, arms and legs contorted and malformed. It leaps into the middle of the mob, and soon blood sprays over, red water raining down everywhere. You charge, slicing and stabbing, no regard for the apparitions.
Your blade decimates the villagers, you cut them in half, women and children. You finally reach the halfling daemon, and you swing down your sword. The halfling leaps, latching on you, clawing you. You try to take it off, but the halfling claws your eyes! They are destroyed and your sockets are left bloody and ravaged. You continue swinging violently, and the sword hits its target, killing the halfling.
You slump, then fall on your knees. You scream, hands to your face. You crawl through the floor, and you feel wooden splinters. You must be outside the door. You crawl in, and you use your memory to feel around and look for familiar places. You finally find the door, and you open it. You fall down and land on the ground. You scream again in agony!
You crawl forward, and this repeats itself across the cellar. You finally feel the ominous presence of that last chamber from last time. You stand, and you can suddenly see! Your eye sockets still empty and hurting, but you can see! You see a manticore lying in wait behind the well, staring at you intensely. You ready your sword, and you charge towards the daemon, but it swats you away like a fly and laughs.
You land on your feet and ready yourself for another attack! You spread your wings and fly into the air. You lunge, spinning and gaining momentum, and you strike into the beast's chest! You continue turning, and you dig into the beast, blood spewing. The beast shrieks. It finally falls on the floor, and you breathe flame on the beast, destroying its body.
You laugh at your victory. Nothing changes. You are still in pain. You laugh.
You laugh.
"Malachi! I need that water!"You run with the pale in your hand, the water spilling from side to side. You finally make it to Luri's tent and you enter it to find Luri tending to Sjek on his bed, laughing maniacally, strapped down with chains and held down by Kaphio and some volunteers. Luri takes the water and pours it in a bowl, which she puts to Sjek's mouth. Sjek finally calms down, and the men holding him down and breathe a sigh of relief.
"Malachi, what happened to him in that cellar? What could've done this?""Um, uh, I don't...I found him...I have n-no idea..." you stutter, grabbing the vial of hallucinogenic poison from the dragonsbane.
"I have no idea.""HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
You climb the mountain, making sure that your pack was still positioned safely. You swing your ice picks, and eventually you make it to the upper half of the mountain. You shiver as the cold blizzard blows over you, and you tighten your winter coat. You start to dream about the Mountain and Sjek.
You put the thought away and make your way. As you walk, you find a hand sticking out from the ice, uncovered by the winds blowing. You dig deeper and find a skeleton with a straight jacket. You slowly move away. You finally make it to a ridge, and you see a small settlement over the distance.
You made it to the Giant's Realm. Sjek would be proud.
Party:Name: Malachi
Class: Adventurer
Race: Human
Inventory:
Clothes
Winter Coat
Sword
Gauntlet
Vial of Dragonsbane poison
Pack
Quests:
Yeah, so the dice rolled badly. A lot. You're playing as Sjek now, and FYI, Malachi isn't dead; he's still there treated by psychiatrists and healers.
You're in the Giant's Realm now, and you found the straight-jacket you wanted. I know things took a hard turn for the worse, but, hey! I think it turned out to be a good twist. I think.
Last thing, I changed the party interface; no more abilities or HP/MP. I'm just going to list out the inventory and quests for now. You can basically describe any attack you can want within reason and that Malachi is capable of doing.