How The Soothsaying Started

A Lost mind and Dead body

Her words still confused me... what did she mean "awaken who I once was"?! What is this game she trying to play? Am I meant to be just some kind of pawn? I started to laugh and I can't explain why, but I couldn't stop. The whole situation was suddenly hysterical! I'm going to die here! I'll be alone while my friends have probably long forgotten about me!  "Oh isn't this just lovely! Wouldn't it just be easier to kill me already?! This is growing tiresome." The whole time laughing I spoke to an empty and foul smelling room. Oh by the crown I'm going to really die here aren't I?! I haven't done anything! Why am I here?! Tears flooded my eyes. Make it stop just kill me! "LET ME OUT!! GET ME OUT OF HERE!! PLEASE!! MOTHER! DADDY! HELP ME!" I screeched though no one was listening. I cried and cried but it didn't matter, I didn't matter. Everything was amusing again, I cried and laughed for hours.

"Where am I!""Do you ever listen? We're in Hell.""Discord! Get me out of here!""Sorry, no can do." Charles was fuming and pacing around the black gates. A small dog, about a few months old, was wagging his tail and chewing on a bone. Nobody decided to recognise that it was a human rib. "So instead of staying in eternal punishment, I got guard duty with you?" "Yep.""Is it too late to change my mind?""Yep." Charles made a melodramatic groan. Discord went from being completely black to looking kind of like that boy before Charles died. "That's the great Cerberus?" Charles pointed to the black doberman."Arf!" Cerberus rubbed against Charles's leg and played fetch with him."Might as well teach you some things." Discord got up and stretched from his perch. It seemed the general wearings of Hell were leather armor. Thin and flexible so that it could reach around the body comfortably. "You're a soldier, Charles. In this place it's required all soldiers learn magic, and use a degree of it. You seem pretty earthy so I can teach you some Terra.""In English, Discord.""You're strong, so I'm going to teach you the elemental magic for strength, earth." Discord took hold of Charles's wrist and plopped him down on the ground in front of him."Earth is represented as Gluttony in the whole magic thing. So I want you to take in, nothing else, even if that makes you look more vulnerable and submissive." "What the f-.""Don't interrupt!" Discord snarled."No! Listen to me Discord! I can't use magic! I've never been able to!""Well now is a good time to start. You will take the form of earth. Ball your hands into fists then place them together like this.""Th-.""Let go, Charles. Earth is a patient force. She takes in, but is not afraid to give back. Become Earth."Charles huffed and placed his fists together.

"The trail, it disappears here..." Snow said suddenly, confusion in her voice. "What do we do?""We make camp here, obviously." Adam said, swinging himself out of the caravan. "We can eat and regain our full strength before continuing." The group agreed with him, and they set about making camp. Kaza and Lily went into the woods to find firewood. Adam, Snow, Nicklaus, and Admin talked in hushed voices."Why did you come now?" Admin asked Adam. "We could've used your help before.""Well, it was more fun waiting and watching your friend being tortured. Also before you go in there, I recommend a straight jacket for Rose.""Wait, why would she need restraints?" Admin asked with widening eyes."Let's just say she may have been gone a short while, but her mental state has changed and is continuing to change. She may not be the same person you all remember, and I'm fairly certain your black and white haired friend is GREATLY aware of that."    Their gazes were directed toward Snow at this point and the gazes decided to ask questions."Snow, please tell us what you know! You are the one who said she needs our help, and we need to know what's wrong so that we know how to help her." Nicklaus spoke with a strange wisdom."It's not my place to tell you of her traumas, if she wishes to tell you what happened after we bring her back, then you can know." She responded calmly."She didn't want to tell us about a damn bruise! Do really think she's going to tell us what happened?!" Admin's tone of frustration was not the least bit subtle."If she doesn't want to tell us then that's your problem! Not mine! But I wish I didn't know, after what I've only seen I can't imagine her pain..." Snow wrapped her arms around her own waist and continued. "I see her in my nightmares... her screams, her cries, and her pleads for us to come and help her.... and it's only getting worse the closer we get to her...And now I can't even find her anymore or what's left of her, and that's terrifying!" Her voice became very shaky and heavy. "I would worry about the Weght." Adam crossed his arms and let his right leg take his weight. "Rose is being held by necromancers, they will bring back the dead in order to achieve their goals. Nicklaus can stop their magic easily, and they are horrendous close combat fighters, easy to take out. I would split up." "Why? We can't go together?" Snow asked."Oh no, you guys have a much larger foe than the Weght." Adam mused."You have a strange obsession with not telling us things." Admin said forthrightly. "Did you guys forget the whole son of Satan thing? I clearly mentioned it.""What?" Nicklaus was confused. "When?""Your friend, Admin, here is the son of Satan.""That explains his power." Snow said bluntly."About that, Admin, you aren't technically bound to the size of paper when animating. You just forget to add depth and perspective." Adam took Admin's paintbrush and ink. He drew on his arm. A large greatsword appeared the same way it did with Admin's objects."How did you do that?" Admin was extremely confused. "Perspective, Sloth." Adam flicked Admin's head."Those are shadow limbs...uh..right?""Yes." Adam casually let his hands disappear in smoke and reappear again. "First time I used them, I accidently set off a flare and blew a man's head off.""That's neat." Nicklaus commented."Oh." Snow said. "They even work like real hands." Adam grabbed Admin's hands and and bumped fists with him."I'd hate to interrupt to this budding bromance, you two. But we have more important matters to discuss." Snow parted the two boys.