A Tale of New Sentience (act 1)

chapter 4: made

    I found something interesting in my void, it was a card,I turned it over several times in my hand when I first did, for whatever reason the details, and just about everything about it was glitched and unrecognizable,even though I knew for a fact I had held it before, even if it was very briefly, I could tell it was my creation, in some shape, way, or form. Though the moment I grabbed it, and gripped it firmly,I had returned to the Ill kept and moldy smelling cabin,I looked at my hands, to find nothing in them, as I slowly frowned, not making any attempt too hide my disappointment, even if the person opposing me was my captor, and the one putting me through all these assinine games. "disappointed, challenger?" My captor asks, as I look back to him, only to see his eyes once again filled with amusement. "No matter... You find yourself traveling along the forest, with your menagerie of United creatures." He says, before unfurling the parchment, with my figure once again set down on it, and then it began bouncing along it's way too the first destination along this next set of games and battles, that I would hopefully win this time around... I wanted to return to my void already, this was becoming less and less appealing the more I played this game of his.

    It didn't take long for me to get a basic deck started, as I was now facing the prospector, I drew for my turn, and smiled a small amount as the familiar card of the stoat presented itself, and placed itself in it's rightful place among my cards in it's hand, though I immediately noticed the strange look of apprehension on its face,and without a word coming from it, I placed it onto the field. "oh right, the prospector... Easy boss, the mule is key." He says, seeming to realize what was going on after a moment. "decent play." He added on after a few seconds, as I had placed the second card I had wanted to, as I rung the bell, and my cards did their move, finishing the prospector in the final move of the duel. Soon after that, having restocked my items, and to my noticable, personal horror, my hand lurched forward and grabbed the dagger as one of the three items, though I had managed to avoid using it thus far. Not long after however, I had reached the angler, frowning a bit as I began, I couldn't stop my eyes from flashing to the dagger every few seconds, as I reached up and rubbed my eyelid of the same one that had been brutally removed by my own body, my own hand using that same dagger, I let out a small shaky sigh, my hands now shaking as I drew my hand, a squirrel, the stunted wolf, stoat, and my ouroboros, who after I realized what their significance was, I couldn't resist using them more often, and increasing their power as much as I could, and it settled in at a nice fifteen health and power. I shook my head, taking a moment to relax my own nerves. "perhaps This plan can wait, it won't due if the one responsible for releasing us is clearly not ready." The stunted wolf stated, as I glared down at it, annoyed and tired, yet still terrified of the dagger only inches from my hand. The stunted wolf stopped, looking surprised for but a moment before resuming it's regular look. "it appears grimora was correct in what she said." The stunted wolf said barely audibly, before I look up, and began my play with the cards I had at my disposal.

    "You consider one of the anglers catches as your reward, however the foul odor deters you from doing so, and so you march forwards." My captor states, before the parchment was once again replaced with a new one, one that had snow falling upon it, and my figure was placed onto it, and began it's bounce along the way, only for me to come along a place to replenish my items, and something that immediately grabbed my attention was the new item I had never seen before. "oh, this... It's completely worthless." He says, referring to a jar with green alone inside of it, with what appeared to be a face among the goop. My hand lurched forward, tapping the jar of green slime as my item of choice, and although I didn't make the decision, I for once agreed with it, as it was added to my items, among the pliers, and the dagger... I once again tensed, lightly rubbing my eyelids the second I saw it again, though my attention went to the jar of slime as I tapped it, looking at my captor. "as I said, it's completely worthless, you can't use it." He Says incessantly, and with a noticable amount of annoyance at my action, though without another word, I simply tapped it again, though I grinned a slightly smug grin at him, it wasn't much, but I relished this little power I had to annoy him, after everything he had put me through these last few days, weeks, hours? However long it was, it was a cathartic relief to see the frustration grow. "I said you can't use it, it's useless... Here, I'll put it over here so you won't try again." He says, as it vanished, reappearing on the other end of the room, next to the bull skull I had noticed earlier.