The portal that Tommy thought he created was not his. He did not know where he was going. He was not going home. They were not going home tonight. They landed from a week's worth of walking away from where they last were.
A dark room lit by a torch on the wall; that is where they are, that is where they are. They had not left the Black Realm. This time, Ginger was the one who was awake.
Where am I?! Where are we? Why is this room empty? Ginger walks around the room. No door, strange. She plops herself onto the floor. What would Tommy do to escape? She looks back at Tommy. He would consider punching a hole into the wall. I'm not strong enough for that, no way in death. She looks at Tommy again. I should wake him, but Tommy doesn't like getting woken up.
The roles have switched. It was Ginger's turn to find an escape, and she had nowhere to start, no lead, and nothing to help her.
She pushes Tommy's shoulders. Ginger whispers, "Tommy, wake up." It did nothing. Do I have to wake him through his dreams? I'd rather not.
She rests her hand on Tommy's forehead. I'll talk to him in his dream. I've done this with him before. He's not going to expect it, but it's better than waiting for him to wake up. Her figure becomes translucent as her feet lift off the ground. Before anyone could teleport to them, Ginger had been sucked into Tommy's dream and transformed it into the room they were in.
"Tommy? Tommy"? She called out. Tommy appears in front of her. He sleepily rubs his eyes. "Huh? Where are we"? He asks. "I don't know," Ginger responds. "All I know is, I'm not where I last was." Tommy looks at the ground. They both were hovering several inches from the ground.
Tommy panicked. "Wha? Are you in my dream again"?
"5th time, and you still panic when it happens."
"When you do, it's always because something has happened."
"We're trapped in an empty room."
"Have we even left the Black Realm"?
Ginger looks around the room. "The Black Realm"? Tommy crosses his arm and angrily exhales.
"Why are you mad"?
"The Star Guard at assholes."
"How do you know this is the Star Guard's doing"?
"You know The Legend of Casimir, right"?
"Yeah."
"The Spirit Council wants me dead because I am the legend's Ultimate Spirit or "the chosen one," so that puts a target on my back. The Star Guard works for the Spirit Council, which means they also want me dead."
"And"?
"To summarize: because I am the Ultimate Spirit; the Spirit Council, and the Star Guard want me dead so I can't complete the prophecy."
"So you're pissed about a bunch of black spirits trapping you, and trying to kill you"?
"Yes."
Tommy looks over at Benjamin.
"Can you get out of my dream and wake Benjamin and me up"?
"Yep."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
As Ginger leaves Tommy's dream, a member of the Star Guard is in the room, waiting for her. She holds her fists up, and in turn, the spirit holds up their fists. The tip of Ginger's tail grazes Tommy's chin, waking him up. Tommy stands up.
He pops his fingers, cracks his knuckles, pops his wrists, and pops his elbows. He slides his hand into his pocket and grabs his knife. "Good thing you woke me up." Tommy chuckles. He hands Ginger his knife. "Why are you letting me borrow this"? Ginger asks. He looks at the spirit, then at Ginger. "Your fists won't do shit." Tommy smiles as he glances back at the black spirit. Ginger sighs.
"What will you fight with"?
"My fists."
"Ok, Ultimate Spirit. Are you going to break their nose"?
"If I punch in the right place."
The spirit backs up. "They're scared." Ginger spots. Tommy looks at the spirit and walks up to it. "Now, let's get this over with." Tommy smiles. It froze, unable to move by a seemingly unexplainable force. Tommy grabs its throat. His fist plunges into its chest and rips its soul from its body. He crushes the soul and walks back to Ginger.
"Say? How about you wake Benjamin up."
Ginger lets her tail brush Benjamin's face, and his eyes flutter open. "Wha? Where are we now"? Benjamin mutters. Tommy pulls him up to his feet.
"We are trapped inside the Black Realm."
"Wasn't the portal supposed to take us to the Over World"?
"The portal wasn't mine. My portal must have been unable to form."
"Then why did you jump in"?!
"I didn't know"!
Tommy backs away and calms himself. "Ok." He began. "I'll get us out, and no one will suspect our disappearance." "Do you even know what time of day it is"? Ginger asks with a hand on Tommy's back. She pokes him with the handle of the knife. "This is yours," Ginger says.
With the knife safe in Tommy's pocket, the first thing to do is escape.
"What should I do"? Tommy ponders. "Logically, you should smash a hole in the wall." Ginger profoundly suggests. "That. is stupid." Benjamin groans. "Then Tommy should create a portal"? Ginger asks. "Yes"! Benjamin replies.
Tommy punches a wall. "Hole in the wall: done". Half the wall fall apart seconds later. "Couldn't you have done that at the Maze Jail"? Benjamin asks. "I could have, but didn't want to". Tommy replies. "That could have saved us so much time". Benjamin muttered. Tommy smiles and taps his ear.
Ginger shrugs, responding to Tommy. "He heard that. Tommy does the tap on the ear to show that he heard what you said," Ginger tells her observation. A portal opens up in the space that was the wall. "We're not in a Maze Jail." Tommy smiles. Tommy slips through to the other side.
Before Ginger walks through, she sighs, "Finally! We're going back to the Overworld "!
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Black Strings: Threads of Revenge
FantasíaLife changes quicker than you think. No one wouldn't think the most powerful spirit is imperfect. Your goal and your purpose merge. Fate has something in store for everyone. What does she have in store for you?
