The Shadow Play

6: The Legend of Sigils

Mitzefy was out in the woods with her girlfriend, Jojosolos. Jojosolos had apparently information about the Element of Healing, and she said that it could be found in his old treehouse in a jungle. A few hours later, they found it. Mitzefy squeaked. 

"That's exactly what I'm talking about. You're making your excited squeaking noise!" Jojosolos shrieked. "Uh, I wasn't making my excited squeaking noise." Mitzefy confirmed.

A loud squeak was heard. Which made Mitzefy and Jojosolos scream.

"Y'all can stop screamin' now. Didn't mean to scare ya. I do that a lot." The man said with a Cajun accent. "Scare people or rock creepily in the dark?" Jojosolos questioned. "Well, both, I s'pose. Name's Jon. Pleased to meet ya." Jon answered. "Likewise, but, um, may I ask, why are you in Sigils's home?" Mitzefy asked. "Oh, I take care of the place. I ain't much of a cleaner, but from what I hear, my kin wasn't neither. So I doubt they'd mind a few cobwebs in our ancestral home." Jon explained.

Mitzefy gasped. "You're related to Sigils?!"

"Mm-hmm."

"Oh, my goodness, Jojo, we did it! Not only did we find Sigils's old house – we actually found one of his descendants!" Mitzefy exclaimed. "Honestly, I would not have guessed it." Jojosolos admitted.

"So you're looking for some kind of cure, huh? Well, now, I know Sigils was known to always be writing in his books. If he had the cure you want, I reckon that's where it'd be. Come on. I'll show ya the library." Jon said.

"Library?! Now we're talkin'!" Jojosolos squealed.

The three walk into the library, and well, it was smaller than they expected. "What's with that look? Is it not what you expected?" Jon asked. "Oh. Well..." Jojosolos said, chuckling nervously. "Libraries come in all shapes and sizes." She added. "This is good though. It'll take us less time to go through everything." Mitzefy replied.

Mitzefy: [blows air, reading] 'Today, my mom made me eat chilli. Chilli is spicy.' And we can probably skip this one, unless he found a cure when he was a kid.

Jojosolos: [reading] 'I met a bully today. He pulled my hair, so I put a frog on his head.' Also not helpful, but I do kinda want to see where it goes. [grumbles]

Mitzefy: Wait! Listen to this! [reading] "Today, I tried again to brew an unsniffle elixir..."

Sigils is revealed to be a legendary healer known as the "Mystical Mask". Long ago, he studied medicine under his mother, Serena, and kept and wrote multiple books.

Today, he tried to brew an unsniffle elixir, and he finally got it right after many attempts. Sigils's mother thought it was the time he have something every healer deserves. "Andrew, I think it's time you had this." She replied, and gave him a box. Sigils gasped. He got his own healer's mask. "My very own healer's mask! You think I'm ready, mom?" Sigils asked. She nods. The healer's mask was coated in green, with a splodge of cyan.

One day, a citizen was down with a new sickness, which Serena named it Swamp fever. They've been trying to find a cure, but nothing seemed to work out. Sigils contends with the epidemic that infects his mother and fellow villagers. He feared that if he didn't find a cure soon, everybody would be in grave danger!

With his mother sick, he didn't think he'd ever find a cure. But staring at those cursed flowers today, he saw something. He discovers that flash bees are immune to the disease-spreading flower's poison. And if they were immune to Swamp Fever, their honey could be the cure! But they were so aggressive defending their hive, he didn't know how he was gonna get it! But he had a plan.

Using his healer's mask to shield himself from the bees, Sigils collects some of their honey and uses it to develop a cure for the epidemic. Afterward, he dedicates his life to helping other sick people across the world.

"It was the greatest feeling I've ever experienced, and I promise to dedicate my life to curing people all over the globe!" Mitzefy read aloud.

"And he did just that. Right up until he disappeared without a trace." Jon confirms.