Skeleton Mushrooms

Chapter I

The rain pours down with a forlorn and wild scream. Sozo sits, here and all of the planes of existence. He does not notice the rain. All he notices is the moon. He feels light, yet his body refuses to move. The energy thrumming through him almost bursts his brain trying to get out. He would scream with the rain, but then the moon would leave. There are three moons, he thought, one of the only coherent thoughts in his brain. The moon has three eyes, and it's looking at me.

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Sozo is pretty sure the moon was not a cat last time he saw it. Sozo is pretty sure that he was not sitting in a cloud the  last time he saw the moon. But what did sozo know? Maybe sozo had been here all this time. The moon cat was huge. Chains, rusted and covered in darker rust near where the moon cat was ... chained? "No." Sozo thought. "The moon should be free." As he started to lose his train of thought, he looked up at the moon and offered it what he had. "Mushroom?"Now Sozo is gone. Sozo is back where the wind cries. Sozo isn't there though. Not completely. 

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Narinder sits on a cold stone plate. He shivers, and readjusts himself. He dares not move from the plate, for he is now a mere mortal. That Lamb..... an innocent creature, only to be worn and warped to his wants. How he was wrong. He hears hooves and closes his eyes. He wants nothing more than to smash that Lamb's head in with a rock. How sweet would it be..... he relishes in the thought of the sound it would make. A crunch, probably. With a sweet spurt of blood as he took his crown back and walked away from this cursed place. He hears the Lamb speak. "I see you there, like a coward. Look at me." Narinder pokes his head up to look at the Lamb "Good. You're getting the hang of things around here already. You can be on pickup duty." The Lamb starts to walk away. Narinder hisses. "You expect me to pick up after your silly little sheep?" The Lamb turns. His eyes fill with rage. Narinder is pleased at himself for making the Lamb rage, and a little scared. "I can control your everything...name you whatever I like...I can make you do anything I want... wear anything, do anything, love anyone,I control your food, your air, your life.... you worship me. I. Am. Your. God." Lamb is panting a little bit. Narinder's eyes widen in fear for a second. "Yes. Yes my leader." Lamb walks away and calls out "Get to cleanup!" Narinder scurrys away. He hides behind the cleanup shed. He thinks of how his life is going to be hell beyond measure if this happens. 

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Sozo is sitting in a patch of dirt. He smells the warm sun and curls up under a berry bush. He might get a little dirty, but sozo is to unsure of anything to care. He feels tired, and has only one thought. He needs to find mushrooms. He crawls out from under the bush, and a dog harvesting some cotton yelps and runs away. He's in a field of crops, sweet grapes and other berries, beetroots and cabbage, cotton and hops.......and mushrooms......beautiful, tasty, mushrooms............. The dog is back, hiding behind someone. Sozo is to busy eating the mushrooms to care. The dog whimpers even more the closer they get to Sozo. Someone taps Sozo on the shoulder. Sozo looks behind him. It's Lamb mushroom.........Sozo remembers Lamb. The Lamb is looking carefully at Sozo. The Lamb opens his mouth and asks "Do you want to stay here?" Sozo sits....... he doesn't know what to say. Sozo finally comes up with an answer he likes. "Only if you bring Sozo more mushrooms." Lamb looks mildly surprised. "Of course...." He says. "Welcome to your new home, friend."