sʜᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ [Kingdom of Loathing fanfiction]

Chapter 24

Just a dream

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I found myself being in a void. But not the dark void you would expect. It was atually all clear. Not even my own shadow was appearant. I looked around, only to see the room as blank. I wandered around the area for a moment, until I see someone standing still, their back facing me. Long, blond hair was visible behind a hat. It actually looked similar to the scalp of Gorgolok I found back to this cave. They were barefeet. Their hands were on their hips. They seemed to have bracelets, made of teeth, probably from seals. That was pretty much all I could figure out, for the silhouette was sort of blurry. I walked to it and tried to touch it, but when I did, it turned into dust and flew away. I stood, still bewildered by what I just witnessed. I suddenly shuddered, feeling my heart pulsating in my chest. It was hammering harder and harder, making me fall on a knee. I sweated. It was becoming harder to breath at this rate. Finally, voices. Voices ringing in my ears into whispers :

''Remember... you have to remember...''

...

I woke up, drenched in sweat. I panted, glancing at every directions... I found myself being in the hut, Gronderson lying by my side... all of this was just a dream.

''Good morning, Sonja dear,'' Phineas greeted me with a coconut in hands. ''Found this for both of us.''

''O-Oh, thanks,'' I stood up and picked the coconut in hands. I sliced it in half so both of us could enjoy to extract the juice out of it. I drank while staring at the sight from the hut's entrance, having a glance at the cave where the seals were hidding. No one seemed in sight for now.

''So, how will you plan your hunting today ?''

''I don't know yet. Will have to see how many of them are there, and how to get the spare parts.''

''How fascinating ! You must know them for a pretty long time to plan such strategy !''

"Let's say I'm just used to beat them up. In my homeland, we would normally train on seal-shaped dummies. But now that I'm on the very ground of these bloody slayers... this is will be something else."

"Still, I sure am impressed."

"It's pratically nothing..." I finished up my coconut and handed it back to him. "Now then, I better get going, before they become invasive."

"Again, good luck !"

I thanked him and waved him off as I climbed down to the sand, Raven flying around me.
Looks like Grony's too sleepy to ever come with me... oh well. I bet he wouldn't slaughter his own kind, anyway, I thought as I trailed off to the grounds, where young seals started to go out. I took a boulder in hands and threw it at one's direction. It got it's attention. Like the day before, I planned on beating up the cub, making it scream, before attracting the mother, being able to strike her down to for some parts. This is what I did for the first few adult seals. They were pretty easy to beat up, considering how they would come one by one. The day's hunt was concluded with some more brains and a few sinews. I brought them to Phineas. He went checking the ressources.

"Let's see... half of brains left, still eight hides and now four sinews left. Well done, my dear."

"It's nothing," I paused to look at Gronderson, who was staring at me with his big brown eyes. I smiled, petting his head. "Phineas... where are you from ?"

"Me ? From the southern region. There's a small village near the forrest. This is where I live ! What about you ?"

"Me ? ... I'm not really sure."