The Last Oddetsey

[alex_holt]

AURELIA

Handing over the books, Aurelia is confronted by an overjoyed Donkey who is very happy to have his collection complete. Meander is a creature who likes a very particular and steady order to the world, and losing his books had been horrible for him.

"Thankyou great Aurelia! You and your oddly named "Spanish Inquisition" truely are great heroes. Thankyou!"

He ponders for a second and extracts a tiny box with a large lock from somewhere in his fur, and unhooks a key on a string from his neck and hands (or mouths anyway) both of them to Aurelia.

"This is an artifact of great power, I believe you truely are worthy of it, and it is quite possibly the last of its kind..."

He continues to narrate as Aurelia opens up the small box and examines the contents - amidst a teflon coated inside, sits a tiny nub of chalk.

"It is the last remaining chalk of power - anything drawn with it will come to life - they were used to build the great Crayola Duchies in the mountains to the South - drawing beautiful citadels straight onto the mountain faces. But then the chalk mines ran dry and the people of those lands waged war over the last few pieces. This is probably the only bit left in the whole multiverse, and it's probably only enough to draw a few people at most. I believe you will use it wisely".

EVERYONE ELSE

The not-Doomforall speaks softly, despite some of the rudeness of certain members of the party:
"I will cut to the chase. The multiverse is not safe while the Rift remains inside the Universe. All the rift that is left resides in one place, and I am sorry to say this, but for everyone everywhere to live, Eudial must die."

[kodster]

(OOC: Majorly weird post time. :P)

Eudial must die

The Witch stood stock still as the magnitude of this revelation hit her.

Eudial must die

She had felt something bad was going to happen, but not like this.

EUDIAL MUST DIE

...

Eudial fell to her knees, staring straight at the ground in front of her. She was sure that every single glance in the vicinity was fixed on her, but it didn't matter. Nothing else mattered. "Eudial must die"... those three words kept repeating themselves in her head, overlapping, in perfect harmony as with a ticking clock.

"I don't want to die..."

The words came out of her mouth as though a stranger had spoken them. Indeed, it was almost as though someone else had spoken them, for surely no one could have expected such fear in the voice of the accused rift-wielder, especially now that they had learned of her true nature, and her powers.

Sure. She could obliterate them all within the blink of an eye now. It was what she desired over all else in the beginning, wasn't it? Absolute power. And now she had it... surely no one could stand in her way right now, could they? She was invincible!

No. No she wasn't. She was far from that. Lord Doomforall was proof enough. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. It would take control of her. And in any case, all Eudial was... was an abominable Witch from a far away nebula, a villain bent on conquering worlds; she didn't deserve such power.

It was only now that these revelations came to her mind. She was much wiser now, or so it felt to her... having bled through all these battles of cosmic magnificence; she had actually FELT like a hero. And those she counted as worthless pests in the beginning, she now felt at least some sort of kinship with them, and especially after the final battle, as they fought alongside her against Lord Vengeance with their very lives... hell, even Leland Gaunt had stood with her, though not literally beside her, and that was something.

She didn't want to be any sort of villain anymore.

Eudial looked at the palms of her hands, felt the pulsing of an actual heart, beating in her chest. She had never appreciated so much before what it was like to be alive. And she was still young. She had so much to live for now.

And before she knew it, tears started to fall from her eyes. And soon, she couldn't help it. She began to sob, and then started crying heartily as she looked right down into her lap. She didn't care how anybody reacted, only three words mattered at the moment... "Eudial must die"...

"I-I d-don't wanna d-diiiieee..." she blubbered fearfully.