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"Aqua," Ruby exclaimed as we turned to her, "I've been trying to get you in a skirt all year."
"Huh," was the only word any of us could muster at that point.
Then she continued, "See, you look great!"
"But, I hate the feeling," Aqua complained a little uncomfortably, "and what do I do if a gust of wind blows by?!" We took a sigh of relief. "Either way," Aqua recomposed and turned her attention towards Kane, "EXPLAIN THIS NOW!"
"I thought I told you I wasn't going to explain anymore about this," Kane replied in a solemn and final tone. "Huh," something caught his eye, "what's that around your neck?" Kane approached Aqua.
"It's part of a set I got for us," Aqua replied while giving Kane an odd look.
Kane touched the tear shaped sapphire and said, "a set? This is more serious than I thought." He put his finger to his mask as if in deep thought. "Follow me, you guys need some rest," he said as we sighed, "and a lecture."
We instantly moaned, before we went into town. It was bustling with people, and the planks below our feet didn't shake under our weight at all. The wood was as solid as a concrete sidewalk, and, when I touched one of the reed huts, it was as solid as any other building back home. It was amazing. This city was on water, but it doesn't feel like that at all. And, the people were always smiling. Not even a hint of ill nature anywhere.
We followed Kane into a nearby building set up like an inn. He spoke at a man at the counter, who smiled as he pointed to a set of stairs leading up to the next floor.
"Okay," said Kane, "everyone on up. We've got a lot to talk about." We came up to the second floor and into a large room with six beds and a couch, Kane was kicking back on the couch below the window with his sword next to him. Then he looked up at me and Aqua, "hm, what?"
"What's up with this place," I asked.
"Yeah," Aqua came in after me, as everyone else just stared at us. "This whole town makes no sense! It's made of reeds, the current should be making it move in some way, everything feels solid like concrete, and there aren't any of those logs that are supposed to keep the place from drifting," Aqua went on as she pointed out every detail that we came across.
"Exactly," I continued, "and look at that!" I pointed at the ceiling lamp. Then I turned my attention to another open door with a toilet and bath in it, "and that!"
"Have you lost it," Chris asked a little annoyed. "Everyone has one, so what the hell's the matter with you?"
"Indoor plumping and electricity," said Terra, as I nodded. Ruby, Chris, and Eric turned to face us a little confused. "I just realized that there aren't any power lines or septic tanks." Terra walked over to a bed and had a seat.
"So, what," said Chris sarcastically. "The only things that bug me are that building out the window there and how nice and cheery everyone is."
I thought about that a second, and Chris had a point. For once, he had a point. Everyone was nice, really nice. But, besides that, the sun hadn't set, despite how long it took us to get here. Something wasn't just strange here but wrong, very wrong.
Kane started to laugh from under his mask, "so, you noticed." Our gaze was fixed on him as his laugh faded from his voice. "Welcome to Gaia and its trouble." He raised his finger, "no interuptions." We all picked a bed to sit on. "Gaia uses a kind of energy that exists in this world to make the impossible possible. I think the term you guys use would be called spiritual power or magic. It's how everything here is how it is. If you don't get it, too bad."
"Magic," Eric uttered in awe. "That's so cool! Can I learn some?"
There he goes again. Ignoring him, I asked Kane, "what about our stones and the sun?" I paused for a second. "It hasn't gone down at all," my voice got a little shakey. "What the heck is going on here?"
"Well, since you asked," Kane's voice was a little harsher now, which meant no interuptions. "This world was split in two seven hundred years ago, after the battle against the Kaijin. Two of the six people that came here were split in two by Gaia's energy, a side of darkness and a side of light. At the same time, Gaia was also split into a side of light and darkness. One side is always in the light of day where the people are kind and just, while the other is under the light of the cresent moon where everyone is dark and deceitful. For the past six hundred years, a person was pulled from Earth every hundred years to fix this. Sadly, all of them were killed." He paused for minute before he continued. "Each person was an exception to the reincarnation laws of this world, and they became part of the damn thing killed them." My eyes widened as my heart raced in light of this. Would the same thing kill us? "But, now there's six of you, and those stones are here too." He paused again and leaned forward. It was like he was just remembering something that was deeply bothering him. "Those stones are embodiments of nature, and the last people who used them were the the six from seven hundred years ago. These things are powerful and have a mind of their own. So, don't be surprised if you can't take them off." We all looked down at our gems. Were these things really alive? "But," Kane went on, "this only means that nature itself feels that Gaia can't handle the situation anymore."
I sat there, silent. It was so strange, so hard to accept, and too much to grasp. I can't believe I'm thinking this, but I believed every word that came out of Kane's mouth. We really weren't home anymore.
 Levias · Sat May 27, 2006 @ 05:38pm · 0 Comments |
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