User blog:Ore-samma/My Two Wives (Wurm) (Lich) (continue) (Haunted House)

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Day 7 of the Halloween one-shots!

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Ever your Servant-

Ore-samma

“Why are we here?” Kelsi whined.

I sighed and made sure the portal was stabilized. “I don’t know how many times I keep telling you! We are here to secure this cast-off pocket dimension and change it into a mamono realm for our Patron, Var'Vess.”

“Why can’t white haired woman come and do it herself!” Kelsi said, shivering against Jack.

I groaned as I I closed the portal and tested it, making sure it would re-open for me again….good!

“Portal secure and stabilized.” I said, dusting my hands, “All we need to do is remove the main presence of discorded magical energy, and activate the Rift Device to change the energy here to Mamono affinity!”

“Nice Hyuuna!” Jack said with a smile, shuffling a bit to not be completely caught up in Kelsi’s coils.

Kelsi shivered and whimpered at the overwhelming presence of Necromantic energy that had a hint of demonic energy that was still seeded with, and still reeked of evil.

“Is this realm dangerous?” Jack said, at last freeing himself and giving Kelsi headpats, which seemed to calm her down a great deal.

“Hmmmm, I think so.” I said looking up at the old mansion surrounded by a dark forest primary seemed to be weeping willow and blackwood oak. The old structure seemed to follow a Bavarian-eske style of construction. Rich brown plaster with blackwood oak support structure. The windows were ether dark, foreboding but if you looked just right, you could see dim lights that almost seemed to travel down the halls, a ghostly pale blue. The structure was maintained by magic, but either I couldn’t sense the dominating presence, or the former master of this realm long since evaporated into the void.

“There are at least twelve class three consciousnesses in the house, so human-superior level perception...but….hmmm...their intelligence is class one, so they aren’t smart.” I looked over to Kelsi, my dim-witted Wurm sister wife. “But don’t you fret, Kelsi- you are at least twice as smart as they are!” I said with a smile, and mumbled under my breath, “ even though they may be able to figure you out without a problem. ”

“Hey!” Kelsi shouted and slithered up to me. “I may not be smart, but I hear better than you without magic! Be nice, or send me home! I strong! You need me!”

I placed my hand to my chest and gasped, “Oh dear! We could be here for several days, you know. Are you sure you would be fine without husband for that long?”

Kelsi nodded, her facial expression and her aura sent chills down my back….she really was afraid!

“Yes! This place is evil! I can sense it everywhere! Eyes! Eyes! They lick their teeth and want to eat! They hungry!” Kelsi said with a shudder.

“Hyuuna, I can feel it too.” Jack said in a low voice and wrapped his arm around Kelsi. “We really should take some per-”

“Oh stuff it! Both of you!” I leered. “Do you think this place frightens me? I was an undead Arch Lich of the highest level of power! This place wouldn’t be fit to be a stronghold in the undead fiefdom I held dominion over! And besides-”

''Leave this place! You trespass upon the cursed tomb of-''

I whirled around and released my magical energies that would claim undead in my presence and make them my thralls.

“HA! See?!? Three down, nine left to go!” I said with a sneer as I strode to the three Dire Ghouls and took a closer look.

“Yep, highly perceptive, moreso than humans...but...hmmmm, their creator didn’t want them to think on their own. They are sentries, nothing more.”

I glanced over their rotting forms and pushed my magical senses deeper inside...hmmm...no hivemind, so capturing these three did not trip any alarms.

Their base construction was made from….Orcs? That’s strange….they look human. Oh well.

I opened the return portal and had it’s location exitpoint position in my personal dungeon and pushed all three through the glimmering surface. I would deal with them later.

“Now, you see how easy that was...what?” I looked. Kelsi and Jack were gone.

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“Husband! Sister Box-Wife gone!” Kelsi cried out and whirled around where she was standing moments ago. She sniffed the ground and started to hyperventilate. “Please! Husband! Please! I wanna go home! Home! Home!” She cried out.

“Kelsi, honey. I don’t have the magic that Hyuuna does. We have to find her, or we are going to be stuck until Var'Vess comes looking for us.” I turned to the old foreboding mansion. “We have to go look for her.”

“Waaaaa! Dont-wanna dont-wanna dont-wanna dont- wanna !” Kelsi cried out, smacking her tail on the ground leaving fairly large imprints in the soft soil.

“Fine, wait here. I will go look for her!” I said with a sigh.

“No! Don’t leave me!” Kelsi bawled and slithered under me to have me ride her shoulders. “I scared without you!”

I gingery opened the door and looked inside and exhaled. “Hyuuna! How did you vanish like that!” I said with a stern voice.

“Sister! I was so worried!” Kelsi cheered, her side fins flaring and her face now blushed with happiness.

Hyuuna smiled and waved from behind a piano and thrummed her thumb across the keys. “Hello beloved! This place is awesome! How about we keep it for ourselves! I could do so much  with this place!”

I smiled and nodded and gave Kelsi a hand wave behind my back. “You know what, you’re right! We should stay here- NOW KELSI!” I cried out, ducking out of the way.

Kelsi had already launched herself over me and slammed into the illusion and coiled around it, hissing and baring her teeth, raking her claws over its form while the abomination screamed as bits of flesh ripped from its form, revealing another Dire Ghoul.

It tried to bite Kelsi, but its teeth cracked and fell apart on her hard scales.

“Rotten thing burn!” Kelsi growled and took in a deep breath and turned it to a pile of ash from her firebreath.

We stood, panting and looking at each other and Kelsi rushed to my arms and bawled as I held her.

“How did husband know?” She sniffed.

“Hyuuna never smiles like that, if at all.” I grumbled. “Thankfully I was aware of it.”

“Ooooh! Husband smart!” Kelsi said and leaned her head in for more pats. “We win over the leftovers. How many left now?” She said, with a small purr.

“Eight. There’s eight more presences, but I imagine there is one more that Hyuuna could not detect.” I looked at Kelsi. “Kelsi- honey, can you smell her?”

Kelsi sniffed the air and extended upon her tail in the main foyer.

I looked about the structure. It wasn’t a crumbling wreck, but had more the feel of abandonment. Like the many deserted strongholds of the Former Demon Lord that still had mindless abominations, and deadly traps. The heavily carpeted floors and willow paneled walls filled with strange artwork of various portraits seemed to muffle all sound. Ancient timepieces adorned the walls, but none of them showed the same time, and none worked. There was a second floor that seemed to be a vast library...man, Hyuuna would have loved  to have seen that.

Kelsi stretched to the second floor on her tail still sniffing about and looking around. She lowered herself and shook her head.

“Box-wife sister’s smell is everywhere, unsure where she is!. She is very frightened!” Kelsi said, looking worried.

I looked about the house and flinched as the piano started to play by itself.

“NO!” Kelsi screeched and slammed her tail and obliterated the piano with a massive, melodic, clunk!

'' Kelsi! Jack! Help me! ''

I looked up, “KELSI! NO STAY HERE!” But it was too late- her single mindedness took her better judgement and she took off down the hall.

I tried to rush after her but the door slammed, blocking me in.

“Dammit! Kelsi!” I cried out, slamming my fist against the door.

Join us

I turned, seeing several apparitions staring at me from oozing tar-like spots in the wall. They started to creep out and floated towards me, their voices seeming to reverberate amidst the walls and inside my body.

I turned and gave the door a full blast of magic and rushed through.

The hallway became a bloodsoaked nightmare. I stepped into it, but the floor opened up and collapsed….and I fell into darkness.

(later)

“Jake! No! Not you too!”

I opened my eyes and looked around.

“Hyuuna!” I cried out, my fear spiked and pounded its terror through me. “What happend? Are you okay?”

Hyuuna shook her head, her eyes pouring tears. “Jake! We’re done for! I’m so sorry!” She bawled.

I looked around, the entire room was filled with stone busts stuck into the walls, floors, and ceiling….all of them in expressions of horror and pain….

I looked to Hyuuna, she was encased in stone up to her neck.

“Hyuuna! There has to be something we can do!”

Hyunna bawled and shook her head. “They separated us, and fed upon my magic, then your magic….they know Var'Vess is coming! They are going to destroy all of the Mamono Realms!” She closed her eyes. “I’m holding on...holding...but it's so hard...I’m so tired!”

I looked down, my waist was buried into the floor and slowly sinking. I pushed as hard as I could to remain up, but each time my hands touched the floor they started to sink too!

“Hyuuna! I...no matter what happens! I love you! Forever!” I cried out, seeing the stone reach her mouth, her eyes screaming silently to me.

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“Jake! Husband! Where are you!” I cried out!

I lost Hyuuna, silly box-wife-sister! Now I lost Jake! My love and Husband!

Join us!

I turned and saw several monstrosities and felt my rage surface.

“NO! GIVE HUSBAND AND SISTER BACK!” I screamed, picking up a large couch and threw it at the monster.

I felt my rage boil and I breathed fire upon the silly books. I smelt husband behind a wall and stuck my claws inside it and pulled it down on my head, breaking it apart.

I shook the debris from me and whipped my tail and wrapped it around a support pillar and yanked it down, all the while breathing fire on the debris that rained down upon and around me!

“' HOUSE IS BAD! I BREAK IT! I BURN IT DOWN! NOTHING LEFT! GIVE HUSBAND AND SISTER BACK''! '''“

I turned and saw four strange creatures lumbering towards me. I snarled and ripped up a chunk of floor and held it above my head, blocking more falling debris and threw it at them, watching the chunk smash clean through several walls.

I followed the chunk of floor with more fire and ripped the hole in the wall into a wider opening and tore down the ceiling as I rampaged through the house.

“''' ALL WILL BE DESTROYED! YOU TOOK HUSBAND! '''”

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(later)

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“My lady!” I said giving a low bow “Welcome to DarkHaven!”

Lady Var'Vess looked over the smoldering smear that was once a grand estate.

“Uh, Magister Hyuuna, I do recall there was a house sitting where there is now a charred smear.”

I coughed, “Ah, yes...well, the acquisition of this realm was necessarily violent. There was an evil entity that fed off of magic and was able to separate my team and almost dispatched all of us.”

Var'Vess looked to me from the smoldering wreck. “Oh? No one detected such a presence before.”

I nodded. “Yes, well….I am by geas unable to lie to you. So I swear to you that I would have died and my husband Jack would have died if it...weren’t for…..my sister, Kelsi.” I felt a deep warm relief and love to be able to speak my sisters name and felt a tear rise to my eye as I gestured to my wonderful sister, near-asleep amidst the soft moss near the creek, holding Jack in her arms..

Lady Var'Vess nodded and looked back to me. “I see. Well, I want to congratulate you and your team. The destruction of the structure is a sad loss, but I will defer to your judgement it was necessary.” She placed her hand on my shoulder. “Well done! I will give you full credit and accommodation for this.”

I shook my head, as much as I wanted this….I knew I couldn’t. “My lady, please…..could you reward my sister? She saved my life, and our husband's life. Her absolute resistance to magic was the only thing that saved all of us.”

Lady Var'Vess looked over to Kelsi. “Of course. Please send me the details of whatever you would like as a reward for this. All the same; you will still get full credit and accommodation in addition to your sister.” She looked at me and smiled. “You have a good family, Hyuuna. You make me proud. The next pocket dimension will be yours, this I swear.”

“Thank you my lady.” I said with another bow as she strode to the burnt wreckage with her construction crew.

I strode over to Kelsi and sat next to her.

“You, you really like me?” Kelsi said, drawing me closer with her soot-covered paw.

I looked over at Kelsi and placed my hand on her head. “Kelsi, I more than like you. I love you. I always loved you. I just…..” I sighed….”Kelsi, I promise from now on I will be nicer to you. I’m sorry I haven’t till now.” I kissed her forehead. “Thank you for saving my life.”

Kelsi sighed and closed her eyes. “Silly-box wife. I always know you like me, otherwise you wouldn’t tease!” She reopened her eyes. “By the way- white haired lady said I can have reward! What kind of reward?”

I smiled and sat down next to Kelsi and rested my head upon her tail. “Whatever you want, even one of those feasts you talk about at the capital.”

I closed my eyes feeling the sun break through the cloud cover that was evaporating, showing the sun for what must have been the first time in eons.

A warm breeze drifted across my face, and I fell asleep to the sounds of songbirds crying out their joy of the nightmare that had passed.