| From: | Jacamus <CUENOJF@*********.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Ragnarok / Vilya |
| Date: | Sun, 15 May 1994 18:18:57 CDT |
pretty damn weird life.....
There I was, down on the beach with Majiktize kickin' ass in the
volleyball court when Vilya decides to show up. At least, I think he
was there. Usually whenever Vilya shows up, I'll turn around and
there he'll be, about a foot away from me. This, without miss,
scares the holy bejeezus outta me.
He did it again, I think. I went up for a spike, but saw him out of
the corner of my eye. I glanced over and completely forgot about the
ball. I wound up takin' it full on the face and fallin' ass over
teakettle onto the sand. Naturally I landed headfirst and blacked
out for a second.
When my eyes snapped open I just looked straight out into the sky. I
saw this weird black cloud forming right over me. I looked away, but
the cloud stayed right in the center of my vision. It grew to take
up the whole sky. Well, not really, it was sorta like a dome over me
or something. It just blocked everything.
Whenit closed down on the horizon I felt the sensation of flying. I
was slowly gaining speed, straight up. Up ahead I saw a light.
"Omigod, I'm dead. This is it." I remember thinking. I honestly
thought I was having one of those death experiences.
I was flying heafirst into the light, which kept growing bigger and
bigger as I got closer. When I hit the light, I had the sensation of
turning inside out. It was like my face stopped but, everything just
kept coming and flew out my mouth, if you can imagine that. So now
I'm flying feet first, in bright light. I couldn't take the sight
any more so I closed my eyes and screamed.
When I finally stopped scraming to breathe, I opened my eyes. I had
stopped oving and was just floating in space. A mist formed out of
nowhere and surrounded me. I don't know how, but I knew it was
Vilya. I have no bloody fraggin' idea what was going on, but I knew
Vilya had taken me away and now I was hanging in a mist that was
Vilya.
I looked around, trying to find something to look at when I noticed
something. Up ahead, on one of the clouds was a picture. It was the
inside of a hospital, with a woman giving birth. I looked closer, it
was my mother. Something snapped inside me, I was watching my own
birth! I got no idea what's going on, right? So anyway, it's like
I'm watching highlights of my life.
My first tooth, my first step, my first word....... my whole life
unfolded before me on this cloud. Everything was there. Including
the night I foundout about my parents. My parents went to Europe for
a month and left me with my grandparents. Some fuckin' towelheads
blew up the plane they were on. My whole life fell apart that night.
I almost killed myself.
I don't know what happened, but I found myself in a CAS Marine
recruiting office. I guess I figured if I was gonna kill myself, I
might as well take some Azzies with me.
I watched as I signed up, went to boot camp and eventually got
selected for the Force Recon element.
I watched as I got shipped to Texas for some cross-border work
against the Azzies. I got to see that night I met up with the
Apocalypse Horsemen. Their recruiter talked my ito joining, ut first
I needed to get out of the Corps. I watched as we staged my death in
Norfolk Harbor and made our getaway back to Texas.
I watched as I rose through the ranks in the Horsemen. I became just
like the other officers and NCOs. Crooked. We'd break up BTL ring
and set ourselves up in a different city.
I watched a the Colonel decided we needed to expand into magic.
Eventually, we got to that night when I was called into the shaman's
office. That night I decided to go over the wall. The night thathas
forever changed my life.
I watched as I loaded up all of this stolen cyber and weapons into the
back of a van. I didn't know where I was going, didn't now how to
get there, and didn't know what I'd do once I got there.
I watched as four months later I met Freddy Frypp. I made my way to
SF, to try myself against the I-Marines. Freddy convinced me to
join Frypp Securityand then the cloud went blank.
I wanted to know what was happening. I called out for Vilya to tell
me what was happening.
Over on a different cloud, I was back in Horsemen HQ. I saw the
shaman start to take over. He encased everyone in these big sacs.
I don't know what was happening until one burst open. The Colonel
was there, with the Shaman. A huge bug crawled out of the sac. It
was a Mantis spirit, like the ones that keep attacking me, or those
around me. It ran over to the Colonel and grabbed him. He started
to scream, but it ripped his head off, and the only sound he made was
the gush of air escaping his lungs.
The picture misted over, but reformed. Another sac was opening, but
this time, the bug was larger. Vilya told me, without speaking, that
this was the Brood Mother. She was the ultimate of my enemies.
Again,the cloud went blank.
On the first cloud I watched as Mr. MacKenzie tried to kill me. I
watched as the chip inside my head cracked. I watched the electronic
pulses zapping into my brain, pushing my into madness. I watched as
Lone Star seiged my apartment. I saw what happened to Vilya during
the attack. Lone Star mages atacked him when the Ward fell, and
banished him from our plane.
When this cloud blackened, I waited for another cloud to start
showing me something.
Soon enough I got to watch the raid that rescued me.
Then this cloud, too, blackened.
Yet another cloud sprang into animation. On this one, I saw myself,
surrounded by my friends, running into a building. I haven't run
into any building, especially with the people I saw, since I was
rescued. Vilya told me, again, without speaking, that this was the
future.
I saw us standing across from the Brood Mother, surrounded by other
bugs. We were all carrying swords or axes. I don't bloody know why.
I'd want at least a Panther Assault Cannon against those things.
Somebody said something and we charged into the bugs.
It was a beautiful sight. We were slashing and jabbing into thes
bugs, and they fell. Freddy was there, but he was throwing
fireballs. What does that mean???? But the bugs started to gain on
us.
We began falling. A bug jumped onto me, but I lunged towards the
Brood Mother. As the bug on me started to rip into my flesh, I
plunged my sword into the Brood Mother. We screamed at the same
time, both of us dying.
Again, I screamed and shut my eyes.
I felt someone slapping me.
When I opened my eyes, Majikthize was standing over me. I looked
around, me. I wasn't dead. It had been a dream. Vilya wasn't
around, though. I don't know what had really happened.
Majikthize took my arm to help me up when I noticed my forearm. On
my right forearm I have, or had, a scorpion tattoo. I used to tell
people that it was my totem. I'm not sure if that is such a good
idea now. But, it doesn't matter anymore. Now, instead of a
scorpion, I have a tattoo of a praying mantis.
What in the hell happened to me?
Vilya, are you out there? Please, is this really what my future
will be, or is it what it can be?]<<<<<
-- Jacamus (18:10:45 / 05-15-55)
>>>>>[I just has a chance to read Jac's posting. He's been locked
in his room for a few hours now. He hadn't told me anything about
what had happened.....
Oh, yeah, while I'm thinking about it: Does this remind anybody of
Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"? Didn't Scrooge change his
life?]<<<<<
-- Freddy Frypp (20:20:20 / 05-15-55)
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