From the Brazilian Coast to Cairo. The Nightmare
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Tory showing Mela her new major kewl fire
trick
Note from Tory - Before deciding to run for
President in July,
I really was just a fashion
diva and a member
of the all-girl rock band,
Angel Kiss - oh yeah,
and a GORGEOUS blond.
lol. We last left Angel Kiss in the Amazon with
Tory and Mela staying with a local tribe
and Twisted Dragon and Craftie going off
to look for Dark Embrace. continued from the June Issue: Mela and I stayed with the locals in the
Amazon for three weeks - learning their language,
culture and becoming quite close to our new
friends. Mela fell in love with the language
and spent much of her time studying, while
I was fascinated with the magical side of
the culture. As we became close to the tribe, my heart
ached when I thought
of how these
wonderfully simple people were being destroyed
by corporate greed and poor planning. In
the Brazilian Amazon, clearing for cattle
pasture, colonization, subsistence agriculture,
infrastructure improvements and commercial
agriculture is destroying a total of six
football fields of rain forest every minute.
One warm evening we were all sitting around
the fire chatting and just enjoying each
others company, when we received a visitor
- our first contact from the outside world
since we arrived at our secluded jungle oasis. Through the darkness surrounding us came
a shadowy figure.
As the flickering
firelight
illuminated the shadow,
I was shocked. OMGAWD...ANDREA
SWEETGIRL! "We all hugged in the traditional Moove
greeting and I introduced Andrea to our new
friends before we all sat back down around
the fire. "How in the world did you
find us", I asked Andrea. Andrea looked
over at Mela and raised one eye brow. I was
sure I saw Mela answer by barely
The map Andrea
gave us which led us to the
Orb.
shaking her head no, but I was not sure. Andrea began to tell us why she had hunted
us down deep in the
Jungle: "Twisted and Craftie have been abducted
by outlaw elements of the Carghill Company.
They are being held about 200 miles East
of here, but I am not sure exactly where". "From what I understand, Twisted and
Craftie found the remains of Dark Embrace
- a bloody pile of pixels and fashionable
attire - but they also found something else....something
they were not to find. I do not know what
it was, but it is important enough that thier
lives are at risk. I found you through the
Orb." "The Orb"?, I asked. Andrea looked
over at Mela again
and I swear I saw Mela
nod ever so slightly. "I cannot explain what the Orb is", Andrea began to speak again, but I can tell you where it is".
The mysterious
Orb
Melas eyes lit up. "You know where the
Orb is", Mela excitedly asked. Andrea handed a crumpled map to Mela and
then told us that we needed to head out first
thing in the morning; since the Orb only
stays in one place for a short amount of
time. "This is the only known map made just for
poofing", Andrea told us. "Do not lose it" I sat quietly and listened. I had no idea
what the Orb was or why it was important,
so I kept my mouth shut. As the evening turned into late night and
then early morning, I felt sleepy and I barely
remember saying goodnight and retiring to
my hut. I quickly fell into a deep sleep
and had the worst nightmare I have ever had. It began innocently enough. I dreamed I saw
myself as a REAL person
Tory's nightmare
was very disturbing...or
was it?
- naked except for a painting of flowers
on my skin. That was the only part that did
not scare me. From there it went into pure
horror. My head was filled with screams and sounds
of violence. Blood
was everywhere and I saw
a strange gem...or
maybe it was the Orb...I
was not sure. It
was orange with shades of
purple and I could
see human eyes looking
at me from deep within
the object. I saw immense poverty, hunger and suffering.
I saw a child smiling at me with the gem
or Orb reflected in his eyes and I saw such
awful things, I cannot even describe them.
(click here to watch the nightmare). I awoke at sunrise drenched in sweat with
Mela sleeping soundly beside me. I looked
around for Andrea but did not see her in
the hut. I got up and went outside and stoked
the embers from the fire that had burned
the night before. There was no sign of Andrea
or any of the tribe. Mela got up about an hour later and I asked
her about Andrea
and she looked at me like
I was totally crazy.
"Andrea? Who? Tory,
we are the only Moove
Avatars here - are
you okay?" "I guess I just had a dream or something",
I answered, but I
knew something wierd
was
going on. "Are
we going to find
the
Orb", I asked.
Mela answered that
she
did not know anything
about an Orb, but
we
were heading out
- traveling East
to the
coast right away.
Mela and Tory come upon the "Table for
Two" on the Brazilian Coast
I was confused. Where was the tribe? Did
I dream Andrea, the map and the Orb? Was
this still a dream? Was Mela just messing
with my tiny brain? I sat and poked the fire
with a stick trying to get my thoughts together.
The smell of wood burning filled the still
morning air. "I did not want to leave
here", I said so very softly that Mela
could not hear it. I asked Mela if we could wait for the tribe
so we could say our goodbyes. She sat down
next to me on the log and said, "Tory...are
you okay...the tribe is gone...they no longer
exist....they are just memories....they have
been gone for two weeks...you know this....". I did not know. I was so confused and honestly,
just a little bit scared. "Are you ready to poof to the coast",
Mela finally asked.
"POOF? Can't we
just walk?",
I began to whine. "You
know how sick I get
from poofing", I
added. "I know
a new way to poof",
Mela replied. "I
learned it from a entity
called the "Watcher
- uhm, it was a
vision I had".
I trust Mela a million
percent, so I agreed
- but things were still
not right. I decided
I must still be dreaming. Mela grabbed my hand and told me to think
of nothing...to empty my mind. Like that
is a hard thing..LOL...and I quickly blanked
out. In less than a second we were standing
on the coast looking out over the Atlantic.
Mela was right. I did not get sick and actually,
I did not even know we had poofed.
The small orb led Tory and Mela across a
bridge to the....
That is totally KEWL, I gushed but Mela was
not listening. She
had spied an odd thing
on the beach - a
table and chairs for two
with an object in
the center of the table
- THE ORB I dreamed
about. Mela and I approached the table and I saw
that the Orb was not the only object. On the edge was a small wooden box with
intricate carving on all four sides. We sat
in the chairs and Mela picked up the box
and laid it in her lap. The Orb began to
glow. Mela reached across the table and picked
up the Orb and placed it against her forehead.
She started glowing as the Orb became one
with her. There was a flash of orange light
and the Orb vanished leaving only Mela, the
table and chairs, the wooden box and me on
the secluded beach. "We may be too late to save Twisted
and Craftie",
Mela told me after the
Orb vanished. "I
am not sure, but I
think that whoever
abducted them knows how
to kill Avatars".
"It is the Carghill
people, huh",
I asked Mela. "I
am not sure who you
are talking about Tory",
Mela replied, "but
we need to go NOW
to see if we can
save Twisted and Craftie". As we headed back into the jungle, Mela told
me that the Orb had showed her the way to
where our friends were being held and that
we had to hurry or we would be too late.
We crossed a bridge and turned left, where
we traveled for about two miles through thick
brush until we reached a cave opening. "They
are in there", Mela whispered to me..
Mela and Tory both had the strange feeling
of being watched and guided.
I peeked into the dark cave and the most
awful smell filled
my senses. It was as if
something had eaten
a dead thing and then
pooped and then the
thing died in the poop
and rotted. It was
simply the worst smell
I ever smelled. "That is worse than the sewer in Las
Vegas", I almost gagged as I reminded
Mela of our leech and rat filled adventure in Nevada. We have to go in", Mela said, and into
the foul dark cave we crawled. I had a feeling
we were being watched, but the darkness kept
me from seeing if anything was there. We crawled through the darkness as the cave
got smaller and smaller - and the smell got
worse and worse. Finally we saw a tiny faint
green light softly glowing through a small
opening at the end of the cave. The smell
was almost unbearable. Mela squeezed through
the small opening first and dissapeared out
of sight. I followed, not knowing what was
through the small hole.
Mela and Tory find catacombs within the cave
I adjusted my eyes and discovered we were
in a man made tunnel with more tunnel openings
on each wall. the ceiling was very high and
a green light came from the stones making
the whole tunnel kinda creepy looking. "This way", Mela whispered, pointing
to one of the tunnel openings. I followed
Mela as she entered the dark opening. The tunnel did not have the green glow like
the outer room, but
the smell was just as
bad. "I wish
we had a light of some
sort", Mela's
voice broke the quiet
darkness. OMGAWD,
I had forgotten...I have
a way to make a flame,
I thought to myself.
I told Mela to stop
walking for a moment
and held out my hand. I closed my eyes and began to mumble strange
words. In the darkness there appeared small
sparks and dancing embers; all in the palm
of my hand. In a few short minutes a flame
had appeared where the sparks and embers
had been. "Kewl, huh," I asked
Mela proudly as the flame lit the darkness.
"I learned that from the tribe",
I added as we began to walk towards the end
of the tunnel. Mela agreed it was totally
kewl, but she was not overly impressed like
I thought she should be. We turned right
and then made a left where we saw torches
lit and hanging on the wall. I blew out my
hand fire.
We found Craftie first. But was it too late?
We turned right again and there we found
Craftie. Still in her Angel Kiss outfit,
she was bound, gagged and had a black sack
over her head. I could tell she had been
tortured. A dark figure was standing besides her, but
Craftie was not moving. I leaned against
the wall to catch my breath and knocked loose
a small bit of gravel which hit the ground
making enough noise that the dark figure
turned and peered towards the tunnel where
we were hiding. Mela dashed out of the darkness, screaming
at the top of her
lungs and lunged at the
dark figure. The
figure simply vanished in
a black fading smoke
and Mela fell to the
ground. I rushed
over to Craftie and pulled
the sack off her
head. Her eyes were rolled
back into her head
and she had been beaten...but
she was still breathing.
We untied her and
Mela told me to wait
there while she "Duo
Poofed" Craftie
to safety. Mela poofed
and then reappeared
alone within 20 seconds.
"Now, lets go
find Twisted", Mela's
voice was more confident
and bold. I made
a mental note to
ask Mela later about "Duo
Poofing".
Tory and Mela found Twisted - bound and hung
at the end of a foul smelling tunnel
It did not take long for us to find our dear
friend and Angel Kiss drummer, Twisted Dragon.
She was hung by her wrists and ankles at
the end of a tunnel. She had also been beaten...badly,
and her eyes were also rolled back into her
head - the same way as we found Craftie. We approached her, knowing for sure she was
gone. Mela raised Twisted's head and let
it go. It dropped in a lifeless limp. I poked
her tummy with a stick I found on the ground
and still Twisted did not move. Mela and
I unlatched the metal bindings holding her
to the wall and she fell to the ground in
a lifeless heap. That is when I saw it.
The body of Twisted Dragon had been badly
beaten.
The top of Twisted's right hand had been
badly mutilated - as if it had been operated
on with a dirty blunt scapel or even a screwdriver. "MELA...LOOK!" I almost scared
myself by not whispering. "Look at Twisted's
hand". Mela knelt down and took the limp hand of
Twisted in hers. Wiping away the dried blood
and tissue, the reason for the mutilation
became clear. Her Avatar RFID chip had been crudely removed. Mela took out the wooden box we found at
the table for two and rubbed it softly. It
opened on its own, casting an ever so faint
reddish glow on Mela's face. She reached
in with her thumb and forefinger and took
out a pinch of reddish sparkly dirt. After
rubbing it between her fingers for a moment,
she placed it on the hole where the RFID
chip had been. Twisted's hand began to twitch
and I watched as her mutilated hand healed
itself leaving only a small indented scar
about the size of a quarter. "Let's get out of here while we can,"
Mela said as we both picked up Twisted and
placed each of her arms over our shoulders.
In an instant we had poofed to the outer
cave where Craftie had been taken and was
now conscience.
As we tried to find our way out, the "Watcher"
appeared.
We rested in the
outer cave and continued
to work on reviving
Twisted Dragon. Craftie
was unusually quiet
and sat with her head
in her hands. She
would not answer any of
Mela's questions.
I finally went over and
just held her in
my arms. Mela was able to revive Twisted using a mix
of the red dirt in the wooden box and basic
Avatar first aid, but Twisted would not talk.
She would only hold her right hand and stare
at where the RFID chip had been. Mela and I walked to a corner of the cave
where we both agreed that our two friends
were major messed up. Mela also told me she
had no idea how to get out of the cave. "Can't
we just poof", I asked her. "No",
Mela replied, "we can't - not with Twisted
and Craftie in the state they are in".
"It was risky enough when we thought
they were dead, but now that they are half
awake - well.... Neo Poofing could really
kill them for good - they do not know how
to Neo Poof and they are in no condition
to try to poof in the old way". It was just then the darkness of the cave
began to be filled with a faint, soft, light
blue glow. A face, much larger than us, appeared
on the far end of the cave. It did not speak
but simply looked at us. We all stood up
at the same time and began to walk towards
the face. No one spoke and it was as if we
were being drawn to it- but the face never
got any closer.
A new way to poof with Cosmic Strings and
Deep Thought.
Within minutes we were all standing outside
the cave with bewildered
looks. None of us
could speak, or maybe
we just did not want
to. We just sat in
the sunlight and rested. I found a nice warm quiet rock to sit on
while Mela explained Neo-Poofing to Craftie
and Twisted. I did not mention that I had
seen the face that led us out of the cave
before - in my nightmare. Mela called me over after explaining Neo
Poofing to our friends
and the four of us
sat on the ground.
Mela began to explain
some things: "There are forces at work that I cannot
fully explain. I
am asking you all to trust
me more than you
have ever trusted me before.
We cannot go back
to Moove quite yet, even
though I know you
both need some rest",
Mela looked at Craftie and Twisted. We need to Neo Poof to Africa...Cairo to
be exact...and we
need to go right away.
Do you think that
you two can make it? Twisted and Craftie nodded but did not speak. We all stood up and held hands in a circle
and began doing the Neo Poof. In a flash
of light we said goodbye to Amazonia and
were Neo Poofing to Africa.
While Neo Poofing is less exausting, it does
allow tracking
by Earth based telecopes.
Note from Tory - Before deciding to run for
President in July,
I really was just a fashion
diva and a member
of the all-girl rock band,
Angel Kiss - oh yeah,
and a GORGEOUS blond.
lol.
