Kesac 5: The Prophecy Begins.
"The Giant must be destroyed, or it will destroy you."
-|==========-
Kesac stood at the edge of Narshe. Tension hung on his shoulders
like a heavy cloak. Something in the air...mabye today will be
the day?
-|==========-
It was about noon. Kesac had been watching the Giant for nearly
thirteen days now. The mouth looked like the way to go in, but
you would need to fly to get up there...
Just then, Kesac heard a noise unlike one he had heard before.
He looked toward the sea and saw a ship...flying in air? "A
ship...of air? Mabye that could get me to the mouth...but how
do I get it to see me?"
Just then, Kesac saw a piece of white cloth on the ground.
"Mabye this will flag down the ship..." Kesac tied the cloth to
his sword. "Yes! This will do it!" Kesac then waved the sword
in the air...
-|==========-
"Natasha! Come here! You should take a look at this!"
Natasha came over to the deck of the Dagger. "It looks like a
knight in unusual clothes...not like I have seen before..."
The sentry interupted. "Could it be an imperial soldier...or
a freelance swordsman?"
Natasha nodded. "Could be a freelance swordsman. I don't think
he is an imperial swordsman..."
The sentry nodded. "Should we touch down?"
Natasha nodded.
-|==========-
Kesac smiled. "I got their attention..."
Natasha stepped off the airship. "You flagged us?"
Kesac nodded. "I am Kesac the Swordsmaster. I have been trying to
find a way into the giant."
Natasha nodded. "But why do you want to enter the Giant?"
Kesac replied: "There is an old family prophecy..."
Natasha nodded. "And what does the prophecy say?"
"The Giant must be destroyed, or it will destroy you."
Natasha nodded. "Family Prophecy...where does your family come from?"
"Jidoor."
"Jidoor. I remember that battle..."
Kesac interrupted. "Destroyed the city...from what I hear...this
'Second Empire' did it...if they are anything like the Empire before
I went into seclusion..."
"Seclusion?"
"Yes...twenty years of seclusion. After..."
Kesac stopped. The memory...of that day...
-|==========-
"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Kesac ran toward the burning house. Imperial soldiers had torched
the house. His father and mother were inside...he had to do
something...
Suddenly he realized. He couldn't do anything...unless he could get
some of this power of 'magic' that the Empire was uncovering...
Kesac sighed.
"I guess...it would be best...if I train in secret..."
-|==========-
"Fire...Family...Empire..."
Natasha poked Kesac. "What's wrong..."
"Just a memory. Anyway...I hold a personal grudge against the
Empire also..."
Natasha nodded. "I see. Get in. We need to hurry."
-|==========-
OOC: Well, Kesac finally is going to the giant. Who knows what awaits
him in the Giant...
Kesac the Swordsmaster
(
geocities.com/timessquare/dungeon/2574) (
geocities.com/timessquare/dungeon) (
geocities.com/timessquare)