The End, or the Beginning
I should warn y-all- this ain’t ok for the chillun’s or work folks, so mind your manners now….
We landed safely- and of all places, Rexie’s front lawn. tried,
really I did, to play coy, but suga’ that is a fine powerful man, and he
fine with the pleasure……..
So we were back in Castle Refuge, and Rex was back in me…. and front in me… and well, I digress…..
We were safe, I was finally happy and satisfied- oh, did I mention we
killed the false Benna- yes, that happened before rapturous delight….
Connie, as we had called her, was easily dispatched.
I had never intended to become attached to my clone, but I had, so,
after Benna very generously allowed the crown gift go away with the
other Mononoke, I let her go! She is now completely free, She don’t
need me for in’thang anyhow, so, I tol’ her to git. She gave a holler,
and headed out.
So, we all had our pieces that Merlin had tol’ us that we needed-
butcha’ knew we had lotsa plannin’ to do- as them pieces were not gonna
slay the awful Splugorth, my former boss….. Besides, the final piece,
the one to rid the world of that awful witch Morgana, was with
Falmcrynth.
Have I told y’all why I was not surprised that the great and powerful
Nosmo, the awesomesest being in the whole universe, would be the one to
deal the blow to kill the dreaded Falmcrynth, the betrayer Splugorth
(same thing, when you think about it)? Well, he is the most strong, the
most corn-fed, and as stupendous wizard as all git out! We came up
with a plan where we would all channel our energy through him, and he
would send out a mighty blow from distance!
While we was gitting the plan together we got the massive R-Dog all
fixed up, and ready to take us on the journey. I used my memory of the
region around the putrid stench of a Splugorth to get us close without
its knowledge, and we did a ritual that felt like a coon’s age but was
only 90 minutes and Nosmo was ready.
He sent off bolts of rainbow energy 18 miles to the foul beast’s
location, and each bolt held a leprechaun trapped until impact. With
pinpoint accuracy there was soon only pieces where Falmcrynth used to
be….. and we recovered the final piece, With the disgusting mess that
was the remains of Falmcrynth, not the zhe, he, she, it, was not a
disgusting mess in life, was a trophy case near its feet/tentacles/base.
Only one of us at this point did not have a piece, and that was Saint
Rebecca. She grabbed the sword within, which later we learned was
Clarent, and Merlin appeared.
He got us all in a circle, and well, I will never forget what we all
said, as Merlin instructed- It is stuck in my head clear as day.
(ThorFrid)
I call upon the Cross of St. James, that sword of peace, to purify this
ritual and help end the plague that is Morgana on the land from now
until forever.
(St. Rebecca)
Clarent, Sword of Prophecy, I call unto thee. Thou who wurt given by
the very hand of Morgana unto Mordred and did kill Arthur. I rename
thee Clarent the Betrayer. End Morgana even as she ended Arthur. Let
her deeds, once done, return to her.
(Mononoke)
Pearl of Dragons, I beseech thee. Take up thy strength for this
herculean task. Even as thou doest change the blood of peasants into
that of highest noble dragons, change the blood of Morgana into that of
the lowest peasant. Take from her that which you give to the peasant so
that it might return to the dragons from whence it was stolen.
(Benna)
Circlet of Future Fears, hear me. Thou hast taken fear for an age, now
take fear from the future. I rename thee Crown of Future Hope. Give us
hope through the destruction of fear. Destroy the Fear that is
Morgana.
(Nosmo)
Sigils of Law. Sigils of Osiris, Arbiter of the dead. I call upon you
now to judge Morgana wanting, and take her home to the punishment that
she has deferred for so many years.
(Lucryllin)
Monkey’s Paw, harbinger of catastrophe. I feed unto thee all the energy
of these six souls carrying six items of power. Take not their lives,
as this power changes thee from foul to fair. Grant this final wish and
be returned to the cosmos from whence thou camest: Destroy all the
Morgana Was, all that Morgana is, and that Morgana ever would have been,
and take it as thy final payment.
It is done.
Meanwhile, Merlin was aging- and of course Nosmo the King, saved him
with magic. Morgana was sent down to Osiris, to be judged, as she was
an Egyptian goddess to begin with- oh, and the one’s whom actually the
pieces belonged to started showing up left and right like we had invited
them to the rodeo. Osiris beckoned from below, and Nosmo gave him the
crook and flail back. The monkey’s paw crumbled- I was happy for that,
as that thing were creepy. A giant dragon, even dwarfing Nosmo, showed
up and asked me for the pearl.
“Give the pretender the throat nugget,” said Nosmo to me, so I did give it up.
Merlin told Saint Rebecca that Clarent was a blade of betrayal, and
would be her undoing and death. What a downer….. So, what then for all
of us?
We went back to Castle Refuge, where Erin Tarn offered to find us all
positions there. However, as we were arriving two epic beings locked
in a fight arrived. It was that Kal-El guy, the super bad guy from the
comic that was in space trying to crush the Earth, and some woman that
said she was his cousin, Kara Zor-El. They seemed to be evenly matched
until a tactical strike hit the dude, and he was gone…. Strange crap
just seems to happen around the Irregulars, that’s fact.
Anyhow, back to the group. Benna went home, deciding that was the
place for her. Rebecca took Clarent and went back to her monastery, I
don’t know how that works out- must take a lot of effort to get the sin
out from hangin’ out with us all that time. Lucryllin exited as quiet
as he had come, still not sure where he went. Nosmo went off to become
the new Shadow Broker, power behind the Black Market. That just left
ThorFrid and little ol’ me….
ThorFrid announced that Merlin had tasked her with returning St James
Cross to what used to be called Spain, specifically Santiago de
Compostela . I guess this was where St James was originally buried- not
really up on pre-Apocolypse Spanish history personally. ThorFrid had
truly changed, far more than all the rest of us. She was clear minded,
and had been cured of all her phobias. I offered to go with her, but
she felt that I should stay, and gathered a group of crazies to join her
on her quest. I look forward to her return.
Me, well, I took Erin Tarn’s offer, and work for the betterment of
Castle Refuge. Speaking of better, having a date night with that fine
hunk of man Rex, so time to get ready. He likes it when I pretty up for
him……
