* Daniel*
Holy shit. What the fuck is this? A one meter tall grotesque looking being sprouts out of the vase.
" Hahaha." It laughs in a baritone voice and reduces in height till it reaches the point where it's a few inches taller than me. It then awkwardly climbs out of the vase I Opened. After shrinking it resembles gets masculine human figure but with 3 Horns; one on the left, another on the right up and the last one in the middle of his head. He stands there and glares at me with his golden eyes. The fact he's only wearing a silk skirt doesn't help at all
"Ah master, you've freed me" He says in an Arabian accent and Hugges me. After that he just stands there smiling, again. Now that I think of it he looks like someone from Greece. I really hated that summer.
" Uuuh your welcome." I respond. "As much as I'd enjoy being the slaver this time around, who are you exactly and why are you calling me master?"
"Oh my bad." It says in an American accent. It literally had an Arabian accent just a second ago."I am Muh-dah-grue Ludwig, of the great celestial giants and you opened the vase of servitude, which makes you my master."
" What the fuck is celestial giants?" Austin asks again.
" An Accident race of giants who believed to have been born from the stars."He responds. Austin's face gains a blank expression.
" Vase of servitude?" Andrew says.
" A form of corporal punishment. When a being with an inconceivably long life span commits a crime. They get sealed in artifacts like these that forces a soul into undying loyalty towards the owner of said artifact "
" And what crimes did you commit for you to sentenced to eternal slavery." I ask out curiosity
" I might have conspired in an assassin attempt towards a prominent war general." He says in low tone while scratching his head and laughing awkwardly." Ever heard of general lü Bu."
" Saw him an anime." Andrew says
" Saw him in two." I reply. Record of Ragnarok and god of highschool.
" Well short story, he was a ruthless murderer who ended getting extorted into working for the government, I tried to unalive him and well didn't go as planned. I ended getting caught by the Governor and you know the rest of the story. A few weeks ago I got traded to the spade hand, and it appears my formal master is a bit,-." He looks at the pile of ashes behind the vase." That's not him but my formal master definitely dead. And now it appears the you now own the vase of servitude." He says referring to me.
" Wait you know about these spade hand people?" Jayda asks
" Yeah one of the great super powers or as some might say government hands." He blurts. Looks like we got a snitch on our hands. That was an amazing pun.
" Wait relax I think we should take a breather and start the questions from the top from the top." I suggest
" OKAY THEN." He shouts in a voice so deep and loud it sounds like it came from a speaker. He forms a weird heart shape with his hands !!Zone: Utility boardroom.!! He does the echoing voice thing but this one felt way more powerful than than any of the other voice we've I heard from void. Suddenly, we all appear in a highschool looking classroom. There are 4 seats place beside each other. It's early in the morning judging by the angle of the sun."Take your seats everyone." mooh-, whatever his name is, says. we sit awkwardly.
"I'll go first. This spade hand gang or cult or whatever beat the shit out of and nearly kidnapped us, if not for some internal conflict, all because we were something they called a hybrid. What the is that?"
"Well that's a very technical question".No it's not."Well I'll start from the top. For a being to be complete or alive they must; first have a soul, The core of the organism which can be said to be the most basic requirement for existence, second they need a body for the soul to exist within and third they need a spirit to serve as a channel between the physical and spiritual aspects of the being. Take it like this the body's the hardware of an organism, the soul is it's software and the spirit is any form of hardware or software that aids in the communication between the hardware and software. Well the spirit can be a hectic topic to treat so I'll probably explain more on it later. Anyways, any being that doesn't satisfy all 3 conditions cannot be considered alive or a living being." Damn this is a lot to chew on. " Now that we have the basics down let's get to answering your question. There are 3 types of beings. Namely; 1. Beings that materialize their souls into the physical world and these are commonly known as sorcerers. 2. Beings that can only channel portions or aspects of their souls through objects or it's surrounding from one form or place to another form or place, these beings are called wizards. Then they are beings that can't actively manipulate spiritual energy at all, these beings were once known as mundanes but in modern times people begun to refer to them as regulars. That aside A hybrids are beings that can both materialize and channel their soul."
"Wait so all human beings are regulars?" I ask.
" Well there's where you are wrong, in most cases the species of your body has no say on the type of soul you poses. That is mostly decided by the type of soul you were generated or born from. Take it like spiritual genetics. That being said we can have human sorcerers, which are very uncommon on earth, human wizards and human regulars." He explains.
" Rarity aside, there is no reason for us to be beaten to death and kidnapped." Andrew states.
"True but hybrids are serious power houses. Wizards in general, have extremely fast growth rate in their spiritual and physical strength but with short life spans compared to sorcerers. Sorcerers usually have to spend decades, centuries and sometimes millennia training their bodies and souls. That being said most sorcerers lifespans are undeterminable. But a hybrid however has that crazy growth speed and long lifespan. They are considered perfect being in some cultures." He elaborates.
" How did we become hybrids because I don't remember any of my parents shooting any ki blasts or turning into insects."Austin says.
" Well here comes the lucky number 3 again. There are only 3 ways of producing a hybrid. 1. well you'd have to breed a sorcerer with a wizard, the chance of producing a hybrid out of that
is 1 out of a number so huge, people estimate it to infinity. Basically, there have been no report cases across the known universe of that happening. 2. When a wizard or sorcerer's understanding of their soul reaches it's peak they are able to attain physical and spiritual freedom allowing them to materialize and channel. That level of understanding is so deep you can only achieve that when your soul reaches titan level of strength. I'm millions of years old and I've not reached that level yet" He says and laughs. What? Did he just say he's practically as old as dinosaurs or maybe even older. "And the third and hardest is through soul modifications. this method involves bending reality around a soul in order to change the universal rules regarding the souls themselves. Funny enough this was done to produce you guys." He says and laughs.
"How?" Austin asks demanding an answer.
"I'm not really sure but I heard back in the day before I got imprisoned in that pathetic excuse of an ornament, I heard rumors of a group of enlightened sorcerers doing experiments on soul types. they were slaughtered and their work was gotten rid of by the government. I'm guessing whatever the Titan they were cooking couldn't have been destroyed so easily found it's to you guys, most likely through a dimensional warp." He says holding his chin and looking into space. This guy.
" What you're telling us is that we can materialize and channel our souls." Austin asks.
"Well of course you'll need at least weeks of tireless non-stop training to even start thinking of something like that. But in theory yes." The moment he answers that question Andrew and I clap our hands to together and begin to make Chad faces.
" Begins to think of what his bankai would be." We both say in unison.
"Wait how come we're now hearing about all this supernatural stuff. When we were regulars, life was peaceful with zero near death experiences or kidnaps."Jayda laments.
" Well here's where the government comes into play again. Well shortly over 150 years ago the government placed a device at the center of the earth. The conspiracy machine. It wipes the brain of all regulars within it's range of any memory of supernatural existence. It's kind of government policy to do that for all planets with superior populations of regulars. It keeps the fear surrounding the human population from causing chaos, after all ignorance is bliss. You should have seen this place before the brain wipe existed. regulas literally slept with open eyes." He laughs for a long while. "Anyways human regulars were dying in huge numbers on a daily basis." He says. Well that sort of explains a lot. This whole time the government was keeping secrets from us. Damn you birds.
" What exactly is the government run by? So far you've pictured them as assholes that would pull my flying car over because of my soul type and shoot me if I show them my driver's license."
"Do you have to make a racism joke every time you open your mouth?" Andrew asks in annoyance.
" Well the government is the general term given to an associations of great power that have banded together. To further boost their power." Wow shit just got real." The government is mostly run by government bodies that have their own role to play. like the warden, the supernatural police, or The kingdom's army, a huge mercenary body in charge of protecting this Galaxy from external treats. The government is mostly ruled by a dictator known as the governor. Governors' usually have a century ruling period. After that, there's an election done by top ranking officials in within the government. The current governor, has been winning the elections for almost 100,000 years now. Very powerful individual with a lot of influence. Also the the same Jackass that had me sentenced. Probably the same Jackass that stopped the hybrid experiment ." He says. I can clearly see the pain in his eyes. "Oh by the way in case it wasn't obvious I can read minds in here." He says looking at me. I don't give 2 shits.
"Wait so where does the spade hands come in?" Andrew asks.
" Well, you see. On earth, the greatest super powers in the arcane community are the 4 hands. The spade hand which has power over most of North and south America. The heart hand which takes up entirety of Europe and some Asia. The club hand which takes the rest of Asia. The diamond hand that Own of Australia, Africa and even some locations in the Arctic."
" When you say own and rule over what do you mean exactly" Andrew asks.
" I mean the whole world is run by gangs of high ranking wizards and sorcerers." We all open our mouths in disbelief. " Just kidding they are the most influential organisations on earth that are formed out of other smaller organisations with similar interests, despite holding a lot of power they don't own the world. Besides there's the government remember. Warden agents are scattered across the world. It's almost impossible for someone to hold absolute power over something, especially in the supernatural world."
" Wait so beings like celestial giants, which I've actually never heard of, exist on earth?" Austin asks.
"Yes they do, pretty much every science fictional thing you can think of either exists or has something similar to it out there." He says
" Do elves exist? " I ask
" Yes but not many live on earth." Begins to plan harem.
" What about dragons?" Andrew asks.
" Yes and they are more common here than elves. There's literally a pack of coatl dragons not to far from the building we're in. Well not the imaginary space I created to teach you guys the building we were in before that." He States.
" And where exactly is that building anyways?" Jayda asks.
" Oh it's in the middle of the Amazon rainforest." He says. What?
" Oh that's great. How do get back now?" Austin complains.
" Relax John Cena, I can just teleport you guys back to Boston.".He says casually. All my travelling problems have been solved. Thank God for mystically trapped niggas, wait a minute.
" Trapped in a artifact and sentenced to forced labour. You're a genie." I unmask him.
" Yes and No. Yes because some tales believe wish granting, lamp bound being to be a genie. No I'm not a genie cause genies comes from the word djinn, a powerful spirit of fire. The reason why genies are thought to be wish granting lamp slaves is because most djinns end up committing horrible crimes due to their horrible and witty nature. Some even get sealed before they reach age of maturity." He explains. Damn jinn's be wilding.
" Damn so this whole time I've been living a life of lies. The world is actually more amazing than I thought." Jayda remarks.
" Yeah sure makes you want to get over your emo phase doesn't it." I say. They all look at me with annoyed glares. I have succeed the task I was destined for.
"Wait if all this is true doesn't that mean we're as good as dead. I mean we did witnesses a death battle that nearly decided our future. And not to mention the other hands might want get their hands on a hybrid too." Austin points. I'll just deal with this problem like how I handle all my other opps. Pull up on them and bust my trigger finger.
" You have problems." Mr. Genie says looking at me. Damn you mind reading. " Relax Austin the moment I read your minds in my zone and found out what just happened, I put protective wards around you guys and the building to prevent any one from being tracked or locked onto by any form of spacial warping." At some point this bullshit I'm being fed would even be beyond my comprehension.
" Well there's that, but that wouldn't guarantee our safety forever. There's a limit to how much we can run from a whole gangster we can hide ourselves from a entire magical government system." Jayda states.
" Hmmm, your right." He says holding his chin and looking into space. " I guess I'll just have to teach you guys how to defend yourselves." I can't hide my my grin." It won't be an easy process though. It would require time, effort, discipline and a whole lot of hardwork." My smile disappears.
"Of course it does." Andrew says disappointed.
" Well can you at least give us time to think this over." Jayda pleads.
" Sure why not." He says. !! Meeting adjourned!! everywhere becomes black for one second and we appear back in the library that is apparently somewhere in the Amazon rainforest. " You have the whole of tomorrow to think about it. On Monday I will summon all of you. To this very location, if there aren't anymore questions then let me know when you're ready to depart." He says with a smug look on his face. Damn looks like he was really looking forward to mister miyagi-ing us. Fortunately for him, I've already made up my mind I've already made up my mind. As long as it doesn't interfere with my lectures and I have time, why not?
Austin immediately walks towards the other room with computers. I too do some exploring in the library.
Damn these titles be weird as hell; lycanthropic anatomy, conjuring dynamics, incurable poisons and ailments, demonic exorcism basics and more creepy shit. My eyes suddenly fall on a dope looking book. Tome of the endless. Now that's a cool title. I pick the book up and open it, then I get goosebumps. It disappears short after. The first thing I see is the phrase 'particular arrangement." Yep this is as nerdy as it gets. Still taking it though. I begin my walk towards my genie's vase when I spot something shiny on the floor. A circular silver shield, with a smiley face sun on it. It looks like I was made by a circus clown. Also I could have sworn it wasn't here before.
I pick it up when, all of sudden the shield comes to life and wraps it self around my arm." Aaaaaaah." I scream in pain. It produces a stinging sensation around my arm that slowly spreads through out my body. After a moments the pain disappears and so does the possessed shield. Like nothing happened.
Andrew sticks his head out of one of the shelves. " You good?" He asks in the most comedic face I've ever seen.
" Today I didn't even have even have to use my 8k, I got to say it was a good day." Andrew looks a with a WTF expression.