Begin At The Beginning...

"So, what are you so eager to see me about?" is the first question. "Besides the painfully obvious, of course."

"Does there have to be an excuse to request your company?", Glitterthorn responds, smiling as sweetly as a godlike giant can. "On this occasion, however, I do have a reason."

The scene is one of the more comfortable chambers of the ruined temple, deep in the deserts of Wyridaen, where Glitterthorn has established his private lair. Both of us are dressed in a suitable fashion for our own personal pursuits - my riding outfit is a brief two piece swim-suit of velvet-like tan brushed leather, a pale yellow silk shirt worn tied under my breasts, and thigh-high boots of red and black synthetic snake-skin, whilst the athletic, dusky-skinned form of Glitterthorn, currently measuring about ten feet tall, is clothed in high-gloss red vinyl thigh-length boots, the spiked heels adding at least another half-foot to his height, and a silver-embroidered knee-length dressing gown of scarlet satin.

To some, such details might seem meaningless, or at best trivial, but to me, the story almost always starts with the outfit, and particular the boots... On that basis, I get the feeling my host is in a particularly playful mood.

I glance across the room at my Overlord companion, the look I give him sufficient to encourage him to elaborate. "I trust you're not getting bored with Wyridaen?", he asks.

"Not at all", I reply, turning my eyes outward, across the desert, then down to the foot of the rocky outcrop from which the temple sprouts. Far below, my riding partner, the majestic Asor, is waiting - a mighty dragon-horse whose secrets I have chosen not to share with Glitterthorn - and I feel a little guilty for excluding this noble friend from this meeting, after having placed so much trust in him in the past. "Do you know of an alternative?"

My Overlord companion rolls onto his stomach, propping himself up on his elbows, and playfully wriggles his booted feet, the latter purely for my benefit. "I may have something", he says, revealing a sly smile as his sweeps his mid-calf length black hair away from his face. "I have a team of special agents exploring a number of realities that have shown themselves to have... potential."

"Potential for... what?", I enquire, slipping off my perch on the window ledge and crossing the floor to a cushion closer to my host.

"Why, fun, of course", he chuckles. "One would have to, well, put a little work into the scenario - you're not adversed to a little role-playing, are you?"

"Depends on the role", I answer as I sit, extending my snake-skin clad legs and returning the foot-wriggling gesture.

"If you are willing to place yourself entirely in my hands", he continues, "I can promise to entertain you, as only I can."

"And what do you get from all this?" There has to be something he expects to gain from this, beyond the obvious pleasure of my company...

"Why, I'll be watching", he replies, as though the answer was clear as the sun in the sky. "Unless, of course, you prefer to keep a certain situation private. I will understand - as long as you don't make too much of a habit of it."

This all sounds rather promising - after all, Glitterthorn isn't going to put me in any real danger, and should the unexpected arise, I'll be grateful I have one of the most powerful beings in existence watching over me.

I get up from my seat, and move onto one of the cushions Glitterthorn has arranged in a heap for his own comfort, sitting close to his scarlet-booted legs. "Tell me more", I say to him, and those large golden eyes flicker with the energy of the Overlords. That energy is capable of incredible things, and I have no reason whatsoever to doubt anything I hear from that moment on.

Yes - this is going to be interesting...

...to be continued...

Posted at 11:25 p.m. on 2006-02-25


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Previously...
Mane-of-Night And The Watcher From Beyond - Chapter 1 - 21.06.2009
Mane-of-Night And The Dark Child's Descent - Chapter 14 - 17.05.2009
Mane-of-Night And The Dark Child's Descent - Chapter 13 - 15.05.2009
Mane-of-Night And The Dark Child's Descent - Chapter 12 - 13.05.2009
Mane-of-Night And The Dark Child's Descent - Chapter 11 - 11.05.2009