As Dawmon came too, he noticed he wasn’t
in the same red carpeted room like before.
He grunted as he changed positions.
Dawmon heard a scratching noise the
wall opposite him. Through the black, he
couldn’t make out what was there.
It shifted. A ray of moonlight shown through
the bars. He saw it moving swiftly toward
him, his shriek was never heard again.

Silence. Then panting. Then silence again.
It went on like this in frequent intervals
of rest. “Hey cap!” no answer. “Hmmm
must be focusing. Well what are we
gonna do about Dawmon? We can’t just
leave him there.” “It was his fault for
failing to retrieve the stone from the
maiden’s room. But anyways. We should be
concentrating on finding the power crystal.
In unison they chanted, “YESSIR!”

“My apologies Ferren.” Theo ambled toward the
man hidden behind a newspaper. “I told you,
i don’t like to wait.” “One of my servants has
failed to receive the wisdom crystal. Now, do
you have the pain crystal?” “Give me the cash.”
“Oh yes the cash, well you see…. I don’t
really have it at the moment.” A frightened
grin was clear on Theo’s face. “Well that’s a
problem.” The first smile lit up on Ferren’s face.

After a brief moment of flexing and self-pride,
Dirk noticed something different than before.
He never remembered putting his lamp on the
coffee table. As he turned slowly, a creaking
sound echoed in the house. Sweat started
dripping off of Dirk’s brow. Somethings wrong.
Very wrong. The table started to move. Shake.
Shudder. A shrill cackle filled the house as
IT came out of the possessed table.

Jakob was stretching outside of the grocers,
unaware something was watching him.
Interested at his days catch, he pulled a
crystal out of his pouch. Must be worth a
lot he thought. He was so busy making
offers with oncoming tides of people,
that he didn’t notice a girl come up and
grab him. He turned and saw his friend.
“Oh Beth. What are you doing here?”
“Nothing. Just wanted to see what that
sparkly thing was in your pocket.” “Jakob
pulled it out and handed it to Beth. “You
can have it if you want. Beth squealed in
delight as she ran off. The girl then changed
into a pale man with black disheveled hair.
“Crystal 8… confirmed.”