day13   Pure Randomness  

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Tummy

Acuzio

 

Music: Gollum's song-LOTR The 2 Towers

 

 

One gloomy Moonday on the Island of Dismal Twain, Tummy the Ohm was wandering through the woods contemplating the mysteries of the universe, which is a very odd thing for an Ohm to do. She was wondering how her new friend “The Albino Ogre” had blue eyes. Most albino creatures of New Earth had eyes with a reddish tint. “Oh well” she thought. “Maybe I should get him something to eat. He is like 10 times my size, and I’m starving, so he has to be hungry. Maybe I’ll share my pouch of Mekko sticks with him. They’re out of season this time of year.” Tummy looked down by her side to see that she had a full pouch, and as she lifted her head to continue her journey, a peculiar looking rabbeye stood right before her path.

 

“Oh spirit of the forest I have a gift for you” he said. “Who me? I’m no spirit. I’m Just Tummy.” She replied. “Well you sure could’ve fooled me! You are as beautiful as Melina herself.” Now no one had ever complimented Tummy nor called her beautiful for that matter, so she was kind of confused. “Well do you still have a gift for me?” She said. “No! I can’t give away free things to a stranger, but since you are so gorgeous, here’s what I’ll do. I couldn’t help but overhear you mentioning something about feeding an ogre Some Mekko sticks. And yes you were thinking very loudly. Puny sticks aren’t going to fill an Ogre’s belly. You need these.” He said as he held up a yellow bag made of icencloth. This bag is full of mushrooms from the water cow farms. Each one is enough to fill the stomach of 5 Ogres. I will trade you for let’s say.. uuuuh...that bag of Mekko sticks? Even though Tummy wouldn’t dare part with her Mekko sticks, she thought “anything for a friend”. So the trade was made.Tummy looked into the bag and saw it full of mushrooms, and as soon as she lifted her head to say thanks, The Rabbeye was gone.
"I can’t give a friend food without testing it." she thought, so she dug into the pouch. The first mushroom she pulled out had a red cap with white spots on it. Any Ohm knew that those types made you either hallucinate, or die. Tummy didn’t want to do either, so she threw it over her shoulder without hesitation.

 

Just as she was ready to dig in the bag for another look, something unexpected happened. The mushroom planted itself in the ground and “Poof!” it sprouted into an Antlus. “Wow! Looks like Estarian magic. It even has a saddle already!” Tummy thought. At that very moment, the first ray of moonbeams had shone down on her face. “OHM my goodness! She thought. Is it night already? The unfamiliars always come out to feast on Moonday”. With her heart pounding, she mounted the Antlus and galloped away toward the village with the sack of mushrooms fastened to her scabba shelled belt..

Tummy and her ride hadn’t even gotten halfway through the woods yet when the antlus began to make a squeaking noise. Kind of like the sound of an old door.  Suddenly they stopped in mid trott, as Tummy was flown through the air. She landed on her rump only to look up and see that her Antlus had turned into wood. Her bag fell open and 6 mushrooms fell out, hitting the ground’ and spouting into different forest creatures.

At that very instant, a Mammoth Grizzly Beast came crashing through the trees. Every creature scattered, but the beast had his eyes fixed on Tummy. As she ran, the monster was gaining on her, and to make matters worse, she was headed towards the end of a cliff.  She looked into her bag “only 3 mushrooms left.

She took one and threw it 5 paces ahead of her. “Poof” and just her luck, a shell topped phoenix sprung from the ground ready to take flight. Just before the Beast could grab her, she jumped with all of her might, catching the foot of the giant bird. The beast let out a menacing Rooooar! in anger.

She was just beginning to feel safe when 60 seconds later there was another squeaking noise. Once again her ride instantly tuned in to wood. This time it was in mid flight. They fell from the sky into a huge pond at the bottom of a waterfall as Tummy came up for air she could see the beast already waiting for her, so she swam underwater until she finally climbed out into a small cave behind the waterfall. The Monster followed her soon after. When he reached hiding place, he was surprised to find the Ohm standing right in front of him, unafraid. She did look a bit different, but he paid it no mind. With one huge gulp he swallowed the Ohm whole.

With his stomach now full, he turned to walk away with a look on his face as if to say “that was too easy”. 60 seconds later there was a squeaking noise, and just like that, the Beast’s eyes widened as he dropped dead.

Tummy came from behind a moss covered rock. “That one looked just like me, I better save this last mushroom for a rainy day.” She said. And out from behind her came a familiar voice. “Hahaha!” laughed the peculiar rabbeye. "You are so entertaining. I mean… I never know what I’m going to get with you! It’s like pure randomness!"

The End