531 Daruuns... Office? (1/2)
The white skeleton hurried to the remains of his other half, chuckling to himself. ”Come on, don't waste any time now!”
White cloudy energy leaked out of the white skeleton, matched by a black murky energy oozing out of the ashes. When the two energies intermingled, Jack was left in awe. The conglomerate energy was returning to the ashes and the ashes were condensing to reform pitch-black bones.
”What… What are you?!” Jack shouted in question.
”This is my other half, so how can it be killed so easily?” laughed the skeleton. ”Just give me a few moments.”
Jack watched as the bones were being recreated at a visible speed. He didn't know what to say or think as Duorda's other half was back to its former self in just over a minute. As the two halves walked back into each other, they reformed the dark-grey skeleton that Jack had always known as Crypt Lord Duorda.
”That's much better! Now let's go!” Duorda grabbed Jack by the hand and began to drag him toward the door.
”Wait! What about the items and my tomb?!” Jack shouted.
”Oh, is that why you came down here?” tilting his head, Duorda asked.
Nodding, Jack replied, ”Yeah, I can't leave without that.”
”Then find you're tomb after talking to Daruun. Those items belong to my summons, so don't even think about taking any more of them. You should feel gracious that I'm allowing you to keep what you've already stolen from me,” reasoned Duorda. ”Either way, open the door already! I've wanted to visit home since the moment Kartonia came into existence!”
”You've been down here that long?!”
”Just hurry up! It took long enough to find someone strong enough to beat me. There's no reason for us to wait any longer!”
Jack retrieved the key and carefully placed it inside the large keyhole. He admired the workmanship of the small stairway and the tall doorway as Jack turned the key.
”... Click…”
When the lock was undone, Duorda pulled Jack's hand back along with the key. The sound of moving rubble filled the area as the doors gradually started to slide into the sides of the doorway. Their parting revealed a giant rift in space contained within the tall doorway. Spatial energy ebbed and flowed like it did for the spell Spatial Rift, only there were also streaks and flashes of bright green constantly mixing with the purple energy.
”A rift?” Jack turned to Duorda with a question.
”No, a gate. Now go!”
Not letting Jack waste another second of his time, Duorda slapped Jack's back harshly, sending the hero into the spatial energy without any choice in the matter. The skeleton followed closely as well and rushed into the spatial gate full of anticipation.
On the other end, Jack continued his fall and landed flat on his face. His travel was instantaneous. There was no pause or moment of euphoria to give Jack time to stop his fall.