Shadows Over Namek

Thread PL: 80,000
Items: Badman Shirt

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Yogu had been feeling strange ever since he first arrived at Namek. Blue grass and green skies?! It felt like walking through a dream! It was all alien to him. Who would've thunk it? The strangeness of his surroundings wasn't all of it, though. There was a spiritual sickness being caused by this pesky demon. He found himself unable to sleep most nights; each time he dozed off, he was greeted by the shadowy visage of this 'Monster' fella he'd seen for that split second he was in hell. Sure, it had unnerved him in the moment, but it wasn't too big of a deal compared to possession itself. Since he got to Namek, however, the image had been seared into his eyelids. That, accompanied by the constant cold sweats and general clamminess, made it difficult to approach locals for just about anything, let alone ask for spiritual help. They tended to get creeped out when you asked that question.

Yogu had become a wandering bandit of sorts the past few days, quietly creeping into the outskirts of villages and farms, stealing away food they would've happily given to him had he just asked. Days blurred together in a hazy mess. He had a camp set up just a short distance from one where he spent most nights eating raw vegetables and thinking. Their farms were another thing that perplexed him. Why did they spend so much time farming when, to his knowledge, they didn't need to eat? Were they stupid? It was hard to complain about the free food, though. Especially when you stole it.

With food out of the way, it was time to continue with today's goals of... Wandering around until something happened. That typically worked on Earth, but so far... "This place is sooo boring!" How had that super strong Namekian in Hell existed when nothing went on around here?! It was hopeless.

Now came the bad thoughts. For example, had stealing the food been Yogu, or was that Monster subtly influencing him to be a thieving little bastard? Who knows. Had this whole idea of journeying to Namek been placed in his mind to get him to some mundane and quiet planet where the ancient beast could begin to take over? Probably. The boy had wandered into a forest at some point while drowning in thought.

He was honestly surprised there was anything other than plains and farmland on this rock. If there was one thing he liked about wandering an alien world, it was that sense of discovery. It felt like he was on an honest-to-kais adventure! "Better get back to camp though. Gettin' late." He assumed this, of course; it was hard to tell the time on a planet with three suns. When he turned around, he expected to be greeted by the mouth of the woods but saw that they stretched on past his vision for a good while.

He was lost. "Kais damn it!" And he had all that stolen food waiting for him back at his itty-bitty bandit camp...

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hi I am become eeeevil

Total WC: 502