The darkness warped around his body slowly, skewing any trace of light that attempted to reach for his eyes rather he was encapsulated in a thick black fog akin to a void. He walked through the darkness for what felt like miles, aligning himself with the wall using only his hand to see the way. In the gloom a slither of light appeared only a speck at first flickering on the pitch-black wall, but the more Dolion walked the more it grew until it lit his way thoroughly consuming all his attention no longer worried about the looming threat outside or having to turn around and leave the cave. Pressing forwards, he started to walk faster towards the light thoughts racing through his head, ones of hope of escape and exit his legs started to run towards though it was irrational since he knew that it was no longer daytime so how could such light penetrate the dark cave, though he knew he did not care only thinking about a way out and as he got closer a new path arose before him deeper into the cave.
Peering around the corner from whence the light glows, Dolion's eyes widened in shock as he quickly reached for the sword hanging from his waist his hand started to shake reluctant to remove the blade from its sheath, slowly stepping out into the passageway his eyes caught a better glimpse of the unspeakable sight. Before him laid a body almost unrecognizable but to Dolion he knew whom it belonged to, beside the body was a wooden torch coated in oil, burning away flickering its light against the walls close by but fanning out into the darkness of the room before disappearing into nothing making it difficult to determine the size of the cave. Dolion leaned down beside the body to get a closer look, on inspection the bodies back had large deep claw-likelike marks slicing from head to toe no doubt resulting in death from blood loss. Dolion trailed with his fingers along the wound, rubbing the blood together along with his thumb looking at the substance with interest "Hmmm, Sticky but still wet. The fool must have died recently" he said with a slight smirk and eerie laugh whipping his bloody fingers on the dead man's clothes. Dolion tried to shove the dead man to get him to flip over which proved to be challenging, as the body had become stiffened from his recent demise. After a hefty battle with the dead man Dolion finally managed to flip the body over its face coming into view lit by the flickering touch. The man's face had a slight greenish tint to the skin, not enough to be considered a true colour but enough that it was noticeable to the naked eye though this is not what Dolion focused on "Just as I thought, the filthy brute went and got himself killed" Dolion laughed like a maniac for quite some time before spitting onto the brute's face with disdain.
Dolion sat there recomposing himself after laughing uncontrollably, it didn't take long for him to realise something threw his insanity as his thoughts started to reappear If the brute is dead then what of the creature he agreed to kill back at Balthazar's? Did it get him before he could get it? Clearly it was a creature that killed him by the claw marks on his back, yet there is nothing in sight, no sound to be heard, yet such a large creature could never hide in this cave, could it? Without hesitating Dolion turned around reaching for the torch flickering behind him. The moment he looked away towards the torch he heard an almost silent scratching sound like two rocks crashing together catching his attention as he looked back towards the body into the darkness and almost on instinct as every cell in his body screamed at him, he dove towards the ground as the torch light disappeared for a brief moment accompanied by the sound of wind rushing by Dolion's head followed by a loud thump like something big had impacted the ground. Mere moments had passed before Dolion lifted himself off the ground, looking in the direction of the sound to which his eyes seemed to lose all life, as his body trembled to even the thought of what he was seeing. Before him stood a creature with jet-black fur covered in scars three time the size of Dolion, it had razor-sharp looking teeth with two fangs protruding from its mouth and claws just as sharp along with two tails protruding out its backside with a strange shape but most of all its feline-like eyes protruding from the darkness instilled fear into Dolion as he knew there was no chance of escape from such a beast, his only chance was to stand and fight even if he would not win in such a fight.
BEYOND HERE IS BEING REWRITTEN, ENJOY THE REST OF THIS CHAPTER IN DRAFT ONE FORMAT. Apologies if its unreadable
MENTION HOW MANY LEGS THE BEAST HAS
Mention the tails are sharp when it attacks with them
the wolfs had not entered the cave since this thing now occupied it they were just as scared as the adventurer was paralyzed by fear shaking him from his head to his toes except that did not stop him from slowly reaching down to grab his sword from his sheathe he thought if he did this slow enough the beast would not notice but it noticed almost as soon as he placed his hand on his sword it started to move faster than the speed of lightning it reached (Adventurer) in no time at all accidently kicking the torch on the floor into the middle of the room as the creature pounced up towards him like a lion jumping onto its pray claws shining in the torchlight (adventurer) barely had any time to react placing his sword in front of him protecting his face the beast collided with him and as (adventurer) fell backwards onto the floor the beasts claws sunk deep into his left shoulder squirting blood from the pressure (adventurer) cried out in pain as it jumped over him he noticed something he hadn't before it was like there was electric being discharged from the beasts body this made him realise the wolfs from before had been fast but this thing was on a whole other level it was like the beast was using magic to go faster, (Adventurer) got up off the ground and proceeded to point his sword towards the beast now behind where he was leaving the caves exit behind him, for a moment (Adventurer) pondered about running for the exit and forcing the beast to fight the wolfs waiting outside while checking to see how deep his wounds where with his right hand switching his sword into his left but as it stood now there was no chance he could make it instead he decided to slowly back off towards the exit the beast became aware of this and charged at him yet again just as fast as before but this time (adventurer) was ready, placing his sword in front of him his left hand bracing the blunt side of the blade as the beast raised the front of its body high up into the air and stomped down with its two front paws trying to crush (Adventurer) under the weight of its massive body which it almost succeeds in doing even so (Adventurer) holds strong against the beast pushing it back as hard as he can his shoulder screaming out in pain from the pressure this was not the end of (Adventurers) problems the beast whipped its tails around its body and attempted to slice threw his body with them although from a long distance it seemed to just be a normal tail at close glance they it was obvious they were actually razor sharp just like two swords but strapped to the back of the creature who was able to independently move them, they got close to hitting him but from where they stood locked in a standoff the tails could not reach (Adventurer) enough to cause any serious damage only light cuts to the arms, (Adventurer) losing his strength starts to wane under the intense force being exserted on his body he shifts his legs behind him in an attempt to try and push the beast back yet it's not enough the beast raises up slightly and pushes down harder on (Adventurer) forcing him to drop his sword and pushing him backwards towards the exit of the cave near the corpse of the brute the sword landing underneath the beast, (EXPLAIN how he is holding his shoulder to because of the pain) without a weapon (Adventurer) is defenceless and out of strength to oppose the beast thinking this is the end for me, it's been a wasted life, I should have done more to help people, made friends, joined a party, perhaps fallen in love even. Fear filled his body the thought he had before of forcing the wolfs to fight his battle for him was the only thing he could think of now, in a last-ditch attempt to save himself he turned around and sprinted for the exit as fast as he could even in the state his body was in he thought he could make it except the beast had other plans the next thing (Adventurer) knew he could no longer run at first he thought he had run out of strength and simply frozen in place and this might have been correct apart from the fact that his stomach now felt incredibly hot for a unknown reason it was abnormal he had been sweating a storm up until now fighting the beast though at this point the rest of his body other than his stomach area felt strangely cold, with a chill sparking up his body & It felt like an unknown substance was slowly leaking from his mouth he reaches his hand over to check what it could have been when he pulled his hand back into view it began to shake uncontrollably, blood was pouring from his mouth which made him realise what had happened though he didn't want it to be true, he started to slowly look down towards his abdomen realising the truth the beast had skewered threw his body with its two tails as it ran past him his body floating in the air from the strength of the tails holding him up alone, (adventurer) reached out with both hands to grab the tails of the beast his hands trembling from the sudden pain and panic filling his body just as he grabs the tails the beast yanks its tails passing back threw the body of (Adventurer) who gets flung away towards the wall of the cave from the sudden jolt his body slamming into the floor, (Adventurer) looked up his vision fading in and out he started to slowly crawl towards the wall of the cave his body writhing in excruciating pain with him leaving a blood trail as he crawled when he reached the wall he propped himself up against it with the little strength he had left which is when he realised the beast was just stood there staring at him and his pain he guessed the beast thought he was already dead and didn't need to finish the job completely letting him bleed out because it started to walk away back towards the body of the brute turning its back towards (adventurer) like he was no longer a threat truth be told the beast was right (adventurer) knew he was dying he started to think about his life, about the people he cared about but no one came to mind he hadn't made a single connection with anyone he thought perhaps Its better if I just bleed out, it's not like I'll be missed just like that brute over there I'm a nobody, worthless & unwanted. His thoughts were filled with the pointless things he had done throughout his life he started to hallucinate a smaller version of himself and begun to talk to himself....
(IN THE PARAGRAPHS OF DIALOGUE PERHAPS YOU CAN BRAKE THEM UP SO THAT IT INCLUDES SCENE DETAILS AND HAS LESS DIALOGUE AND MORE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIROMENTS OF THE STORY)
Dolion reaches for his healing potions of which he drank both throws the bottles down, looks at the last one the one he made with the strange plant he thought was a rare one (he's not alchemically inclined) basically says fuck it and downs the potion
(The Story he tells fades into a flashback rather than him talking in speech marks and is more description type backstory rather than telling a story but also hes telling the story so it cuts back in and out)
"You see little one I was orphaned just like you taking in by people who only wanted me for what I could do for them, not because they wanted to care for a twelve-year-old child out of the goodness of their hearts,
they forced me to steal from people anyone who looked like they had even a scrap of coin on them, what I stole I stole for them all I got was the occasional morsel of food, if I wasn't stealing for them they beat me for their own amusement, I couldn't stand it but I also couldn't get away"
(Adventurer) reached out towards the child placing his hand on their cheek and rubbing it like he was trying to comfort the now crying childlike version of himself who grabbed the hand on his cheek with both of his hands.
"It's ok to cry little one though I managed to get lucky one day I got away from them, my life didn't improve much still stealing to eat another day but I was free running around all I wanted at the speed of sound, sleeping under the stars it was all I had ever wanted till one day I was no longer able to run away like I used to I had grown up no longer to fit through the places I had before to get away from the guards, they had finally caught up to (the great pocket thief or name they had for him back then since he was a well known thief) they threw me into a jail cell and told me that if I worked as an adventurers assistant while being supervised I could reduce my sentence, there was many days I thought I could escape but every time I tried I always failed"
The child version of him hugged (adventurer) sobbing his eyes out (adventurer) patted him on the head like he was trying to comfort himself
"Even when I had finished serving my time, I kept being an adventurer but all everyone ever saw was the (the great pocket thief or name they had for him back then since he was a well known thief) and no one else my reputation was ruined thanks to my past of trying to survive by any means, it's funny all that lead me here to another pathetic moment of my life only this time it's the end not even a star to light my path to heaven"
(adventurer) looked up towards the sky but all he could see was the ceiling of the cave when he looked back down towards the child version of himself it was pointing towards the pouch on his belt, (Adventurer) opened the pouch and the child again pointed towards something this time it was a vial of liquid (Adventurer) realised what it since he had made it himself not that long ago it was the extremely potent healing potion capable of healing almost any wound (adventurer) took the potion removed the cork and started to bring it close to his lips it took all the strength he had but as he did so he looked at the child who was smiling at him the tears that had been in his eyes where drying out as he faded away and adventurer thought this had to be some sort of divine blessing from the gods as he chugged the potion. ( speak about how he passes out drops the bottle and his eyes slowly fade to black after a few blinks)
Now to talk about the merging of consciousnesses blah blah blah
It felt like his eyes were glued shut as hard as he tried it took forever to start opening them when he managed to discern that his body was floating he saw nothing but
He knew something was wrong, floating inside this black void
When his eyes started to open once more what he awoke to was nothing more than a black abyss
Unsticking his eyes
Opening is eyes back up
He thought he had awakened into the cold dark abyss of hell
(adventurer) understood that he was awake, but his eyes were glued shut unable to open he tried for what felt like hours to force them to disconnect from each other each time getting closer and closer to doing so until finally, they began to open before slowly closing again like he was waking up for the first time in years when they finally opened all the way he didn't recognise where he was it was extremely dark like a void in space without any stars he looked around and saw that he was floating with no ground beneath him wherever he was he was trapped here unable to escape the darkness.
(adventurer) was suspended there for ages before realising it was possible to float around the endless darkness,
DOLION NEEDS TO BE A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE AND ANOYYED THAT HIS BODY HAS BEEN STOLEN LEADING TO HYSTERIA, PANIC AND COMPLAINTS, PERHAPS A SMALL FIGHT WHEN HE GETS THE 1:1 PROJECTION BODY
In the distance (adventurer) heard a sudden high-pitched scream and a faint trace of light started to appear this could be my only chance to escape this black void he thought as he flew at the speed of a bird swooping down at its pray towards the light the closer he got the more he could hear first there was the very loud sound of a heartbeat Thump-thump and the heavy sharp breathing of someone in distress, I must be stuck in a dream that means I'm alive the potion worked, (adventurers) thoughts were confirmed when a large window like object got closer and closer the sights of the cave he had once been in before on them he noticed that he was moving on the other side of the window looking down at his hands and yet he was not the one doing this though a voice could be heard speaking in pain at first
"Arrrrgh, My head, what the hell?"
The voice was that of (adventurer) but he was not the one doing the talking he began to bang on the glass like surface while shouting at it
"What's going on here?"
He kept slamming his clenched fist into the glass the body on the screen now standing up and looking around at its surroundings
"It seems I'm in some sort of cave, I don't know how I got here but at least there's some light"
The body of (Adventurer) began to walk towards the burning torch in the middle of the cave while (adventurer) pounded on the glass with more and more force Bang Bang until the glass started to crack slowly in the place, he had been striking it while yelling the same thing over and over getting more and more frustrated.
"Heeeeeey, that's my body give it back"
The entire glass window started to fracture before (adventurer) who looked relieved at the thought of him regaining control of his body however what he thought would happen never came instead it was his body that was surprised by a strange voice shouting towards him in an almost crying voice.
"Give back my body please"
"Who said that" the body shouted into the darkness of the cave while holding the torch it had just picked up spinning around panicked, (adventurer) froze for a second realising his voice got threw.
"Give me back my body you thief"
"Thief, I'm no thief, I'm a scientist, who the hell are you?"
"Who the hell am I? Who the hell are you? You're the one who's stolen my body"
"I'm (Scientist) and as for your body I have no clue how I even got here, who are you?"
(adventurer) proclaimed towards (Scientist)
"My name is (adventurer) and you have stolen my body, Give it back to me"
"Well as much as I would like to I kind...."
"I don't care give it back"
(Adventurer) sounded more and more frustrated as the yelled towards (scientist) but unbeknownst to (scientist) the two of them they were not alone as a bright blue light stated to appear in front of both of them to which (scientist) was confused.
"What the hell is that?"
"Right, I... Erm forgot about that my bad"
(Adventurer) suddenly sounded apologetic and worried at the same time all the while this light grew closer towards the, (scientist) realised the bright light was that of arcing of electricity but he was more shocked by what was creating it, it was the same beast that (Adventurer) had fought against before he shouted in frustration and panic at (Adventurer)
"How in hell could you forget a beast as such as that"
"Give me a break a second ago I was dying before you stole my body"
"You keep saying I stole your body, but I don't even remember it"
The beast stood before (Scientist) before shrieking towards him electricity pulsating off its body (scientist) started to slowly back off while flailing the fire from the torch towards the beast as if to try and ward it off which might have worked with a lesser creature, but this was a beast far beyond anything even he had ever seen before it didn't even flinch towards the fire as it slowly approached (scientist) staring him down with its mighty eyes.
The beast swung its claws towards the light (scientist) was holding knocking it towards the wall of the cave (scientist) looked in horror as his only light source was taken away from him.
"So... (adventurer) got any kind of plan?"
"Me? I just told you I was dying a minute ago what do you think caused that hu?"
"Right Right... But Erm...does this thing have a weakness maybe?"
"If I had known one, do you think I would have been dead?"
"I guess not"
(scientist) looked around panicked searching for something or someway to defeat the beast before him but the cave was too dark to see anything even aided by the streaks of light being produced by the beast he knew he could not back away from the beast forever but what choice did he have he had no weapons no plan and no real way to win a fight against such a creature.
"Hey! (scientist) Listen... It's not a great plan but if you can find the sword, I dropped you might stand a chance"
"How do you expect me to find a sword in this pitch-black cave?"
"I don't know but do you have a better plan?"
The beast had backed them into the cave wall pinning them into a tight position with nowhere left to go it brought its face really close to (scientist) staring at his chest where the wound had been almost like the creature wondered how he had survived its attack but this curiosity did not hold for long as it stared into the terrified eyes of (scientist) it relented no more snarling at him before raising its claws up to attack, (adventurer) screamed.
"Run!"
(scientist) scarcely managing to duck down and avoid the fatal blow from the beast its claws striking the cave wall behind him causing it to yell out in pain as (scientist) attempted to run past the beast.
"Watch out"
(adventurer) yelled since (scientist) was about to run into the beasts' razor-sharp tails that were failing behind it as it writhed in pain (scientist) just managing to duck as he ran past the beast with them narrowly missing his head, he ran straight into the darkness with only a few glances over his shoulder to make sure the beast was not following him and each time he looked he saw that the beast was licking its wounds so he just kept running away when to his surprise he tripped over something soft and heavy falling flat onto his face.
"Hey Be careful With My body"
DOLION NEEDS TO BE A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE AND ANOYYED THAT HIS BODY HAS BEEN STOLEN LEADING TO HYSTERIA, PANIC AND COMPLAINTS, PERHAPS A SMALL FIGHT WHEN HE GETS THE 1:1 PROJECTION BODY
(scientist) had cushioned his fall with his hands grazing them in the process blood seeping out onto the floor as he stood back up looking towards what he had just tripped over and why it was soft since he was in a cave, he couldn't see very well though there was a strange orange glow emanating from a part of it and that's when he realised what it was since he had worked with them a lot in the past.
"Why is there a cadaver here?"
"Oh, the brute! What's that in his pouch I didn't see that before?"
As he reached into the pouch of the brute and started to pull out the glowing object from inside, when his hand re-emerged from the leather pouch, he was holding an orange glowing crystal encased in a metallic shell which locked the two together. (NEED to pull the two metal parts away from the crystal to activate)
"What is it?"
"An explosive Conduit though it's a little on the small side"
WOULD ADVENTURER KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
"Can it kill the beast?"
"Maybe If..."
(scientrist) froze as he tried to speak a loud roar could be heard from the other side of the cave, a bright light could be seen it was the beast it seemed to be channelling a bunch of electricity into its mouth whatever it was doing (scientist) didn't like the looks of it he looked down towards the brute one last time to remove the sword and belt from his body dropping the orange crystal to the ground as he did, upon standing back up (scientist) wrapped the leather belt around the swords hilt before wielding it in his right hand as the beast's mouth exploded with electricity (scientist) stood there bracing himself his hands gripping the sword tightly towards the beam of electricity that was shooting towards him it struck the sword with such ferocity yet (scientist) didn't even flinch, (adventurer) Screamed as the electricity channelled down the sword towards his hands which started to turn the sword bright red as it continued to strike the sword, the electricity got down to the swords hilt covered by the leather in a matter of nanoseconds (adventurer) thought this was the end for the two of them closing his eyes but was pleasantly surprised when he reopened them to see that the electricity had not killed them though (scientist) was feeling unimaginable pain as the electricity shocked through into his body (adventurer) asked
"Why are we not dead?"
"Th....The...Leather....Acts...Like an Insulator but...it's not perfect" (Sceientist) spoke having to pause from the pain he was feeling as the electricity trickled threw the leather into his shaking arms, the light almost blinding him as it continued for what seemed like a millennia but when the bright light finally started to subsided as the beast stopped its attack he could see another sword on the ground directly in front of him not ten meters away through his arms which had taken the brunt of the force from the electricity which could be seen as the skin had started to peel off (CAN YOU EVEN SEE THE FLESH ON THE ARMS WHAT IS HE EVEN WEARING? DETAILS FROM BEFORE?)from the extreme amount of electricity that had burned through them so much, he couldn't stop his hands from shaking the sword which had almost become a molten pile of magma on the floor ruining the swords integrity, (scientist) collapsed onto his knees while steadily reaching for a pouch on his belt his arm shaking as he tried to remove a small glass vial and began to drink its contents (Adventurer) realised this was one of the healing potions he made from the Barbadensis he had gathered before, The effect was almost immediate in healing (Scientists) wounds though he started to grab the other glass vial from the pouch as the effect from the first was not enough to completely heal his wounds upon drinking the second he grabbed the orange glowing crystal as the wounds closed up.
"Nicely done but were not out of this yet (scientist)"
"I'm aware of the current situation, thank you"
DOLION NEEDS TO BE A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE AND ANOYYED THAT HIS BODY HAS BEEN STOLEN LEADING TO HYSTERIA, PANIC AND COMPLAINTS, PERHAPS A SMALL FIGHT WHEN HE GETS THE 1:1 PROJECTION BODY
(Scientist) clenches the crystal in his left hand while sprinting towards the beast on the other side of the cave reaching down and grabing the sword from the floor that he saw earlier thanks to the beast's lightning, The beast body started to faded into the shadows of the cave, no longer emitting light from the electricity coursing through it as (scientsist) got closer he immediately stopped in his tracks no longer able to see the beasts position but hearing it run through the shadows, (scientist) turned his body into that of a boneless slime falling towards the floor as he yet again narrowly avoided an attack from the beast which jumped at him from the shadows from his position on the floor he could see the beast land and run back into the shadows vanishing from (scientits) limited sight in the darkness but he thought The beasts tactics have changed it's not charging me head on anymore which he found to be puzzling though he didn't have much time to think as he found himself surrounded by not one but two beasts slowly circling watching (scientist) from a distance looking for a clear chance to attack and it was clear to him now that the beast had somehow cloned itself.
"What are you going to do now (scientist)."
"Survive."
"But HOW!"
"Observe."
(Scientist) carefully looked at the two beasts looking at each and every detail about them attentively to look for the slightest little detail that separates them from each other when he noticed That one has a slight limp in its right front paw even if it's trying to hide that fact from me its body fails itself from the pain. (scientist) charged towards the beast that was limping as it continued to circle around him, in response to (Scientit) charging the other beast sprints towards him from behind in a panic as if to try and stop (scientist) before he can reach the real beast but just before he reached the beast Theodore dropped his body close to the ground using his momentum to try and slide underneath the beast plunging his sword as deep as he could into the side of the beast while avoiding its razor-sharp tails from hitting him again as he slid under the beast an audible shriek of pain being heard from the beast while Theodore got back up after clearing the body of the beast and running around towards the front of it as the cloned version of the beast struggled to slow down crashing into the side of the real beast knocking it over and plunging the sword deeper into its body, Theodore hurried towards the real beast as it screamed in pain gripping both metal sides of the crystal conduit pulling them apart from each other so the metal was no longer touching each other, it took a considerable amount of force to separate them but once they was he threw the entire thing into the open mouth of the beast, the orange crystal glowing more and more as Theodore ran as far as he could away from the beast and its clone, behind him an explosion ensued pushing him further away from the beast as he slammed into the ground from the sheer force of the blast the sound could be heard throughout the entire cave as the ground shook around him, Theodores ears rang with the sound of the explosion as he sluggishly stood back up and looked towards the beast its head decimated by the explosion that just ensued, pieces of it were everywhere and the blood was pooling out of its neck the beast was dead its clone had vanished completely.
"Barely survived... nice work Theodore"
"Call me Theo"
"Well Theo I don't really get what's going on, but I understand I'm trapped in here right?"
"That would be an accurate assessment yes"
"And you've taken over my body?"
"Again, that would seem to be the case although involuntarily I might add"
"Right!" Dolion said with a sarcastic tone as Theodore walked over, towards the still lit torch laying on the ground from where it had been knocked out of his hands before by the beast he reached down, picking it up lighting up the cave around him as he stood back up he noticed the light from his torch was being bent into darkness that could not have been there he walked over to where the light was disappearing to find an opening in the cave wall.
"A way out perhaps?"
"Not the one I took to get in here though I wouldn't go that way if I were you"
"And why is that Dolion?"
"On account of the pack of black wolves that are probably still waiting out there"
"But you cannot be sure if they are? Well then, I suppose this might be a less dangerous way out perhaps"
Theodore turned around towards the dead beast on the floor and started walking over to where his sword was Dolion thought He must be reclaiming the blade from the body of the beast but instead, Theo pl the sword deeper before removing the sword completely and plunging his hand inside the beast's corpse rummaging around its organs.
"What are you doing?"
"I saw you had a (Storage crystal creature name or just name) crystal in your bag"
"Yes And?"
"And I'm sure this beast must be worth something to someone"
"O-o-h... you're right the (merc guild) ordered this beast dead"
Theo struggled to pull his hand out from the beast but when he finally got it free there was a strangely deep shining blue crystal the same size as a human heart in his hand, he stared at it with interest and wondered many things but the one most of all he spoke out loud without even meaning to.
"The crystal of an unknown beast I wonder what properties it could hold?"
Almost the moment the words left his lips it commenced shining brighter before his eyes encompassing all he could see forcing him to close his eyes and shield his face from the light.
"Errrr, Theo!"
Opening his eyes Theo saw the metaphysical body of Dolion before him it was almost like looking into a mirror every detail was the exact same, his body was not only being projected by the crystal but was actually physical with the ability to touch as Theo poked and prodded him just to make sure it was not an illusion.
"Wh-What happened & what are you doing?"
"It seems the beast's ability to clone itself has allowed your fractured consciousness to separate from your body Hmm... I wonder what this form allows you to do"
"So, I'm no longer trapped?"
"Oh, most certainly, you are indeed still trapped"
"What do you me...."
THE BODY IS EXACTLY LIKE DOLIONS REAL BODY 1 TO 1 Just without accessories only clothes
HE CAN WALK SINCE HE IS MORE CORPOREAL NEEDS TO BE ADDED BUT LATER WHEN HE BECOMES BLUE HE FLOATS LIKE A GHOST
Theo still investigating Dolion's new body lifting his arms and staring at him intriguingly made it clear to him that the crystal had most certainly sucked Dolion's consciousness out of the black void he was trapped inside of but was it only temporary or would this new body last forever these questions and more weighed on Theo's mind while he ignored anything Dolion was trying to say to him until he was almost scared out of his skin from Dolion Shouting"
MAKE SURE THE TORCH IS TRACKED CORRECTLY
"THEO!!!"
"A-a-a, What?"
"Look whatever is happening I don't know but I have a body now even if it's not really mine"
"Well strictly speaking it appears to be an exact copy of your original body"
"Thats not what I mean Theo"
"I see..."
"Could you stop prodding me now"
"Apologies I was simply fascinated by this" Theo pointed at Dolion's head waving his finger, side to side as he swiftly brought it downwards to his feet pointing at every inch of Dolion before putting the torch back into his hand loosely holding onto it just enough as not to drop it while he brought his other hand to his chin in thought.
"Perhaps for now we should proceed down that passageway but first please try grabbing the torch from me"
Dolion hand hesitated a little as he started to reach out to grab the torch stopping just before attempting to do so looking straight at Theo to ask.
"You sure this will even work?"
"Based on my ability to poke and prod your new body one would assume you have the ability to interact with the environment around you within reason perhaps, though this is only speculation"
"So, you're not sure?
"Magi-science is never truly sure about anything, that's what makes it Magi-Science"
FIX THIS PARAGHRAPGH BELOW
Dolion with a reassured and Firey determination on his face proceeded to pull his hand away from the torch before swinging his hand with force towards it as fast as he could with belief in his heart he closed his eyes thinking It won't work even as his hand swung at such ferocious speed Theo kept his eyes glued towards it fascinated by the possible outcome, Dolion's hand almost looked like it was moving in slow motion but in reality it was moving at the speed of a ------- Both Dolion and Theo were amazed by what they were seeing, Dolion's hand collided with the torch almost like he was real, he stood there with a big smile on his face staring at his hand where he had stolen the torch from Theo.
"Yes, I did it!"
"It seems you are capable of interacting with physical objects"
Theo started to walk away from Dolion who was more interested in his newfound freedom towards the dark passageway.
"I'm real again" Dolion said with excitement looking towards Theo with a scary look on his face
"That would appear to be the case"
"So, what's to stop me killing you so there's only one of me"
Dolion pointed the torch towards Theo in a threatening manner as he continued to walk away into the dark passageway unfazed by Dolion's words, the more and more Theo got away the harder it became for Dolion to keep his grip on the torch until it eventually fell towards the floor phasing through his hand which was unlike anything he had seen before the moment the torch hit the floor it made a distinctive sound and Theo turned around before taking a few steps back towards Dolion with one hand behind his back and the other facing towards the cave roof his hand closed with a single finger pointing up and spoke.
"I would assume that is why, well that, and the fact that your current body is not fully sustainable"
"What do you mean?"
Dolion picked up the torch off of the floor before walking back over to Theo as to light his way down the cave tunnel
"Your body is being created and sustained by the crystal core I removed from that beast; it seems you must stay within proximity towards the crystal to maintain a corporeal form"
"Hu? What's that supposed to mean"
"Simply put stay close"
"And then what I'm just supposed to stay like this forever?"
"Look your just going to have to trust me, I'm your best shot at reversing whatever this is"
The two disappeared into the darkness of the tunnel until the light from there torch vanished.