~Ch.6 Start!~
At morning breakfast...
''A good morning to you, my master Cia. Are you ready for breakfast?'' Theodore contently greeted.
''. . . . . . Unm? Oh. Sorry. Yes, I am ready for breakfast.'' Lucia replied, distracted as she sat down.
''Mhhhmmm...'' Theodore observantly mumbled, while toying with his mustache. ''I take it, yesterday's surprises are still fresh on your mind, my master?''
''Uhm. . . . . . .You could tell?'' She asked, staring down at her breakfast. ''You are right, Theodore. -Last night... was my first real emotion. I cannot stop picturing how it felt.''
''Mhm-Mm. I will say it again. Your first-time smile was so~oo breathtaking!'' He sweetly stated, bowing his head in agreement.
''Oh, no. Are you telling me, that my smile hurts you?'' Lucia cluelessly asked.
''Oops, I messed up, and briefly forgot.'' He apologetically said, clearing his throat. ''Don't worry, my lady. It was a figure-of-speech... again. Your smile did not actually take my breath away.''
Lucia replied, ''Ooohhh.''
Theodore pointed out, ''Lady Lucia. It seems your grasping of 'human speech,' still has work to be done.''
After breakfast...
''After a year... I have a tiny smile. I want to learn...more.'' Lucia intently thought, as she spoke, ''Vis Lumé Acces!''
[Dream entered]
''. . . . . .Nighttime? And grass?'' She thought, inspecting the scenery. ''Is this...a field? Why is it, so empty here? Hrm?? The night sky... It feels like... I could almost reach out to it.''
As I was reaching for the star-filled sky, I started to hear... some kind of sound.
((K-tap!! K-TAP! K-Tap!!))
''What is...that strange tapping noise?'' She asked, as she thought, ''My right foot? Is it tapping...to those sounds?''
I was curious, so I tried to push my foot down.
''It does not want...to stop. Hhm? Now, -my other foot is tapping? Hrrrngh!'' She struggled, while she pulled herself up. ''Huhhh?? Why did my body pull a pose?''
I tried to stand back up, and my body acted on its own. Posed with my hand pointing right, and my hips to the left.
''Wait. Those sounds. I think I get what they are. It must be music.'' She realized, with the music becoming more intense. ''Urhm? Are those shadow beasts, over there? I might...be in trouble.''
Three winged shadow beasts, were coming towards me... in a strange way.
''Wait, maybe... Am I being forced to dance.'' She realized in her mind, while gazing around. ''Those beasts... I think they are dancing shadow monsters.
How can I battle them, if I cannot stop dancing? . . . . . .''
I tried to call weapons to fight, but I could not use them, because my body would not stop.
''How do I battle enemies, who can shoot dance beams?'' She desperately thought, while still dodging. ''Ohh.''
While thinking, I had a thought, and tested it out.
Dance fist to Mr. Dance Shadow. -It died.
((Screeching cry))
Lucia thought, ''It...worked?''
((Enemy groovy laser))
Lots of dance kicking. - - - -
((Dying cry))
She thought, ''I think I get it now. Maybe, if I fight by dancing.''
((Another dying cry))
After I got beat the three beasts, that music turned quieter, but my body was still dancing. -just not so much, like before. Now, to my search for the Crux.
A little later...
At some point, the empty grassy field ended. It changed into a stone path in space. A single road, with nothing else around.
''Ur-hmm? A dead end? No more road?'' She thought, while searching for answers.
With no warning, the night started to shine, blinding me.
''My eyes... What was that? Uhmm? The path is gone?'' She asked, dazed. ''Are those.....globes? Round globes, with...buildings and objects?''
I now stood on a small planet, tiny enough to travel across in a minute. I had to jump from planet to planet. Every one I jumped to, I felt a urge to sing different songs.
Almost of of the tunes, I did not know at all.
Lucia hummed, 🎶'Another one drive the bus. Mhm. Mhhm. Mhm.'
'Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a.....dream.'
'Around the mountain. She will be coming 'round the mountain when she comes.'
'Levan Polka. Lahh - Lah - Lahhh...'
'Ooohhh, I need you. I know that I want you. And, I would die to find out.'
'Ohh-whey-O. OHhh-wheyyy... Step like... a Egyptian...'🎶
Past the musical planets...
I ended up on a path, on a line of floating earth pieces. Around me, there was sheet music papers everywhere. I jumped across these platforms, while my body was still dancing.
''I wonder... Hovering pieces of land, and sheet music? What does this represent?'' She thought, in child-like awe. ''Dreams contain so many interesting mysteries.''
At last...
My senses told me I was close, and it was obvious. I found a square stone platform, with the door in the middle.
''Finally. Now I can hopefully cure this dancing issue.'' She listlessly thought.
[Crux Room]
''After all I have seen so far, what could the Crux be? What would make sense?'' She thought, as she got closer. ''It looks like.....stone? A square...stone? What?''
((Gaze! Gaze!))
((1 Loud abrupt music note!))
''Ur-hnggg??? That sound. What was that loud sound?'' She asked, with her ears stinging. ''The stone. Did It change -when I looked away?''
((Loud catchy music))
The Crux was becoming a monster. Written music notes showed up, it got bigger, and grew stringy limbs. Plus, because of the music, my body started to dance more.
''I did not think this through. My body's moving so much, I can not battle like this.'' She tensely thought. ''Hrhm? What is Mr. Music doing? Is it.....repeating what I do?''
((Test dance movements))
''Excuse me? Are you following my dancing?'' Lucia asked it.
Mr. Music noded in agreement, gesturing to continue.
''Keep it up?'' She asked. ''Um, sure.''
For a little bit, I granted Mr. Music's wish to dance.
Lots of Lucia Grooving later...
''Mr. Music. I can not dance forever. I have stuff to finish. Uaaahhh.'' She asked him, before being blown backwards.
He reacted to my question, by taking a stance, and blowing me away with his open palm. He hinted for me to dance more, but I could not.
''Sorry, Mr. Music. I do not want anymore dancing.'' She apologetically remarked.
With my reply, he got angry. I think he wanted to punish me.
''Hrmmm? My body? I stopped dancing. Hold on. That means-Uaaahhh.'' She attained, while blown back.
[Giant hammer apelled!]
She thought, ''Because it is stone, this may work.''
I ran around him, putting my all on hitting its back.
((BANG! . . . . . .crack~crack))
''I...made a crack. It worked.'' She eagerly thought. ''I have to keep it up.''
I used the hammer to hit him, next to the earlier one. -Another crack.
After avoiding his dance-fighting, I hit him again.
((Crack Nb.3))
Mr. Music was furious.
''Sorry, Mr. Music, but you need to go.'' She honestly said.
With my hammer, I jumped up, and I hit him once more at his head.
((Mr. Music completely crumbled))
''Is it over? Is he gone?'' She wondered.
[Catchy Music Realm shattered]
Lucia summarized, 'The them of today's dream was... 'Catchy music fever.'
[Lucia Manor Balcony]
''Another dream world taken care of.'' She said with a smirk, as she collapsed. ''I guess today... I was the champion. Uahhhhhh.''
''Well, look at that. My lady, you collapsed again? Mhm...'' Theodore said, as he picked her up.
Meanwhile, at a dark throne room...
??? thought, ''In this updated report, it reads... 'More lower-ranked demons have woken? Hrmmm... It must be the truth, and yet... What could be the cause?
If this keeps up... These results could be better for me, Since this chaos was never in my plans... To start with, how can I figure out the cause?
Our realm is so vast, it could be take a lifetime -No. A FEW hundred of my lifetimes.....
The end, for now...