A cloaked figure can be seen running against the direction of the rain. He's running so fast that every raindrop that hits his face feels like a needle piercing the skin. Every now and then, the cloaked figure will step on a puddle making a huge splash, however this is not enough to stop the urgency of his action.
His heavy breathing is masking the loud noise of the rain, after multiple turns, the cloaked figure finally stops in front of a wooden door. Looking nervously from side to side, the cloaked figure retrieves a key from his pocket and unlocks the wooden door.
The cloaked figure pushes the wooden door making a loud creaking sound. In a distant clanging of different kinds of metal can be heard. A familiar scent entered his nose, the smell of freshly baked bread.
The clanging sound stops for a bit. "Ady, is that you love?" After asking the question the sounds of clanging returns.
"Yes, yes, I'll be right there with you in a moment." The cloaked figure answered while hanging his cloak to a nearby stand.
Instead of going where the noise is coming from, Adrian goes straight to a narrow stair that looks like it will break any moment with every step if you're not careful.
After climbing the decrepit stairs, another wooden door is located to the right of it. This time Adrian doesn't need a key. The room is small, with one single bed, and a table with a candlelight beside it.
Adrian then retrieves another item from his pocket. A black spherical object.
He stared at the black spherical object for a few minutes before he started turning it around, figuring out what it was for. Adrian bit into it, a faint clanging sound can be heard. Obviously it's not food. He then proceeds to toss it lightly, to gauge how heavy it is, surprisingly it's not that heavy considering the exterior felt like a pan they used in baking.
A low humming sound emits from the black spherical object. Upon hearing this, Adrian put the black spherical ball up to his ear.
DING
Adrian recoiled from the bed where he's sitting when he heard a loud ding coming from the black spherical object. He then tried to turn it around again to figure out what changed. Not so long he found a text written on the black spherical object.
"WHO ARE YOU?"
The young man tilted his head in confusion. "I'm Ady." he reluctantly answered.
"HELLO ADY, WHO ARE YOU?"
Adrian tosses the black spherical object out of pure reflex. It didn't make any sense to him, the exterior is hard as a metal however the black spherical object is light as a bread. On top of that, it looks like the black spherical object can converse with him.
The now shaking Adrian stood up and started pacing back and forth at the side of his bed, sweat dripping onto his face. "Adrian you idiot, who in their right mind will try to steal from the church, now I'm cursed." he muttered to himself.
After a few moments of blaming himself for his stupidity. Adrian proceeds to scan his body parts by tapping on it one by one like a drum. Once Adrian makes sure he's still in one piece, he looks up into the mirror. An average looking man with, black hair, and a full beard stares back at him. "Yeah that's ol' me." He never once imagined that seeing his reflection will bring him back to sanity.
The continuous clanging sounds stop once again. "Oi! Ady, get down here and help me with these bloody pans!" a high pitched voice coming from downstairs ordered.
Instead of answering, Adrian looks around the room. "Where is it?" he muttered. He then picks up the black spherical object that caused his panic earlier. "There you are!"
"HELLO ADY, WHO ARE YOU?"
He inhaled deeply and exhaled loudly. "I'm Adrian" he answered.
"HELLO ADRIAN, WHO ARE YOU?"
Adrian tilted his once again however this time instead of throwing the spherical object he decided to play with it a little bit. I'm already cursed might as well. "I'm Adrian Son of a Baker."
"HELLO ADRIAN SON OF A BAKER, WHO ARE YOU?"
Upon seeing the text written at the black spherical object, Adrian tilts his head forward, and his face starts to contort into a frown. His shaking is no longer being caused by his nerves but it's now due to frustration.
"HELLO ADRIAN SON OF A BAKER, WHO ARE YOU?"
With a clear annoyed tone. "What do you want me to tell you? That's my name!" he shouted. "I'm Adrian son of a baker, the town idiot, what more do you want?"
"HELLO ADRIAN SON OF A BAKER AND THE TOWN IDIOT, WHO ARE YOU?"
His breathing started to become heavy, as he is trying so hard to contain his frustration and annoyance at the black spherical object. "Adrian! Adrian! Adrian, do you want me to say Adrian king of the world?"
DING
A low humming sound emits from the black spherical object that gets louder and louder. What is happening? Adrian then tosses the black spherical object away from him once again. "What is happening?" he scarily whispered.
Just a few seconds later, Adrian falls flat into the floor. Suddenly the world becomes smaller and smaller, from the view of Adrian's back, to the shabby house who sheltered him, to the decrepit city he was born in, to the country he and his friends protected, to the world that they live in. To the galaxy, universe, and finally through the lens of a microscope.
An old man that's wearing a lab gown looking through the microscope muttered. "We found it." The three words echoed across the room. "We found the Artifact S-777 Heart of a Genie."