[MV] The Super Wizard From Space #21: The Echo People, Part 5

[Andrew Perron]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:29:20 +0000 (UTC), Wil Alambre wrote:

> He was
> pressing her, but he could already feel the compulsion setting in. Like
> tree roots digging into his skull, weighing his thoughts toward an
> inevitable direction. The cosmic power of the hovering douli
> intensified, the conical shape tilting toward the target of the declared
> challenge. Soon, he wouldn't be able to resist the manipulation.

Interesting.  I didn't realized they exerted that kind of control.

> The clattered vibrations
> of the giant musical instrument hitting the mountains had had a violent
> affect on whatever the substance had been, vibrating it apart into fine
> grains. But even in this apparently inert form, it still projected a
> malevolent, foreign sensation.

The Penultimate Darkness?

> Then Andy saw the stars go out. 
> 
> Just pinpricks of light that disappeared, one by one. Scattered across
> the blue-black of the heavens, a half dozen just winked out one by one.
> 
> The wizard lowered his arms. He stared at his hands a moment, then wiped
> the oily blood off his face. His glow was back.

Rising like a Dark Phoenix?

> That's when Andy felt like every part of his was on fire. The sensation
> of sand in between every bit of his outsides and insides were replaced
> with searing pain. He could only taste ash. He could only see flashes of
> light. But he growled and endured, savouring the feeling of the invasive
> black sand burning away.

Oooooooh.

> The Super Wizard From Space reached down and removed the douli from
> Andy's brow. Neither resisted.

Man.  That was not at all what I expected, and was great.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, Cobraaaaaaaaa