Among Our Pages II A Spoof



  Among Our Pages II: A Spoof

  Copyright 2016 Ehko Masks

  Table of Contents

  Acknowledgements

  Chapter0 Just a Story

  About Ehko Masks

  Other books by Ehko Masks

  Connect with Ehko Masks

  Author’s Note

  Acknowledgements

  Thanks to those who inspire others for the better every day. Thanks to my readers, you are all wonderful. Love you my lovelies, take care and stay well. Thanks to my sissy for reading my works. Take care dears.

 

  Chapter 0

  Just a Story

  “So… What did you guys think of my story on all of us?~” Persefome questions as she beams at everyone, the book titled “Among Our Pages” in her hands.

  The faces of her friends are all less than amused.

  “A bunny? Seriously?! Just because I have a pet bunny doesn’t mean that I should…” Auro starts to fume, but is stopped.

  “Excuse me, but...” Rie interrupts with soft raise of her hand, her eyes closed. Then, with a soft sigh as she sits there, keeping her eyes closed as she laces her fingers together in front of her face and begins to voice her concerns, “Why are you saying that Ultima and the others sacrificed themselves? That isn’t our religious history. Earth is only where our heroine was hidden while Yudiyu was looking for her to kill her before she could grow up and save the world. No one from Earth has ‘ever’ actually come here through the gate. Also…” she then opens her eyes and glances at Persefome with only her eyes as she questions, further, “Why is our home of Refrodi the quote unquote “Dream Realm”? Why is there a nightmare realm? Are you referring to the ‘dark lands’ that are an inhospitable place for us because light never reaches there? It’s where the dark elementals use to live back when there were elementals on Refrodi. Back before magic on our planet disappeared. ‘And’ the valley of lost souls isn’t attached to our world at all, it’s within Syrellia. ‘That’ is where the fallen spirit beasts, the ‘dayomon’ that rule it and take all the lost souls are, ‘not’ “Syr-RAYL-Ea. Among everything else that you got incorrect or made up.” She sighs then remarks as she hangs her head, “Your imagination is ‘quite’... something, Persefome.” she then glances Persefome once again.

  Syrellia: {sir-rehl-lE-uh} 1: noun: A place created to imprison the fallen spirit beasts other than Yudiyu, also where the souls of sinners go in Refrodian religious history.

  2: exclamation: used to express annoyance or surprise or for emphasis. “Oh, syrellia-- where will this all end?” “Oh, syrellia, no!”

  Spirit beast: {pronounced how it’s spelled} noun: 1: a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent or messenger of Ultima, conventionally represented in human form or animal form or a mix in-between.

  2: a person of exemplary conduct or virtue.

  Dayomon: {day-O-mOn} noun: 1: the fallen spirit beasts who were against the imprisonment of Yudiyu and believed she should be erased from existence instead. Were banished into Syrellia.

  2: a person of poor conduct or virtue.

  Persefome pouts, “I thought they were all chichie concepts.”

  Chichie: {chE-chE-Ay} 1: adjective: “Double Magical” A slang term meaning something that is really impressive and/or interesting.

  Everyone’s attentions are now taken off Rie and placed back on Persefome as she whines. Then back to Rie as she speaks once again.

  “They are…” she sighs, “Very interesting ideas, however, incorrect.” she says as she looks down while closing her eyes once again.

  Pouting Persefome shrugs and closes her eyes, “Yeah. Well I thought they all sounded chichie.”

  “Let’s not even get into the fact that you had ME following around Auro like some lost puppy!” Lylith pouts as she glares Persefome who smiles at her nervously and laughs.

  “Hehe… Yea… Well… You two seem cute together to me. The way you two act towards one another is just adorable!~” Persefome sings.

  Auro and Lylith both sigh and hang their heads.

  “Why? Just… why?” Lylith pouts.

  “Stor. ry.” Persefome emphasizes. “It’s not all supposed to be real you know. Sheesh. Why do you have to keep being so negative about it?” she pouts as she hangs her head.

  “And you just had to make yourself be so chichie.” Demechi pouts, “Whereas I was some loser of Abyzo’s. WHY?”

  Persefome pouts more, “Hey. I think I made all of you pretty chichie too, you know. You redeemed yourself in the end Demechi which was pretty chichie.” she says with a wide grin.

  “That is true.” Rie admits earning a shocked look from Demechi, but then argues, “However, Abyzo wasn’t the cause of the fall of Yudiyu. She fell because she was jealous of Ultima’s love for us humans.”

  “I understand that.” Persefome pouts more, “It was just a story. Sheesh.”

  “W-why make yourself genderless though? Also, the characters you made up…?” Aruskiy starts only to be drowned out by Auro.

  “Was there some weird inspiration for the fake characters not based on anyone of us here in the storytellers’ guild, Persefome? Fre, Ayoumi, Edj, Kusuni, Harris, Tictoc, Verail, Mitchie and Lee? True Mahkdalin was the last known Spirit Beast of Death before the spirit beasts sacrificed themselves, but it was to SAVE Refrodi, for us people and WE humans didn’t sacrifice ourselves for Earth or anything.” Auro questions then notes curiously.

  Persefome shrugs, “I had a dream about that Lee girl. As for the others, I wanted someone for Yuuki, so Fre was cute for him.”

  “And look where that lead!” Auro shouts as zie slings zim arm back with zir palm up as zie gestures to a frozen Yuuki whose eyes are widen as he is shaking in a dark blush and unmoving. “Poor guy is traumatized by your little romance! You ‘know’ he’s ‘very’ shy of romance and girls touching him, don’t you?!”

  Persefome pouts while whimpering out, “It was soooo cuuuuute though.”

  Auro sighs and hangs zir head, “On the other hand…” zie smirks and crosses zir arms, “I DID like my portrayal. You got me spot on. Heh.” then zie shrugs, “But, why did I have brown eyes to begin with? Why did I have to suddenly have my rainbow eyes from a power crystal thing?”

  Smiling nervously, Persefome shrugs, “I...I don’t know. I just thought that people of Earth wouldn’t have eyes like yours. They are rare here on Refrodi, after all. Only one person every thousand years has them, right? Cause like… They symbolize the chosen prince of light.”

  “Hmhm.” Auro just laughs lightly as zie shrugs with zir arms crossed and a smirk on zir lips.

  “And why set me up with this Lee girl? Also…” Rymi questions as he blushes and looks away, “You didn’t explain the others.” he seems embarrassed to have brought up her coupling him with someone and is quick to change the subject.

  “It. was. Cuuuuute.” she retorts then finishes, “And I don’t know. They just seemed like chichie characters with chichie stories.” she says with a shrug and a smile.

  A sigh follows as Demechi remarks, “Anyhow. Are we going to actually come up with a story together this time, or are you going to go off and take the whole thing upon yourself once again, Persefome?” he looks to Persefome seriously as he asks this.

  Persefome pouts and shrugs, “FINE…” she sighs and shakes her head, “What should the next story be about then?”

 
“Anyone have any ideas?” Demechi questions as he looks around at the others curiously.

  “I do!” Persefome says as she raises her hand sharply.

  “Besides you.” He sighs as he looks away from her looking at the others.

  The others laugh as Persefome pouts. Now the others look amongst one another and seem to nod conformingly before looking back to Demechi decisively.

  “I believe we ALL have the same curiosity.” Rie states plainly.

  Smiling Demechi nods, “Yes. The greatest known mystery of all of Refrodi.”

  Aruskiy adds nervously. “A-and it may never be solved.”

  “If you ‘actually’ believe the Kiyrim, that is.” Auro interjects, crossing zir arms. “The thing is, however, not everyone is religious, some do not believe in the Mother, the life stream or that Syrellia and the spirits ever even