Jarody And The ScytheBlade
October 14th, 2005 by Salem
Chapter 6 – The Gemini Twin HexBlade Masters, Salem and Selene with the man named Jarody walk into the afternoon sun light. The horses, Darkwind, Skyclap, and a nearly bald Syntax, greet them with whinnies as Pawn appears out of nowhere, and climbs up Salem’s body to come to rest once again on his owner’s shoulders. Christina can be seen running from a well about a hundred yards away. “Who is the chick with the huge melons?” asked Jarody when he saw the approaching Blade Master. Selene says through her teeth, “That is Christina. If you do anything to hurt her, I can promise you a fate worse then death.” “Hey, everything is cool. Why would I want to hurt that! Make her moan and scream my name, maybe. But not hurt her,” said Jarody as the twins gave him a look that would melt an iceberg. Christina meets them with a large smile on her face, “You are back! Who is this? I thought you were there to get Death and his ScytheBlade to join us?” “This is Jarody, the human form of death,” said Selene as Christina takes a long look at the man in unusual clothing. Selene takes out the container of food Salem had put together in Death’s kitchen and gives it to Christina, “We figured you would be hungry so we put this together.” “Thanks,” said Christina as she looked at the container with hungry eyes, “You two forgot to tell me how to get Pawn to retrieve the food.” “No use anyway. Pawn only obeys me,” said Salem as she turned to Jarody and starts to pat her GunBlade, “I think we forgot something.” Jarody puts down his luggage and zips it open, inside were more otherworld clothes and a few strange objects. Jarody pulls out something the twins know all too well. It was a small dagger with an extremely curved blade. To Christina, it did not look like anything special.
Jarody takes the dagger in both hands and extends the handle until it was a long staff and then he started to wave the staff around as a green fire ignites on the small curved blade now glowing red. As Jarody continued to spin the green fire tipped staff around him, the green fire started to surround him and consume him until he was inside a large fireball of green. Only the small red glowing curved blade could be seen as Jarody continued to wave the staff around from inside. The red glowing curved blade started to grow in size until it was a 4 foot long blade, then the green fire ball exploded revealing Death in his long black hooded cloak and 8 foot tall fleshless skeletal body holding the all powerful ScytheBlade. “Who wants to DIE TODAY!!” said the Grim Reaper as he brought the large fiery curved blade close to the ground. “You do have the flair for the dramatic, Death,” said Selene as Death grabs his ScytheBlade and gives it a quick spin as another explosion of green flame shoots out in every direction. Where the tall Grim Reaper once stood was now the 6 foot 7 inch tall Jarody holding the small curved blade dagger.
“Well, if you have what you need, I will have Pawn store your “˜luggage’ with our stuff,” said Salem as Pawn runs down her body again and stops near the strangely shaped bag. Pawn looks at the luggage and it was clear that the little rodent was contemplating something in his head as he tilts his head to one side and then to the other. “What is he fucking doing?” asked Jarody who was starting to get restless with the little animal. “He has to remember what he puts in the ThievesBlade’s void, or else he will not be able to retrieve it for you later,” said Salem as Pawn starts to yawn. The void opens up as the sound of rushing water hits everyone’s ears. Jarody’s luggage is picked up by an unseen force and flung into the black void. Pawn closed his little jaw and returned to his masters shoulders.
“I think someone is going to have to walk,” observed Selene. “I have it covered, sexy,” said Jarody as he extends the handle to his curved dagger once again but this time the curved blade also extended and hinged into position automatically as he brings the handle to it’s full length. Jarody takes his ScytheBlade in both hands and gives it a large swipe in the direction of the Dead Swamp then holds it out and pulls the ScytheBlade towards himself as if he had hooked something and was pulling it in. The waters started to churn and bubble as something started to move but it was hard to see in the darkness of the swamp. It looked as if bones were flying all over and around the area of the very active patch of water while the rest of the swamp remained undisturbed. Not even small ripples were being generated from the very active part of the swamp. Salem could see a small structure being constructed. The water came to a rest as the structure stood in the darkness, then started to move as snake like objects start to climb up the thin pillars of the structure and occupy the space in the top part. The walking thing that was formed was now walking into the light. It was a horse, only it did not have any skin. Every muscle and pieces of cartilage could be seen as the creature’s black eyes seemed to move around to look at them all but it was hard to tell. Jarody gave his ScytheBlade another swipe and an explosion of green flame bursts out from the skinless horse. When the flames disappear, standing there was a black horse with white patches of fur on its face giving the horse a look of a skull. Jarody’s ScytheBlade returns back to its small dagger form as he puts it in his pocket and walks to the horse. “She will be called Raptor,” said Jarody as he pets his horse on the head. “That is imaginative,” said Salem under her breath. “A female horse? You made it female?” said Selene trying to figure out the reason for this. “Fuck yeah. I only ride females. I’m not gay,” said Jarody as he pulls a large black saddle from out of nowhere and starts to strap it onto Raptor.
Darkwind and Skyclap knew this new horse was just a soulless creation of Death’s and did not matter what sex it was. The only thing they wanted to know is if it would be a benefit or a hindrance to them. Syntax, however, was in love. Her wonderful curves, those perfect legs, that sexy back end that was begging to be sniffed, but all of it was nothing compared to her face. Her face was so exotic and attractive. He wanted nothing more then to be with her. The 4 blade Masters mount their horses as Rook swoops low over them heading in the direction they must go as they turn and start to ride off. The twins take the lead as Jarody drifts back so he can talk to Christina, who releases the GullBlade to the sky where it joins Rook. Syntax also wanted to drift back so he can be near Raptor but Salem started to give him soft kicks and pulled on his reins forcing Syntax to stay at the right side of Darkwind who had Selene on his back.
“So does this mean, as long as you are with us on this journey, there will be no one anywhere else dying?” asked Christina as Jarody joined her at her left side. “Nope, one of the ScytheBlade’s powers allows me to be everywhere at one time. Only drawback with that power is, only one of me can be visible at a time. When I am invisible, I pass through everything. My ScytheBlade can only affect the Spirit Energy around me,” said Jarody as he tried not to get caught looking at Christina’s ample chest. “Spirit Energy?” asked Christina. “It’s the energy your soul uses to control your body,” said Salem. Jarody and Christina look around to find that the twins had joined them. Selene at Jarody’s left side and Salem at Christina’s right side. Syntax was now feeling cheated cause he wanted to be at the other side, closer to Raptor. “Your soul is not powerful enough to move your arms and legs and allow the rest of your body to work automatically. It must use a power source to keep your body working. This power is your Spirit Energy,” said Selene. “Some people have more Spirit Energy than their soul needs in order to use their body. These people are the ones who can use magic. The excess energy allows them to do this,” said Salem as she was looking where Jarody was looking. “Well yes. That is what I must cut to let the soul go free, because not only is the Spirit Energy used to allow your body to work, it also keeps your soul attached to the body,” continues Jarody as he gives Salem a mean look. “What happens to the Spirit Energy? Does it leave with the soul?” asked Christina. “That is where Jarody has to be very skillful,” said Selene, “Because if the Spirit Energy is still attached to the soul, you get a ghost or poltergeist, If the Spirit Energy is still connected to the body, then you get a zombie. Jarody must completely cut the Spirit Energy from both the Soul and Body.” “But what happens to it?” asks Christina again. Jarody looks up into the sky whistling. “That is his reward,” says Salem, “Death eats and lives on the Spirit Energy of the living he reaps.”
“You eat Spirit Energy?!” says a shocked Christina. “It’s what gives me my power,” says Jarody trying to downplay how it sounds. Christina thinks about this for a short while until her face seems to show that she has accepted what she has just heard, “Have you always been Death?” “No, actually,” said Jarody as his eyes starts to slowly slip back down to Christina’s chest, “I’ve been Death for four thousand years.” “Four thousand three hundred and thirty six years,” Says Selene. “Has it been that long?” asked Jarody, “Anyway, death dealing was in the hands of a group called The Fates. They were doing a very poor job. When I was a kid, I knew I could do a far better job if I were a death dealer. It wasn’t until years later that Salem and Selene made the ScytheBlade and picked me to be its master beating the Fates and becoming Death.” “If I remember, you were trying to take a look at us naked and snuck in to our home.” said Salem, “We had put the finishing touches on the ScytheBlade when it chose you instead of Selene like we planned.” “Wait a minute!! You guys are over four thousand years old?!” said Christina as she looked at both Salem and Selene, “I thought you were only twenty four!!” “Jarody gave us immortality so we would always be around to fix and repair the ScytheBlade when it needs it,” said Selene. “They have been like sisters to me ever since,” continues Jarody, “Do not know where I would be with out them.” “Sisters you like to abuse and want to have sex with every ten years,” said Salem as she gives Jarody another mean look. “Not like you two can get pregnant,” continues Jarody as he shrugs his shoulders, “You lost that ability when I made you both immortal.” Salem gives Jarody the finger as her and Selene start to move up to take the lead again. Syntax, who had became content to be at least this close to Raptor, was feeling cheated again now that he had to follow his order to move up away from her.
“Then why do you try and kill them?” asked Christina. “Kill them? I just like to play around with them now and then. I don’t wish to kill them. I know I need them both to keep the ScytheBlade is good condition therein allowing me to keep this sweet gig as Death.” says Jarody as the twins start to take the lead again, “Hey Salem!! Your horse has a boner! I’m sure you know what to do with that!” Christina ignored what just happened and continues to try and find out more from Jarody considering all the good information she has learned so far, “So, what was your name? Was it Jarody?” “It was Reaper!!” yelled Salem from ahead of them, “He came from a family who named their kids after the jobs they were expected to do! That is why he is called the Grim Reaper today!” “Yes,” confirmed Jarody with an annoyed look on his face, “My sister, Milker became a whore, my other sister, Cooker was eaten by a gang of traveling cannibals.” “Tell her about your brother Handcock!!” yelled Salem once again. “Was he in charge of the farm’s roosters?” asked Christina. “You would think so,” said Jarody not adding anything more to it. Rook, from high above started to call letting the band of 4 know they were almost at their destination. The Town of Barter was only an hour away.