Chapter 8: finally someone to talk to

Finally it's time for me to move on, and start exploring this place, during my two weeks stay here i discovered a lot of things about this cave, i found that there's a passage leading deeper into the cave, and i haven't seen any creatures living inside the cave, normally there should be bats or insect living in caves, but here i can't find any, maybe because it's not easy to enter this place from the waterfalls entrance, so maybe that's why there's no animals near here, well i didn't really try venturing deeper into the cave.

So i'm not sure if there's really no living creatures in this cave.

There's also several type of herbs growing inside the cave but not in the same caliber as the crystal flower, but i didn't try picking any of it, mainly because i didn't know what they are! I'm afraid i'd accidentally picked a poisonous one, so until i know more about them ill just leave them be.

And i also discovered that jumping into the waterfalls to get down is not an options anymore, why?

Because i discovered that at the bottom of the falls are full of rocks and it's almost impossible to aim where to land where there's no rocks when jumping down, unless you can double jump or fly or something, jumping is a no go, so my only options is to go deeper into the cave.

After making preparations i went deep into the cave without hesitations, after traveling for a about half an hour, i finally encounter a fork in the road, even so i haven't encounter any animals yet, this time i choose to go right while i try to make a mental note of my choices just in case i need to get back here, choosing the right path seems to be a correct choice, coz i finally found the first sign of another person since i arrived here, i saw some old camping area, unfortunately this place haven't been used in a long time there's not much to see here except some old cookware that's long been rusted an old bed and some firewoods that's been rotted as well, i didn't find any dead remains, so that's a good sign that there's a possible exit here..

Moving on i saw some more herbs and old weapons like rusted sword and some broken wooden shield but on closer inspection both are unusable, i notice that even though i'm deeper into the cave it's not actually dark, because of the glowing moss covering the caves wall and ceilings...

Few more hours of venturing into the cave, i heard some kind of hammering. Like what you hear in a blacksmith or something, not like I've been to a blacksmith before, but something like that.

slowly walking towards the noise, the closer i get the louder the hammering sounds rings echoing into the cave, finally i can see a shadow of something in the far corner of the cave, hmmm... Ding~ ding~ ding~ whoooo hooo! (€£¥[email protected]¥£€^ ¥£€€+%# ££€%%##%....!!!)

Huh what's that? *I asked myself* curious i walk closer but carefully after all i didn't know weather its friendly or hostile, i ready myself for battle just in case its hostile. And at the end of the passage there's a right turn , and in there the sounds are coming from, finally i'm a few steps away from the corner i can hear it saying something or maybe is it singing or something coz there's a tone mix in its words so i think it's singing.. But damn! what an awful sound if it was, i mean i heard quite a few bad singer before but this tops it all...

Peeking into the corner trying to see what kind of creature doing that awful sound, and as i peek our eyes meet, huh? ("¥£€€%#£¥€ ¥£€%@&$"$) the moments our eyes met it started shouting something and i started stepping back trying to ready myself of its attack, but it never come, looking at it closely it look like a fairy just a foot or so tall four insect like wings can be seen from his back, (@&$ £€¥%...?) Huh it's saying something but i can't understand what it's saying...

Suddenly he run towards the back of the cave, oh and yeah its a he, it has an appearance of a middle age man or something, i just stood where i'm standing not daring to follow it, in fear of traps or something, a few minutes later the middle age man like fairy returns and he's holding some kind of round like blue marble, he toss it to me, reflexively i caught it with my hand, if it's a bomb i would have lost a arm, luckily it's not, and he's gesturing to me that i should swallow the blue marble, huh? You want me to eat it? I ask?

(€£¥£€££¥£€¥ ¥£€£¥¥) wtf! "i don't understand what you're saying" i said in my mind. Darn i! Cursing, i kept staring at him....

He continued to gesture that i should eat the blue marble, looking at the marble it doesn't look look like a poison, hmmm i tried putting it in my tattoo but nothing happens.

"darn do i have to eat this thing?" *I ask myself*

If this thing is poisonous i'm gonna strangle this fairy to death, taking a deep breath, well here goes nothing, i swallowed the blue marble and the moment it enters my mouth it instantly melt like ice to a hot pan, and suddenly huge amount of information flows into my brain, ahhhh i shouted because of the pain, but fast as the pain appeared it disappeared just as quick, can you understand me now human? *Said the small fairy*

Huh yeah what was that? I ask, whoo hoo it worked it worked hahaha said the small fairy happily as it fly around like a bee, what do you mean it worked? you mean you didn't know if it's gonna work or not and you let me eat the thing? *I ask angrily*

Hahaha well it work didn't it, so what's there to be angry about, and besides without it we won't be talking right now, we would be staring at each other or trying to kill each other, i was speechless! well as he says, if it's not for that blue marble we won't be talking right now...

So what is it that blue marble thing? I asked, oh that that's a communication pill i've been trying developed it was supposed to be use against monster, but for some reason there's no effect if i use it on monster... But for some reason it worked on you! Weird? hmmmm.... Is it the intelligence or............. The fairy began to whisper in himself.....

[zion]: Hey i'm still here you know!

[fairy]: Oh sorry hahaha just lost in thought there for a second hahaha.

[zion]: so what is that all about? You said something like, it was intended for monster or something..

[fairy]: oh that yeah, i want to know if i can use that pill to have a conversation with the monster, amazing right? Hahaha i'm a genius hahaha...

[zion]: huh? Genius my ass, you just said it's not working, i whispered.

[fairy]: what's that! You're saying something?

[zion]: nothing! nothing! That aside what are you?

[fairy]: huh isn't that obvious i'm an geote!

[zion]: Geote? What's that?

[fairy]: Huh what! you didn't know a Geote?

[fairy]: Are you an idiot or something? Huh! wait a minute! wait a minute! you you.... why are you here? And more importantly, how did you get here? *said the fairy with a surprise face*

[zion]: Oh that's a long story, as for why am i here? i'm looking for a way out isn't that obvious,

*i answered calmly*

[fairy]: No no no that's not possible! No human should be able to enter this place, no it's impossible for a human come here! What are you? *Asked the fairy*

Instead of answering i step closer to the fairy looking at it closer..

[fairy]: Wha what are you doing? while flying backward...

[zion]: You, you're a fairy are you?

[fairy]: I've already told you i'm a Geote! My race name is "Geote" not fairy, fairy is a race of female spirit, i'm a male can't you see? *Shouted the Geote angrily*

[zion]: Ohh i see, i understand, male and female fairy are called different! But didn't you come from a same parent?

[geote]: Same parents what do you mean? Ask the geote,

[zion]: Oh i mean, a geote and a fairy has the same parents? I mean if a fairy bares a child, if its female it'll be a fairy, if its male it'll be called a geote? Is it something like that?

[geote]: Oh that! Well for a human it's quite complicated, but our origin race is called elemental spirit, and were not born, we just exist! for example if an elemental spirit gains consciousness, the place where he gains consciousness determined his elements, as for me i gained consciousness in this cave, so i become a earth elemental spirit, in other words a geote, if i was born outside and become wind elemental i'll be called shyte...

[geote]: Do you understand now human?

[zion]: Well i little bit, i mean why make it confusing why not just call yourself earth spirit. Why's the need to make a different race, if you already have a race and that's elemental spirit race?

[geote]: I don't expect a human to understand, what we felt, a spirit is a generic race, we who awakens our consciousness is no longer a generic spirit, so we need to be called different as well, so our ancestor created the name to differentiate ourselves, from another different elemental spirit, well enough about that, back to the main issue! what are you? and how did you get here?

[zion]: Hmmmm well for starters what's your name? I can't just keep calling you geote, after all you're not the only one of your race..

[geote]: Oh right well i'm called Lupa.

[zion]: Well i'm Zion, nice to meet you Lupa...

[lupa]: Nice meet you too Zion, for a human you're quite polite...

[zion]: Is that so, does that mean you've met another human before Lupa?

[lupa]: Not really! but we Goete can share our thoughts so from the thoughts of other Geotes who met other human, i can tell most of them are rude and have no respect for our race, but you seemed different from other human my raced had met before...

[lupa]: So what are you Zion? Are you really human?

[zion]: Huh? that's a rude question! do i looked like an alien or something, of course i'm human, so Lupa can you tell me where am i? And everything you know about this world...