Jappa

## Sidil Jappa

### Auto-Biography:

A Nomad in the western lands of iaddithis, On a regular day, I had decided to go down to the mines.

After a few hours of mining, I had began to notice strange noises near me, didn't sound like anything I'd ever heard.

My body flew with excitement, had I found one of Iaddithis' rare beasts I had heard of? I followed the noises through the mineshafts, sure that my thick armour could defend me from whatever being I was hearing.

The sound got closer and closer until I was nearly certain that it was right around the corner.

I prepared myself, imagining I'll find an undead, perhaps a giant arthropod, or a skeleton even, as I jumped around the corner and stared at the creature, a million pupils stared right back into my soul, as I waved my light towards it I could see nothing, this creature was pitch black with eyes red like blood, behind it I saw a yellow gem, the largest most mesmerising stone I'd ever seen, I had to get it.

as I raised my sword to scare it off it suddenly pounced on me, shattering my armour in a mere instant, and throwing me multiple metres back, as it lept towards me I was more than lucky to be fast enough to grab the torch, burning it as it got on me, the instant it jumped backwards I got up and grabbed the gem before running towards the exit, only a few seconds after I began sprinting I could hear it chasing me, walking on the floor and the ceiling, through the walls even.

I could not explain how happy I was once I could see the light of day, yet as soon as I was mere metres away from the exit I could hear it right behind me, "I can't die now, not like this!" I said to myself as I ran even faster and finally left the cave, the happiness of my being 'safe' only lasted until I realised the entity will continue to follow me nonetheless, I continued sprinting, but as soon as I had gotten a few seconds of sunlight I heard distorted screams behind me, I turn to see the creature trying to exist the cave, but everytime it did its' skin would burn.

happier than I'd ever been to have survived, I walked over to my home, put the gem in a container to sell it tomorrow and looked at the cave through my window to see the cursed being staring me down with its mouth open.

With my safety guaranteed, I closed my eyes to rest myself from that encounter, and I fell asleep.

My sleep was everything but peaceful, all I could dream of was myself in my kitchen, unable to move a muscle, being stared down by the beast, then suddenly it jumped right up at me,and I woke up drenched in sweat.

I jump up from my bed and look at the cave, the creature seems to have crawled back into its' miserable cave, I look at my clock, it's nearly midnight, I go down to my fridge to get a snack so I can get myself back to sleep, but once I close my fridge my heart drops through my stomach and out of my body, I find the beast staring me down, I try to run or flee but my body refuses to move, whilst I'm frozen scared the creature suddenly opens its mouth and jumps onto me, it stares me down for what felt like a decade before its' eyes begin to shine and I fall onto the ground, as I lay unable to move, I see it start to shake on the floor, once I manage to stand up the creature bursts into light, blinding me.

after a few mere seconds I get up and open my eyes, finding myself in a cave, a single torch laying on the ground before me, yet I can see everything crystal clear like it were lit up by a million lanterns, before long I realise that everything is tainted red, I stand up realising the cave must be covered in blood, as I get up I see my hands.... they're pitch black.

It only takes me a moment to realise I'd been turned into whatever hideous beast was chasing me, before long I try to leave the cave yet as I attempt to turn the corner I see a shiny white humanoid seeming creature looking at me, it had absolutely no hair, no pupils, no bumps or marks on its body, no genitals either , it was levitating, suddenly I couldn't move or speak, it stared at me for a second before saying in the softest, gentlest most feminine voice I had ever heard "the previous guardian was never supposed to escape, but because of you, he not only is free, but he has the Jeya now, and if he can harness its power he will be too powerful for you to ever stop him, and my oath to the universe binds me from ever taking a life, on the next lamma, two moons will surround a lone Star in the middle of the night sky, then and only then a new gem will go down upon the korsi, if you take it, you'll be even matched, but he'll certainly be attempting to take it, and if he does, he'll be able to defeat anyone and anything, even myself, and he will drown your world in darkness until the following lamma,  in five thousand years, it is your duty now to beat him to it" she said before putting a leather hat on the ground before disappearing as suddenly as she appeared.

Suddenly I felt compelled to leave the cave, as I finally reached the exit and tried to leave, my hands burnt like a million flames had been set into them the moment the sun touched me.

I ran back down the cave to get the hat, but as soon as I got back up and tried to leave again I realised my limbs were far too long for me to be able to walk out without burning myself, as I sat there in despair I hopelessly wished to get my own body back, and without a moment of wait I suddenly turned back to normal, overjoyed that I'd received a miracle I ran out the cave, yet once more the sun scorched my skin, I went back into the cave and put on the hat before quickly running back out into the sun, careful to not let the sun touch me, as soon as I got out of the cave all that was around me was empty terrain, and in the centre of it stood a build of stone and metal with a light in the middle, engraved upon it was a language that I'd never seen before, yet I could read it perfectly "At The Korsi Your Fate Will Be Sealed".

I sat for a few minutes before quickly going and setting myself up with a small home, beginning to prepare I soon realised that if two of whatever this gem is are able to kill what seems to be a god, then the one he currently has must be insanely powerful, I realised I must prepare and gather strength and fighters for whenever he comes back.

### Translations :

* >Tzoubir - Rise of a star on a night with two moons
* >Tala' - Looking to the sky
* >Mkadsa - Holy and Sacred
* >Bazzoula - Church Of Tzoubir
* >Jeya - The most sacred artifact of Tzoubir
* >Samt - Daily minute of silence to mourn our banishment
* >Korsi - holy altar of Tzoubir
* >Mnayka - Goddess of Tzoubir
* >Mergez - Beef