Slythium/Backstory

## Backstory

Somewhere on a faraway planet, a smoothgreen-colored blocky creature emerged from the walls of a canyon. Slythium, confused and lost, went around the place, with a bundle of questions. This naive Slythium continued to walk and walk until it came across another blocky creature, but this one was smaller and lesser, wearing some cool sunglasses. The creature look up at him and asked if he's supposed to be one of them, and it claimed that Sly was a defect. Sly shocked and amused that he's not alone, asks if he knows what they are and what they're for. It replied that they are created on this planet for the sake of terraforming it so that it could sustain life. It took off its sunglasses and stared at him, but before it could say a word, it turned into stone and dropped its sunglasses. Sly, in horror, learned that he can petrify anyone that looks into his eyes. And so *he picked up the sunglasses* to cover his eyes.

It was sunset and Sly found the other terraformers and tried to interact with them but they all called him weird and a monster, they all discriminated against him and kept their distance from poor Slythy. Sly tried to understand their way of terraforming but he couldn't, so he gave up. Feeling so blue and lonely he hid himself inside a cave and spent the rest of the night, crying. Moments later, he heard a rustling in the grass and then a hiss, it was a snake. It slithered towards and stared at him. Sly was astonished as to why did that snake did not petrify since he took off *his* sunglasses. Maybe some critters don't get turned to stone? The snake coiled itself around Sly's arm and it seems like it was sympathizing. Sly kinda felt better and he calmed down. He petted the snake and befriended it. He named the snake *Mr. Scaley* and the snake smiled. Sly finally felt that he isn't alone and that he has a friend beside him. But things are just about to get worse.

The next day, Sly woke up optimistic and motivated, ready to try again. Just as he was about to enter the canyon, everyone started at him as if he was some kind of ferocious beast. Then that one block came yelling that it was him. That monstrous defective block turned it into stone and stole its sunglasses. Then the people gathered around Sly and called him mean words. Sly froze in great terror and humiliation, confused and weak. A block them yelled to annihilate him, it was the captain. The blocks started seizing him, but Mr. Scaley lunged forward to maul and strangle them. Unfortunately, he was beaten up, badly hurt. Seeing his best friend in agony, Sly fought back and attacked the blocks all at once. Sly is strong, but he is outnumbered, so, he also got beaten and *broke a horn*. Sly suddenly remembered: he has the ability to petrify anyone. And so, he took off *his* sunglasses and stoned everyone. Sly and Mr. Scaley took the chance to escape. Sly promised himself that he will never let others' words get into him and he'll only believe in his own opinions of himself. Sly snatched some *cloth* and used it to cover and conceal himself. They then journeyed away for days. One fine night, they decided to spend the night in the nearby cave. Sly used leaves as a makeshift pillow and blanket, and Mr. Scaley coiled itself around Sly's arm. There they both slept through the night. However, they were no longer in the cave when they woke up. They were in a blue forest with blue grass and blue trees.