Duren and the Desert of Conjecture.

Duren knew that he had to get back on his quest for the Wisdom Tooth. He thanked the family he was staying with and said his goodbyes and went on through the Forest/Farmland and as he walked he noticed that the terrain had changed from forest to Desert and in this desert he saw the long brick rode that he knew he had to follow.

In this desert there were no living plants. It was dry and hot! He felt very uncomfortable and he also had that feeling when someone is watching you. He kept on looking backwards to see if he was being followed. He looked back while walking and as he looked back he had drifted off the rode unawares! He walked into a sinkhole without even knowing it. He felt his feet being pulled into the ground! And as the last lights of the sun were last being seen by Duren he felt his life ending and he shed tears. He felt that his life was in vain. He felt he had no meaning in life at all. Yet as he was sinking a hand pulled him out of the sand and placed him back on the rode. This man was dressed in a full white Tux with a red rose in his left outer jacket pocket. “What are you doing in a desert like this?” asked the bright handsome man. He looked nice and friendly and his voice calmed Duren down. “I am searching for the Wisdom tooth.” said Duren wiping the sand off of him. The man helped him and said “Oh the wisdom tooth. You might want to avoid him.” said the man in the white suit. “But he is the only person that can help me save this world.” said Duren. “Yes but did anyone tell you that he would tell you to find me the only man in the world of Here able to help you?” “No” said Duren. “Then come with me I shall help you fix this world” said the man in white. “Ok. What is your name?” “My name is Innocuous” said Innocuous. And Duren was glad he met a friend. This person was so nice and he looked powerful enough to help him so Duren asked him to help and asked his advice for they came to a fork in the rode. There was two paths and in between there was a fork sticking out. On top of the fork was a sign. The sign that pointed left said Water. And the sign that was pointing right said Wisdom Tooth.

“Which way shall we go?” asked Duren and Innocuous said “Left to water you are thirsty aren’t you?” asked Innocuous. “Yes and Hungry.” and left they went. It took forever and the path they took was winding and crooked and there were rocks sticking through the bricks. As they got closer to the water well they talked “And what do you have to do?” asked Innocuous. “I have to save Here.” said Duren. “And why?” “Because it is the right thing to do.” “What did anyone in Here do for you?” asked Innocuous. “Nothing.” “Then why are you saving this world?” Duren was puzzled he knew that he wanted to get back to his world, but in order to do that he had to save Here. “I want to go home.” “Why go home when you have all the freedom in Here? Listen. If you really wanted to live a good life you would stay here in Here. Life is easy.” with that Duren asked himself: Why am I Trying to save this world? If I went back to my world which would happen if I did save this place I would have to live my ordinary life with no friends. It would be miserable. And Duren was Miserable. He still questioned his meaning in life.

They finally got to the well. Duren looked down and saw the wonderful water. He scooped it up with a bucket and as he drank the clear clean water it was not soothing but sour. He spat out the salty sour water and said “This water is awful.” Innocuous just looked at him and said “ It use to be good. Strange.” Duren then spotted a sleeping man. He looked very rich. He was dressed in fine clothes and sat next to a camel that had gold in it’s bags that were showing through the material. “Look Duren there is a Great city near here, it is my city. if you come with me you may live there ,but the people of my city require money. do you have any?” Duren shook his head. “Well, see that rich man? He looks wealthy go take a few coins from his bags. Then you may live in my city and there I rule as king. You will also be a servant of mine. You will live like a Prince with great clothes and wealth!” Duren knew it was wrong to steel. He stared at the sleeping rich man. “It is easy to live here Duren all you have to do is listen to what I have to say and do it. No difficulties at all. If you take the money you will eat and drink like a king. Go on. Do it. He won‘t mind. He as plenty of money anyway.”

Duren walked over to the man. Innocuous gave him a smile and said “It is easy.” Duren put his hand on the lid and as he lifted the lid to see the gold a whisper met his ear. “You have a chance to leave. I always give a way of escape. Just say no!” Duren has not heard the voice in his mind before. He was about to reach for the gold and take a handful. “Just take it.” said Innocuous. And Duren looked at him and Innocuous gave wink. “Just take it and you will live like a King.” “SAY NO!” and Duren screamed “NO!” with that Innocuous disappeared in a whiff of black smoke yet the rose remained and it changed from Red to Black. Ever since Duren met Innocuous he felt that he was under some kind of Cold shadow, but now that he was in the presence of the rich man he felt that he had just walked into the sunlight of a new day. “You did well.” said the Rich man. “You would of stolen my Coins and fell into temptation by the Sovereign of Evil Obscurity.” said the Rich man. “If you are thirsty go and Drink from the clean water. The Sovereign of Evil Obscurity could not give you the real waters of light only I can.” said the Rich man “And there is such a place of his city but that place is no kingdom but a penal complex, a chasm of tortured souls!” Duren Shuddered for as the rich man said those words. He thought that if he took The Sovereign of Evil Obscurity’s words and went with him he too would be in his city or dungeon.

Duren drank the sweet water and as he looked at the old Rich man he said “Do I have to go to the Wisdom tooth or follow this rode?” “You must turn back for The Sovereign of Evil Obscurity has turned you in the wrong direction. But I have heard of this trouble and came to help you now go. Take with you this water carrier and this basket of food. Only I alone can provide for you.” and as he put the basket and the large bottle to Duren’s feet The Rich man Disappeared. “Look me up in your world I shall be watching you Duren.” said the Rich man in Duren’s mind. And not a trace of the man was there. Duren looked at the black rose to see that it had turned to ash.

Duren walked the right way for it was the right way. Literally. And as he walked he noticed the fork in the rode and saw the sign pointing to the right that said “Wisdom Tooth.” so Duren walked that way. Duren felt that shadow come back, but he had a reassurance that he would make it to the Wisdom Tooth in safety. Duren still was sad about what he had learned what he really was. And he also asked “How am I to fix what I am?” Suddenly a bunch of flaming balls flew over Duren’s head. Duren looked over to see where it came from. It came from a large catapult. Next to it was a flame and a pot that gave a good aroma. The Aroma made Duren Hungrier. He walked over to the army and next to the catapult there was standing a tall man in a Blue uniform with five stars on his left and right shoulders and had medals from head to knee. Duren knew that this was the leader. “What is that smell?” asked Duren. “It is the smell of our ammunition.” said the General. “What is your Ammunition?” asked Duren “It is Meatballs silly boy! Stop asking questions we‘re in the middle of a war!” said the General Ducking under a volley of Flaming Meatballs. “Who is your enemy?” asked Duren. “The league of the Obtuse. Stop asking questions!” Replied the annoyed General.

Sure enough there was another army not a mile away. They looked small from where Duren was standing but The league of the Obtuse were very tall. Each one being a dim witted person The league of the Obtuse was not smart at all. They would have wars for no particular reason because they felt that there soup was too cold. Duren thought they looked like fierce enemies and that they were. The league of the Obtuse had Catapults and they too were throwing Flaming Meatballs. Duren did not dare ask another question. “Ha!” Started the General. “When this is all over everyone will be dead. I can imagine it now. All year long it will be raining Flaming Meatballs and People would be screaming and crying and the world would shake and there would be fire everywhere and dark shadows would devour the people that had acid all over them and fish would crawl out of the ocean being forced to eat the land people and the democrats would jump off diving boards into giant pencil sharpeners and the kittens would dominate the world and the dogs would be their slaves and the free people of middle earth would be running in circles screaming “Oh butterfly help us!” and green things would crawl in bed with you and bite you and tell you knock knock jokes while your trying to sleep and the moon would shatter and fall into the atmosphere and there will be earthquakes and the volume would be really high and volcanoes would tip over belching out lava and cosmic flames of twisted death and there will be an awful plague that would make people’s faces melt right off of their skulls and things would change color to blue and the snakes will dig through the world because there would be cows falling from the sky and Dr Seuss would be giving a seminar and all the donkeys would wear Pink shirts with polka dots and everybody dies!” Then the General took a deep breath and said. “But everything will come back to normal and everyone will live happily ever after The End. Then the whole army Clapped for their leader.

Duren seeing this altogether to bad to be true he walked on dodging the Flaming meatballs. And as he walked away he saw a huge mountain that looked like it had a giant skeleton on it. At this point Duren was thinking how sad he felt for people. He had not thought that he would ever care for someone else. The only person he thought of in his world was himself. It took him a while to finally reach the mountain. The Skeleton was huge. The size of the Texas state Capitol. The Texas Capitol is an extraordinary example of late 19th century public architecture and is widely recognized as one of the nation of America’s most distinguished state capitols. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 for its "significant contribution to American history."
Sited on one of Austin's highest points, the Capitol anchors the northern periphery of the downtown commercial district and commands a sweeping view towards the Colorado River from its southern façade. The main campus of The University of Texas at Austin is situated four blocks to the north. Wonderful views of the Capitol's dome from many vantage points throughout the Austin area are protected from obscuration by state law.
Completed in 1888 as the winning design from a national competition, the Capitol's style is Renaissance Revival, based on the architecture of 15th-century Italy and characterized by classical orders, round arches and symmetrical composition. The structural exterior is "sunset red" granite, quarried just 50 miles from the site. Additional structural support is provided by masonry walls and cast iron columns and beams. The foundation is limestone. Texas paid for the construction not in dollars, but in land: some three million acres in the Texas Panhandle that would later become the famous XIT Ranch.
An extraordinary edifice by any measure, the 1888 Texas Capitol is the largest in gross square footage of all state capitols and is second in total size only to the National Capitol in Washington, D.C. Like several other state capitols, the 1888 Texas Capitol surpasses the National Capitol in height, rising almost 15 feet above its Washington counterpart.
In 1993, the $75 million underground Capitol Extension was completed to the north, doubling the square footage available to Capitol occupants and providing much improved functionality. In 1995, a comprehensive interior and exterior restoration of the original building was completed at a cost of approximately $98 million. Finally, in 1997, the park-like grounds surrounding the Capitol were given a much needed $8 million renovation and restoration. Oh. How do I do that? Back to the story. Well at least you got some Good ol’ Texas history.

Duren climbed this mountain for hours. Of course carrying his water bottle and his basket of food and his own weight an a twelve pound bowling ball and two thirty pound dumbbells and a gorilla name Jenifer and a ugly goat with a pink bowtie and a luck charm with a toothpick attached to his forehead. (Ok so he wasn’t carrying all that stuff Just the water bottle and his basket of food and his own weight But I decided to add some drama. He grabbed a rock and it slipped away! But Duren caught himself. And as the hours went by he grew more and more tired and sad. Depressed. Alone. Like he had been swallowed by darkness. After a time unknown to me or Duren he finally got to the top and said. “Oh great and powerful Wisdom Tooth. I have come from many afar and beseech you to tell me how I can save this world from Insanity!” and the Wisdom Tooth who was an actual Tooth hanging out of the giant skeleton’s mouth. He had a mustache and a long nose and black beady little eyes. And he said “Why did you not use the elevator?” He asked pointing to an elevator on the side Duren did not explore. “El-e-va-tor?” said Duren with disbelief. “AGGHBLEWGARTInallFRENDALIS!!!” Duren Screamed making weird facial expressions and pointing in all directions twitching. It looked like his face had malfunctioned. It twisted and wrenched. “WHAT!?!?! ELEVETOR!!!! AgggGHHH!!!!” the Wisdom Tooth just stared with a dumb face and as twenty minutes passed by he had enough. “I have had Enough! SIT!” Screamed the Wisdom Tooth. And Duren just fell over. “In order to save the world of Here you must find and step on the End circle of the board game but you must first kill the Bog monster of Eternal Repugnance who guards the gate. And the only way to do that is to use this sword.” said the Wisdom Tooth handing over the Sword. “Take it with you and use it for Good and not Evil.” with that a little man walked over to Duren and strapped a parachute on Duren’s back. “Have Fun.” said the little man and pushed Duren off the cliff. Duren Screamed and pulled the string the parachute launched out and he floated down safely to the brick rode. He now needed to Kill a monster. And that is what scared him the most.


Okie Dokie. that was pretty good. I shall write the next Pirate Ch as soon as Bonnie finishes the next Ch.

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