Kapitel 88: Baptized by fire (2)
In the depths of an unnamed lake, in an undisclosed location was an unprecedented event unfolding. Sounds a lot better in my mind if I phrase it like that. But the grim reality? An apt description would simply be boring.
In the midst of nowhere, inside of shallow water was a young cretin, who had a very dumb idea. The truth always is underwhelming. I thought I could reach a balance between the water and the fire by limiting the area, that is exposed to the flames. Instead, it spread with my skin and now I had a smaller fire on every inch of my skin.
My exposed organs and muscles were freely accessible to monsters and who would say no to such an offer. It did not take long before every inch of my body was covered by the bloodthirsty leeches. Normally it was to get rid of these little pests, but as of now, I was the main attraction for the entire lake. I had to escape many vicious creatures left and right and had to avoid even the smallest attack. With a frail body like mine, everything is a threat to my life.
Despite the flamings still blazing fiercely, I was more worried about being sucked dry. These little critters did not give a single fuck about the flames surrounding me. Why could I not have skin like those bugs, I would not have to worry, about flames eroding me from the inside. My skin was just uselessly floating right beside me, reminding me of the absurd stunt I had just pulled.
I did not have much time to waste on regretting my decisions, as I had to come up with a plan to save this mess of a situation. Otherwise, I would either get sucked dry by leeches or die due to organ failure. What nice prospects for my future. Seems like there is no other way, then going for the insane route once again. When will I ever look like a normal human again?
Sighing I prepared for the one idea, that was beyond twisted and rotten to the core. I grabbed a single leech and held it in front of a small patch of flame. I had let it go and could confirm, that it was able to swim through the flame without a problem.
To start off my insane plan, I grabbed my detached layer of skin and folded it in half. As of now only the inside of it had been burned, but my exoskeleton only lost its hardness. By reversing these 2 layers and stacking them on top of each other. I could confine the flames into a very small space. It was fixated by the sharp hair of my arms.
Next, I covered my hand in slime and put it on the leeches sucking my blood. I had to put some critters aside for a moment to be able to reach my slime. The small fire on my hand could be ignored. The amount of slime it was able to absorb was negligible. After a lot of hard work, I was finally able to cover every single leech.
The reasoning behind this act was quite simple. The slime can be used as a conjunction between 2 substances, efficiently binding them together. It did not take long before, the water bonded with the leechers.
All of the preparations were set, I only needed to get rid of the fire that affected my muscles and organs. This seemed impossible to solve, as this flame could burn forever by drawing magic from the outside. It could not be pushed away by using the water close to it.
But I had several options to stop this fire in its tracks. The first was to quite literally fight fire with fire. I would use the fire on top of my head to cut the fire off from the water and wait till it burns out. But this option would likely just replace one fire with another. And If my own fire is just being kept in check by my hair growing incredibly fast, then I do not know whether this truly is a good idea.
I had a sudden realisation. I had been truly lucky, that this fire inside of me is not a grease fire otherwise my act of jumping into the water would not have ended all too well. But could I not apply the tactics used to extinguish such a fire?
If I cover myself in sand, will the fire not have any space anymore and be cut off from its surroundings? No, everything in here is something made out of magic particles, so it can draw the energy from everywhere.
I wonder why the leeches are not affected by the fire? Does the fire only work on me and only draws the energy once it is needed from the outside? That would be absurd, everything in this world is made and shaped by the Observer so why would it not be influenced by other substances. Am I missing something?
Scratching my head I thought about this matter wondering exactly how this could be possible. After all, if that fact stood true it would open a new can of worms and I already had way too much on my mind.
" What the fuck", It had been a long time since I spoke, but these words automatically left my tongue upon noticing that the fire on my hand had merged with the fire on top of my head. The blue fire on my head had absorbed the flame of the hand I used to scratch my hand.
Every logic I knew went straight out of the window. I have no clue what the hell just happened, I doubt I will have any idea soon how this could happen. Visibly confused I just was caught in a daze unsure on how to proceed.
Normally I should have been happy, that I found a solution at last. But right now I wanted nothing more than to puke. Once again, I had been saved by dumb luck. It was just a sheer coincidence, that directed me in the right direction. Once again I have proven how incompetent I truly am.
Downtrodden by my failure, I repeated the exact process with my left hand to see what actually happens. I could not see anything at all, but the flame on my hand was gone the minute it left my hair.
Having even that reason taken from me did not help in defusing the situation and doubts began to rise up inside of me. After my thoughts had been poisoned and my mind became clouded, I found myself unable to act. I was stuck in a seemingly endless loop of self-doubt and insecurity.
A loud slap to my face woke me up from my stupor. This moment of clarity came after I purposefully hit myself in the face. Panicking was just a waste of my precious time.
Back to the topic while I could not confirm exactly how the flame on my head is able to attract and confine these flames, I could confirm that this process can be repeated. It was easy to get rid of most of the flames on my body just by holding the affected area into the flame.
But my organs were set in a place, that could not be accessed by my flaming hair. The logical conclusion was to cut off strands of my burning hair in order to attract the flame. Strangely this approach did not show any effect and I was left wondering again.
It did not take long before I found an amicable solution. The skin I had freed from the tyranny of the flames, was lit ablaze once again after coming into contact with the flames inside of my body. After testing this process several times I came to the conclusion, that the flames inside of my body had lost some of their intensity. So I had to set my arms ablaze before transporting the new flames back to my hair.
I lost count exactly how often I repeated that process, but I did not have the luxury to waste my time. After évery flame had been extinguished or was not visible to the naked eye anymore. I was finally able to let our one heavy breath. This big hurdle had been passed, but it was far from being over.
The career as a future mummy was looking more and more promising as my mind became more and more lightheaded. But my gamble was paying off, I had confirmed that they are quite similar to the ones we have one Earth. They are just as greedy as the ones on Earth and if they draw too much blood they will spit the unnecessary blood away. Now it was time for my next step.
After confirming that my entire body was covered in leeches I grabbed my skin and slowly pulled my nearly detached skin over my entire body to return it to its former glory. It took some time in order to accomplish this, as I had to actively avoid the monsters while doing so
I stretched my new skin and placed it all over my entire exposed body. I had to use my hairs to fixate it at certain points on my body. A lot of pressure had to be applied at times to stretch my skin to the length in needed to have. The result was less than ideal, while I might have covered with my makeshift skin, it truly looked bad.
If I was hideous at the start, now my former self looked like a goddamn supermodel in comparison to my current self. My whole skin looked like it had died and was as black as the night. Everything looked like I was deceased and died a horrific death. Only my face was still as white as a babies skin. The sharp nails keeping my body together, made for the final touch to make me the next villain in a horror movie. I was pretty sure, that Pinhead would be deeply envious upon seeing my current look.
The flames inside of me would slowly die, after all, they can not burn through my exoskeleton, as they only extracted the magic particles from it. My exoskeleton was made out of something entirely else after all.
I was dead tired, after spending so much time thinking about possible solutions and having to be so focused all the time. Seems like I sustained some serious injuries this time, otherwise, my mind would not threaten to collapse. Carrying my half-dead to the shore of the island. I looked at the sky and wondered exactly what the future might bring. But upon remembering my suicidal tendencies caused by my own stupidity, I stopped as soon as I started.
These little critters had sucked too much blood away from me, causing me to be this lightheaded. Closing my eyes it was time for me to recuperate for real this time.
My plan had been accomplished but I was not sure whether it was truly right to do so. By binding water with the leeches, I had the perfect shield, because any impact would be spread on this new layer. Integrating this formation in my body was the main aim after receiving so much damage to the flames inside of me. It was a tough call, whether I should wait for help from my partner to solve this matter or do it myself.
The coincidence with my hair, lead me to believe, that I was capable of freeing my body on my own. While I do not have any ideas as of now, what might have been the cause for this change to occur, I think surviving this ordeal was stressful enough on its own. And I have yet to know, what changes occurred in my body as of now everything is a mystery.
There was only one tiny problem left. My letters carved into my forehead had begun to shine again and that can not be good.
Well, that trouble can be solved by tomorrows me. I finally fell asleep, after a long period of being awake.
A lot of things would have changed after I woke up.
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