In Karzanhi, everyone suffers for all eternity. Wait, wrong thread.
only if you’re rude to this universe’s 'zanhi! you could be as polite as you can and you might make friends.
BACK TO ZORK
“So, boyo. we best be off! to play Lestyr’s game!” Rupynn announced, after their 50th cup of tea. “What exactly is this game?” Zork asked. “It be a simple numbers game. Your HP drops to zero, you lose!” Rupynn said.
“Fear not boyo, i be joking. Thy face is a picture.” Rupynn reassured. They set off in Rupynn’s seavator, to reach Lestyr. The seavator slowly carried up. While they were in there, Aither said something: “Ah’ve got a bad feelin’ 'bout this.” Zork looked at Aither. “What’s wrong? we’re just going to play this game…then…what are we going to do?” Zork asked. “Well boyo, i hadn’t really thought about what we do after the game.”
The seavator stopped. “Oh! we’re here.” Rupynn said. They walked into the building the seavator had latched onto. Once more through the long, winding maze of corridors. Then, they finally reached the golden door.
Rupynn knocked. “Come in!” came Lestyr’s aggravating voice. “Ah, you are here to play my game now! now you must pay these excellent coins you somehow acquired and play my amazing game.” Rupynn handed out the coins. “Goody, now we can play!” Lestyr said. “What are we playing?” Zork asked. “It’s simple. I shall explain momentarily, but i invite you to try this.” Lestyr held up a small bottle with some greenish-black liquid inside it. “I recieved it from a secret admirer and i am quite sure it will be delicious.” Lestyr poured the liquid into three glasses. “Secret admirer…?” Rupynn wondered. But he’s never had any secret admirers-" The glass was shoved into Rupynn’s hands. “A toast! To good games!” Lestyr, before anyone else had a chance to, gulped down his glass.
“Ok, that wasn’t as tasty as i thought it would be.” Lestyr fell to the ground. A different voice came from him. “Are we…Talking?” The voice was calm, and cold and…Female? “The body that has just been destroyed belonged to Lestyr. The most incompetent out of all of us.” The voice continued. “You see, We were given a duty. To hide away and protect terrible things. They were Skulls, of glowing metal and amazing power. We were to hide them in our own, unique way. But Lestyr’s childish, nonsensical city was never a good palce to hide something like that. So many things that…Don’t seem to add up. Which is why i ask of ye, Zork, take heed. The quest you go on is futile. Never in your lifetimes will you know the whole story.
There will be others, Like you. There will be many more. That is why i must preserve what is good and natural, above all what is beneficial to this world. So, your story was long, but the Author grows weary, and has sent me to end this confusing story.” Lestyr began to get up. “It is nice to have something to control. It is nice to have a body once again.”
BATTLE TIME
“What?! Now?! What’s going on?! I’m so confused-”
Zorkk began.
“Excactly, child. This story must end for a better one to begin.”
“Lestyr” Said.
Aither attempted smash!
Lestyr took the blow, but got back up again.
Lestyr threw a glass at Rupynn!
it didn’t even hit!
Rupynn used slice!
Lestyr took the blow, but seemed unfazed!
“This world is but one of many. My kind were forced to dwell, in shade and misery. But the light assisted the shadow. Those willing to be loyal gained a new form. No longer restricted to organ failure and broken bones, we were now gaseous demigods. "
Zork smacked with his cane!
“Lestyr” Took the blow! even though it’s body was extremely damaged, it kept fighting.
“My body may break, but you would kill Lestyr in doing so.”
“Lestyr” said.
From within the body of “Lestyr”, a second voice piped up.
“Help.”
Zork tried to talk to “Lestyr”!
“Who are you, and what have you done with Lestyr?”
“Lestyr” replied:
“You care for him now? Such randomness. The sequel will be so much better.”
Aither used smash again!
“Lestyr’s” head was dented.
“Alright, this is getting mildly inconvenient. If this body breaks, two souls will die. I will make it three.”
“Lestyr” Smashed a glass! It became jagged and sharp!
“Lestyr” Stabbed it into Rupynn!
“Lestyr”'s hand went through Rupynn!
“And now! I put forth unto you a choice! See if you are the heroes you may think you are!”
“Lestyr” Snatched Rupynn’s tablet!
“Lestyr” Entered The seavator, smashed through the wall, and said:
You could be with Rupynn in his dying moments, but you don’t want a repeat of Menduce do you?” “Lestyr” and the seavator flew out of the room.
Does Zork try to get Rupynn help, or Flee the scene, and leave Rupynn to die, For Rupynn could stab him?
this is basically what I’m feeling
so
Lestyr got taken over and Rupynn is gonna die??
Yes, very much so. It will all be explained in the sequel which i may or may not write
please write it
I must know what happens to Zork
Zork ran over to Rupynn.“I’ll get help.” he said, only for Rupynn to reply: “I can’t be helped. Y-You must seek out Linkworm. Only he can help you now.
your story will be very different from now on, boyo. you will find Linkworm in the realm up in the clouds. The mountains and hills are where you must go. You must tell him i am dead, and that the Resistance Against Light will need it’s old leader back. Don’t look so sad, boyo. I have fulfilled my purpose; you are with us, aren’t you?” Rupynn said. “On your journey there will be terrible foes and great allies. I would know, as in my youth i was part of a similar journey. Now go, make haste. Go! Now!”
Rupynn slowly drooped to the floor. All this time Zork hadn’t realised Rupynn had been standing up, quite an impressive feat when you’ve been stabbed with a glass right through your torso. "Ach laddie, it’s a scunner we lost that man. Ah’m sure he woulda’ been a good companion. " Aither said. Zork looked through the seavator shaped hole in the building. He saw in the distance mountains and towers, glinting in the sunset. “We’ll go over there. If Rupynn wanted us to seek out Linkworm, he must be important.” Zork said. He looked out to the horizon, And wondered if the next adventure would be better or worse.
The End
so, that was the end of “The Origin Of Zork”. there will be a sequel, but not right now. the sequel probably will be better than this, who knows i might plan ahead a wee bit more, write down ideas, get help from friends, Etc. i hope you enjoyed what was just a little something i did for fun. And yes, my other mocs will feature, so if there’s one in particular you’d like to see in the story, let me know!
this’ll be fun
Indeed it will be, he’s hard to find.
This was so much fun Really enjoyed reading though this story. I also love the fan integration that you did.
Honestly looking foreward to a sequel but I am sad that it’s over.
Oh no, the sequel will continue the story, i just need some more time, to think up ideas, to plan out a more sense-making story, explain the plotholes, etc. of course if anyone has any ideas, they’re welcome to tell me them.
Da chapter 2 is coming soon
prologue:
How did Zork get into this mess? He was standing on a platform in a seemingly empty void. A bizarre series of screens dangling from various wires was seemingly the only source of light. The screens flashed three sentences: “ON AIR”, “WIN OR LOSE” and “WITH YOUR HOST…”
“M. I. Krophone!!!” Screeched a voice. Weird jaunty electronic music played in the background.
“WE’RE ON air, Lad!” The voice said. The source of the voice was a small, robotic-gremlin-creature with a TV screen for a head and face, barely visible from the light of the screens. “See the SHOW critics be calling a hit!: WIN OR LOSE!” The screens now flashed the words: “Win or lose!” “IN THIS ROUND YE CAN win a fat stack of your heart’s desires! Or lose YOUR FRIENDS, LIFE AND SANITY” The voice screamed. If only, Zork thought, they hadn’t come to this accursed studio. It had all started out fine, with Zork and Aither making their way to the castle…
To Be Explained…
yup this is kinda what I expected M. I. Krophone’s show to be like
that is perfect
ANNOUNCEMENT: SEQUEL HAS ARRIVED
Zork and Aither looked out of the seavator-shaped hole. What now? They thought. “Ah say we jump.” Aither said. “Jump?!” Zork replied. “This is a skyscraper, we’d die of fall damage.” Aither looked like he’d just had a great idea. He grabbed Zork and jumped out the hole. “WHAT THE KARZANHI DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?! We’ll splatter!” Zork’s life flashed before his eyes. But this was strange…He saw…a man. A giant silver warrior, armed with a spear and scythe…He was attacking someone. A blue girl… The yellow boy and him tried to fight him off…The silver man’s voice was terrifying… “You’ve violated nature!” He roared. The spear flew. The scythe flashed. everything went black.
“Laddie, we’re fine! We’re alive, you can stop flashing yer life in front o yer eyes noo.” Aither said. “What? How?” Zork asked. “Ach, there wis a puddle at the bottom o’ the skyscraper.” Zork saw they were standing in a large pond. “This is a puddle?” Zork replied. “Is it no?” Aither asked. “Well…maybe- this is a pointless discussion. We’re meant to find this Linkworm character and we don’t know where to start.” Zork said. “Well, we could aye try goin tae that enormous castle there. Even if it disnae help us, it still micht be a laugh onyway.” Aither replied. “Well, we might as well.” Zork said. So they went forth. For some reason. But little did they know they were being watched. A clawed man had spotted them with a telescope. “Well, what have we here?” He chuckled to himself. He put down the telescope and sharpened his claws on a nearby pebble. “Might get some action after all…”
To be continued
Zork has returned!
So. here’s some more stuff:
Zork and Aither walked along the path. It was a regular sort of path, with regular grass and regular cobblestone. The sun was setting. “Maybe we should rest here.” Zork suggested. “A’right, seems a good idea.” So they began to look for firewood. “Hang on, do we actually need to sleep?” Zork inquired. “Must do, otherwise how wid we hae an’ idea o’ it?” Aither responded. “Well what about life? we have a concept of that, but are we really alive?” Zork replied. “As much as i hate to interrupt this philosophical discussion, i must interrupt this philosophical discussion.” A new voice said. Zork and Aither looked round to see who was there. A green man with sharp claws stood there, next to their beginnings of a campfire. “I am Kyrnx, the indestructible minion and spy of King Govis, the magnificent.” Kyrnx said. Aither threw his mace at Kyrnx, which hit him straight in the face and knocked him onto the floor. 5000 damage- “HA! i am the indestructible minion and spy, so i am indestructible! only tiredness and lethargy affect me!” So the battle began.
“By the name of Govis, i’ll kidnap you and put you in a dungeon! Because i can! and otherwise i couldn’t pay off my debts!”
Kyrnx slashed with his claws, only for Zork to avoid it. “HA! That was a mere 3% of my Ae-Power! HA!” Kyrnx said as he performed some weird claw attack dance. “TAKE THAT, AND THAT, AND THAT!” His attack’s weren’t doing anything, he was just spinning. Aither “Assisted” him in spinning, by spinning him at a considerable speed. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH motion sickness noises” Kyrnx spun towards a nearby river, which was flowing at a similar speed. “You may have defeated me this time, but i am INDESTRUCTIBLE! I shall retuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrnnnnnn motion sickness noises” Kyrnx was swept ahead in the river.
“Well, he was weird.” Zork said.
To be continued
this basically sums up the whole chapter
nice
Karzanhi was a strange place. everywhere was smoky- or was it dust? It was impossible to tell. The sound of hammers chiseling away at stone for no reason rang in Astrada’s head. A smallish radio blared weird music occasionally to drown out the sound. the music itself was, if anything, worse.
KARZANHI, KARZANHI, YOU’RE THE GUY WHO PUTS THE DO IN DO OR DIE
How was he ever going to escape? He would have to think up a plan- “Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy if it ain’t Astro boiiiiiiiiiiii” came an infuriating voice. “If it ain’t our fave guy we took here to break rocks for no apparent reason!” Another voice said. These voices belonged to Ritter and Lovani, the two weird skeletons who had brought him to Karzanhi.Ritter was tall and looked like in life he was some form of reptile. Lovani was stout and large, and it was difficult to tell exactly what he used to be. “Ayyyy boiiiiiiiiiiii keep breakin’ rocks.” Ritter laughed as he and Lovani walked away. Astrada kept mining. Sooner or later he would get a chance to escape, he just had to think up a plan- Wait. If Ritter and Lovani bring new prisoners in, they have to go out first. All he would have to do is watch where they exited and entered from. Then, if they ever got distracted, he could run out of this exit and escape. But where did they come and leave from?..
Meanwhile…
Zork and Aither got up. They had been sleeping (even though they weren’t sure they even needed to sleep) next to a campfire they had built the previous night. “Well, it’s morning so we’d better get going.” Zork said. They continued towards the castle, until they came across a strange sight. It was a fork in the cobblestone road to the castle, with what appeared to be a pile of old TV monitors. A sign read: “This-a-way to castle carrion” and (in hastily-scrabbled writing) “that-a-w4y 2 a go0d sh0w place srlsy 4 real ther wil be co0kies for nom nom srsly jus com over here i srsly need support like the video becaus u cant do anythin els3 plas srlsy come ova he-” Reading this sign was making Zork annoyed. “Well, i think we’d better go to the castle-” Zork began before he was interrupted by one of the screens. A distorted face said: “H3y kids, want to h4ve a good time w1th fin fir all the fimily come to M. I. Krophones amaz1ng show place palace of amazing!!!1 W1th fre3 info about ur quest becaus i am a mysterious guy who will help u on ur quest because r3asons pls srsly come over here now pls nice good cookies for nom nom” Zork said: “Who are you?” The screen just said: “lol i cant hear u at all becaus ther no microphone but ther is an M. I. Krophone who need some assistance like u so come ovea here pls srsly ther wil lbe cookies an if u dont there will be only consequences so come to this away and follow the signs to tha big tower of recording” Zork and Aither had already left. “dam, i ne3d them for the purposes of my plan. i shall pest3r them at every screen, every chance i get, then eventully they’l lcome here ahhahahahahhahah” The small mechanical gremlin laughed.