3x3 Eyes : A new beginning
v0.1
entropy@break.com.au
Notes
The only 3x3 eyes info I have comes from the two Manga entertainment
vids and the Dark Horse manga, so........
I know the ritual of humanity requires three sanjiyan but because
Pai is the last, I assume that wu can be used as well, and if not,
pfffffft!
vi is evil. emacs for ever! death to pico. :)
__o%O%o_-/\-[ A new beginning ]-/\-_o%O%o__
I, Fujii Yakumo, sat cross legged in the corner of the pentagram,
just inside of where the lines intersected. Pai sat opposite me,
wearing some kind of traditional dress, her central eye was open.
Adjacent to us sat Benares, a shinto warding paper hung limply from
his forehead. The top of our triangular pyramid was formed by the
Ningen, we each had to hold one of Benares's hands to the Ningen as
well as our own to complete the formation of power.
Pai began some kind of chant, it sounded nothing like the Chinese or
Tibetan I'd hear her speak, guess it was some kinda Sanjiyan stuff.
My vision began to swim. The humanification process had begun.
- [*] - [*] -
I remember Parvati IV telling me about the humanification process
a long time ago, that three immortals were needed, one who would
become human, one who would be sacrificed and the third receiving all
the powers of the other two. I prayed to Buhda that Pai was the one
the statue chose for humanification, but what of Benares and I? Which
one of us would die, and who would gain everyones powers?
I.... I don't want to die, I want to be with Pai forever, but I don't
want Benares running around loose....
What would I do if Benares died and Pai was human? What would *I*
do with all those powers? Immortal, Pai would be dead and I would
be stuck living on.... But if I'm linked to the Sanjiyan and she became
human, Benares died, would I be human too and escape the curse of
immortality??? aaah, too confusing.... I let my mind wander off aimlessly,
why worry about something I have no influence in....
Something's..... happening... I could see clearly now, strange, as
if I was just 'turned on' or something. Benares was still out cold
with the warding, and Pai continued her chanting. OOOoofff. I felt
as if I was punched in the guts, but now I'm floating?? PAI! What's
going on?? I try to yell but I cant, there is nothing there. A voice
inside my head tells me something bad is happening, something wrong.
I relax my arms to let the statue fall but they aren't working. It
doesn't look like Benares can move either, the warding is gone but he
looks to be in the same position that he was in at the beginning of the
ritual. He's not in my direct line of vision so I cant rightly tell,
but for Pai, I can see right into her eyes, all three, six, no NINE!!
Three visions of Pai, each overlapping the other, yet slightly off center,
are moving around, as if the statue is playing a slots machine with our
lives, seeing what comes up, Magic, Humanity or Death.
I feel another punch and somehow I'm looking into the flaring
crystal eyes of the Ningen as it gazes down on me, the three gems
pulse one after the other in a clockwise fashion, suddenly they all
glow an emerald color. I'd do a double take if I could, azure gems
glowing emerald, riiiiight. There's another punch, but this time the
pressure is continuous, trying to go right through me. PAI, HELP ME!!
IT HURTS!! aaaaaagh....... I.... cant... take.... this.......
- [*] - [*] -
I blink my eyes a few times and they focus on the roof, effortlessly
I sit up and immediately know something has gone wrong, Pai's chest
rythmically rises and falls, Benares is sitting up with his back to
the wall moves his head slightly to look at me. He looks really
messed up, drained, like he will go to sleep right there.
Standing up I walk over to check on Pai, stepping over the Ningen which
is now nothing more than a pile of dust. Something's is really wrong
here, it finally clicks, Benares looks half dead and Pai is sleeping
like a baby yet I feel I could run a marathon.... 'COME', I hear it
clearly, it cant be anyone but Benares, so I spin around to face him
in a ready stance, but.... He's asleep? 'come', I hear it again, but
fainter, and I KNOW his lips didn't move, so I look down at Pai's
peaceful face.
Uuggh! something seemed to grab me from behind, Pai kinda zoomed
out, everything is far away, and I hear the voice again.
'choose. come. stay.' the words were spoken in some weird kinda
staccato rythm. PAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIII!!! PAAAIIIIII! - I wanted to
scream, to run away.
I wanted to be back with the woman I loved, I still have to tell
her that too.
Benares' voice snapped me back to reality
"Maybe one day, we will meet again, and maybe not...."
I hear a voice, a mixture of Pai and Parvati IV say softly "Maybe
one day."
"Pai, wh-what happened?" its the first words I've spoken aloud since this
morning.
"Y-YAKUMO??" she looks around wildly, her eyes wide open and very shocked
looking.
"Pai, I'm right here" I say this bending down in front of her and placing
my hands on her shoulders. She leaned back with a loud gasp of breath,
and without meeting my eyes says
"Ya-Yakumo, I can hear you-"
"What's wrong?" I wave my hand in front of her face. No reaction.
Oh please Buhda, not blind. I can wish its only temporary.
"I can hear you, and feel your touch, but... but I cant see you."
Benares' harsh laughter cuts off my train of thought,
"I always wondered about wu and the humanification process, Master
was unable to tell me what might happen, Oh, we all know wu cease to
exist if the Sanjiyan is destroyed, but not what happens if they are
humanified."
"But the process didn't-"
"You still don't realise" he said stepping out of the shadow "do you
foolish boy?"
"Realise what?" I looked into his blood red eyes
"You are dead, Pai was humanified and I received her powers, you, well,
you died."
"But I'm still here!"
"Yes you are, but you no longer here as a human, your a ghost now boy"
"Wha-" Nowaaaaaay..... Pai's eyesight, the different gravity.... ohno!
"One of us had to die, and you were chosen, yet.... your soul is still
bound to Pai, you are still one. I assume you will remain on the prime
material plane with her until she dies, thus freeing your soul."
Maybe this wont be so bad, I mean, without the Ningen, Benares can't raise
Kaian Wang, and I'm still with Pai-
"SLEEP" Benares pointed at Pai with the bulls horn gesture. Pai just
collapsed and I rocked back on my heels, and with that he disappeared.
I lay down and curled my body next to Pais. For the hours until Pai awoke,
I would learn that ghosts don't sleep, and to pass that time I came to terms
with my new state of un death.... Pai can feel my touch, so I wonder how
long it will be until I can have an affect on physical objects??
Goodnight Pai. I wrapped my arms around her. Sleep well.