A Very Strange Place [Finished]

[squashbananas.livejournal.com]

Characters: Rafiki and anyone else
Content: Rafiki arrives in Paixao.
Setting: Muspelheim Gate
Time: Laaaate in the evening, Week 20
Warnings: Creepy little monkey

 Paixao had seen stranger things than the creature who’d just been ushered inside the gates. However, a mandrill baboon wasn’t a commonly seen creature either. The dim, but warm lights of the evening illuminated the bright red and blue colors of his face, as well as the surprised expression upon it. Rafiki had never seen anything like this strange new place. But the one thing he did know was that he was far, far from home.

 Rather than carry the dull orange journal that had been handed to him, passersby could see that he had tied it to the top of his walking stick, amongst similarly orange, rattling gourds. He cautiously walked farther along the street, looking at the domed city. To him, it appeared more like a beautiful, but very peculiar cave. Sure, he had done his share of drawing, but never had he seen animal images so lifelike! At first, they had appeared to be almost real.

In spite of the strange beauty that surrounded him, the place seemed oddly lifeless. The air was still, and the strange stone that everything was made from yielded no cracks deep enough for plants to take root in. In addition, at the late time of his arrival, there were few people out on the streets, and the lifelike animals that looked down at him from paintings and watched him as silent statues paid him no heed. The stars that adored the top of the ceiling twinkled… but had no spark to them.

“ ‘Dis is peculiar.” The mandrill said to no one in particular. “Well, I am here. It is time I find out why." He gave a little nod and continued walking.

                         

Comments

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

"...That's not very specific..." the blond remarked. "I was hoping you'd say something a little more..." Roxas paused for a second. More what? "More..." he trailed off again. He didn't really know what he meant, did he?

"Like...Timon's a meerkat, and Simba's a lion, so...what does that make you?"

[squashbananas.livejournal.com]

"Ahh! Now you're learning to ask questions." He smiled broadly. "My kind are called Mandrill Baboons." He indicated himself, spreding his fingers over the white fur over his chest.

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

"...Mandrill...Baboons..." Roxas repeated. That was completely unfamiliar. How had he remembered what Timon and Simba were, when he didn't have any idea what Rafiki was?

[squashbananas.livejournal.com]

"'Dat would be correct!" The old baboon replied, holding a finger up as if it were a visual puctuation mark.

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

Roxas shied away from the baboon's finger. "I think...I should get back to them now..." he said. "They might be worried about me."

[squashbananas.livejournal.com]

The old monkey chuckled "'Den by all means, 'tis best not to worry 'dem." He gave a soft nod.

[oath-ofoblivion.livejournal.com]

With a nod and a smile, the boy turned around and started to run back to the apartment.

"They are never going to believe me when I tell them all this," he said to himself as he ran.