episode 3: elfen kingdom

Damien slowly opened his eyes and found himself on a boat with Monroe and Sasha. " so I'm still asleep huh" he said to himself as he got up and stretched. " well, if this is my dream, I might as well play along" he said to himself as he walked towards Monroe. " so you were some kind of spirit hound all along huh, its kinda weird seeing you talking " Damien said. " I can literally tell that you still think this is a dream Damien" said Monroe. Damien looked at Sasha who was still unconscious and lying on the boat. " So where are we headed anyways" asked Damien " and whose the guy riding the boat". " that's elfees the spirit sailor, he'll take you anywhere you want to go for a good piece, but luckily for us he was willing to go for free for a reaper " Monroe said. " well of course I'll ride for free, I wouldn't wanna be reaped by this 'er reaper now would I" elfees yelled with his pirate accent. " where are we headed elfees" Damien asked. " you guys are obviously new to the spirit world so I'm taking you to the biggest city in the realm, elfen kingdom, home of the elves" elfees said. " elfen kingdom?" asked Damien. " yeah, you see, the spirit realm has divided into two parts, the good lands which we're in right now, and the badlands" the good lands is then divided into many great territories, elfen kingdom being the largest and most wealthiest but is ruled under a proud king, king sheek who believes his words are the ultimate, elfen kingdom being the largest has many enemies, the biggest one being tarazai, home of the mages, its the birthplace of magic " explained elfees. " and what about the badlands " asked Damien, just then both Monroe and elfees showed serious faces. " we don't like to talk about that place around here" said elfees. just then Sasha began to wake up and yawned. " you're finally up " said Damien. " woah, so this isn't a dream, awesome" said Sasha, she was always a fan of stuff like this. " we're finally here" said elfees as he stopped the boat. beside a giant blue gate with markings all over it and steam surrounding it. " what's this" asked Damien in shock as all three of them stared at amaze at the gate. " the gateway" said Monroe " take us closer". " normally entrance and exit through the gate was easy, but ever since 16 years ago only elves could enter, luckily for us I am an elf" said elfees. " whaaa" said Damien " you're an elf, where's your pointy ears, plus you're a little bit too tall to be one" said Damien in shock. " you fool, don't you know that's an insult to elf kind" said Monroe. " I sincerely don't see how you'd think I'd know that" said Damien. " I'm sorry, please continue" said Monroe. " whatever " said elfees " stand back. Elfees stepped forward to the edge of the boat and closed his eyes for a little, he took a deep breath and immediately yelled " open up you damn gate ". there was silence for a while but nothing happened. " really, that's the password " said Damien. " I wouldn't call it a password seeing as nothing happened " said Sasha. just then the water began to grow unsteady and the boat was beginning to get swayed to and fro, the gate was opening. " hold your horses, this is gonna be bumpy" said elfees as the gianr gate opened and water rushed in pulling the boat inside with it. everyone tried to hold still but the boat capsized and everyone was being drawn in by the water. " what the hell is going..." Damien was trying to talk and avoid drowning at the same time while he was being pushed down a tunnel until he finally escaped out a sewage pipe into the gutters of a city. " what the..." he couldn't finish his sentence when Monroe and Sasha came crashing down on them. " sorry Damien " Sasha said as she helped him back up. " ha, it still does that doesn't it" Monroe said. "what, why'd we land in a gutter" Damien said as he got out of the gutter. " well, the king is extremely greedy so he made it so the gateway would take you to exactly where you belong in the city, based on your pocket of course, right now since we're extremely broke, we belong in the gutters" Monroe said, he seemed to find it as funny. " whatever, hey...where's that weird sailor anyways " asked Sasha. " oh he left, his work is to transport passengers so when they get there he immediately moves to his next passenger" said Monroe as he admired the spirit realm once more. " so this is the biggest city in the spirit realm, doesn't look all that fancy to me" said Damien as viewed the entire city, he saw some potholes and cracked road with small buildings, sincerely, the whole place looked more like a village. " that's because we're in the slums of elfen kingdom, this kingdom is divided into the slums or the lower class for the wretches and the higher class for the ones who could afford it" explained Monroe. the entire place looked a little too medieval and weird but the people were even more weird, for elves they were actually normal height and looked kinda like humans, although they had pointy ears it was nothing like the movies, it actually made them kinda cute, some also had different coloured skin, some had horns instead of pointed ears and some had strange markings on their hands. " c'mon, if we're going to stay here, we might as well blend in " said Monroe as he led Sasha and Damien to an inn where they cold turn in.

"50 bronze coins per person" said the female old elf who sat at the reception table. " well...um... we're travellers from far away and we actually don't have any money so I was thinking if you'd be so kind as to let us sleep here for free" pleaded Monroe. " whatya think I'm running here, a charity, its 50 bronze or nothing " said the old elf. she didn't seem the slightest bit intimidated at the fact that Monroe she was talking to a dog-man beast, come to think of it, no one did, but of course I had to hide my sword to prevent any fights. " look are you paying or not" asked the lady. " actually no we can't" replien Monroe. " well then what are you still doing here " asked the lady as she pointed to the door and they all left. " well good night everyone " said Monroe as he slept on a haystack, they couldn't find an inn that would allow them to sleep for free so they slept in a barn. " well this isn't exactly what I'd call five star" said Sasha as she chased away the weird looking green chicken that sat on her pile. " look its what we've got, if we want to survive long enough to leave here we'll have to have money, we'll try to get money tomorrow but right now we have to rest" said Monroe as he turned to sleep. " good night Damien" said Sasha as she also tried to sleep. " yeah, good night" said Damien as he too tried to sleep but he couldn't. there was still something on his mind, he was extremely worried about his aunt Anne and that was all he could think about until he finally fell asleep. when he opened his eyes he was back on the couch in his home in new York " so it was just a dream huh" he taught to himself. just then he saw his aunt Anne on the phone, she was obviously worried and was panicking on and yelling at the person on the other end, when Damien got up and got closer he began to hear what she was saying. " please I'm begging you to help me find him " she said, she was obviously looking for something, or someone. Damien called her name but got no response, he kept on calling her but she totally ignored him like he wasn't there. he finally got beside her and touched her arm and she felt it, she immediately looked at her side but found no one there and got back on the phone. just then Damien jolted up fro. sleep and began to gasp for air, he looked around and found that he was still in the barn with Monroe and Sasha fast asleep, he looked to his side and found that all the weird looking animals were fast asleep and he knew he was still in the spirit realm. " so this isn't a dream, I really am in the spirit world, I really am in another realm " he taught to himself and began to panic " but I really can find my mom" immediately he told himself that he had a serious look on his face again and pulled himself together and went back to sleep and was ready to go to hell and back just to find his mother.

meanwhile, in the outskirts of the elfen kingdom a dark cloud began to come together on the ground and materialize to a man sized dark being, the being had red eyes and it didn't have a physical body. " rule breaker" said the being in a dark voice as it immediately moved swiftly towards the elfen kingdom.

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story explanation: the slums of elfen kingdom

elfen kingdom is kinda like bosingse from avatar or eldia from AOT, it has the higher class and the lower class, the lower class or the slums is the part of elfen kingdom that isn't really all that fancy, it has small buildings and shops and a lot of elf's with small businesses struggling to make ends meet, right now Damien and his friends slept in a barn behind the inn secretly because no one was willing to let a broke person sleep for the night, that's how cruel life is around there

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