A Mess of Titanic Porportion

"Kenny? Khenneh? Khinnis? Keminisualitam? Evil tyrant lord of darkness!?" I sprung up after that last one.

"What happened, that you mason?"

"no, its the other walking demon that just happens to know who you are" his sarcastic voice was different that what I'm used to, it almost was two-toned. "Yes, its me Khinnis, get up!" I felt a sharp pain in my side. and I fell forward. again.

"Damnit mason, I hate it when you call me that." I say rubbing dirt out of my eyes. "where the hell... are... you..." I trailed off when I looked behind me. gone was mason, and there was a very real looking molag bal. I will admit, I thought that it wasn't that intimidating, until I saw him in person. "your not mason... right?"

he bent over forward, put his face in front of mine, and whispered, "boo". yep, that's him, I gave him my best deadpan stare when I noticed something wrong. Why do my legs look metallic? and why do I feel heavier?

"I'll give you one thing Kenny, the ladies will love you now" he said while gesturing to my lower body. "stand up"

I did... And fell on my face again.

"your new body will take some getting used to. be glad your legs don't have inverted knees. It took me forever and a half to relearn how to walk." he said gesturing to his legs. I obviously avoided looking at his 'loincloth' "Get up" He grabbed my arm and pulled me up, stabilizing me to keep from falling over again.

I looked over my body, finding the costume appeared real, then looked at my surroundings. my head was just barely touching the tree canopy and felt some branches in my hair. I narrowed my eyes at my surroundings, as if daring it to mess with me more. "Mason, where the hell are we?" I say in a cautious tone.

"Screwed six ways from sunday" now is really not the time for jokes. I turned my stare from the trees to him. "I've only been awake for a few hours and spent that time learning to walk. What do you want from me?!" I looked around the floor for my duffle bag, and anything else that could of been brought with us. I found it, laying precariously across a gorge.  "what now?"

"should we go get it?" I looked at him expectantly.

"I don't know any of my magic, I can't levitate it over here." then he said something, surprisingly smart, "knock a tree over."

"mason, that gorge is at least ten meters across"

"Yes, the tree will fall and eventually get lodged. then you can climb down to it, walk across and climb back up"

"Mason, I'm standing next to a tree, look at it compared to the gorge."

"Kenny, I looked down the gorge, its not that deep, and the edges aren't that sharp." that didn't comfort me. "What do you want me to do, jump it?" I looked back at him with a smile on my face.

I was rustling through the bag when I heard him climbing back up, "Screw. you." he said panting.

"the feeling is mutual" and so the banter continues.

"so, where are we going, you pick a direction?" I picked up a fallen branch, set it vertically on the ground, and let it fall.

"north it is then"

"how can you tell?" he pointed up.

"Damn. this. cold. and. molag's. stupid. reptilian. lacking. of. god. damn. clothes." Great he's whining.... AGAIN. I, however am glad at least my armor is insulated.

"just keep moving, it makes body heat" I tell him.

"you aren't walking around half naked!" touché. I wondered if this male power armor is actually real, it feels real. if it is, then I need to find a way to turn it on.

"I figured out how to activate the weapons in the duffle bag" I say to start up conversation. and quiet down after a glare from him. after a few minutes/hours of walking in relative silence, I was about to strike up another conversation when I saw a spark in his eyes.

"CIVILIZATION!" And he takes off in a direction. I chase after him, cursing this weight, his new legs, this cold, and him.

"Stop. running. wait. for. me!" he stops... and I run into him. I landed in the snow, and mason... disappeared. again. I looked up and saw a purple swirling vortex in front on me dissipate and mason stumble out, and fall over.

"learned how to teleport" ...I'm not going to question this... ever.

"look train tracks" I got up and looked.

"should we follow them?"

"of course" and he began walking in a direction along the tracks. I shrugged and followed.

we finally come to a train station. in the middle of nowhere. "that train station is really small."

"screw the station, look" he said pointing.

"Mason, are those... crystals?" I say, my mind instantly flowing with moneyful thoughts.

"yes, but it kind of looks like a building, like a castle." I can see the thoughts but...

"should we head towards it?"

"Either that or freeze to death." he says already walking in that direction.

"Screw it, lets go"

"hey Kenny?"

"yes?" uh-oh

he turns to me with a smirk on his face, " A Daedra and a giant walk into an empire..."