The lost boy

Waiting was a good idea. The toxin is starting to infect the citizens. It just started and yet I'm getting so much already. The points are accumulating too fast to actually see what number I'm at. But that doesn't matter. I am very well supplied for now. For a little while I can get whatever I want without any backlash.

First I think of the Ring of Paranoia. This ring gives me the ability to sense what others are afraid of and lets me control it. It was quite expensive and it took a lot of points, but it's still climbing so it's fine.

Second, I will need help so I need a partner in crime. It took awhile but when I was able to afford it I opened the briefcase and took him out. At first it's just a Pokeball and I wonder what I could catch with it. Before I can continue with that train of thought, he appears. Darkrai in all his glory. I know it doesn't have a gender but I can't call it an it now can I.

There is one more immediate thing that's probably costly. But after this one I'll experiment a little more with cheaper stuff. The third one isn't as flashy as the others but it is arguably more important. It looks like an ordinary bed until you lay on it for a little. If anyone played Minecraft you know what I'm doing. Now that my respawn was set and the initial shock of the toxin is wearing off the numbers are starting to slowdown.

Waiting is getting boring so I might as well finish my checklist for today. Task number one: trap the potion maker in a dream and steal all of her shit. Task number two: see if that scaredy cat is back in her cottage. When I look through the window she's there, but with three others. The first one has blue wings and rainbow hair and seems rather fidgety. The second person has pink curly hair and is jumping everywhere. She must be on a sugar rush or something. Girl number three is the typical farmyard girl with her pony tail and typical straw hat.

God damn it I'm bored again and I don't have any tasks left to do. Guess I can just do some small tests with the briefcase. I imagine things that are completely original. It seems you can't just make shit up. In order for the briefcase to conjure something up it must actually exist. Next I try to think of people and that surprisingly works. Well sort of. I can only summon people who are significant. With that reasoning I need to test something.

Moving to the stream, I take off my mask and look at myself. My long unkept brown hair. My dull blue eyes that don't show much emotion. My chapped lips from my years of silence. Capturing this image in my mind, I look at the briefcase. Huh..... I'm surprisingly cheap at only 10 points. Opening the briefcase I only see a picture of me. I took it out and tried two more times with the same result. Out of anger I threw the pictures and that's when it happened.

The smoke caught my attention first. Looking at the pictures on the floor, they are starting to burn. The ashes rise up and start taking shape and before I knew it there's three of me. Each one looks exactly like me and I never wanted to kill something so badly. I quickly summon two more of the scary Sacks and threw it at them. I turned around to put my plague doctor mask back on.

I sneek a look at them and there they are just looking around. They are me through and through if the briefcase is to be believed. Knowing that I will loose focus in something in less than 5 seconds, I point in the direction of the caves and they start walking. I grab one by the shoulder and point to the cottage. I'll sit this one out I'll watch what he does.

It felt strange. It was as if their brains were somehow in the back of my mind. I knew what they were thinking and if I focused really hard I could look through their eyes. But that's not the point now, my number two has made it to the door of the cabin. He does the same thing I did the first time with the knocking. Looking through the window the three were standing in the cottage while the scaredy cat was cowering behind them.

Without any regard of self-preservation the pink one casually opens the door. Mimicking what I did last time he stretched his arm for a handshake. The pink one reached out and shook his hand without any sign of hesitation. Before she could say a word though he pushed her back in and slammed the door. She must not have expected that. I sure wouldn't have. Doing the first thing that comes to his mind, he sprints to the forest. By now the other two have opened the door and were giving chase. I have to say, it was mildly entertaining to watch. The curly haired person was not far behind shouting something about a party.

That was easier then I thought it would be. When he escapes he will probably just go around terrorizing people. When he's caught knowing myself he'll just smile and laugh no matter what. Sprinting to the open door I see the timid one starting to get back up. I run right at her once again but this time I pick her up. She's fainted the moment she saw me, but that doesn't matter. I quickly take her into the forest and tie her up with some vines.

This girl will be my emergency supply along with the potion maker. If I'm ever to low they'll be rather nice to have. They are my emergency rations. Having Darkrai put her in a nightmare I hide them in a small cave in the mountain. It took a lot of effort from the three of us, but we were able to push a boulder in front of the cave so they won't be seen. If they can be tracked I'll know soon enough. I take out my phone and dial my own number. It surprisingly works and three and four's pockets go off. When number two answers his phone I tell him that if he loses them he should go to the desert town and have some fun.

Now I have more planning to do. I'm starting to realize that I can't just pull anything out of the briefcase. I'll have to rely on this phone to look needed items up more than I thought. This hinders my plan of creating my own little castle which is really a shame. But right now I have to play the waiting game with numbers three and four until number two's commotion calms down. This may take awhile.