Nuesteria Anonymous 2011/07/09 (Sat) 05:58 No. 18 ▼ File 131019111243.jpg - (34.56KB, 359x450 , 10100722A.jpg)
It all started when a child got too curious for their own good.
Countless horrors, both mundane and fantastical, surged forth from within the box. The child that had opened the box, too terrified to even blink, merely stood like a slack jawed puppet.
"I'm free!"
"Let's scare the humans!"
"Forget that, I'm hungry!"
The child was joustled and knocked to his rear as a particular massive beast, with three heads and the figure of a massive dog, pushed past and happily shouted and cheered along the others. Several of the beasts turned and eyed the child ravenously. Fortunatley, the box remained steadfastily within the child's hands.
They began to flee once they felt the subtle, but powerful pull of the container even from afar.
"I'm not going to get sealed yet!" One of the monsters, a woman with slithering and hissing snakes for hair, fearfully cried before slithing away on a coiling lower body.
That was the queue for the army of beasts to run. Moments later, the grassy hill was completely emptied of all life except for the child.
"Zzz..." And something deep within the box.
The child fearfully drew the box closer to eye level so they could peer within. The motion was enough to jar awake whatever was left in the bottom of the box.
There was a shuffling sound.
A set of brown human eyes met a pair of reddish brown non-human eyes. An awkward silence passed between the two for a few moments before the darkness surged upwards.
The child was ready for it this time, though. With swift motions they slammed the lid of the box down on the final monster that was attempting to break free into the world. They weren't prepared at all for the force that the monster would exert in its attempts to bash their way out of the box.
The child was knocked on their back as the box jerked above his head. Their vision briefly burst into points of light and darkness as their head slammed down onto the grassy ground.
Yet the child still clung onto the box despite the pain pulsing on the back of their skull. The box itself twisted in their grip as the young human was treated to the ride of their life. The child rolled to and fro as the box kept trying to tug itself out of their grasp.
The tide began to change once the blank surface of the marble box began to shimmer.
"N-no! I don't want to get sealed again!" The child was shocked to hear the cry of a young woman from the depths of the box. "This isn't fair!" The monstrous beast went down in the human's estimation as it - or rather, she - began to whine.
Blessedly familiar scribbles began to form on white surface of the marble box. The child thanked every god on Olympus for their mercy. The fight began to be drained from the creature as the scribbles along the surface of the box continued to spread.
"Please let me out, human!" The creature within the box began to beg. The child winced at the note of primal terror within her voice. "I can't make it on my own!"
"I-I'm sorry, but I'll surely be killed if I let you out too!" The child stuttered. They would have no hope of pretending the incident hadn't happened if the box wasn't like it had been before they opened it.
"What...what if I get rid of them for you?" The woman desperately offered. "I bet they took on all kinds of scary forms, right?" She continued on a babbling stream of thought. "They're going to use the forms of monsters that already exist to kill and get away from it scott free! Do you want that on your conscious?"
The child lightly bit their lip.
Somehow, the creature within the box seemed to have picked up on the child's hesitation. "...only one of us can fight the others."
The child trembled. "H-how do I know you won't just back out and join them?" Their grip on the box tightened like the lifeline it was at the moment.
"I'll...I'll enter in a contract with you!" The child could see that the dark scribbles along the box had nearly finished completely covering the box. "I'll even swear by my name!" The woman within the box screamed.
Such overwhelming fear couldn't be staged. With a swift motion, the child ripped off the top of the marble box for the second time that sunny morning.
The shadow which had been resting within the box sprang from within like a coiled tiger. With a cry of shock, it came crashing down onto the ground behind the child. The human scrambled onto their feet and turned to face the shadow.
That was all that the child could do, though. Their eyes refused to even register the figure before them. All they could see was a hazy, indistinct gray and black blur of variable height. One thing that seemed to be pretty consistent were the six coiling limbs, three on each side of the figure, that occasionally twitched before the child's vision.
"...thank you." The creature - young woman spoke up. "My name is Nue."
The child, with her dark hair and brown eyes let the box tumble from her hands. "My name is Pandora."
It ended with hope...