Natsra, that’s my name, or at least that’s what I was given, I think. There’s a lot which I’m not sure about; it gets… fuzzy. I always wanted a fuzzy pet, but Auntie didn’t allow it. Calinos is kind of fuzzy; he’s my friend. He knew my dad, or the person that I came from. In biological terms, Arstan might be considered my mother, because technically, I came out of him…? That would make my mommy more like my father. She did kind of screw Arstan and leave him, like a Dick. Also, the she demon she is abandoned me from birth, or construction… maybe conception? But that’s normal for a father, right? Well I have Auntie; she is good to me. She locked me in a Tower to keep me safe for ten years. That takes a lot of patients and she always told me she was losing her patients with me. I’m not sure which ones were the patients, I saw a lot of people in the Tower. I guess she lost all of them now that they are locked away.
Okay, back to my “name”. Sometimes I get sidetracked. Some people tell me it’s called an attention deficit, but then I tell them about a place that has a deficit and it’s still going. Whether or not it works is questionable…
Okay, the rest of the names in my name. Some people have last names and middle names. I guess I have those, too! Most people just call me Natsra. Auntie M calls me “Nephew”. And the Myth children call me “Cousin”. But most people call me Natsra.
The first thing I remember is all of a sudden I appeared in the Myth Wood. I didn’t know it was the Myth Wood, I didn’t know much of anything. There was this old man, he was with me, or maybe I was with him. It’s confusing. Later I recall some things that I guess happened before, but it seems like a broken memory. Almost like I’m not sure what happened first. When I talked to Auntie about it, she helped me understand. So it’s funny that the first thing I remember was after some things that I remember later. But later after that there is a lot more, but that’s in the Myth Wood after the thing that came after the other which was before. Which reminds me of a funny story, there was some guys on this thing in the sky and they were lined up to jump out the back door. One guy was second to last in line to go out, the guy behind him was last. Anyway, they pushed out a boat first (I know, why’s a boat in the sky?) and then the other ones started going out the back door one at a time. The guy who was second to last was follow the guy in front of him, funny looking guy named “George”, red hair, never trust a Ginger, no soul. Anyway, George tried to stop at the door, but the guy second to last pushed him out. George fell funny; it was a long drop. That’s why George stopped. Anyway the guy behind the guy who was second to last, (he was last) he hit his head and fell down. But then he jumped up and out of the thing in the sky. He fell for a long time.
Where was I? Old guy, I’m not sure of his name. In fact, I don’t know if I saw him again, but I think he was in the Wizard’s Tower a few times. I’m not sure, I might have been stuck in Auntie’s darkness. Back to my first memory, I ran away from the old guy. I wasn’t sure why at the time, but I think I was upset about something. Then I found a pretty flower and forgot what I was upset about. Then I was skipping and I came into King’s Rest (I didn’t know it was King’s Rest until later when Auntie told me what places are called what they are called). I was a happy little boy, with a pretty flower in one hand and a dagger in the other. Not sure how I got a dagger, but I had one. That’s when I was introduced to Lord Elric and death, sort of. He put his spear in me… I guess he thought I was dangerous with my flower… and the dagger. I was really confused when I was all of a sudden pulled into Eir’s Garden. I didn’t know what Eir’s Garden was, but I learned later. It’s where you go when you die, sort of. Not sort of where you go, it’s where you go, the ‘sort of’ is referring to death. Because it’s not really death, it’s just sort of death.
So Eir was a nice lady and we chatted. There were other people there, too. That’s where I met Vigo and my other Auntie (I didn’t know she was my auntie at the time, but I felt a strange connection, and later it made sense.) Now that I think of it, Calinos was there, too! They were all looking for Arstan who had just disappeared. I didn’t piece it all together at the time, or I might have told them. Come to think of it, I could probably tell them now, but I’m not sure if I’m allowed. They talked to me until Eir told me it was okay for me to go back into the Myth Wood. I was about five years old. Or at least I looked like I was about five years old. I’m not really sure how old I am. Depending on your perspective, at the time I could have been less than a day old, or potentially, I’m as old as Arstan, considering that I am part of Arstan. It’s also possible that I’m older, but the math gets confusing. I’d have to explain that one, but I’m not sure how. Mommy tricked Daddy and I happened… That about sums it up, perhaps a product of the two, or a division of one or the addition of two minus some of one. There might be a math joke in there somewhere. One time I told some guy about Mommy tricking Daddy and he said it was like poking holes in rubbers, whatever that means. I guess Mommy poked Daddy full of holes and I slipped through. But that was back when I was just a little squirt. The moral of the story is, you can’t get a memory pregnant.
Back to the Myth Wood: I went back in and found some people. They were different then than they are now. I think they were part of the Ordin, I’m not sure, but now they dress in purple. They got married in the Myth Wood! Sometimes we fight, but that day we were nice with each other. I showed her that I could die, sort of, but I wouldn’t be dead. Then I told her to stab me, so she did. Sometimes I ask girls to stab me, I get confused. I think it might be an Oedipus Complex or something since my mom is more like a dead beat dad and my dad is sort of my mom that I sucked the life out of… I might be my dad with the curse of my mother, but I’m not sure. Auntie says it’s complicated. Kind of like their relationship.
So I died again, sort of. When I went back into the Myth Wood again, that’s when I found Auntie. Or maybe she found me? She locked me in the Wizard’s Tower, I don’t think she like that I was taking trips to Eir’s Garden.
Well that almost covers part of the beginning.
I stayed in the Tower for about ten years, I think. The people were nice, I miss them; especially the ladies that played with me. They are all locked inside now. Oh, we haven’t gotten to that part of the story, yet.
Life in the Tower was great! Some people said I was a prisoner; I really liked being a prisoner. It’s a lot of fun. I learned things, lots of things. Things Auntie said I can’t tell people about, like other worlds and how they live. She wanted me to study things and try to figure out if I could stop some curse or something. I think we did stop the Blighted’s curse? That was later. In the Tower I went to class with some other people, mostly young wizards or mages. Tanner was there, but he didn’t get locked in the Tower. There were things we learned about, like skulls and some game that these gods played. And some other boring stuff that Auntie wanted me to pay attention to, but I’m not sure because I wasn’t listening.
Then I escaped from the Tower! What a GLORIOUS day that was. I found out from those tower wenches that a tournament was taking place in the Arena. I wanted to go, and since I couldn’t find Auntie to ask her permission, I decided to find a way out of the Tower. Don’t tell Auntie how I did it, but I snuck out behind Tanner. He didn’t even know and if Auntie knew it was Tanner he’d get in trouble, but since he didn’t know he did it and she doesn’t know how I did it then he won’t get in trouble. No harm, no foul. It was over a year ago anyway, lot of water under the bridge. Speaking of bridges… oh wait, I was talking about Tournament Day! So I fought in the tournament. Auntie wasn’t happy with me; I think it was because I didn’t win. I’ll try again next year. When I saw her that day, she was working in Eir’s Garden. It was a big surprise when she saw me. She wasn’t very happy. Sometimes Auntie is happy, but a lot of times Auntie isn’t very happy. I think I might make her angry sometimes. That’s why she sends me to her darkness. But I can’t go there now; it’s locked in the Tower.
Oh boy, I better focus so we can finish this story.