Chapter V: Overcome by Power
Tacky makes his way to Mistal Swamp via the Nether Portals, which he has now determined to have been built by The Maker himself. However, shortly after arriving, he finds himself feeling woozy and subdued. He loses control of himself and blacks out. He wakes up in a pit in nearby Sekyl Jungle, trapped. He tries desperately to jump out of the pit, but it is far too deep. Then, he flies up and out of the pit. Unable to believe what had just happened, the young adventurer continues into the jungle. It isn’t long before he experiences the same out-of-body sensation and blacks out again. This time, he comes to at the bottom of a small, semi-deep body of water, shocked that he can still breathe. When he walks out of the water, he smells burning. He looks up and sees that a few large trees are on fire. It is then that he realizes that he is holding a mysterious rock. He waves it around a bit and is startled when a burst of fire rises up from the ground nearby. He is holding a Fire Charge, a powerful object sometimes used as a weapon against vicious Mobs.
Tacky decides to visit a doctor back in Desert’s Edge, and he leaves Sekyl Jungle promptly and walks back to his village on foot. This also involves walking underwater for an extended period of time, as he must cross the Great Ocean in order to reach the other subcontinent. (He is surprised to find himself in Faradesia Forest, in which Maker’s Grove can be found, when he reaches the other side.) And he can breathe the entire time that he is underwater. When Tacky reaches Desert’s Edge, he heads towards the doctor’s house. Before he can make it, however, he blacks out again. He wakes up at the bottom of the village well; he surfaces, only to realize that he is again holding the Fire Charge and a villager has been burned to death. He rushes to the doctor’s house.
The doctor tells Tacky that he must find The Maker because the abilities that he has been displaying match some of those possessed by The Maker. Tacky is shocked that the doctor believes in The Maker’s existence but inquires as to where he should start. The doctor tells him: The Nether. Then, Tacky suddenly finds himself with his Enchanted Bow drawn and aimed at the doctor. He tells the doctor to run because he cannot control himself, but it is too late; the doctor is hit with a fire-arrow and perishes. Tacky runs off to find the nearest Nether Portal, terrified by what has been happening to him.
Played out in-game from 11/19/2012 through 11/22/2012. Written 11/22/2012.
