A light flashed and somehow we had appeared in a different world, beautiful, exactly what you would expect the garden of EDEN to look like.
There were different animal species, so many colors, so much life yet it seemed lifeless. It was quiet, too quiet like the animals were overly aware of our presence, i could hear whispers like there were beings like us around us just invisible to our eyes, Errand boy seemed to think same as he kept looking around, hearing the same whispers.
The woman's friend however was unphased, he began to walk towards a house, it looked like it had existed for over a hundred years, we followed closely behind him.
He knocked once but there was no answer then a second time and still no answer and then a third, i began to think no one was ever going to answer until the door opened. the Woman's friend turned his head towards me and i saw his eyebrow flash and mischief in his eyes, it was clear he had read my mind .
A lanky man had opened the door, he had the darkest of hair, curls sitting on his shoulders, full, a mane. His skin seemed to have no exact color, at first it seemed dark as ebony then pale as chalk then it looked yellow like the flowers in autumn on the mornings of Call {a holiday for the celebration of life in NAZER} then green like the grass in the raining season, he looked like a human chameleon . HE welcomed us in with a hand gesture and walked towards a Mammal like chair, it had fur on it and a mammals foot or something similar as the leg of the chair, i do not think i will ever be able to accurately explain what it looked like.
He sat on the chair but we stood waiting for some sort of invitation, he and the Woman's friend seemed to be having some sort of staring contest. The lanky man gave up first "Sit down friend", singular, as if Errand boy and i were un existent. WE sat however following The woman's friend's lead.
"How about some tea"?, The man asked, not waiting for an answer he said "Lets serve our guests some tea, shall we?"
WHO IS HE TALKING TOO? but before i could think for longer four beings in a singular file walked out of nowhere, nowhere i could see at least. They moved fast, their long ears twitching like they could hear what we could not, they had long legs that flowed into a puddle on the floor, their arms were like mine, normal, they could not exist but they did, they watched us carefully, they watched me . One winked at me just before they turned around walking into nothingness but i could feel them there, was it only me?.
I looked at Errand boy, he was shaking, scaredy cat, he held my hand tight, i let him. I was scared too.
The woman's friend did not touch his tea, he was watching the man drink his, i looked at my cup, it looked ordinary but i knew better than to touch it . The man laughed longer than a minute and spoke in a sing-song "Friend, you will not drink my tea nor will you speak to me, what is the matter with thee". He was dangerous i know, he looked it but did not at the same time, was this his allure, i had heard of creatures like him growing up, unbelievable tales of a smiling danger.
The woman's friend spoke then "You know you are not be trusted, we have known ourselves for too long a time for me not to know that there is a poison in this tea". The man giggled "But i am drinking it", the innocence was deceiving but The woman's friend was definitely not falling for it . I saw something from the corner of my eyes, Were those planting talking??. i know i saw it, Errand boy and I looked at each other at the same time, he saw it too. Lord save us, what if we get eaten.
" Why are you here Joshek?" The man asked, he was not smiling this time, no playfulness in his voice, we could hear the danger now, the house looked more alive like every hidden creature was paying attention and moving closer to us. I subconsciously moved closer to Errand boy.
"You have something of mine Yohah" I heard gasps from the creatures we could not see, The woman's friend was smiling now, unafraid of what could be . The name YOHAH. what could it mean?
"That name, i have not heard it from another's mouth in Ages, its funny how you are the only one who calls me that and you only do when you want start a fight. I will save both of us the trouble, you know how it is, something for something KOSHA TOKOSHA"
"Yohah, come on, EFISHUTU MESHEI , you owe me more than you realize" He said like an enstranged friend, someone who was abandoned, i looked at The man, his colors were changing rapidly now, i could not tell whether it was from anger or a familial feeling, an attachment.
He looked at me then, really looked, tilted his head, his eyes changed color for the first time. He did not move closer "You, who are you?" , i stuttered, i was scared to think, afraid that my mind would be read, that i would say the wrong thing. Everyone was looking at me now, Errand boy, Joshak, Yohah, The creatures, i could see their eyes now, the were watching me , slowly coming out of their hiding place,
"My name is Aziah".
"What are you, where are you from?".
"I am a servant to my madam back in Copen, a servant" i tried to stop myself from shaking, not sure if it was working, my heart was beating too fast, i could barely breathe". He did not look like he believed me, he looked like he could read every memory of mine, every dream.
"Joshak, her, i want HER". Whattttt???.