"I mean just that," Synizn states as he places the Crystallic into
a large mug. With a mental command, the Crystallic first forms into a bottle
of fizzing liquid, then seems to just melt down into the mug....forming
a glowing liquid that fills the mug. The demi-fox slams the mug's contents
down his throat, startling quick. The demi-fox licks the last drop of what
had been the Crystallic, and turns to look at his stunned friends. His
eyes seem to have an inner glow to them, and then fade back to normal.
"Are you CRAZY!" Fred nearly shouts. "You want to try to...."
"Poison myself?" chuckles the demi-fox. "It didn't happen to your analogs,
nor shall it happen to me. And since there is nothing of the Crystallic
to use to 'control' me......"
"You've become the Crystallic!" gasps Sigin, suddenly seeing what is
happening. "By consuming it, you and it combine!"
"Right," nods the demi-fox sadly. "And while that means that anyone
who wants the power of the Crystallic will have to destroy me. And since
I'm part and parcel to that thing....destroying me destroys It. The downside,
though it's kind of not a downside, is that I now have the lifespan of
the Cyrstallic."
"Uh," Fred gulps. "How...long?"
"Frankly," the demi-fox says. "I'd guess with the in 500,000 to a million
years, I should be finally done."
His friends just stare at him. Even Sigin looks queesy at the idea of
living THAT long. Dragons could conceivably live forever, but.......
"Now, I had possesssion of this item and pledged to serve you and yours,
dear Fred and Astra," the demi-fox says, bowing formally. "With this, I
guess I get to serve for a longer time than I previously figured.
"And besides," smiles the demi-fox. "It isn't like by consuming that
Crystallic I'm suddenly a god. Tiamat knows that I am not! It just gives
me an edge in a mage battle, and allows me to do a few more things that
I'd need the splipgates to do."
"Your humble servant awaits," Synizn says to his friends.
-
 <Well,
at least he's now no longer stuck with the lifespan of a human!> Sigin
says to himself.
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