Perla Vardo: The Ragnarok Chronicles (Part Seven)

"The first thing to do" said Tu "Is to plot an attack plan. If we simply wonder the Earth looking their leader, we will have gray hairs on our gray hairs by the time we are done."

"Where our are enemies?" asked Perla "And how do we even know that there is a mastermind behind all of this? Is it not possible that all of this happened of its own accord?"

"No, I don't think so, Perla. Ragnarok is happening for a reason, and we must stop it. As for the location of our enemies, the forest of Ethantropia sounds like a good place to start. In it, the oldest trees in the entire world grow. Due to the fact that trees play a large part in the Norse mythology on which this is based, we might find a suitable alternative for the 'world tree'"

"Is it far from here, Tu? I don't think that I can walk much farther"

At this, Radunk said "Boing!" Until this point, Radunk has not been mentioned in this story. This was not because of his very interesting personality. No, it was due to the fact that he has hardly a single thing to do with the plot of this tale. He did not give any inspiring speeches, he did not fight any wars, and he did not have any wars fought for him. Instead, he was usually just in the background muttering indecipherable sayings. Although every now and then he would say a real word or phrase, it scarce had to do with what was happening at the time, and he would be better off sticking with simple sounds.

Radunk was a short, plastic figurine of a monkey with giant cymbals permanently affixed to his hands. One would not be surprised that this would render a toy such as Radunk insane. Radunk was the only toy besides Tu and Perla that still lived after the catacomb and prison incidents. Now, back to Tu's and Perla's conversation which we so rudely interrupted.

"Well Perla, Providence has smiled upon us, even under such bleak and depressing circumstances; the legendary forest of Ethantropia is only a few miles southwest from here."

"How in the world do you know things such as this, Tu?" Asked Perla.

Tu was silent for a long time, as the trio clomped through the mud. The rain had subsided, although no sun appeared: thus, the atmosphere was not lightened.

"Perla, things such as that do not concern you. I can provide my utmost assurances that information such as this would not hamper or aid us in our quest."

Any further discussion that Perla might have pressed on about was done away with by a spectacle further up the path: Lucy the rabbit, laying motionless on the ground.

To be continued...