Super Dimensional Coffin Part 27

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Chapter 26: Prescription, Seal

The first thing that Dr. Bones did was nothing at all! Thankfully the being in his mind likewise did nothing. He determined that it was not a corpentsis, seeing as how it was made of fire, had wings and was inside his skull.

-What are you, and what are you doing within me?-

The spirit was however quite silent, not even its flames were crackling.

-Well, I intend to grasp hold of a memory, will that provoke you?-

He was quite wary of this being, seeing as he knew little of its purpose. His question this time did get a reaction. The horse head opened up to reveal a blank face, and then it spoke. Dr. Bones’ mind was filled with a dreadful screeching, as if thousands of sources of overlapping static were mixed into the cry of a single dread avian. Dr. Bones almost lost all concentration, indeed he almost blacked out. The horse head that split open closed again, as if the spirit had realised the pain it was causing Doctor Bones.

-Hah, how brutal, but if that is all you have…-

He attempted to grab hold of a memory while he was still talking, but while the bird did not speak again, flames rose up, and the part of his mind that was shrouded to him had a barrier of flames. Gazing at those flames, Doctor Bones had a sudden understanding.

-You, you’re a manifestation of a seal aren’t you? I’ve been sealed? My memory has been sealed? Now that I know that, I’ll be able to deal wi…-

The head split apart to reveal a face that was not a face once more, and further it spoke once more. This time the voice was forceful, clearly it had suspected there’d be an issue with talking earlier. If you could call the previous time a whisper, this was a shout. Doctor Bones, for all his mettle, hadn’t a hope of keeping control.

He was shunted out of his own mind, yet amid the ghastly noise, he got the impression of one sentiment from the spirit-seal before he was robbed of conscious thought.

<For your own good>

When he came to, it was to the sight of Miss Fern looking worriedly at him, but she was also glancing at one other thing. A shard of memory in the form of feather down.

A gift from the seal spirit, or something that had slipped past it?

Author: SnowyMystic