Whoops, Eternity!

WHOOPS, ETERNITY!

GENRE: FANTASY COMEDY.

AUTHOR: FUTILE FANTASY CREATIONS.

BLATANT LIE: THIS IS BEST STORY EVER WRITTEN.

BARELY INTERESTING FACT: A SUMMONER IS ONE WITH THE POWER TO CALL FORTH WARRIORS AND BEASTS FROM OTHER TIMES OR WORLDS TO USE IN BATTLE.

SUMMARY:

IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF BONSONIA, KRITZVELT, THE NOBLE ART OF SUMMONING IS TAKEN EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SUMMONING MOVEMENT, THE SUMMONERS GUILD, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY AND MANY OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE RELIANT ON ITS EXISTENCE. MUCH OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE GUILD IS HOME TO CITIZENS WHO WORK THERE AND SUMMONERS WHO CHOSE TO RENT PRIVATELY RATHER THAN RENTING ROOMS IN THE DORMITORIES. THE KING OF BONSONIA IS FIERCELY PROUD OF HIS MAGNIFICENT CAPITAL CITY AND CONSIDERS THE SUMMONERS GUILD THE JEWEL AT THE HEART OF IT'S CROWN.

WITHIN THE SUMMONERS GUILD, EVERY ASPECT OF THE ART IS THOROUGHLY COVERED. EVERYTHING SUMMONERS NEED FROM EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO TACTICS, ADVICE AND DISCIPLINE ARE GIVEN THEIR FULL ATTENTION. THEY EVEN UNDERTAKE MISSIONS TO LOCATE AND DESTROY ROGUE SUMMONERS WHO'D ABUSE THE NOBLE ART FOR THEIR OWN IMMORAL GAIN. THEIR BELIEF IS THAT THE ABILITY TO SUMMON IS A PRIVILEGE WHICH SHOULD BE CHERISHED AND USED FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. THOSE WHO ABUSE THAT PRIVILEGE WILL BE BROUGHT TO THEIR KNEES.

STORY:

THE MISSIONS TO SEEK OUT AND DESTROY ROGUES ARE GIVEN TO THE MORE ADEPT SUMMONERS WHOSE RECORD IN TRAINING HAS PROVEN THEM WORTHY OF THE HONOUR. ONE SUCH ADEPT WAS MISS CELESTE TRUMPET, SOLE HEIRESS TO THE TRUMPET ESTATE. HAVING LIVED UP TO CENTURIES OF FAMILY TRADITION BY SETTING EXCELLENT STANDARDS WHILST IN TRAINING, SHE WAS CHOSEN TO TRACK DOWN A SUMMONER KNOWN AS THE EMERALD BLAGGARD, AN EXTORTIONIST WHO USED HIS POWERS TO AMASS A FORTUNE IN GOLD. IT WAS UPON THIS MISSION THAT SHE CALLED FOR THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO WIELD THE MIGHTIEST WEAPON. EXPECTING A MIGHTY WARRIOR, SHE WAS HORRIFIED TO FIND SHE'D SUMMONED DAVE, A MODERN DAY LONDONER WHO'D NEVER BATTLED ANYTHING IN HIS LIFE. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, WHEN HER BATTLE WAS OVER, HER SUMMON FAILED TO RETURN FROM WHENCE IT CAME, SOMETHING NATURE NORMALLY TAKES CARE OF. WITH NO PRECEDENT FOR WHAT TO DO IN SUCH AN USUAL CASE, SHE RETURNS TO THE GUILD WHERE SHE DISCOVERS THAT UNDER SUMMONER LAW, SHE MUST BE HIS GUARDIAN UNTIL THEY FIND A WAY TO RETURN HIM TO HIS OWN WORLD. SHOULD THEY FAIL, SHE'LL BE STUCK WITH HIM FOREVER.

WITH HER PEERS EITHER MOCKING HER FOR HER ERROR OR ACCUSING HER OF SUMMONING A BOYFRIEND, SHE BECOMES THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE GUILD. INFURIATED BY THE WHOLE THING, CELESTE TAKES HER TROUBLES OUT ON DAVE RELIGIOUSLY, SEEMINGLY UNABLE TO FORGIVE HIM FOR HER MISTAKE. WOMEN!

LITTLE DOES CELESTE KNOW, WHILE HER PEERS ARE LAUGHING AT HER, THOSE IN HIGH PLACES ARE FAR FROM AMUSED BY THE OCCURRENCE. THIS WAS NO ORDINARY MISTAKE AND THERE MAY BE MORE TO DAVE THAN MEETS THE EYE. COULD THIS FOUL-MOUTHED, COCKNEY WEAKLING REALLY BE THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO WIELD THE MIGHTIEST WEAPON AFTER ALL?

CHARACTERS:

CELESTE TRUMPET:

CELESTE IS NOT A NICE WOMAN. SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ANYBODY AND COULDN'T GIVE A HOOT WHAT ANYBODY THINKS ABOUT HER. WITH HER ONLY AMBITION TO DO RIGHT BY HER FAMILY NAME, SHE STRIVES TO BE THE BEST SUMMONER SHE CAN AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

NOTORIOUS FOR BEING COLD AND UNFRIENDLY, SHE SHUNS HER PEERS AND TRIES TO AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY CONTACT WITH OTHER HUMANS.

SUMMONING DAVE WAS A DISASTER FOR CELESTE. THE LAST THING SHE WANTED IS TO HAVE A FOUL-MOUTHED, OVERLY FAMILIAR PEASANT STAYING IN HER ROOM AND SHE ISN'T SLOW IN LETTING HIM FEEL THE FULL FORCE OF HER DISTAIN.

DAVE CLACTON:

DAVE IS A TYPICAL EAST LONDON LAD. HIS PERFECT DAY INVOLVES WATCHING HIS BELOVED LEYTON ORIENT FOOTBALL CLUB PLAY, GOING TO THE PUB THEN BUYING A KEBAB ON THE WAY HOME. HE'S A SIMPLE MAN WITH SIMPLE NEEDS.

UPON BEING SUMMONED TO THIS STRANGE NEW WORLD, HE FINDS HIS LIFE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. ON THE DOWNSIDE, HE MEETS WITH MORTAL DANGER MORE TIMES THAN CAN BE HEALTHY BUT ON THE UPSIDE, THE WOMEN AT THE GUILD LOVE HIM... WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE.

TREATED LIKE DIRT BY CELESTE HE DOES ALL HE CAN TO MAKE TO HIS STAY IN THIS WORLD AS PLEASANT AS POSSIBLE. DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO BECOME RESIGNED TO THE FACT HE MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME.

BOSCARAX:

BANISHED FROM THE KINGDOM OF THE GODS FOR IMPREGNATING A MORTAL, BOSCARAX IS ON A QUEST FOR REDEMPTION.

UNABLE TO TAKE CORPOREAL FORM, THERE IS LITTLE HE CAN DO TO MAKE AMENDS FOR HIS PAST AND HE HAS TO RELY ON OTHERS TO HELP HIM.

HIS SPIRIT CAN WALK THE REALMS AND HE COMMUNICATES THROUGH POSSESSING THE BIRDLIFE.

STORY PROGRESSION:

CELESTE AND DAVE'S ANGRY RELATIONSHIP IS AT THE HEART OF THE STORY AND THEY WILL BLOW HOT AND COLD AS TIME PASSES. DAVE DOESN'T REMAIN A USELESS FISH OUT OF WATER FOR LONG AND HIS TRUE REASON FOR BEING CELESTE'S SUMMON WILL BE REVEALED. AS THOSE IN HIGH PLACES AT THE SUMMONERS GUILD SUSPECTED, THERE IS INDEED MORE TO DAVE THAN MEETS THE EYE.

THIS STORY IS IN SHORT EPISODE FORMAT AND CONSISTS OF 22 EPISODES IN TOTAL.

DOWNLOAD:

EPISODE ONE - LET THERE BE DAVE.

EPISODE TWO - FOOLS AND THEIR DUELS.

EPISODE THREE - THE TAMING OF UNCLE CHADWICK.

EPISODE FOUR - TEA, TEMPTATION, TORMENT AND TRUTH.

EPISODE FIVE - REDEMPTION BY PROXY.

EPISODE SIX - MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY HUNTER.

EPISODE SEVEN - ENEMY OF THE UNDERWORLD.

EPISODE EIGHT - ALL THE KING'S MEN.

EPISODE NINE - CONDEMNED.

EPISODE TEN - CHECKMATE, MY OLD CHINA.