TSK pt3"They're human," Xangord said, stepping on the loose clothing of her sisters so that they could not be moved without Xangord moving first. "That could kill them both."
"I got permission from Dragon to do it," Skully said, drawing a rolled up piece of parchment from thin air. Unrolling it, he read, " 'I, Dragon, of sound mind decree that if I am ever to turn human, that The Skull King may put me in a bath of the liquid I have provided him upon my friendship with him. Should my sister Nogard fall to the same fate, she must be put into the specialized fire that I also have provided to SK.' "
"I want to see that scroll," Xangord demanded sternly.
With a dramatic sigh, Skully tossed Xangord the scroll.
Catching it deftly with one hand, Xangord reviewed the scroll. After a few moments, Xangord said, "It's Dragon's writing and signature. ... I won't allow it to happen. No way would Dragon allow herself or even Nogard to be killed!"
Snapping his fingers, Skully signaled for two of his warriors to pull Xangord off of Dragon and Nogard. "You have no choice my dear."
As Xangord watched, the other warriors picked Dragon's and Nogard's limp bodies off the floor. In the center of the room, two holes opened up and two see-through vats rose out of the floor. One was filled with a clear liquid and the other was filled with fire. Unceremoniously, Xangord's sisters were dropped into these.
As soon as Dragon's body hit the vat of clear liquid, it began to bubble, hiss, and steam. When Nogard's body hit the vat of fire, the fire roared higher. After a few seconds, all three sisters--two unconscious and one intensely curious--rose into the air.
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Waking UpOpening her eyes as she touched down on the floor, Dragon shook her arms to throw off the excess water. Wherever the water hit, it immediately began to sizzle. "Eeeehhhhhwwwww. I hoped this day would never come..."
"I will never get that smell out of my clothes," Nogard groaned. "Sooooo disgusting."
"WHAAAAAAAAT!" someone howled behind them. "Those vats were to kill the two of you!!!"
Still wiping excess water off with a look of disgust on her face, Dragon said, "Not quite. The vat of 'acid' you put me in was actually a vat of spit from
Rhonabwy, the dragon god of water. And Nogard's vat is the blood of
Thermail, the dragon god of fire."
"And fire blood smells so rank," Nogard complained. Suddenly realizing where they were, Nogard spun around and faced Skully. "N'aw crap. Not him. He's going to hold this over our heads forEVER. Can I kill him...for the third time...please?"
"Never mind that for now," Dragon said to Nogard, adjusting her sleeves while turning to face Skully. "Mind telling me how you happened to know that the three of us were human?"
"Shal sent us here," Xangord said.
"She did?" Dragon asked, looking at Xangord. "Why?"
"Jack Skellington there decided to make Shal his Skull Princess."
"You
WHAT?!" Dragon snarled, spinning to look back at Skully. Her waterfall hair and wings froze into solid ice.
"I do have something to ask," Skully asked. "Who's the blonde who turned into Smoking Head?"
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[2] In the pm that Skully sent me that gave me an outline for trips into The Skull Kingdom, he stated he didn't remember Xangord until Dragon reminded him. However I think it's more of Skully never met Xangord and Xangord only heard of Skully from Dragon & Nogard.