Stairway To The Seven Skies

[Reckless Banzai Screamer 15456]

The idle mind leads to the questioning of existential manners that plague both the thoughts of the ripe and the rot. While fruitful, these thoughts are not for the weak.

 

Why do you exist? What is your purpose, little Qali?

 

Against the protest of the Caliph and his new mother, the young Qalasheen was determined for answers. Should no one wish to help him, he would accomplish his goal alone. If Allah willed it, of course. So he went to work - on a Stairway to the Seven Skies.

 

 

The mind is a weapon for and against man. Do you leave it to Allah or do you leave it to Shai'tan? Be aware of your actions, little Qali. Too far gone the wrong path and you will lose sight of the goals you had set before you. You will blemish, you will mold. You'll be dropped in the sand and made a home for fruit flies and maggots.

 

All day and night the young Qalasheen continued building his Stairway to the Seven Skies with a makeshift set of tools and the build supplies he could manage to gather on his own. His new mother stayed close to the base of the stairs, watching her boy go up in worry. Those who passed through the gates of Al-Dirahk would shake their heads and shout for the boy to come down. But the young Qalasheen continued on! And he did so...until he ran out of supplies.

 

 

 

Little Qali you are naive of mind with a heart of gold. Your intentions are well meaning but even you are not sure on what you intend. Do we put the blame on your upbringing or blame your rafiqis? Where does your heart reside?

 

In failure the young Qalasheen wallowed. There was only one way for him to reunite with Mama, Papa, Ebram al-Rhadid, Hammon, and Uncle Siris. Only one way to give Allah a piece of his mind for the life handed to him. The young Qalasheen peered off the edge. Only one way to be at peace of mind.

 

 

 

Thank you, my Caliph.

 

Little Qali you are not ready for this world. So for a time you will stay with me. And you will return as a man. Take this time to think for yourself and not for what others expect of you. Think about your well being. You know loyalty and you know bravery. You know love and you know humility. You seek answers beyond these sands. You seek truth. Little Qali, let this be the first truth you learn. You are no fruit. You are no rhinestone.

 

You are diamond!

 

 

((Nafis is in a coma in Ellian's home. See yall later.))

[Zhulik 3559]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBb6kkrnIhs

 

"The kid has spirit!" sais Zhulik as he smokes from a fine pipe, still convinced that Nafis had been kidnapped by vile dagger-ears. He was drenched in mud from the day's earlier travels, and his thirst for more rat-fumes was unquenchable.

[CosmicWhaleShark 2488]

Phaedrus, after delivering the mended yet still unconscious Nafis to Ellian, heads to the Burning Bush to sit down reading a new book given to him and share a smoke with his favorite bartender. Seeking to relax from the long journey from the southernmost island to the northern canyons.

 

 

  Or not.

[Lirinya 4036]

Zahrah would pass through the gates of Al-Dirahk, returning from a failed fishing trip. She would listen to passing conversation as she silently passed through the small crowds. The mention of the young man and his journey, how the boy in the straw hat had been climbing to the sky caught her attention.

 

Though the more she listened and the more she learned, the less she wished to know....

 

She would frantically look for young Nafis in places he had taken her before. The oasis within the walls and the one outside, the animal farms and finally, the home she now resided in with the young man and his sheep-smelling friend.

 

She would climb her way up the ladder and sit on the bed she now called her own, offering a prayer to Allah. Asking that he care for Nafis, wherever he may be, and to have him returned to them when the time was right.

[Imam Faiz Kharadeen 3167]

Faiz lets out a sigh of relief as he finally gets word of Nafis's recovery.

 

"Good thing I put those pillows there.. I hope Nafis is awake soon to go about being as happy as ever." he nods to himself, continuing to write documents and sending out tasks.

 

"Allah is watching over Nafis this day."

[WuHanXianShi14 0]

"He did what?" The shepherd boy asked, his eyes widening as he heard the news. He visited 'Naf' in his bed later that day, spending a few hours watching over the younger Qali in the slim hope he would wake up. He then did what he would always do when he was upset.

 

Hide in the pens. Things were simpler there.

[Stump 709]

On a calm day in Al-Dirahk, sand being blown around the streets softly, Ellian Kato sits in her home along the main street. She glances out the window, watching the water trickle through the small waterway in the middle of the road. After a moment of quiet thought Ellian turns back to a book, the resting form of Nafis tucked under the covers next to her and a sleeping dark orange tabby in her lap.

Finding her place on the page of the book, she begins reading out softly, her Northern accent heavy as ever. "..Th' boy resented 'is mother for tellin' 'im he couldn't go out t' those woods. 'There ain't monsters,' 'e said. 'An' I'll take 'em if there are.' Th' boy then marched off, leavin' while his mother cooked supper in t'e house.."

[Birdnerdy 1539]

Basir frowns.

[Heff 2460]

A halfling smirks. The little mean **** hopefully would die.

[James 425]

Youssef Jahrar looks at the young Qalasheen being carried, his eyes widen at the unconscious figure. A large frown could be seen upon his face. He would make a quick prayer, a tear falling from his face at the tragedy that has befallen his old business partner. 

[Sujamma Addict 514]

Arlen would be speechless as he stands in front of the now collapsed staircase. He periodically glances up towards the skies and back at the pillow pile, "Nafis..." He tips his head down so that he may say a silent prayer before sharply turning towards the city. "A young verbose man with a bright glittering loyalty..." Arlen would begin to make his way inside the city towards the home of young Nafis.

[Arctic_Guard 1068]

"Praise!" shouts Rilkor.

[Knox213 10]

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