TftW: Don't Look Down.
Contrary to what you may have seen...abandoned places like for example abandoned theme parks and ghost towns actually do exist and sometimes they can invoke fears of both sadness and dread, it's like something you would see in a zombie apocalypse scenario or any horror movie for that matter. One such place was the local mall of Camberly, UK which used to be Clive's favourite place to shop but now it pretty much became the mall equivalent of Silent Hill since it looked like it had been infested with monsters. Clive was a Youtuber who did a series of shopping memories videos, and one evening he decided to face his long time fear of escalators by heading over to the mall over in Camberly and taking photos for research on one of his latest videos.
All seemed perfectly fine for him when he got there, but he found a most alarming sight when he saw many of the shops except for the game shops, Toys R'Us and Spencer's - were closed or without a single line. The cafes were still open though and he decided to try and see if there were any workers still in them, there didn't seem to be any and immediately he felt the ever looming sensation of dread and despair enter his mind and his body, he looked over at an escalator that was still working and he nervously stepped up on it, he had a fear of heights and also of escalators mainly because he had nightmares of falling to his death off of one.
"Alright, here we go...it's time to face my fear."
"Are you alright Clive? You seem nervous."
"I have a fear of escalators and i'm going to conquer it."
"This doesn't seem safe to me."
"It's abandoned, that's why it doesn't look safe."
He sighed as he walked on the escalator going up each and every stair in a slow and delicate manner, trying not to let his fear get to him as he carefully held on to the rails and within a few seconds later he got up them with no problems whatsoever. However it was on the one that was going down was the problem, as he started to step on this specific escalator he noticed one of the rails was broken and someone forgot to fix it, but he bravely made his way down, one step at a time...he was almost half-way down and was doing a great job conquering his fear, until it got near the bottom and he started to panic...as it reached the very last stair he slowly began to slip before carefully holding onto the rail and trying again.
Shuddering a little bit in fright as he tried to hold on, but luckily he was saved from the possibly for falling when a spirit slowly materialized and entered his body, the spirit in general began to influence him...making him want to conquer his fear once and for all and charging him with supernatural energy which began to alter his DNA, and also his appearance. Starting with his skin which lost the rugged imperfections it had normally and smoothened before turning a pale blue colour, his body also slowly started to become more athletic as his chest and torso slimmed as well as his stomach, in addition to this on the former a pair of round formations known as breasts developed. His arms slimmed down as his hands shrank in size before shifting to become more monster-like with his fingernails sharpening to become akin to claws, his red tank top slowly become a slightly ripped white top. A pair of large impressive wings slowly sprouted out of his back as his back arched. His feet slowly shifted in size to match his hands as did his legs, his legs in general lengthening as his hips flared out.
His privates retracted while a long tail slowly emerged from his rear, his jeans slowly turning into a white loin-cloth of sorts with a black belt at the top. A gold bracelet materialized around his arm while his body developed a bit of musculature. His shoulders shrank inward as his neckline slowly altered, lengthening and becoming longer as he opened up his magnificent new wings and decided to give them a try...surprisingly he found that he could fly without any practice at all as he flew around for a bit. His hair slowly turning from brown to a fiery red colour while his brow developed a ridge and became more monster-like, a gold ringlet of sorts materializing just above one of his feet on his legs as a gold crown/tiara materialized on them. His eyes turning an exotic greenish colour as his ears stretched out and became pointed, gold earrings appearing on them as his eyebrows thinned and his nose shrank a bit in size. His cheekbones sharpened as did his teeth, his canines extending to become akin to fangs as his lips filled out to become quite luscious as his appearance softened and contorted, becoming rather fierce but yet also attractive...he recognized the character he bore a striking resemblance to, he looked rather a lot like Demona right down to having the same jewellery. His voice altered in pitch and tone as it lost the masculine aspect and became feminine and womanly but also fierce and powerful, becoming the voice that went with his appearance.
Speaking with his new voice he could tell that it was Demona's voice as his personality and mind changed, making him think that not only was he a female but also that she was a gargoyle, not just any gargoyle though but Demona herself. A few seconds later the transformation finalized and Demona stretched her new wings and roared proudly, she stood on the very last step of the descending escalator, triumphantly smiling as she did so. The fear of falling and the fear of heights were both now completely gone and had been conquered, she felt proud of what she had done.
"Clive...are you alright? That was quite a shock you had back there."
"Oh, I think you'll find that i'm more than alright."
"Woah...uh...you look a lot like that gargoyle-girl from Gargoyles."
"Demona?"
"Well yes, that's her. That's Demona of the Wyvern clan. I love that woman and I have such a huge crush on her even though she is evil, I feel that she can be redeemable in a lot of ways and she can be good when she wants to be. She's so beautiful too. And so fierce and strong. Definitely my kind of woman."
"You think i'm lovely?"
The new Demona had never met a human who had such a soft and warm heart before, but it warmed her heart to know that not all humans were bad. She decided to change her opinion on the human race as a whole after she stepped off the escalator and picked up the camera from earlier, packing it up in a satchel before she decided to take another look around. Maybe there were creatures like her around, she looked over at him before heading towards the shops. Maybe she could look around to see if there any fellow monsters out there or fellow gargoyles.
"Well yes I do."
"Do you think there might be others in here?"
"I certainly think so...anything and everything is possible."
"Looks like I might have to investigate."
And thus with that the new Demona searched all over the mall, encountering many different creatures and eventually meeting up with a bunch of gargoyles who resembled Goliath and his clan mates. A few hours later she decided to do a bit of a small shopping spree, picking out things that she needed including food and games before she required one last thing...a book on abandoned places from WHSmith, with her newly required items she decided to hire a crew to have them delivered over to the apartment that she lived in. And once they were delivered, she smiled as she opened her wings and took off.
As for what happened later, she took through the city and into the night before heading back home to relax and set all her newly acquired things up, including adding the new book to her shelf and setting up her gargoyle statues which she placed on the desk near her computer, she then relaxed for the rest of the evening and all through the night. The next morning she awoke in her human form of 'Dominque' and she discovered she could turn into this form at will and so she used it to do more reports on abandoned places. She was later visited by Puck, who had taken on the form of a delivery guy.
Remember my friends...it is never too late to go back to places from your past and to conquer your fears. It's therapeutic and it teaches you a valuable lesson in how to face your own worst nightmares. Lessons that we could all indeed learn from and can easily relate to. Plus, it helps when you are able to fly.
All seemed perfectly fine for him when he got there, but he found a most alarming sight when he saw many of the shops except for the game shops, Toys R'Us and Spencer's - were closed or without a single line. The cafes were still open though and he decided to try and see if there were any workers still in them, there didn't seem to be any and immediately he felt the ever looming sensation of dread and despair enter his mind and his body, he looked over at an escalator that was still working and he nervously stepped up on it, he had a fear of heights and also of escalators mainly because he had nightmares of falling to his death off of one.
"Alright, here we go...it's time to face my fear."
"Are you alright Clive? You seem nervous."
"I have a fear of escalators and i'm going to conquer it."
"This doesn't seem safe to me."
"It's abandoned, that's why it doesn't look safe."
He sighed as he walked on the escalator going up each and every stair in a slow and delicate manner, trying not to let his fear get to him as he carefully held on to the rails and within a few seconds later he got up them with no problems whatsoever. However it was on the one that was going down was the problem, as he started to step on this specific escalator he noticed one of the rails was broken and someone forgot to fix it, but he bravely made his way down, one step at a time...he was almost half-way down and was doing a great job conquering his fear, until it got near the bottom and he started to panic...as it reached the very last stair he slowly began to slip before carefully holding onto the rail and trying again.
Shuddering a little bit in fright as he tried to hold on, but luckily he was saved from the possibly for falling when a spirit slowly materialized and entered his body, the spirit in general began to influence him...making him want to conquer his fear once and for all and charging him with supernatural energy which began to alter his DNA, and also his appearance. Starting with his skin which lost the rugged imperfections it had normally and smoothened before turning a pale blue colour, his body also slowly started to become more athletic as his chest and torso slimmed as well as his stomach, in addition to this on the former a pair of round formations known as breasts developed. His arms slimmed down as his hands shrank in size before shifting to become more monster-like with his fingernails sharpening to become akin to claws, his red tank top slowly become a slightly ripped white top. A pair of large impressive wings slowly sprouted out of his back as his back arched. His feet slowly shifted in size to match his hands as did his legs, his legs in general lengthening as his hips flared out.
His privates retracted while a long tail slowly emerged from his rear, his jeans slowly turning into a white loin-cloth of sorts with a black belt at the top. A gold bracelet materialized around his arm while his body developed a bit of musculature. His shoulders shrank inward as his neckline slowly altered, lengthening and becoming longer as he opened up his magnificent new wings and decided to give them a try...surprisingly he found that he could fly without any practice at all as he flew around for a bit. His hair slowly turning from brown to a fiery red colour while his brow developed a ridge and became more monster-like, a gold ringlet of sorts materializing just above one of his feet on his legs as a gold crown/tiara materialized on them. His eyes turning an exotic greenish colour as his ears stretched out and became pointed, gold earrings appearing on them as his eyebrows thinned and his nose shrank a bit in size. His cheekbones sharpened as did his teeth, his canines extending to become akin to fangs as his lips filled out to become quite luscious as his appearance softened and contorted, becoming rather fierce but yet also attractive...he recognized the character he bore a striking resemblance to, he looked rather a lot like Demona right down to having the same jewellery. His voice altered in pitch and tone as it lost the masculine aspect and became feminine and womanly but also fierce and powerful, becoming the voice that went with his appearance.
Speaking with his new voice he could tell that it was Demona's voice as his personality and mind changed, making him think that not only was he a female but also that she was a gargoyle, not just any gargoyle though but Demona herself. A few seconds later the transformation finalized and Demona stretched her new wings and roared proudly, she stood on the very last step of the descending escalator, triumphantly smiling as she did so. The fear of falling and the fear of heights were both now completely gone and had been conquered, she felt proud of what she had done.
"Clive...are you alright? That was quite a shock you had back there."
"Oh, I think you'll find that i'm more than alright."
"Woah...uh...you look a lot like that gargoyle-girl from Gargoyles."
"Demona?"
"Well yes, that's her. That's Demona of the Wyvern clan. I love that woman and I have such a huge crush on her even though she is evil, I feel that she can be redeemable in a lot of ways and she can be good when she wants to be. She's so beautiful too. And so fierce and strong. Definitely my kind of woman."
"You think i'm lovely?"
The new Demona had never met a human who had such a soft and warm heart before, but it warmed her heart to know that not all humans were bad. She decided to change her opinion on the human race as a whole after she stepped off the escalator and picked up the camera from earlier, packing it up in a satchel before she decided to take another look around. Maybe there were creatures like her around, she looked over at him before heading towards the shops. Maybe she could look around to see if there any fellow monsters out there or fellow gargoyles.
"Well yes I do."
"Do you think there might be others in here?"
"I certainly think so...anything and everything is possible."
"Looks like I might have to investigate."
And thus with that the new Demona searched all over the mall, encountering many different creatures and eventually meeting up with a bunch of gargoyles who resembled Goliath and his clan mates. A few hours later she decided to do a bit of a small shopping spree, picking out things that she needed including food and games before she required one last thing...a book on abandoned places from WHSmith, with her newly required items she decided to hire a crew to have them delivered over to the apartment that she lived in. And once they were delivered, she smiled as she opened her wings and took off.
As for what happened later, she took through the city and into the night before heading back home to relax and set all her newly acquired things up, including adding the new book to her shelf and setting up her gargoyle statues which she placed on the desk near her computer, she then relaxed for the rest of the evening and all through the night. The next morning she awoke in her human form of 'Dominque' and she discovered she could turn into this form at will and so she used it to do more reports on abandoned places. She was later visited by Puck, who had taken on the form of a delivery guy.
Remember my friends...it is never too late to go back to places from your past and to conquer your fears. It's therapeutic and it teaches you a valuable lesson in how to face your own worst nightmares. Lessons that we could all indeed learn from and can easily relate to. Plus, it helps when you are able to fly.
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