Manda!
You know the large purple snake? Orochimaru's moody summon boss? Yeah, that Manda.
No, really, I'm serious.
Warnings: Crack-some-ness, Crack-in-a-hat and more crack than you know what to do with. Unedited. Short- so very short.
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"Manda!"
Manda groaned and coiled his body tighter, trying not to lose the comfortable heat that he'd managed to absorb.
"Manda!"
Manda groaned, opened an eye and stared up at the large silvery-grey snake. "What?"
"Don't use that tone with me!"
Manda sighed and raised his head slightly so that it seemed slightly more respectful. "What is it, mother?"
The large silvery-grey snake, his very old but still very deadly mother, hissed in exasperation. "Don't forget who laid the large egg you came out of! Show some respect, you hatchling."
Manda didn't twitch. Because the leader of the snake summons had a reputation to keep. Instead, he slowly uncoiled his body and raised his body so that he was staring down slightly at his mother. But he politely asked, "What's wrong?"
"Your brother."
Manda stifled a groan. There could only one brother his mother would actually bother him -from a nice restful nap- about. The youngest of their clutch, who was also their mother's favourite. Had been their mother's favourite for a very long time.
"I haven't heard from him in a while."
"He's probably out making more statues," Manda said, unable to hide his spite at his brother's ridiculous habits.
"No!" His mother hissed vehemently. "He was summoned and he hasn't come back."
"Summoned?"
His mother nodded. "Yes, you know how dangerous it is when he's summoned. Unlike you, he has to go to a completely different dimension because..."
Manda refrained from rolling his eyes as his mother continued her predictable dialogue about his brother and mentally translated her words into what he considered an accurate summary. 'Blah blah he was actually found by a wizard and was blessed enough to hatch into a basilik blah blah, isn't he just so perfect?' He hated the way his mother always conveniently forget that his brother had an unhealthy loyalty to a mere human, even if that human was a wizard capable of magic.
"...so I want you to go check on him. He could be in danger."
"Danger from what?" Manda huffed. "He practically indestructible."
His mother hissed, her pupils sharpened and her poison coated fangs gleamed menacingly in the sunlight.
Manda flinched but immediately pretended that he didn't. "I'm sure he's fine. But I'll look into it, mother."
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This was inspired by my draft-writing of AtO chapter 14 for some reason. Not that Manda is in it or anything. And not like there's crazy crack in the chapter- just odd thoughts led to even odder thoughts and then I had opened a blank window and this happened.
There will be more of this madness later- not soon, but eventually.
Polar
P.S. Will be deleting some old blog posts from here- not the ones that have bits of story/useful resources in them- just the useless ones.
