ModernMagi: Durga'sAwakening

Evertrytoexplainoccultpracticestotheuninitiated?Don't,itsucks.Thetravelisnice, butwatchingthelocalmoronstrytosummontheirassfromaholeinthegroundisnotmy ideaofagoodevening.But,Idigress. MyNameisKi'Dasa,Irecentlystartedworkingonmylatestbook.Acollectionofoccult practicesstillbeingusedhereinthevastfarmlandsofourownmidwest.I'dgottenthe crystallightandfluffybunnyairyfairycrystalsuckerviewpointfromareaconventions, afewrandomcommentsfromthelocalMasons,andahandfulofsolitary"witches"letme photographahandfulofvariouslittleceremonies.AllIreallyneededwasthedreaded "Satanist"component,they'renotoverlyfondofpublicizingtheiractivitiesthough. London,KY.Whereelsebutjustsouthofthemiddleofnowherewouldonefindalittlesatanic cabal?Itdidn'ttakelongtofindthem.Theonly"Goths"intownthatmaxedouttheircredit cardsatHotTopicweregettingglaresfromeveryoneovertheageof20. Ifollowedthemoutofthelittledingybaranddownabackroadtosomecivilwar cemetery.Itwasamoonlessnight,around11:30ish.Allsatanicceremonieshavetobe performedatthestrokeofmidnight,ofcourse.Icampedoutabout10yardsaway,close enoughtogetagoodeyefulofwhatwasgoingonandifIwasluckyevengetahalfway decentaudiorecordingoftheritualitself.NotthatIwasreallyexpectinganythingtoactually happen.Iwasmostlyright.ThecirclewascastusingthemostinanedrivelI'deverheard utteredinthenameof"magick".4oftheposeur's...ImeanSatanists,calledthecorners.The fifth,ontheotherhand,performedtheritualitself.Hewasaninterestingcritter,itactually soundedlikehehadsomethingtosay.Icouldn'ttellyouwhatthewordingwasexactly,butI certainlyfeltit.Iwascoveredingoosebumpsfromthemomenthestartedtospeak.Ashe utteredthelastsyllablemyheartfrozeinmychestandaveilofdarknesscoveredthe cemetery. Anormalpersonprobablywouldhavestartedrunningatthatpoint.Iamnotnow,norhaveI EVERbeennormal.Let'scallthismistakenumber1.Ipulledoutmynightscopetogetalook atwhatwasgoingon.Mistakenumber2.WhenIfocusedmyscopewhatjumpedintoframe wassomethingfromthemindofH.P.Lovecraft.EvennowIcan'trecallthephysicaldetailsof thatHorror.Icanvividlyrecallthesoundsitmade,I'msureitwasspeakingbutnothinghuman couldreproducethosesounds.It'svoicewasglottal,thickandeerilyresonant.That'swhenit finallyclickedthatIwasn'tseeing5humanssurroundingamonster.Iwasseeing4 bloodstainsonthegroundandonehuman,theleaderofthatcabal,withthemonsterbetween us. Iwantedtorunlikeatubbybitch,butsomethingaboutthehumanfascinatedme.His aura.NotthatI'dbeenabletoseeaura'sbeforethatmomentbuthiswasstrangerthananyI'd everheardoffromanysocalledpsychic.Itwasalmostpureblacklightwithpurple/green

boltsofenergyshootingthroughoutit.Oh,foracamerathatwouldtakeapictureofthat! Unfortunately,that'swhenthemonsterdecidedtoturnaround.Iranlikeatubbybitchthen! IrememberfeelingmyshirtripandIwentfacefirstintothegrass,justmissinga massiveheadstone.Fromsomewhereinthedeeprecessesofmysoul,ormyassforallI knewthen,IpulledtheenergyIneededtoshieldmyselffromit'sattacks.Thenitallstopped. Notafadeout,notsomecheesyTVwipe,everythingjustwentdeadsilent.Iopenedmyeyes toatwilighttonedinsapphire,shadowyversionoftheworldweallknowandlove. WhydoesitNEVERgosmooth?!,shoutsaglowing,sapphirebeing.WhenIgotabetter lookather,wewereremarkablysimilar.Exceptforthewholeglowingpartandhereyes.They werejusttwinglowingcoals.Thiswouldmakesuchanawesomeshot.Ijuststare dumbfounded,feelingaroundformycamera.Theentitysnapsherfingers. FocusPinky!Focus! AmIdreaming,orawake? Technically,you'reAwake.You'vemanagedtoAwaken,almostgetyourselfkilledbyan OutsiderandcompletelyFAILtorecognizeyourKurmaallinthespaceof10minutes.Good job! MyKurma? Yes,Kurma!YourTrueSelf,HigherSelf,whatevertermyou.....Damnit!!Youweresupposed torememberallofthisshitthistime!Wehadaplanto....UUUHHHHGGGGGNevermind!It'll comebacktoyou.Atleastyoucanlearnhowtoprotectyourselfwhileyouwait. Protectmyselffromwhat?! Thatthingthatalmostateyourspleenforstarters,andtheassholethatsummonedit!Don't worry,you'llremembereverythingabouthimtoo,intime.That'senoughfornow.Timetodo yourresearchandfindtheRealmagickusers. WhenIwokeupIwasstillinthegraveyard.Mynightscopewassmashedtoittybitty pieces,butthetaperecorderwasstillintact.Iclickedrewindtoseeifitstillworkedand amazinglyitdid.Ipressedplay.."niceescapenewbie,you'llnotgetawaynexttime."Deep, resonantwithunderlyinggrowlingandsnarling.Therecorderslippedfrommyfingersand landedonthegroundunnoticed.Icouldsensetheremainsofthatasshole'sandthe monster'spresence. WellIwantedtoknowwhattheTrueMysterieswere.GuessI'llgettofindoutnow.

Ki'DasaDurga