Сергей Биларин – The Spindle of Fate. Defeating the Dark (страница 6)
“I know where you are going and I hope you will find this gift useful,” the guardian said, offering Marina a golden cigarette lighter.
“But I don’t smoke!” she exclaimed.
“It will help you in the most unexpected moment. Take it,” Marina relented and took the proffered lighter.
A few minutes later, the young girl joined Zimin and Poryvayev waiting for her in the center of the pentagram. She stood between them facing the priestess.
“*”, Boris sang jokingly, “Darling, this is your first interworld trip, isn’t it? Here, you’d better take my hand.”
“Is it necessary?” Praya was nervous and tense and didn’t know what to do with her hands.
“*, let’s all join hands, friends,” Poryvayev chanted playing along with Zimin. The girls had no choice but to obey.
“Step back! The doors are closing! Train leaving for Damramir!” Kid chimed in, just as playfully as the travelers.
Marina wasn’t at all nervous; she realized that her friends were trying to shift her attention away from the upcoming transition. She was grateful and, playing along, said:
“Let’s go. *”
***
She wanted to examine everything very carefully. What will the transition between the worlds be like? However, when the world beyond the circle blurred, speechless delight overwhelmed her, made her clench her hands, and groan. Her knees buckled and she would have fallen, but her admirers caught her and kept her standing. The weakness Marina felt lasted just a minute and then she pulled herself together and calmed down.
They looked around and found themselves surrounded by small houses that, thanks to the bamboo poles used to construct them, looked as if they were made of matchsticks. Looming over this cheerless landscape was an openwork tower belching flames into a sky roiled by black clouds.
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