The Spiritual Bonding Helmholz: Something tells me this one won't be that long, either. The next ritual was the spiritual bonding. After the details were told to us, the head monk called his two servants and they came with two colored pendants and bowls with colored liquid in them. Helmholz: Oh, colored. How... descriptive. Vance: There's that fixation with the number 'two' again. The two servants took the liquid and begun to drawl beautiful intricate patterns on our backs, arms and chests. Then they put the pendant with the red stone around my neck, the blue one around Link's. The two servants moved away, and we were told to embrace each other. I moved over to Link and into his arms. I put my arms around his neck and closed my eyes. I heard the head monk start to chant again. Helmholz: Oh lord, we beseech thee, save Link from this travesty... o/~ And my mind clearing of all thoughts, as the void opened around me again. I heard Link's voice call out to me again in my mind. The erotic feeling filled my body, and I felt the warmth of Link's body against mine. I could feel Link inside me again. I felt his heart beating inside my chest, felt it beating along side mine. The feeling ran deeper, deeper into my soul. The stones were connecting our very souls together. I felt as if our bodies merged, felt as if our minds became one. I could hear Link's thoughts in the back of my mind like a distant voice. His thoughts rushed through me, his heart pounded in my chest. Then I felt myself rise out of my body. Stratski: Everything is erotic to her. -Everything-. Vance: Oooh, *bats eyelashes*, look at me, I am sooo very connected to Link. Because, see, we're connected because we're soulmates! My sprit Helmholz: And what a sprit she is, too. rose above me and I looked over and saw Link had done the same. I went over to him. Merged with his spirit, became one. I became him, he became me. Vance: ... Poor Link. Stratski: We'll mourn you, brother of the pixelated types. After we merged completely, our spirits separated and returned to our bodies, each carrying a part of each other's spirit. I felt our souls merge. Felt the connection between us, we were soul mates, we were always destined to be together. I felt as if I had known him all my life. I learned many new things about him. Learned about his past. Learned about how he felt. I heard him call to me, heard him call me his world, call me his life. I knew now that he was deeply in love with me. I meant more to him then life itself. We were one. Now and forever. Stratski: Oh gag me. Where the hell does she come up with this tripe? Vance: Sounds like one too many Harlequin romances books. Then the void shattered. I felt Link's hands stroking my hair and I opened my eyes. I looked deeply into them and saw how he felt in them. They flickered with passion, flickered with love. I leaned over and gently kissed him. I told him that I loved him and he was the most important thing in my life. The head monk stopped chanting Helmholz: Thinking to himself 'Damn, she's still here! I have lost my faith' and then running away, weeping. and we returned our attention to him. He looked at us and told us that the spiritual bonding was complete. He called his servants back and had them bring us some water. A minute later the two servants came back with two mugs filled with water. We were handed each a mug and I drank the water in large gulps. After we finished, the servants took the mugs away and left. Stratski: Ok, this one is done... what's next? Vance: Guess.