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2024-10-29 19:42:56A tall man strolled gaily through the motor park; oblivious of the stares he was provoking, his cloths was the object of their stares. It was as if he had bought a variety of clothings both native and western and had decided to try them all on.
He had a denim hat perched on top a dog eared style native cap the Yoruba called abetí ajá, the pointy dog ears sticking out like bat wings, a monkey jacket on a babariga robe, a pair of Jordan sneakers on a native hunters knee sized dogo shorts, he looked absolutely ridiculous in his bastardized outfit that the passerby’s concluded he was either at the early stage of lunacy or he had recently escaped from a mental home.
He boarded a bus heading into town and sat by the window, a plump elderly lady soon joined him, he greeted her cheerfully but rather loudly, she in turn ignored him with a hiss as she muttered about youths doing drugs and wasting their future. The man shrugged unperturbed, whistled happily to
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Look out for the stone hurlerHearken to the rhythm of his thundering footstepsAs they stamp to the steady beats of the Bata drumThe fumes of his fiery breath announcing his arrivalListen for the sounds of gunpowder and the melody of clashing steello the iron one approachesFor that is the only tune he dances toThe sharp metallic smell of bloodbath declares his arrivalBrace yourself in readiness when you hear the yawning of the elder godsListen to the creaking of limbs not used for a centuryAs they arose to the harsh sound of the brass gongAlong with the sonorous voice of the gate keeperAnd to the king of them all…the lord of white clothsIn his place of solitudeHe will hear the brass gongAnd there shall be no more sleep in his ancient eyesBut for the offending smellComing from the basket on the spidery one’s headThe basket of sacr
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Detective Okafor picked his way carefully among the rubbles that was the remains of the junior secondary school's staff room building, the entire school has been abandoned since an Abami took a likening to the environment and then decided to move in, living in the staff room building.It’s been a couple of months since the calamitous incident in Lagos and the escape of all sorts of abnormal anomalies that the newspapers and the media has been dubbing the Abami into the city and neighboring towns, some of the creatures are yet to be accounted for, the aquatic looking ones into the sea while others had fled into the wild, some of the smaller ones even managed to hide out inside the city but recently the monstrous ones were being forced out to seek food, in a city population of over 5million, it was like trapping a hungry fox inside a pen full of chickens.Just a few weeks back, an Abami had laid waste to the streets of Victoria garden city before it was finally ove
The Children of Thunder Chapter Fourty-five
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Binta sighed contently as she basked in the mid-day Ivory Coast sun, the animated French accented voice conversing with her mother drifted over her thoughts as she sipped chilled coconut milk. She signed once again as she laid back down on the pent house balcony’s reclined chair pushing the voices away to focus more on her reminisce.It’s been three months since they fled the institute and one since they found her birth mother. She still found it hard to believe her mother was Cha Cha Adaure Roberts, if someone had told her months before that her favorite celebrity was her mother, she would have recommended floor 01 to them, it was where all the crazies were incarcerated in the institute. Cha Cha Roberts was a wealthy superstar Nigerian actress and model, with multiple awards wins and nominations across the continent and the world. She watched as her mother and her make-up artist chattered on as they get her ready for a photo shoot, the main reason why she followe
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Binta had always been a poor flier, the worst of the children as she had none of Orchid’s grace or Obiora’s speed so she landed as soon as she was away from the pent house, ignored a startled crowd of tourists and took off running.Her wings were instead useful for her running speed; she used her super sensitive wing spans to navigate around obstacles as small as flies and bugs, sharp turns that would have tripped her as she blitz on faster than ordinary eyes could see. Praying she wasn’t too late, she pumped her legs faster.After a few minutes, the smell of burning rubber invaded her nostrils. She reeled in, her momentum skidding her onwards a mile before stopping. Her sneakers soles had been licked away with friction. With a curse she bent over to pull off the ruined remains before a billboard caught her attention.(TOKEH BEACH RESORT-KM 47 TOKEH BEACH FREETOWN) she cursed. She had raced the wrong way, all the way to Sierra Leone. Stupid Bin
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Omotola felt herself drifting away from her body; she was forced to watch as her astral form was pulled forward into a void of unfathomable darkness. She finally jerked to a standstill and saw that she was not alone, a powerfully built man stood at the edge of a chasm staring down hard at it as if to pierce through the darkness.“Hullo.” She called but the man ignored her as if she never existed, maybe she wasn’t after all she was dreaming.The man was appareled in a traditional hand-loomed clothing called aso oke, draped across his shoulder toga like, on his head he had on a beaded conical crown, he held on to a powerful staff inlaid with coral beads as tall as his person.The aura of power emitting from him was so frightening Omotola knew he was an Orisha.“My lord.” A young warrior strode over; he was massive and black as soot. He had nothing on except a blood-red hand-loomed fabric kilt covering from waist to his knees an
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The Children of Thunder Chapter Fifty-nine
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She laid back, long after she had woken up, but she was not ready to open her eyes yet as she gathered her thoughts, her real body felt fragile compared to the warrior prince whom body she had shared in her dream. He was proud, powerful and had no single outa of the fear and the uncertainty that was her own reality. With a sigh she sat up to glance around the room she was sharing with Binta, it was just the second day since doctor Chisom had taken them to her home while they wait for Amadioha’s return.The high priestess/doctor was a kind host even if aloof and unpredictable with the way her personalities fluctuates at times, she lived in a large and comfortable building in the private senior lecturers quarters on the university campus ground, dropping them in to settle down while she had pretty much left them to their own device since. Omotola forced her body out of bed to see if she could find some leftovers from the large refrigerator, she had slept rather early, lon
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Amadioha led them through a narrow passage from the back-office corridor and stopped before a large door, he muttered a few words under his breathe before opening the door to a serene environment, a stark difference to the rowdiness they’d left behind in Onitsha market.The siblings filed out the office door as they gazed around in wonder, they knew that they are no longer in the city of Onitsha, the enormous billboard hanging in the distance informed them that they were within the campus ground of the university of Nigeria, Nsukka. The Igbo deity led them briskly down the campus walkway as they took in the sights and impressive faculty buildings, one of their professors from the institute claimed to have been from the university, like everything they’d known, their knowledge of the famous university had been from hearsay and video clips.Amadioha strolled unconcerned on through the bustle of students and other academics, it was as if they were invisible to
The Children of Thunder Chapter Fifty-three
The light led them on to the edge of the Onitsha market just as they were sighted by another party of their pursuers. Ducking quickly into the crowded market in the hope of shaking them off among the bustle, the glimmer of light seems to pulse brighter as they drew nearer, leading them onward through the cloth merchants shops, down an alley and then to the electronic storefronts of the market where it finally settled on one of its buildings where a man stood waiting as if he was expecting them.At first, they stood unsure of their next move just as they heard the shout of the Askari guards ordering people to clear from their path. In Panick they quickened their paces until they had moved within hearing distance of the man who halted them in their tracks with a commanding voice. On closer inspection, he looked middle aged, portly and jovial looking but at that moment, his cloudy face was not looking welcoming.“I’ve been waiting for whoever’s responsib
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The Askaris skidded to a stop in unison as they warily appraised their targets in defensive stances; they drew stun rods instead of the large guns strapped behind them, a safe bet that the children were still wanted in one piece; the harsh breathing from the Elite Askaris helmets visor was the thing betraying their rigid postures. One of the Askaris stepped forward as he reached up to his helmet, the tinted visor slid up with a hiss to expose his grinning face. The siblings started in recognition.It was Miguel; one of the Brazilian twins, the sparring pair at the institute drill hall. They were last seen right after Obiora had injured the both of them when his flaming feathers manifested.“You,” Obiora snarled, his long-buried resentment for his old tormentor curled up his throat.“Hello to you too amigo, still yet to have that fiery temper of yours under control?” Miguel chuckled, “I’m a little hurt my friend, you don’
