Where did Jake Dasmayer hide his gold? They say he hid it in a secret place in the underground network throughout DarkCorner Land. Check out the last post: DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: WHERE DID JAKE HIDE HIS GOLD? This post describes the places where he mysteriously appeared and disappeared. These are your clues for which Kingdom and City did Jake hide his gold in their underground network? The challenge for you will be can you figure out which kingdom’s underground did he hide his gold? The last post offers clues while the Darcoure Prophecy will reveal the clues and lead you to the answer, if you’re clever enough to figure it out. Leave a comment below if you have a guess and why you think you know. See if you can figure out which kingdom and the three sets of prophecy lines that offer key clues for the answer. A set is two lines that rhyme. The answer will be revealed in the next CHARACTER FUN FACTS FEATURE. Can you figure it out?
DARCOURE PROPHECY There’s a secret that lies far below You must be willing to go down so low But really this is not what you’re looking for Bright flashing underground music will open the door The elite won’t believe the miner can be smart But they’ll never go to see his underground art He seems to have no great talent or skill even to mine Yet he hides a great secret for how he crosses the line Some mysterious force within drives him to find the deep Yet even more mysterious is the great wealth he won’t keep The miner will soon reveal the elite’s great flaw It will happen when they remember what they saw He’ll be seen as simple-minded and too mysterious, too alone But he’ll find what none of them can through deep stone Turning it around then following to the end is the key You’ll know you found the secret when you find the letter C The lady of the opera only sings in the dark cool Cold mist rolls across the creamy blue hidden pool She hides herself behind the curtains flowing bright red But the student from the balcony won’t forget what she said You must go deeper where the lights die out Then you will find out what the secret’s really about The message of the ghost who sings opera is the key You must listen close to the bright music of all three The Crestmay Trees dance like ghosts in the moonlight But near the top of the massive peaks they fight Only climbing high can you see them hiding from sight The sky will turn to ice when the arrows fly through The one who hides will go deep into the blue He lives for the deep underground places The real secret will be revealed in their faces They wish with a deep desire to go so high But they don’t realize how he can fly In the end, the secret is best kept by the light Follow the directions to figure out what’s right…
Everyone in DarkCorner Land knows the story of Jake Dasmayer. Jake was a miner when the people first came to these haunted lands. He was from the Kingdom of Daymardon with the City of Heyvas Cadamar. He had rough, long dark hair with a hardened face. He was a mysterious person, really quiet and secretive. If he says something to you, you might not hear it because it will be quiet and kind of a shock, but you better listen because if you ask him to repeat himself he will just turn and walk away. He was a great miner, able to figure out how to get anywhere and find anything. They say he found gold, a lot of gold, and hid it somewhere in a secret bunker deep within the network of underground tunnels in DarkCorner Land. The question is, where did he hide it?
Jake Dasmayer seemed to disappear after he supposedly found his gold. No one knows where he went to live, but he mysteriously appeared in various places. Check out the page DARKCORNER LAND to see the map of where these places are located. As mysteriously as he would appear, even more mysterious would be his disappearance. Every time people tried to track him down, and every time, he slipped away…
His first appearance was in the Kingdom of Masondom, in the City of Lunas Everias. Masondom is a kingdom of northern ranchers where they raise animals and a few crops. They’re known for being awesome horse riders. They hold unbelievable races and events where people do all kinds of tricks while riding fast. The entire city is built into the hills, mostly going far underground. They’re made out of heavy clay they dig up in the land. Jake showed up at a general store, standing in one place for long moments, tapping his feet and his hands at his sides at a slow, steady rhythm until finally deciding on a fine, orange coloured blasting powder. Some people whispered about what mysterious music was he listening to since no music was playing?
Close to this kingdom is an underground compound made of clay. It’s a massive oval-shaped cavern with ten outer circular underground rooms on the outside border. Fancy lamps with fast-paced flickering gold lights barely keep this underground complex lit.
Another place Jake showed up was at a mining shop in the Kingdom of Daymindon, City of Heyvas Camaras. The city is made of massive spear-shaped towers of blue and white dazzling marble set among the mountains, rising higher and higher blending together and with the towering mountains. This mining shop is located at the top of the tallest mountain. It’s the busiest and most popular place in the kingdom because of the high over-look and restaurant with the hopeful, energetic, fast-paced fiddle music. Jake tapped his shoes and swayed to the soaring music as he picked up a pick ax. Several citizens followed him directly out of the shop getting ready to follow him down the long winding staircase inside the mountain, but when they entered the staircase only a few seconds after him, he was gone…
Daymindon has a vast underground tunnel network lined with dark orange lit lanterns that sway in the chilling winds. It’s a vast maze leading to many distant chambers.
Jake’s final appearance was in the Kingdom of Cadendas in the City of Heyvas Caradames. Cadendas is a musical kingdom where people go to the mountain tops and sing in choruses back and forth. The city is made of pure blue glass with the most unusual designs built in circular rows around and through the mountains connected by various rope bridges. You have to be pretty bold or crazy to walk across the rope bridges going high over the valleys. They sway a lot in the winds. It’s kind of like a roller coaster ride. Would you go across them? Leave a comment below and let us know if you would or what similar crazy things you’ve done. Jake appeared in the mining shop near the mountain top, shuffling his feet in a varied pattern on the blue glass floor. He bought a shovel when people cornered him. But he pushed through the crowd and went flying down one of the rope ladders disappearing into heavy mist…
There’s a similar underground network connected with the rock solid, smooth stone tunnels digging deep under the mountains of Daymindon booming in a slow, steady rhythm. It’s dimly lit by the same dark orange lantern lights swaying to the bright, energetic, fast-paced music echoing through the halls from all directions. No one ever found him again, or his gold…
In the Cashes Dade school, all the students know the rule when it comes to talking to sixth grader Casey Cardade. Look at his dark, deep-set eyes. That will tell you what kind of mood he’s in…maybe…probably…hopefully. But you better keep watching, because his mood can change in a flash.
Before we find out more about this mysterious kid from Cashes Dade, it’s time to reveal the answer for the last mystery challenge. Did you figure it out? Were you right? Here goes nothing… The answer for which feature was the Daycoryay Prophecy referring to was this: It was the third door with the blank ghostly faces painted on it, opening to the ballroom.
Casey Cardade is a fighter. He almost seems like he’s looking for a fight sometimes. He seems to win every fight, but he’s not exactly a skilled fighter. He doesn’t dance around or have any tricks, he’s just really tough. He can take any punch, but he’s not going to just stand there and take it, he will strike back and when he does, he hits hard. When he stares at you with a strong, icy stare, then slowly looks down, you know you’re in for a fight. But interestingly enough, the best way to get in a fight with him (not that you’d want to) is to get into a discussion about someone else’s fighting techniques. Casey is extremely, and I mean extremely, critical of someone who “dances around like a clown” as he puts it, or uses tricks. He wants to see two people slugging it out and the toughest person wins. He believes he can win any fight against anyone no matter how superior, and he may actually be right…
Casey helps his dad afterschool making furniture. He is great with tools and can make really cool tables and chairs. If you hand him directions for making any piece of furniture he’ll just laugh, usually, or he’ll glare at you in which case I’d suggest walking away, fast. Then he’ll probably crumple up the papers into a paper airplane (or as they call it “a paper flying craft” since they don’t have airplanes, but they do see space ships) and send it flying away. He gets intensely focused when he’s making furniture. One student actually dressed up wearing thirteen sweaters and a giant hat, walked into the store where Casey was working, and walked around. Casey didn’t even look up. The student then started doing jumping jacks, and cartwheels and all kinds of other crazy moves, and as he predicted, Casey never noticed him, or at least never paid him any attention. That student won a lot of money that day.
Casey is ranked as GoldStar which is the second highest ranking students can get. According to the aliens, it means you’re good, but not great. Recently, the aliens called him to a meeting in the school office, late at night. Three aliens sat on high glass chairs staring down at him with their crescent moon eyes shining white in the wide circular marble white room dimly lit by gold crystal chandeliers hanging over the round table. Casey sat down on the other end and slowly looked up at them with a dead, empty stare. The student messenger then told him their message. They put a lot of pressure on him to get higher grades so he can get ranked WhiteStar which opens up great opportunities and rewards. They hinted at some kind of penalty or consequence if he didn’t step it up soon. They also said he’s running out of time. Casey is a good student and a hard worker. He does well in all subjects but he struggles to understand higher concepts that he can’t picture or understand what it means. Casey didn’t say a word in the meeting, but at the end, when the messenger asked him if he understood, he gave them a half-nod with a faint secretive smile before leaving. The aliens told him maybe he just isn’t smart enough to understand complicated subjects and can only go so far, but no one understands how to make the crazy designs he makes in his furniture, nor does anyone understand what they mean.
Casey is really quiet and quite secretive. He has short, kind of choppy dark hair that slants slightly and falls low over his eyes. He won’t let anyone see the pictures he draws in his sketchbook, won’t let anyone see inside his desk at school or his room at home, and answers nearly every question with a one or two word answer, or he’ll just stare at you for a few seconds with an empty stare, then just glance away. That means “no comment.” It’s best not to ask him again. Casey is a mysterious kid, with a strange sense of humour. He has a few friends, but even they don’t know a lot about him. He doesn’t talk much, but he’s a kid always on the move, and seems to always be making sure no one is following him.
At midnight, Casey quietly snuck into the school because he knew the aliens were holding a secret meeting there. He heard them talking in their fast-paced monotone voices, gesturing toward pictures of several students. He crept down low in the shadows, close to the door open just a crack in the back hallway behind the office. He tried to see the pictures of the students in the eerie fiery green glow shooting around between the aliens, but the pictures were under heavy shadow. He couldn’t quite see who they were, but he could see that there were three pictures…
Austin Candor will never forget the first time he attended a show at the Dascade Iris Playhouse. Bright moonlight spilled across the massive three-layered castle-like complex glowing bright blue in the chilling night. Austin is relatively short and slim with short dark brown hair that shifts slightly to the right just over part of his eyes. Though on this night he had it coloured blue. It glowed in the moonlight. His bright, energetic eyes shifted sideways as his face twisted in anxiety. He didn’t like how it was built, it looked like it was leaning and too heavy on the top like it could collapse at any moment. He’ll never forget that night, because he’ll never forget what he saw.
Floating bright gold chandelier lights floated by as Austin entered, then left, then re-entered, then left, then re-entered the first hall, just practicing his fast exit. He noticed a lot of intriguing places as he kept getting away from his mom to explore the playhouse. In this story, the mystery challenge for you to solve will be what feature of one of the playhouse rooms is the Daycoryay Prophecy talking about? A feature could be a light, a clock, a table, a tree, a window, something like that but it will be mentioned in the story below describing Austin’s adventure in the playhouse. There will be something significant about the feature described. First read the story, then check out the prophecy after to see if you can figure out what feature the prophecy is describing. The feature offers a clue about who the opera singer is and where she comes from. Leave a comment below if you have a guess. The answer will be revealed in the next Character Fun Facts post. Can you figure it out?
Austin saw the lights flicker as they passed by. He shook his head with his eyes slanting and moved faster ahead. Then he heard music playing. He walked along the wall, running his hand along the smooth crystal blue, just making sure it was solid, and found a large rounded door, glowing with a burning blue light. It had a picture of a face with only eyes glowing bright green. Austin stared at the face, then looked away, then turned back, then looked away, started to open the door, then turned back, just making sure the ghost face wasn’t watching him. Finally he pushed into a massive dining room. The floor was made of blue and white dazzling tiles. Flickering moonlight spilled through the gigantic grand blue stained glass windows. The light moved constantly across the room over a table with a fancy white cloth made with a design of dancing citizens and shiny dishes set on the table. Austin wanted to look out the window, and the table was really long, so he jumped up on a chair, rolled over the table then jumped over another chair. He was about to look out when he heard clanging behind him. He spun around fast. Forks, knives, and spoons were moving, clanging on a dazzling white plate, with a flower pattern engraved in it, in a complicated musical rhythm. Austin backed up against the window feeling the passing lights. This time he dove under the table, jumped up on a chair and launched himself to the door. He hurried out, glancing back several times at the green ghost eyes, staring directly at him.
Later on, Austin found himself in a small square room with really tall walls rising high. They all held dark, dusty books. Moonlight grew brighter shining through the sky window with a pattern of red, blue, and gold crystals. The light splashed down the walls. Various books began glowing in rhythm to low, booming music coming from the creamy blue spiral shaped pool in the center of the room. Austin glanced to make sure the door was close. The slim, tall door was still glowing with a burning gold light. He turned back to see one book showing a sword, another book showing an arrow, and another glowing book showed a city tower. But it was the ghostly singing, that led him to check out another room.
Austin slowly opened the fancy creaking door, with blank ghostly faces painted on it, glowing with a green light. Austin told the door to stay quiet, but the door didn’t listen. He crept along the wide circular wall of the massive ballroom with a marble white floor that had elaborate designs throughout. Bright flickering moonlight splashed through the rising grand stained glass windows. Just then a chilling wind rushed into the room. The windows went dark. Austin leaned back against the wall looking around sharply in the complete darkness. Then he heard it, a grand piano playing in the room, a sad song with a bright, energetic melody fighting through with sour notes. The piano lit up in a glowing blue light, floating around in the room. Austin slowly inched his way toward the door. Moonlight started streaming through each window one by one. One lit up showing a blue ghost staring down, another lit up showing a green ghost looking up, while another one lit up showing a a ghost staring ahead with fiery eyes. Just as Austin turned for the door, he saw a ghostly lady in a white dress glide across the floor and leave the room…
DAYCORYAY PROPHECY
When the lightning finally strikes the tower
When the dark hand finally points to the hour
The clock will slowly, slowly turn to reveal the time
Look for the ghosts’ plan to turn on a dime
The key will be to look at the three ways
They are the ones who don’t appear in the days
Read the revealing clues line by line by line
Make sure you see what’s missing in the shine
You will not want to miss what’s coming soon
It will strike like lightning out of a clear sky at noon
The shadow elite sit up high in their tower
They’re waiting and preparing for the darkest hour
The aliens have a secret plan no one knows about
Ghosts whisper in every corner ready for the shout
The ghost leans against the cold wall flinching at every tick
Blood red moonlight will slowly light up every brick
Students with determination and intense fire
Who find new ways to climb higher and higher
Are the ones the aliens want to shut down
Through the glittering lights of the crystal crown
But these students are the ones who found the clue
Maybe the aliens are afraid of what they can do
A lady sings hidden by the mist over the pool
She sings so her dream-like song reaches the school
She can’t be seen, but only heard in the moonlight
She only sings bright opera in the darkest night
She seems to have a message for those across the blue
In the dead of winter, late at night, Cade stares out his blue glass window in his room when he’s supposed to be asleep. It’s one of his favorite things to do, to watch for the lights of Dascade Iris. The Kingdom of Dascade Iris is far to the north of Cashes Dade, yet somehow, mysteriously, bright colourful lights appear high in the sky over the mountains. They look like they are right there over the mountains. Sometimes the lights just dance around in the sky, but other times different letters appear in various colours, yet they are random. The dancing lights form different shapes in various colours, but also are random, yet Cade believes they are trying to send some kind of secret message to the world.
The City of Camdaysiah in Dascade Iris is called the city of lights. Fireplaces are everywhere and people constantly have fires going in every room since it’s really cold for most of the year. Bridges run throughout the city crossing eachother in a massive web connecting to different levels of the city towers. They strung blue and red bulb lights in heavy curtains from every bridge so the city is practically covered in lights that shine during the day and glow brightly and flash at night. The higher the winds, the faster they flash. They’re made from a special powder found in the mountains that create light. They also have pools everywhere heated by fires under the floors. Every home and business actually has pools that take up entire rooms, even the entire home sometimes. Would you want your room to be like that? Sometimes they wade through and other times they float on small rafts through their home. The city also has numerous pools that drop waterfalls throughout the city, down from the bridges. Most of them freeze part way as they fall and turn bright blue shining brightly during the days and even glowing at night reflecting the light curtains.
One of the best things they do in Dascade Iris is hold races. They have some awesome events holding races in the ice bluffs. They all get pretty crazy, but the best one they hold is the slide races. They make slides down and through the bluffs to race either on some kind of rafts or just by themselves. Sometimes they try to see how long or crazy they can make the slides. One time a citizen made a slide through a tunnel that shot you out from one bluff to another into another tunnel going down fast. That citizen, by the way, was Austin Candor.
Just like Cade, Austin also watches from his window late at night when he’s supposed to be going to sleep and be rested for school so he doesn’t fall asleep in class but that rarely happens. He watches the same dancing lights Cade does, but he watches something else as well. In the distance way up north is a massive cylinder shaped tower shining neon green built by the aliens. Eerie lights dance above the tower making bizarre shapes like it’s some kind of show. Some citizens have explored that area where the tower stands between three tall ice bluffs looking like giant waves of ice. They report seeing a single alien wandering through the ice fields but when they get close he seems to disappear and they never find him.
The most intriguing part of Dascade Iris is the playhouse. It’s a massive complex built high on the top bluff that inside and out glows bright blue. There are many twisted halls inside that rise high with windows overlooking the complex. In the center is a really large auditorium with high upper decks. The place is lit up with elaborate crystal chandeliers that shine bright gold. They actually move along the walls. What’s intriguing about this place is it’s haunted, not by dark spirits, but by a lady who sings opera. But she only shows up when the playhouse is closed and the lights are off.
Austin and his friends like to sneak into the playhouse after it’s been closed and check out the auditorium in the darkness. It gets strangely cold with waves of dark blue mist rolling through. Some of the chandeliers stay lit and float along the walls up high. It’s only at this time that the lady sings opera. She sings a mysterious song that sounds tragic, yet with some kind of hope hidden within. They can never see her or figure out where she is. Many times they try climbing the ledges along the walls to reach the high balconies fast where they think she is or they race through the halls where her singing seems to go, but they never catch her.
What do you think about Dascade Iris? Would you want to live there or visit there? What do you like about it? Leave a comment below. Who is the opera singer? Why does she show up after hours and sing opera? Is she trying to send someone a secret message? What is she hiding? Then again, what might she be trying to reveal?
When the far distant blue star lights dance The trail-blazing student will take his chance
On a blazing red March night, 12 year old Austin Candor made his way fast out of Daylustar. He hurriedly got in his boat docked at the Caras Dayermore docks near the alien school entrance. Reflections of bright golden star lights danced across the creamy blue pool. Austin drove his boat fast down the channel through the gloomy city. Green ghostly faces stared at him with completely blank faces through dusty dark blue crystal windows. Austin glanced at them with a half-curious, half-anxious expression before shaking his head sharply and looking away with a wave as if to make them disappear. He soon pushed his boat into the fast moving current down the massively wide river.
Sleek blue triangular alien ships blazed across the sky in various directions over Caras Dayermore leaving trails of fire across the night. Austin kept glancing back seeing bright alien lights roaming, searching the city, as he moved fast out of Marcaydas. He tried to process what had happened. The aliens hyped up the concert so much, inviting citizens from every country to attend, saying they would see the greatest concert the world has ever seen with unbelievable talent. But the aliens had something much more sinister in mind with this concert. When Austin found his way out of his dark dream, using his intense observation skills to figure it out, he discovered the real reason for the concert. They were looking for something, something they were missing…
Before we continue with this intriguing kid from Dascade Iris, it’s time to reveal the mystery challenge from the last post. The question was which city in the dark dream should Austin go to? The clues were there, were you able to pick up on them? Did you figure it out? Here is the answer:
The second city
Austin is all about speed. He hates it when he has to slow down to check things out, like making sure a bridge is going to hold, or making sure he kept certain doors open or closed, or checking to make sure he has a good escape plan if the place he’s inside of should collapse. But otherwise, he’s a kid on the move, and he moves fast. Sometimes he will just fly past you appearing like a lightning streak shooting by. He never really walks, even when he’s walking it’s pretty much a jog. Good luck keeping up with him because he will break into a run at any moment and just sprint up the path or up the steps. In fact, he’ll run up anything no matter how steep.
He also has great parkour skills even though parkour hasn’t been invented yet where he’s from. He likes to find the craziest and most fun way to get from one place to the next; jumping from table to table, running along the railing going up the staircase, climbing up shelves and jumping to his desk in school. Sometimes, he takes it too far, like trying to scale the school wall by stacking up boxes and trash cans thinking he could climb up those to get to the second floor window and enter his class that way. It didn’t end so well…the first time anyway…but by his seventh try he managed to find sturdy enough trash cans and boxes to stack so he could make it, and it only took three hours. There may be a time in the future when he will need his speed skills and parkour skills to get away from dark spirits.
Austin is also a really fast talker. He transitions from one topic to another to another amazingly fast. It can be quite difficult to follow if you’re not used to it. Funny thing is, if you ask him to repeat himself, he’ll look shocked like he can’t believe you couldn’t understand it. If you tell him to talk slower he’ll look even more confused. Many times he gets upset at his friends for supposedly forgetting something important he told them when most likely they just missed it since he says so much.
Austin also thinks fast and reacts faster. This is what makes him so fun to watch in the plays. At some point he will probably change the lines and the actions in the play and do something crazy. He has a way of showing the others how to respond to it. Sometimes they just keep saying the lines as they were and he finds a way to make that work too. In the future, he might find himself in a crazy play, a play designed by the aliens.
Austin has quite a strong fear of getting trapped, either by getting surrounded by some enemy or a place he’s in just collapsing and getting buried under the rubble. In fact, whatever you do, don’t say the words collapse, fall, trap, or bury around him or he will get really agitated. He’ll stare at you with a gaze like his eyes are on fire until you look away. When he enters a new place, he will check for where the doors are, or windows, and figure out the fastest ways he can leave if necessary. He’ll stare up at the ceiling and structure making sure it’s going to hold up well. He hates lights that are held up by some kind of rope because seriously those could fall at any moment.
Sometimes kids give him a hard time or even make fun of his anxieties and constantly checking things, but when they tell him he’s crazy for acting like that, he just tells them they’re right. He jokes about his need to check the structures and exits, and just has fun with it. Then he lets his cool and fun ideas like entering through windows show kids he really is kind of crazy, but cool at the same time. There’s more to Austin’s speed than just running and thinking fast. His speed means he’s always thinking ahead, and seeing important things before anyone else does, like the aliens’ dark secret.
When Austin was in his dark dream, he heard music playing, but it sounded different. He had never heard music like that before. It had a bright energy that kept rising higher and higher. It was this music that helped him figure out how to escape his dark dream. Ever since then, he’s been watching the aliens closely, and he’s discovered that in one of their towers they’re holding something incredibly valuable to them, and he’s planning on stealing it…
As Austin Candor made his way down the massive river toward Marcaydas, the dome of the Concert Hall of the Alien School of Daylustar was lit up in bright neon green lights flashing to the rhythm of the heavy driving music. Austin stopped cold. Brilliant lights from the dome shot out on him. The dancing lights lit him up in a fiery shine. He pushed ahead, holding his hand out to shield his eyes from the blinding lights shooting directly at him. In a daze, he made his way through the murky, dark City of Caras Dayermore, with ghostly faces staring at him from gloomy windows. In a blurry haze, he made his way to Daylustar and entered the Concert Hall where he was directed to his seat. A teenage singer took the stage and began singing a strong, energetic song with a band playing powerful instruments behind him. Neon green lights from the Daylustar Statue of the teenage singer hovering high above the stage started flashing out to the fast-paced booming rhythm. Austin gazed up at the statue, no doubt concerned about it crashing down since it didn’t seem to be held up by anything. Then the powerful musical lights hit him directly and the dark illness took over his mind. As the concert raged on, he became paralyzed and entered the dark dream stage of the illness.
This is the final mystery challenge for Book One of the Cashes Dade Ghost Strikers mystery series. You can find out more about this first story and you can find out how to buy it now by clicking the link below. Check it out:
In this mystery challenge, Austin Candor is in a dark dream, the final stage of the dark illness caused by the crystal crown on top of the aliens’ statue of Daylustar. He cannot move. He’s in a dream where he can move around in a dream that feels quite real, yet physically he can’t move. The only way to be healed is if he goes to the right destination in the dream. Then he will wake up and be able to move again. He’ll be free. But if he makes the wrong move and heads to the wrong destination, then he’ll die. The aliens have designed these dreams to mislead students into thinking they are seeing clear clues to the wrong destination. Check out the Camdace Prophecy below for clues to where Austin should go in the dark dream. The answer for this mystery challenge will be revealed in the next Character Fun Facts Feature. Get ready, because we’re about to turn to the next chapter of this mystery series as the stakes get higher. Can you figure it out?
It will begin with our students haunted by bright dreams for each The key secret for defeating the enemy from the skies is in reach The dark illness almost has them when they’re hurt by the light When their eyes light up green in heavy dark, they’re in the fight Our students move down the school steps in a procession of dread If they make the wrong move in their dark dream, they will be dead There’s a secret power driving them to desire the talents of any They have a desperate wish to be on stage: praised by many You must figure out how to reach and touch the statue and crown This crown must be destroyed to heal the illness taking them down The keys to destroying it are bright, helpful, yet intense in the night You must be determined, go higher and higher, over and over to light There’s one path they can’t see every corner when it goes bright It’ll be the only path that has candles in the windows at night There’s one way, one path, one hall, that can get to the concert side This music and determination together is the key to the door to hide In the Concert Hall the Student will become still The Intense Rebel must fight through the chill He must shine, lighting up the dark corner glow If he fails to see the light, he’ll die in the show
Heavy murky darkness surrounded Austin. He looked around frantically seeing nothing but emptiness. “What’s going on? IS ANYONE HERE? Where am I?” Austin slid his feet along the slick grass. He started feeling around in the darkness, slowly moving up the field. After a long time of feeling around in the heavy darkness, Austin began singing a bright, energetic song. Murky shadows appeared, stretching out further and further away from him as five cities slowly appeared in the distance. Austin stared with a deep curiosity blended with a bright intensity giving a half shrug. “Okay?! Here goes nothing.” He started jogging down the neon green grass field toward the five murky glowing cities.
Austin looked around and said, “Does anyone here have a map? Is anyone here at all? Am I talking to myself? Why yes, Austin, you appear to be talking to yourself. Wow, I think I’m losing it.” Austin gave another half shrug, then with a smile he said, “Whatever, whatever. I guess I’ll see if anyone lives in one of these cities.” The five cities grew more vivid as he jogged up the wide flat field.
The first city was a circular shaped city with three layers of rounded towers made of dark gray stone looking like a castle. Each layer was stacked on top of each other like a cake lit by candles at the top. Brilliant lights flashed to the rhythm of deep booming music set along high poles at the tops of the top stack of towers. The lights stretched down, flickering across the rough surfaces of the towers and dark empty windows. A long curving street wound its way through the towers made of rough gray stones.
The second city was built with shimmering neon green towers in a massive cluster. The towers were shaped like spears shooting high into the sky. Vibrations from the music playing from every tall, grand window. The green shimmering streets lit up the city in a bright glowing shine.
The third city was built with several massive broad complexes made with red bricks. Two merged into one in the center with slick red bridges lit up in bright golden lights connecting to various levels over a dark shimmering pool reflecting the bright candle lights in the grand blue crystal windows. On the balconies citizens sang bright, energetic dream-like songs.
The fourth city was built throughout hills winding around in a dark maze of slick, black massively high towers. Dark orange lanterns throughout the winding stone streets lit up the city in a gloomy shine. Deep booming music rocked the dark towers as they swayed back and forth.
The fifth city was built in a spiral up a massive mountain. The towers stood high with arched roofs connecting all of them. They were made with shimmering blue glass. Flickering bright lights flashed rhythmically to the grand music playing from within the tall white crystal windows made with circular designs. Powerful waterfalls rushed down through the city.
Austin’s bright gaze flashed from city to city trying to figure out which city to go for. Will he make the right choice? Austin was trying to make his decision, when he heard music playing, music that didn’t sound like any music he had ever heard before…
The glittering red lantern swung back and forth slowly in the passing moonlight streaming through the high gold crystal windows. The towering golden light deep inside slowly died. Moonlight glowed through the red crystal lantern momentarily until the night swiftly went dark over the playhouse. The audience waited in nervous anticipation for Austin’s response to the challenge. The soldiers on stage watched anxiously as Austin just threw back an icy stare, but with a gleam in his eyes.
In a sudden flash, he drew his sword throwing it high in the air, disappearing into the high darkness over the stage near the dark swaying lantern. He jumped up on the three slopes placed on the stage for hills, leaping up each one in a flash. As the sword dropped in front of him he caught it just before it slipped past. Austin stared down at them with a brightly intense gaze, then said, “We will never surrender, but fight to the end, down to the last standing soldier.”
The aliens in the balconies’ crescent moon eyes burned brighter watching him closely. With that he jumped, somehow landing in between all the soldiers. Then they broke into a wild fight on stage, which was not in the script, but Austin changed that, and they had to go with it. Austin yelled, “Oooaawwwhhhh,” with every dramatic swing of his sword. He dove, rolled over, then jumped up with a big smile in front of one kid who didn’t seem thrilled with the change in the play. Austin held his hands out in a peace-making gesture, and flashed him a half-smile. “What’s your problem?” Austin whispered. “I only had one line and I was out of here,” he said, agitated. “Now what am I supposed to do?” “Say your line and I’ll kill you,” Austin whispered while they pretended to fight. “Why don’t you want me to say my line?” “I do.” “But you just said you didn’t.” “I did?” “You threatened me.” “No, I meant, say your line…..theeennnnnn, I will kill you and you’re done. Horray!” “It won’t make sense.” “Just say it, I’ll make it work, come on, up here.” The two kids took their fight to a higher platform under bright golden light. The audience watched closely as the two kids fought with their swords clanging. Turning to a fellow soldier, the kid said, “See? I told you they would accept our terms.” Austin held back a smile while the audience watched, confused. “That’s right, we accepted your secret terms told to me before you pretended to talk about surrendering.” Then with a dramatic spinning motion Austin knocked him back. The kid fell back and rolled over. Then he quietly snuck away while the fighting raged on around him. This is what the citizens of the Kingdom of Dascade Iris have come to expect. This is what they come to the playhouse for, to see what Austin Candor is going to do and how he’s going to change the play and make everyone react to it. But the aliens have been watching Austin for a long time, and not just when he’s on stage.
Austin is from the Kingdom of Dascade Iris with the City of Camdaysiah. It is the northernmost kingdom in DarkCornerLand. The people there are known for being colourful, entertaining, and kind of odd sometimes. Austin certainly fits in well. Most citizens in this kingdom are miners and explorers who find and dig out great resources and minerals from the ice bluffs. The ice bluffs are high-shelf like cliffs that rise up really high in some areas and are covered by ice all year round. Austin has found places where you can actually slide down incredibly slick slopes down from high bluffs. You can go incredibly fast. Austin tries to find things he can slide on down the ice to go even faster. Often times he and his friends have slide races out there, despite the warnings of parents and aliens.
The City of Camdaysiah is set where two rivers meet to make one massive river flowing north with mostly ice chunks crashing from wild waves. The city is made of massive towers that look like stacked squares, each one smaller than the other. There are numerous bridges that connect to various levels of the towers up high. The towers are made of bright red sleek stones with grand oval shaped windows made with bright gold crystal glass. They also string massive red curtains along every bridge. They can’t grow any plants there so they string tons and tons of stringed gold lights everywhere inside and out, all over the streets and the towers. Austin is really nervous on bridges. He constantly checks to see if he can make sure the bridge is in good shape and will hold. He only walks directly in the center and stops every time he hears any sound that could be the bridge breaking. God help you if you’re a worker doing some kind of repair on the bridge. Austin will look over your shoulder and ask a ton of questions.
The aliens at Austin’s school held a presentation about a major music concert that’s being held next week. They invited many of the students from Camdaysiah and all the other kingdoms to attend this concert, including Austin. One of the featured players will be a piano player named Cade Mayson. Austin has decided to go. He can’t wait to see the concert, but he’s especially interested to see what’s going to happen at midnight. That’s when the aliens’ crystal crown will be finished, the one that sets on top of the massive statue floating high in mid-air, the one the Cashes Dade Ghost Strikers are trying to reach and destroy, the one that is creating a deadly dark illness, the one that when finished will send that deadly dark illness out to every kingdom, threatening every BlackStar Ranked student in DarkCornerLand…
The audience sat in silent anticipation, waiting for the curtains to draw back and the play to start. Massive dark orange lit candle clusters shaped like castles hung in various corners of the playhouse casting dim flickering lights across the wide dark audience. The rosy red curtains laced with gold designs lit up at the bottom and the top. They waited to see the play, but mostly they waited to see him, a 12 year old named Austin Candor, who was playing a supporting role in the play. They couldn’t wait to see the play, but mostly they couldn’t wait to see what crazy thing he would do this time. A buzz of excitement shot through the audience when they began to hear ghostly singing behind the curtains where a bright blue glow slowly appeared. Behind the curtains, Austin Candor was getting ready, getting ready to steal the show. But that wouldn’t be the only thing he would steal.
It’s time to introduce a new character who will appear in a later story in the series: THE CASHES DADE GHOST STRIKERS First, it’s time to reveal the answer for the last mystery challenge. If you haven’t read it yet, check out the previous post, HOW CAN CADE DESTROY THE ALIENS’ WEAPON? See if you can solve the mystery. Here is the answer, the key question that reveals a clue about how Cade and the ghost strikers can destroy the aliens’ crsytal crown that’s set on top of a massive statue hovering high in mid-air. The answer is this: Why is the statue floating in mid-air? Did you figure it out? It’s time to meet Austin Candor. Leave a comment below telling us what you think about him. Are you like him? Do you know anyone like him?
Austin Candor is always moving, constantly, even when he sleeps, if he sleeps which has not been proven yet. When he’s in school, he’s either playing the drums on his desk, kicking a small spongy ball back and forth with his feet, and swaying back and forth on his chair. Often times he leans so far back you think for sure he’s going to fall but he never does. He loses a lot of points because of his struggle to sit still and stay seated for long periods of time. Austin is relatively short and slim with short dark brown hair that shifts slightly to the right just over part of his eyes. That is, dark brown is his original hair colour, but usually he has it coloured something different. He has bright, energetic eyes that seem to be always moving as well. Austin is a kid who is always on the move. You never know where he will go or where his mind will go.
Austin Candor is from the Kingdom of Dascade Iris, with the City of Camdaysiah. This is the northernmost kingdom in DarkCorner Land. He has a few struggles that some of the other kids think are strange. He is really afraid of being in enclosed places. He is scared to death of getting crushed or buried alive. Anytime he goes to a restaurant or store, he has to know where every exit is. Then he’s constantly making sure the aisle is clear to make a quick getaway, and he’s always checking the roof to make sure it looks sturdy. He keeps windows open in his room even in the winter which is extremely cold in Camdaysiah.
Austin has to check everything he does, many times. He is really afraid of making mistakes. When he turns an assignment in to his teacher, he does the same thing every time. He starts to hand it in, then pulls it back, checking all the spelling and grammar. Then he hands it to them, then pulls it out of their hands, making sure he didn’t skip anything or miss any part of the assignment. Then he hands it to them, starts walking away, then quickly turns around to find the teacher holding it out for him because they already know he has to check it again, looking over all the answers. Then he lets out a long, slow sigh before walking away dramatically with his head down, whispering to himself. You would think something really tragic must have happened.
Austin can be really hard to follow, in more ways than one. When he’s talking to you, he’ll all the sudden wonder if he remembered to lock his door when he left, or leave his door to his room open, or close his window, or clean up after breakfast. He’ll talk it through, then go back to saying what he was talking about before, then go back again to his concern of what he might have forgotten to do back home, and so on. He always wants to leave doors open so he’ll often check several times as he’s leaving a room to make sure it’s still open. Sometimes he even has to stare at it for long moments to make sure. He repeats things a lot in case you didn’t hear it or weren’t paying attention to it before. Oddly enough, you will need to repeat what you say to him because he spaces out a lot for some of the reasons already shown here, but also because he’s thinking about being on stage.
When Austin Candor is on stage he is at home. He never gets the lead role because they never think he will fit the role, but people come to see him more than anyone else. You never know what he’s going to do. He never says all the lines quite right, but often at a certain point in the play he’ll add something to it, going off with a long, but entertaining speech. He also likes to mess with the props; throwing them, falling into them, climbing them…Austin always takes the play to the next level.
The sky looks like flowing red curtains as Cade, Blake, and Drew hide down on the ridge overlooking the alien school of Daylustar on the night of the concert. They hope they can figure out how to sneak past their defenses, destroy the crystal crown, and then find their way out. But time is quickly running out. While they are getting ready to complete this impossible mission, Austin is making his way to the concert…
The alien stood completely still in the breaking moonlight. He was tall and slender in a blue and white crystal suit with various lines looking like pockets. Heavy organ music pounded within the broad mountain ahead under long reaching shadows. Brandon started singing a fast-paced, repetitive song about a small, fast boat flying against the rapids. Damian sighed heavily as the two 14 year olds mad their way across the wide field toward the booming mountain. The alien looked almost human with blue skin, his face stretched up, looking more narrow. His bright white crescent moon-shaped eyes shifted toward Brandon and Damian. Breaking moonlight lit up their WhiteStar Patches on their shoulders and reflected brightly off their white circular patches on the fronts of their shirts which displayed their credits for accomplishments in the school of Daylustar, each one signified by a gold star. Each of their patches were nearly completely filled with gold stars shimmering in the passing light. A single massive grand crystal window high in the mountainside revealed green lights flashing to the rhythm of the eerie, whining piano music.
It’s time for another mystery challenge. In this one, you must figure out which key question reveals a great clue for how the kids can reach and destroy the aliens’ crystal crown which is set on top of a massive statue that’s also floating high in mid-air. Here are the questions: What is the crown and statue made out of? Why did they use a crystal crown for their weapon? Where did they get the minerals to build the statue? Why is the statue floating in mid-air? How does the crystal crown work? How does the dark illness work? How do they get the statue to float in mid-air? Why did the aliens choose to build this statue in Marcaydas? Why did they choose to build a statue of a teenage singer? One of these questions is the answer for the mystery challenge. Leave a comment below which question you think it is and why. Check out the new story to solve the mystery and see whether the ghost strikers can pull off their impossible heist. Click on the link below to find out more about it and how you can buy it today. Can you figure it out?
Brandon and Damian walked up to the alien standing guard at the door. The alien stared at each of their Daylustar School Patches with sharp, piercing eyes for several long moments. Then he extended his long arm toward the door, gesturing for them to enter. Sour organ chords played strongly through the narrow, massive black stone walls rising high, dimly lit by bright green candle clusters on both sides. Brandon winced at the bizarre chords playing a slow, winding melody at a mixed up rhythm. “Someone needs lessons,” said Damian, shaking his head. “Aaaauuuurrrrrgggghhhhhhh.” Damian turned to Brandon with a sharply concerned look. “What was that?” “That music is just so…so…aaauuurrrggghhh…hurts my head.” Brandon then closed his eyes, shaking his head as if trying to get the music out. The two kids started jogging up the tunnel curving sharply to the left. “Where is your brother meeting us?” asked Damian. “I don’t know,” said Brandon with a shrug. “What you mean you don’t know?” “He did not say exactly, he just said, keep going up and to the left.” “Great,” answered Damian, rolling his eyes. The organ music grew stronger around them. They came to a door on the left with the path turning right, leveling out. The door creaked as Brandon slowly opened it. Dark golden chandeliers hung from the high hidden ceiling. The kids jogged up the steep slope. Brandon began singing the sailboat song.
“MMMmmrrrrggghhh.” Brandon turned to him with raised eyes, taking his song down to a hum. “Not the sailboat song again,” he said sighing heavily. “I’ll sing it quietly.” Damian nodded rhythmically to the fast driving rhythm of the organ song vibrating the walls on both sides. Brandon sang his bright melody faster and faster as they moved higher up into the mountain. The eerie organ chords grew stronger with a haunting voice singing a sad, tragic melody wandering, searching endless dark halls. They entered another doorway and headed up a wider hall made with shimmering green glass. Various lights exploded out across the walls lighting up the dark flashing hall.
High grand crystal windows revealed neon green lights flashing to the driving rhythm. Just then a dark figure emerged from the shadows on their left. The older teenager dramatically threw his hood back revealing his long, dirty hair. Damian just shook his head. “Hey Jake,” said Brandon. Then they both knelt down, high-fived, then jumped back up. “So what do you have to show us?” “This way,” he answered quietly. The haunting, powerful music grew stronger around them as they entered through a grand crystal green door into a massive cavern dimly lit by elaborate gold flashing candle clusters. Jake led them toward a dark corner where a line of students all with BlackStar Patches began working with various tools.
“What’s going on?” asked Brandon. “They are mining for more of the gold stone the statue’s made out of,” answered Jake. Several aliens gave directions to the students. Bright neon green lights flashed out revealing bright gold glittering stone rising high up the corner. “Are they building another statue?” asked Damian. “No,” answered Jake. “Maybe they want to build a gold fish bowl, you know, or a gold fish tank for gold fish, or…” “They’re studying it,” said Jake. “They are working on a new weapon.” The haunting organ song pounded hard through the cavern. Vibrations rolled through the gold walls on all sides at the same time in steady waves. Jake led them toward the corner where the students worked feverishly to break up the gold walls. “When are you planning to make your move on the students from Cashes Dade?” “The aliens are still working on Cade,” said Damian. “When know where they are staying. When they give us the order, we will bring them in.” “What do they want them for?” asked Brandon as they walked across the glittering dusty floor. “The aliens want them working here,” Jake answered. “They seem to think these kids might be the key to developing their final weapon.” “They think they have some kind of skill in making these weapons?” asked Brandon. “Not exactly,” said Jake. “I believe the aliens will be using them as a test.” “What kind of test?” asked Damian. “To make sure the weapon is effective at destroying the cancer, starting with them…”
