I was floating. It was pretty freaky. I flailed about for a few minutes before realizing that I wasn't going to fall. That's when I took notice of my surroundings. I was in a forest. It looked very normal. I was getting bored. I tried swimming through the air. It didn't work. I tried walking. Once again, it didn't work. Then I willed myself to move forward. Bingo. I started moving forward at a slow pace. I tried going faster. It worked. I was soon flying through trees at ludicrous speeds. I had found out pretty early that I went right through trees, It had a strange no-clipping effect.
But soon I was wondering where the Patapon tribe was. And for that matter, where was my drum? That's when I felt a strange sixth sense reach out, and I could feel the drum. Testing this, I managed to make the drum sound. That's when I started to feel something even more important. Something that I have no idea how I had missed all this time. I felt the heart beat of the earth. It went 'bon bon bon bon' into infinity. I felt an urge to start beating my drum in beat to the earth, so I did.
"Pon pon pon pon." I said as I played. I saw a light begin to materialize in front of me, so I went on. As I played, the light grew larger and larger. Then, as I thought everything would be engulfed, it condensed into a tiny seed. I instantly recognized at as a Mater seed. I did not know how I knew, but I did. You see, the Mater tree was the literal mother of the entire Patapon tribe, and was able to resurrect dead Patapons. I grabbed it out of the air. How I could touch this when I could no-clip through everything else, I had no idea. I paused as I noticed that I was black now.
"Huh. I always wondered what it was like to have a dark skin color." I was honestly nonplused about this, with everything that had happened so far. But I knew how to bring the Patapon tribe to this land. I flew around a little more before deciding that one place was as good as another. I placed the seed on the ground. I was amazed as the seed immediately sprouted, and grew into a wonderful tree.
I was amazed at this. I had seen it from the game, but the 2d graphics did nothing to describe it's wonder. I then wondered how I was going to get my first Patapon when lights started at the tips of the main two branches, and quickly swirled to the center. Then they came out of the tube like thing, and a Patapon was there. It got up from the ground, and asked,
"Where am I? And who am I? I don't know." It was a female voice In the game, Meden had that voice. And it looked like a 3D Meden anyway, without all the finery. I was going to call her Meden then. That was the time that Meden looked up at me, and jumped to her feet. She asked, "Who are you?" in a startled tone. I quickly decided on a name. My old name, David, wouldn't do for the god of a mighty tribe. I decided on Kami, as that was the default name.
"I am Kami, the god of the Patapon tribe. You are the first Patapon in this land. Your name will be Meden." She looked at me, shocked.
"Why do you speak to me then, great one?" I tried to think of something grand to say.
"Because," I thought of something. In the game, Meden was your priestess, so I would go on with that. " Because you'll be my priestess. You will help me make us into something great, and help me guide the tribe to Earthend." She looked like she was broken for a moment, but then she said,
"Thank you, great one. What is your first command?" I thought. I needed more Patapons, so that was first priority. I went over to, and touched the Mater tree. Meden looked startled at this, but didn't say anything. I then felt something enter my mind. It was the list of the entire tribe, and the requirements to get a new Patapon. If I was to be ready to fight any time soon, I was going to need Hatapon. In the game, Hatapon was the Patapon flag bearer. I quickly said,
"Gather a large stone, some wood, and something to bind it together with. Also get a piece of bark that's as big as you are, or lot's of pieces of bark, and a long stick." Meden looked a little curios, but started looking. It took about an hour, but she came back with the requested items.
"What should I do now, great one?" I touched the tree again, and looked for the answer.
"Just bind the wood into a hat, dig a hole at the roots of Mater, place everything in the hole, then put the dirt back in the hole." She looked puzzled.
"Mater, great one?"
"That strange tree right there. It's the thing that gives birth to all Patapons." She looked satisfied with that, and begun doing as I asked. It took many attempts before she managed to make the hat well enough. And then it took even longer for her to dig a deep enough hole. She was slightly testy after that, but she was soon pushing the dirt back into the hole. What happened next startled her. Lights once again swirled around, and Hatapon poped out holding his flag. Hatapon was as confused as Meden when she was born. But Meden explained everything, and I named him. Meden then asked,
"What should we do now, great one?" I touched Mater again, and decided that I needed some Yaripons. Yaripons were spear hurlers, and were the basic unit in the game.
"You need to gather some meat, wood, and stone. As well as materials for more hat's." With that, we began the long posses of gathering the materials needed.
