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365 People, Places & Things #151
The Alphabet: J
J is for JADE JELLY
Jade jelly was the nickname given to an ancient Chinese sorcery product by the American adventurer, Barton Storm. The jade jelly did actually contain finely ground jade, which gave it the distinctive color, but it also contained many other ingredients, such as the saliva if a demon lord. According to legend, the jade jelly was meant to be smeared on a large statue of the Father of All Dragons, which would then be brought to life by the reading of a magical poem. After that, the newly resurrected Father of All Dragons would begin to slay the enemies of whomever awakened him. In this case, the awakener was supposed to be the sorcerer known only as “The Darkness” and the enemies were pretty much everyone who was not The Darkness.
Fortunately, Barton Storm foiled the plans of The Darkness, mostly by killing him with a blow from a blessed Tibetan sword. The jade jelly, which was being stored in a crystal globe, fell into a deep hole in the mountain that had been the villain’s HQ. The crystal globe broke on impact and the jade jelly was destroyed.
Or was it? You see, the jelly got all mixed up with a whole bunch of dead bodies that had been thrown down the same hole. Slowly, several of the bodies most covered in jade jelly began to move…