C123 Conditions

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"You know what? Screw it! I'll become your avatar, but I have a condition. If you can't accept it, then I will never become your avatar." Tom says resolutely, causing Manasa to lean forward in interest.

"Alright, what is it?" She asks, hoping it's nothing too crazy.

"I'm willing to run some errands for you in the mortal plane, but there are some things I refuse to do. Anything that would go against my morals is out. If you need a baby killed or some other horrible thing, then find someone else to do it because I won't." As Tom mentions her wanting babies killed, a look of distaste appears on her face.

Tom felt relieved with her reaction, as it tells him that she has her own morals as well. If he has to take unspecified jobs from her, then he at least wants to know that she won't give him something horrible down the line.

"This includes things that would ruin my plans or uproot my life. If you need me to give you something that I have been planning to take for myself, then the answer will be no. If you need me to travel to some dimension and spend a few years doing something, then the answer will be no. Although, your welcome to ask as I may find the place interesting. Who knows, but these are just examples. Do you understand?" Tom finished and looked to Manasa for her reaction.

Manasa stood there frozen in contemplation for a good minute. She didn't utter a single word as the mood became tense between the two.

After waiting a very long and strained minute, she looks very seriously into Tom's eyes.

"Do you know how many beings would kill their own families to become my avatar?" She asks seriously.

"I'm not them." Tom says as he stares back unwaveringly.

"Yes, that's right. You aren't, are you?" She shakes her head as a small smile graces her lips. "Fine, I accept your conditions."

"Alright, so what do we do now?" Tom asks.

"We don't do anything." Manasa says as she pointed her white finger at Tom. "You need to gather some things for a ritual."

"What? You can't just make me the avatar now?" Tom says in annoyance. 'I finally finished dealing with everything, and now I need to go hunting for ritual ingredients. Great, just great.'

"No, I can't. The Totem around your neck can only withstand so much of my divinity. If I were to do it now, the totem would break before you could even taste a drop of my power." She explains.

"*sigh* Fine, what are the ingredients, and how do I set up the ritual?" Tom asks with a resigned look on his face.

"Our time has run out yet again. I'll imprint the ingredients list and the ritual into your mind." Manasa says as she slithers closer and taps Tom on the head.

"Was that supposed to do something?" Tom says as he didn't receive anything.

"You'll see when you wake up. It was nice seeing you again, Tom. Oh yeah, I've been watching the recent romance happening in your life. I must say that it's been very... stimulating." She blushes as her bottom snake half quivers.

"Eewww, I didn't need to know that." Tom says as he fades out of the dream and wakes up. "*yawn* Why did she have to tell me that." He looks down at his totem in annoyance. "She must be watching my life like a soap opera through the totem."

With a sigh, Tom sits up and searches his mind for what Manasa left for him.

The room around him is pitch black and outside it's nighttime. Due to his recent dealings in England, Tom has been operating on that time schedule. He goes to sleep during the day and wakes up at night.

Navigating his mind, Tom finds the ingredients along with a complicated-looking ritual.

The ritual ingredients include blood, venom, scales, and bones of every species of snake on the planet, including the Basilisk. Luckily, Tom saved everything from the basilisk down to its feces and urine. He had the elves store it all away just in case.

The ritual also called for other things that would be harder to obtain. Like Phoenix tears, feathers, and ash. He was unsure what a Phoenix had to do with snakes though. Maybe to symbolize his rebirth as the snake god's avatar? Who knows.

As he looked further into the long list, Tom could only sigh. Gathering everything needed would take some time and manpower.

'It's a good thing I have my trusty little elves!" Tom thought as he started writing the ingredients down. "Mimsy!"

*pop*

"Master called?" She answers his call happily.

"Yes, I need these ingredients gathered." Tom says as he hands her a very long list.

"Umm, this gonna take a while, Master." Mimsy says as her eyes wide at the magnitude of the list.

"That's alright. Take your time with it. You should probably break the list up into smaller lists and give them to different elves. That way it will get done faster." As Tom says this, Mimsy nods her head excitedly.

"That'll work!" She says happily and pops away to get her work done.

As Tom is left alone in his room, he studies the ritual closely. After an hour of trying to comprehend it, he comes to an annoying conclusion.

'I'll need help with this. It's far more advanced than anything in Hogwarts or Kamar-Taj.' He thought as he checked the time. 'Teacher isn't awake yet, so I'll have to wait. Hopefully, she doesn't ask for more secrets. Who am I kidding? She'll definitely ask for more. It's a good thing I haven't told her about my Pendragon lineage yet.'

Taking out a mystery novel he borrowed from the Ancient One, Tom decides to read and relax until she wakes up. While reading a thought appears in his mind.

'I have all three Hallows, don't I?' He thought as he looks at his elder wand. 'Should I bring them all together before the analysis has finished or after?'