Blitzed

Artorias wasn't paying any attention to what Gwyn or Eilwen were saying. He was too busy trying to convince his muscles to move. But no matter how much his brain screamed at him, his body just refused to cooperate. His stance was unstable though with only three legs on the ground, and after a few moments, his locked up legs gave out, sending the boy stumbling forward. He collapsed to the ground, staring out at the ground in front of him that had transformed into a rippling surface like the earth was made of liquid. Raising a tentative paw, Artorias tapped the ground, watching the way the earth bounced and rippled away from his paw in a spectrum of beautiful rainbow colors. Artorias' mouth made a silent O shape as he tapped the ground again, watching the colors radiate out where his paws touched.

"Gwyn, look at this!" he called out to his sister with an amazed coo in his voice. To her, Artorias would just be smacking the dirt with a huge puppy grin on his face, but to the tripping young wolf, he was a conductor of a beautiful symphony of rainbow colors. Giggling to himself, Artorias got slowly back to his feet, taking slow and wide steps around the courtyard and watching as each one created a different color bounding around the castle like colorful waves. He glanced up at the purple sky with teal clouds hanging low overhead, falling into a giggling fit with himself. Everything seemed so weird, but he couldn't shake the amazing feeling that everything was just great!

"Artorias Carpathius"