The Ascension of Zu-Zu

The crowd cheered as the dancers danced faster and faster; spinning on their podiums and waving their fire in the air. Suddenly a yellow beam of light opened and a man with a sun for its head fell out of mid-air and landed on the stage. ‘Zu-zu’ it called; and the dancers stood still. ‘Zu-zu’ it repeated; and as one the crowd gave a single clap in response. It called again; ‘Zu-zu’, and the audience clapped again. The dancers were unsure as to what they were supposed to be doing, but slowly started to spin on their podiums again until they could figure out what this unknown interruption was and to get back to the script. Encouraged by their dancing; the creature started to chant faster and faster as the audience clapped in turn. In the background, a rumbling could be heard; but this seemed to be coming from the stage itself rather than from the surrounding speakers. At this point, the stage crew had appeared at the side of the stage and had begun to wave at the spinning dancers; trying to grab their attention. The creature gave one last roar and the dancers shot into flame, followed by nothingness.