Friday, July 29, 2011

The Predator and the Prey

The party was left alone in the place where Kor and Jue had destroyed the warlock circle, a likely place for the demon to go. While they waited in the blood-soaked room, Gem puked, sickened by the gory mess.


"This is horrible, there is so much…" she puked again.


"Yes" said Plain-Walker.


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They waited there for five hours, before Void-Wind came.


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The creature crept in, sneaking past the dwarves, such succulent things, but it must have it's prey…


It entered the chamber where it's prey waited, and quickened it's pace.


It could hear her heart beat now, could smell here vomit, could see her twin souls!


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The Brain-Eater jumped from the shadows in the room's corner, tearing the floor apart as it charged them on all-fours.


It was different from any other Brain-Eater they had ever seen, with long, dark hair, and a body that appeared whole, save for a few scars, it's hands were like iron claws, as were it's feet, and it's eyes were not the eyes of a mindless evil. In fact, the only sign it was a demon, was that it's body was as pale as a corpse, and it had an aura of insanity about it that would scare anyone who was not accustomed to it.


The demon was about five feet from them, when it leaped over Jue, and Plain-Walker, and landed on Gem.


It began to dig at her flesh with it's claws, and bit at her with it's fanged jaws, ignoring the blows landed upon it's back by the three warrior's weapons, as if they were nothing but ants, little pests whose bite could be ignored, even by humans.

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It had her!


It tore at her flesh, cutting deep into it's prey.


It was almost over…

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In a strike of pure chance, Jue hit a scar on the Brain-Eater's side, and the demon shrieked in pain.

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As pain flooded it's senses, it dug it dug it's claws into it's prey, and fainted...


Friday, July 8, 2011

Sket and the People

While Solar-Light was fighting for rulership of Jonak, Gem and company were busy rallying the dwarven people against the Brain-Eater hordes.

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Following the slaughter of the dwarf barons, Kor showed the dwarves the warlock circle, and told them about the Brain-Eater threat that could be approaching even now.


"Hoow en 'hi undirwoorld ari wi suppoosid 'a bileivi ya?" said a woman named Sket, who was looked up to by the majority of the population. "E mian, ya jus' kellid oour in'eri goovirnmin'al boody, and 'hin 'ill us 'ha' 'hiy wiri sirveng dimoons, bu' ya havi noo praf, savi 'hes warloock cercli, and foor all wi knoow, ya coould havi foorgid 'ha', oor woorsi, bin useng e' yarsilf, and kellid 'hi' baroons 'a coovir up yar oown envoolvimin' we'h dimoons!" Many proclaimed their agreement.


"Will…" Kor began "E rially ded noo' 'henk 'ha' ya woould jus' 'hroow oou' all 'hi ivedinci 'ha' wi havi. Jus' lak a' e'! A warloock cercli es usiliss we'hoou' siviral warloocks, and 'hi humans havi oonly bin hiri a day! 'Hi ivedinci cliarly shoows 'ha' 'hi baroons wiri coonsoor'eng we'h dimoons! 'hiri es nix' 'a noo way wi coould havi bin 'hi oonis coonsoor'eng we'h dimoons!


The people murmured, their voices unclear.


They stopped talking, and Sket began.


"Ivan 'hoough yar ivedinci es, shall wi say, bicoomeng sa'esfac'oory 'a 'hi pioopli…"


she paused.


"'Hi fac' s'ell rimaens 'ha' e' es noo' praf."


"Wha', pray 'ill, dois a dwarf havi 'a da 'a pravi hemsilf aroound hiri?" Exclaimed Kor.


"E suggis' wi usi yar suppoosid sir's 'driam' 'a pravi oor despravi yar tali."


"Wha' da ya mian by 'ha'?"


"Why Kor, Doon' ya knoow, ya saed 'hiris gooeng 'a bi a dimoon hiri, 'anegh'.