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The Ritual P-II
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*CRACK* A monstrous thunder clap slapped the earth and visibly resonated deep within the bodies of everyone who had ventured into the cavern beneath Heathborough Manor. Lit torches flickered and danced like a stripper the day before rent was due. Margaret, John, Abigail and William had gone on just ahead of me toward the main hall, but I had to take a moment to appreciate the ancient carvings that littered the passageways like graffiti in a subway.
Odd drawings and what I assume to be a language, one that I had never seen before in my 30 years as an anthropologist. Enthralled by the beauty of it, I brushed up against the macabre etchings gently with the tips of my fingers and instantly felt the weight of a thousand moons bearing down on me. In an instant that felt like the entire existence of the universe, divulged its secrets to me. Images swirled in my mind like whirlpool, draining its essence into me as if it had been waiting for me its whole existence. I understood the secrets of reality and was able to read the codex scribed on the cave wall before me.
"Yrhem n'ker drunmbac v'er X'lendr un Nehim Oosa tr'nkernak un kaolaus paraman yrhem sal ret'k". The old wall read. "For the man knows not the will of X'lendr and Nehim, twin Gods of Life and Death until the man resides within them."
A chill danced up and down my spine as I...
*CRACK* A monstrous thunder clap slapped the earth and visibly resonated deep within the bodies of everyone who had ventured into the cavern beneath Heathborough Manor. Lit torches flickered and danced like a stripper the day before rent was due. Margaret, John, Abigail and William had gone on just ahead of me toward the main hall, but I had to take a moment to appreciate the ancient carvings that littered the passageways like graffiti in a subway.
Odd drawings and what I assume to be a language, one that I had never seen before in my 30 years as an anthropologist. Enthralled by the beauty of it, I brushed up against the macabre etchings gently with the tips of my fingers and instantly felt the weight of a thousand moons bearing down on me. In an instant that felt like the entire existence of the universe, divulged its secrets to me. Images swirled in my mind like whirlpool, draining its essence into me as if it had been waiting for me its whole existence. I understood the secrets of reality and was able to read the codex scribed on the cave wall before me.
"Yrhem n'ker drunmbac v'er X'lendr un Nehim Oosa tr'nkernak un kaolaus paraman yrhem sal ret'k". The old wall read. "For the man knows not the will of X'lendr and Nehim, twin Gods of Life and Death until the man resides within them."
A chill danced up and down my spine as I...
