I hate caves, I hate dark places where things that should not be there, are there. I hate that I end up exploring them with some half baked notion of what will be there, all the while hoping not to get killed by whatever is really there (very rarely do whats supposed to be in a cave, and whats actually in a cave ever meet). As you can probably assume from this Morley and I went caving. The worst part? It wasn't even to solve his stupid problem to begin with! We needed some object of whatever importance to try and reverse what he opened to begin with. It struck me as odd that he didn't have it to start out his little misadventure, that would be clue number one that Morley was shockingly lying to me.
The cave was a spiraling mess that stunk like rotten flesh (never a good sign, rotten flesh smell is natures "Go Away"). Morley proceeded on heedless of the imminent danger, he didn't even use a torch (I had a makeshift one form a piece of cloth in my bag and a stick from outside), I swear he can see in the dark, maybe he can I've never really asked (how would you ask? "Yo Morley I see you see in the dark, how can you do that?"). Following Morley is like being behind a big storm front, you try and keep up, but eventually the storm just blows on by you, or in this case he ducked to one side suddenly and was gone. Bad enough I was down there, worse that Morley just left me behind (you'll notice this is a pattern with him, I believe I've mentioned this prior).
I continued on stumbling in the dark cave, I had no idea what we were there for, and stupidly hadn't been paying attention to where we were going when I was following Morley (a pattern with me, I'm the worst at directions and following them). I kept calling out Morley's name while I stumbled around, I figured you know whats the worst that could happen? And then the worst happened (which is why you never ever wonder that!). I had just stepped in something almost unrecognizeable and was in the process of rubbing it off my boot in a dignified manor (totally not just sliding my boot around on the ground while going ick the whole time) when bumped into something fairly solid that didn't feel like a wall. I didn't want to look at it really, I know how these things go, you look, you scream and then whatver you ran into attacks you, I reached a hand backwards and felt something really slimy (bad enough I got something on my boot I had to add my hand into the mix).
Turning around slowly with my torch I saw a four legged beast of madness. I mean I hunted things with my Aunt, big ugly looking things, nothing ever looked like this damn thing. It had overly large teeth crammed into a upper jaw that over shot the lower one by far (so I can only assume it would bite things with the front jaw and chew with the lower? I didn't really get to see it eat anything especially me), one central black eye that seemed mainly decoration (it existed in a lightless cave most likely found things by sound) the slime covered its whole body, which was long and thin with hinged legs like you see on insects the legs ended in talons, overall it had to at least be teen feet tall and about three across. It had been "resting" in mostly straight up and down position when I bumped into it. I stepped back slowly, keeping the torch and my hands in front of me (the universal sign for don't eat me I mean you no harm). The insectabomination (thats my word you can't have that one) didn't appreciate my gesture and latched out with its front limbs, I slipped on more slime and hit my back pretty hard (ok ok maybe I should lie more in these journals, because honestly a lot of my victories are embarrassing, the more there is not to imply I've lied yet though...), I rolled out of the way of the creatures claws and into more slime mess (can I say I hate Morley again? I hate Morley) the beast was fully mobile now and in a cave where it had the advantage. I was about to throw fire or something when I noticed a burning smell, in my fall I hadn't realized I'd dropped the torch, which now had caught the slime on fire, the slime I was coated in, you can see how this would be bad (what creature has flammable slime anyway? I mean come on!) Out of the insectabomination and into the fire; I started running away as the fire grew behind me, I heard the creature scream an inhuman howl behind me, but I was too concerned with the ever increasing fire now enveloping the cave (the whole damn thing was covered in slime, how I missed this? I really don't know).
The growing fireball roared behind me as I tried to run faster, I ducked down pathways, past walls covered in wierd writing, and eventually lept into a what looked to be underground river (I didn't have my torch and the fire was lighting things for me from behind, I could have just as easily jumped into a river of that slime, but I wouldn't be writing this entry if I did that now would I!) The fire washed over above me, I waited a moment after it had passed and emerged. Now the cave was dark again, I couldn't see anything, and do to just running like a madman, was completely lost so all in all thing were looking up you know, if I was insane well insaner. MORLEY!!!!!
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