grimmus wakes in the middle of a desert; nothing around but sand for miles. a faint incoherent melody of voices filled the air behind him to the north. as he turned around his whole body seemed to be drawn closer to where it came from.
as the sound got sharper and louder, his perspective shot forward at a blinding speed across the water passing a few small islands until everything became a blur. eventually, he slowed down enough as he starts to enter a massive city; its colossal building ruined and turned to glass. his vision speeds up until he hits the docks near the ocean and stops completely.
in the far distance is an island; its clouds menace with a crimson glow as the voices begin to get louder and louder, his vision narrowing towards the island as he is pulled towards, slowly increasing in speed. the voices get even more louder.
as he reaches it the voices coaless into a loud peircing scream. grimmus then sat upright in his bed almost screaming himself. his heart's thunderous beat filled his ears like a raging storm
grimmus looked around and saw neal coming in with 2 steaming cups of...something
neal: you alright there?
grimmus: yea im...im good, thanks. what's that?
neal: oh, its something that can only be bought here, its called coffee, or something.
grimmus: *in his head* huh they got coffee here, wouldn't hurt to get some Amaretto with it
grimmus: can I have one
neal: of course, I got this one specifically for you
grimmus: Noice!
grimmus then took a sip of the black brew; it was rather strong in taste
grimmus: *cough cough* gods that strong as fuck, got any milk?
neal: sure
neal then passes grimmus a small pitcher of white creamy milk
neal: fresh from the goat's udder
grimmus: thank you, my Exo-skeletal friend
neal: Exo-skeletal?
grimmus: it means your bones are on the outside, almost all bugs have them
neal: ah...
grimmus: and for me, along with humans and shek, have endo-skeletons
neal: huh, learn something new everyday I guess
grimmus: yea
a silence fills the air as both of them sit and drink together
neal: are you sure you're ok?
grimmus: yea, im just...homesick that's all
neal: what's your home like
grimmus: tha-
neal: "I rather not say", I understand if you don't want to ask.
grimmus: umm...thats not it
neal: oh...well shit
grimmus: I and about 100,000 of my kind live inside of a glacier underground
neal: a glacier?
grimmus: a wide and deep river of solid ice
neal: that's a thing?!
grimmus: yep
neal: huh, I never really travel much outside of the normal trade paths, but I never heard anything about a glacier before
grimmus: it's a secret glacier, well out the way of any adventurers' path
neal: ah, I see
grimmus: so how long have you been trading for?
neal: about 2-3 years-ish, and though my experiences im able to head into dangerous territory with my caravan and make it out unharmed
grimmus: so basically you can sneak almost anywhere undetected
neal: yep, got at least hundreds of offroad paths and mountain trails in my head
grimmus: well that would help get past the holy nation. also speaking of them, I don't know much about them
neal: well, in short, they're a bunch of xenophobic, technophobic, women-hating zealots
grimmus: wow, I met a bunch of pricks in my life, but these guys are a fucking cactus
neal spat out a bit of his coffee as he tried to suppress a laugh
neal: never in my life, have I heard them described in a way like that, mind if I use that next time?
grimmus: oh gladly my friend
the 2 went on chatting about small things when grimmus finally decides to open up about his nightmare
neal: holy shit! there's...more land out there than just here?
grimmus: yea, rather far away.
neal: and you said that there's a city near the end
grimmus: yep, the very ground, turned to glass; its buildings ruined and stained a bleached white and grey
neal: i... I never heard a description so...bleak before
grimmus: yea...i don't know what it means but...
neal: but whatever it is, it might be important, maybe someone or something is waiting there for you
grimmus: yea...might be the person I lost a while ago
neal: so...want to talk about-
grimmus: Nah
neal: of course
they then sat watching the sunrise sipping their drinks together
sorry for taking so long, lockdown kinda scrambled my brain a bit so i had to work a few lines a day or so. i do hope you enjoyed, make sure to leave a comment down below as it helps me know whats things I left out or need to change as well as boosting my self-confidence seeing that im not awfully good at writing but seeing you read them makes me rather happy so i wish you well during these dark times, my mate hornsy also has a twitter @Horned_bastard
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