Logue
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When the light came on, Xiu found himself wincing at the raw glare of the hanging bulb. Contrary to popular belief, the presence of that lone source of light hardly improved matters at all for it only served to highlight the dark stain that occupied a central rickety table and despite the dank odour of mildew, a rank undertone of something much more visceral was beginning to make its presence known to the two unfortunate visitors.
Then, like in so many horror movies, the stain began to spread; steadily and serpentine, it wove its way up the walls and onto the ceiling where it pooled. Despite the precarious situation that they were in, Xiu found himself unable to look away. And then regretted it.
The emerging creature was foul and pustulant. If Xiu’s alarm bells hadn’t been ringing before, they were certainly doing so with extreme clarity now. Shoving Yves as hard as he could, the duo barely managed to escape the torrential sludge aimed at them but were now confronted with a creature coming towards them in mid-pounce. Instinctively Xiu lashed out with his sword and felt the pull of the blade as it passed through the creature. Then, all at once, came the nauseating splat of putrid flesh on stone as the creature splatted onto the cobblestones below.
An epiphany suggesting that it was best that the both of them put as much distance between themselves and ‘it’ arose and Xiu turned to Yves.
“Run, Yves!” urged Xiu as he grabbed the human by the hand. “There has got to be an exit somewhere!”
As they hurried out of the lighted chamber, Xiu noticed a narrow passage branching away from the main hallway and what appeared to be steps leading up (and hopefully away from this ghastly place). Tugging Yves in that direction, the duo quickly made their way up the stone steps. Their passage was aided by the soft glow of the Sigel’s rune.
However, what greeted them in the gloom beyond the steps appeared to be the stuff of nightmares.
Impaled on chained hooks attached to the cobwebbed ceilings were several skeletons and superimposed over these skeletons were the ghostly images of flayed humans with many appearing to jerk and twitch in their everlasting torment.
“Just…what is this place…,” whispered the Sigel.
"Is it really...are humans capable of doing this...?"
