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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4945132" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p><strong>Time and the Serpent: Prologue</strong></p><p></p><p>After trudging across the blasted landscape for hours, they reached a standing stone nearly five feet in height with strange markings on it.</p><p></p><p>"What is that?" asked Hammer.</p><p></p><p>"It isss a warning," said Ssuthraa.</p><p></p><p>"Warning against what?" </p><p></p><p>Jim-Bean cocked his head. "Did you hear that?"</p><p></p><p>Hammer and Ssuthraa stopped. "What?" asked Ssuthraa. "What do you hear?"</p><p></p><p>"Voices…" said Jim-Bean, swiveling his head to pinpoint the sound. He was on utterly barren and flat terrain; there was no way he couldn't see the source. The voices were coming closer…</p><p></p><p>"…it sssound like?" said Ssuthraa urgently, interrupting Jim-Bean's concentration. The serpent person shook him. "Ssspeak, fool!"</p><p></p><p>"Hey," shouted Hammer, pointing his pistols at the serpent man. "Step away from him."</p><p></p><p>"Chanting," said Jim-Bean. "It sounds like chanting." The words came unbidden from his lips: </p><p></p><p>"<span style="font-family: 'Impact'">Ce'haiee ep-ngh fl'hur G'harne fhtagn,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Impact'">Ce'haiie fhtagn ngh Shudde-M'ell.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Impact'">Hai G'harne orr'e ep fl'hur,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Impact'">Shudde-M'ell ican'icanicas fl'hur orr'e G'harne.</span>"</p><p></p><p>"Sha'ddu-Ka arrives," said Ssuthraa calmly, "show proper obeisance."</p><p></p><p>"Who?" asked Hammer.</p><p></p><p>"What?" shouted Jim-Bean over the chanting which had reached a fever pitch.</p><p></p><p>Suddenly without any sort of warning, there came a low rumble from deep in the ground. The agents were pitched backward, off balance. Then they saw it.</p><p></p><p>At a distance of no more than fifteen feet, the face of the dirt burst outward in a shower of stones and earth--and then--a THING came after them.</p><p></p><p>It was octopoid, all flowing tentacles and a pulpy gray-black, elongated sack of a body, rubbery, exuding a vilely stinking whitish slime. It was eyeless and headless, with no distinguishing features at all other than reaching, groping tentacles. </p><p></p><p>The thing was almost upon them. Jim-Bean felt somehow rooted to the spot--fixed immobile, as if his feet were stuck in mental molasses, a fly in the ointment of the group-mind--hearing the dreadful droning chant, his eyes wide open and popping, his mouth slack, his hair standing straight up on his head. </p><p></p><p>Hammer shoved him hard. "Run!"</p><p></p><p>Ssuthraa was already ahead of them, but the thing seemed to have no interested in him. They sprinted in the direction of the tower. Tentacles snapped out, clawing, reaching for them. Hammer rolled to the side as one of the tentacles whipped through the air where his head had been.</p><p></p><p>When they were out of range, Jim-Bean stopped and turned around. The only evidence of the thing's passage was a cloud of dirt where it had burrowed back into the earth.</p><p></p><p>Hammer advanced on Ssuthraa. "Proper obeisance, huh? You could have given us more warning!"</p><p></p><p>"You are ssstrangersss here," said Ssuthraa, non-plussed. "And inferior at that. </p><p></p><p>"I'll show you inferior," threatened Hammer. "I noticed you were running first."</p><p></p><p>But Jim-Bean stood between them, staring at the place where Sha'ddu-Ka attacked.</p><p></p><p>"What?" asked Hammer, irritated. </p><p></p><p>"I think that thing was…talking to me," said Jim-Bean, panting. "The voices chanted something. It's fading now."</p><p></p><p>"What did it say?" asked Hammer, </p><p></p><p>"We'll meet again."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 4945132, member: 3285"] [b]Time and the Serpent: Prologue[/b] After trudging across the blasted landscape for hours, they reached a standing stone nearly five feet in height with strange markings on it. "What is that?" asked Hammer. "It isss a warning," said Ssuthraa. "Warning against what?" Jim-Bean cocked his head. "Did you hear that?" Hammer and Ssuthraa stopped. "What?" asked Ssuthraa. "What do you hear?" "Voices…" said Jim-Bean, swiveling his head to pinpoint the sound. He was on utterly barren and flat terrain; there was no way he couldn't see the source. The voices were coming closer… "…it sssound like?" said Ssuthraa urgently, interrupting Jim-Bean's concentration. The serpent person shook him. "Ssspeak, fool!" "Hey," shouted Hammer, pointing his pistols at the serpent man. "Step away from him." "Chanting," said Jim-Bean. "It sounds like chanting." The words came unbidden from his lips: "[FONT="Impact"]Ce'haiee ep-ngh fl'hur G'harne fhtagn, Ce'haiie fhtagn ngh Shudde-M'ell. Hai G'harne orr'e ep fl'hur, Shudde-M'ell ican'icanicas fl'hur orr'e G'harne.[/FONT]" "Sha'ddu-Ka arrives," said Ssuthraa calmly, "show proper obeisance." "Who?" asked Hammer. "What?" shouted Jim-Bean over the chanting which had reached a fever pitch. Suddenly without any sort of warning, there came a low rumble from deep in the ground. The agents were pitched backward, off balance. Then they saw it. At a distance of no more than fifteen feet, the face of the dirt burst outward in a shower of stones and earth--and then--a THING came after them. It was octopoid, all flowing tentacles and a pulpy gray-black, elongated sack of a body, rubbery, exuding a vilely stinking whitish slime. It was eyeless and headless, with no distinguishing features at all other than reaching, groping tentacles. The thing was almost upon them. Jim-Bean felt somehow rooted to the spot--fixed immobile, as if his feet were stuck in mental molasses, a fly in the ointment of the group-mind--hearing the dreadful droning chant, his eyes wide open and popping, his mouth slack, his hair standing straight up on his head. Hammer shoved him hard. "Run!" Ssuthraa was already ahead of them, but the thing seemed to have no interested in him. They sprinted in the direction of the tower. Tentacles snapped out, clawing, reaching for them. Hammer rolled to the side as one of the tentacles whipped through the air where his head had been. When they were out of range, Jim-Bean stopped and turned around. The only evidence of the thing's passage was a cloud of dirt where it had burrowed back into the earth. Hammer advanced on Ssuthraa. "Proper obeisance, huh? You could have given us more warning!" "You are ssstrangersss here," said Ssuthraa, non-plussed. "And inferior at that. "I'll show you inferior," threatened Hammer. "I noticed you were running first." But Jim-Bean stood between them, staring at the place where Sha'ddu-Ka attacked. "What?" asked Hammer, irritated. "I think that thing was…talking to me," said Jim-Bean, panting. "The voices chanted something. It's fading now." "What did it say?" asked Hammer, "We'll meet again." [/QUOTE]
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