Literature
Template SFDR #15 : When the stars hide PT 1
Prologue: Flesh shackles the gilded mind
(Within this dark, umbral place, there is only darkness and the seemingly endless sound of some kind of horrible slurping of sludge, followed by the exhaling of that sludge afterward in an endless rhythm. Not too long after, a distorted voice joins this chorus of its own.)
“This is not the first time there has been an absence of light, that the eyes of gods have been covered, that a dark presence has taken Sol from the material. Each time this has happened, man was forced into finding their own comfort in what Sol brought… but each time this happened… dark, umbral beings formed into the land. These beings formed from the visuals of the fears of each man, woman, and child… materializing… devouring.
“I… am… a witness… a catalyst for one such being. I… am their battery… and they seek… love. Love not freely given to them through the mortals’ concept of love… no… these beings don’t want your meaningless hugs, your kisses, your smiles, your
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