Saturday, November 12, 2011

Dark Cavern (rough draft of story from 2007) 6/14/07


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Dark Cavern

From Tocs Eloc—Tribal Legend -translation of verbal telling by Cire Darb


As he made his way over sharp jagged stones into the cave opening of the Dark Cavern he paused to light the lantern he carried with him. Then he walked cautiously leaving the light of morning behind as the darkness of the cave swallowed him up. With the lantern in his left hand he unsheathed his machete with his right and readied himself for whatever the cave had to throw at him. The light from the lantern barely gave him enough light to see more than a few yards in front of him. The utter darkness of the cave was oppressive and unnatural. As if the darkness itself was devouring the light from him. He slowly probed deeper into the cavern thinking only of the urgency with which he needed to find the thing that drove him to this place

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