The snake was still there when I woke up. This is weird, because a SOTERM typically reflexively shifts realities every six hours or so. It's like, breathing or digestion to it. Then I realized that the ground wasn't vibrating with its breaths, and that carrion birds were circling it and not getting slurped out of the air by its massive barbed tongue. I decided to magic up a closer look.
Apparently, when it moved earlier? That wasn't it stirring. That was it shifting. It's dead.
To clarify, this is a mile long snake. They have been known to eat, or at least attack, cities. Their hides can withstand missile fire--I've seen one eat a missile before, explosion and all, and not look any worse for the wear. I've never heard of one being actually, you know, killed before. A typical Serpent of the Endless Ravening Maw's part of the Infinite Song is kinda nigh-infinite too. It's like someone killed a mountain. Or Jupiter's Orange Spot.
And wow, was it killed. I mean damn. Basically no chance natural causes took this thing. To put it in eloquent, medical terms, something majorly fucked that worldsnake up. Big time.
I really, really hope it shifted into our reality during its death throes because I am not comfortable with the idea that something that can jack the fuck up a SOTERM is walking around here somewhere.
In good news, though, I managed to find a couple loose teeth and scales. Whatever I don't use should get a pretty good price.
Anyway, back on the road. Hopefully tomorrow or the day after I can get my vision quest on.
~~Destiny
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Stuck
Well. I guess I'll be camping out in this old house for a while.
It was going so well, but there's a Serpent of the Endless Ravening Maw sleeping in a nearby valley. I'd make a detour to avoid it but I'm afraid to move too much now that I'm so close to it--pretty sure it stirred when I tapped that cactus for water. Gonna camp out until morning and see if it's shifted realities in its sleep. Who knows, maybe I'll be lucky and it'll leave a fang or two behind. I could use some more picks and reeds.
Anyway, since I have the time, a little about me. My name is Destiny Grey. I was a senior in high school during the First Cacophony. As you might've guessed, during the Cacophony (both times), I heard the Infinite Song--you know, as in literally heard it. I guess that makes me a capital B bard but that capital letter is waaaaaaaay too pretentious for me.
My favorite instrument is Katrina, my bass, which also has my best friend's soul in it. I'm also a fan of various woodwinds. Except the oboe. Screw the oboe. I hope the two in my backpack heard that and are suitably burned.
Welp, I'm going to get some sleep. Hopefully in the morning I'll be down one gigantic transdimensional snake.
It was going so well, but there's a Serpent of the Endless Ravening Maw sleeping in a nearby valley. I'd make a detour to avoid it but I'm afraid to move too much now that I'm so close to it--pretty sure it stirred when I tapped that cactus for water. Gonna camp out until morning and see if it's shifted realities in its sleep. Who knows, maybe I'll be lucky and it'll leave a fang or two behind. I could use some more picks and reeds.
Anyway, since I have the time, a little about me. My name is Destiny Grey. I was a senior in high school during the First Cacophony. As you might've guessed, during the Cacophony (both times), I heard the Infinite Song--you know, as in literally heard it. I guess that makes me a capital B bard but that capital letter is waaaaaaaay too pretentious for me.
My favorite instrument is Katrina, my bass, which also has my best friend's soul in it. I'm also a fan of various woodwinds. Except the oboe. Screw the oboe. I hope the two in my backpack heard that and are suitably burned.
Welp, I'm going to get some sleep. Hopefully in the morning I'll be down one gigantic transdimensional snake.
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