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
