(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

me, I knew. It was that same terrible void that stretched past that
rough-edged cut in my essence. It was the darkness that stretched between
stars, the black vastness that would exist at the end of time. It was the
hollow chasm that I could only caress before recoiling in terror.
If only I could full it with my screams.
When my eyes opened the glorious golden light of day was bleeding through
the violet-blue sky, turning the sky white with a hint of azure wherever it
touched. Morte had somehow rolled out from under the pillows I stuffed
him under, snoring away happily. I couldn’t have been happier to endure it.
I sat up, disoriented, a little dizzy, but too afraid to go to sleep again. No, I
would just write. Detail my journey. It would help take the edge off of that
terrible, dreamless void.
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A few copper commons had been left for me on a rickety nightstand. I
scooped them up. A short conversation with a clerk to tell them the tiny
bedroom was now clear for another and I was gone.
The way Sigil curled in on itself no longer caught my eye, nor did the sour
smell draw more than passing notice. Odd how quickly one could adapt to
even the strangest, most noxious of things.
I had avoided the stranger, less savory characters in the city as of yet. Well,
aside from Pox. The Hive dwellers that meandered between tasks had little
to say and offer, perhaps the more eclectic figures could offer more. They’d
be more likely to deal in the secrets of the city, the “dark” of it as they say
here.
The clang of metal on metal, a rhythmic hammering, drew me to one corner
of the Hive. It emitted from a tall, twisted metal structure, with no real
function that I could perceive. It was scaled with small bronze plates, and
twisted black vines curled about it from top to bottom. At the base,
however, was a tall creature with a shock of white hair. Its skin had a
greenish cast, and a pair of goat horns protruded from its forehead. It was
dressed in long flowing robes and appeared to be floating slightly above the
ground.
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