Nightwing32193
2018-08-29, 05:03 PM
Gariff wakes up with his face in the dirt and a piercing ache in his head. The silt tastes bitter and foul, and despite the dim twilight, it is hot as though it has been baking in the sun. The bitter stench of brimstone and curdled milk assaults his nostrils, coating his tongue and throat in a nausea inducing film. Sitting up, Gariff spits as he wipes the scarlet soil off of his face. As he does so, he smacks his head on a low overhang of rock and curses in pain, rubbing his scalp ruefully. Looking around, he begins to take stock of his surroundings. He is in a shallow cave, barely more than an indentation, carved out of shiny black obsidian.
Outside the overhang, a vast, flat plain extends for hundreds of miles in every direction; the horizon seems much further than any horizon on earth. A furious wind howls perpetually across the plain, carrying with it the faint and distant sound of screams. The sky roils with black clouds, and every so often a turbid ball of dark flame hurtles from the clouds and smashes violently into the ground with a powerful explosion. The entire land seems illuminated by an otherworldy red glow with no discernible source, and the ground is covered in blood and viscera as far as the eye can see. To his left, Gariff can see a range of obsidian mountains stretch far into the distance, much sharper and more narrow than any earthly mountains, like a curved jaw of ebony fangs.
Outside the overhang, a vast, flat plain extends for hundreds of miles in every direction; the horizon seems much further than any horizon on earth. A furious wind howls perpetually across the plain, carrying with it the faint and distant sound of screams. The sky roils with black clouds, and every so often a turbid ball of dark flame hurtles from the clouds and smashes violently into the ground with a powerful explosion. The entire land seems illuminated by an otherworldy red glow with no discernible source, and the ground is covered in blood and viscera as far as the eye can see. To his left, Gariff can see a range of obsidian mountains stretch far into the distance, much sharper and more narrow than any earthly mountains, like a curved jaw of ebony fangs.