Thursday, October 9
Soul of the Serpent: Part 3b – The Arena
The sand-stained blood began to bubble slowly at first. Within a few seconds it was bubbling like the boiling mud near a volcano, creating fist-sized bubbles that spattered blood over the first rank of onlookers. The yellow steam that rose from the boiling blood began to coalesce into a yellow form, taking shape over the heads of the congregation.
The ssanu in the arena from both sects prostrated themselves before what they believed to a manifestation of their ancestral god, Yig.
But it was not Yig.
A soundless flash of yellow strands blasted forth from the tatters of the King in Yellow. Guards that were cutting through the webs were plucked from where they stood, sucked into the yellow folds.
“The King in Yellow,” Kham said wearily. “Again.” [MORE]
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