Tuesday, October 25, 2016

The Dance



A story in parts by: @black_canary02 and @entrebat:


  Blood-born memory Visions, urges -- murderous. The blade, licked clean, shines
Ancient rhythms call. Dancing, pounding sacred ground. Blood sings in response.  
  Minds boil. Skin transforms. Mystic signs and portents blaze. Ignored, now found again.
Deeper dark Magicks, from the dawn of time erupt. Come to glowing life.  
  Sing to the Ancients! Their price is not just a world. The stars are aligned.
Ancestral voices intone from primitive lobes, shouted to the stars.  
  A great eye opens. Hearing what was once silent. Slumber breaks softly.
Grandfather of old reaches toward his grandchildren slowly gaining strength.  
  Forgotten ghosts join. The singing can now be seen. Spectral voices rise.
Servants of the dead visible to the living join the danse macabre.  
  Drumbeats pounding out. Feet stomping, shuffling, bleeding. The veil slides, weakened.
The dancers tire. Ecstatic energies spent. Spinning slowly down  
  One by one, they drop. Life force traded for power. Visible rents form.
As night fades to dawn, they slink away exhausted. Power coursing through.  
  Hallowed forces sigh. Mere Magicks were not enough. Portals slammed close.

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