Monday, October 31, 2016

The Profane Brigade



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


Fog of cool color. Hovering blue mist covers. Hides as it reveals.  
  Gun smoke rises now revealing the battlefield. The dead have blank stares.
Shambling readiness awaiting the loud horn-call. Jaws slack. Need to feed.  
  Uniformed bodies once festooned in blue or grey crave the taste of red.
Past Appomattox. Tattered uniforms dodder. March no longer heard.  
  Generals knew not how the dead rose up to fight. Calling for men's flesh
What call do they hear? All awareness is hunger. Gnawing ache to feed.  
  Gabriel's trumpet sounding off in righteous blasts. United, they feast
Flesh torn from live limbs. Screams and sounds of gluttony rends metal-tinged air  
  Seals undone, broken. Angels no longer weeping. Reapers fear to tread.
With a great rumble the earth is ripped asunder. Warriors called home.  
  Blood calls out to blood. The valley burns in decent. Ash floats on the wind
Falling in the rift, spine-chilling cries fill the air. Quickly extinguished  
  The howls of death fade. Once again, the living breathe. Their path ever clear.

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