Five-Minute fiction - 22:23-22:28
Alabaster! What are those things? someone screamed as Thanus heard the heavy bolts on the door slam home.
People, men, women, children were frantic as they desperately tried to get away from the door. Even as Thanus watched some of the Servants clambered away from the door as the heavy wood buckled slightly under the force of a blow.
Theyre Ghuls, Alabaster said. Thanus turned to see the man standing amongst a group of the more seasoned Servants and felt his blood run cold.
The - they cant be Ghuls? Those things? Ive seen Ghuls out on patrol before, but never like that, the voice replied.
A chorus of consent rose from amongst the group man, woman, and child alike protesting this admission. Thanus kept his mouth shut, he knew better than to question the knowledge of the Warden.
You must understand, Alabaster began, but a splintering from the door drove him into silence.
The door! Theyre breaking through! Bar it! Hold it fast! people cried.
Alabaster! What are those things? someone screamed as Thanus heard the heavy bolts on the door slam home.
People, men, women, children were frantic as they desperately tried to get away from the door. Even as Thanus watched some of the Servants clambered away from the door as the heavy wood buckled slightly under the force of a blow.
Theyre Ghuls, Alabaster said. Thanus turned to see the man standing amongst a group of the more seasoned Servants and felt his blood run cold.
The - they cant be Ghuls? Those things? Ive seen Ghuls out on patrol before, but never like that, the voice replied.
A chorus of consent rose from amongst the group man, woman, and child alike protesting this admission. Thanus kept his mouth shut, he knew better than to question the knowledge of the Warden.
You must understand, Alabaster began, but a splintering from the door drove him into silence.
The door! Theyre breaking through! Bar it! Hold it fast! people cried.