Finish the Story Contest - WEEK #15

in #greetersguild6 years ago

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Finish the Story Contest Original Post:

https://steemit.com/contest/@f3nix/finish-the-story-contest-week-15

It Awakens

As the Kunst Meister tried to move with caution, the twist brought him a chorus of pangs along the neck, till exploding within his head its white vowel of pain.
Far away, to the south, the white smoke of the stalled hoverbike no longer stood out from the purple sky.
Everything in that cursed place was wrong and the black powder was a whisk, shaken by the suffocating wind of a perverse and tireless djinn.

Now he had the certainty that all those stories whispered by candlelight were not only true, but also a pale and dull representation of the deafening truth in front of his eyes.
At every shallow breath, the macabre dunes of the Obsidian Desert reminded him of the long distance covered.
Since he had left the hoverbike behind him, he had tried to taunt himself about the creeping and imperceptible movements of the sand. By now, however, it was no longer possible to ignore it: the dunes had definitively assumed the shape of deformed faces. The Meister struggled not to look at them but could not ignore those soulless empty orbits, which peered his every uncertain step. Those mounds were reproducing his face, multiplied in a kaleidoscope of abomination.

Among the dunes, madness used to arrive well before dehydration.

He almost did not notice that the Tesseract 19 could be seen to the naked eye, right at the horizon. The column pierced the black sea and challenged the streaked clouds. The awareness of his distance made him wince. That construction was huge, that artifact was Moloch's sharpest tooth.
The warm wind delivered to him, intertwined with dust, an imperceptible howl: the wail of the monolith, an omen of death.
The man waited, an immobile exoskeleton bent over the black sand. The helmet laying abandoned beside him. Soon everything would be accomplished, one way or another.

My Ending

The Meister checked the body for weapons or water, but neither were found. He picked up the helmet and kept his bearings towards Tesseract 19, this helmet was a lot better than the one he left on the hoverbike.

Meister knew that the natives always traveled through the Obsidian Desert along the dry river bed, and he just needed to clear this last dune to get there.

He reached the peak of the dunes and scanned the river bed to see if any camel tracks were visible. The blazing sun made it hard for him to focus, but he took a step and collapsed towards the river bed.

Night had fallen and Meister awoke to the sound of people talking. He raised the helmet in the air so the moonlight could reflect off the shinny surface. Meister could barely squeak a "water" from his crusty lips.

He could hear footsteps heading his way, then the flow of water passed his lips. Meister tried to lift his head, but he was too weak.

"Slow, drink slowly, I'll help you" he heard a soft voice speak. He felt a soft hand on the back of his neck, as he took another gulp.

Meister still couldn't focus, "there, there, everythings gonna be alright" said the soft voice. He heard the sound of a blade unsheathing, then felt the cold steel run across his throat.

She laughed and mumbled, "I needed a new helmet!"

Ending by Bruni

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She gave him a drink first??? Cruel! Didn't see that coming. Nice twist @wonderwop.

I guess he wasn't her type. 🗡

Sick man. LOL.

Must have been a really nice helmet. 👷

What a bitch! Well, I suppose that life is not gentle around the tesseract..

Need to always watch your back! 👀

That ending took me by surprise. Nice work

Oh I love the ending, didn't see that coming at all! It felt like a great set up to for the woman who didn't save him, I want to know what she's doing there as well! Great story for getting you wondering!

So dies the Kunst Meister, teased by a couple of sips of water, then slain like a lamb... Nice one, Bruni!

Your ending surprised me the most! I like that you thought to put in a group that was accustomed to the desert. Great job Bruni! Good luck in the contest!

Week #16 is out, brave storyteller!

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