The Dark Furie

I can feel it coming, you know.
They say I'm insane, but they're the crazy ones.
How can they not feel it coming?

It watches me when I sleep, stalks me from the moment I awaken.

Why am I the only one who can feel it?

You'll be sorry.
You'll all be sorry.

It will judge us for our sins...
It will judge us for our sins...
It will judge me for my sins...

He knows how to destroy it! You must destroy it. The beast must not live on.

The fire's finally burning high enough. It's so cold out that I didn't think I'd get it to light at first, but the kindling soon took the spark and it's burning nicely now.

Where did I leave that bag? Oh yes, there it is, by the door.

I've been saving the bones all month. Now it's time for them to serve their purpose. I empty the bag onto the fire and can't help but smile as I see them start to blacken quickly. At least you can rely on some things to stay the same.

The scattered nutshells and kernels lie on the table, mocking me. They know what is to come and have imparted their knowledge upon me. There are some questions you really shouldn't ask. No matter how prepared you think you are for the answer, it's never enough. They know, and now I know. Tonight is the night I'm going to die.

I start laying out the plates and cutlery. Two forks, two spoons, two knives, two plates. I pour two tots of potine into seperate glasses - one for me and one for those that have passed on. Somehow it's not enough. So many people died in that trench, and for what? To protect a piece of land smaller than my house...

I need another drink.

It was in that trench, huddled amongst the corpses of my friends, that I first encountered the beast. Even now, so many years later, I still wake screaming with the stench of it filling my nostrils.

It knew me back then. Knew I had survived where so many had fallen. It laughed as it sorted through the bodies until it found me. Why it didn't kill me then I have no idea, maybe it just wanted to torment me for longer. And torment me it does.

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