💾 Archived View for soviet.circumlunar.space › wholesomedonut › fiction › dwarf-home-3.gmi captured on 2023-05-24 at 18:41:08. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content

-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Dwarf Home, pt 3

date: Thu Mar 4 09:26:28 PM UTC 2021

Originally written for soviet.circumlunar.space

I could swear Gomdi's gotten us lost, this time. I can't tell what's gotten

into that dwarf's head. We've made circles around these three distinct caverns

for two days now. Hili dropped his axe - the fool! - and had it tumble down

an entire flight of stairs. The echoes seemed to go on for a few minutes,

but it felt more like an eternity.

Things are very quiet down here. It's unsettling. Yes, the adamantium is down

here, below what's already been dug many years ago. Sure as my beard is full.

But something doesn't sit right with me about this place. If I was head of the

expedition I'd have turned around just for the feeling of it. But Gomdi is

certain we're not far. "Just a bit farther, boys!" he says. Every time.

We've stopped just briefly here in what seems to be an old rail cart station.

Our rations are holding strong but the greenbeards are starting to get irked

over the taste. They'll learn. Hralti stew is much worse.

-- Narfi's journal