Fifty li from the volcano's gaping throat,
Where once fire reigned, now only meat overflowed.
Pa-la-la—!
The waterfall slammed into black stone like a drunken war god faceplanting eternity.
Stones hissed as mist coiled around jagged edges like claws.
Below, the waterfall thrashed in an obscene rhythm, smashing moss-slick rocks like a beast fucking its way through the mountain.
On both sides, trees twisted, scar Vines, their own limbs wrapped in jealous knots, branches clawing bark like addicts in heat, forming a dome that hid the world from the sky.
Within the noise, a whisper.
"Ahhh…"
Soft, like a groan of dawn.
Fleeting, like the last breath of a dying virgin.
Swallowed instantly by the waterfall's savage rhythm.
Behind that curtain of crashing water... a cave.
Dark, damp and hidden.
Rustle ~
A silhouette stumbled from within.
Naked skin flushed crimson, glowing faintly.
