The Unraveling - Going Deeper

The group gathers, some in awe, some wary. Many made their own observations, finding comradery in the others present. The earth was indeed restless, but there was more.

It was hungry.

The ground below them falters, cracks in its surface appearing as the wolves find their paws slipping from the rumble below them. The wolves find themselves slipping, falling, tumbling downwards. Beat's right shoulder finds an ice shard, slicing a long cut across it. Ezekiel's inner right back leg pulls awkwardly, the tendon stretching painfully.

Eventually, the movement stops, and the wolves find themselves underground. There is a soft blue cast of light from above. There is a thrumming, not unlike a heartbeat, ringing through the cave walls. A shadow passes overhead, then vanishes. It reappears to the side of the wolves. Another side. It surrounds them, observing from every angle. Then it bursts forth.

A blue, oxygen deprived looking creature erupts from the ground. Four crystalline shards open to reveal an eyeless, shard filled mouth that opens in a cross-like pattern. It lets out a cloudy breath as its smaller, spiked legs drag it upwards, towering above the wolves. It waits, the ice covered petals twitching in anticipation, or perhaps its listening... waiting... for you