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<v Speaker 1>Longevity by Teres windsor a morality tale. Nineteen sixty style

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<v Speaker 1>legend had it that many thousands of years ago, right

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<v Speaker 1>after the Great Horror, the whole continent of the West

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<v Speaker 1>had slowly sunk beneath the West water, and that once

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<v Speaker 1>every century it arose during a full moon. Still, Captain

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<v Speaker 1>Heinrich clung to the hope that the legend would not

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<v Speaker 1>be borne out by truth. Perhaps the West Continent still existed.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps dare he hope with civilization? The crew of the

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<v Speaker 1>Semelunas thought him quite mad. After all, hadn't the East

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<v Speaker 1>and South continents been completely annihilated from the great sky fires?

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<v Speaker 1>And wasn't it said that they had suffered from a

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<v Speaker 1>fraction of what the West continent had endured. The Semilunas

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<v Speaker 1>anchored at the mouth of a great river, the months

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<v Speaker 1>of fear and doubt were at end. Here, at last

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<v Speaker 1>was the West Continent. A small party of scouts was

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<v Speaker 1>sent ashore, with many cautions to be alert for luminescent areas,

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<v Speaker 1>which meant certain death for those who remained too long

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<v Speaker 1>in its vicinity. Armed with bow and arrow, the party

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<v Speaker 1>made its way slowly up the great river. Nowhere was

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<v Speaker 1>to be seen, the color green, only dull browns and grays,

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<v Speaker 1>and no sign of life save for an occasional patch

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<v Speaker 1>of lichen on a rock. After several days of rowing,

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<v Speaker 1>the food and water supply was almost half depleted, and

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<v Speaker 1>still no evidence of either past or present habitation. It

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<v Speaker 1>was time to turn back to travel all the weary

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<v Speaker 1>months across the west Water, the journey all in vain.

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<v Speaker 1>What a small reward for such an arduous trip, just

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<v Speaker 1>proof of the existence of a barren land mass, ugly

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<v Speaker 1>and useless. On the second day of the return to

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<v Speaker 1>the Semlunas, the scouting party decided to stop and investigate

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<v Speaker 1>a huge opening in the Rocky Mine mountain side. How

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<v Speaker 1>suspiciously regular and even it looked, particularly in comparison to

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of the countryside, which was jagged and chaotic.

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<v Speaker 1>They entered the cave apprehensively, torches of flare and weapons

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<v Speaker 1>in hand, but all was darkness and quiet. Still, the

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<v Speaker 1>regularity of the cave walls led them on. Some creature,

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<v Speaker 1>man or otherwise must have planned and built this, But

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<v Speaker 1>to what end? Now the cave divided into three forks.

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<v Speaker 1>The torches gave only a hint of the immensity of

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<v Speaker 1>the chambers that lay at the end of each. They

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<v Speaker 1>selected the center chamber, approaching cautiously, breath caught in awe

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<v Speaker 1>and excitement. The torches reflected on a dull, black surface

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<v Speaker 1>which was divided into many, many little squares. The sameness

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<v Speaker 1>of them stretched for uncountable yards in all directions. What

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<v Speaker 1>were these ungodly looking edifices? The black surface was cold

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<v Speaker 1>and smooth to the touch, and quite regular, except for

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<v Speaker 1>a strange little hole at the bottom of each square,

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<v Speaker 1>in a curious row of pictures along the top. They

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<v Speaker 1>would copy these strange pictures. Perhaps back home there would

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<v Speaker 1>be a scholar who would understand the meaning behind these

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<v Speaker 1>last remains of the people of the West Continent. The

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<v Speaker 1>leader took out his slate and painstakingly copied Safe Guard

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<v Speaker 1>Your Valuables at Allegheny Mountain Vaults, box number four five four,

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<v Speaker 1>four three, five, six, seven eight two. End of Longevity

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<v Speaker 1>by Terse Windsor