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UZ! · #7 [ ] 03-31-2008, 01:55 AM

(OOC: See? I only went TWO months between posts this time! At this rate, I'll be down to a post a day in no time. Also: 561 words, not bad.)

“Well, it’s dark, I can tell that.” UZ really couldn’t see much else in terms of detail inside that gaping hole at the end of the oversized hedge maze he just finished exploring. With nowhere else to go, however, he had nothing to do but enter. Crawling in a slow straight manner, UZ couldn’t tell how large the hole was, and was certain that the only way this could end was with him slamming into a wall. “This must be one of those situations where hands come in handy,” he mumbled to himself. He had hardly gotten the word “handy” out before his prediction came true. With a resounding THUD, UZ found 2 straight inches of a stone ledge wedged into his head.

“Ow.” Not the least bit comfortable, UZ pulled his head out of the ledge and began to poke around. With a small 3 foot stretch up, (followed by his head slamming against the ceiling) UZ determined that the ‘ledge’ that he had smacked into was more of a low hanging wall. “God, there must only be a few feet of clearance here…” he mumbled. Shrinking down into his hole, he slinked beneath the wall. Still fairly dark, a faint glow was emitting from ahead of him. It looked like glow in the dark paint had been splattered on the wall in various chunks.

After 2 minutes of trudging closer to the glow, (as well as hitting his head on the ceiling more times then he’d care to admit) UZ felt something non-ceiling-like scrape across his head. “Odd. That didn’t feel like rock at all. The hell is on my head?” Being unable to scrape it off due to his unfortunate lack of appendages, he simply slammed his head onto the nearest side wall trying to get it off. A few dizzy spells later, his efforts yielded a small bit of mossy substance from his head to the wall. After a small rest to get his brain back in sync, UZ checked it out. “This must be why the walls are glowing, this moss is bioluminescent.” Onward he went, staying even lower in his hole to avoid touching the lichen.

The tunnel proved to be only a few hundred more feet long before hitting a dead end. The tunnel was covered in layer upon layer of the moss, and he couldn’t break through it. “If there is something on the other side of this tunnel, I don’t think I’ll be seeing what it is…” UZ couldn’t come up with any bright ideas, minus attempting to burn down all the moss. As he turned around to get back to a wider area, he felt an omniscient presence behind him. It was a metallic noise, almost like a sword sticking itself through the wall. Turning his head, he saw a large needle extending a few inches from the side of the tunnel. “Oh… crap.” Within seconds, more needles began shooting out of the wall in jagged and frightening manner. Within seconds, fear overtook UZ, and he fainted.

When UZ woke up, he was in a plain stone-walled room covered in green vines. His head was propped up against a pillow-like wall, and a lone elf was sitting in the room with him. The elf, hearing the rustling of UZ awakening, turned his head and spoke. “Good evening, sir. How are you?”