Forcing himself, he gets up from the slab nonetheless.
A long journey only vaguely remembered flashes insistently through his memory, then it is gone - like a dream upon waking. Dimly, he struggles to open his eyes and look around. He lies at the beginning of a hall. Precise lines of hewn, golden-flecked stone lead on in an indeterminable direction to his front. A vague haziness surrounds everything that blinking and rubbing doesn't seem to clear.
After a moment, he notices that what before looked like random patterns of gold are actually pictographs of his life, detailing it exactly from what he can see. Although puzzled by this discovery, he smiles at a particularly humorous scene, glancing through them randomly while he walks. The hall seems to hug closer as he moves onward, growing increasingly narrow, soon with only the space to edge through sideways. Then it opens.
This chamber is the largest he has ever seen. Almost impossibly wide, its edges constantly blur in his peripheral vision. Creatures of every type and countenance stand individually next to an apparatus of some sort that he can't quite make out, only that it shimmers in an light that seems to be ever-present from the surroundings. In its center is the only thing he can clearly see, a very tall man with the head of a jackal.
"It is time, Ebeneezer."
He has only a moment to look surprised, before the being, who was almost a quarter mile in front of him - appears only a foot away. Within a blink, it reaches a lacquered hand into his chest and removes his heart. He feels no pain. He feels nothing.
Tha-thump. tha-thump. tha-thump.
Nails, lacquered with impossibly intricate, ever-changing designs, place the still-beating heart gently upon an immaculate golden plate. The scale shifts, but the inertia isn't enough to off-set the other side. Through the mist that has become his vision, he sees the other side of the scale. His sin and corruption, almost like living things, move in trails of acrid darkness, biting, chewing and gnawing each other in a desperate climb to the top of the pile.
With a sigh, the solemn being tosses the heart to the open maw of his companion, a crocodile.
Lowering arms that couldn't have made it in time, Ebeneezer lets out a scream as his mind, flesh, and soul boil away into the nothingness of the void. His last glimpse is of the stars and other celestial objects seemingly imprisoned in the creatures Great Mouth.
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This is the beginning of a contest. The first player(s) who can present a well written story /w screen shots demonstrating them gaining one or both of the new PvP features will receive a very nice reward. One reward for each feature revealed. The requirements have been temporarily lowered so this can be done easier. Hurry, time is short
