Chapter 10.6
As the door opened the earth roared in protest. The ground before them waved and rolled as if the sea in a storm. As a testament to their training, both kept their footing. The doorway was not so lucky as the wooden frame cracked and collapsed, the door shorn in two.
“Come,” bellowed Katashi above the din, waving at Jaala.
The two seemed to move as much backward as forward, but slowly made headway in the shifting cave. The light increased as they stumbled their way deeper into the passageway, some sort of glowing lichen coating the walls. Then as suddenly as it had begun, the quaking stopped.
There was a moment of eery silence, punctuated by the green glow about them as they came to a halt. Then a languid lapping noise began. So faintly at first, it was hard to place its origin. As the sucking, burbling noise grew in intensity, they realized it came from the way they had already passed. Slowly a shape began to take form behind them. Or, more accurately, a shape began to not take form behind them. A medley of limbs, tentacles, stalks, teeth, and other appendages faded in and out of the dim light.
“I believe Chaos approaches,” observed Jaala dryly.
“Then Order clearly lies in the opposite direction,” responded Katashi quite seriously, setting off at a swift pace deeper into the tunnel.
