[Story scene post]
The cavern is even larger than described. How does the top of the mountain stay up with such a vast hole inside of it?
Jaildarn and Reyrigo continue to argue as we enter. I follow them carefully, not wanting to fall into one of the many holes.
"Without Golds, you Browns would have never found the mountains to master."
"Fool. They're mountains! We know how to look up. The highest points in the world do not require a Gold to be found."
"Yet, here I am, exploring this mountain cavern."
"The Purples require us to notify the Golds of any such vast expanse. You are invited, not needed. Informed, not summoned. I am happy to show you out at any time."
A few of Reyrigo's team hurrah at that. Jaildarn ignores them as he plows ahead.
"How are we able to see in here?" The cavern is well-lit, which is odd for the interior of a mountain. Especially as this hasn't been fully explored, so no one has put any light sources.
Reyrigo points to various spots. "Ospinevarn. The light enters through those various cracks. It reflects off certain areas of the cavern walls, illuminating the whole."
It isn't safe to stare directly at Ospinevarn. Yet, I see he's right, and that the cracks filter the view enough to make it safe. There's also one very colorful beam of light. Jaildarn is headed to the end of it. I feel an urge to go to that same spot.
"You're sure no one has been in here before?" I ask Reyrigo.
"We just broke through solid stone the other day. My team and I, and that Gold, are the only ones who have been down here. Why, Belp?"
I point to the wall where the colorful beam of light ends. "Does that look like a natural formation to you?"
Etched in the wall are three gigantic carvings of circles, each connected with straight lines. Below the markings are stones arranged in an arch. A vine grows around the arch, proving it has been in place for a very long time.
Key dramatic question that will take whole story to answer:
Could Belp have prevented all this death, how, and if so-- why didn't he?
And what led Jaildarn to become the cause of such annihilation?
QUESTION -- Is it clear enough that Ospinevarn is the name of their sun? ☼
My A to Z 2025 theme is a fantasy story. (And some of the process of writing it as well.) 🕮
- J (he/him 👨🏽 or 🧑🏽 they/them) ~ Speculative Fiction & Reference Author and Co-host of the April Blogging #AtoZchallenge
https://bsky.app/profile/jlennidorner.bsky.social My current favorite social media site.
https://amzn.to/41QBB4P Author page on Amazon — please consider following and supporting this indie author!
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/j-lenni-dorner BookBub author profile— I'd be grateful if you'd follow me.
#AtoZChallenge a-to-zchallenge.com Kindly check out the blog hop's website.
Interesting question. My mind is easily entertained by word play and for some unfathomable reason often likes to try to anagram words. When I first read Ospinevarn my mind scrambled in it into Pervasion, with the extra N left out. I was amusing myself with the idea it might be Pervasion to the Nth degree. And then maybe I thought this was a very obscure clue, that Ospinevarn might be All-That-Is (to the Nth degree) demonstrating how it penetrates and permeates even through everything, even rock walls. So, bottom line, I kind of missed the obvious referral to it being their sun. :-)
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I'm now guessing what other color is at work here. And just to be clear, J - I'm loving this story!