Wednesday, October 1
To Walk in Carcosa: Part 12 – Leaving Carcosa
They dashed from room to room, hall to corridor. Byakhee stalked them at every turn.
Kham swigged potion after potion. He tossed one to Ilmarė.
“Drink it!” When she shook her head, he shouted. “Trust me!”
They found the garden to be a surprisingly large, formally laid out affair comprised of lawns, gravel paths, clipped hedges, fountains, and pools. High red brick walls grown over with ivy surrounded the whole. A small hedge maze was in the middle of the space and had at its center a stone arch.
“Through there!” shouted Yolanda.
The orcs trailed behind.
“Aren’t you coming with us?” asked Kham.
“I will not be harmed!” said Yolanda. “Go!”
Two large byakhee flapped down to land on either side of the entrance to the arch. With a mighty heave, Kham launched himself through the air; assisted by magic, he catapulted past the things and into the gate beyond.
Ilmarė attempted to duplicate his feat. But one of the byakhee slapped her out of the air with one claw. She hit the ground hard.
Snapping jaws shrieked towards her face but were smashed away by an axe.
“Keep going!” shouted Scarbelly. “We’ll hold them off!”
Ilmarė had scraped her knees and hands on the ground. Despite the danger, she noticed that the milk white glass beads pressed into the turf prescribed the pattern of the Yellow Sign.
She broke into a sprint. Byakhee swarmed around the three orcs even as she stepped through the archway. [MORE]
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