.
. :
: :
% . .
# . . :
% # %
: @ #
# . .
: . : #
. %%@@@@%% @
# ..::--**. .**--::.. . :
. .**--::.. ..::--**. #
..::--**. .**--::..
**--::.. ..::--**
###@@%*-:. .. .. .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. SOMETHING LIES GLOWING .:-*%@@###
@@%%-..... ON THE OCEAN FLOOR... .....-%%@@
#@@%-:.... .. .. ....:-%@@#
###@@%*-:. ..::--**. .**--::.. .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. .**--::.. ..::--**. .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. %%@@@@%% .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, A DANGEROUS AND .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. CAUSTIC AND SWEET SWEET THING, IT .:-*%@@###
@%**-:.... GLOWS, IT LURES YOU CLOSER. A CREATURE! ....:-**%@
###@@%*-:. .:-*%@@###
##@*-::... IT'S ALMOST OTTER-LIKE, BUT LIKE LAVA, ...::-*@##
#@%%*--:.. A LIQUID SHAPED LIKE A LIVING THING, ..:--*%%@#
###@@%*-:. AND WHEN IT RAISES AN ARM, ITS FINGERS .:-*%@@###
#@@@**::.. ARE DRIPPING WITH FIRE. WITH ITS SONG, ..::**@@@#
###@@%*-:. IT LURES YOU CLOSER YET. .:-*%@@###
@@%--:.... ....:--%@@
###@@%*-:. IT'S IN A STATE OF BLISS! IT'S A FLAME, .:-*%@@###
#@**-::::. LIT BY THE SUN! AND THIS PLEASURE IS TO .::::-**@#
###@@%*-:. BE SHARED, SHARED WITH OTHERS. .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. .:-*%@@###
####@%*-:. AND THE CREATURES OF THE SEA CREEP .:-*%@####
###@@%*-:. CLOSER, HYPNOTIZED AND CURIOUS, AND THE .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. SLUDGE EXTENDS A HAND, AND THEY TAKE IT, .:-*%@@###
##@@@%*-:. .:-*%@@@##
@@@%*-::.. WRITHING WITH JOY, ACCEPTS THEM ALL. ..::-*%@@@
@@%*-::... THEY STEP INSIDE, TAKING THE SHAPE OF A ...::-*%@@
@@%-...... SQUIRMING OTTER, NOW A STRETCHING CAT, ......-%@@
##@@@%*-:. NOW ALMOST HUMANOID. ALTHOUGH SUDDENLY .:-*%@@@##
#@@*:..... IT ALL LIQUIFIES COMPLETELY, NOW JUST A .....:*@@#
#@%%***-:. BURNING PUDDLE, LIT NOT BY THE SUN, BUT .:-***%%@#
####@@*-:. BY SOME INTERNAL FUEL HOSTILE TO LIFE. .:-*@@####
###@@%*-:. .:-*%@@###
###@@%*-:. .**--::.. ..::--**. .:-*%@@###
####@%*-:. ..::--**. ..::::.. .**--::.. .:-*%@####
.. ..