.
. -
- -
% . .
# . . -
% # %
- @ #
# . .
- . - #
. %%@@@@%% @
# ..--~~::. .::~~--.. . -
. .::~~--.. ..--~~::. #
..--~~::. .::~~--..
::~~--.. ..--~~::
##@@@%:~-. .. .. .-~:%@@@##
##@@@%:~-. 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. ......-:@@
##@@@%:~-. .-~:%@@@##
#@@:~~---. .::~~--.. ..--~~::. .---~~:@@#
###@@%:~-. ..--~~::. ..----.. .::~~--.. .-~:%@@###
.. ..