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Mmegaera: “What was that noise?”
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“What noise?”
Crumpscrreeeeeeee.
“That noise!”
“Uh, let me check the manual, sir.” Flip, flip. “Would you say that's more the sound of two massive objects colliding followed up by tearing metal, or the thump of giant wings followed by the scream of a dread predator?”
“More of a distant boom along with a subsonic wave of induced terror.”
“Okay, that sounds like your basic dimensional tear. Tell me, sir, do you have any megaliths or ancient pyramids nearby?”
“Er, there are the Dread Stones of Blood down the road.”
“Well there's your problem...”