The Shroud, Elixir, and Elixir Wells
The Buzz In The Walls
Lore from the journal's The Shroud, Elixir, and Elixir Wells pages: 2 entries, read at 2 places in Springlands.
Salt lines every god-forsaken cliff. It fills the air and turns rum to brine. And yet, I can taste it - something awaits me here. I feel it deep in the rocks. A vibration upon my fingertips, a pulse. The same twitch I feel before drawing an ace. I know it well.
A buzz to snap my streak of misery. Good fortune, finally.
BERTRAM
The thumping leads the way! A bold, beautiful heartbeat beckons me! It rattles my bones, but whets my palate!
My shy compatriots have no taste for riches - or so it seems - as they departed while I slept. We had just broken into the tunnel where, deep at the end, the wonderful buzzing seems to sing.
No matter! More for Bertram, I say! Forward ho!
BERTRAM
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