Can't tell what day it is any more, been in these damned tunnels for too long. What does the sun look like? Don't remember. Air and rations are both stale. The buggers are all around. Guess if you're going to die, might as well do it underground and save 'em the trouble of digging you a hole to lie in. They'll never let us out of here alive.
The screaming felt good though. Made me feel like a warrior again, like the old days in the pits. Seemed to keep the bugs away too. Ran out of breath eventually, and stalked the tunnels in silence, just us and the dead down there. Found some bugger eggs and made a pretty good meal of 'em. Better than stale rations, if you don't think about that you're eating unborn children. But that's the way of this world, isn't it? A boot stamping on a human face, forever. A fist pounding a bugger's thorax, forever. Do they feel it too? Do they feel despair?
Things got strange. Fungus everywhere, slime, chittering (thought about tasting the fungus, but fungi are always a bit dodgier than eggs). Came back to our old fort in the depths and discovered the enemy's nest just a tunnel away. Scouted the place out and it was a deathtrap. Was suggested that we set them up the bomb using that black powder we found a while back. Was it just a few hours ago? Time loses all meaning down here.
Pressed on through the fungus, bomb in my hand and the wizard behind with his lightning-thrower. Two buggers tried to stop us but we fought 'em back and pushed through. Lobbed that bomb, gave it everything I had, and the wizard did good. Damned good. A little fire, a lot of noise, shrapnel everywhere. Wasn't much left to do after that, just a few mercy killings. Wonder if the buggers saw it that way. Guess it doesn't matter now, they're just as dead.
Queen bugger got away though, we found her tunnel. Chased her to a cavern over a lake and sent the wizard down on a rope. They traded lightning for venom but the wizard fell in the end. Went down after them then, one hell of a big bugger in the water and all us splashing down on top of her. Battle went quick after that and she sank into the murk. Never saw the bottom. They say some pools go down forever. Maybe she's still sinking.
- Wultgar
We play D&D. In our company's board room. Every Monday evening given enough players.
