Thread:Crowsoul50/@comment-33229352-20190909034609/@comment-33229352-20190916050049

"I bet." her voice was deadpan. She looked down at the clipboard she was holding, squinting to read it in the dim light. "Well, you're in luck. All our holding pens but one are full for tonight's events, so it looks like you'll be sharing."

With that, she pushed open the door. "Third one on the left," she told the other guards as she handed one of them a large metal ring with many keys on it.

The guards pushed Galaxian through the door. This tunnel was even darker than the rest, with only a torch mounted by the door to provide light. Off in the distance, a small point of flame could also be seen, presumably at the end. On both sides, metal bars stretched from floor to ceiling, marking the front of cells. Stone walls separated them, ensuring neighbors would be unable to see each other. Not like they could, considering how dark it was. In the shadows, one could hear the movement of dozens of creatures and the constant rattle of chains from the cells.

One of the guards took the torch off of its mount to illuminate their path. In some of the nearby cells, eyes glowed in the dark, reflecting the light being cast; in others, the only indication that something was there was a barely discernible silhouette.

They moved to the correct cell and the guard with the key ring fumbled for a minute to find the matching key. "What's in this one?" he asked as he flipped through them, occasionally trying the lock with no luck.

"No idea, but I'm not going in there." the guard with the torch raised it, trying to get more light in the cell. No eyes reflected, but the sound of chains moving in the far corner was enough for them to know something was there.

The guard with the keys grinned as he tried another one, which slid into the lock with a click. The cell door creaked open and they moved Galaxian inside, shutting and locking the door behind the god just as quickly. Their job done, they exited, taking their torchlight with them.

The sound of chains sliding across stone was the only warning Galaxian had before the cell's inhabitant moved to bodyslam him.