It hurts to step upon the volcanic rock of Fury. The rock bars way to the earth. A pickaxe chips away at the surface. Fury spreads. Borderlands build thick fences of wood, stone, and metal but Fury lava seeps underneath, polluting and drying neighboring lands.
“It’s either sweltering or freezing, never comfortable,” says the Guide.
The terraced rock of Fury, surrounded by mountains, overlooks the other lands. The inhabitants have pinched and hot faces. The volcano Fury erupts every hundred years adding layers of lava rock.
A treeless land under pressure. Fury blossoms open once a year spiking red petals which quickly wither. Steam rises. Flat black leaves of algae grow over the ponds making their surfaces dark and undrinkable.
The Tower Impatience rises in the sunken valley of volcanic Fury. Travelers may climb its spiral staircase, up and up. There are locked doors all around the stairwell. Masked servants hold the keys. From within creatures scratch and whine. There is always one more stair to climb, another step, before it is time to go.
Yet, the tower does not reach high enough to provide view see over the lip of the mountains. Only a dark wall of rock can be seen from the vantage of Fury, grey in the morning and black at night.
“It’s either sweltering or freezing, never comfortable,” says the Guide.
The terraced rock of Fury, surrounded by mountains, overlooks the other lands. The inhabitants have pinched and hot faces. The volcano Fury erupts every hundred years adding layers of lava rock.
A treeless land under pressure. Fury blossoms open once a year spiking red petals which quickly wither. Steam rises. Flat black leaves of algae grow over the ponds making their surfaces dark and undrinkable.
The Tower Impatience rises in the sunken valley of volcanic Fury. Travelers may climb its spiral staircase, up and up. There are locked doors all around the stairwell. Masked servants hold the keys. From within creatures scratch and whine. There is always one more stair to climb, another step, before it is time to go.
Yet, the tower does not reach high enough to provide view see over the lip of the mountains. Only a dark wall of rock can be seen from the vantage of Fury, grey in the morning and black at night.
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