Check out the flickering Light

Tame moved closer to the turn of the hall where the flickering fire-like light was coming from. He didn’t hear anything except for the crunching of the carpet under his hooves. As he neared the corner, he noticed the carpet was not only stiffer and coated with even thicker grit and silt, with large jagged rips and tears. It looked like whatever had caused it, needed a lot of extra traction at this point for some reason.

Something with big claws came through here. Tame scratched his head and squatted down to inspect the mess closer. With the aid of the extra light, he quickly spotted a partial print in the built up dirt and sand. Definitely reptilian. Tame held his hand over the print and spread his fingers as wide as they would go and didn’t quite reach the edges. Fuck.

He sighed and stood up again. The bend was perhaps another ten feet from him and right where the hall turned, the carpet was in the worst shape, completely destroyed and thrown about. He eased forward, cautious again, and pressed his back to the wall before peeking around the corner. The light he was seeing came from a doorway that was about a dozen or so feet away and partially open. Here at the corner, a new scent invaded his nose, fighting with the wet muddy smell of the dirt that covered the floor and the walls almost up to his knees.

Is...is that food? Is someone baking down here? Tame raised an eyebrow, leaning a bit more around the corner.

Author's Note

Go Back Upstairs (links back to the original story)

Examine the Wrecked Carpeting

Check out the door at the End of the Hall