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Episode 5 ~ Into the Pit

He was pulled down under from below. Buried alive. Swallowed up whole. Sucked in with a hideous slurp. A devilish kind of sound.

The only sign that remained of him was a hand protruding from the ground, one still clutching his treasured map.

A second gulp took care of that. It was bound to rejoin its owner now. Both lost, drawn into uncharted realms of the netherworld.

The gluttonous pen let out a burp.

The near empty room went silent and dim.

Morio Yoop was gone.

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The illuminated lore project is an ongoing collaboration of
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and Lore of the Underlings author John Klobucher