As we walked down the dimly lit corridor of the tomb, it was very silent, the absence of any noise aside from our footsteps is eerie to say the least. I couldn't shake the feeling of unease brought on by this ominous quiet.
"The bandits ambushing us wasn't really good at their job huh" sans said
"they are eremites, while they do occasionally ambush people for their cargo and all in the desert they aren't exactly bandits" i replied. i was kinda surprised he doesn't know anything about the eremites around the desert area, perhaps he really was a foreign from other nations
For a while it seemed like the eerie silence was gone with us chatting about unrelated matters as we continued our journey along the corridor we were walking until he suddenly stopped and began to look around.
"how long have we been traveling along this corridor ?" he said while turning his head back to look around.
"I lost track during our conversation earlier, so I'm not sure," I replied.
"Feels like we haven't moved, at all, as if we are stuck in this corridor" he stated as he began to approach the walls to examine them. that doesn't feel right. We have been walking for a while now. What did he mean by that ?
"weren't we walking all the time ? how come we haven't moved at all ?" i asked him
"Is this your first time traveling in places like this ?" he responded. "I'm not an archaeologist with a cowboy hat and a whip, but how often do you see a run-down structure with a perfectly intact hallway let alone this long of a passageway ?"
His words struck a chord. Ever since our encounter with the eremites and continuing down the corridor, it seemed like nothing had changed
"Hmm," he mused, pointing at some glowing symbols on the wall. "Can you tell me what these means ? "
"𓏏𓉔𓅂 𓋴𓅱𓈖 𓎢𓃭𓄿𓇋𓅓𓋴 𓏏𓉔𓅂 𓃭𓅂𓆑𓏏 𓋴𓇋𓂧𓅂 𓅱𓆑 𓏏𓉔𓅂 𓅓𓅱𓏏𓉔𓅂𓂋𓂕𓋴 𓉔𓅂𓄿𓂋" it reads
"ah i have seen this before, it is ancient sumeru language" i replied, examining the symbols
"it says something about a son and a left side, and uhh mother"
"son, left side and mother... Doesn't seem to provide us with anything to get out of this situation". he remarked looking disappointed
"hey now, don't be pessimistic like that!" I replied. While it is true that this piece of information won't help us much at the moment, it won't hurt to be a bit optimistic.
"I am not being pessimistic," he responded. "Hmm, we walk yet not walking, it feels as if the corridor itself never changes no matter how much we travel . could it be that... the corridors are moving as well ?"
His revelation caught me off guard. How is it possible that the corridor itself is moving without us realizing it?
"What do you mean ?" i replied
"Let's continue. i want to test something.Oh and remember to pay attention to the glowing symbols on the walls should they appear" he said as he took off his coat like shirt down on the floor under the glowing symbols, "hope i won't have to shake off the sand on my jacket too much". What is a jacket, is that a fontaine or mondstadt clothing choice ? but I have never seen people wear stuff like that. I silently wondered to myself.
"I assume the passageway is moving backwards," he said as we continued our walk
"If that's the case then wouldnt moving backwards be the solution ?" i replied.
"that can be the case but I mean we are trying to get deeper, no ?" he responded, well he has a point, backing out isn't the solution if we want to move deeper and see what lies at the end of this tomb.
As we walked forward, the corridor appeared empty, devoid of any visible signs, even the glowing texts we had seen earlier. We continued on and on until finally, a faint bluish glow caught our eyes in the distance. it was the glowing symbols but this time the symbols are different and we didn't see sans's "jacket" under it
"𓏏𓉔𓅂 𓂧𓄿𓅲𓎼𓉔𓏏𓅂𓂋 𓇋𓋴 𓏏𓉔𓅂 𓂋𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓋴𓇋𓂧𓅂 𓅱𓆑 𓏏𓉔𓅂 𓅓𓅱𓏏𓉔𓅂𓂋𓂕𓋴 𓉔𓅂𓄿𓂋𓏏. 𓅃𓉔𓅱 𓄿𓊪𓊪𓅂𓄿𓂋𓋴 𓅃𓉔𓅂𓈖 𓉔𓅂𓂋 𓎢𓉔𓇋𓃭𓂧𓂋𓅂𓈖 𓎢𓅱𓅓𓅂 𓏏𓅱 𓋴𓅂𓅂 𓉔𓅂𓂋. 𓄿𓃭𓃭 𓅱𓆑 𓏏𓉔𓅂𓅓 𓃭𓇋𓆯𓅂 𓇋𓈖 𓏏𓉔𓅂 𓋴𓅂𓄿 𓄿𓃀𓅱𓆯𓅂 𓏏𓉔𓅂 𓋴𓈎𓇌" it reads
"uhhh something about daughter, right side, mother, come to see, sea above the sky,something like that". I said looking at the symbols, I traced my hand along the symbols and suddenly the line of symbols meaning the word "daughter" seemed to lower down signaling a hidden switch. the ceiling above us appeared a glowing crescent symbol facing right on its surface
"Huh, great job bucko" he complimented,
We continued our walk once more and after a while we finally saw Sans's jacket again.
He pressed the symbol line meaning "son". and as expected, it lowered down and the ceiling appeared another crescent symbol facing left.
"left, right and crescent symbols, you think this might be related to lunar cycles ?" he said
I agreed to his speculation regarding lunar cycles as we are met with another glowing symbol on the wall. unlike the longer lines of symbols before, this one is simple "𓄿 𓅓𓅱𓏏𓉔𓅂𓂋𓂕𓋴 𓃭𓅱𓆯𓅂. 𓇌𓅱𓅲 𓋴𓉔𓅱𓅲𓃭𓂧𓈖𓏏 𓆑𓅱𓂋𓎼𓅂𓏏" it reads. I simply pressed the part with the word "mother" and another symbol appeared on the ceiling. This time it is a full circle. I decided not to translate the entire line. not because I can't. I just don't want to.
In the distance, a faint light revealed what seemed to be a gate, an unexpected sight in this desolate place. We walked towards it, Sans halting me with a raised hand. We waited there until the ceiling, marked with the crescent symbol, disappeared from view. Finally, Sans signaled for us to continue, and we moved forward together through the gate and deeper into the depths of the ancient tomb.
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Fanfiction"Another Story" follows the journey of a mysterious, wandering entity as they traverse through different worlds. Along the way, they confront echoes of their past, glimpses of their future, and the shadow of an unknown fate. With every world they to...
