Into the Abyss

“Foolish mortal; how dare you disturb me? You do not realize the powers you toy with! For, I am the Abyss! You think you can just stumble into my realm and disturb me without consequence? Oh no, there are grave consequences for your actions, mortal!”

“Wait, are you talking to me? What are you talking about?”

“Ha! Do you feel the darkness pulling on your very soul? Uncomfortable, is it not? Slowly, the darkness will surround you and eventually consume your very flesh.”

“Um, it is dark out but…it’s not even that dark. I mean, there are streetlights on.”

“Oh…A minor setback, for the time being, but I assure you, mortal, that this fact will shortly be remedied. For I, the Abyss, will now summon the surrounding darkness to do my bidding. Shudder in horror, mortal, as I entwine the very strands of darkness, and combine them into large tentacles for which to destroy these lights you speak of, along with…you. Wah-hah, wah-hah, wuh-huh-huh-hah!”

“…Well? Nothing’s happening.”

“Ah…While you may have quashed my shadow tentacles–”

“I will assure you that I didn’t do anything.”

“–Nothing…can prepare you…for the horrors that now await you.”

“…Is that…the end of your story?”

“Silence!”

“…”

“…Just now, I call forth to the deepest depths of the void, in which lie the gruesomest–”

“That’s not even a real word!”

“–horrors you have ever seen. As we speak, these creatures begin to rise up into your mortal realm in order to clutch you in their horrible appendages. You will be dragged down into the deepest, darkest area of the void, never to be seen again.”

“Okay, you know what; you don’t have any special powers. I can see you; you’re just some guy with a blanket over his head. Do I even know you?”

“Stop! Do not touch the blanket of the Abyss! Aha! A hellhound has come!”

“That’s a black lab…on a leash…”

“Come, hellhound, protect your master from this…stink…beast…of stink! The Abyss, away!”

“…”