Xeno-Inferno

The caress of a gentle breeze and the warm glow of a mid summers eve, the woman bowed her head, the battle raged around her, yet she hastily finished the remaining prayers. a lone swordsman came hurtling at full pace. the audible clank of his roughshod armor and deep footfalls upon steamy and sodden earth, the ground was covered in thick sticky blood, it was ankle deep, the fighting had gone on for several days, with no end in sight. a war of attrition, yet one neither side seemed to be winning.

blood erupted from the wound, thick coppery smelling liquid, it had a slight corrosive effect as it sprayed upon the ashen ground as the carcasses of multilimbed creatures littered the area as far as the eye could see with their tough bony carapace, which was knee deep, the men celebrated a short victory which was cut short by a charging carnifex, suddenly heads went flying in all directions, all that was left was a steaming pile of what could only be described as shredded gore. further down the battleline there was to be a landing zone for extraction, but it was already 15 hours past it's ETA. those still hunkered down among the dead and dyi

upon the dark staircase which was barely illuminated by a sole candle which flickered as the shutters began to slam against the outside weatherboard, the storm was picking up pace, although the rain had not hit just yet, thud thud thud, a distinct harmony of tense horror which could only be felt if you were there. yep i know makes little to no sense but i got as far as i could just using what came to me and rolling with it....