Stories from the Abyss

I’m a wanderer in the abyss. I’m fascinated by the abyss. I know many of the paths and demons well. Wandering the abyss I find strangers who want out. I offer to lead them out of the abyss into the light. These are my stories.

Challenge

Once I was wandering the abyss and I met a stranger there and the stranger asked me to help them and lead them out of the abyss. And I knew the abyss well and agreed to help them out. As I knew the paths well I told them to follow me on a path I knew led to the light. A steep but, for the abyss, a moderate dangerous climb. After walking for a while, I looked back and they were nowhere to be seen. I searched and found them walking a different path. I knew this path and it didn’t lead out. “Follow me I said, I know the way”. We went back to my path climbing the steep ascend. Looking back again, I saw them in the distance, very slowly following me. And I said, “Don’t crawl when you’re in hell!” and the stranger sped up. After a while I looked back again and the stranger was nowhere to be seen. I walked back and found them going back to where we came from.. And I told them I can only lead them out, if they would follow me. And they asked “Are you up to the challenge of leading me out?” I was not in the abyss for a challenge but to help strangers who wanted to get out. I turned around walking away watching out for more strangers.

Loving Fighting Demons

One day when I was wondering the abyss, I saw a stranger fighting vicously some demons. I had seen those demons before, they were quite common but nasty. The stranger saw me and shouted for help. I helped them slay the demons, as I knew their weak points, but the stranger also faught bravely. After the fight, the stranger asked me to help them out of the abyss, as they were weary fighting demons. I agreed and we started climbing a path. I told the stranger we would need to avoid demons to get out. And we walked for half a day, and there were some demons in the distance. And the stranger jumped and run to the demons fighting them. I went along and helped them slay the demons again. We would not get out of the abyss that way - which I told the stranger. After another hour climbing the path out of the abyss, the stranger saw some demons following us. And he turned and run towards them. We had another nasty fight, and it was a close one this time. When they came back, I told the stranger “You love fighting demons and you don’t want to leave the abyss”. I turned around walking away watching out for more strangers who wanted to get out of the abyss.