A Tome, A Tale

"The eyes, once bleached by shooting stars of utmost augury, shall eternally see the dim insight drawn by the devastating query, as only the true enquiry fabricates the contours of such. The rest is vulgar fables, attempts to impose order on the consensus mantlings of an uncaring godhead."

A black, slimy tentacle held a black as pitch book aloft in front of an eyeball that was surrounded by black gunk, in which tentacles squirmed off of it. The iris of the eye itself appeared as if it were split in two, yet still somewhat conjoined together. A portal floated from behind the creature, from which it's body extended from, keeping a mystery as to how big the creature truly was.

The tentacle placed the book back on a stack of other books, and sunk into the ground below. The portal floated over to another set of book upon a shelf, the black, gunky creature stared at each title of a book it placed it's gaze upon. It easily found another book, one that brought great interest to it.

A Tale of Woe was the title, it was purple on it's cover and the pages were a emerald-green. A vortex formed and a tentacle erupted forth from it, gently grabbing the book from it's spine. The book was held aloft before the being, and once more, it began to read the pages of the book.

''"I've learned much about the universe, having lived for over a millennium. And in that time I have discovered that the people you love are what is worth fighting for..." Arbiter had concluded, the great ships of the mind creep the waves toward their destinies. After long years, a number of legends lost in the mists of morning. Even after forgetting, wisps of stories find their ways to receptive ears as even the deepest of secrets, never truly die.''

''It was by these archaic, faded, but still active magics of the departed glories of the long-dead worlds held. Inspecting through the glass-smooth, rippling reflections of the surrounding pools, deep below, the slow pulse, the waxing and waning of the Balance.''

The tentacle placed the book back upon the shelf, making sure it was still alphabetized with all the other tomes that were placed in an orderly fashion.