The Final Clock

“But… how do we stop the end of the world? I mean, do we even know how everything will end?” she asked. “Well, I don’t know exactly how it will end, but I do know something: the gods are angry. You see, in the kingdom of Harridian, they have discovered an extensive diamond mine. They don’t know this, but it is the legendary ‘Cave of Souls’, where, it is said, the souls of all the deceased come to rest for all eternity. And the gods dislike both those who disturb the deceased and those who trespass on the god’s property. So they are really angry at the Harridians.”

Back with George, he was laying splayed out against the cold dirt floor, with bars on all sides, but only one with the outside world shining through. He groggily sat up. At first, he didn’t know what was going on, but then he realized that the floor was rocking. Then he realized everything was rocking. In fact, it was swaying quite violently. Then, he realized that there were others in the cage. There was a burly bald man with tattoos all over his arms, a weedy-looking balding man with expensive-looking glasses, and a thin girl with long and straggly hair.