To Tame the Sentry Being by Michael Georgiou

Author:Michael Georgiou
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Book Guild
Published: 2018-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

13

Dissonance in the Underground

Ednon travelled through the vast underground network of tunnels and corridors. It was dingily lit, with small vermin scurrying in every direction as the four of them wandered onwards. Ednon guessed they must be close to the sewers, as something slimy from above dripped onto his head. A foul smell was permeating the air. Not at all what he had expected, making his way to the headquarters of such a supposedly prestigious Order. The bartender at Oedipia’s Temporal had led them to a secret passageway in the back of the tavern underneath an array of various ale and wine barrels. They had been walking for what felt like hours, through bland darkened corridors that seemed to stretch on for miles, intersecting in every direction. Ednon was surprised by just how easily the Elders weaved their way in the underground web. He was certain if he were ever left here alone, he would be forever buried beneath the golden city. Levy and Abacus led the group out in front, while Ednon found himself in conversation with the utterly drunk Jung, who was telling him stories of long ago in a slurred, mumbled manner.

“Then there was the time at your grandfather’s bachelor party,” Jung chuckled happily, as he reminisced. “We had gotten so drunk that night that they found your grandfather passed out naked upon the top of Kymous’s shrine!” He laughed while taking a sip of ale that he had taken, without the bartender’s knowledge, from the back-stores of the tavern. “Simpler times, Ed, much simpler.”

Ednon listened to the old man tell his stories in disbelief. Could this really be the same Ira he had known? The idea of his grandfather drunk, upon a shrine of any kind, was almost impossible for him to imagine.

“Did you use to drink with my grandfather a lot?”

Jung nodded his head. “Oh my, yes. But I knew him when he was much younger, and a lot less wise. Anyway, that all changed after he married Orla.”

His grandfather had rarely talked of his grandmother; she had died many years before Ednon was born. All he knew was that his grandfather had loved her dearly, drawing many sketches in an attempt never to forget her face. From all the stories and depictions, she appeared to have been an exceedingly beautiful woman.

“Did you know my grandmother well?”

“Only that her beauty caused trouble; your grandfather was always very smitten. I remember it was me, Ira and Fergus…”

“Fergus?” Ednon quickly interrupted. “The same Fergus who was at Ira’s funeral?”

Jung pondered thoughtfully. “Yes, he may have been there. I don’t remember seeing him myself, but I had quite a lot to drink that day. Err… where was I? Ah yes… I digress,” Jung snapped, suddenly annoyed. “It was me, Ira and Fergus. We were in a tavern in Asterleigh when she walked in, her long golden hair swayed as she took each footstep, her eyes radiated life, her…” Jung coughed uncertainly, “other features… that was when your grandfather turned to me and said that was the girl he was going to marry.

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