The entire room was silent. Everyone seemed to be hoping that they hadn't heard the digger correctly. Finally Ripred spoke, "Well, there's a good chance it's a metaphor right? It always seems to be."
Nerissa, who was sitting to the side shook her head sadly, "I knew that this would happen. Sandwich meant to entitle it "The True Prophecy" for it was intended to be interpreted exactly as it is written."
No one, not shiner, not cutter, not gnawer had the energy to call her crazy. A new, most curious prophecy had been discovered buried beneath the surface of Regalia. The combination of it being ominously specific and the fact that every single living being in the Underland, banished or not, was present seemed to daze everyone a bit.
"This is getting us nowhere," Lapblood scoffed, "Let's hear it one more time."
The digger picked up the stone slab and began reading,
Though war may cease And peace may reignThink not yet that life's a game
For the battle is not done
It will not end if not by sun
Human, Gnawer, Flier, all
You have two roads
No time to stall
Unknown destruction stands at the gate
At bay for now but likes not to wait
It strikes always when most unexpected
Time arrives for Over to be resurrected
Nibbler, Spinner, Crawler, all
You have two roads
No time to stall
The warrior cannot hear your call
The time is up
The Underland must fall
Shiner, Twister, and all the rest
I bid you now to do what's best However hard it is to go Underland is no longer homeA chill sat angrily around the room as the digger finished. Yes, the words seemed very clear, and it seemed that they had come to an ultimatum.
At last, Luxa stood, "I call for a vote." She said, "Who believes the prophecy is to be taken literally?" A little over half of the Underland made a movement, or raised their hand to show their vote.
Luxa's face drained of all color before she spoke, "Then there is only one option. We must go to the Overland."
