Beyond the cavern : Before Uru

by Next-tangent

These are some thoughts that are running through my mind, and also the mind of the player in the game.

The darkness is intoxicating.

I feel the history crumble away at my feet,

I feel the pain of a race,

Which moves me beyond grief.

I see the walls,

The libraries,

I see myst before my eyes,

Riven.

The exile of a man,

The pain of day brake,

One hundred thousand times,

Alone.

But this time you are not the one here.

But I carry on,

I see my future, I see people,

And I falter.

A comforting hand guides me,

I move slowly,

I see the new master,

Of the pen and the sword.

And yet the panel drives fear into me.

Like none I have ever known.

I thought that the last time,

Was the very last.

I move deliberately,

As though for the two,

For whom I was tricked,

The fires of the libraries,

The end of an age.

All these I have come to see,

All these I have endured,

And still Releeshahn was out of my grasp.

But there is hope,

Seven ages lay before me,

I crack open the book,

And glance in awe.

Who can tell what will happen?

Who will be there with me?

Who will see what I have seen?

And marvel at its glory.

This is the cavern.

This is hope.

Finally.

After many long years.

The cavern has been cracked open.

And its secrets will be revealed to me.

I'll see you at the end

In the ages beyond Myst.