It was not just the man that was disappointed, but Vladstin as well.
The vampire blinked a bit...
Then laid himself face-first inside the tomb.
"Vladstin!" The humans exclaimed, trying to pull him out.
But Vladstin stayed still as a heavy rock, only saying, "This is where I belong."
Before he fell on his second bout of unnatural unconsciousness during these travels.
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Strange flames belly-danced at the entrance of a sand palace slowly crumbling. The heat sometimes became too much, teasing the small grains to the limit, turning them into the glass shard prickly to the feet. It is reminiscent of the former Sun K'mer, the fallen civilization of endless deserts with people depending on a single prosperous river to survive.
