{Fallen Witch Kingdom deep in the catacombs}
"So this area has never been seen by anyone other than the elite witches, uh?" "This place is so cool!" My two dumb friends fantasized about being explorers while our official jobs here were to scout for any possible valuable tech that the witches might've stashed away.
The place, which resembled a labyrinth more than anything else, gave me the creeps ever since I placed my first foot inside. The aura around this place where many dead bodies lay is creepy and overall grim as I keep moving along as my orders tell me to.
"Guys, stop playing; we are on a scout, not a play day." My fellow comrades laugh at me while mocking my cautious stance as they both respond with their classic sarcastic answer, "Oh! Yeah! Yes sir! Take it seriously! Ohh, Very serious!" They start walking on guard while wildly exaggerating their moves as they look at me.
"Guys, come on! Stop acting like children. Doesn't this place give you guys the creeps?" I asked both of my friends, who seemed like the bold types, and to no one's surprise, they didn't seem scared at all. "Bro, this is like a cemetery. Sure, it's a little creepy, but there's nothing alive in here except for us, and we have weapons!"
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A random noise suddenly calls our attention as if to challenge my friend's statement, followed by a well-known voice speaking somewhere in the distance: "Time capsule triggered, food sources are nearby waking up back up now." Time capsule? Food sources? Did it mean US!?
"Hey! Is it just me or did I just see a shadow run by over there!?" One of my skeptical friends frantically says as he quickly unsheathes his sword, followed by us as we prepare to fight since the entire place suddenly quieted. Even the insects stopped crawling around, which was not normal at all.
We keep walking for a while until we finally reach a weird section of the place where a strange circular pod-like structure lays. Was the thing some sort of coffin? It looked like a coffin, but what was weird about it aside from the shape was that it felt WARM!
"Guys? Do you see this shit too?" I ask my friends as they approach the machine-like pod that still deploys some sort of menacing smoke-like substance while the inside of the pod feels warm to the touch. "What the hell is that thing?"
"I don't know, but it has a lot of strange symbols and markings. Do you think it's some of that buried tech the higher-ups sought?" My friend brings up a valid point, to which I respond by pulling up a rough map of the catacombs so I can mark the spot for safe return.
"Alright, our job is, what is that!? AHHHH! WHAT IS THAT!?" "WHAT!? WHAT THE HELL!?" "RUN!"
"I'll have to thank that boy someday, who would have thought I could survive like this..."
{Horror screams of three guys that quickly end once something kills all of them at once}