| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: quadrupedal or bipedal, had had their most solid masses of tissue
cut out and removed, as by a careful butcher; and around them
was a strange sprinkling of salt - taken from the ravaged provision
chests on the planes - which conjured up the most horrible associations.
The thing had occurred in one of the crude aeroplane shelters
from which the plane had been dragged out, and subsequent winds
had effaced all tracks which could have supplied any plausible
theory. Scattered bits of clothing, roughly slashed from the human
incision subjects, hinted no clues. It is useless to bring up
the half impression of certain faint snow prints in one shielded
corner of the ruined inclosure - because that impression did not
At the Mountains of Madness |
The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: Edward begged.
"I will repeat the one that, to my mind, matters most. Mr. Westmacott,
getting to his feet and in a loud voice, exclaimed, "God save the
Protestant Duke!"
"Do you admit it, sir?" thundered Albemarle, his eyes glowering upon
Richard hesitated a moment, pale and trembling.
"You will waste breath in denying it," said Trenchard suavely, " for
I have a drawer from the Bell Inn, and two gentlemen who overheard
you waiting outside."
"I'faith, sir," cried Blake, "what treason was therein that? If he..."
"Silence!" thundered Albemarle. "Let Mr. Westmacott speak for himself."
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