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Chapter 17: The Whispering Depths

The whisper drifted through the tunnel—soft, distant, but unmistakably calling their names.

Ribbitz took a slow drag from his cigar, the ember glowing in the suffocating darkness. He exhaled, watching the smoke swirl and vanish. Something was down there. Watching. Waiting.

Gorr shifted beside him, torchlight flickering against the carved faces on the walls. The flames cast strange shadows, making the expressions seem like they were shifting. Moving. Grinning.

The voice called again—clearer this time.

“Ribbitz… Gorr… you’ve come at last.”

Ribbitz smirked, stepping forward. “Damn right we have. Who we talkin’ to?”

The tunnel shuddered. A deep rumble echoed from the abyss ahead, like a beast shifting in its slumber. Then—movement.

A glow—faint at first—pulsing from the stone itself. Symbols hidden in the cracks of the tunnel walls now gleamed with an otherworldly light, as if awakened after centuries of silence.

Gorr tightened his grip on the torch. “Yeah, I don’t like this.”

Ribbitz tapped his cigar, embers falling into the darkness. “Too late to turn back now.”

Then, the shadows ahead began to take form.

A figure emerged, shifting between light and darkness—its shape not fully solid, not fully real. It loomed before them, its presence both ancient and commanding.

“You stand on the threshold, but only the worthy may enter.”

Ribbitz adjusted his shades. “Aight. Then let’s get somethin’ straight—what exactly we tryna enter?”

The figure did not answer. Instead, the air grew thick with power, the stone beneath them trembling once more.

A test was coming.

And the island was about to decide if they were ready.

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What’s Next?

1️⃣ Step forward and demand answers—who is this figure, and what does it want?

2️⃣ Prepare for a challenge—Ribbitz knows when things get real, and this feels like a test.

The underground world is waking up. What’s the next move? ⬇️