Last Days
“‘Gabriel won’t come in. I think we’ll have to do his lines outside.’ Kyle rolled his eyes. ‘He could have told us at Wood Green.’ Wheezing with laughter Dan set up for the interior. The ground floor was constructed as a single long room, with a giant fireplace and hearth at one end. The floor was cement, uneven and strewn with detritus, so they were immediately ankle deep in leaf mulch. Scattered firewood, loose bricks, clots of soil and wet plaster appeared within the drifts of dead leaves. Th...e Gathering had eaten every meagre meal inside the room in shifts. Three long wooden beams ran the length of the high ceiling; wooden planks formed the floor of the next storey and were visible between the beams.
‘Dan. Get some close-ups of the hearth.’ About which Dan found two discoloured and dented cooking pots, the remnants of a broom and a bale of books rotted to pulp.
‘Still here?’ Kyle said, staring in surprise at the dull metal amongst the black leaves. ‘Gabriel!’ Pale and fretful, Gabriel stood beside the hearth, where he once ate a thin gruel concocted from animal feed.MoreLess
‘Dan. Get some close-ups of the hearth.’ About which Dan found two discoloured and dented cooking pots, the remnants of a broom and a bale of books rotted to pulp.
‘Still here?’ Kyle said, staring in surprise at the dull metal amongst the black leaves. ‘Gabriel!’ Pale and fretful, Gabriel stood beside the hearth, where he once ate a thin gruel concocted from animal feed.MoreLess
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