What is this?"
"Describe it. Im Ray Charles over here. "
"Right. Sorry," she said. "Okay. Were in a big cavern at the bottom of the stairs. Theres light, but hell if I can tell where its coming from. In front, theres three really big doors. Theres no signs or nothing, but all of the doors have the pug ugliest demon faces carved on them. Looks like were marching down some monsters gullet, whatever we do. But which one do we open?"
"This wasnt in any of the books," Spyder said. "What do the demons look like?"
"Like demons. Big scary teeth and huge goddam claws. "
"Do the demons have snouts? Like dogs or wolves?"
"Yeah. Kind of. What are they?"
"I think I got it," said Spyder. "Its not they. Its it. This is Cerberus. The three-headed hellhound. Some stories say Cerberus guards the entrance to Hell. Some say he is the entrance. To get inside, Cerberus swallows you. Only you have to pick the right mouth, otherwise, he shits you out into chaos. Not heaven or Hell, just stone cold nothing. "
"So, which head gets the bone?"
Spyder hesitated. He heard someone moving around by the doors. Shrike. She was muttering a spell that wasnt working. The situation was so frustrating. Spyder wanted to rip the idiot blindfold off his eyes and not have to stand around like a crippled child.
"The one on the right feels light on its hinges. Its been used the most. Maybe its the way," said Shrike.
"Or its a trick to get us down the beasts belly," said Lulu.
"We go in through the center," Spyder said.
"How do you know?" asked Shrike.
"Count Non knew things about H
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