Bruno the Undead Axeman stood in the middle of a dark, moist, stone corridor, like he always did. He guarded a blue orb that was mounted on the wall, his only light source that cast an eerie teal light over him. His "breath" was hollow and jagged, the only sound in the utterly silent hallway.
He clutched his rusted axe in one hand, his eyes staring into the darkness in front of him. What was Bruno thinking about, you might ask?
Nothing.
Nothing but his axe. He simply stood there, waiting for an event to occur.
And finally, in longer than Bruno could remember (which wasn't very long), a dim torch light appeared around an unseen corner. Following the torch light was a healthy looking young man wielding a short sword. The man turned the corner, noticed Bruno, and halted.
"Hello?"
Bruno said nothing, but now his eyes were locked on the traveler. The man cautiously approached, sword in his right, torch in his left.
"What are you doing?"
When the torch light touched that of the blue orb, Bruno then decided that it would perhaps be worth it to axe this adventurer. With a horrid grunt, Bruno hefted his axe and violently lurched forward, wildy slamming his axe into a stone wall. The stone chipped, the traveler shrieked and backpedaled away from Bruno. The axeman continued his rampage, crashing his axe from one side of the hallway to the other as the man walked backwards, feebly holding out his sword to protect himself.
Eventually, Bruno's axe caught the man's sword, and almost disarmed him. It was at that the traveler turned and ran, still clutching his sword 'n torch. Bruno hesitated, and figured that yes, he would chase the traveler for a brief time. The undead axeman took his long, spindly steps. The traveler took his rapid, well formed feet farther and farther away from Bruno. Eventually, they came to a door, the man attempted to close the door behind him, but Bruno shouldered into the door and spilled onto his face into the room. The man found another door in the room, attempted to open it, but it was locked. He cursed and turned, but Bruno was already up to his feet.
There was an ancient wooden table between the traveler and Bruno. When the man dashed left, Bruno lurched right, and man retreated. This happened several times. Eventually, they just stood there, staring.
"Hello." The man said. Bruno did not understand what the man was trying to accomplish, but to a normal human that would have been seen as "gallows humor."
A brief moment later, the man threw his sword and made a mad dash to the door behind Bruno. The pommel the sword struck Bruno in the chest, but the rotten warrior paid no mind to it. Bruno quite literally dived forward, extended his axe outwards as far as he could. The old weapon caught the man on the knee and sent him stumbling. The man fell into the door that he was trying to escape from, and in a tragic twist of fate, his own body closed his only exit.
The man yelled and cursed and attempted the awkward maneuver of standing up and pulling open a door that you are pressed against. It didn't go well. His brief delay gave Bruno enough time to stand and swipe his axe at the man. The sharp end hit the man in the side, and the traveler twisted and face Bruno.
And so there they were, Bruno standing menacingly over a young adventurer who was unfortunately trapped both in this mysterious dungeon, and this mysterious room. The man closed his eyes and scrunched up his face. So did the obvious, raised up his axe....
and then something very peculiar happened.
A miracle for the young adventurer, and an inconvenience for the Undead Axeman.
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