Time to start playing with poetry form! For today's prompt, I would like you to use the form of a Triptych to write an exchange between a human and a cryptid. It can be any cryptid you like. If you need a quick little intro to the form of a Triptych, that can be found here.
Barghest
Venture to the horrid gill of the limestone hill
to see the burning eyes in the bosom
of the earth. Find him creeping here among
the creeping calcified stones - the bones
of those who weren't to know you nest here
scattered about the steps as you emerge
from the shadows. Eyes burning dark and
smouldering as coals; hell born -
bringing prey to the dead man's pass.
Smell the blood in his veins as he enters
the gorge. Viscera drip from the crag of
nature's walls. Guttural growl from the throat;
warning shot. He stands firm, with book
and blade, sorcery swirling through his
fingers - a challenge for supremacy;
feel ground beneath tense claws
gouging tracks into the wild path.
Rush of wind through the valley as moon
rises to cast us in blood-light, circling
each other; danse macabre - set intentions
for this meeting. Skin branded with
scars, fur aflame and filling the air with
acrid smoke - dead silent in the aftermath
up the horrid gill of the limestone hill.
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