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The Barghest

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  More about the Barghest on Patreon : Death happens to everyone, the only question being whether everyone knows it has happened to them or not. The God of Death did not like Myndil, because Myndil had discovered a way of reaching the otherworld without expiring, and this annoyed him. Rules were made only to be broken consciously, and Myndil had tripped over the line of regulations and hopped back over without paying the toll. What Myndil did was not wrong, but it was obvious that he had received help from someone other than himself, and Death wanted to know from whom. Myndil was entirely unsuspicious of being watched, as was the barghest of being the one watching him: Myndil was whipping Ozzy’s arm across the garden, the barghest was leaping into the air to catch it, and their game of fetch was all either cared for until Sister Iarlaith came out from the kitchen to call Myndil in. “’Mon in, Myndil-son! That’s the dae gone and the warmth gone wi’ yit! Yer milk’s oan. Ah did it wi’