"Hahaha..."
"Kekeke~"
"Fufufufu~"
Maniacal laughter echoed through the dead wasteland like rusted blades scraping across bone. Three ghostly figures stood around a gigantic clay pot suspended above an immense black fire, their translucent bodies twisting unnaturally while they stirred the 'thing' inside with massive wooden poles.
Every movement released thick bubbles from the boiling liquid, bubbles that burst with muffled screams trapped inside them.
What was inside?
The pot overflowed with writhing grey souls. Some still resembled humans, while others looked like melted remains of whatever they once had been. Hollow faces stretched open in endless agony, mouths wide enough to tear apart their own features, yet not a single scream escaped the pot.
Their sound vanished before reaching the air itself.
