Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 8: Proper Care and Feeding of the Souls of the Damned
## Chapter 8 : Proper Care and Feeding Of the Souls of the Damned Hovering over the abyss within him, Tuco scanned the glittering expanse of souls that belonged to him. "It's like night in here," he murmured aloud. "I can see through any darkness in...
Abyssus Abbey Chapter 9: Wilderness
## Chapter 9: Wilderness The skies had been dark for a long time before Rigby finally arrived. Tuco supposed Etreon must not have heard his request for clothes, and so was sitting, naked and shivering near the door. He'd spent the hours since he'd...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 7: Greed is Good
## Chapter 7 : Greed Is Good Tuco heard the music long before the Baron came into view. He was standing atop his manor's balcony, watching for his guest, when first he heard it. Even from a distance, it somehow sounded loud, encompassing, and it was...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 6: Demesne
## Chapter 6: Demesne Amidst the howls and roars of fleeing fiends, Tuco ran for the exit. The trouble was, he wasn't sure exactly how to find it through the chaos. Bits of various prisons--iron, glass, plants, gold, limbostone--every material he...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 16: Eyes of the Beholder
## Chapter 16: Eyes of the Beholder Tuco helped the exhausted Lord Krastor up the steps of the Throat as best he could, following the other changed Brothers and apprentices who were already on their way up and out. As they traveled, he explained...
Abyssus Abbey Chapter 7: Confession
## Chapter 7: Confession Footsteps echoed somewhere down the long hallway, the only other sounds the continual howl of drafts and the faint crackle of candlelight. Tuco shifted on the hard bench and looked up at the coarse wooden door next to him. It...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 2: The Castle Maneuver
## Chapter 2: The Castle Maneuver Trapped. No way out, no way to call for help. Tuco climbed up to the battlements and stared out for a while. All around E-Temen-Anki was deep, dark forest. Clouds drifted overhead. There was no sun to drift across the...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 1: The Vault of Hell
## Chapter 1: The Vault of Hell Tuco stepped through the glowing crack in the stone wall and immediately pitched forward. His stomach wrenched and twisted inside him, and he was plummeting through sheer darkness. He flailed frantically for the room...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 5: An Outbreak of Monsters
## Chapter 5: An Outbreak of Monsters For a time, Tuco and Pike sat together on the steps and talked, Pike tucking himself under Tuco's massive arm, his fingers softly tracing the hard lines of Tuco's scaled brawn. They burned a torch so that Pike...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 14: Inside Man
## Chapter 14: Inside Man "Tuco?" A voice called from the Void. Tuco turned and saw no one. The few boulders that dotted the island had been too small to conceal anyone, and now absolute darkness engulfed him, impenetrable even to his devil...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 10: Homecoming
## Chapter 10: Homecoming Tuco fell. For a horrible moment, his stomach wrenched inside him and he flailed in terror. The wind and rain were cold against his naked scales. His thoughts raced around his brain like lightning. Hhalbor had betrayed him!...
Abyssus Abbey 2 Chapter 12: Heaven’s Light
## Chapter 12: Heaven's Light Around the Abbey, it seemed that the thunderstorm had never stopped. Tuco beat his wings in exhaustion, fighting intense gusts of wind, the cold rain streaming across his scales and into his eyes, his limbs hanging...