{"sf1_id":2188687,"sf2_id":"Rm08VqWm","title":"The Watchers Lurking In The Stalactites","author":"Apolarbear17","words":243,"posted_at":"2024-10-14T19:44:49.000Z","tags":["Bat Colony","Cave","Eerie","For Halloween","Mystery","Poetry","Werebat Encounter","Weretober"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2188687-the-watchers-lurking-in-the-stalactites","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rm08VqWm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/6a/de/6adef31f-c0a2-4e78-8932-3f7b2a0d094e","description":"Originally wrote this for the final day of Weretober last year which is both Halloween and we’rebat themed. As such here’s this poem about the werebats which lurk and stalk from the stalactites. Originally I posted this a week late but this time around it’s about two and a half weeks early. Originally posted in November 2023.","content":"\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; **The Watchers Lurking In The**  **Stalactites** \u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno \u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n \n\nOver here is their self made home\n\n \n\nThey come from all over to join this colony\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nNestling into whatever place they can find among the ceiling of stone\n\n \n\nThey are bats who might have once been men\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nOr perhaps even other more bizarre things\n\n \n\nTo them it’s matters very little\n\n \n\nWhat they were back then\n\n \n\nCaring more about adding new colony members and flying on their mighty wings\n\n \n\nAt night that is when they go on the prowl\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nFor in the day they sleep and unlike wolves\n\n \n\nWere or otherwise they don’t warn or signal with something like a howl\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThey don’t hunt humans though\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nPreferring other foods so from that concern you’re free\n\n \n\nBut be aware that they’re very protective of their territory\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIf you’re aware you’ll recognize them by their squeaks and oddly shaped noses\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIf you miss those signs however you’re at the mercy at whatever they and fate proposes\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nStill I wouldn’t worry too much\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThey prefer to remain creatures of mystery that just want to be left alone\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThat said there’s plenty about these werebats that’s still unpredictable and unknown\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThey’ll know plenty about you though if your paths become crossed\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSo be wary around them for it’s easy for them to consider you lost\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAnd when that happens your fate and the colony’s will certainly become intercrossed\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;"}