Hoto: Tarnished yana fuskantar Mutuwar Bishiyar Ulcered

Wannan hoton yana nuna mummunar adawa da yanayi mai zurfi a cikin wani tsohon katakwab na karkashin kasa. An yi shi cikin salo na zahiri mai duhu-fantasy, yana ɗaukar lokacin shiru kafin tashin hankali ya barke. Fadin dakin dutsen ya miqe zuwa inuwa, ginshiƙansa na gothic duhu duhu shuɗi mai sanyi ya haɗiye, kuma ƙasa an yi shi da dutsen tuta marar daidaituwa da ya fashe saboda shekaru. Kurar tana rataye a cikin iska kamar sanyi, tana haskakawa kawai inda haske ya kama kan grits da aka dakatar. Babu fitilu ko fitulun da ke ƙonewa a nan—ɓangare kawai ke kunna ɗakin.

Sahun gaba akwai mayaki, sanye da alkyabba, lullubi, kuma mara fuska. Maimakon salo mai salo ko mai rai, ya bayyana a kasa, mai nauyi, mai mutuwa. Tufafin tufafin nasa yana ɓalle a gefuna kuma an lulluɓe shi a cikin niƙaƙƙen yanayi mai zurfi, kowane ƙugiya yana kama da haske daga hasken rashin lafiya na gaba. Tsayinsa yana da faɗi da ɗaure, ƙafa ɗaya na kusurwa gaba, ɗayan yana daidaita ma'auni. Hannunsa na dama ya miko waje, takobi kasa kasa amma a shirye, karfe yana nuna sliver na lemu daga abin kyama a gabansa. Ko da yake ba za mu iya ganin idanunsa ba, yanayinsa yana magana game da ƙuduri, tashin hankali, da mugun shiri.

Gabansa, kafe cikin inuwa da ruɓe, hasumiya mai dodo—Ruhun Bishiyar Ulcered-kamar ana sake fasalinta cikin sigar halitta da ta zahiri. Jikinta yana tashi kamar kullin kulli da cuta da ruɓe. Bawon yana da kaushi, daɗaɗɗe, kuma an jera shi cikin faranti masu kauri kamar ma'auni. Ƙwayoyin tururuwa masu kama da reshe suna jujjuya sama daga kwanyarsa, masu kaifi kamar karyewar kashi, jajirce kamar walƙiya. Fuskarsa ba ta yi kama da wata halitta mai lafiya ta duniya: wani ɓangaren dodo na katako, ɓangaren kwarangwal, wani ɓangaren gawar bishiyar da ta daɗe da mutuwa amma ta ƙi faɗuwa. Mawaki mai raɗaɗi ya raba kansa daga muƙamuƙi zuwa rawani, kuma a cikin ciki, garwashin wuta suna ƙonewa kamar tanderun da ke hura wuta a bayan bawon da ke ruɓe.

Siffar da ta fi ban tsoro ita ce gyambon gyambon da ke fashe a jikin sa. Buɗaɗɗen buɗaɗɗen buɗaɗɗen bugun jini kamar raunuka masu kamuwa da cuta, cikin su ya narke orange, kamar ruwan 'ya'yan itace ya koma wuta. Wasu suna fitar da ɓangarorin da ke taso sama kamar tartsatsin wuta da aka yayyage daga wuta. Waɗannan miyagu masu walƙiya suna alama kowane lanƙwasa na dabbar: a kafaɗunta, tare da karkatattun gaɓoɓinta, suka warwatsa ƙasan macijin jikinta. Hannu masu kauri masu kauri suna yin gyaran ƙasa, ƙwanƙwasa ƙwanƙwasa suna tona cikin dutse, suna fasa fale-falen a ƙarƙashin nauyin halitta. Bayan gangar jikin, kututturen ya miƙe, tsayi kuma yana murɗawa, rabin katapila, itacen oak rabin faɗuwa, yana jan ƙasa kamar wani allah mai mutuwa ya ƙi rushewa. Mafi yawa daga cikin ƙananan jiki yana ɓacewa cikin inuwa, yana jaddada ma'auni-halittar tana da girma fiye da gani nan da nan.

Haske da inuwa suna bayyana sautin. palette mai sanyi shuɗi na ɗakin yana haɗiye daki-daki daga nesa, yana ɓata ginshiƙai cikin hazo mai kama da silhouettes. Akasin haka, dodo yana haskakawa da dumi-dumin haske, rashin lafiya—lalacewar ciki tana ƙonewa a waje. Tunani mai lemun tsami yana birgima a kan duwatsun da ruwan jarumta, suna kama gefuna, suna bayyana motsi tun kafin ya faru. Kurar ta watse a ƙafafuwar dodo, inda ƙwanƙwasa ke faɗowa a duniya, wanda hakan ya sa taron ya ji sabon tashin hankali, kamar dai dabbar ta riga ta yi gaba.

Babu wani abu a wurin da ke nuna aminci. Numfashin daskararre ne kafin tasiri-Tarnished ƙasa kuma ya tsaya, Tsoron Bishiyar yana tashi kamar buguwa a kan ƙasusuwan duniya. Dandan rubewa da dutse ya cika shiru. Dole ne wani abu ya fara karye: ƙarfin hali na jarumi ko rurin dodo.

Mai kallo yana tsaye a bayan Tarnished, kamar yana shaida lokacin da kansa. Babu guduwa, babu mafita, sai dai karon karfen mutun da tsohuwar itace mai gyambon ciki.

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