Fiction Activity

Competition
[GJW XIV Phase I] Fiction - The Old Tongue
Textual submission

Haiku

Artifact Description: The recovered artifact is approximately two inches by ten inches, by twelve inches. It appears to be a preserved version of an ancient form of communication, long lost to the modern era of technology except in academic textbooks. It consists of simple pulped textiles compressed into a flimsy rectangle upon which the ancient Sith could use substances such as blood or liquid with pigments suspended within to write out their old tongue incantations. To preserve such a fragile item, the archaeologists carefully covered the item with a clear variant of carbonite, preventing any damage from the ravages of time. The written text is in a harsh, angular script and follows the familiar refrain of most Sith writings:

So old and so dark,
Like a running river edge,
Danger lurks below.

Beware the currents,
The Force rushes past to pull
The user beneath.

Turned to the Dark Side
The Jedi feel the allure
And succumb to it.

The Sith ranks will swell
And our enemies will die.
Down with the Jedi!