Accompanied
Hao Xuan had barely walked a few meters when the horrifying sounds started to pour in.
*Craaaack*
*Squeelch*
"Ahhhh!"
He paused and looked back to catch a glimpse of a silhouette crawling through the miasma.
"Baracus, can you see that? Do you hear those screams?" he asked uncertainly.
*Beep*
In the background the sensors were picking up everything that was happening around Hao Xuan but that was not the answer he got.
"Negative."
"...You don't hear those howling screams?"
"Negative. Perhaps the miasma has hallucinogenic properties."
"No...it must be in my head then," he muttered while taking one last look at the corpses trying to claw their way out.
He turned away with a solemn expression, "Play something. Drown out these noises," and started moving deeper into the miasma.
[Searching Records...]
"There is a recording of a 'poem' saved within the recent downloads, from the individual named Arthur."
"Arthur?! He wrote a poem? Play it..."