Barbara was indeed pleased with the dwarf for asking for stories. "Why yes I do, good sir dwarf. I am Barbara. I have a poem for you if that will suffice. Let me think for a minute of a good song to listen to while I recite it." She strummed a few chords and then some haunting music came from her lute.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkRC5JVXwas</div></div><br/>Silent Scream<br/><br/>Who among you stalk the halls,<br/>Of shattered Keeps and ruined walls?<br/>Searching for the secrets old,<br/>Ancient tomes of truth untold?<br/><br/>Do the whispers touch your soul,<br/>Like distant bells lonely toll?<br/>Do your eyes disturb the haunts?<br/>Shadows flicker, sigil taunts.<br/><br/>Raise your eyes to search the ceiling,<br/>Weathered paint the scene revealing.<br/>Icy fingers trace your ear,<br/>Wordless scream your sudden fear.<br/><br/>Silence fills the empty hall,<br/>A single drop of tear may fall.<br/>Crumpled on the dusty floor,<br/>Felinthice will rise once more.<br/><br/>Cupid’s bow of luscious red,<br/>Denies the finalty of dead.<br/>A bond that lingers in the blood,<br/>Cross dimension like a flood.<br/><br/>The rustle of a silken gown<br/>Stirs the dust falling down.<br/>Finger trace a bloody trail<br/>To leave a message without fail.<br/><br/>Linger here and feel the dread,<br/>Of tingling spine and weary head.<br/>From your eyes the salty tear,<br/>I can taste delicious fear.<br/><br/>Stay with me and sate my hunger.<br/>Run and you will suffer longer.<br/>Wish you may for swifter death,<br/>The rattle of your final breath.<br/><br/><br/>As the flicker of the flame<br/>Dances in the demon’s name,<br/>Jealous angels sacrifice<br/>Virtue to the endless vice.<br/><br/>Pleasure in a lover’s touch,<br/>Leads to pain, but not too much.<br/>Heightened senses long to feel<br/>Gentle hands lust reveal.<br/><br/>Life is but a flickered flame,<br/>Summoned from the Ethered Plane.<br/>Will it come to lover’s call?<br/>And refuse Light’s sweet pull?<br/><br/>Is there fear within your soul?<br/>Awash like waves on sandy shoal,<br/>Reaching for the edge of reason<br/>No relief the change of season.<br/><br/>Pulled from Death the sweet release,<br/>Back to beg for more to please.<br/>Aware of all the sacrifice<br/>Made to satisfy the vice.<br/><br/>Scented oils to ease the friction,<br/>Crimson stains feed the addiction.<br/>Not a drop will go to waste,<br/>So exquisite is the taste.