At the edge of total madness. The vibrations would not cease, I knew, until I made contact. Only steps away. I surged forward through the pain. I touched the inky wet object with my bare flesh and it resonated with my thoughts. A thousand echoes of dread, the ones who were here before. The unwilling sacrifices. And yet I came not by force but by curiosity. Still, I joined them. My soul trapped in that now quiet stone.