A tabby cat in an orange hard hat, standing under vaulted stone arches lit by torches

Catacomb

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Cat under a stone archway between two torches
chapter one

"The workers left in 1974. The cat showed up sometime after. Nobody agrees on how he got the helmet."

local historian, unnamed

The corridor bends left after the fourth torch. He knows.

I

The Helmet

Standard orange, size medium. Scratched on the left side where he keeps bumping the wall on his way to the second chamber.

II

The Route

Straight for forty meters, right at the collapsed pillar, past the door nobody built. He does it without thinking now.

III

The Job

Undefined. He inspects things. He blinks at torches. Once a month he moves a small stone from one pile to another.

the tenant

Roughly four kilograms of quiet authority.

Tabby, unclear age, answers to nothing. He does not chase mice. The mice know this and behave accordingly.

4kg
weight
−52m
depth
1974
arrived
Tabby cat wearing an orange hard hat