- Thread starter Polaris
- Start date
- year of the gods
The girls turned to the right, down an entirely new path. As they did, a hedge sprung up, obliterating the paper they'd left behind long before.
They'd turn left, right, right again, and then pass two dividers. To their right a dead end.
To their left, a familiar water bottle on the ground, and a squirrel standing beside it.
They'd turn left, right, right again, and then pass two dividers. To their right a dead end.
To their left, a familiar water bottle on the ground, and a squirrel standing beside it.
Pham Thi Anh Sang
"Hi, Mister Squirrel!" Anh Sang greeted it enthusiastically. "What's the matter?"
"Hi, Mister Squirrel!" Anh Sang greeted it enthusiastically. "What's the matter?"
The squirrel pointed to Xarrah.
"She's got it. Told ya not to go back this way, but you guys got so lost you ended up back here. Your boy walked this way, and then he got trapped, and now you walked this way. So unless you got something else to do..."
The squirrel held out a hand for both.
"And you're going to want to hold onto that flower, missy."
"She's got it. Told ya not to go back this way, but you guys got so lost you ended up back here. Your boy walked this way, and then he got trapped, and now you walked this way. So unless you got something else to do..."
The squirrel held out a hand for both.
"And you're going to want to hold onto that flower, missy."
Pham Thi Anh Sang
She looked at Xarrah in confusion and then the squirrel. "So, we lose?" she asked, trying to figure out what was going on.
She looked at Xarrah in confusion and then the squirrel. "So, we lose?" she asked, trying to figure out what was going on.
"Yep, I'm afraid you've lost. You're trapped in a dead end that doesn't have anything in it. So I'm offering you the same deal I gave the guy--kind of surprised he didn't tell you. You can wait here for time to run out, or I can take you out now and you end early. I don't think you've got any way to get out of here, so no harm in doing that," the squirrel explained.