YOU WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT. YOU ARE COLD, HUNGRY, AND BALD. WHAT DO YOU DO? >
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO CUT DOWN A TREE WITH. >
DUE TO YOUR POOR SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE AND INABILITY TO JUMP MORE THAN TWICE YOUR BODY HEIGHT, YOUR ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE A STAR INVARIABLY ENDS IN FAILURE. PERHAPS THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE YOU CAN DO TO A TREE OTHER THAN CUT IT. >
ON THE WAY UP, YOU SPOT A FAMILIAR LOOKING BAG AND A NEST OF BABY BIRDS. YOU ARE NOW AT THE TOP OF A TREE. >
YOU GO DOWN AND GET THE BAG, BREAKING OFF THE BRANCH IT WAS HANGING FROM IN THE PROCESS. >
YOU GET BACK ON THE GROUND AND CHECK THE KNOTHOLE. WOW! THERE ARE A LOT OF KNOTS! BUT SINCE YOU HAVE NO HAIR, YOU HAVE NO USE FOR KNOTS AND THEREFORE DO NOT TAKE ONE. >
ONE BABY BIRD IS DEAD AND IS EVAPORATING INTO THE AIR. THE OTHER SEEMS SADDENED. >
HOW DO YOU INTEND TO KILL IT? >
YOU HAVE KILLED THE INNOCENT BABY BIRD. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY, JERK. WHAT NOW? >
INSIDE THE BAG THERE IS A COMB MADE OF PRECIOUS PINK AMBER FROM THE JAYRIAN MOUNTAIN BLOODTREES, AN ORIHALCON HEART LOCKET, A TUBE OF ANTI-INFLAMMITORIES AND A SATCHEL OF SOMETHING THAT SMELLS DELICIOUS WRAPPED IN TEA LEAVES. > YOU HAVE ACERTAINED THE CONTENTS OF THE BAG. SINCE YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY AVIAN COMPANIONS TO GUIDE YOU, YOU ARE STILL IN A FOREST, AND YOU ARE STILL COLD AND HUNGRY. >
YOU PLACE THE SATCHEL ON THE GROUND AND HIDE BEHIND A TREE TO AWAIT RESULTS. BY THE TIME THE SUN RISES, YOU HAVE ATTRACTED A SWARM OF BLOODSUCKING ANOPLURA, A GREATER HEMIPTERA OF PESTILENCE, A PARASITIC ISOPTERA, AND A PAIR OF CARNIVOROUS LEPIDOPTERA. > Top of Page |