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You enter the kitchen of the old house.
"It doesn't look like they use this kitchen any more." You say.
"Why do you say that?" David asked.
"No blowtorches." You answer.
Looking around the room, everything looks normal, except the floor is covered with small bones.
"What are these bones from?" David asked.
"They look like mice or rats. They must have gotten trapped in here and starved to death." You answer.
"With all these cabinets, we will never find the clue." Nick says, as he starts opening the cabinets.
"Ouch! What was that?" Yells David.
"What's wrong? Ahhh! Something bit me." You say.
"Look, they are tiny people. And they are trying to eat us." Says David as he stomps one and squashes it like a bug.
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"Well at least we can kill them easy enough. There are only a few, so we can just squash them, or climb up on the cabinets." You say squashing away.
"They are 'Pygmy Piranha People', and there are never just a few." Nick starts to explain.
"Whoa!" You yell when you see that the entire floor and the cabinets are covered with them. They are chewing through you pants, and they are all over you.
"How are we supposed to kill these?" David asks.
"Use the Timestopper, Jeff!" Nick says.
Quickly you grab the Timestopper and flip it over. Everything freezes except you and the ten or twelve Piranha People that are on you. Easily you kill them. But now what do you do. You search for the next line and find it. Now you are standing on Pygmies and looking at your friends. If you turned the Timestopper back over, you and your friends would never make it to the door. There is nothing in your backpack but clues and the potion called 'Sweets'.
"Great, what do I do with this? There is no way this tiny bottle could kill all of them, even if I could get them to drink it." You say.
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"I wish Nick could tell me how to use this, or even if it would work. We smashed the other bottles to release the potions. So, here goes nothing." With that, you smash the bottle on the floor. A smog covered the floor, and and rose about six inches, then disappears.
"Nothing happened!!" You have no choice you must turn the Timestopper back over. First you knock all the Pygmies off of David and Nick, and kick them away, hoping that you will have enough time to make it to the door.
You turn the Timestopper over. David and Nick are trying to get the Pygmies off of them when they realize that they aren't there. "Hurry, get to the door!" You yell. But before you can make it half way there the three of you are covered with Pygmies again.
"Look, they have no teeth. And their mouths are filled with some kind of greenish, smelly pus." David says.
When the Pygmies figure out that they have no teeth, they run screaming back to where they came from.
"How did that happen?" Asks Nick.
"I turned the Timestopper over, then threw the bottle of 'Sweets' on the floor.
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And I thought dad was kidding when he said that sweets would make your teeth fall out." You answer.
"Great, now we will have time to find the next line." Says David.
"I got that too, when I stopped the time. Here, Nick." You say.
"Our friends and our powers will make it so."
Reads Nick.
"Let's go." Adds David.
There are two doors out, the one to the left, that you just came through. And one on the right. You go through the one on the right.
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As soon as you step through the door it slams shut behind you and the lights go out.
"On!" Commands Nick, and the fingers on everyone's left hand light up, leaving your right hands free to fight the giant bats which fill the orange room.
Nick attacks with his sword, David attacks with his dagger, and you fire your crossbow.
"The potion!" Yells Nick. "Hurry, throw it at the bats." David and Nick are fighting the bats while you struggle to get the tiny bottle of potion.
"This isn't going to be enough." You mumble.
"Got it!" You holler as you throw it at the one that was getting the best of Nick, the bottle burst open on the bats chest, and a green fog filled the room in two seconds. The fog is so thick that all you could see is the lights on your fingers.
"David!" You yell.
"Yea." He answers.
"Nick?"
"I'm okay." Says Nick.
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"Hey, it's starting to clear." David says. Within minutes the room was clear and the bats were gone, (sort of). This room is orange with empty picture frames covering the walls. "Ahhhh!!!!!" You scream as you hit the floor with a thud. "Oh, gross, I slipped in something, and for some reason it reminds me of Wedom's place." "That's because it's bat poo. You must have scared it out of them when you threw the potion at them." Nick tries to explain, but he's laughing so hard that it's not easy to understand him. "Well, are you going to help me up?" You ask, almost sounding mad. "Sure." Nick answers, reaching for your hand. As soon as he has a grip on your hand, you yank with all your might and send Nick head first into the present the bats left for you. Now you and David are laughing. "Look." David say hoping that the change of subject will keep him out of the poo. You and Nick look at what David is pointing at, it's little box.
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"Let's open it." You say. David opens it. Handing it to Nick, he says. "It's the next line." "The Warlock will be gone by the 7th hour." Reads Nick. There are two doors. The one you just came through, and one to the West. Go to page 159
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With your eyes closed as tight as you can, slowly you open the trunk. "All right!" Says Nick. You made the right choice. You open your eyes, and see an hourglass and a handheld crossbow. You take the crossbow. Nick picks up the hourglass. "This looks familiar." He says. Nick turns the hourglass over. "Look at how slow it runs." When you don't answer, Nick looks up to see what's wrong. You and David are frozen. Quickly he flips the hourglass back over. "That's it, it's the Timestopper." Nick tells you. "What?" David asks. "A Timestopper, when the person holding it turns it upside down, everything else freezes in time." "Cool, like a giant pause button." You say. "Hey, there's a piece of paper in here too." David says.
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"It's the next line, 'The Warlock will be gone by the 7th hour.'" Nick reads. "Put it in your back pack and let's get out of here." Says David. There are two doors out, one to the West and the one you came through to the South. West Page 95
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You enter the kitchen of the old house. "It doesn't look like they use this kitchen any more." You say. "Why do you say that?" David asked. "No blowtorches." You answer. Looking around the room, everything looks normal, except the floor is covered with small bones. "What are these bones from?" David asked. "They look like mice or rats. They must have gotten trapped in here and starved to death." You answer. "With all these cabinets, we will never find the clue." Nick says, as he starts opening the cabinets. "Ouch! What was that?" Yells David. "What's wrong? Ahhh! Something bit me." You say. "Look, they are tiny people. And they are trying to eat us." Says David as he stomps one and squashes it like a bug.
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"Well at least we can kill them easy enough. There are only a few, so we can just squash them, or climb up on the cabinets." You say squashing away. "They are 'Pygmy Piranha People', and there are never just a few." Nick starts to explain. "Whoa!" You yell when you see that the entire floor and the cabinets are covered with them. They are chewing through you pants, and they are all over you. "How are we supposed to kill these?" David asks. "Use the Timestopper, Jeff!" Nick says. Quickly you grab the Timestopper and flip it over. Everything freezes except you and the ten or twelve Piranha People that are on you. Easily you kill them. But now what do you do. You search for the next line and find it. Now you are standing on Pygmies and looking at your friends. If you turned the Timestopper back over, you and your friends would never make it to the door. There is nothing in your backpack but clues and the potion called 'Sweets'. "Great, what do I do with this? There is no way this tiny bottle could kill all of them, even if I could get them to drink it." You say.
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"I wish Nick could tell me how to use this, or even if it would work. We smashed the other bottles to release the potions. So, here goes nothing." With that, you smash the bottle on the floor. A smog covered the floor, and and rose about six inches, then disappears. "Nothing happened!!" You have no choice you must turn the Timestopper back over. First you knock all the Pygmies off of David and Nick, and kick them away, hoping that you will have enough time to make it to the door. You turn the Timestopper over. David and Nick are trying to get the Pygmies off of them when they realize that they aren't there. "Hurry, get to the door!" You yell. But before you can make it half way there the three of you are covered with Pygmies again. "Look, they have no teeth. And their mouths are filled with some kind of greenish, smelly pus." David says. When the Pygmies figure out that they have no teeth, they run screaming back to where they came from. "How did that happen?" Asks Nick. "I turned the Timestopper over, then threw the bottle of 'Sweets' on the floor.
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And I thought dad was kidding when he said that sweets would make your teeth fall out." You answer. "Great, now we will have time to find the next line." Says David. "I got that too, when I stopped the time. Here, Nick." You say. "Our friends and our powers will make it so." Reads Nick. "Let's go." Adds David. There are two doors out, the one to the left, that you just came through. And one on the right. You go through the one on the right. Go to page 85
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As soon as you step through the door it slams shut behind you and the lights go out. "On!" Commands Nick, and the fingers on everyone's left hand light up, leaving your right hands free to fight the giant bats which fill the orange room. Nick attacks with his sword, and David attacks with his dagger. You have nothing but your backpack. "The potion!" Yells Nick. "Hurry, throw it at the bats." David and Nick are fighting the bats while you struggle to get the tiny bottle of potion. "This isn't going to be enough." You mumble. "Got it!" You holler as you throw it at the one that was getting the best of Nick, the bottle burst open on the bats chest, and a green fog filled the room in two seconds. The fog is so thick that all you could see is the lights on your fingers. "David!" You yell. "Yea." He answers. "Nick?" "I'm okay." Says Nick.
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"Hey, it's starting to clear." David says. Within minutes the room was clear and the bats were gone, (sort of). This room is orange with empty picture frames covering the walls. "Ahhhh!!!!!" You scream as you hit the floor with a thud. "Oh, gross, I slipped in something, and for some reason it reminds me of Wedom's place." "That's because it's bat poo. You must have scared it out of them when you threw the potion at them." Nick tries to explain, but he's laughing so hard that it's not easy to understand him. "Well, are you going to help me up?" You ask, almost sounding mad. "Sure." Nick answers, reaching for your hand. As soon as he has a grip on your hand, you yank with all your might and send Nick head first into the present the bats left for you. Now you and David are laughing. "Look." David say hoping that the change of subject will keep him out of the poo. You and Nick look at what David is pointing at, it's two trunks.
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"Let's open them." You say, getting up carefully so you don't fall back into the poo. David starts to open one. "Waite, what's that?" You ask, you pick up a piece of paper and hand it to Nick. "What does it say?" David asks. "One contains a thousand deaths, the other contains your lives. Chose wisely!" Which will you open? The one on the left? Page 187 The one on the right? Page 91
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When you enter the room you see that it is lit very well. The walls are red, blood red (of course). This room has four doors, the one you came through, one to the East, one to the South-East, and one to the South. "Out." You say commanding you fingers to go out. And David and Nick do the same. "Look, is that a puppy in the corner?" You ask. "I most certainly am not!" A very aggravated voice responds. Then something no bigger than a football, seems to rise from the corner and fly towards you. "I am a dragon, you silly little boy. And I have powers beyond your wildest imagination." The little dragon tells you. "Jeff, look out, what's that?" Yells David. You turn around in time to see a hobgoblins head coming up through the floor. "They are here." It screeches. Within seconds the room was filled with hobgoblins riding mad dogs.
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You shoot one with your cross bow and you see David is battling another with his dagger. You look for Nick, but he is not in the battle, he is just standing there shaking his head at the dragon who is yelling something at him. "Nick, help us!" You yell. "I can't, I'm not powerful enough." He say. "The cat stuff!" Yells David. "I can't." Nick says. "We will die if you don't do something." You say. "But we could die if I use it wrong." Argues Nick. "We will die without it, we might die with it, I'll take my chances. We trust you. Now do it!" You yell, and throw him your backpack. Nick takes the bottle out of the backpack. "Please let it work." Nick yells as the bottle smashes on the far wall. The whole wall turns into a giant cat, but it is like a movie screen. The cat starts yowling and hissing, all of the dogs turn and head after the cat.
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The dogs jump on the wall and in the mouth of the cat. The cat bites the dogs in half. Swallowing it's half and trying to reach for the remainder on the floor, but it can't come away from the wall. The cat then sit's down and starts to clean itself. "It's like watching a regular house cat on T.V." David says. "This is weird." You say. "Oh, and has there been anything not weird about today?" David asks. "No, I guess not." You laugh. "Hey, Nick, not to bad for someone who couldn't do it." David says. "I don't believe it myself. It's like a dream. I shouldn't be powerful enough to do that." Nick says. "I think we have a lot of help down here." You add. "It was the dragon." Nick says. "Where did he go?" David asks.
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"I don't know, but we had better find the next line and get moving." Nick says. "There is nothing here." Says David. "Meeow." Says the cat. "I know what the line is. 'To the Neverness you must go.'" Which door will you take? The door to the East? Page 184 The door to the South-East? Page 164 The door to the South? Page 105
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As soon as you step through the door it slams shut behind you and the lights go out. "On!" Commands Nick, and the fingers on everyone's left hand light up, leaving your right hands free to fight the giant bats which fill the orange room. Nick attacks with his sword, and David attacks with his dagger. You have nothing but your backpack. "The potion!" Yells Nick. "Hurry, throw it at the bats." David and Nick are fighting the bats while you struggle to get the tiny bottle of potion. "This isn't going to be enough." You mumble. "Got it!" You holler as you throw it at the one that was getting the best of Nick, the bottle burst open on the bats chest, and a green fog filled the room in two seconds. The fog is so thick that all you could see is the lights on your fingers. "David!" You yell. "Yea." He answers. "Nick?" "I'm okay." Says Nick.
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"Hey, it's starting to clear." David says. Within minutes the room was clear and the bats were gone, (sort of). This room is orange with empty picture frames covering the walls. "Ahhhh!!!!!" You scream as you hit the floor with a thud. "Oh, gross, I slipped in something, and for some reason it reminds me of Wedom's place." "That's because it's bat poo. You must have scared it out of them when you threw the potion at them." Nick tries to explain, but he's laughing so hard that it's not easy to understand him. "Well, are you going to help me up?" You ask, almost sounding mad. "Sure." Nick answers, reaching for your hand. As soon as he has a grip on your hand, you yank with all your might and send Nick head first into the present the bats left for you. Now you and David are laughing. "Look." David say hoping that the change of subject will keep him out of the poo. You and Nick look at what David is pointing at, it's two trunks.
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"Let's open them." You say, getting up carefully so you don't fall back into the poo. David starts to open one. "Waite, what's that?" You ask, you pick up a piece of paper and hand it to Nick. "What does it say?" David asks. "One contains a thousand deaths, the other contains your lives. Chose wisely!" Which will you open? The one on the left? Page 187 The one on the right? Page 112
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You run through the West door with out slowing down. David slams the door behind him. It's like you are standing outside. This room is full of green plants and has windows all around the it, and the skylight in the ceiling is broken out. It is storming outside and the rain is coming through the skylight like someone was dumping a bucket out. "Look, my fingers don't go out even in the rain. But I can't see very well, the rain is dark." Says David. "I'm going to try to rinse all the disgusting things off of what's left of my coat, and out of my hair. We are all ready wet, we might as well be clean." You say. "Yea, but if we rinse the smell off, He might be able to find us." Nick warns. "We don't seem to have a choice, the rain is coming down so hard we are all ready clean." Says David. "This does feel good, it's even warm." You say turning you face into the rain to feel the warmth. You open your mouth to drink the water when David screams. "It's blood!!! Jeff the rain is blood!"
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Just then a flash of lightning lights up the sky and you see hundreds of trolls, men, elves and other critters that you can not identify, hanging from a very high ceiling with blood pouring from their bodies. "This is too gross. I'm out of here!" You yell trying to spit the blood out of your mouth. "We don't have the clue yet." David reminds you. "How are we supposed to find it here? There is six inches of blood on the floor." You ask. "Let me try a spell, I have to make it up to fit the circumstances." Nick says. "Got a problem Nick?" You ask after a few seconds. "Yea, what rhymes with together?" Nick asks. "Feather." Answers David. "I guess that will do." Nick says as he begins his spell.
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"Room of blood, and bodies above, come together, be light as a feather. Blood return to your bodies, bodies except your blood. Heal the bodies, fill them with life. Do it quickly, do everything right." Within seconds the blood is flying quickly up to the hanging bodies. Bodies start to float down to the floor. "Thank you." One whispers. "The danger of what you have just done is great. The Warlock will know we are no longer dead and will come here. We can help you, we will split up and go many different ways. The Warlock will not know which group you are in. He will send his trolls to follow us, but there are more of us than them. This time, with your help we will win. Even if some of us die, when you kill the Warlock, if you kill him by the 7th hour, we will all return to our homes, and our worlds will be saved." "The line, do you know where the line is?" You ask. "It is here." He says handing you a piece of paper, and another potion. "Good luck, and good bye." You turn to hand them both to Nick, and when you turn back around they are gone.
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