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Authors: Stone Marshall
handle. It feels like I'm in slow motion. I turn toward the sound, my ears ringing, and I see glowing red eyes inches away! My sword is ready but my arm is slow. To the tunnel! The spider is between safety and me. This spider is smarter than any spider I've come across. It must have been waiting for me. Waiting patiently for me to make a mistake, and I have.
I run into the jungle. The spider lunges, but I'm just out of reach. What am I doing? This is the wrong way!
I wish Verve were here. Khan is no help; she's safe on the island. She refuses to enter the tube. Maybe I should have listened to her instinct.
I dodge from tree to tree moving toward the beach. I look behind me. I don't see anything other than jungle trees. I stop for a moment, to listen. Where is it?
SSSSS! I bolt as fast as possible. BOOM! I see red. I fall down. I'm alive but I can't hear a thing. My head is full of ricocheting sound. I look back and see a crater in the jungle, and I see the spider on the other end of the crater. This is my chance; I make a sharp turn toward the beach, the crater between me and the spider. It bolts in the same direction, toward my tunnel. I think I can make it first! Just then an arrow sticks into my right arm!
"Ahhhh!" I see red. I'm beginning to shake. I put my sword away, I know it's a terrible time to be unarmed. I grab cooked fish. It's a crazy time to eat, but I'm on the verge of death. I eat while running. After the third fish I feel like new, and I'm sprinting faster than before! The spider is nearly to the tunnel; I jump, slash the spider and land in the tunnel. Screech! It screams as a severed spider leg falls to the ground.
But I don't stop. I run into the tube. Halfway in, I stop. I put my sword away and realize what happened. I risked my life to kill that spider. I injured it, but I'm certain it's not dead. I laugh at myself for being so foolish.
I'm going to finish the job. I'm going back! I turn around to face an army of creatures in the tube, rushing me!
LOG ENTRY 10
Tube Trouble
I GRAB MY BOW. I have a dozen arrows. That's a start. I take aim down the tunnel. Thwerp! My arrow zooms down the tunnel. Zombie dead. Thwerp! Pixelator dead. Two more arrows and poof! Zombie dead. They're getting closer; I'm not fast enough to stop them all. If I can just get a break in creatures I can turn and—
SSSSS!
I do a 180, it's only a few blocks away. It was up the tunnel waiting for me. I'm trapped! I don't think, I just react. Instinctively I grab my sword and rush the bit bomb! I don't stop to think how crazy this is, I slash, it bounces back, I slash again, poof! I turn.
SSSSS!
Another pixel buster is nearing, this time I run away, it's too late!
BOOOOM!! I keep running. I hear water rushing toward me. A huge section of the tube is blown away. Creatures are drowning, washing into the bay. Water is on my heels, somehow I am moving faster than I've ever moved! I reach the steps at the end of the tube on Rescue Island! I'm safe. I turn to look at what is left of the tube, filled with water.
My connection to the mainland is gone.
Carefully in the dark I make my way to Citadel Fort. Home! Khan greets me with a pounce, knocking me down. In my room I crash on my bed, exhausted and sleep.
In the morning I level a sunny piece of land for a garden. Most of the day I spend gardening.
The last thing I build is a tower, an improved version of my original pixelator slaughter tower. This time I build my transparent platform protruding above Citadel Fort, high enough to be out of range of arrows. It reminds me of the dangers lurking on the island. And it's a great place to look at the beautiful night sky.
I've created a kickin' crib. Life is great!
LOG ENTRY 11
The Visitor
STANDING ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF CITADEL FORT, on a platform of glass, I survey the scene. I can see far beyond the island. To the west the bay flows out to an expansive body of water. I can't see beyond the watery horizon. This must be how
I run into the jungle. The spider lunges, but I'm just out of reach. What am I doing? This is the wrong way!
I wish Verve were here. Khan is no help; she's safe on the island. She refuses to enter the tube. Maybe I should have listened to her instinct.
I dodge from tree to tree moving toward the beach. I look behind me. I don't see anything other than jungle trees. I stop for a moment, to listen. Where is it?
SSSSS! I bolt as fast as possible. BOOM! I see red. I fall down. I'm alive but I can't hear a thing. My head is full of ricocheting sound. I look back and see a crater in the jungle, and I see the spider on the other end of the crater. This is my chance; I make a sharp turn toward the beach, the crater between me and the spider. It bolts in the same direction, toward my tunnel. I think I can make it first! Just then an arrow sticks into my right arm!
"Ahhhh!" I see red. I'm beginning to shake. I put my sword away, I know it's a terrible time to be unarmed. I grab cooked fish. It's a crazy time to eat, but I'm on the verge of death. I eat while running. After the third fish I feel like new, and I'm sprinting faster than before! The spider is nearly to the tunnel; I jump, slash the spider and land in the tunnel. Screech! It screams as a severed spider leg falls to the ground.
But I don't stop. I run into the tube. Halfway in, I stop. I put my sword away and realize what happened. I risked my life to kill that spider. I injured it, but I'm certain it's not dead. I laugh at myself for being so foolish.
I'm going to finish the job. I'm going back! I turn around to face an army of creatures in the tube, rushing me!
LOG ENTRY 10
Tube Trouble
I GRAB MY BOW. I have a dozen arrows. That's a start. I take aim down the tunnel. Thwerp! My arrow zooms down the tunnel. Zombie dead. Thwerp! Pixelator dead. Two more arrows and poof! Zombie dead. They're getting closer; I'm not fast enough to stop them all. If I can just get a break in creatures I can turn and—
SSSSS!
I do a 180, it's only a few blocks away. It was up the tunnel waiting for me. I'm trapped! I don't think, I just react. Instinctively I grab my sword and rush the bit bomb! I don't stop to think how crazy this is, I slash, it bounces back, I slash again, poof! I turn.
SSSSS!
Another pixel buster is nearing, this time I run away, it's too late!
BOOOOM!! I keep running. I hear water rushing toward me. A huge section of the tube is blown away. Creatures are drowning, washing into the bay. Water is on my heels, somehow I am moving faster than I've ever moved! I reach the steps at the end of the tube on Rescue Island! I'm safe. I turn to look at what is left of the tube, filled with water.
My connection to the mainland is gone.
Carefully in the dark I make my way to Citadel Fort. Home! Khan greets me with a pounce, knocking me down. In my room I crash on my bed, exhausted and sleep.
In the morning I level a sunny piece of land for a garden. Most of the day I spend gardening.
The last thing I build is a tower, an improved version of my original pixelator slaughter tower. This time I build my transparent platform protruding above Citadel Fort, high enough to be out of range of arrows. It reminds me of the dangers lurking on the island. And it's a great place to look at the beautiful night sky.
I've created a kickin' crib. Life is great!
LOG ENTRY 11
The Visitor
STANDING ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF CITADEL FORT, on a platform of glass, I survey the scene. I can see far beyond the island. To the west the bay flows out to an expansive body of water. I can't see beyond the watery horizon. This must be how
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