Snippet #2354475

Well, apparently trying to jump over that pool of lava hadn’t been such a good idea. She had been relogged.

Andromeda placed her backpack on the pavement of the town square and stuck in her hand. The only thing in there was a small datapad. She looked through the contact list for someone to teleport her onto the Trail. After some frustrated scrolling, she concluded there was absolutely nobody on it. “What gives?”

She rubbed between her eyes, trying to remember what had happened. The last thing she had seen was... the entire group getting splashed. With lava.

The lava pool had been part of a puzzle, but she already couldn’t remember the details anymore. For a moment she wondered what had been before Sunnyside and the Trail. She vaguely recalled snow... something called Special Snowflake... and before that... blank. Andromeda shrugged, put back the datapad, swung the backpack on her back, and walked through the gate with the “Trail of Trials” sign above it.

She found herself at a small beach. The first thing that caught her eye was a canoe, but there was no paddle to be seen. Right next to her, where the path changed into sand, was a large vase containing some flowers, which had attracted a large moth. She could use her agility to try to grab it, but since she had maxed out her charm score she might try something else first. Holding out her hand, she said “Hello, moth”. The bug hovered above her hand for a moment, and dropped a key. +1 point. Andromeda smiled.

Searching the rest of the beach, she found a burning torch with some more moths fluttering around it, and on each end was a pole with a mask on it. The mask on the right side was a panther, the one on the left some kind of deer. She tried on the panther mask, but nothing happened, and it was uncomfortable and heavy, so she put it back. Andromeda returned to the torch to have a better look, it might mark something. She noticed some wood at her feet, a bit of digging revealed the lid of a treasure chest. The key fit, of course. Inside the chest she found a small pirate flag, the size of a handkerchief. No points? No points. She used the piece of cloth to tie her hair together. Once she had done so, the chest snapped shut, the key was gone, and the hole she had dug collapsed - the puzzle resetting itself.

Andromeda peered at the opposite side of the river. It was dark over there, she could see a beach with maybe some things on it. The river was flowing too fast to get there paddling with her hands. She was missing something, but she wouldn’t mind waiting for someone else to figure it out for her. She breathed in the warm jungle night air, it smelled of flowers. Birds were singing, every once in a while a fish jumped, and there were no stinging insects or other nuisances. This was a nice place to sit and relax for a while.