[ WEEK THREE – ??? (NATALIE) ]

[sheriffexe]

[ The skeletons drag Natalie down for a while, through a thick layer of them -- scratching and tearing and even biting as they go. Any sounds she makes will be muffled and the small amount of light from the pit will eventually fade after a while.

She'll even lose her hat. Shame.

But eventually the skeletons will let up, fading into more of a dirt tunnel than anything else. She'll slide down that for a while until eventually being spit out and landing on a concrete floor.

When she looks up, she'll find herself in what appears to be access tunnels, light bulbs hanging from the ceilings to provide dim light and pipes going along the walls going every which way direction. The room is square and plain and on every side of it has four different tunnels to lead her whichever way she chooses.

She could go forwards, backwards, left, or right. Which way will she go? ]

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[robitussin]

[That is a trap. There is no way that is not a trap, but she's so tired and so hungry by now...

Biting her lip, she looks around to see if there's any loose gravel or a rock she can toss in that direction.]

[sheriffexe]

[ There is definitely a scattered piece of wood lying on the ground. Maybe from one of those fireplaces? Either way, it seems acceptably toss worthy. ]

[robitussin]

[Score!

She's going to toss it at some of the food to see what happens.]

[sheriffexe]

[ Nothing happens! Shocker.

Natalie, are you gonna have yourself a meal or what? ]

[robitussin]

[This is the worst decision she's ever had to make? But. If she gets killed by skeleton monsters for taking a piece of food, at least it beats slowly starving to death in a tunnel.

She picks up whatever happens to be nearest and looks it over, trying to see if there's anything out of place or strange about it.]

[sheriffexe]

[ Nothing out of place at all.

Why not sit, serve yourself up a plate? Have a bite? Would be nice. ]

[robitussin]

[She is taking a bite, but. She's not going to sit, as tempting as it feels.

Just going to stare longingly at it all while she eats this apple.]

[sheriffexe]

[ The apple is fine.

But why would you pick an apple over all this warm, hot food? The stews, the soups, the warm potatoes and meats. There's even some gooey looking cheese dish over to the side.

Sit. Siiiiit. ]

[robitussin]

[You can't tell her how to live her life, bracket text??

Although... She is still not taking a seat, thank you very much, but is there any sort of container she can put some of this food in to take with her?]

[sheriffexe]

[ Oh, Natalie. :(

There's no containers but she can most likely load up one of those plates. Those very fine, normal plates on the plate settings that would be perfectly normal and fine to sit at and eat. ]

[robitussin]

[n o p e

She's just shoving as much food as possible onto this plate before continuing on. Unless the plate tries to destroy her?? Please be kind, plate.]

[sheriffexe]

[ The plate is kind but Natalie is not. :'(

Well, fine. Is she going to busy herself at the bedrooms or just keep walking? ]

[robitussin]

[This area is safe enough... Maybe it can't hurt to look around the bedrooms. They did come here to find information, after all.

She heads towards one, though she's careful not to touch anything yet.]

[sheriffexe]

[ It's a very normal bedroom.

But it is rather tempting. Don't you want to take a nap, Natalie? You've been awake for a while, after all. ]

[robitussin]

I don't trust this. Any of this.

[Just, you know, for the record. So the bedroom knows.

...She's going to sit on the bed for literally one second before hopping off again to see if anything happens.]

[sheriffexe]

[ Nothing happened!

:) ]

[robitussin]

[Somehow she feels like this room is mocking her so she's l e a v i n g.

...After sitting for two minutes. It's fine.]

[sheriffexe]

[ NOTHING HAPPENED, NATALIEEEEE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST EAT THE FOOOOD

OR SLEEP IN THE BEEEEDD

It's all normal and fine :'( ]

[robitussin]

[SHUT UP BRACKET TEXT!!!

She's grabbing her plate of food and leaving.]

[sheriffexe]

[ :( :( :(

But okay, fine. Keep walking then!

She'll have to walk a bit actually because it'll take her two hours to get to the next intersection. Still basked in cozy wood though. What now? ]

[robitussin]

[At least she has food for this part! Eat it, terrifying devil cave.

Next, she's going to head to the left.]

[sheriffexe]

[ UGH, WHATEVER.

When Natalie turns left, the corridors will change again. Wood slowly turns softer and softer until Natalie will find herself surrounded by... uh, fur.

Plush orange and white fur on every side, kind of like tiger stripes but lighter. Almost like a creamsicle.

And the more she walks, the more she'll hear a fainting purring noise coming from... everywhere?

Honestly, it seems to be coming out of the walls. ]

[robitussin]

[She... freezes, because holy shit?

Okay. Okay, this is very weird but she has to just keep... moving forward. Quickly. Very quickly? She's running.]

[sheriffexe]

[ The purring grows louder. ]

[robitussin]

[NOPE!!

time to turn around immediately this is Bad]