Suzy’s Strange Saga
Jack may have had a bad experience with the jungle before, but you’re going to have one infinitely worse you don’t get the hell out of here!
You don’t know where you’re going to end up, but you figure at least there is more chance of survival in the jungle than the tundra or artic or wherever you might end up with the snow door.
Since Jack isn’t exactly in a position to argue, you continue heading towards the jungle.
You’re almost at the door when everything goes dark. You feel like those things are almost upon you and you can only hope they stop pursuing you when you go through the door.
With a boost of energy and a shove, you and Jack both tumble through the opening and into the jungle area. Soft muddy ground gets all over you both.
You recover as quickly as you can, fearing that those creatures are still right behind you, but when you get up you find that not only are they not, but the Gray Building itself is gone. Nothing is behind save for more jungle.
“Where the hell? Where did it go?” you say.
“It’s gone. We’re some place completely different and who knows where the hell that building is now. Shit…my head is still throbbing and all fucked up. I still don’t feel quite right. Just let me rest here a moment.” Jack says still sitting on the ground.
You look around and you have no idea where to go next. You look at the trees and ground and for all you know you’re in the Amazon. Certainly feels hot enough and you’re already starting to sweat.
“Goddamn, it’s hot. Jack I’m going to tell you right now, I MIGHT be taking my shirt off at some point and I can only hope you’re a gentleman enough to keep your eyes at least focused on my face when you’re directly speaking with me.” You say.
“Fuck, with the way I feel, I dunno if I’m even up for that sort of stimulation. Besides, I’m going to be keeping an eye on everywhere else given that we’re in a jungle. Ohhh, I really wished you went towards the snow, I got a bad feeling about this.”
“What are the chances we’re on another Styrofoam island?” you ask.
“Well, I dunno, but it still doesn’t change the fact we’re in a jungle where all manner of animals, bugs and plants can kill you. I guess we better pick a direction and hope we find friendly civilization.” Jack says and gets up.
As Jack gets up while you look around again and decide on a direction.
“Well at least you’ve still got your axe and I got a bat. The jungle doesn’t look as heavy in that direction I suppose. Guess we’re going that way.” You say.
“I suppose it’s as good as a direction as any.” Jack replies.
You and Jack begin your trek through the jungle…
Despite the jungle not being as thick in this direction, it’s still not an easy walk. The only upside, is the canopy of the trees is at least shielding you from the sun directly. You can honestly say you don’t remember when the last time you had to deal with this sort of heat. All that time spent in the cool basement has made you a little less resistant to it you guess.
Jack and you continue to keep your eyes and ears open. So far you’ve not seen any signs of civilization, but at one point a small purple furry rodent like animal walks by and you can honestly say even with all the animal and nature shows you’ve seen, you’ve never seen something like this before. It sees you and squeaks causing you to raise your bat before it runs off.
“What the hell was that?” you ask.
“I dunno, looked like some sort of rat, but purple though.” Jack replies.
“Well don’t you think a purple rat is a little strange?” you ask.
“Well of course I do, but given that this is where the Gray Building sent us, is it really surprising?”
“I don’t mean just that though. I mean before I thought that maybe we were at least still on our world. Weird looking purple rat like creatures aren’t exactly native there. Is it possible it sent us to some alien planet?”
“Suzy, with the Gray Building anything is fucking possible.”
It’s at this moment you lose a little hope. Its one thing to possibly be lost in a jungle on Earth at least there would have been a slim chance of survival if you somehow made it to civilization. The idea of being on some sort of alien planet is a lot more disheartening.
“Great, we are so fucked.” You say.
“Probably, but we have to keep moving.”
“What the hell’s the point? For all we know this whole damn planet is jungle and uninhabited and if it is inhabited I can’t imagine the natives are going to be friendly!” you exclaim.
“We don’t know if this is an alien planet! I mean maybe we got transported back in time to the Mesozoic Era, we don’t know what the hell sort of creatures lived back then or what color they were.”
“Oh, so we’re in the time of dinosaurs? Yeah, don’t think that’s any better.”
Jack at this point wipes his face and closes his eyes.
“Suzy, it’s too hot for us to argue, but I told you I didn’t want to go to the jungle anyway!”
“There it is. I told you so. Thanks. Real helpful. (Sigh) Okay, look I’m sorry I’m just…”
At this moment you hear a rustling noise and then a whizzing sound is heard just before blood splatters on you.
Jack looks down briefly to see the top of a spear through his chest. He coughs up blood and falls to his knees looking at you the whole time.
“Oh shit Jack…” you utter and then another spear just narrowly misses your head and hits a nearby tree.
Then you see your assailants coming out of the undergrowth. Several small bipedal lizard like creatures armed with spears. They’re not even as tall as you, but they certainty look more than capable of killing you. They hiss at you and one proceeds to finish off Jack who was already dying at that point.
You turn and run in the opposite direction ignoring the fact that you’re going to only get yourself further lost in the jungle, you have to escape these things. They screech and they run after you.
Another spear nearly hits you and despite the very real fear of death you’re experiencing, the only thing going through your mind is how you curse the day you went out to go get a real job. One day you were living comfortably in a basement and now you’re running through a hot ass jungle being chased by fucking lizard aliens.
You already know this isn’t going to end well for you. You’ve been pushing the odds ever since you left the damn basement, and it’s only a matter of time before those lizards get you and…
Suddenly you feel a sharp bite to the side of your neck. It isn’t a spear. It’s some sort fauna that resembles a snake with legs. You didn’t even see it, but even if you hadn’t been so focused on running, you still wouldn’t have seen it due to its camouflage.
Then before your eyes several of these creatures seemingly blink into existence and they’re all jumping on you and biting. You’ve just run into a nest of whatever these things are and you fall to their onslaught.
The only upside is their deadly poison kills you before they can start eating you alive.
You don’t know where you’re going to end up, but you figure at least there is more chance of survival in the jungle than the tundra or artic or wherever you might end up with the snow door.
Since Jack isn’t exactly in a position to argue, you continue heading towards the jungle.
You’re almost at the door when everything goes dark. You feel like those things are almost upon you and you can only hope they stop pursuing you when you go through the door.
With a boost of energy and a shove, you and Jack both tumble through the opening and into the jungle area. Soft muddy ground gets all over you both.
You recover as quickly as you can, fearing that those creatures are still right behind you, but when you get up you find that not only are they not, but the Gray Building itself is gone. Nothing is behind save for more jungle.
“Where the hell? Where did it go?” you say.
“It’s gone. We’re some place completely different and who knows where the hell that building is now. Shit…my head is still throbbing and all fucked up. I still don’t feel quite right. Just let me rest here a moment.” Jack says still sitting on the ground.
You look around and you have no idea where to go next. You look at the trees and ground and for all you know you’re in the Amazon. Certainly feels hot enough and you’re already starting to sweat.
“Goddamn, it’s hot. Jack I’m going to tell you right now, I MIGHT be taking my shirt off at some point and I can only hope you’re a gentleman enough to keep your eyes at least focused on my face when you’re directly speaking with me.” You say.
“Fuck, with the way I feel, I dunno if I’m even up for that sort of stimulation. Besides, I’m going to be keeping an eye on everywhere else given that we’re in a jungle. Ohhh, I really wished you went towards the snow, I got a bad feeling about this.”
“What are the chances we’re on another Styrofoam island?” you ask.
“Well, I dunno, but it still doesn’t change the fact we’re in a jungle where all manner of animals, bugs and plants can kill you. I guess we better pick a direction and hope we find friendly civilization.” Jack says and gets up.
As Jack gets up while you look around again and decide on a direction.
“Well at least you’ve still got your axe and I got a bat. The jungle doesn’t look as heavy in that direction I suppose. Guess we’re going that way.” You say.
“I suppose it’s as good as a direction as any.” Jack replies.
You and Jack begin your trek through the jungle…
Despite the jungle not being as thick in this direction, it’s still not an easy walk. The only upside, is the canopy of the trees is at least shielding you from the sun directly. You can honestly say you don’t remember when the last time you had to deal with this sort of heat. All that time spent in the cool basement has made you a little less resistant to it you guess.
Jack and you continue to keep your eyes and ears open. So far you’ve not seen any signs of civilization, but at one point a small purple furry rodent like animal walks by and you can honestly say even with all the animal and nature shows you’ve seen, you’ve never seen something like this before. It sees you and squeaks causing you to raise your bat before it runs off.
“What the hell was that?” you ask.
“I dunno, looked like some sort of rat, but purple though.” Jack replies.
“Well don’t you think a purple rat is a little strange?” you ask.
“Well of course I do, but given that this is where the Gray Building sent us, is it really surprising?”
“I don’t mean just that though. I mean before I thought that maybe we were at least still on our world. Weird looking purple rat like creatures aren’t exactly native there. Is it possible it sent us to some alien planet?”
“Suzy, with the Gray Building anything is fucking possible.”
It’s at this moment you lose a little hope. Its one thing to possibly be lost in a jungle on Earth at least there would have been a slim chance of survival if you somehow made it to civilization. The idea of being on some sort of alien planet is a lot more disheartening.
“Great, we are so fucked.” You say.
“Probably, but we have to keep moving.”
“What the hell’s the point? For all we know this whole damn planet is jungle and uninhabited and if it is inhabited I can’t imagine the natives are going to be friendly!” you exclaim.
“We don’t know if this is an alien planet! I mean maybe we got transported back in time to the Mesozoic Era, we don’t know what the hell sort of creatures lived back then or what color they were.”
“Oh, so we’re in the time of dinosaurs? Yeah, don’t think that’s any better.”
Jack at this point wipes his face and closes his eyes.
“Suzy, it’s too hot for us to argue, but I told you I didn’t want to go to the jungle anyway!”
“There it is. I told you so. Thanks. Real helpful. (Sigh) Okay, look I’m sorry I’m just…”
At this moment you hear a rustling noise and then a whizzing sound is heard just before blood splatters on you.
Jack looks down briefly to see the top of a spear through his chest. He coughs up blood and falls to his knees looking at you the whole time.
“Oh shit Jack…” you utter and then another spear just narrowly misses your head and hits a nearby tree.
Then you see your assailants coming out of the undergrowth. Several small bipedal lizard like creatures armed with spears. They’re not even as tall as you, but they certainty look more than capable of killing you. They hiss at you and one proceeds to finish off Jack who was already dying at that point.
You turn and run in the opposite direction ignoring the fact that you’re going to only get yourself further lost in the jungle, you have to escape these things. They screech and they run after you.
Another spear nearly hits you and despite the very real fear of death you’re experiencing, the only thing going through your mind is how you curse the day you went out to go get a real job. One day you were living comfortably in a basement and now you’re running through a hot ass jungle being chased by fucking lizard aliens.
You already know this isn’t going to end well for you. You’ve been pushing the odds ever since you left the damn basement, and it’s only a matter of time before those lizards get you and…
Suddenly you feel a sharp bite to the side of your neck. It isn’t a spear. It’s some sort fauna that resembles a snake with legs. You didn’t even see it, but even if you hadn’t been so focused on running, you still wouldn’t have seen it due to its camouflage.
Then before your eyes several of these creatures seemingly blink into existence and they’re all jumping on you and biting. You’ve just run into a nest of whatever these things are and you fall to their onslaught.
The only upside is their deadly poison kills you before they can start eating you alive.
