Wake

[Mikkofier]

Tell a joke to the troubled rock face.

[Agent Arco]

(Ahoy, I'm new here- pardon me; just wanted to say that I really love the simple but ambient style and the coloring in this comic ;__;)

>Head down the path that stretches beyond the rocky hills, see where it goes.

[Unaniem]

Pick up the bone again.

You fish the bone out of the purple abyss with the side that didn't get submerged when you dropped it.

You're not exactly confident carrying this thing around any longer, however. The purple liquid appears to stick on the bone's surface yet strangely enough is leaving drips everywhere at the same time. You fear that if you start swinging this thing around some of those drips might just end up getting flung in your face, and honestly, you don't really enjoy that thought.

You place the bone down, making sure to remember you left it here in case it might just appear to be useful for another situation.

Throw some rocks in the purple goop, see if they corrode

You take a gander at the rock you threw into the pond earlier.
It doesn't seem to be affected in any way, which just strikes you as odd.

climb up to the box and pick it up. If there is anything below it, eat it. Anything.

You try and scale the thicker pillar with its box inhabitant on top, but it shows itself to be a far tougher challenge than the previous pillar was. There's surprisingly little on the rock's surface that you can manage to get any grip on, and you are starting to get the feeling that struggling trying to reach this top is making you look like an idiot.

Either whoever is residing inside that box up there took special measurements to prevent anybody from reaching them, or you're not that skilled of a mountain scaler as you deemed yourself to be previously.

I vote for going down

>Head down the path that stretches beyond the rocky hills, see where it goes.

You move one screen down towards the rocky hills.
Anything you wish to do here or carry on with the path?

> _____

[Mikkofier]

>EXAMINE CRACKED STONE SLAB

[metasomnia?]

Poke the stone faces on the low stone slab

[pholtos]

Hug stone pillar

[Lunikyuu]

ponder why the stone pillar to the right has its eye closed

[Agent Arco]

>There's a stone slab to your right! Examine the odd marking on the corner of the flat surface on top.

[Unaniem]

>EXAMINE CRACKED STONE SLAB

>There's a stone slab to your right! Examine the odd marking on the corner of the flat surface on top.

The slab itself on the surface appears to be just like any other stone structure you've seen so far.
Hard, cold, and rough on the surface like you'd expect any ordinary rock or builder to feel.


Near the right side of the slab you find something more interesting, however: two perfectly white feathers. Perhaps geese or seagulls live here, wherever it may be?

...For some reason you have your doubts as you place one of the two feathers in your pocket.

Poke the stone faces on the low stone slab

You don't appear to get any response out of the slab.

Hug stone pillar

~<3

ponder why the stone pillar to the right has its eye closed

You ponder for a while to eventually come to the, in your opinion, only logical conclusion:

--using the only little French you know to make yourself sound smarter.

Have concluded that there's not much else to do in your current location, you choose to walk further south;


Not much of interest here either, aside from the fact that your pathway south has been conveniently cut-off by an abyss.

You continue walking;


This fellow doesn't seem to be too jolly.

>____

[Clamestarebla]

Ask him if he's ever heard of God.
IFNO (TalkAboutGod)
ELSE
JUMP (End_Event)
ENDA

TalkAboutGod:
TEX1
ENDA

End_Event:
ENDA

[Sorel]

run in circles

[pholtos]

Hug the guy.

[GlitchedGhost]

Ask them about the daily lunch special.

[Agent Arco]

True, yes, he does not look very jolly.

THEREFORE

All the more reason to say hello and strike up some friendly conversation. Ask about his day.

(also: je ne sais pas

that was amazing)

[Mikkofier]

Look for weak points, just in case...

[Dizzybelle]

Give him the biggest, widest smile you can manage.
If he can't see the entirety of your gums, it ain't wide enough.

[Unaniem]

Ask about his day.

"None shall pass." the creature responds to your question in a stern voice.

Ask them about the daily lunch special.

"None shall pass." the creature repeats.

Ask him if he's ever heard of God.

"God is dead and you are starting to try my patience. None shall pass and making small talk isn't going to change shit, get lost." the creature responds in surprisingly fierce and demanding voice.

Give him the biggest, widest smile you can manage.
If he can't see the entirety of your gums, it ain't wide enough.

...Cheer up, big guy?..


Okay yeah this isn't helping.
You decide to take a few steps back before a possible assault might take place.

Hug the guy.

You'd rather not, no offence.

Look for weak points, just in case...

Standing from a safe distance, you analyse the creature guarding the bridge.

Aside from a few light red bricks mixed in here and there its body appears to be covered by a bunch of icky looking hairs, some of which disgustingly long and thick. Its expression when from mildly annoyed to most definitely aggravated in less than a minute due to your negotiations just yet.

Really the only "weak spot" you could find would be its tiny legs which look to be easy to tackle. Even then, in all the time you've seen it so far it has been balancing on those things without even flinching, and if that guy manages to land on you...

...you're not exactly confident in trying to tackle those tiny legs of it.

>_____

[pholtos]

Tickle his kneecaps.

[Clamestarebla]

Kick him with all of your strength. Surely these tiny legs of his can't help him get back up.

[Sebby19]

jump once

[Snakebite969]

Laugh at him because really, he's 'armless.

[Mikkofier]

Throw rock at him, say "Catch!"

[Dizzybelle]

Tell him "Excuse me, my name is None. May I pass?"

[Unaniem]

Throw rock at him, say "Catch!"

With only half confidence you pick up the nearest decently sized rock.
Maybe you'll be able to tip him over (and with some luck we won't crash into the bridge itself).


Here goes...

"HEY BIG GUY-"


"CATCH!"





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RAPIDLY APPROACHING WALL CODE RED THIS WAS MOST DEFINITELY A BAD IDEA!!

jump once

Don't mind if you change that command slightly into "jump away at once"--



...man, this guy.

You continue sitting down for a bit to regain your senses from the adrenaline rush that just happened. The guy lies flat on his face, so you'll be safe from further attacks for now.


Oh no


Okaythatlastsentencemayhavebeenaliebutyourenottakinganychancesnow
goodbyemrwallitwasnicemeetingyou.


You finally do find a moment to actually regain your senses this time. The creature was clearly too heavy to cross the bridge themselves, and looking back across the abyss you see that he has continued standing in the same position he was in before you decided to slightly ruin his day.

Once you manage to get a few good gasps for air, you get yourself back to reality. The roads splits into two: your call, captain.

> ____

[Lunikyuu]

Climb up the ledge in front of you and enter the mostly-cutoff cave