Zingtober Day 18 - Ride (Of A Lifetime)

2 months ago

His journey started only one week ago, but it felt like years of sturggle. From the moment PV stepped through the gate, into the unknown, he accumulated the experience of a lifetime.

A hard hike on shifting mountains, the sea that almost got him offguard, the hut made of twigs, the giant snails... all gave him unique feelings. Now he was in the hut ... looking for the next stage of his adventure!

Between the interwined twigs he noticed something that looked like a small shelf, and the gaps between the branches were giving enough intel that something was hidden behind. He slowly approached and moved the obstruction to see better.

There was a dusty book behind the twiggy wall, the ZING Guidebook II, which maybe will provide some answers. He wiped the cover clean and opened the guidebook... and all pages where blank!

His sorrow was fast replaced by hope, when his pazzport started to vibrate. He took it out from the backpack and the vibration turned into a beam of light, which started to create symbols on the first page of the book.

A map was revealed, with the hut as a starting point. His journey will take him into the deeps, as a mechanical noise revealed an opening in the floor. PV slided the panel away and seen poorly lit steps going below.

He ventured into the underground, with a bit of fear, one step at a time. It was dark and humid at the beginning, slowly becoming brighter with every step he was doing into the unknown.

After 200 steps, or maybe more, PV stepped on solid ground and had a look around. He was not in a cave as he expected, he was into the jungle and the sun was bright above. How was this possible?

The lands shifted again and he didn't even noticed. But he noticed the huge grungy totem ahead, in between wines and leaves. It was in a poor state, cracked and unstable. The curious thing was that the ground around it showed signs of impact.

It looked like this grungy totem fell from the sky! The cracks on both the surface and on the totem shows that the force of the impact was incredible strong.

He was still thinking about whom or what could have carried the massive rock, when he noticed the background noises! He focused on them and could hear whispers!

The located a strange gizmo nearby the totem, a device that was activated by his pazzport the same way as it happened in the hut. PV started pressing buttons and listening carefully to the whispers.

The device was some kind of journal, the travel log of another adventurer. It contained details of her travels, from stepping through the gate until the discovery of the grungy stone totem.

The last voice entry was "This totem has seen it's best, and it's a miracle it didn't collapsed yet. Looks like an useless rock! Wait... what is this buzzing noise!".

PV was intrigued by the last words, but had something else to worry now... as the totem started buzzing and vibrating! The monument was shattering, but then the pebbles on the ground where linking together like magnets!

He soon realised that he is in danger, as the pebbles were merging into rock golems. In the panic that followed, instinct took over! He seen some mining tracks going deeper into a cave, and he run towards them!

The golems were rolling towards him, and he was afraid that his demise will be cruel and painful. But this was not the end... as PV stumbled upon a mining cart! He gave it a push downhill and started the ride of a lifetime!

The golems were still in the chase, but clearly slower than the mining cart rolling down on the tracks. He threw out the mining gear to make the cart lighter ... and the ride was faster then ever!

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