Rocky
You choose to sit down and take a while to read "Awestruck Underground"
You pull open the tattered cover to reveal a mostly blank title page containing the neatly written words.
Awestruck Underground
By Faelan Burns
You flip the page to reveal a spectacular drawing of what it must be like down there, with luminescent mushrooms the size of redwood trees and bushes and grass as tall as the tallest man on the team depicted.
We ventured through the woods and back today, it was beautiful down there. With flowing creeks and rivers, and a weather system all its own... it was all amazing.
Within the first ten minutes we met our first creature. A triceratops looking creature with no eyes and a friendly disposition. It took a berry from Tim's hand and then immediately spit it back in his face. We got word from above that a couple member of the team had split, but we didn't care. We were making discoveries in megafauna and animals that looked like they should have been dead for millions of years.
I was awestruck... absolutely awestruck.
Before I knew it we hit what seemed to be a wall, the end of this magic land. We were about to leave again when we all heard cracking, it was far too late this time. At least two men fell immediately and myself and two others clung to the wall for dear life. The others pulled us up, and then immediately started raving about what must be down there even deeper.
I admit I lost my temper... but I was reeling over the fact that two of our friends had just died like Lila and none of them cared, they only wanted to see what was down there. They tried to convince me they wanted to go down in order to save our friends and I had to walk away.
We put it to a vote later on and decided we'd come back up tonight to rest and resupply before heading down. Who the hell knows what's be down there but I'll stick with my team. My remaining team that is...
I've included some drawings of what we saw today, they took up most of this journal. Until next time.
You flip through the rest of the pages to see dozens of drawings of live dinosaurs, only, all without eyes. It was odd but it soon looked normal to you as you looked through them all. And you quickly close the book as you finish thumbing through the photos.
You look around and are able to piece together the rest of what happened.
They went deeper, as you'd read in the final book, and then pissed off the wrong dinosaur. They'd fled up the sinkhole, thinking they'd be safe, but the dinosaurs began climbing after them.
Finally the sealed off the hole with what little material they had and been forced to wait for their deaths. However, Faelan and perhaps some of his team had sealed off the exits to this tunnel in order to keep the creatures from escaping. You smile, and make sure everything is secure in your pack before you decide what to do next.
-You May-
Return to the Forest
Explore the Sinkhole
Dig up one of the Other Paths