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It must have been some hours you were lost down there, more to do with your bewildered state of mind than difficulties with navigation. Falling to your knees at the end of the drainage tunnel where it empties out, finally able to breathe some fresh air from outside again. Gradually does your clarity return, as the dim quiet of the drainage system gives way to the sounds of the city creeping back in.
<span class="mu-b">"So it wasn't a dream... did I really do all that?"</span>
Feeling the runoff water along your hands and knees, you withdraw in disgust and clamor to your feet once more, leaning against the exterior rim of the drainage tunnel. By the look of things, it empties out here into one of the small rivers near downtown. Lots of trash and debris along the overgrown creek, but not much farther than that are concrete dividers to the beltway around the city center. Though you can hear very distant sirens and see helicopters circling about over yonder, it seems that you manage to escape? At least for the time being, probably eventually the authorities will track each and any terminus of the drain system but you can be long gone by then.
The question is... where do you go from here, and how? You were so occupied with your plans and the caper itself, that you didn't think much about what would happen after. Having reached the festival by public transport, but you can't just take the bus back home like this. You're all wet from the drain system, your clothes are all torn up, and admittedly you're in a sorry state. Not to mention it's late at night.
>Try to use an app to get a ride back home, and hope the driver doesn't ask questions or remember you?
>Call for one of your friends and hope they don't get suspicious about the obvious?
>Right now, more than anything... you just want to see your dad. You don't care if he finds out the truth or what he thinks.
>Try and tough it out for another hour or two, till you can walk to the nearest... wherever out here, and figure out how to get home.
>A callous write-in?
