>>5717263It dawns on you that while you can’t hear your pursuer any longer, you also can’t hear any sign of other people either! Besides the usual Summer staples of chirping crickets, distant crashing waves, and wind rushing through the tree boughs, you really don’t have much to go on!
Retracing your steps is out of the question too–the further away you are from that <span class="mu-i">BEAST</span> the <span class="mu-i">better</span>! With that in mind, you have a couple of ideas up your <span class="mu-s">TRENDY SLEEVE:</span>
You or Pepper could probably <span class="mu-s">CLIMB A TREE</span> to get a better lay of the land–Raj probably could too, but you’re just going off of what you know.
To the <span class="mu-s">LEFT OF THE BOULDER</span> the forest slopes downwards–there’s no telling what’s down that way, but you think that some of those crashing waves from earlier might be coming from that way…
To the <span class="mu-s">RIGHT OF THE BOULDER</span> the woods slope, yep, you guessed it, <span class="mu-i">upwards</span>. It gets a bit steep, but it might be a good bet–it’s not like you’re being chased right now, after all!
You could also always <span class="mu-s">SPLIT UP–</span> with the phones no longer working it might be a bit risky, but as long as someone gets the word out to <span class="mu-s">MINA</span> then you’ll be okay, right?
<span class="mu-i">Right?</span>
Oh god, why the hell did you stick around for this stupid party…
What’s the plan?
>CLIMB A TREE! SEE WHAT YOU CAN SEE! (YOU, PEPPER, OR RAJ?)>HEAD LEFT! THE COAST MIGHT LEAD YOU BACK TO A FAMILIAR LANDMARK!>GO RIGHT! UPHILL IS PROMISING!>WRITE-IN!