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Uh-uh, no way! You know what Goth chicks are capable of when they’re angry–last thing you wanna do is piss one off because you let their pops take a fatal swim! Loosening your grip, you slide down the side of the cliff and snatch Chuck’s hand in yours before he can take the plunge!
“Nghk… What… what the <span class="mu-i">HELL</span> are ya’ doin’?” Stammers Chuck as he stares at you in disbelief! “Now we’re <span class="mu-i">both</span> gonna fall, idiot!”
Not if you can help it, you snap back! Christ, what does he eat for breakfast… <span class="mu-i">CINDER BLOCKS?!</span>
“You’re gonna eat my <span class="mu-i">fist</span> if you let us fall!”
Duly noted! With the grumpy old man firmly secured, you lash out towards the crevasse with your <span class="mu-s">WRIST WHIP</span> and manage to coil it around a sturdy stalagmite! Lucky!
Perfect timing, too–as you and Chuck climb up the cavern wall using your gross appendage as a guide rope, you nearly lose your grip as a rock slams against the cliff next to you!
“They’re hurlin’ rocks!” Shouts Chuck, mild-mannered alter ego of <span class="mu-s">CAPTAIN OBVIOUS</span>! “Hurry!”
More rocks pelt the cliff like the rain outside, but through some small miracle the two of you manage to weave between the projectiles on your way up! Man, you could be in one of those sports drink commercials!
And you could <span class="mu-i">use</span> one too…
Raj and Pepper are waiting for you when you arrive at the top–pulling you both into the cleft in the cavern, the slashers give you one last goodbye in the form of a massive rock that explodes on the wall mere <span class="mu-i">INCHES</span> from your face! Time to go!
Slipping into the crack like a lizard under a rock, you let Pepper take the lead through the tight space…but freeze when you hear a droning sound reverberate through the rocks around you!
“Crap…” Mutters Pepper, “That’s not good…”
Butt get stuck?
You get a pebble thrown at your face in response.
“No, you <span class="mu-i">dweeb</span>, that sounded like the power was coming back on!”
“Didn’t we bust that thing, though?” Asks Raj as he tries to untangle himself after somehow turning his whole body upside down, “I thought we did a pretty good job of it, too…”
“Probably some sorta’ <span class="mu-s">BACKUP POWER</span>...” Grunts Chuck as he adjusts his hat. “My guess is it’s in that big lab.”
Makes sense–wouldn’t want the power to go out in the middle of a teleportation experiment… which means you’ve gotta <span class="mu-s">MOVE!</span>
“I’m <span class="mu-i">TRYING!</span>” Growls Pepper as she slowly squeezes through the increasingly-narrow path!
… it got stuck, didn’t it?
“... shut up and give me a push.”
>CONTD.
