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AMALTHEA

[When the game starts you find yourselves on a platform. At least this part is pretty relaxing as it's large enough to fit a table with six (or seven) chairs around and that may be the place you want to sit at for now. There's several pieces of parchment laying on the table and a box in the center.

Of course, if you were careful you might want to pay attention to what's before you. Because immediately after the platform is a slide that ends in a pit of water? That turns into a dark forest. In what looks like a mile across is another large platform, presumably the end. Though that's all you can see right now.]

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You will find on your table the three items you've chosen as well as a bracelet. The papers have disappered as have the chairs. Once you pick up the items the table, too, will disappear leaving just your team and the slide before you.
Pressing the button will allow you to effectively "pause" the course. This can only be used to go back to the main field and talk to other teams. It can work for one member or all of your teammates. You can easily leave and return with this method. Talking to other teams will not give you a penalty if you choose to use this. (This can also account for members of the team coming and going with player availability)

You can also quit at any time! If you wish to quit all you have to say is Osmar's name and it will end the game for you. Asking to quit will not penalize you, but if you end early that means your out of at leas one win type.
For now, you can just slide down. There's nothing more to do here.

But once you're in the water it seems to be wider than you thought! It gets deeper quickly, too, and the torrent is rough. You're fine in the shallow end, but maybe you should find another way across?

To the left is a small cliff. It doesn't look bad to climb up and maybe it will give you a better idea of if you want to go into the river or not.

To the right is what seems to be an empty part of the field. A few steps in will show that there's patches of mud where you seem to sink. Not quite quick-sand, but you might want to take a moment to consider your options.

Or you can just go forward. You won't drown, but you might end up way more off course than you thought.

[When you submit please answer with which way you go and a method you choose to use against this part of the course!]
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[ checking the shield and grappling hook to see how heavy they are at first, and then turning to Belt. ]

One of us should hold on to either one of these, just in case. So neither of us lack offense and defense. The torch seems light enough.

I suppose so...

[THINKING...]

Regarding our path, I am torn between our obvious answers. We could use the hook to climb the mountain, or the shield to check the path ahead of us for mud as we walk the field.

...I do not believe crossing directly would be wise.

I think I have pretty good aim, so I can hold into the hook if we need to hit or grab onto something.

[ offering her the shield. ]

I agree, though I wonder how hard it'd be to get to the other side. The hook could help with crossing directly depending on its distance and if we can latch onto something on the other side when we're close enough...

The shield would help with testing how hard or soft the mud is. If it seems like it's too much and too far spread out and uncrossable, we could always double back and try the cliffs.