soulping | HAUNT'S EXPLORADORA

HAUNT'S EXPLORADORA

[As soon as you step through the door, a sheet of paper with a list appears in your hand:

- Newt tails - 2 points
- Pig eyes - 2 points
- Mouse teeth - 2 points
- Cat whiskers - 2 points
- Tears of a ghost - 5 points
- The song of a mermaid - 5 points
- The sobs of a zombie - 5 points
- A golden nugget - 7 points
- A bright red ruby - 7 points
- A cauldron - 10 points

You also find a small, brown pouch attached to your waist. You can store any items you find during your exploration in there]

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[. . .]

[???]

I don't know.

Ha ha! I win, you lose!

[the horseman takes a seat and places his head on the table]

A bookkeeper, lad! Use that head of yours!

A bookkeeper? I don't know that term.

[places a hand on the table]

I heard a song, before. Where was it coming from?

[the horseman rolls his eyes]

The pond, perhaps. That blasted mermaid is singing again.

[welp, leaving without a word to look for said pond]

[You follow the singing towards a small pond flanked by more venus fly traps and stinky lilies. There doesn't seem to be anyone around, but if you watch the water closely, you can see it ripple. . .]

[steps up to the water and crouches, reaching out to touch the ripples]

Where are you?

[once he's close enough, something suddenly bursts out of the water and grabs him by the shoulders]

[??!??!?]

[jerks back]

[he can do that!]

[and then there's giggling]

Ooooh, you're so jumpy!

[it seems. . . it was a mermaid that had grabbed him]

[-oh good. ahem.]

You startled me. I need your song.

Ooooh? Is that it?

[her tail flicks a few droplets of water at him]

What will you give me in return?

[leans back slightly from the water flicking, rude]

What do you want?

Hmmm. . . I want a song from you in return! Can you sing for me?

[uh]

I don't know any songs.

Make one up! If you do, I'll tell you where you can find other things~

[ugghhhh what if i just leave]

[but i already couldn't get that riddle CAN'T LEAVE EMPTY-HANDED]

[prepare yourself for some shitty made-up tune]

This is a song.
I'm singing. So that you will sing for me.
And so I can win.
So give me your song.
Please.

[the mermaid shrieks in laughter, her tail swishing back and forth in the water]

Ooooh, that's good! That's good!

[giggle]

You should check the flowers. . . you might find something important in them if you do!

[and with that, she tosses him a small, glass bottle]

[his face is a little red, ugh how embarrassing]

[catches it, huh. song in a bottle, why not. puts it in his pouch]

Thank you.

[and hurrying off to check the flowers before she can laugh at him more >:T]

[the bottle is labeled 'song of a mermaid' so yes, song in a bottle]

[if he gets to close to the flowers, he'll find that the venus fly traps will snap at him. they're slow, however, so they can be easily dodged]

[there's something glimmering within the stinky lilies]

[rude fly traps. keeping out of their way as he searches- ah yes that looks important]

[gonna grab the thing]

[he can grab the thing!]

[but then the stinky lily closes around his hand, successfully trapping him]

[well fuck that]

[stomping on a petal as he tries to yank his arm out, holding tight to the shiny]

[the lily lets out a wet squelching noise, but thankfully lets his hand go]

[. . . he smells like rotting corpse now, though]

[but hey! he has a red ruby]

[gross, but success]

[shoving that in his pouch and heading back toward the house- but stops to take a closer look at the tea set in the gazebo]

Re: Garden

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