Hurry! Put the skull in the instrument, Eric. When I got back to the camp I urged Eric behind me to hurry up.
Eric heard me and rushed up to put the skull inside the instrument.
My heart began to race as I watched the readings on the instrument. It was probably nerves, but just as the cause of death was about to come up the instrument crashed.
I stared at the instrument in surprise for 2 seconds and then reluctantly called the engineer over to make repairs.
The engineer and his apprentices said that the repair would take some time, so Eric and I would have to wait until tomorrow. We put the skull in a black box then set out to continue searching the Jelly Rabbit Warrens.
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Shortly after we left the camp, the black box opened up by itself, and a faint puff of black smoke appeared. An otherworldly face hid within the misty folds of smoke.
Night fell.
Eric and I dragged our tired bodies home. We slept as though we were dead.
That night, I had a nightmare. I dreamed someone chased me with a bow. Just as I ran out of breath, an arrow pierced my heart, and I woke up.