Beings of the Lovely Hills Option Bb: Construct Something

Welcome back to the adventure.

Reader’s have chosen to move the dragon’s eggs all at the same time. Let’s see if you succeed=)

Beings of the Lovely Hills Option Bb: Construct Something

You don’t have a lot of time, so you opt for trying to move all the eggs at once. If you’d remembered to grab your bag, you would have been able to use your sleeping bag, but alas, the backpack’s still sitting in the cabin that the dragon’s probably going through right now.

“Between the two of you, can you move one egg?” you ask.

“Maybe,” Lily says, “depends on what you’re thinking. We can’t exactly pick it up.” She holds her legs out to show they’re too short to grasp an egg.

Picking up three dead branches, you set them beside an egg. Then you search around for an aspen tree. Finding one, you peel at the bark with your nails until you finally get a section pulled off the trunk. Carefully you peel off long strips of bark.

Returning to the egg, you cross the branches to create a triangle frame that’ll lift the egg off the ground once the egg is set on it. Using the long strips of green bark, you lash the frame together at the corners of the triangle.

Setting the egg onto the frame, you unbuckle your belt and attach it to one corner in a large loop.

“Use the belt as a harness,” you instruct the two cats, “and pull the egg.”

“Won’t that leave a trail?” Lily asks.

“At first, yes,” you say, “but I’ll follow behind and cover the trail.”

“He’ll sniff us out,” Norman says. “Even if you cover the trail, he’ll be able to smell us.”

You look around, trying to come up with something else that’ll cover the trail. “What if we used the stream?”

“That might work,” Lily agrees. She and Norman fit themselves into the belt and pull, hard. The egg moves about an inch.

“Keep at it,” you encourage and start pulling your shoe laces. Using the laces, you tie them around the last two eggs and then tie a thick stick onto the end of each lace. Then you turn and, using the sticks as handles, pull the eggs forward.

When you look back, there’s an obvious trail cut into the forest floor. You don’t bother trying to cover that trail. It’d take too long. Instead, you and the cats pull the eggs until you reach the creek. Entering the creek, you go one way for a while, get out and lay a false trail, and then head back into the creek and head up stream until you reach an area where it forks.

By this time, you’re yawning constantly and your shoulders ache from hauling the eggs around all night. Heading up the far fork, you make sure you’re far enough away that you’re out of sight of the fork and then you pull the eggs up onto the muddy bank of the creek.

You all slouch in exhaustion and before long, the cats fall asleep curled around the egg.

You’re about to follow their example when you hear something in the willows to your right. Tilting your head to look, you see furry legs and a long snout.

“They’re at it again,” says the wolf.

“What?” you say, glancing at the cats. They’re still sleeping.

“They attempt to steal the dragon’s eggs every time she lays a new hatch. It’s a sort of game for them.”

You’re so tired, you have the urge to close your eyes and ignore the wolf but your sane mind kicks in and you keep your eyes on him.

“What about Nightwalk?” you ask.

The wolf chuckles. “Gonna eat them? that’s their usual story.” The gray beast eyes the two sleeping felines. “The dragons, if they think you stole the eggs, might eat you. But, if you slip away now and tell them where to find their young, they might let you see the hatching. I can sit here and watch the cats for you.”

You frown. Sounds like the wolf just wants to eat the cats. But if he’s telling the truth, you just helped steal the dragon’s eggs instead of saving them for their mother.

Do you…

Bb1: Stay put?

or

Bb2: Go find the dragons?

Blessings,

Jennifer

(Please post a comment with your choice. One vote per post please but comment as much as you like=) This makes counting votes easier. Voting will end at 8pm Mountain Time Wednesday. I’ll post whichever option gets the most votes Thursday and we’ll see how the adventure finishes!)