Quest In The Realms - An Interactive Bananafish Production! - Episode 45

in #contest5 years ago (edited)

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Look who’s there, a wandering adventurer looking for the Bananafish treasure! This episode is part of the interactive story/treasure hunt called “Quest In The Realms”. If you landed on this page because you’re trying to solve the mystery, don’t hesitate and keep delving in the story. If you came here through random loitering, what are you waiting for!?



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45

No way in hell you trust Vic's ghost to keep you from becoming squashed into literal tortillas! The rail ties quiver from the force of the oncoming train and you veer into the left tunnel. You don’t know if this agent guy is for real, but it beats the alternative.

Misshapen lips part with the commanding gruff from the agent, "Follow me! There's a crawl space where you can hide." The O.M.M.A. agent leads the way, legs devouring the twisting lengths of track.

Fire burns through your leg muscles in protest as you struggle to keep pace. Pained gasps from your fellow bandmates warn that they're also near exhaustion. Panting breaths coat the arid desert of your mouth. You'd give anything to lay in a rainstorm while droplets quench this damned thirst!

Stumbling down a dip in the tracks, you beg, "How much further?"

A piercing wail from a whistle overrides the agent's reply. The iron skeleton of the rails trembles with foreboding. An eerie light floods into the dark, washing the rock walls and timber joists with purple. Heavy slides of metal striking metal vibrate through the air.

For a moment, terror freezes your limbs.

Oddy and his crazy train full of mutated sycophants are gaining!

"MOVE IT!" shouts the agent, spurring you back into action.

Your adrenals excrete all over themselves in panic and you tear after the fleeing man. Fear that you're not going to make it to safety howls within your head.

The harsh metal squeals of the oncoming locomotive resound through the hollow passage. Beneath it, you hear Oddy's psychotic laughter. You're sure that if you survive this, that soundtrack will haunt your nightmares.

Jumping from the tracks, the agent cries out, "OVER HERE!"

Praying for a way out, your feet slam against the uneven ground as you cross the expanse to the wall. Carved into the craggy bedrock is a service cavity. Inside there's a few cables and a gray electrical box.

You look at the agent, "Where's the crawl space?"

Solemn, his orange gaze meets yours, "We're not gonna make it. Squeeze in here."

It's a stupid plan, but you're out of options with the train barreling closer. Packing into the cramped space like fat sardines, it dawns on you that there isn't enough space to fit the agent.

"What about you?"

"I'm going to try to derail the train. That should buy you enough time to escape." Giving a two-fingered salute, the agent charges towards the tracks with a fierce battle cry!

"For the Amazons! Hasta O.M.M.A. siempre!" Punctuating his last word with a leap, he throws his body onto the rails.

Horror struck, you watch his body disappear beneath the grinning steel face of the train. You hear a sickening wet crunch before the spray of his fluids splatters your boots.


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