House of Alters

Beach trip

Mycelium's POV

The car is noisy with laughter and idle chatter. Ex is driving, and Hels is sitting in the seat next to them. Badtimes and Robo G are sitting in the middle, with bags filled with food between them. NPG and I are sitting on the back.

The 6 of us are going to a beach nearby. Actually it's around 2 hours away from us, but I don't mind. That just meant that I can spend more time with all of my friends in the car.

"Okay, we're here!" Ex says and we cheer. "Finally... you're such a slow driver." Hels grumbles and Ex shoots him a look. "At least I'm a better driver than you." Hels doesn't reply, just crosses his arms.

"Anyways, I'm gonna go to the bathroom," Ex tells us before walking over to the bathroom

building. Hels follows them and Robo G unbuckles his seatbelt and gets out of the car, walking around it stretching his legs.

Badtimes does the same, but before walking around the car, he slides one of the middle seats, allowing NPG and I to get out. We both unbuckle our seatbelts, and NPG gets up. I try to do the same but I can't. When I unbuckled my belt it wrapped around me in a way, so it trapped me. "Uhh, I'm stuck-'' I call and NPG looks back at me. "How're you stuck?" He asks, coming closer to look.

"I'm trapped in the seatbelt" NPG tugs at the belt, trying to free me but to no avail. "Hey Badtimes! Myce's stuck!" Badtimes comes over. "What do you mean stuck?" He looks inside the car, towards where I'm sitting. "I mean he's-" NPG quickly looks at my crystal, and corrects himself when he sees it's pink. "She's stuck,"

Badtimes tugs at the belt like NPG did, but it still won't budge. "How'd you do this...?" He mutters under his breath, and I shrug. "Maybe try wiggling out" NPG suggests. I squirm around trying to free myself, but it doesn't work.

By now Robo G has noticed. "What's going on?" The other two both look towards him "Myce's stuck!" NPG pipes up. "Who's stuck?" Calls a voice, Ex's voice. Held and them walk up to the car.

"Myce," responds Badtimes out of the way so the other three could see. "Wow... well it's not my problem," Robo G says, before walking away. NPG walks after him to get him back, and before you know it, the two are running around, NPG chasing Robo.

Ex, looks at the seatbelt, and pulls at it a little, but just like before, I stay stuck. "We have to loosen it, get more leverage..." They give an experimental tug at the upper part of the seatbelt, but it doesn't slide, or move, like it should. "Buuut, it looks like you pulled at the belt too quickly so now it's locked up." Hels comments.

"What do you mean?" I ask, confused. "Well if there's an accident you'd jerk forward, right?" Vexy starts. I nod. "So if you pull at the seatbelt too fast, then it'll think you're in an accident, and lock up so you don't fall." He explains. "That's right. So when you unbuckled you must've pulled on it too fast and somehow got tangled in it." Ex adds

"Is there a way to unlock it?" I wonder out loud. "I think I might be able too..." Ex mutters. They tug at it, just like before but a lot harder. I let out a small gap as the belt tightens around me. "You okay?" Asks Badtimes, a little worried. "Fine, it's just a little tighter now," I reply, moving around, trying to get comfortable.

"Yeah, it might get tighter," Ex confirms. They continue trying to pull it upward, and trying to unlock it, but they succeed in nothing but tightening it further. "Nope, I don't think I can unlock it like this." They finally sigh. "Myce, can you move at all?" Hels asks. I move around a little bit, but I can't do much. I slump against the seat in defeat.

"Is there any other way to do it? Like can you flip a switch or unlock a latch or something?" Badtimes asks. "I actually don't know, is there?" Hels asks. Ex walks to the back of the can and opens up the truck.