ECLIPSE [A KREW X OMORI AU]

22: Coral

"No Eclipse. Let's not go there.." Gold stops you, you stare at her in confusion. You're even more confused than Funneh didn't say anything back, you squint your eyes to see what she was so scared of.

Another toll booth.

... yeah you can.. you can understand that. "Where do we go? I doubt you have anymore clams left!" Funneh exclaims, turning to you- who does in fact have no more clams left on you. "Uh.. uh look!" Gold points out, the two of you turn to where Gold is pointing. Hiding behind some kelp, sits a dark and deep cave entrance. You look around, this seems like the only way to avoid the next toll booth.. so.. "Do we.. go in or..?" You nod. You're forced to anyways, you're broke now.. the next time you see Rainbow, you'll force her to give you some clams.. if she has any left.

..

"Man this place is so dark.. oh.. I'm scared, Eclipse.." Gold mumbles, it's true. It is really dark, but you aren't scared of it. You take a deep breath, everything will be okay. "Ugh- Gold, stop clinging to my hand! It hurts you baby!" Funneh exclaims, "huh? Wait- I thought you were Eclipse.. where's Eclipse??"

Here.
You stomp your feet to hopefully get her attention, you can't see- might as well try to use your other senses for the time being. "Oh! There you are! You're walking pretty fast.." Gold exclaims, walking away from Funneh. Yeah. Well.. you aren't scared of the dark.. but you prefer being outside thanks.

As you squint your eyes, you could slightly see corals. Colourful corals and kelp, no fishes yet.. but that's probably for the best for now. Especially when you're in the dark, a fish flying to your face is the last thing you'd want.

Upon exiting the cave, you realize that you don't seem to be on the highway anymore. In fact you seem to be on a large oak wood bridge, the surface was pretty beaten down.. telling from the multiple holes in them. Looking down one of them leads to a completely dark void. Something you'd like not to fall down in. "ARGH ITS SO BRIGHT!!" Funneh yells, covering her eyes. Gold glares at her, before glancing up..

"hey.. hold up.. isn't that..?" You turn up too, you're immediately met with a shoe to the face. "Oh! Do you mind throwing that back to me??" She yells, a sly smirk on her face. It's Sweetheart.. above the cave, stood a cliff- where Sweetheart is standing. ..oh you'll give it back alright. Holding onto the heel of the shoe, you throw the shoe with all your might- aiming for her face. Sadly enough, you miss and hit the cliff wall beside her- leaving a dent.

Both Funneh and Gold slowly turns towards you, you're just as shocked as they are. "Oh..OHOHOHOHOHOHOH!! THAT WAS HORRIBLE! LEARN HOW TO AIM, COCKROACH!!" She laughs, as she puts back on her shoe. She runs off, leaving the three of you standing there in confusion. "Aw.. Eclipse! You should've just handed it to me! I would've hit her in the face!" Funneh exclaims, with a smile on her face.

"..or we could've just.. ignored her?" Gold suggests, startling the two of you into silence. "..hm.. that.. could've worked too.." Funneh mumbles. "Eh whatever! Let's head along now!" Funneh exclaims, pointing to the cliff where Sweetheart was originally. "..how do we even get up there though? I don't remember seeing a staircase?" Gold asks, confused. "..Not every place needs a staircase, Gold.. we can only use the traditional way! By climbing." Funneh replies, as she sprints to the cliff. She trips and falls to the ground, immediately getting up and continuing to run.

As Gold tries to hold in her laughter, you notice something fly out of Funneh's pocket. A piece of paper, you notice the green and pink marks on the paper- as you immediately recognise what had fell out. You decide to not save it however, as you watch it fall down silently into the hole beside it. Good riddance honestly.

As Funneh furiously tries her best to grip onto non existent rocks on the cave's walls, you hear a sound and laugh. It sounded like it came from above.. looking up.. Sweetheart jumps off the cliff side, hanging onto her parasol- she glides away, laughing to whatever. Before you and Gold could even react to the sight, she dissapear from sight. "....that's something you surely don't see everyday.." Gold mumbles, before the both of you start chuckling.