From the elevator

The barricade

As the group realised that another wall had been put up it wasn't long until Rasbi ran away towards the forest. Graecie followed soon after, most likely trying to comfort the demon. Squidney stood still, her gaze locked on the barricade that had appeared overnight. She stood frozen for a while until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see Mohwee. He looked into her eyes before he said ¨ They're most likely dead, you know?¨ At that Squidney backed away from Mohwee's grip. She was clearly not happy about what he just said to her. She raised her voice ¨YOU DON'T KNOW THAT¨ before she walked away back into the clearing, towards where Rasbi and Graecie had gone earlier.

*pov switch to the maze*

Owen had been awake for a while, he didn't get that much sleep. Apo on the other hand had gotten quite a lot of sleep for being stuck in that situation. Owen had woken up all most every single time one of the creatures walked by, One of them got very close. To the point where you could see the rotting flesh still stuck to its body. Some of the flesh had even fallen of its body and was now sitting outside the entrance to the camp. Nothing tried entering the camp under the night so that was something positive.

Owen stood up, and stretched a bit. His tail had gotten a bit in the way while he was sleeping so it was hurting a small bit. But he didn't really seem to care about it. He walked over to the entrance and looked around a small bit. Nothing seemed to have changed and everything looked the same. The vines were standing out, the green colour looked so alive against the stone walls. There was also some moss growing on the ground.

He turned around and looked at the sleeping demon. He decided to wait until Apo woke up, he didn't want to wake him up. Owen walked over towards the demon and sat down again. As soon as he sat down he noticed that Apo was slightly leaning onto him. Owen didn't really mind though.

Owen was getting more and more tired until he fell asleep once again. He woke up after 30 minutes to an hour, it was a bit difficult to say the exact time though. When he woke up he realised that Apo was now also awake, though he hadn't moved away from the spot he was in when he had fallen asleep. Meaning he was still leaning on him.

Apo sat up right, when he realised that Owen had woken up from his slumber. Apo stood up and said ¨we should head back to the clearing now¨ Owen nodded in response and stood up himself.

They walked out from the camp and started making their way back to the clearing. They took turns until they came to a pretty straight corridor. They jumped over a trap that was there and kept walking. They climbed up to a little elevation in the maze. Then they jumped down on the other side. They kept walking until they came to a water trap and they made their way over. Nothing really eventful happened. They finally made their way over to where the corridor down into the clearing was supposed to be but it wasn't.

Apo froze and Owen was confused. He asked Apo ¨Isn't the clearing supposed to be down this way?¨ Apo nodded before saying ¨yeah.. It is. It looks like another wall has been put up over night¨ They stood in silence for a bit while their gaze was locked on the new additions that had been put up over night. After a bit Owen broke the silence by saying ¨so, this probably means we were stuck in the maze for a while¨ The other demon nodded in response. Even though Owen acted calm he was actually freaking out but he didn't show it.

Owen stood still, his gaze not moving from the barricade. Same with Apo. They stood there for a while. Owen didn't realise it was even getting late but Apo did. He put his hand onto Owen's shoulder to get his attention away from the barricade. He looked over at Apo. As soon as the demon realised he had now gotten Owen's attention he said ¨It's getting late we should head back to the camp¨ Owen nodded and they started making their way back. They made their way over the water trap, over the elevation and finally avoiding the arrow trap. After walking and a few turns they were now back at the camp just as the sun started setting down over the walls. Soon it had become night. The stars were shining bright over the maze. The moon was small, it wasn't showing that much.

Apo managed to find somethings to make a fire with. They sat around the flames in silence. Either of them didn't know what to really talk about in this situation. Owen spoke up ¨We should probably search for food tomorrow, i think there's scallions growing in the maze in a few areas. I saw some earlier¨ The other demon that now had curled up answered with ¨yeah that's a good idea¨ Then it returned to the awkward silence once again.

They sat in silence for maybe around 10 to 20 minutes. None of them were looking at each other, both of them were looking into the fire that Apo managed to make. It had become less awkward but the silence was mostly there. As the creatures had now also woken up and now they were walking the corridors. Apo looked over at Owen before he asked ¨do you remember anything before the maze? I only really remember fishing¨ Owen looked up from the fire he had been staring at for a while and now was looking at Apo.

Owen was silent for a while before he answered ¨I only really remember using a bow and pain, I don't remember why I was in pain I just remember that the pain was bad¨ After he said that he adjusted the way he was sitting and then they went silent again.

Owen stood up and walked over to the corner and sat down again. Apo stayed near the fire. Owen curled up in the corner only to fall asleep quite quickly. The other demon sitting near the fire hadn't moved away from the spot. He sat near the fire for a while longer. After a bit he put out the fire, and he stood up. He quietly made his way over to Owen who had been asleep for a while at this point. He sat down next to him and tried to go to sleep. Until he remembered something from earlier. The horns and tail of the demon next to him. He looked over at the sleeping demon and inspected the horns since the tail was against the wall.

The more he looked at them the more odd they got. They looked natural but at the same time they didn't, it was just strange. After a bit Apo stopped looking at the horns and went to try to fall asleep, he fell asleep after a bit.

*pov switch to the clearing*

The whole day in the clearing consisted of Rasbi screaming at the others that she wanted to be alone. A Lot of talking about the barricade, and Graecie trying to keep it together. Squidney hasn't been seen since she went into the forest. She's most likely at her tree house but nobody wants to bother her at the moment.

Rasbi had found herself now sitting on the floor of Owen's house. She was In Apo's house earlier but Graecie had come up there to try and talk to her so she had to leave his house to be able to stay alone. She was trying her best not to start crying again. It was difficult but she was holding up pretty well considering everything. She could see Oeca running around outside. It looked like he was running around just for the fun of it.

Her gaze moved up towards the sky, The stars were shining bright. You could even see the northern lights in the sky. It was a nice purpley pink colour. It was nice being able to see it after the day's chaotic events. Rasbi could feel herself getting more and more tired by the minute. It wasn't long until she had completely fallen asleep.

Next morning she found herself still in Owen's house. She was squinting because the morning sun was straight in her eyes. She stood up and stretched before she opened the door. She rushed over to the maze entrance and peaked inside to see that the barricade was still there. After that she ran into the forest to hopefully not have to interact with anyone.

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