please don't read

19

(ignore the cover please..i can't take it out anymore and put it there by accident-)

You can ear and feel the pattering of your footsteps as you sprint along the wet, dirty ground of this cursed ship. As usual, trying to keep up with Six. She stops for a second, signaling for you to catch up, and you oblige, running off toward her, stopping for only a second of breath before going onwards.

As you keep going, you start to feel...a smell waft up your nose. And not the most pleasent. It smelt of...blood and salt and...fresh meat..seemingly raw, you guessed. "Six, where are we going...?" You ask, trembling, to which she responds; "The kitchens." She jumps and climbs atop some...bins, and you follow slightly hesitantly. Looking ahead, you feel your foot squish onto something. You look down to see a white, greasy back. Looking big enough to contain, well, people. You carefully step up off of it but there're just more and more of them in the bins.. "Oy!" Six calls out to you. "Don't step on 'em, they could be alive!"

"What..?" You mumble, but she's already confirmed your suspicions. "They're...kids then?" You look up at her, uncomfortable. "Yeah?" "W-well shouldn't we save them-" She walks back toward you and puts a hand on your shoulder. "Look." She says, sighing. "I know you're scared-of, well, everything in this world..but, it's only natural. We can't help every little thing here." "Oh.." Her face tightens, and she turns away, her hand slipping off your shoulder. "Let's go."

You follow hesitantly, trying not to trip over anything... Finally, you both jump off of the bins, arriving at a door. "Ooh, it's covered in tomato sauce, I get what you meant by the kitchens now-" "It's blood." She states, simply. "Oh...that's disgusting." you grimace. She ignores you and pushes the door open before you can be bothered to help. Running along the smelly floors after her, you can start to hear...thumping. Like that of a butcher's axe slamming onto wood. You skid to a stop on the tiled floors, about to open the door in front of you. "Hey!" Six whisper-shouts to you. "Not through there!" You look towards her and she's opening a vent.

Oh... "Sorry.." you whisper back to her, timidly following her through the vent..towards that rotten sound. The shade in front of you reveals that you've emerged under a table...and good thing because...you straighten up and look toward the sound. A chubby man—with an ugly face...like that of a pig...or elephant...he was cutting up bloody meat rather barbarically. He's got some, er, prissy clothes though... You try not to giggle at that. He seemed a lot less scary than the long-armed man, but, of course, he could still trap and...cook you... Then cut you...just as unevenly as that...whatever he was cutting.

Right. Now...how to get past him. Running? Or...? I guess I'll have to ask Six then... You turn towards Six, who's still crouch8ng beside you. "Hey..." you let out, in a whisper so quiet you could barely hear yourself. She turns towards you, and starts to lift a finger to her mouth to shush you, but you hold it down. "How are we going to get past him?" She shrugs. Wow, so helpful. "Ok, fine, um..." you close your eyes, trying to think of something.

-Run past him, as fast as we can!!!! (Go to 20-A)
-Try and make friends with him! (Go to 20-B)
-Crawl past him, and as soon as we find another table, hide under it... (go to 20-C)