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STRENGTH ✷ act three, chapter two, ━━━━━ saving little boys from dragons. PUBLISHED. . . July 19th, 2024 EDITED . . . To Be Determined REPUBLISHED . . . October 11th, 2025
NABI DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG SHE HAD BEEN WALKING FOR. Her feet were really sore, and she felt like she was getting absolutely no where—the myths really weren't joking when they said the Labyrinth was endless.
At first, Nabi had wandered around aimlessly, and then when that didn't work, she placed a hand on the left wall as she continued travelling along. But the walls began to shift, and what was once solid concrete had turned into long corridors. So, she gave up on that entirely. But through her aimless traversing, Nabi had stumbled across a few random rooms, too. A room with a table and an abandoned tea set, with butterflies floating about; an odd room with a singular bed and a carousel; and there was a bunch of other bizarre and wacky things. Sadly, no exit, it seemed.
Now? Well...
"Hello?" Nabi called out, "Uhm, anyone?"
Oh, who was she kidding? Nobody would be here, apart from Luke's men, supposedly, and she did not want to bump into them. Nabi made an aggravated sound, the anger bubbling past her throat. What was she meant to do? Clarisse was probably waiting for her, and she was really wanting that spaghetti. Gods, she was really fed up with...
There was a faint, shimmering image of man, almost translucent, the same way the ghosts that Nabi would summon seemed. His back was facing Nabi, and she mustered out a hesitant, "Excuse me, sir?"
When he shifted around, Nabi could see that he was short and stubby, with scrawny legs and arms that were the colour of a sickly orange, and a big loincloth worn around his waist. His hair was a little... ratty, sticking up in multiple directions.
"Eh?" He blinked, and then his eyes widened.
"Sir," Nabi said, "do you know a way out of here? I don't know— hey!"
He turned on his heel, sprinting off. What in the Hades? Nabi huffed, and decided to chase after the man.
"Come back!" She cried.
Somehow, though, whilst chasing him, he had swivelled past a corner and disappeared. But Nabi had collided with something else—stumbling and rolling onto the ground.
