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Chapter 3 - Quaint Little Town (Explore the town option)

You decide that stargazing isn't really your thing. You'd rather have a look around town.

You might as well do 'something' to pass the time before you hang with Gregg.

You take out a packet of crisps and a drink you got from the Snack Falcon and stuff them in your bag ready to leave. You move the boxes full of your stuff out of the way of the door and pretend it's not there for now.

Just then, you also realised that there was a side room of the house upstairs. That may kinda...have all of your other furniture in. You didn't pay much attention to it anyway, because you had all you needed in the house anyway.

Well, a more honest answer was that you couldn't be bothered.

You step outside into the now dreary looking, dark streets. The wind blew slightly with freezing cold gusts.

You look around and notice that the only way you could go was up. The huge road separating the houses and the forest on the other side stretched downwards onto the motorway to your left. The shops, restaurants, diners and other buildings were all to the right, where the road curved upwards.

You walk up the strange pavement, almost climbing because it was so steep. Possum Springs definitely won zero points in aesthetic at night. Which is strange considering it looked so nice during the day. The Autumn leaves and the red coloured sky.

You notice that Selmers, the bear you met before was sitting on her front porch again. You stop to wave at her and she waves back.

"What are you doing out?" Selma asks you.

"I-"

Before you could say anything, a man wearing hooded robes pushes past you.

"Hey! Watch it." You call out to him, not expecting him to actually turn around.

He looks straight at you. It was a goat with red eyes and nasty fur. He gave you a stare that made your heart drop and kept walking.

"Geez, who was that jerk?" Selma says.

"No idea.."

"So..what are you doing out?" Selma asks again, laughing.

"Oh. I'm just..exploring. Around town."

"You're exploring Possum Springs?" Selma asks with a confused expression.

"There's nothing here really. Except some shop, a dying economy and old people."

"Yeah, I see that. I'm just passing time cause I'm meeting up with Gregg later." You say.

"Oh, okay then. Well, have fun with that." Selmers says, going back to looking around the town.

You walk away from her wondering why she just sits outside all day, is there nothing to do in this town?

You arrive at a tunnel below the train tracks and a small kiosk for 'Possum Springs News'.

You walk over to the blue kiosk and look at the papers on the news board.

"Construction continues.."

"DJ needed..."

"Pastabilities closing it's doors.."

...

"Casey Hartley...Missing from Possum Springs..Last seen walking along the tracks behind the food Donkey...Please contact the police department to inform them of any sightings..."

"Whoa..." You say out loud.

This guy must have been hit by the train..

You try to clear your mind of the missing poster and walk down into the tunnel beside the kiosk.