❝So uh... Would now be a bad time to ask what's going on? Maybe later, when we aren't running for our lives from a megalomaniac crazy person?❞
OR
In which an invisible NPC befriends our avatars, forms friendships and maybe, just maybe, falls...
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MAYBE it was a bad decision to follow the group of weirdos who were following a sentence repeating child through the marketplace that while Skye knew how to navigate, she was pretty sure that none of the people that she followed did. It seemed like the child was walking on a set path, and the rest of the group was following, order as such - Bravestone lead the group, followed by Redhead, and Glasses Guy and Tiny held up the rear.
Skye was right behind Glasses Guy and Tiny, almost breathing on them. Okay, not in a weird way but like she was close enough that if Glasses Guy couldn't see her, he (she? Bethany's commonly a girl's name, Skye was pretty sure) would believe that she was just an annoying gust of wind. But, that didn't seem to be the case.
Tiny sighed. "Why are we letting her follow us?"
"Who?" Glasses Guy asked, as Tiny gestured to her. Glasses Guy saw her, eyes wide. "Oh! Her! Right... Maybe she's important or something? Like, I dunno, she seems to be pretty..." He paused suddenly, as if thinking the sentence over, before he came up with a different sentence to finish on. "Attracted to you." Glasses Guy smirked at Tiny, as Tiny rolled his eyes.
"What? No! What made you think that!"
"Well, she's looking at you right now as if you're like, the best thing she's ever seen," Glasses Guy listed off, "And she's following us but she could've ran ahead and caught up to Spencer or Martha."
Okay, so as far as Skye knew, Spencer was Bravestone... Dr Spencer Bravestone... That may have been dumber then the name idea that she originally came up with. And as far as she knew, Martha was Redhead... Weird names for a group of adventurers but she'd deal with it.
"Face it, Fridge, I think you found a girlfriend~" Glasses Guy giggled in a sing-songy voice, much to Tiny's (Fridge? Okay, maybe that was worse thanBravestone) displeasure. He folded his arms across his chest, as Skye chuckled quietly.
"How do you know she's not into you?" He smirked back, as Glasses Guy blushed slightly. "Could've run ahead at any point, but she's staying here."
"Well, I mean, she's looking more at you than me so..."
And the conversation ended, rather suddenly, Skye would add, when they stopped in front of an odd, circular building. Skye had walked past this building several times around the Bazaar, but it always seemed shut off, surrounded by people or guards. Now? It was very open. The child at the front of the group stopped, turning around, now a grim expression crossing his face.
"What you need is in the basket," He stated, "One false move, you're in a casket. Trust one another, and never blink. The missing piece is not what you think."
Cheerful.
His sudden mood alters once more from grim back to placidly enthusiastic. "Good luck, mighty hero! Jumanji-"
