Place of Death

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 31142

"I am afraid I do not know who you are," Fred told her. He saw that she had eyes of a deep, noble blue, and something about her struck him as familiar.

The woman shook her head and groaned. "How could that be? You saved me from the Dragon. You must have been affected by Vincent's spell."

"Who's Vincent?"

"He was a mad scientist/mage who imprisoned us, after we were exiled to the Calamari Desert by the Dragon. His creation, a purple toaster-headed gorilla, killed you. He turned you into a monster with scissors for hands, and when he tried to restore you with magic I disrupted the spell by sneezing. I was sent to a nightmare labyrinth, and what happened to you I did not know. I then found myself in the caves once more, and fell into an underground river, whose current bore me here."

"Are you sure those memories are real? They sound rather, er..."

"They did feel very strange, Fred. But I have no doubt that they were real. They felt too vivid to be dreams."

"I don't remember meeting you. I remember finding a treasure chest floating on a river, then trying to reach it, then being sucked into an underground river which took me here. The waters of the Dragon's caves, through which we've both passed, are said to have strange properties. Perhaps they have affected us. As to where we are, this is the east of Allaria, where nomadic tribes live. We are in the camp of a nomadic tribe... who have all died. Somehow."

The woman took in her surroundings and her jaw dropped. "Fred, this place is cursed. We have to leave now." Fred suddenly realized that there was no life here at all. Not only had all the people died, but the animals were dead as well and the trees had lost their leaves. Even the grass had turned brown. Nothing was alive here except some carrion birds which had flown in--and they weren't touching the bodies.

  1. Fred leaves the place with Astra, although he does not know where he will find food.
  2. Fred looks around some more.

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