[imabanditø]

Username & ID: imabanditø 908562
Chicoon participating (link): montgomery

Prompt:

montgomery had no other choice but to continue working his way through the maze. it all felt like every path was the same; it was like he was in a loop. he still stuck to his trusty “always go right” strategy, though - he felt like it was working. after a while of nonstop walking, he decided to stop and take a rest. observing his surroundings, he noticed some patches of grass poking out from in between the tiles. “am i inside or out—?” he asked. he wondered for a while, but it was cut short as he was jumpscared by something in the corner of his eye. quickly, montgomery turned to look where it was coming from, and only saw a glimpse of a silhouette before it disappeared into the labyrinth. now, he really was feeling nervous. was someone else in there with him? [145 words]




codeword:Tiredwandering

[Dartist]

Username & ID: dartist 1020250
Chicoon participating (link): miles!

Prompt:

After tripping so many times, and getting lost so fast, miles stopped with the run and hope tactic. Instead, he settled for wandering slowly. It was so freaky here… he trots a little faster, but otherwise keeps a slow pace.
The Chicoon cautiously peeks into a dark hole along the way. What could be here, anyway? There’s no way there are really other things here! Maybe he was the scariest thing in the maze! The Chicoon puffs his chest up, making a more chirpy growl. That growl turns to a squeak when something growls back… and, he’s off! Miles goes running again. No way he’s going back there, nuh uh, he’s not the scariest one anymore




codeword:Tiredwandering

[cinerious]

Username & ID: cinerious 242408
Chicoon participating (link): Bow

Prompt:

Bow and Companion turned tail and ran from the shadow, the compressing darkness. You ever run up the stairs and feel like something is chasing you? That. Running and running and running, sides heaving, breath coming in gasps, skidding corners and pushing off walls to keep momentum. Bow is sure he lost his hat!
After running for a while, Bow had to stop and catch his breath, turning around again to watch, just in case.
Minutes pass, nothing happens.
He continues onward, this time at a brisk walk in the opposite direction.
They reached a LOT of dead ends today, like so many, weirdly many??
Companion pointed out this might be a bad place, the end of the maze couldn't be this way because there doesn't seem to be anything here!
After a while of this, they try to retrace their steps, and finally find the crack from day 1! Crawling back through they stop to plan their next steps!

[160]



codeword:Tiredwandering

[shadedk9]

Username & ID: shadedk9 652370
Chicoon participating (link): Honeydew Forum/viewtopic.php?t=4696423

Prompt:

Honeydew couldn't help but feel nervous. The grass, the marking, the slick cold walls of the maze. Everything put them on edge. They wished that there was someone to help them feel calmer about it all. "Why did i even enter here" they whispered to themselves. Eventually they left behind the marking and grass. They tried to remember each turn and twist as they got further away. Both incase they got lost, and incase the grass and symbol were important. Soon enough they were wandering again. The cold echoes of the maze ringing in their ears. They flicked their wings as they continued to pad their way through the maze. Their footsteps becoming rhythmic as they continued to wander. Every once in a while there would be a noise that would make their fur stand on end or cause them to jump, but over all there wasn't too much excitement. Every left and right made Honeydew hope they were getting closer and closer to the end... if there was an end. What if there was no end? How would Honeydew get out. Maybe they should have told someone where they were going incase they needed a rescue. Well... it's too late now. Suddenly Honeydew was brought to another halt. They had reached a dead end. They had been wandering so long and yet this was the first dead end they'd come across. What on earth would they do now. Should they try to follow their way back? They weren't sure.
250 words




codeword:Tiredwandering

[dragoness129]

Username & ID: dragoness129 + 3218
Chicoon participating (link): Maxwell

Prompt:

Maxwell frowned in annoyance as he stared at the perfectly smooth stone of a dead end. His plan of keeping a happy tune in his head had failed. His plan to memorize his route had failed. It seemed it was time to trust his instinct. He sighed long and hard before turning away from the source of his ire and looking back down the long hallway he had just come from. "Time to start backtracking!" he thought to himself, even his own mental voice having an annoyed tone to it. He backtracked all the way to the four way split. To his right was the path that he had come from. He closed his eyes as he took sense of the air around him, letting it help make the decision of where to go next. He got a feeling he should go to the left path next. "Well, let's see if this is the way out of this annoying maze," he groaned aloud to no one besides himself.
[168 words]

codeword:Tiredwandering

[FatalCollapse]

Username & ID: FatalCollapse + 852442
Chicoon participating (link): Nox

Prompt:

Nox continued his journey through the labyrinth, each turn looking just like the last until he finally came to a dead end. He sighed and turned around following the his right side of the wall closely to retrace his steps. After a bit of walking he came to another dead end. He tilted his head in a nervous twitch trying to recall the way back before turning around and racing back down the path in his best memory before ultimately ending up at another dead end. He could swear the maze was moving. Panic consumed the little whelp as the realization set in that he was lost.
[107]


codeword:Tiredwandering

[MaroonCookie]

Username & ID: MaroonCookie + 1014873
Chicoon participating (link): Stripe

Prompt:

Stripe trudges through the maze with a newfound sense of confidence. An odd sense of anger had risen within them, the need to keep going to show this maze that they were stronger than it thought. Not that the maze could think, but whatever helps them get through this place they'll take. Countless dead ends and pathways they swear they've passed before meet them despite this, and they sigh in disappointment upon reaching another dead end. They never had been very good with directions, and having to navigate the twisting hallways was certainly not an easy task. They turn around and continue on their way. It wasn't the first time they had seen a dead end, and it certainly wouldn't be the last, but the less time they spend moping around the quicker they can get out of here.




codeword:Tiredwandering

[seiku88]

Username & ID: seiku88 + 414623
Chicoon participating (link): Halki

Prompt:

Halki backtracked his way to find the entrance once again. He was uncertain whether the maze was changing when he was not looking at it or just him not remembering the simple layout- since every object in this maze looked identical to his eyes.

Uneasiness overwhelmed him as he imagined the worst-case scenarios.
What will happen to him if he never manages to get out of this labyrinth?
He shook his head in denial and kept pressing onward so he could find a way out.

As he continued wandering through the endless paths, he passed by a dead end with fallen walls, which he recognized immediately. It was a place he had glimpsed just before he saw that patch of grass.
Does that mean he just circled back to where he was? It can't be!

He slowly looked around and noticed that there were lines of symbols on a wall, although it was undecipherable to him. He didn't remember seeing those before, so maybe this was a different place from the one he remembered. [174]




codeword:Tiredwandering

[Caeleesi]

Username & ID: Caeleesi / 309551
Chicoon participating (link): Neviah

Prompt:

Sniffing the air, Neviah proclaims to nobody in particular that she is well and truly... lost. She sits down for a moment to try and get some sort of bearing on where she is - or even where she came from!
She doesn't manage to do either though, to nobody's surprise. Standing again she continues into the maze, hopeful that pure luck will let her out the other side... she wondered the big the maze even was? Curiosity struck and she began walking a bit more chipper, glancing at all the large cracks she's been seeing recently, stopping by one of them to take a peek inside.




codeword:Tiredwandering

[bakuraas.]

Username & ID: bakuraas. + 876991
Chicoon participating:Sylvestris

Prompt: (162 words)

Sylvestris wasn't a runner by any means, making it somewhat difficult for him to give chase to anything, but he of course gave it a try anyways, running after the tail, or the hand, that was running away from him. He wonders how an arm can move like that, or if it even was an arm to begin with. Maybe whatever he was chasing had their hands on their tails, it moved like a tail after all. But eyes on their hands? Sylvestris was sure that wasn't any creature he could remember off the top of his head.

He ended up running into the arch moreso than finding it, shaking his head and clearing his mind before he made any move to properly look at the runes. He would've tried to figure out what the runes said, if he could read runic at all. He couldn't read it, but he could at least try to make out some shapes in the runes.



codeword:eyesyouwearily