by Arcaii » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:34 am
Choices:
Stay with us, Scat: 1 vote
Tell us what you see: 2 votes
Say nothing: 5 votes
Result...Say nothing.
You're curious (and a little worried), but you let Scat look in silence. Thimble follows your lead, staying absolutely quiet while waiting for him to speak.
Scat stiffens, backs up, and jumps away from the pile, landing on the ground beside you.
"What was-" you whisper.
He bolts for the nearest wall, tail bristling.
"Scat!" you hiss.
It doesn't matter. He's already disappeared over the stone, running like he's on fire. Without a word, you and Thimble follow him over, but he's disappeared from sight into the maze of alleys.
"What'd he see?" Thimble whispers.
"I have no idea," you whisper back. "Let's sniff him out."
Thimble scents the air, then the ground. "I can't smell anything here."
"Crap, that's right." You shake your head. "Tracking's no good here."
"Well, then, what do we do?" Thimble asks.
You look ahead of you. There's four immediately close alleys that he could have gone down - all of them are entirely bare, save for the occasional vine and patch of dying grass. There's the faintest breeze blowing through the one on the far left, but that's the only distinction. You could probably sit and wait, but you don't know what Scat saw to make him run, and you have the feeling that looking for it would make it see you.
Far right alley.
Far left alley.
Right alley.
Left alley.
Stay and wait.