Fetch+Quest

You hesitantly agree to help Rowanda, partially out of fear for what she could do to you. With a cautious tone you ask the sorceress what she wants you to do.

"I need you to go out into the woods and cut me a tree. I'm far too busy today to do that myself, but I have to get lots of bridges finished by the end of the day. Now before you start, you should know that this tree has to have neat rows of shimmery bark, and you have to be able to get your arms all the way around the trunk with a little strain. " Rowanda commands you.

While trying to process the precise instructions, you are shoved out of the room with nothing but your imagination. You start to walk through the bleak and dying forest when you find the shimmery trees. You notice there are many unicorns laying down under them looking very ill. "//Maybe I should have helped the poor creatures with Mortimer//" you quietly wonder.

When you find a tree that seems to fit Rowanda's description, you give it a big hug and find that it is the perfect size. Not knowing how to cut the tree, you start running your finger over the trunk and a long crack forms where you have touched it. Before you know what's happening the tree has fallen down and is floating over to the factory like it's a magnet. As a precaution, you cut down another tree too in hopes that one of your picks suits the sorceress.

Once you make your way back to the factory, Rowanda is screaming her appraisal over your two perfect trees. She seems incredibly impressed with your findings and asks you what she can give you in return. "All I want is a way to get back home. I am not from your world. I walked over a fallen tree, slipped, and then here I was. Is there any way I could use a bridge to get back?" you ask with sudden confidence.

The sorceress agrees to give you the extra tree you cut down as a way back to your home. You mention how ill the unicorns look in the glistening forest. "I have become concerned about the animals myself. If you want, I can shoo them away from the factory when we go to set your bridge." Rowanda replies.

With a new bounce in your step, you follow the tall cloaked sorceress out of the crystaline building, past the decaying grass and dirty rainbow, and through the forest to a spot near where you entered the strange world. Rowanda follows through with her promise and gets the unicorns to clear away from the unhealthy factory. You think you might see Mortimer smiling at you through tree branches but you can't be certain.

You take a deep breath, thank Rowanda for her help, and cross back over the tree. Suddenly you are back where you started before your crazy adventure. All you have left to remember your encounters is the glitter on your palms from shaking hands and touching the trees.

__The End__