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Chapter 13 by jealco jealco

Where does the mysterious chute lead?

A very strange place...

You scream again as you rocket down the chute, bouncing off the sides as you go. Thankfully, the inside of the chute is covered in something slimy, preventing you from getting friction burns. As you slide down the chute, you can feel various lips where individual sections of the chute were installed snagging at your tank top, faint tearing and snapping noises accompanying your descent. You try, futilely, to grab onto one of the lips, but there's no purchase to be had.

A faint glow appears at the bottom of the chute, casting an odd greenish light up the chute. Moments later, you go flying out the far end of it, tumbling through the air for a moment, before thudding into something soft and squishy. You lay there a moment, breathing heavily, trying to regain your bearings. The air around you is hot and humid, and smells very strongly of that earthy smell you were enjoying.

When you finally manage to sit up, you find yourself surrounded by strange plants and treelike...things...you've never seen before. They all seem to be bio-luminescent, giving off the strange greenish glow you were seeing before. They're the only source of light you can see, everywhere else being cast in eerie pools of shadow.

You get to your feet, feeling the slimy substance squishing between your toes, wincing slightly as you do so. You take a moment to scrape the worst of the green slime off your body, checking yourself over as you do so. While the green lighting is rather disorienting, and not quite bright enough to let you see clearly, its' sufficient enough for you to determine you have no serious injuries, just some lumps and bruises from bouncing down the chute. Your clothing, however, is almost completely destroyed. Your pajama pants and flip-flops are somewhere at the top of the chute, lost as you fell into it. The front of your tank top is shredded, and doesn't cover much of anything anymore. Your bra is busted, one of the straps snapped and the clasp damaged beyond repair. You peel the bra out from under the remnants of your tank top, and pitch it off to the side. You're definitely going to have to speak to the doctor after this. There's no way you're taking a measly 500 dollars after this crap.

With that done, you take a good look around. While you can't see much, you can see what appears to be hills or mountains up to your left, and a faint shimmer suggests some kind of lake over to your right. You can hear strange rustlings and noises from all around you. The immediate area looks like swampland, marshy terrain covered in those strange glowing plants, with pockets of standing water interspersed throughout. Looking up, you can find no sign of where the chute is, though, strangely enough, you can't see any kind of wall behind you, either.

You take another deep breath, and the world seems a touch hazier. The hot, humid air, coupled with the cloying smell, seems to be getting to your head. You feel a faint tingle in your loins, your nipples stiffening a bit, as droplets of sweat begin to form on your forehead.

Shaking your head in an effort to clear it, you try to figure out what you should do.

Do you explore the water, the hills, or try and find the chute again?

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