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Chapter 3 by Impregmaniac Impregmaniac

Where do you wake up?

In a forest.

Birds chirp loudly in your ear, waking you. Sunlight beams through the foliage, blinding you as you squint awake. You block it out with your hand, and become immediately wide awake. Your arm and your whole body is covered, head to toe in blood. You scramble to a tree and try to scrape yourself clean, but most of it has dried. Somewhere in the distance, you can hear running water. In a panic, you run towards the water.

Eventually, you find a small creek with clean water. You clean yourself off as best you can before submerging your whole head in the creek. You drink deeply from the cool water for what feels like minutes before coming back up for air, gasping for breath. "Whoa man, you must be like, really thirsty." A voice says behind you. You turn your head around, your entire body tensing up to flee in the other direction.

The voice belongs to a shaggy haired man, wearing baggy clothes with flowers all around, and several necklaces and bangles, made of beads and shells. In his hand, he's carrying a leather waterskin, the kind they used to use before bottles were invented. "Easy friend. Easy." He says, smiling broadly and holding his hands up. "It's all love friend. All love."

You look around, seeing if there is anyone else here, before relaxing slightly. "Where am I?"

"In nature friend. Where we all belong." He answers, opening his arms wide and spinning around. "But if you meant, like, geographically, we're in Pancre National Park."

Pancre National Park? You think to yourself. That's a two-day drive away from your home. Asking the man for the date, he tells you that it's the day after you've been kidnapped. Seeing your confused and bewildered face, the man speaks up. "Hey friend, I'm digging your naturist thing, but the Man doesn't. So the Starchild is thinking, that I fill up my skin, then you and me get back to our campsite. The lady Moondance'll fix you up some grub and I'll find you some clothes, while you get cleaned up. Sound cool?"

Suddenly aware that you are naked, you cover yourself up. Starchild gives you space to think and dips his waterskin in the creek. While it's filling, he takes his shirt off and offers it to you. You snatch it out of his hands and put it on. Starchild just nods, picks up his now full skin and starts walking towards the treeline. "So, you coming?"

Do you follow?

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