Say ouch

And walk she does. Despite not wanting to take the staff with her, it does seem like she was moving in the right direction. It's hard to navigate an unfamiliar forest without signs, a path, or GPS, but as much as possible she kept walking in a straight line.

Which meant trees, trees, and more trees. To be fair, there were other plants, but somehow that didn't improve the situation.

It wasn't a pleasant stroll either. Uneven ground, and plant growth blocking her path, despite being in good shape, this was starting to tire her out.

The only positive of the situation was that while no one was around to help her, at least no one was around to see her embarrassing clothes. Still Grace would probably take a little embarrassment to get a ride home.

Kraaa!!!

"Oh god, not again."

Grace looked up just in time to get hit right on her forehead by something heavy.

"Aww, fuck!"

Rubbing her forehead, Grace looked at the crow flying off again. "I thought you were supposed to be helping me!" She yelled at the bird, before aggressively flipping it the bird as it completely ignored her and flew out of sight.

Looking down she saw what hit her. The staff was once again lying in front of her.

"I preferred the pecking over throwing things at me..."

But the bird had helped her before, so she decided to give it another chance. Carefully she extended a finger toward the staff. At the slightest touch, she felt the pleasure hit her again. Grace took a step back.

I do not wanna carry this around. Before the weird stuff was actually helping me, but whatever this is, I want no part of it. I'll just keep walking and get home.