The trip started out better than anticipated.....and went straight downhill from there.
To save time, the trio+snail decided to take the shortcut through the forest (and we all
know how that always turns out.)
Not just any forest, mind you, this was the infamous Semi-Black Forest, a.k.a. The 10,000 Aker Woods, Surewould Forrest, Fangedthorn and Lurkwood or, simply, The Haunted Forest (which abuts <(haha)> but should not be mistaken for The Enchanted Forest.
To save time, the trio+snail decided to take the shortcut through the forest (and we all
know how that always turns out.)
Not just any forest, mind you, this was the infamous Semi-Black Forest, a.k.a. The 10,000 Aker Woods, Surewould Forrest, Fangedthorn and Lurkwood or, simply, The Haunted Forest (which abuts <(haha)> but should not be mistaken for The Enchanted Forest.
It would cut their trip by 3 hours, since the road through the forest would only take 10 minutes.
Legend has, it takes only 10 minutes no matter what your destination. Even to Europe. That should have made people slightly suspicious, but no, many have traveled the road, and many never returned. Probably because they just wanted to stay wherever they went. Yes, that makes sense.
Anyway, it was said, as long as one stayed on the road itself, they would be safe. Said by whom,
no one knew simply because most heeded the warning signs and stayed away, and those that didn’t,well, it sure wasn’t them (mostly because their bodies were never found.)
It could be the ‘they’, that always says everything. Those people who seem to know things, but are unidentifiable, for instance ‘they said the world was round’, ‘they started a revolution’. You know, you must have run into something ‘they’ve’ said.
But I digress.
There were stories, MANY stories concerning the forest. ‘They’ said it was evil incarnate. That there were monsters, ghosts, demons, time warps, hell mouths (yes, there are apparently many), werethings, and the proverbial lions and tigers and bears, oh my! <(spoken as George Takei would.)
Oh, yes! There were tales, and HELLdin made a mental note (she makes many of these because she is quite mental..ly efficient) to have the B.O.O.B.S. investigate further, but that would have to wait for now. There were more pressing matters at hand (and one of them was Schnecke....if the forest didn’t do them in, his driving just might.)
Legend has, it takes only 10 minutes no matter what your destination. Even to Europe. That should have made people slightly suspicious, but no, many have traveled the road, and many never returned. Probably because they just wanted to stay wherever they went. Yes, that makes sense.
Anyway, it was said, as long as one stayed on the road itself, they would be safe. Said by whom,
no one knew simply because most heeded the warning signs and stayed away, and those that didn’t,well, it sure wasn’t them (mostly because their bodies were never found.)
It could be the ‘they’, that always says everything. Those people who seem to know things, but are unidentifiable, for instance ‘they said the world was round’, ‘they started a revolution’. You know, you must have run into something ‘they’ve’ said.
But I digress.
There were stories, MANY stories concerning the forest. ‘They’ said it was evil incarnate. That there were monsters, ghosts, demons, time warps, hell mouths (yes, there are apparently many), werethings, and the proverbial lions and tigers and bears, oh my! <(spoken as George Takei would.)
Oh, yes! There were tales, and HELLdin made a mental note (she makes many of these because she is quite mental..ly efficient) to have the B.O.O.B.S. investigate further, but that would have to wait for now. There were more pressing matters at hand (and one of them was Schnecke....if the forest didn’t do them in, his driving just might.)
They approached the ‘heart’ of the forest. It looked quite dark, semi-black to be precise, but ----theirs was not to reason why, theirs was but to do...and hopefully not die, onward, into the forest of death road, rode the trio+snail.
All was going quite well.
There was light just up ahead, and when it appeared they were almost clear of the forest, the vans headlights went out, the motor began to falter, the radio came on by itself. Must be some type of magnetic field...wait...’does anyone hear a whirring sound?’ HELLdin asked the others just minutes before......
Upon their arrival, HELLdin felt there was something amiss..ing, but she just couldn’t suss out what it was? Furthermore, Schnecke was acting rather suspicious as well. Perhaps she bumped her head during one of his swerves to avoid hitting various forms of life, as well as those pesky inanimate objects that jump in front of moving autos. Whatever.
After straightening her dishevelment, she checked her watch....hmmm, that’s curious, according to the time, what seemed only a mere 10 minutes, took one hour, ten minutes. Hmpf, either they lost an hour somewhere, or that 10 minute legend was just a hoax.
She checked her watch against Schnecke’s. The time was the same. Curious. Maybe she had simply dozed off during the trip?
On their return they would take the same route and mark the miles on the van’s odd-o-meter...if it was still functioning, that is.
Now, to the task at hand!
On their return they would take the same route and mark the miles on the van’s odd-o-meter...if it was still functioning, that is.
Now, to the task at hand!