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The wanderer trudged through the yellow grass as she called for them. She was tired and wrecked, her clothes a torn mess and her hair muddy and knotted. Her glasses were shattered, and her gear was miles away after an ambush. She was truly alone as she called, over and over again. It felt nice to use her voice again, but the reason for using it was not nice at all. Her friends had gone, all gone. She didn’t notice they were gone until they were. The ginger yelled sorrow until her throat was raw, but no signs ever appeared. Cywren kneeled down, sobbing, and took a cracked frame from under her lab coat. A metal border surrounding a piece of paper. A very precious piece of paper. It showed the faces of two people, one a photo and the other a drawing. The photograph of a young man with red goggles smiled up at her, and the messy drawing, constructed from pure voice, made tears form in her eyes. She sobbed, her heart breaking. And the ginger cuddled the pictures as if they were family. And out of her pain stricken throat came the last words she’d say for a long time; “Fellow adventurers.”

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Jordan shouted, screamed. He kicked the wall and punched the door in, but it didn’t help. She was gone. He tried everything, absolutely everything that was in his power. She wouldn’t come back. Isaac walked in and tried to calm his mad brother down. “What the heck happened? Did something die?” Jordan nodded and slumped on his bed. “She’s gone. Cywren’s gone, dead. I can’t get her back.”
Isaac sighed and sat down at Jordan’s PC. “Look, let me find the saved game files for you. It’s not that bad Jordan. Just reload the game and all will…”
Isaac gasped in shock, and stared at the screen. Jordan looked up as Isaac silently beckoned him over. “What did you do?”

Jordan froze as his eyes fell upon the screen. Because there, was a still image of ginger hair covering a bloody face. Glasses lay bloodied next to the head, and text was drawn in blood above the realistic picture; “I have a secret, Jordan. Want to find what it is?”

Description
The wanderer trudged through the yellow grass as she called for them. She was tired and wrecked, her clothes a torn mess and her hair muddy and knotted. Her glasses were shattered, and her gear was miles away after an ambush. She was truly alone as she called, over and over again. It felt nice to use her voice again, but the reason for using it was not nice at all. Her friends had gone, all gone. She didn’t notice they were gone until they were. The ginger yelled sorrow until her throat was raw, but no signs ever appeared. Cywren kneeled down, sobbing, and took a cracked frame from under her lab coat. A metal border surrounding a piece of paper. A very precious piece of paper. It showed the faces of two people, one a photo and the other a drawing. The photograph of a young man with red goggles smiled up at her, and the messy drawing, constructed from pure voice, made tears form in her eyes. She sobbed, her heart breaking. And the ginger cuddled the pictures as if they were family. And out of her pain stricken throat came the last words she’d say for a long time; “Fellow adventurers.”

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Jordan shouted, screamed. He kicked the wall and punched the door in, but it didn’t help. She was gone. He tried everything, absolutely everything that was in his power. She wouldn’t come back. Isaac walked in and tried to calm his mad brother down. “What the heck happened? Did something die?” Jordan nodded and slumped on his bed. “She’s gone. Cywren’s gone, dead. I can’t get her back.”
Isaac sighed and sat down at Jordan’s PC. “Look, let me find the saved game files for you. It’s not that bad Jordan. Just reload the game and all will…”
Isaac gasped in shock, and stared at the screen. Jordan looked up as Isaac silently beckoned him over. “What did you do?”

Jordan froze as his eyes fell upon the screen. Because there, was a still image of ginger hair covering a bloody face. Glasses lay bloodied next to the head, and text was drawn in blood above the realistic picture; “I have a secret, Jordan. Want to find what it is?”