#Spoilers: They're both fine. They just went snork mi mi mi

[manor-tea-time]

Sands of Time Warm-Up Event: Pip’s Night Adventure! (Finale)

Pip glanced back at the lamp smith for a moment, sheer panic overwhelming him as he saw how frantic the other was to get the both of them away from the box. It was a silent communication, but one Pip could understand fairly well. They needed to run.

As the pair rushed down the hallway, Pip made the mistake of taking a glance back behind him. Briefly seeing what he could only describe as the fog slowly forming into someone - or something. A mysterious being that was now following behind them eerily calm. Almost as though they knew the pair could only run for so long. A new wave of fear crashed over Pip at the thought. He tried to force himself to run faster and get further away from whoever he'd seen.

"Something's following us! What do we do?" Pip yelled to the lamp smith. Watching the man take a quick glance down the hall as well before pointing to one of the doors down the hall. They could hide in there! After scrambling into the room, the two of them made quick work of locking the door behind them. However, it could only do so much as the door soon began rattling on its hinges. The creature had found them.

"Quick, hide in here." Wayne ushered Pip into a small closet, quickly closing the door behind them. Hesitance briefly crossed his face as they brought the old trunk lock out of their pocket. "Stay quiet, alright? I'll be sure to get you out of here as soon as this creature gets bored and leaves us be."

Pip was barely able to hear the click of the lock clicking into place before the sounds of the rest of the room turned into utter chaos. More of the strange dust filled the room, the distorted clicking of footsteps and humming following soon after. He felt dizzy listening to it all, desperately trying to fan away whatever on the dust had filtered its way into the closet. Maybe breathing it in was what was making him feel so drowsy. That combined with everything else, it was almost like it was all some sort of twisted lullaby.

Pip strained his hearing as he tried to further decipher what was happening. There was talking now. Mr. Stricktland sounded upset - almost like he was about to cry. The other person's voice was too faint for him to catch between his own battle for consciousness. Alas, he was only able to faintly hear a thud before his eyes fell shut.

Perhaps for the best though. As now the young hero can now see this all as a bizarre nightmare once he awakens back in his bed.

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Thank you guys for participating/reading! This was a fun writing exercise to play with y'all. Sands Of Time (Part 2) will be released directly after this event so keep your eyes peeled!!! It has to do with our dear chest friend!

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3