Lost treasure of Nemo Beach (4/9)
I reached the wreck. It dangled gently in the wind and made all sorts of noises. Internally, I was telling myself to quit and let it be. It was probably the best idea. But on the other side, I don't wanna be a coward either.
So I carefully stepped inside. With every step I made, I could hear the metal bending and squeaking, as if it would break any second. I slowly made my through it while looking for a black spot.
As i reached the cockpit, I saw a black latch between the pilot and co pilot seats. "Between the seats rests the black spot", I repeated. Then it clicked in my head. "Is he talking about the planes Blackbox?"
I opened the latch and looked inside. The inside consists mostly of bitten cables and various remnants of animals. In between all that, I spotted a small orange box. I grabbed and opened it. Yet again, another folded piece of paper. But also a cassette recorder with "Play me" written on it.
I hit the play button and listened.
It sounded like two men speaking in... idk... japanese or chinese. In the next moment, I heard the voices of a man, a woman and a child who seem to enter the plane in a rush and in panic. The engines turned on and after a few minutes, the plane took off. Long time there was just the sound of the propellers. Then I heard the doors of the plane open and the wind from outside enacted inside. Shortly after, the woman started panicking again and yelled were the pilots went.
Hang on,... did the pilots seriously jumped out and left them behind?
The voices of the man and the child sounded. The man said that he found something that can safe all of them. They just need to hang on to it. The woman refused, but the man talked her into to do it. In the next moment, I heard the woman screaming, with the screaming getting fainter and fainter before there was only the sound of the wind again. Then I heard the engines of the plane starting to turn off. Probably running out of gas. Long time there was nothing. Then a loud crash. And then silence.
I just stood there for a while, processing what I just heard. Then I silently rewinded the cassette and put the recorder back into the box before opening the folded paper.
"Zip your way over to the entrance of Smugglers cavern. Deep inside, The skull dangles and waits for you."
I looked around and noticed a handle on a rope hanging from another rope. It lead all the way across a small chasm. And besides the far end on the other side, I saw another cave entrance.
"Oh, for the love of...", I said out loud. There's no way that zip line can carry me. I was thinking about turning around and look for another way. But I didn't wanted to waste the whole day by searching for one. If there is one at all. So I put the paper back into the box, and said one back into the latch before I stepped up to the zip line and put my forelegs over the handle while holding on to the rope with my hands. I had to focus my center of gravity onto my hindlegs, otherwise I'd have went down the line unprepared. My brain constantly told me to not do it. But the moment I was rethinking about my decision, I already went down the zip line.
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Lost treasure of Nemo Beach (4/9)
I reached the wreck. It dangled gently in the wind and made all sorts of noises. Internally, I was telling myself to quit and let it be. It was probably the best idea. But on the other side, I don't wanna be a coward either.
So I carefully stepped inside. With every step I made, I could hear the metal bending and squeaking, as if it would break any second. I slowly made my through it while looking for a black spot.
As i reached the cockpit, I saw a black latch between the pilot and co pilot seats. "Between the seats rests the black spot", I repeated. Then it clicked in my head. "Is he talking about the planes Blackbox?"
I opened the latch and looked inside. The inside consists mostly of bitten cables and various remnants of animals. In between all that, I spotted a small orange box. I grabbed and opened it. Yet again, another folded piece of paper. But also a cassette recorder with "Play me" written on it.
I hit the play button and listened.
It sounded like two men speaking in... idk... japanese or chinese. In the next moment, I heard the voices of a man, a woman and a child who seem to enter the plane in a rush and in panic. The engines turned on and after a few minutes, the plane took off. Long time there was just the sound of the propellers. Then I heard the doors of the plane open and the wind from outside enacted inside. Shortly after, the woman started panicking again and yelled were the pilots went.
Hang on,... did the pilots seriously jumped out and left them behind?
The voices of the man and the child sounded. The man said that he found something that can safe all of them. They just need to hang on to it. The woman refused, but the man talked her into to do it. In the next moment, I heard the woman screaming, with the screaming getting fainter and fainter before there was only the sound of the wind again. Then I heard the engines of the plane starting to turn off. Probably running out of gas. Long time there was nothing. Then a loud crash. And then silence.
I just stood there for a while, processing what I just heard. Then I silently rewinded the cassette and put the recorder back into the box before opening the folded paper.
"Zip your way over to the entrance of Smugglers cavern. Deep inside, The skull dangles and waits for you."
I looked around and noticed a handle on a rope hanging from another rope. It lead all the way across a small chasm. And besides the far end on the other side, I saw another cave entrance.
"Oh, for the love of...", I said out loud. There's no way that zip line can carry me. I was thinking about turning around and look for another way. But I didn't wanted to waste the whole day by searching for one. If there is one at all. So I put the paper back into the box, and said one back into the latch before I stepped up to the zip line and put my forelegs over the handle while holding on to the rope with my hands. I had to focus my center of gravity onto my hindlegs, otherwise I'd have went down the line unprepared. My brain constantly told me to not do it. But the moment I was rethinking about my decision, I already went down the zip line.
Next: www.flickr.com/photos/186291467@N03/52087565182/in/datepo...