You wake up. You don't remember falling asleep.
It's 6 A.M. already. Don't you have school to go to?
You check your laptop.
No messages.
It's okay, you aren't worried about it.
You realize something, though:
You never asked that stranger's name.
What a social genius you are.
You pack your bag and head to the door. The bus is already there.
You look out the window.
Oh how you miss the forest.
The sound of leaves rustling against each other,
The smell of wet moss,
And even the vines that made you fall and stained your clothes with dirt.
Truly the ideal hideout place.
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The bus stops, and you head to your classroom. You don't want to talk about it, but you think the teachers' voices sound like a perfect lullaby.
Lunch time finally arrives. It's the only good thing at your school anyway.
This is your lunch, somehow:
Well, you drained all of your savings on a pair of night vision goggles from your neighbour.
You are not sure when you will need the night vision.
How you plan to wear them with your glasses is a problem for Future You.
Lunch, however, is a problem for Present You. That pair of goggles surely can't fill your stomach today.
A snack is still better than nothing.
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School ends, and you're on your way to the forest.
You almost tripped a few times, but you made it there anyway.
COLE: I'm here again
COLE: Great.
COLE: Gotta check on that base.
COLE: Wait no IS THAT A STINK BUG
COLE: why
You run away.
You like bugs, but not all bugs.
...
COLE: That should be far enough
You find yourself somewhere strange, at least for you.
The trees are dry.
But the vines crawl across the soil and wrap around those trunks like wires.
As if they are sucking the life out of them.
(You know it could also just be because of fall, but you liked your explanation more.)
You know you're near.
You keep going.
There is a wooden panel. You know exactly what it does,
And where it leads to.
You climb down the hole, as always.
This is your super secret base. You found it randomly a few weeks ago and now you feel like you should take care of it.
You don't know if anyone comes here, but that's okay.
It's a little dark in here, though. Maybe you should turn on your flashlight.
You suddenly remember your night vision goggles.
You really want to try them on.
Now you have two options:
-Wear them WITHOUT your glasses and risk seeing nothing.
-Wear them WITH your glasses and risk being stupid-looking.
You try both ways.
It's called research.
This is your vision when you wear them without your glasses.
And this is your ridiculous face when you wear them with your glasses.
You come to a conclusion that the night vision goggles are stupid and you should just use your flashlight instead.
