meet at the hole in the fence,
but that’s so far away now.” Tony
thought out loud.
“ What about here?” L
injected.
“ Yea, we’ve all been here.
It’s kind of near the top of this hill. You can see that
little rock formation from all around.”
Perry agreed.
“ Ok.” agreed the
chorus.
“ Camp rock.” L named
it.
Perry laughed, “Camp rawk!” He growled,
flashing the devil horns.
12
GOING DEEPER
The morning was uneventful. They all woke
up with a newfound sense of alertness. They weren’t just out hiking
and camping in the forest anymore. The stakes were raised.
They headed towards the other side of the
valley to survey the campsite they saw get torched.
“ I say we go back.” Eric
stated. “What are we even doing here?”
Perry countered, “Go back to what? Valley
Forest and live with masses?”
“ Yea, with real food,
girls, drugs, tv and you know, like, society.” Eric
said.
“ Yea, then we can all get
ICs, become Ads ourself and then we can die at a warstore sale
buying a bunch of rainbow dildos!? Fuck that.”
“ You rather die out here?
Burned alive by some silent drone in the middle of a company owned
forest.”
” Fuck those drones, they
surprised us last night yet we still outsmarted em.” Perry
said.
“ Then what? Say we can
outsmart the drones every night. What’s the goal here? What’s the
endgame? What the fuck are we hiking for?” Eric
continued.
“ Not dieing.” Perry said,
he sounded like he knew what he was out here for.
L chimed in,”I don’t care that much, but
this is like the Area 51 of our time,
right? I kinda wanna see what it’s all
about.”
“ Like what? Go see the
infamous Elohssa company HQ?” Tony questioned.
She shrugged with her body and face, “Yea,
kind of?” Tony agreed.
Perry agreed too, “Yea, and blow the
fucking place to shit,” Fozzie froze in front of them. The camp,
they were there.
The ground was blackened. In the center of a
tiny clearing was the remains of
the camp fire. To the left was a burned
body, laying dead in a burnt bush.
“ Ohh shit.”
Eric.
“ Aww fuck”
Tony.
Nasty!” Perry said reaching out to touch
it.
“ Eww, I can’t look.” L
turned away.
The body was posed in a painful gesture,
hands reaching towards its face. Mouth gaping open, probably
screaming in agony. Back arched back as far as humanly possible,
the body forming a crispy half circle. Body, hair, skin and clothes
burnt and fused into one black, flaky covering.
Fozzie had walked up to the camp fire and
was sniffing at something. L walked
over while the others contemplated the last
moments of the body in front of them. Perry had grabbed a stick and
was poking it.
“ Ohh my God.” L
exclamated.
They all looked and ran over. Sitting on a
skewer in the middle of the camp fire
was a foot.
“ Is that a…?”
“ That’s a muthafuckin
foot!” Eric burst out. Then Eric started pacing, “Ohh my fucking
God. Cannibals!?” Grabbing his head and then shaking his arms. “Now
what Perry?! Now what? How are you gonna outsmart the
cannibals.”
“ We don’t know they were
cannibals.” Perry said.
Eric screamed, “They were cooking a fucking
foot!”
“ Fozzie would eat it.
Look.” Perry reached and picked up the cooked foot
barehanded. They all yelled as his did.
“ What the hell man!!” Eric
stared at him unbelieving.
“ Ohh shit!” Tony danced
away.
Perry offered the foot to Fozzie. She
smelled it, thinking.
“ Fozzie no!” L grabbed her
and pulled her away.
“ It looks cooked.” Perry
waited until they were all looking and put it up to his
mouth, faking eating it.
The chorus sang in disgusting
disapproval.
He fake chewed, “Soo good! Kinda tastes like
feet though.”
Tony and L couldn’t take it and busted out
laughing. Eric wasn’t in a laughing mood.
They found the other body not far away. Same
thing, burnt to a crisp. After a quick investigation of the
campsite, they were confused. The cannibals
but that’s so far away now.” Tony
thought out loud.
“ What about here?” L
injected.
“ Yea, we’ve all been here.
It’s kind of near the top of this hill. You can see that
little rock formation from all around.”
Perry agreed.
“ Ok.” agreed the
chorus.
“ Camp rock.” L named
it.
Perry laughed, “Camp rawk!” He growled,
flashing the devil horns.
12
GOING DEEPER
The morning was uneventful. They all woke
up with a newfound sense of alertness. They weren’t just out hiking
and camping in the forest anymore. The stakes were raised.
They headed towards the other side of the
valley to survey the campsite they saw get torched.
“ I say we go back.” Eric
stated. “What are we even doing here?”
Perry countered, “Go back to what? Valley
Forest and live with masses?”
“ Yea, with real food,
girls, drugs, tv and you know, like, society.” Eric
said.
“ Yea, then we can all get
ICs, become Ads ourself and then we can die at a warstore sale
buying a bunch of rainbow dildos!? Fuck that.”
“ You rather die out here?
Burned alive by some silent drone in the middle of a company owned
forest.”
” Fuck those drones, they
surprised us last night yet we still outsmarted em.” Perry
said.
“ Then what? Say we can
outsmart the drones every night. What’s the goal here? What’s the
endgame? What the fuck are we hiking for?” Eric
continued.
“ Not dieing.” Perry said,
he sounded like he knew what he was out here for.
L chimed in,”I don’t care that much, but
this is like the Area 51 of our time,
right? I kinda wanna see what it’s all
about.”
“ Like what? Go see the
infamous Elohssa company HQ?” Tony questioned.
She shrugged with her body and face, “Yea,
kind of?” Tony agreed.
Perry agreed too, “Yea, and blow the
fucking place to shit,” Fozzie froze in front of them. The camp,
they were there.
The ground was blackened. In the center of a
tiny clearing was the remains of
the camp fire. To the left was a burned
body, laying dead in a burnt bush.
“ Ohh shit.”
Eric.
“ Aww fuck”
Tony.
Nasty!” Perry said reaching out to touch
it.
“ Eww, I can’t look.” L
turned away.
The body was posed in a painful gesture,
hands reaching towards its face. Mouth gaping open, probably
screaming in agony. Back arched back as far as humanly possible,
the body forming a crispy half circle. Body, hair, skin and clothes
burnt and fused into one black, flaky covering.
Fozzie had walked up to the camp fire and
was sniffing at something. L walked
over while the others contemplated the last
moments of the body in front of them. Perry had grabbed a stick and
was poking it.
“ Ohh my God.” L
exclamated.
They all looked and ran over. Sitting on a
skewer in the middle of the camp fire
was a foot.
“ Is that a…?”
“ That’s a muthafuckin
foot!” Eric burst out. Then Eric started pacing, “Ohh my fucking
God. Cannibals!?” Grabbing his head and then shaking his arms. “Now
what Perry?! Now what? How are you gonna outsmart the
cannibals.”
“ We don’t know they were
cannibals.” Perry said.
Eric screamed, “They were cooking a fucking
foot!”
“ Fozzie would eat it.
Look.” Perry reached and picked up the cooked foot
barehanded. They all yelled as his did.
“ What the hell man!!” Eric
stared at him unbelieving.
“ Ohh shit!” Tony danced
away.
Perry offered the foot to Fozzie. She
smelled it, thinking.
“ Fozzie no!” L grabbed her
and pulled her away.
“ It looks cooked.” Perry
waited until they were all looking and put it up to his
mouth, faking eating it.
The chorus sang in disgusting
disapproval.
He fake chewed, “Soo good! Kinda tastes like
feet though.”
Tony and L couldn’t take it and busted out
laughing. Eric wasn’t in a laughing mood.
They found the other body not far away. Same
thing, burnt to a crisp. After a quick investigation of the
campsite, they were confused. The cannibals
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