StoryVerse〔08〕

A Cursed Rat

“Uh… Hi there… rat. I don’t suppose you can talk? If you were the talking kind, it would be mighty strange. Then again, I was at my desk a moment ago, you see, I was about to start a newsletter… and then there was this woman in the photo—”

The rat sneezes. A fading voice whispers Thank you!

You clean your whiskers as you stare with tiny eyes at the vanishing silhouette free from the curse. You are a rat. There are worse things. Take heart! You have unlocked Zork III.

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