NIGHT 54: Forest
[From here.]Edward knew exactly where they were going, exactly how they were going there, and how it would end when they finally did. It helped that he wasn't slamming his foot down on the gas pedal of an Aston Martin before collapsing into the forest, but even standing still wasn't enough to prepare him for a new wave of the nausea he had
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A spoon? McCoy had hoped to find something a little more helpful about the nature of the place than an old spoon. The fact that it was a recognizable spoon, as if the inhabitants here just happened to develop the same tools they had back on Earth, was interesting though. Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development at work, even in whatever this planet or dimension was. Nice to know some things just didn't change. Some planets developed (nearly) the same as Earth had, although there were usually some small differences. What was surprising was how often it happened.
He would have thought the chances of that were incredibly low but there you had it.
Ahead of them, Kirk straightened up, looking around to decide where to go. It was that moment that nearly got him dunked. He started to stumble into the river, feet slipping on the bank. He only just managed to avoid getting soaked by just barely catching Spock's arm in time.
"You okay there?" McCoy called. The river didn't look like any Mississippi but looks could be deceiving in terms of depth and whatever was in that water. It didn't look like there was a strong current, but McCoy was still managing to summon up all sorts of things to make up for it, like leeches and snakes. Taking a tumble into cold water in the middle of the night was also something they wanted to avoid while they were at it.
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