SDRA2 Redux: Trouble on Jabberwock Island

Chapter 1 - Part 2

If only I knew then just how wrong I was.

I sat down in my chair, and logged into my computer.

I opened up Google, typed "runthegaulentorg" into it, and boom, a website came up.

At once, I was met with a warning:

"WARNING: THIS CHALLENGE MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES. IT MAY BE TOO GRAPHIC FOR SOME. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!"

I wondered, "Why? It's not that bad."

Unfortunately for me, I would soon see exactly what this warning meant.

I clicked the link.

The challenge began, and the Hell that Iroha had promised was unleashed.

Why did I do runthegauntlet?

Being a bounty hunter for a couple of years has subjected me to many horrifying and nightmarish things. Death was a common thing I see in my profession. But this...it was beyond what a bounty hunter could condition themselves too, even the Ultimate Bounty Hunter.

By the time video twenty had finished, I got up from my seat. My legs wobbled and buckled, forcing me to grab onto my chair in order to remain standing. I felt bile rising into my throat and desperately swallowed it down, focusing on anything in order to scrub the memory of the videos from my mind.

Guess that warning was there for a pretty good reason...

Meanwhile, Nikei was in his cottage, writing down on a sheet of paper.

"Okay, okay... seems that I've already walked down the beach..."

He had an inkpen.

Suddenly, Hajime came.

Nikei screamed.

He squeezed the tip of the pen too hard and his face ended up splattered with India ink.

"Hey! Don't go sneaking up on people like that!" He said as he wiped his face clean.

"I'm sorry," Hajime said. "It's just... you crouch over articles and research for 18 hours per day, and that's jarring. You have to take up healthy habits!"

And with that, he dragged Nikei into the kitchen.

"I call this piece... the Disgustingly Horrible Smoothie!"

D-disgustingly horrible smoothie?

Hajime represented a blender of... something.

- CG: Disgusting "smoothie" -

"The Disgusting Horrible Smoothie is made out of kale, oranges and chicken!"

"Chicken? Kale?! Oranges?!?!" Nikei loudly gagged. "I'm not drinking that!"

"They're good for you." Hajime said. "Now I want you to be a good boy... and drink it."

Nausea was set in place as the young journalist slowly realized what Hajime was implying.

"Gah! Don't make me drink that!" Nikei pointed at the offending mixture. "It looks disgusting!"

"I don't care if you're disgusted, you have to drink." Hajime said as he poured some of the disgustingly horrible smoothie into a bottle, put a straw in it, and put it close to Nikei's mouth.

"Now drink."

(WARNING: THIS SCENE MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES. IT MAY BE TOO GRAPHIC FOR SOME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SKIP TO THE NEXT SCENE.)

With a sigh, Nikei gripped the bottle and... drank the drink.

He... quickly regretted it.

On the first sip, Nikei almost choked on his own vomit in disgust.

This was one horrible smoothie!

It was like acid on his tougune.

On the second sip, Nikei was a crying, snotty, drooling mess.

Several sips later, Nikei was crying, having been subjected to constant, seemingly unending agony by this horrible smoothie, begging for Hajime to "Make it stop!".

"What the hell did you put in that smoothie?!" The journalist screamed.

"Ketchup, mustard, relish and some expired milk..." Hajime said.

That was the last straw for Nikei. He threw up, expelling the contents of the "smoothie" from his stomach.

Mikado is lucky this didn't happen to him...

He coniunted vomiting for what could have been either a few seconds or an eternity.

"Nikei, what about we use what's left of my smoothie for a prank tomorrow?"

"Yes..." Nikei groaned. "Good idea..."

Before he vomited a third time. The rush of emotions and physical sensations was too overwhelming, and he then passed out- landing in a puddle of vomit.

It was dinner time.

I sat down, scooping some steak and chips onto a plate.

Hajime came in, carrying Nikei on his shoulders.

Acrooding to the boxer, Nikei had apparently gotten temporay food poisoning from the disgusting, bad smoothie.

Nikei woke up.

"Nikei! You're okay!" I said.

"Yes." Nikei wiped a strand of snot from his face. Gross. "I got some bad food poisoning from that smoothie."

After dinner, I grabbed a swimsuit and spent time with the others at the nearby Pool. I enjoyed the relaxing swim in bathtub-warm water up until Nighttime was almost upon us. I was in the shower when I heard the Nighttime Announcement play faintly in my cottage, not really caring what that bird had to say. Afterwards I put on my pajamas and crawled into bed, reading a book until I quickly fell asleep.