CHAPTER 3: ONE More Gem

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Airy: Alright, now that we got that out of the way, we can start our next challenge.

Some small rocks fall from the sky.

Airy: Your next challenge is to throw your rock into the tub. The last team to throw their rock into the tub is up for elimination.

Airy: 3, 2, 1, go.

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Airy: ...and Moldy wins immunity for her team.

Inkwell: Well, that was fast.

Back to the trio by the plug.

Cursor: We're almost there!

Rubber Ball: I- I think it's about to pop out! Keep going!

The two then successfully took the gem off. Rubber Ball is extremely joyful of this happening as he started to shout loudly in joy.

Rubber Ball: YES!! WE DID IT!! AHAHAHAHAHA- *cough cough*

...

Inkwell continues to sit beside the traumatized Liam, not really willing to compete. They noticed something was off, the glow was gone. Are they too late? They look around to find the glow but it isn't anywhere. Inkwell stood up, planning to go somewhere in the distance.

Inkwell: Hey, Liam. I'll just... go somewhere, alright?

Liam: ...

Inkwell: ... Liam?

Inkwell stares at him for a moment, as they start to have what seems to be a hallucination. Their surroundings darkened, too focused on Liam's traumatized look. Suddenly, inaudible whispers can be heard everywhere. Inkwell looked around, seeing the flow of ink coming towards them. It cornered them, with nowhere to run, nowhere to go, Inkwell curled themselves up. When suddenly, the ground shaking interrupted their visions.

Inkwell: Oh no... Alright, gotta go!

Inkwell ran towards somewhere.

[POV SWITCH]

Rubber Ball and Cursor were shocked by what just happened.

Rubber Ball: Uhh... What was that?

Cursor: That means we GOTTA RUN!!!

Cursor started floating away, leaving Rubber Ball and Article behind. A Time Cube popped out of the hole where they took the gem out and she successfully catched it. As he catched it, the ground proceeds to shake more violently and this terrified Rubber Ball.

Rubber Ball: HEY!! WAIT FOR ME!!

Rubber Ball ran after Cursor, leaving Article behind. A fountain of ink emerged from the hole and since Article is not a sentient object, the ink devoured him.

[SCENE SWITCH TO THE MAIN COMPETITION]

Back to Liam, he continued to sit down on the grass, still reminiscing about what he just saw after drowning. He then picks up the rock. He looked at the rock and started to have hallucinations. The rock starts to become deformed, more grass starts to grow. The rock turns into the eliminated contestant, Stone, communicating with Liam with a heavily distorted voice.

Stone(?): Y̶͚͌̒̃Õ̸̞̝̳̬̠U̷̟͍̰͛́ ̷̳͛T̴̨͛̑̂́H̴̱̤̲̑͂̂͝I̷̐̾͒͂͝ͅN̴̡͈̺̻̔͗͜K̷̞̻̋̾ ̶̨̲̘̙̋̎͒͘Ÿ̸͖̞́O̴̖̔̈́͒̈́Ǘ̵̝͇͉̈́̒͗ͅ ̸̦̬̐͂̍̀Ù̶̮͚̟̹̀̾͠Ń̵̰̲̉̅̕̚D̵̻͓̦̊Ȩ̸̣̂͌̕R̴̗̣͌̊̚Ŝ̵͎̝̌͊͂T̵̖̤͌A̷̙̤̽̉̑̂Ņ̴̱̮͑̆̔Ḑ̷̭̻̓̒͘,̴͚̦̖̒̈́̾͝ ̵̢̘̤͖̎̈́̐D̴̘̲̙̦͗Ơ̶͎͔͉̗͙͋͂N̴̮̻̂'̸̹̍̆̎̎T̴̤͓̈́̍̑̀̒ ̸̨̫͖͎̦́͋̚Y̸̢̓͋̒͂Ọ̵̡̖̺͋̈́́̐̚ͅÛ̷̢̳̋̓̇͜?̶̤̪̜̦̉͆̄ͅ

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