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// Lost 
// Story: Lost and Hope 
// by Star Side 
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After waking up from her nap, Berry finds herself lying on the floor in a cave deep underground. She's scared and confused as to how she suddenly got there in the first place. Holding herself from panicking, Berry inspects herself and her belongings, luckily she still has her equipment: knife, match, rope, and a whistle (for some reason). The only thing she doesn't have is her bag because she left it in the tent before taking her nap.

"Where am I?" Berry asks herself.

The cave she finds herself in is illuminated with glowing amber crystals. Berry looks around and finds nothing except a tunnel that leads to somewhere. Having no choice, Berry walks into the tunnel and keeps following the path, the crystals from the previous room can be found in the tunnel illuminating the path.

As Berry keeps walking further in the tunnel, she finds some kind of plant along the path she walks, some are even growing on the wall. She grows confused because of it.

"Are these grass? How? This tunnel isn't even lit with sunlight," Berry says as she keeps walking.

Her curiosity is then turned to a nearby glowing crystal, from which then she makes two theories:



The crystal may provide the light the plant needs.

The plant receives nutrients from another source, possibly from another plant, which makes the plant she inspects to be parasitic.


Berry inspects the crystal a little more, it is bright enough to illuminate a good part of the tunnel but when she touches it, apparently it's not even warm, it just glows.

"But that's not something to think about right now!" Berry reminds herself to prioritize her life over a plant she just found underground that is somehow able to live without sunlight.

Berry travels further down the tunnel until eventually she exits the tunnel and finds a magnificent waterfall with a streaming river at the bottom. She also finds more similar plants she found back in the tunnel. Berry feels amazed by the whole room as it is also illuminated with crystals but this time they are bigger in size and glow a blue light.

Berry explores the waterfall room and tries the water from the streaming river.

"I think it's fine," Berry thinks.

Berry drinks more of the water. As her canteen is left in the bag in the tent, Berry must be careful and remember the way back to the waterfall in case she gets thirsty. Although she also needs to worry about food, she's underground and there's nothing edible, the grass doesn't seem to be edible, probably.

After drinking, Berry continues her search for the cave exit or something else she doesn't even know or expect. Berry also grabs a sharp rock to mark the way back to the waterfall.

However, even though she has marked the way back, Berry has gone so far that going back to the waterfall is going to take quite some time.

Berry is lost.