Zoey and Emily placed a bunch of jungle wood and placed cocoa pods on the blocks. Zoey showed Emily how to craft the remainder into chocolate, and in a fit of excitedness they had both eaten more of it than was really smart. After a while, Emily started to feel the headache that signalled the end of her sugar high, and they both began to calm down.
"That was really not a good idea." Emily said weakly, worn out from laughing. "I can't believe you've never done that before!" Zoey said, the exclamation mark an indication that the sugar hadn't yet worked it's way out of her system. "The closest I've ever come to that is when my friend and I ate an entire box of cookies." Emily admitted, still smiling, although her headache was getting worse.
"You shared it? That's nothing." Zoey stated. Emily agreed. "And just think! We can do this every day!" Zoey continued. Emily shook her head. "Let's not. Besides obvious hazards to our health, it won't feel as good if we do it often." Zoey had to admit she had a point. They agreed on once a week, maximum.
"We don't want to become sugar junkies." Emily said, then, unclear as to whether Zoey was familiar with the term, added "Sugar addicts." Zoey collapsed into a fit of giggles, and Emily stared at her. "Alright, how much did you eat?" she asked, but Zoey just began a fresh wave of giggling. Emily rolled hr eyes.
They sat there for several minutes before Emily gave up her attempts to stifle Zoey's laughter. It was peaceful -relatively speaking- sitting there outside of the village, with Zoey laughing her head off and no acting-strangely Rythian in sight… hang on. "Is that Teep?"
The dinosaur ran up to them, obviously panicking about something. He pulled out a book and quill and wrote; RYTHIAN NEEDS HELP! COME! He barely gave Zoey and Emily enough time to read it before running off. Emily was confused and worried; What had happened to Rythian? Did this have something to do with why he'd been acting weird? Why was Teep here- he'd left a while ago.
Teep led them through the streets of the village to an alley, where they found Rythian, out cold. "What happened to him?" Teep shrugged, and he helped the two of them half carry, half drag Rythian in the direction of the hospital. Partway there, Rythian started to stir.
They stopped walking, and Rythian opened his eyes, although it didn't look like he was comprehending what he saw. He pushed Zoey and Emily away, standing shakily on his feet. The blank look on his face unnerved Emily; it was like there was nobody inside his mind.
"Rythian! Are you okay?" Zoey walked up to Rythian, standing in front of him. Immediately, the look on Rythian's face changed, but it still had the blank quality that had made Emily nervous. Zoey barely had time to scream.
