Beware the Slime

by Chridy

Waking up on a beach with no memory and no sign human life, Alex sets out to find a way home through a land seemingly empty of civilisation. But as time goes by, Alex discovers that there's more to this world than meets the eye and that some places should remain lost, some doors should remain closed and some words left unsaid.

37. Day 1194-ish

We tried escaping through the Nether this morning. It ended in disaster when a tide of Slimes poured through and crushed those nearest the portal to death before it could be closed and the Slimes killed. I guess they've gone through the other portals in the city and made it here, just waiting for us to try.

With nothing else to lose, I tried reading the poem. It didn't work. In fact, the huge creature sped up! I don't know what to do now, the door's open and whatever it was keeping locked up has escaped. I can't see a way to get the creature to go back, even if I knew where the door was.

Is it worth going on? Should we kill ourselves now before that creature arrives? Whatever it is, we know it won't be a pleasant death. We can feel it's rage permeating the air, driving the Slimes forward with ever greater ferocity.

We're doomed, what's the point?