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Chapter 3

Viqu kept a steady, unpanicked pace down the tunnel and soon she was in daze
as she entered a field of giant mushrooms. Her steps were as silent as ever
but as the spores grew thickest here she finally began to stumble. In an
effort to catch herself she put a hand out to brace herself on a large, soft
mushroom.

*SHREEEIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!*

The sound from the large mushroom was so thunderous, Viqu thought her head
was going to split open. The chain reaction to follow was all of the other
mushrooms unleashing their own horrifying cloud of spores and shrieks that
rendred Viqu clutching her head laying in a fetal position, slowly rocking,
coughing, and screaming until she passed out.

When she finally came to, her world had changed. All of the mushrooms had
faces and there was blue light coming glowing out from the mushroom stems that
made the cavern look like a wonderous place of beauty.

"Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!" said the many thousands of mushrooms one at a
time all over the cavern.

"H-Hullo," said Viqu very confused.

A large mushroom walked up to her and introduced itself.

"Greetings, I am Decay," said the mushroom.

In a daze and having the slightest memory that mushrooms are not supposed
to talk, Viqu slowly lunged out her hand and sliced off part of the mushroom
face with her dagger and the piece fell to the floor.

The face grew back almost instantly and the piece on the floor walked off
with a skip and a song about rainbows.

"Yes, thank you for that," said Decay. "Just so you know, there's no
meaningful way in which you can harm or kill me. I am a god and you have not
yet joined me. I am the invevitable conclusion to this world, you see!"
said Decay happily. "In time, all will join and share my power!"

Viqu stood motionless with her arms slack at her side. She dropped her dagger
and it clanged to the floor.

"Wonderful! I have a task for you and then I'll send you on your way!" the
mushroom smiled and a slight glimpse of thousands of needle-like teeth could
be seen in its mouth. Decay unleashed a torrent of spores at Viqu that invaded
her senses and insane visions began to leap across her mind.