Day 10
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After we made our way back from the mountain, we discussed what our next plan might be. We had looked for Yoshi on the way back to let him know that the wise old wizard wasn't much help, but he was nowhere to be seen.
Peak and Jasper mentioned that they were keen to investigate a source of fuel for the helicopter. We all agreed that was a useful idea as we needed a more efficient way of travelling.
It took ages to walk back from the mountain.
Peak and Jasper headed off in search of helicopter fuel.
We found a selection of fruits and berries. We tried to harvest some of the juices to see if we could fashion some helicopter fuel out of it. We collected the juice in a discarded container.
It was harder than you'd think to squeeze a giant lemon. We were about to tackle the limes when we heard a noise coming toward us...
We looked up to see one of the giants looming toward us.
The giant reached forward to grab us. He was trying to put us in a black bag.
We tried to avoid getting caught but we didn't stand a chance. The giant scooped us up and dropped us into the black bag. This can't be good...
We introduced ourselves. The other folk explained that they'd been here for quite some time. Others had also been and gone - the giant had taken them and they never returned.
Everyone took it in turns to tell their story.
The was a little guy with a helmet on, some sort of furry thing with a hat, twin outdoorsy girls, a guy similar to us, an American Civil War chap and two odd looking older fellows.
The chap that was similar to us explained that he had crashed his helicopter some time ago nearby and the giant had captured him not long after crashing.
The two older gents were visibly troubled. They had various markings on them suggesting that they had been through various ordeals. They told us that they had been here for many years. They were made to watch their friends die in terrible ways.
We knew we had to escape and quickly, before the giant returned. We had no choice but to help our new friends. Ordinarily, we may have been trapped but we had the help of a ghost robot!
We summoned Jumbles with a quick chorus of "All Night Long (all night)".
We remembered the song this time. Peak even had a go at the middle 8 chanting bit that nobody knows the correct lyrics for.
Jumbles used a magical levitation trick to float us out of the enclosure. The twins went first, followed by the Civil War guy.
One by one, Jumbles floated everyone out of the tank. We went last.
Once we were all out. Jumbles then floated us down to the platform below.
We looked for an escape route.
Free! We had been used to the outside world as we were not held captive for very long. The others found it slightly overwhelming as they had been trapped for a long time. Especially the two old traumatised chaps.
We made our way to some cover so we could focus on the next stage of our escape.
We made sure we were clear of the giant's lair before deciding where we should go.
The Civil War guy said he knew of an old abandoned castle near here that we could easily make a safe haven.
We said our goodbyes to Jumbles and followed the Civil War guy toward the castle.
The walk was uneventful and free of giant interactions, and it wasn't long before we could see a small hill in front of us with a large castle just beyond. We asked again if it was definitely abandoned, and he said it was.
At least it was the last time he visited it. He didn't say how long ago that was.
As we made our way toward the castle we heard a noise from above.
It was the others! They had found us. They landed the chopper nearby.
We were glad to see everyone.
We explained to Hayes, Taylor and Drew who our new friends were and that we were on our way to the castle over there.
We wouldn't all fit in the chopper so we carried on walking, leaving the chopper behind.
Hayes said that he suspected something might be up when we didn't return when expected. That's when they decided to head out in the helicopter to see if they could find us.
We continued on toward the castle.
