Chapter 5: Board Games
Nick stared blankly at the trees in the woman's direction. The basement door creaked open.
Nick turned around and looked at the tentacle. The tentacle looked at him.
What was that?
But before Nick could put his question to words, the tentacle suddenly withdrew back into the basement and left Nick on the porch. And before he could question it about that, he heard footsteps, so he turned around to see a tall man with hairy arms and legs and a pelt around his waist.
He looked like he was from the same place as the woman and her bear baby.
"Uh, did you happen to see maybe a tiny blue bear or a blue-haired woman?" The man cautiously asked. He was also stunned by Nick's presence in the center of the forest and the strange appearance of his dwelling, but he cared more about his family.
Nick wordlessly pointed in the direction the woman had sprinted off in with Kai.
"Thank you," the man nodded in appreciation before heading in the direction Nick indicated. Nick looked at the big, muscular back.
Was it a movie set, after all?
Was the bear a kid in a suit?
'No way.'