-check your inventory?

No

>Yes

l o a d i n g... l o a d i n g...

-1 pair of plastic gloves

-glass heart...?

-4x potions of healing

-Are you sure you want to exit "inventory"?

No

>Yes

game loaded.

...........

You grab her wrist, she struggles to get out of your grasp.

"ngh! Please! I just want to speak to my friends one more time!" A tear seeps out of her eye.

"Em Look at them... This might be a trap.... you don't know- please don't risk it"

She collapses into sobs, despite her earlier happy and bubbly tone.

"They might n-not be? r-right? right?"

"I think they are... Something just isn't right about them..."

She hugs you, sniffling.

You hug her back and think about what this poor girl has been through, she seems to be a couple years younger than you.

A few minutes pass, she suddenly asks you something.

"Can we go- please? I don't think I can look at them any longer..."

You nod, taking her with you to the next room.

You walk through the door, she walks behind you, knife in hand.

It looks... empty?

It's almost like a white void...

You walk through it for what seems to be eternity, is this room infinite?

After a good half hour of walking, you come across a... what even was it?

A small creature, its body was small, mostly red with a few golden highlights, It looked awfully cute, what was it doing in a place like this?

Emily looked at it skeptically, not trusting any more as anything else they'd met.

You, on the other hand, swooned over it's cuteness.

It stood up, getting ready to jump into your arms...!

...And jumped into Emily's arms, she was startled witless.

"AH!" She tried to drop the small dragon, but it climbed onto her head, terrifying her to no end.

You watch as she runs across the room, barely suppressing a giggle.

A few minutes later Emily manages to get the dragon off her head and into your arms, it whines, seemingly wanting to be with her.

"Here, take it" She quickly backs away and watches in fear as you cuddle the small creature, it still trying to escape your grasp.

"I think he looks like a Bob" You say, Emily looks at you.

"He's obviously a Houdidni! Just look at the way he escaped your grasp" You look down, just now realizing that the small red dragon was gone, and sitting next to Emily on the floor.

"I might get used to him..." Se murmurs as she bends down to pet it.

"Hey Em? What was your nickname again? I can't remember it for some reason"

"It's-" she says matter of factly, "It's... I... I don't remember" She looks visibly flabbergasted.

as to change the suddenly dark climax, you ask her something.

"What should we call this little dude?"

"Houdini"

"bob"

"Houdini!"

"Bob!"

what will you call the small dragon?

Houdini

Bob