Urban Primitives: The Mysterious Message

Unending BE - episode 279927

Perhaps Sharon's senses had been heightened as part of her changes. She had heard Alice's approach some seconds before Heather had done so, and now some sixth sense enabled her to detect a loose floorboard. Using her long fingernails (Heather wondered if they had grown along with her hair or if they had always been long), she prised up the board. In the cavity beneath it was a scrap of paper. Sharon picked it up, and looked at it uncomprehendingly. It seemed that the new Sharon did not even know what paper was, never mind being able to read.

Heather gently took it from her. She saw that there was writing on it.

1. It said: "You have been taken to be characters in a real-life fantasy roleplaying game. Good luck in finding out what your quest is and then completing it. Only then can you return home, with all your changes nullified."
2. Though written in the familiar Roman alphabet, it was in a language that she did not know.
3. At least, she assumed that it must be writing. But the characters looked more like runes than anything she was familiar with.
4. *The message, written in English, said...

Thu Feb 27 14:12:26 2003

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