-The Moon Mountain-
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You finally arrive at the foot of the mountain. You wipe the sweat from your forehead and stretch your back. You've finally made it. Your eyelids are heavy, but you pull yourself together. After all, you don't want this beautiful world to be ruined by your tiredness. You sit down on the dusty ground and catch your breath. The sun burns down from the sky and once again brings beads of sweat to your forehead. But there is no shade in sight. You close your eyes for a few minutes and catch your breath. Your breathing calms down and after a while you are strong enough to pick yourself up again. Then you survey your surroundings.
On your left, a lone trader has set up his stall. He is wearing a dark brown cowboy hat and has pulled it low over his face. His hands, tanned by the sun, are resting on a wooden frame on which several eagles have perched. Puzzled, you wonder why such predators remain perched, but then you notice the rope tying the birds to the wood.
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Behind the eagle trader, the Moon Mountain rises into the air and a steep path leads up it. It seems to be a new, long path, but then you see a gate.
The beams supporting it are made of stone and have been carefully erected. At the top is another moon, similar to the one that showed the way at the stargate. To the left and right of the celestial body are two shining stars, each with a round hole in the middle.
As you step closer and try to get through the gate, you are held back. It seems as if the stones have been cursed again. You sigh and shake your head in disappointment. Why did the path have to be full of riddles too, as if finding the moon stars wasn't enough!
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Now you have to make a decision.
- If you want to talk to the merchant, go to section 33.
- If you want to investigate the gate instead, go to section 34.
- If you want to go straight to the path, go to section 42.