Page 105 of Game of Destiny
‘Did you see what she gave them?’ I asked.
‘It looked like a spoon.’
‘Someone tried a fork and it was denied,’ Ramses said.
‘This will be tricky. We need to start to collect things,’ I said.
"We need to keep an eye on the items that have been passed. We need to narrow down what we are looking for,’ Sam told us.
‘No one is left alone,’ I reminded them.
‘That is not the best tactic. If we split up in two teams we will immobilise at least two people who can’t move around as we need to watch the entrance,’ Jake said.
‘I would rather do that than see someone else get hurt,’ I told him.
‘I can stay by the exit. There are lots of guards there, no one will dare attack me,’ he insisted. I looked at Amie for help.
‘I think he has a point,’ she said.
‘I hate it, but I agree,’ Sam told me. Ramses nodded.
‘Fine. Ramses and Sam, you go to the south end and start looking for things you might think will do the trick. Amie and I will escort Jake as close to the exit as we can get and then go to the north end,’ I agreed. ‘Keep reporting back to us what works and what doesn’t,’ I told Jake as we walked him to take his position.
‘Yes, Alpha.’ I scoffed. They all forgot to call me Alpha when they opposed my plan, but remembered as soon as I gave in. Secretly I liked it. I liked that my pack members had respect for me, but didn’t fear me and dared to tell me when they thought I was wrong. After dropping Jake off, Amie and I started searching the stadium. It was hard when we had no clue what we were looking for.
‘A sweatshirt was denied, as was a t-shirt and rose. A peeler was let through as was an ice cream,’ Jake reported.
‘Kitchen things?’ Sam asked.
‘No, the fork was turned down,’ Amie reminded him.
‘There doesn't seem to be any packs who have figured it out. Everyone just shows up with random objects,’ Jake told us. We continued to look for things, but the list Jake was giving us just made us more and more confused.
‘What the fuck does a violin has in common with a potato?’ Ramses growled in our mindlink. I understood his confusion and frustration.
‘Oh, I think I got it,’ Jake said. We were about an hour into the game and I prayed to the moon goddess he had figured it out. ‘I was noting down the items that had let people leave on a piece of scrap paper I had with me,’ he told us. I had to chuckle, it was just so Jake.
‘What did you find?’ Amie asked.
‘All the items have two vowels that are the same. They don’t need to be right after each other, or even in the same word, aslong as both are part of the name for the object. Like potato has two O’s, and ice cream has two E’s.’ He read through his list and it seemed to be correct.
‘Jake, my man, you are a genius!’ Sam exclaimed.
‘Let’s find items that have two of the same vowels. Once you found something, mindlink to Jake and he will check on his list to make sure it hasn’t been used,’ I told them.
‘I have popcorn,’ Sam announced.
‘Not taken,’ Jake said.
‘I have a mushroom,’ Ramses told us.
‘How did… You know what, never mind,’ I said.
‘Not used,’ Jake added.
‘Necklace,’ Amie said.
‘Not used.’
