The Floor
"One will wait, the other search
One will run, the other hide
One will live, the other pause
One will walk through the door
The other down through the floor
Take the tablet if you want riches
Take the tablet if you want life eternal
Take the tablet if you have a warrior
Take the tablet"
David could not move. The text had changed. What could have done that? What magic, what thing in Heaven...or Hell...could have done that?
"Well that is...strange," Amanda said slowly.
David looked at his wife "strange?! More like freaky"
Amanda had a strange look "but this has to be the answer! We can take this tablet and go through the door! This is the key of Arkala!"
David backed up from the front of the pedestal. "Amanda! We are not taking the tablet! We are leaving!"
"But we are so close! We can at least take the tablet outside"
"Well..." David's mind went through all the possibilities that came with taking that tablet. It would prove them to be sane and not crazy conspiracy people that everyone thought them to be. "I don't know Amanda.."
"RPS?"
David groaned "this seems too serious a time.."
Amanda cut him off "exactly why we implemented it."
"...fine" David held out his hands.
"1-2-3 Rock-Paper-Scissors-Shoot!"
Amanda's hand of Paper curled around his Rock.
"Rock-Paper-Scissors-Shoot!"
David's hand of Rock crushed Amanda's scissors.
"Rock-Paper-Scissors-Shoot!"
Amanda's hand of Scissors cut David's paper.
She let out a deep breath. "Ok...I'll take the tablet and"
"No, I'll take it"
"No David, I won" she winked and then more seriously "and besides if anything bad comes out when I take this it'll be better you be the one with the knife."
David looked toward the dark doorway. "Ok..." his hands tightened on his Bowe Knife (a good-sized knife, it still seemed too small at the moment.)
Amanda breathed again "ok...here goes." She lifted the tablet slowly and then...nothing. She chuckled "see? Everything is fine." She smiled and then promptly, silently, fell straight down through the floor.