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title: 00006 - gophers
created: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:32:23 -0600
updated: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 19:19:20 -0600
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### 00006

Suddenly three anthropomorphic gophers come crashing through the trees behind you into the dig site.
The first is wearing a sash of many pockets.
The second is wearing cargo shorts of many pockets.
The third is wearing a vest of many pockets.
Each wears a pair of goggles with thick smokey black lenses, and a floppy checkered hat that looks like a waffle.

They march up to the zip-line.

"Out of the way, losers!" Sash cries.
It grabs the zip-line trolley, and immediately dives off the side of the cliff and zooms down into the deep, deep hole.

Vest introduces itself,
"Retrieval Team 70 here!
We are here to recover the Ginnarak Crystal that is reported to be at this location.
After we collect all five, then it will be *us* who get to hang out in the Benefactor's hot tub!
Not you!
Ha!"

Sash has reached the bottom of the deep, deep hole.
Shorts starts reeling in the pulley.

Vest leans in close and peers at you through its foggy lenses.
"You must be the new Retrieval Team 43.
Hmmph. Shame what happened to the previous Team 43.
Hope you know what you're doing!
Would hate to see you end up like them!"

Shorts grabs the trolley and leaps down into the deep, deep hole.
It sails all the way down, and joins Sash at the bottom.

"Welp!" Vest concludes with an air of finality.
"No hard feelings, and all that!
After we collect this crystal, we just need four more.
And then we get to meet the Benefactor!
Ha!"

It waddles off and starts reeling in the trolley.

Meanwhile, another gnome explodes behind you.

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