The trio each had their sheep to drag. They had drowned all three to avoid blood but that still made them unfathomably heavy.

  “This is fucking impossible.” 2 said, breaking the sound of the dragging.

  “If you let me ask a favour of you, I'll drag yours too.” after 8 said that it almost looked as if 2 had stars in her eyes.

  “I’ll do anything!” she said, and almost immediately 8 was racing with the two corpses. Sure it was slow but it was infinitely faster than the pace she was doing before. She dropped the sheep a few yards from where the campsite was and then fainted from the amount of force she exerted. Leaving two to now drag her body. Almost immediately 11 hovered over her.

  “What happened?”

  “She passed out.” and as soon as she informed him he seemed to lose interest. 1 and 12 had made their tool and tested it out. Upon seeing a member unconscious they all hurried to 8. 12 looked over at her. Finally 8’s eyes fluttered, drawn specifically to 12’s breasts. Neither of them moved. Almost as if both parties were enjoying it until 3 ran up to them.

  “8 are you good?” he shouted, looking up at the six foot girl over her he stopped dead in his tracks.”What the-”

  “She’s fine.” 12 said flatly with a dead panned look. Suddenly 3 had no desire to inquire further. After everyone was settled, 1 began to make an announcement with 12 by his side. He was dwarfed by her height.

  “While I was working with 12 we noticed a structure and I felt the need to share it with you.” The group seemed curious, all ten other members followed him and 12 into the forest. 5 clutched the baby. In her arms. As she walked through the dense jungle-forest. The smell of plants overwhelmed her senses and the ridged feeling of bark scraping against her legs. 4 followed the group after he was awoken by 3. 11 went up to him. “Dude why didn’t you wake me up last night?”

  “Guess I was so sleepy I forgot.” 4 responded, you could tell he was obviously lying but his tone was so flat it could rival 12’s.

  “I’m as capable as you are.” 11 said, catching up with the rest of the group leaving 4 and 3 in his dust.

  Then the group saw it, pressed against the base of the mountain was a rectangular portal structure. It was at least 12 feet by 6 feet and made of a blue-violet material, its light illuminated the plants and just the close surrounding parts of the forest. It was noticeable because it was the only light that wasn’t a sickly green colour.

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  “What the hell..” 2 said.

  3 and 8 immediately went up to it, it must’ve been action because the air inside the portal distorted and had the faint colour of emerald green. “Wait guys i see something..” 8 said, and almost immediately the entire group came up as close as she was. With an impressive amount of reflexes she pushed five people in, and 3 snickered pushing another five in but being gentle with 7 and the baby.

  “Shi, they’re gone..” 3 said, the portal looked like it just swallowed them and that they never existed in the first place.

  “So are you!” 8 said, still having fun, pushing 3 in but three grabbed her too. “You’re coming with me bitch!” he laughed. Both of them racing with adrenaline.

  Ironically 10 was one. 10 was a one year old child. He sat in an office he recognised, in fact it was his own office and he assumed he was ten floors up. There was one man in front of him was ten times his size and he eyed the baby happily. The man was in a pinstripe suit and had a curly moustache as well as black combed back hair and a mole on his chin. He welcomed 10 with a smile.

  “Hi Altin.”

  “What am I doing here? Why do I remember everything?”

  “Because that's your blessing.”

  “Seems that's standard. And what do you mean by ‘my blessing’?”

  “Everyone gets a blessing. You have the rat blessing as you were born year of the rat.”

  “Is that why you resemble one?” he insulted, clearly bitter at his circumstances.

  “Yes.” he held up his rat tail, the man was also noticeably chubby. “The rat blessing is essentially, you’re smarter, faster and luckier. Like a rat.” he smiled. “However, you cannot talk. It’ll sound like a squeak. Like a normal baby or even-”

  “A rat. Yes i guessed that.” he frowned.

  “Exactly!” he said happily. Taking something from out under his desk. A baby milk bottle and throwing it over to Altin who caught it.

  “This is insulting.”

  “Hardly. I’ll see you again sometime. Until then, Mirupafshim.”

  “Vrite veten.” and then it cut to black.

  1 sat in a cramped cubicle. A woman twice his side leaned against it.

  “Hiya Raffaello.”

  “What..” 1 said, looking around and then standing up. “Where am i?” he stumbled out of his cubicle, seeing the image replaced tenfold. A sea of empty cubicles and fluorescent light. It seemed.. Soulless. The sphere was beige and every so often a lone dust particle seemed to drift in the air.

  “Raffaello. You’re in my realm. And you represent the year of the goat.”

  “What does that even mean?” he said looking over at her, noticing the goat horns protruding from her head. She was in a suit and had frivolous light brown hair.

  “You have the blood of a leader. You’re respectful but also persuasive, naturally you’re agile and you get a beard and your hair will progressively lighten.”

  “Only cosmetic changes?”

  “You’ll see.” she responded in her calm and collected manner. Walking back into her office that was three feet away from him and shutting the door. He could hear her personality deeply contrast to what he was shown. jumping in happiness and Fangirling about how she did such a good job. Then he found his vision fading to black.

  Established schedule or (maybe) once every month?