Over the Stormy Seas: A Mythic Love Discovery

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Published 3/17/2023
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I yawned as I packed up my tent. I had only just managed to get to sleep after a long, hard day of hiking and exploring. It was late, or early, depending on how you looked at it. My phone read 3:21am as I finished cleaning up my mess and headed out into the woods to take care of business.

When I returned from the latrine I noticed something strange. The smell was unmistakable, the cold air held no secrets. Someone was smoking nearby, in their tent. Most likely one of my campers who didn't follow the rules about no-smoking inside tents and cabins.

I shook my head and walked past the tent, heading back to mine. I heard something stir inside, then felt a sudden chill run down my spine.

"Hello?" A small voice called out from the dark, slightly muffled by the thick canvas of the tent's roof.

I stopped walking, looking around nervously for the source. "Um...hello? Who's there?"

"....me." The voice sounded tiny and helpless; like that of a lost child or a kitten in distress. "Can you help me?" She asked, her voice growing more desperate as she spoke.

"Uhhh...sure thing kiddo! What's wrong?" I replied, scanning the area for whoever needed help.

"I'm stuck!" Her voice cracked with fear and stress as she spoke again. "Can you open the door please?" She pleaded with me in a tone that made my heart melt instantly.

I took a step closer towards the tent's door and paused again as a gust of wind whipped around me, sending rainwater spraying across my face in a fine mist that stung my eyes and soaked my clothes in seconds flat. It struck me as odd that someone would be out in this weather if they were not being forced to be here against their will or through some other means...and yet here she was; asking for help from a stranger in what sounded like an emergency situation. There was nothing else for it though; she sounded sincere, there was no way I could leave her out here alone at night if she really needed help so desperately, so without thinking too much about it I reached down and grasped one of many loops hanging from all corners of her shelter until I found one which had no others connected to it easily accessible or nearby and pulled lightly on it until I felt it give under pressure slightly, then pulled harder until it suddenly gave way with a *pop*!

The force of my pulling caused all but one end of the tarps stakes to jump free from the ground they had been driven into while constructing this shelter and resultantly caused that end of the tarp to momentarily rise up high enough for me to pull back further still until it tore free completely from its last remaining point of connection to her shelter and allowed me to swing it overhand away from her shelter as far as possible before letting gravity take hold once again and cause it to flutter back down toward me where I threw it over shoulder again; repeating this process several times with each attempt causing it to move farther away from her shelter each time until finally after several attempts its length had reached such a height that even standing on tip-toes would not allow anyone inside her shelter easily see out through any opening or gap between tarps now that she had no access even if she tried to peek out between them now; thus trapping her inside until either I let them out or chose otherwise myself when I got tired of playing King Kong with her tarp roof every few minutes whenever want to move closer or farther away from her without letting her know where exactly I was at any given moment when doing so! In addition, each attempt furthered lowered its edge downward so that eventually it was just barely several inches off the ground allowing me to walk right underneath it unhindered whenever needed whenever needed whenever needed whenever needed whenever needed whenever neeeeeeeededdddddd!!!!!!

For now though I decided against doing so immediately; instead i opted to wait patiently beneath its cover just outside her shelter's entrance until she spoke again after assessing our current situation after spending several moments quietly inside herself while considering what options she might have available to her at this point...given that nothing had worked as well as planned so far tonight already!



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