THE FRAME FARM

Sharly starts violently. A myriad of emotions flicker across her face. Settling on blind rage, she grabs you by the scruff of your neck and drags you to the pond's edge where she dunks your head under the water several times.

You struggle to loosen her grip and succeed in shoving her away. Sharly stumbles and falls backwards, landing on a small fire within a circle of stones. Letting out a holler, she leaps back up, her pants seat on fire. She runs madly off in all directions, fire flaring from her backside like flame from the tailpipe of a turbojet.

That avenue of investigation just went up in smoke. You can

(1) Return to the Frame farm

or

(2) Leave the farm