Clara's Caverns

Clara is an adventurer. Every day, she walks into her caves, exploring, finding new tunnels every day, always singing with her canary Roxy, and her echo. What happens when she one day wanders in too far? What secrets are lucking in the shadows? And who is her echo really?

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As she walked, she looked around. Clara had gone too far in. Her canary, Roxy, tweeted in fear. Even she knew they had traveled too far. Clara didn't mind. She enjoyed any and all adventure. Even if all the tunnels looked exactly the same... Dodging a stalagmite and then ducking down to avoid a stalactite, Clara kept singing. She kept intoning, even as she realized she was lost, but then suddenly, her echo wasn't obeying her. She froze, lips unmoving but lyrics continuing. A prick of fear began to swallow her, and questions started popping in her head. Who was there? Why were they there? Why had they been repeating her lyrics? How long had this mysterious person been in here, repeating her lyrics? How were they in here? How long had they been here? The questions bottled up inside her until she could only squeak out one frightened word. "Hello?"

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