You briefly consider feeding The Ravenous Eggbug all your posts. Maybe that will buy you just enough time to escape. You take Tagslug's POST from your inventory and hold it in your hands, remembering their WORDS to you back at the courthouse.
Never give up a POST given to you sincerely, young Bug! You have been entrusted with the greatest treasure the Kingdom of Posting has to offer! You must see them properly posted, you have made a promise.
Recalling that conversation stiffens your resolve. You turn to The Ravenous Eggbug, hold out your hand, and yell at the top of your lungs:
NO!
The Ravenous Eggbug pauses, unsure of what to do next.
POOOOOSTS?
"No!" you cry. "These posts belong to kind, considerate people! Also Tingus! And Tangus! They are not for eating!"
The Ravenous Eggbug seems to think this over. The rage and hunger slowly drain from their eyes. Their demeanor changes from Ravenous to somewhat affable.
"You're right!" Eggbug says with a smile. "I'm so sorry, it's just that I get terribly lonely down here, and hungry."
"Lonely?" you reply, trying to guide the conversation away from eating. You kind of wish now that you had saved that chocolate coin, but that happened so long ago, it's hard to dwell on it.
Eggbug squints at you, as if trying to remember something. "Say... you look awfully familiar. You weren't by chance an ORPHAN, were you?"
"Oh, well, I was, but my PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN—"
"And is today your Questeenth birthday?"
"It is..."
Suddenly, Eggbug's demeanor changes completely! He looks very proud as he ushers you to a door marked EXIT. It's made of hardened steel, and it's quite small. You'll have to do a bit of squeezing just to fit through.
"I'm too big to fit," Eggbug explains. "But if you go through that door, your adventure just might be over."
Map
Stats
- Egg: 6
- Bug: 10
- Posting: 4
Inventory
- 1x Kind Heart
- 1x Cut of Your Jib
- 1x Purple Key
- 1x Tingus vs Tangus Differentiation Guide
- Tagslug's Post
- Tingus's Post
- Tangus's Post
- Critters's Post
- 1x Candle
- 1x Crude Map