The overwhelming need to go to the flowers was suddenly stronger than before, and you found that as you peer around, the task seems a lot more daunting. Exhaustion quickly swarms you as you turn back around. Despite being thankful you had managed to snag the pigeons and the water, you still feel the slight pounding of the lack of sleep within your skull.

It seems to rattle around and around in your head as you pad around. You think that if you must get out of the alleyway, the best way to go is... well, out. There were very little other places to go, and so you peer to the alleyway's wall around you before managing to squeeze your way out.

Shaking out your pelt as you inch out, you look back at the wall with a huff mixed as a sigh. You're tired and you don't want to go anywhere, but the flowers call louder and louder in your skull as you pad forward, scenting the air. Perhaps they have a scent that you can manage to remember to make it easier to find.

Instantly, a whirlwind of smells bombard you and you find yourself stumbling backward out of surprise and fear; it smelled like dogs and like cats. It smelled like danger and you didn't want to be where it was dangerous. You wanted to curl up in a soft, fluffy home and fall asleep. The she-cat pops into your head, but you ignore it.

You remind yourself of what you're looking for, and you scent the air again. Trying to ignore the cat and dog scent that plague the area, you take a few steps forward. Beneath you, green grass cushions your tired pawsteps, and despite this, it doesn't make it any easier to walk around as you try to find these flowers.

And yet, as moments go on, the headache that had started a while back only seems to grow worse. This time, though, it's not because of the lack of food or water. You're tired, and you know that, but you also know you have to find the flowers. Peering around once more, you sigh softly.

All around you is a scene of what would appear to be tranquil. Birds hum and sing songs to each other as you continue along. The grass beneath you murmurs quietly - a quiet tune of encouragement. The leaves that spiral nearby you are doing the same as the grass and creating a harmonious sight.

Though, your thoughts drift away to rest upon other things. The she-cat enters your mind and though you are looking for the flowers, she seems stuck there. Shaking your head to try and get your attention back to where it needs to be, you suddenly see several cats nearby.

They are facing you but their faces and expressions are cloaked in shadows, as above them looms a large tree with huge branches and many leaves. You shift backward, suddenly nervous. You wouldn't be able to take them in any sort of world, especially because of the exhaustion that now is following you around like a ruinous ghost.

Shifting, you watch them as you slip into nearby shadows. They simply mill around, their voices reaching your ears, but you can't make out any of the words they are saying. Despite their quiet tones, you can still detect dark and almost evil notes within their voices. You hope it's just something you're imagining.

After a while, they all amble off, and you carefully pad back out. You look to the sky and see that the sun seems almost to be drifting down toward the horizon already. Brief confusion fills you and you look frustratedly to the ground. It seemed like you'd just started. How was it almost already sunset?

- 10 energy, - 10 thirst, - 10 hunger

You know that the more you search for the flowers, the hungrier and more tired you will get. But exhaustion tugs harshly at you and you frustratedly look back around as though things would change. It didn't, though. You were still surrounded by trees and grass, somehow unable to find the previously vivid flowers.

Exhaustion seems to be all that you can feel- except for the strong urge to keep looking for the flowers, of course. But you know that if you keep looking, you could pass out, and then anything could find you and anything could happen.

Though, the flowers press harshly at the front of your head. You know that it's dangerous to keep going, but they seem so real and vivid that you think you might be able to find them very soon.

______STATS______

Aspen

Hunger: 75/100

Energy: 12/100

Thirst: 21/100

Health: 53/100