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Feeling more at home with North European culture (and disregarding the fact that you are currently a creature from Eastern folklore) you walk slowly up the ramp and enter the door with the Scottish motif.
Moments later the sun shines ever stronger as you stumble out through a doorway set in a broken stone wall. Quickly putting some distance between yourself and the wall, you turn around to look at it.
You see an old castle ruin standing by a gloomy lake.
Looking around a bit you realize you have been here before. It is Uruqhart Castle - on the shore of Loch Ness. Well, guess that answers the question you haven't had time to ask yet, about what kind of mythological creatures are found in Scotland!
As soon as you finish the thought, there is a thunderous splash as a big (and I mean BIG) head pokes out of the water some distance from the shore. You kind of expected it, so you only jump a few feet back. The head turns to look around, then stops and stares right at you with what can only be described as a gleeful expression.
Nessie is happy to see a kitsune? Sure, that makes loads of sense. Not. More likely a player in this crazy game being happy to see another one...
Before you can finish the thought, Nessie turns its head slightly to point its snout at something lying on the beach. It looks like a pile of skin rather similar to what covers the apparition in front of you. Must be another Nessie costume. As you move to pick it up, the big head nods eagerly.
Hmm, something funny here. You are definitely still in the myth section, but Nessie is a water creature, not a land one. Maybe moving around changed some other variable as well? You remember that most people who talk about Nessie refer to it as "her", and it strikes you that you now have a unique opportunity to determine the truth once and for all.
Or... is there more to this? There are two Nessie costumes here, one being worn. Are they both female?
Both male? Or... something about the other creature's enthusiasm tells you this may be the right one... one of each?
Written by Won-Tolla on 01 July 2007