Standing at the edge of the river, you see dense forest on the other side. After crossing, you begin to hear swishing sounds in the forest around you. You catch glimpses of movement between the trees, and finally you get a brief but clear view of what looks like a large bird with long claws and sharp teeth. Something about it looks strangely familiar… You back up against a big tree and push the button on your ECT.
YOU
Dr. Owen, are you there? There’s some kind of big sharp-toothed bird running around in the forest. It has big claws on its feet.
DR. OWEN
Timmy, what are you doing? I’ve been trying to contact you. You need to get out of there now.
YOU
What do you mean?
DR. OWEN
If the ECT really is showing me where you are based on the museum exhibits, you’re right in the middle of the northern forest. Here in the museum, that’s exhibit is filled with velociraptors.
As Dr. Owen is speaking, another of the large sharp-toothed birds dashes through the trees to your left.
YOU
What? All I see is these big bird things. They’re a little freaky, but nothing like a velociraptor.
DR. OWEN
Timmy, those are velociraptors! In the movies they show them without feathers, but in real life they were covered in them!
YOU
But they’re only a few feet tall! They’re not like the velociraptors in the movies at all!
DR. OWEN
They’re just as dangerous as the ones in the movies. You need to get out of there fast. If this indicator is right, it looks like you’re right in the middle of the forest, so just pick which way you want to go.
You can still hear the river off to the west. The blue light is off toward the northwest. You can try to cross back to the other side of the river and enter the forest to the west, or you can continue north through the velociraptor forest and try to come out the other side to the north.
Do you go back across the river, or continue north through raptor territory?