Heather was awoken by the hands of her friends helping her off the ground and a strained soreness coming from her right side. Coming to her senses and opening her eyes, she could hear the worked grunting of Lindsey right by her ear. Turning her head, she could see Lindsey’s head less than a shoulder’s length from her head, straining away her, the reason for the soreness becoming rapidly apparent.

    Looking down at her body, Heather was shocked to see that the strange machine must have somehow conjoined her and Lindsay. The right shoulder of her blazer meld to meet the shoulder of Lindsey’s white shirt. Awkwardly placed directly upon the seem was Heather’s right arm, which was now wearing a sleeve composed of both materials. Looking further down, their legs merged together such that there was a single leg between them, wearing a jean sleeve that was a similar mix of the two jeans they were wearing. Rather than wearing a strange combination of a sneaker and pump, the foot was bare, revealing the strange amalgamation. In the very center of the foot was a pinky toe, however on each side of it were four toes (the left side being Heather’s toes and the right being Lindsey’s) such that the foot had nine toes. Despite the fact their body was connected, Heather could not feel anything further than a couple inches past their seam.

    “Get away from me!” Lindsey shouted as she continued to try and pull away from their shared body, physically pulling their body with her.
    “Lindsey! Snap out of it!” Heather said, manipulating their central arm, which had a much greater range of mobility than Heather initially thought, to slap Lindsey in the face. She then grabbed her chin, forcing Lindsey to stare her in the face, saying “Look Lindsey. It’s not like I want to be in this situation either, but you have to face the facts. We’re stuck like this for the time being and you can either continue to try and rip us apart and potentially kill us both, or just deal with it. Got it?” Lindsey gave it as good a nod as she could with her face trapped in Heather’s hand, “Good.” Heather let go of Lindsey’s face.

    “Hello? Let’s get a move on y’all, we’ve got places to see!” Scarlett said, opening the door she had exited out of moments ago. The group began to shamble out, only Veronica staying behind to assist the two girls in moving.
    “You okay?” Veronica asked the two.
    “Yeah, do you mind helping us? I don’t think we’ll be able to walk that easily like this…” Heather said.
“Well, it doesn’t look too complicated. Try acting like you’re in a three-legged race.”
    “M’kay. Lindsey, you ready?” Heather said.
    “Huh? Oh… sure…” she said submissively, her massive ego taking a back seat to their situation.
    “Okay then. Outside leg first,” Heather commanded, “on three. One. Two. Three.” The two girls stepped out with their outer legs. The girls then stepped with their inner leg, quickly entering into a rhythm as they approached the door out of The Games Room, with Veronica following behind them.

    Out in the hallway, the girls immediately realized they had no clue where the rest of the group went. “Well, this is bad…” Heather said.
    
“On the plus side, we could try finding a way out.” Veronica said, choosing to look on the bright side of not being with the tour guide.
    “Sounds like a plan.” Heather said. The girls then began to walk down the hallway the way they had approached the room.

    After what felt like nearly a half hour of exploring the house, the girls stopped to rest outside a set of double doors. “Okay, what the fuck is up with this house?” Lindsey said, a bit of her spunk having returned due to the sheer boredom of exploring the labyrinthian complex.
    “Yeah,” Veronica said, “we’ve been walking forever, but we haven't even found a single staircase.”
    “Not to mention, I’m pretty sure we’ve crossed these door at least a couple of times by now…” Heather said.
    “Well here,” Veronica said, pulling out a lipstick container from her pocket, “let’s mark the doors we cross this time, and give it one last go.”
    “Ugh! Fine! As long as it gets us out of here sooner.” Lindsey said.

    It took less than five minutes for the girls to return to the set of double doors. “What the hell?” Lindsey said, “We definitely did no walk in a circle!”
    “It’s almost like this room is drawing us towards it…” Heather said, an imaginary lightbulb going off in her head, “Oh no…” Heather opened the door

    “Took you long enough girls!” Scarlet said, standing up from her position in the chair directly opposite the set of double doors, “We were just about to get started without you!” she proclaimed spreading her arms wide to emphasize what was currently on the large ornate table that took up most of the room.

    What was on the Dining Room table?
    1.) A smorgasbord of delicious cuisine
    2.) A buffet … of Human body parts
    3.) Nothing but cutlery