21 - The Festival
The light is a lake. A lake that glows from underneath, pale green and steady, in the middle of the black forest. The wolves are right behind you, so close you can hear them breathing, and there is nothing else to do. You jump. The water is warm. The moment it closes over you the fur is gone, the hooves are gone and you come up spluttering with two hands and two feet and your own face. A shining lady rises out of the middle of the lake with her feet on the water. She looks at you for a long moment, says you do not belong here and snaps her fingers.
Noise. Colour. Drums. You are standing in the middle of a busy street with a paper lantern bumping against your head. Chinatown. A festival. A dragon costume forty people long winds past you, firecrackers go off in strings, the smell of hot oil and sugar is everywhere and it is all so gloriously normal that you could cry. Your own time. Your own world. You start pushing your way towards the edge of the crowd.
Then you notice the men in black. One on the corner. One on the balcony. One on the roof of the noodle bar. All still, all hooded, all looking straight at you through the crowd. Ninjas. Somehow you know they are here for you. Something silver flashes past your ear and sticks in a lantern post. At the far end of the street a train is pulling into the station with its doors open. Weave through the crowd, keep your head down and get there before they close!
Make the train before the doors shut. Butt kicks or march steps, whichever you prefer, until you have done the total for your level.
How to clear this day
Pick your level - Level I 120 reps in total - Level II 140 reps in total - Level III 160 reps in total
Butt kicks or march steps. Pick one or mix them and keep going until you reach your total.
There is no timer today. Split the total into as many sets as you need and rest whenever you need to.
Where to next: Mark Day 21 done in the index below and come back tomorrow for Day 22. Three weeks survived.
