Chapter 7 Deal

• Panicking, although damage minimal, Tim rushes deeper towards the tunnel he went in tad earlier.
• Hoping to escape the problem, even waving his tail around to kill whatever's causing damage. That is, if there actually is a living being attacking.
• [Health -1 bar]
• "What the hell is attacking me!" Tim hollered, fitting his fins through the small tunnel and further rushing down.
• Now, he meets with a sharp right turn, this is some weird coral formation, he has sunk down over 10 meters now.
• Following this path for another 7 meters, panicking no doubt and feeling his stamina getting low as well.
• The little Stingray finds a semi-sharp left turn. This one stretches just for 4 meters before Tim runs in to an opening.
• Well more like a hole, a bit like the den he has but this one is submerged below corals far deeper and it's double the size.
• That doesn't necessarily make it massive, just around 15 feet circuraly wide but it's still big and stretches deeper.
• Either stretches deeper or has all it's sources of light captivated by the green coral above his head.
• [Health -1 bars]
• Tim heard again before bashing into this wide opening and finally felt something get off his back. Call it panic or call it reflex, his barb swung a couple of times and penetrated through whatever has damaged him until now.
• [Health -3 bars]
• [Urchin killed. 1 system point has been added as a reward.]
• [Available system points = 31]
• [Red sea urchin identified, statistics have been saved in your collection.]
• [Guest hasn't consumed the said urchin but information is still available about this species.]
• [Effect on hunger, non existent.]
• [Effect on health, non existent.]
• [Effect on sleep, +1 bar.]
• [Effect on Stamina, non existent.]
• Not impressed by the statistics, Tim queries with a prime aim to find out more. "That's a pretty useless urchin, does it give any powers? Like, upgrades on speed or anything?"
• [No, those are all the effects.]
• "This is shit then! I lost health and can't even see anything here. What's my total health?" The boy is still struggling with sleep just a tad bit but biting on an urchin right now would be a bad idea.
• [Your health is, 74/100]
• "That's not so bad... It's not so bad." Tim repeated it with himself, trying to stay calm but panic more than slowly overwhelming the boy. "I just need to get out of here and find leggy crabs."
• That became a firm plan to follow, he at least isn't close to dying so there isn't much to worry about.
• Making for the exit that's just a couple of meters away, his vision became blessed and the exit blocked by a species far larger than him.
• It's a large full grown eel, possibly stretching 1.5 meters! Beautiful at least and he can even recognize the species. This is a Moray eel!
• This fine beauty can kill Tim with one bite, there's no disagreements with that.
• Surprisingly not attacking, the massive eel actually starts speaking. "Do you want food?"
• Absolutely shocked that he actually started communicating with an animal here, Tim answers after a few seconds. "Uhhh... yes kinda. I need Marble crabs for something."
• [Marble shrimp] The system corrects, becoming tad sick of the boy's remembering capabilities but then understanding that this Stingray's IQ is 45.
• "No no, I need Marble shrimps." Tim corrected himself, considering that this eel can't possibly be hearing the system as well.
• Still fascinated, the 30 day old Stingray doesn't even allow the eel to speak, bursting in with another question. "You can speak my language? You can speak Stingray?"
• "A couple Stingray languages yes, you all aren't so complicated." The eel cites but Tim here can't figure out if it's a cuss or compliment.
• Getting straight to the point, this massive eel cites. "I can tell you where to find Marble shrimp but you have to get me out of here first."
• Staggered by the eel's demand, Tim points out the obvious. "How can I do that? I can't really do much. And how did you even get stuck down here?"
• Willing to talk since he didn't really have a chance to talk with anyone here for 6 months, the eel deciphers. "I'm here for 6 months already. Hundreds of sharks came here for a feeding spree, I slipped down here and ate any shark small enough to fit through the coral tunnel you just went through there."
• Finally finding a way to relate here, Tim gives a loud sigh and weighs in. "Guuhhh I hate sharks!!"
• Getting back to the point, this possible new friend adds. "Me too but I gotta get out of here, the sharks have left a week ago and I'm too big to fit through now."
• "Oh... do you want me to eat the coral? I have great jaws." Tim pitches, moving upwards a tad bit to reveal his bitters.
• Liking his enthusiasm but not his idea, the eel contradicts. "No no, that would take forever. You have to find Drake the mako shark, he knows how to get us out of here."
• "Uhhh... I think that dude tried to kill me." Tim pointed out once rethinking the species name.
• Not willing to blame a shark for trying to feed, the eel protects. "Yeah he does that... but he's my friend and has been around here before the feeding spree."
• Trying not to do this task but evading death down here as well, the little Stingray describes. "He hates me, I stabbed his nose and he got attacked by another eel while chasing me."
• "Oh then just yell my name, I'm Harold. Yell my name and he will hear you out for a little while." Well this at least is a good plan, should let Tim escape this alive and earn a reward as well.
• Finishing off the pitch, the massive eel adds. "Tell him where I am, he knows what to do."
• Still not used to the names, Tim queries. "Okay okay, but you will help me find the leggy crab things right?"
• Sure of his own capabilities, the eel weighs in. "Of course, I know at least 6 spots where they usually stay."