Back To Normal, Whatever That Meant

I closed my eyes and felt the shift of worlds, my body change, the water around me. I opened my eyes to four smiling faces, the girls were all sitting around the bed I was lying on. We were back in the town, but I wasn't sure which one; this wasn't the same place we had stayed before, The Rusty Hook, this was a nice place.

"Girls, where are we?"

"Pendaria, Dave, it's civilization! With real people!" Grace exclaimed with excitement.

"Really? How do the rest of you feel?"

The girl's dog piled me in response, all trying to squeeze the life out of me, and coming close. After I was released from death's loving embrace the girls went back to their stupid infectious grins. The group were being a bunch of stoop pigeons, looking at me and then each other.

"Okay, I give up, what's so funny or whatever has got you all tongue-tied and smiling like clowns?"

I had to put up my hands to stop another dogpile, and the girls let out a collective sigh.