After a Month in the wilderness you , Hannahona and Jimmy live awkwardly as racoons.
One day they both decide to gather some berries for the week.
Eating fish, your mind slowly drifting between racoon and human thoughts, you begin to miss your freind, and
jimmy, and go running after them.
While going through pine tree pass you notice a weird base camp located in the middle of the forest, a woman,
eating a tub of berries is sitting in the front room as if waiting for something. You can see through the
window. The small cabin had a radio signal transmiter attatched, and through the other window you see army men
talking.
On the buildings side there is an abbreviation: A.C.E.S. You had no idea.
Then finally, you see jimmy climbing a tree.
"Jimmy"
"Yes?"
"Where's Hannahona? [Your lady friend]
Jimmy responds questioningly "I can't remember, she left in the trees to talk to some other coons"
You, and Jimmy leave:but a thought comes to make you come back:
How could that lady in the window be eating berries and not transform like you?
Further investigation was needed.
After two hours of pond fishing Hannahona returns.
"Hey we were looking for you, how was the meeting?"
"It was fine, no complaints the forest is dandy"
"Dandy? that's a new one haven't heard you say that before."
"Hmm...weird."
You were already putting two and two together: your racoon freind here might not be what she seems, and on to
her game, you spy on her when she, in the middle of the night, ran into that part of the woods again.
A.C.E.S...What did it mean?
You follow han into the river and watch her...
get a midnight snack.
You felt pretty dumb.
After an hour of watching her eat, and go back to the nest you decide to be brave and go into A.C.E.S.
you dig a hole, and find you way under the floor boards.
Listening
...Nothing for an hour till sunrise then...
"General sir, good morning"
"Morning jules how was sleep?"
Blah blah blah...
"How's the family?"
"oh...we just lost my second cousin"
"Yeah missing for a week with jimmy"
That choked you up hard...Jules...you vaguely remember the name. Tennis comes to mind.
Tennis team!
You were on the tennis team with jules!
After another hour of sobbing jules says:
"Here's the Report for this week. I need to lay down."
Looking through the cracks of the floor board you see "Animal Cause/Effect scenario" A.C.E.S!
This is an animal experiment center! That's why it was gated.
You dashed right away to hannahona and Jimmy.
"Hannahona! Hannahona!"
"Yes My mate?"
"There's a disturbance in the forest, people are testing on animals, I saw in a report there was shock
therapy, and drugging, and all kinds of weird things. That's why this is a gated forest we're in an animal
experiment test site!"
"No, My mate, this is not so, there's something I've forgotten to tell you about me"
"What? Why would we keep secrets, I thought we were engaged"
"No, Let me tell you a story. There was once a little Indian girl who lived in this forest not to long ago,
she was fond of her family, and lived on a reservation for the utes tribe. She loved the forest, and nature.
Listen, I try and act like you, but I'm not like you."
"...Is that all?"
Jimmy said, confused and lightheaded.
"O.K let me put it this way: I turned you into...A racoon."
You and Jimmy looked shocked.
"...Why?! I mean, I know I kinda wanted to, but it wasn't your choice to make! Nor was it yours to make to
poor Jimmy! I still have trouble you know. I've been starting to miss my old life, and my freinds, and my Job,
and my Family. This was a hard decision! I can't believe you would do this! I thought we had a connection!"
"we did! We had a connection it's just...when I saw your face I had to do something! So...I cursed those
berries. In my tribe you see: I was the local shaman, and it was a pretty new thing because our Native rights
officer had introduced me to it, and it was from africa, and I was so excited to practice my magic
then...things got bad.
"What did you do?"-Jimmy
"Well as you may know the ute's have had a long history with torture, and I was so angry, I mean infuriated,
really mad at the white man In a bad point of my life. You have to understand: My people have suffered trough
so much, and now with the obesity epidemic..."
Hannahona looked desperately.
"Sigh...I cast a circle, I saw the delivery men who were providing us food, and I prayed to the totems of the
forest to change them into a form where they no longer could harm my people. Then, I changed with them, and I
saw you"
Jimmy was angered:
"Don't make it sound so innocent you pagan neanderthal. You did witch craft, you were a witch, I don't care if
it was African or American magic you used the devil, and that's that. Don't try and spice it up with yer talk
on all this "My people" nonsense. You did something ute: tortured them drivers, and then used voodoo and look
where it gotcha: They just got new drivers! You have done nothing For "Your people"
Hannahona was in awe.
You were in awe: Jimmy, being a catholic Apache Native you assumed had the right to speak in such a manner.
Han was down, and limp.
"Your words can hurt you know"
"The truth hurts: I miss my mom and dad."
You see Han, and Jimmy both saddened.
Hannahona:"Jimmy..."
"Yeah?"
"Do you think it's... we're both, you know, Indians"
"Sorta..."
"Do you recall a story from the anastazi, or ancient enemy, about an enslaved race, and a freedom fighter from
great grandfather to set them free?"
"No, but do recall a man named mosses, and a man nammed pharoah."
"What I'm saying is maybe, I'm...pharoah, and I just need Jesus right now."
You have no current Idea what to say right now.
"No, you aren't. Your just paul before he was paul. We all need Jesus"
You finally get to a break point.
"Hey, do you guys ever wonder why we like nature so much anyways?"
Hannahona:"What!? I love nature! It is our bond. We are bound to it! we are one with the wind and it's
sediment"
"I'm just saying, I thought I was into it but really...I just wanna go back to my little construction
outlines, and maybe get a cool chick in my life. Jimmy's been trying to get me to go to church and I was
thinkin' maybe I might try it."
Hannahona:" Huh. 'get a cool chick in my life' Typical white man."
"just sayin"
"O.K. I guess I can change you guys back if I have the right things."