The Lake

Nelson fishing with Handy at the lake

## Chapter 1

### Act 5: Lake Trip!

Handy leaves the hideout and exits out of the well. The Cursor goes back to the cabin and tries to enter, but its locked. Handy searches for Gardener Skye and finds her at the garden. Gardener Skye welcomes Handy back before a drop of rain drips on her nose from above. Multiple rain drops appear right after; which disappoints her since the Handy Pals can’t garden in the rain. Gardener Skye comes up with an idea and brings Handy back to the cabin. She goes back to the garden and uses her whistle to wake up the Handy Pals. Gardener Skye announces that they’re all going to the lake. They all walk to the lake while some of the Handy Pals disappear. Gardener Skye realizes this and tells Handy to find them. Handy is able to find two of them which help Handy push a boulder. The Cursor discovers a third glove being eaten by a mutated Handy Pal. Gardener Skye yells out and the mutated glove runs away, fearing her for reasons unknown. Handy and the other two gloves return to Gardener Skye who is in front of another cabin. She tells them to wait outside. Handy enters the cabin and eavesdrops on her conversation with a frog in hunting gear called Nelson. Nelson jumps out of a hole from the cabin’s attic and aims a gun at Gardener Skye’s head, threatening to shoot her if she gives him his son, Ben, back. The rabbit acts clueless and asks what happened to Ben.

Nelson explains further that Ben disappeared in the previous night after going into the woods looking for Gardener Skye. Gardener Skye reassures Nelson, telling him that Ben is old enough to hunt by himself and that there’s no need to worry about him. She comments that she knows how hard it is to be a parent. Nelson points his gun away from the rabbit, apologizing for his actions. Gardener Skye accepts the apology and invites Nelson to go fishing with her, for old times sake. Nelson accepts the invitation and tells her that after their fishing trip, if Ben still doesn’t come home, he’ll look for Ben himself. After the conversation ends, Handy meets Nelson who apologizes for his actions from earlier and questions on why the white glove is different from the other Handy Pals. He decides to call Handy “lil’ guy” from now on and tells Handy to explore the cabin if it wants, all except the attic, which is Ben’s room. Gardener Skye is outside on a boat with the other two Handy Pals and tells Nelson to go with Handy, calling it a “curs-“ before interrupting herself and calling Handy a “white glove” instead. (It is implied that Gardener Skye was about to say “cursor”, meaning she is self-aware). They eventually arrive at the lake with their boats and Gardener Skye explains the rules of their fishing game.

Nelson tells Handy to win for him and ties Handy to the fishing rod. They must collect as much fish as possible before the time runs out, avoid the piranhas, and which ever team collects the most, wins the match! After the first minigame ends, Gardener Skye rows deeper into the lake and explains that they are going deeper into the lake to increase the difficulty. Once the second minigame ends, Nelson comments on how the rain has ended, but Gardener Skye tells him that theres one more round left which is going to be the most fun. Eventually, Nelson asks if they have arrived, but is met with silence. Gardener Skye belches out some sort of weird gooey substance into the water. She then comments on how Nelson is a fool and she comments on how she believed that Nelson’s species was a lot more intelligent. Nelson decides that he wants to leave and is about to row the boat before a bunch of tentacles emerge out of the water, stopping Nelson and Handy from leaving. Gardener Skye threatens Nelson to not leave, or else she’ll hurt Ben, who she has trapped. She tells him to follow her rules and Nelson would see his son again. The only rule of the last minigame that needs to be followed is for Handy to survive for a limited amount of times. If they lose, the consequence is death.

Nelson tells Handy good luck and fishes the white glove into the water. Once Handy survives the time limit, it is pulled out of the water by Nelson. He congrats Handy on surviving and asks Gardener Skye what would happen now. She yells out a wail of anger and says that Nelson thinks that he is better than her which is why he sent his pathetic son to spy on her and get rid of her. Gardener Skye calls Nelson a stupid frog and tells him that if he won’t play fair, then she won’t play fair. A gigantic sea monster appears out of the water and jumpscares Nelson and Handy. Handy next finds itself at the dark forest.