You return to the doorway that leads into the boxed canyon. The shadow is still there and it doesn’t look like it’s going to give up and go away anytime soon. Being that it’s staring at the doorway, there’s absolutely no way to sneak past. Stupid giant stallion and his stupid… muscular body… Suddenly the shadows on its body seem to almost ripple with intense force. You place a hoof to your face and feel it getting warm. You steal a glance from inside the doorway at the shadow’s face and catch its vortex-like eyes. Instantly your vision darkens to an almost complete black before you pull your head back inside and gasp in fear, waiting for your vision to return.

Nope nope nope nope nope. What were you thinking?! Not gonna happen. Ever. Never ever ever.

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This is a puzzle-type situation. Eventually the shadow will give up and go away, but quite a bit of time will pass before then. Players can either continue to try and figure out how to proceed faster (or any number of other things), or vote to wait it out.

Here’s your inventory again.