Yellow Eye hadn’t understood what Red Eye meant by “keeping an eye out” until they were past the fourth hurdle and glanced to their left.
“Pinky Panther had been trailing until then. They didn’t relent, and I couldn’t keep up. I didn’t know what to do,” continued Yellow Eye. “But I knew what they would do – win the event.”
We watched from the sideline as Pinky Panther received their gold and turned to face their fans.
“PINKY! POWER! PINKY! POWER!” They chanted.
As Greg Woods announced the current overall standings, Mallard approached us with their silver. “What an interesting start to our hosting experience,” they noted, chuckling. “It’s not going as we expected, but I think it’s more fun that way.”
Mallard looked towards their locker room, sighing. “No one wanted to start the way we did. But we can only improve, and if there’s anything we can learn from the current leaders – there’s always hope.”
Noticing Sheet approaching, Mallard shied away.
“AW YEAH! THE GLACIERS GLIDE TO BRONZE!” yelled Sheet, embracing Iceberg on their way to our crew.
“I knew someone on our team would be able to do this event justice,” asserted Iceberg. “Maybe you can teach me some tricks?”
Sheet beamed. “You bet.”
We photographed Sheet with their bronze and with Swax, who they motioned to join them.
“Look at us! Just a couple of reserves who came in clutch for our teams,” Sheet told Swax.
“We’re cool like that,” Swax replied, winking through their sunglasses.
Nudging each other, the two turned to watch Pinky Panther do the same to Pinkydink, their medal falling loosely to the ground as a result. Laughing, Pinky Panther picked up the medal and extended it to Pinkydink, who smiled as they declined to try it on.
Credits
- Writer: Stynth
- Graphic Designer: Jelle’s Marble Runs
- Reference: Marble Race: ML22 E3: 5m Hurdles | Jelle’s Marble Runs
- Release: 22/11/2022
Project Marblearth 