-slipperyt- — Jenny-s Odd Adventure 5

The gnome below cheered. “That’s not how physics works!”

“ Because she kept taking him for granted. ”

Instead of falling, Jenny slid around the banana peel, through a shimmer of ridiculous joy, and landed directly on the Fifth Key: a small, dry, non-slip rubber duck.

The Banana stared. “That’s cheating.” Jenny-s Odd Adventure 5 -SlipperyT-

She slid back to the bottom. Twice. On the third try, she imagined falling sideways and ended up clinging to the T’s left arm, which was now inexplicably coated in maple syrup.

Jenny rolled up her sleeves. “Let’s get silly.”

“Simple. I’ll peel myself and lay a peel across the top. You have one chance to cross without sliding off into the Fifth Fold’s Backrooms of Eternal Tumbling.” The Banana grinned. “Oh, and I also get to tell one joke. If you laugh, you slip. If you don’t laugh, you still slip, because I’ll trip you.” The gnome below cheered

It was so stupid. So perfectly, awfully stupid. Jenny snorted. Then giggled. Then howled with laughter, clutching her sides, sliding sideways—

Jenny considered. “That’s not a bargain. That’s a scam.”

“Oh no,” Jenny said, clutching the brass compass that had guided her through the last four oddities. “Not a SlipperyT.” The Banana stared

A small, worried-looking gnome in a damp business suit popped out from behind a dandelion. “You know of it?”

“Nothing is!” Jenny screamed happily, skidding past a family of startled garden flamingos.

She turned the duck’s key. The SlipperyT deflated with a sad, wet squeak, becoming a normal pink t-shirt on the grass. The Banana sighed, peeled itself in defeat, and vanished.