Expected? Chapter 4C

Murky water infiltrates the suitcase and salt water stings your eyes. You disregard the pain; you need to break free. You stab the suitcase, attempting to make a hole big enough for you to escape before time runs out. You know the average person can hold their breath for approximately 30 seconds.
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 Panic sets in as you feel yourself sinking lower and lower into muddy water.
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 Your hands shake as you attempt to augment the hole.
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 Due to your trembling, your aim is off and you begin making tiny holes instead of one hole big enough for you to escape through.
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 You take a break to calm down and attempt to stop shaking.
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 The hole is big enough for you to fit your arm through, maybe bigger.
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 Dizziness sets in.
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 Panic grips you.
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You begin violently stabbing the arm sized hole, spurred on by a fresh fear of drowning.
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You stop thrusting the pocket knife to test the size of the hole.
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 You discover that you fit halfway through.
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 With your head and torso free of the cage that is the suitcase, you fiercely kick your legs, determined to free yourself.
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 Blackness fills your vision as you continue to put up a fight against the clutches of your cage.
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 Suddenly, you break free. You are fully out of the suitcase, floating in open water.
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You don't remember which way is up and which is down. Swimming the wrong way could be lethal. Time is running out.

You have a 50% chance. If you want to choose a direction and stick with it, click here.

If you want to wait for someone to rescue you, click here. 

-s.s.