Official preview artwork from The Picnic — demon, river, and eerie cabin.
THE PICNIC
by Agrim Sharma
A normal-seeming picnic turns deadly. You don't know where you are. Will you be able to find your parents?
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An Escape!
Your family decides to take you on a picnic. You are happy, at last- after such long, tiring exams- an escape!
You enter a dark, misty, foggy, mountainous and lush green forest with trees piercing the sky. You are surprised and happy about the sight.
Your family arranges a rug on the short grass and lays down the dishes. You had a great feast.
Soon, you fell into a dreamy sleep.
As soon as you wake up, it's evening but something's odd: your parents are nowhere to be found, the sky is red, and there is only one path. You are not in your universe!
What should you do to escape? Be quick, something unpleasant is watching.
🌲 Take the path
🔍 Search for your parents
The Path
The path leads to a river, deep, dark and mysterious. You see a boat.
Should you take it? It might be contaminated!
Take the boat 🛶
Swim instead 🥽
Well, well, well!
You cross the river and enter the other side of the forest. You see a deep, dark, old, mossy well and a bucket. An old man asks you to take water from the well.
Will you help him?
Take water from the well 🪣
Ignore 🏃🏻➡️
Swim- really?
You try to swim into the river water, fearing the microbes present on the old wood of the boat. You try really hard but can't move an inch in the river, as if the river is filled with cement. You sink, but, you can breathe. In the green bed of the river, you notice a red figure. It asks for water, you are freaked out by seeing the giant with a segmented body, the face of a cockroach, and large horns on top. You say, "I only have food." Then he says, "Yes, you look tasty."
He offers you a lemon and a clove, which one will you choose?
🍋
🌰
The Cabin
You walk past him and notice a small cabin. You get inside and see a bed.
Will you sleep?
Move out 🚪
Sleep 🛏️
Tribal Village- you are welcome!
You walk out and find a small, old village with a huge fireplace in the middle, surrounded by huts radiating outward in a circular pattern. Villagers ask,
"Are you a member of Djougi Tembor tribe?"
Dko Dko Dko! 🪵
No
You find people who resemble your parents. As you approach, they turn—the first figure is your father, the second is your mother, and at last—you see yourself! They ask who you are; you check your reflection in a puddle-
You don't have a face! They start to chase you.
☠️ Try again!
Loss of identity 🪞
You start to turn the pulley; it keeps going deeper and deeper. Old man smiles with a toothless mouth, and in a shaky, deep voice, he whispers- "IT'S INFINITELY DEEP AND MY 'PET' RESIDEs IN IT."
Then, he pushes you into the well.
☠️ Try again!
Swallowed/Fell into the void 🕳️
Demon says, "Remember how I went from a successful man to metamorphosing into an insect? Society didn't accept me. I have adapted to live in this stinky river. I love lemon with my food." You realise that lemon was its favourite seasoning!
Demon Samsa eats you raw!
☠️ Try again!
Swallowed
You chose to be the slave of devil and sold your soul to him for eternity.
God is not happy with you.
Explore other endings 🔙
Devil has a lot of work to do!
You wake up to find that it was all a dream and you are home!
They assign you a cottage, and you live the rest of your life with the challenges of the forest,
as peculiar figures visit regularly.
Explore other endings 🔙
Stuck in a strange universe 🌌
You are asked to sip the secret 'Welcome Soup.' ... You wake up with the drumbeats. You are tied in the middle of cold firepit. The villagers are cannibals and you notice immense heat-
with a sudden burst of flames, you are burned into a sacrificial ritual.
☠️ Try again!
Death by sacrifial fire 🔥
About Me
Hi, I'm Agrim Sharma, a developer and bibliophile from UP, India. I strive to excel in everything interesting. I enjoy Python, chess, sketching, painting, and reading.