11.2 Ouchie Sandworm Tummy Ride (Do Not Recommend)

Oh-ho-ho! Kakariki had himself a very bad day!
 
Kakariki and friends step through the magic door, and poof!—sand! Sand everywhere! All up in Kakariki’s fur! Yuck! Little camels walking by, merchants needing help, big scary desert… but Kakariki is a big strong warrior (yes yes), so Kakariki says, “Let’s go, Blaze! Time to be heroes!”
 
Then— BOOM!!! Big, big, big worm explodes from the sand! With big teeth! And a bigger appetite! It tries to eat Kakariki and Blaze, but Blaze is too fast! Kakariki? …Eh. Not so lucky. Plop! Into the big nasty worm belly. It is very stinky in here. Bad day.
 
But Kakariki is smart! Kakariki is brave! He drink potion. He pull out sword. He… stab himself instead. Why is inside-of-worm so wiggly? No fair!
 
Then—Blaaargh! Worm spits Kakariki out like old leftovers! Ow. But no time for whining! Worm still hungry! It eats Kakariki again! This time, Kakariki just sits. Accepts fate. Maybe he lives in worm belly now. Cozy.
 
Outside, Blaze is very mad! Blaze bites worm, bites hard! Friends keep shooting, blasting, smashing! Then BOOM!!! Big brain Tobias uses mind tricks, KABOOM! Worm goes bye-bye. Kakariki and Renaldine go flying! Again.
 
Kakariki spits out sand. Sits up. Laughs. “Blaze, Kakariki thinks he broke a rib. Or three.”
 
Blaze growls.
 
“Blaze says Kakariki is bad at this.”
 
…He is not wrong.
 
But hey! Worm is dead! Kakariki wins! We take worm’s key, get some loot, and—oh! Kakariki very sleepy now. Nap time. No more worm today, yes yes.