FIG-Shiny object
From Create Your Own Story
You finish tying a thick layer of kelp around your feet and carefully climb down the rocks to the deeper tide pools below. The pool is filled with pink and green anemones and several slow-moving snails. It takes you a moment to find the shiny object that caught your eye and it takes even longer for you to decide to pull it out since it is guarded by a small crab. You manage to pluck it from the water without getting pinched.
The item is a small, gold-plated pocket watch. It clicks open when you press on the clasp at the top, revealing the face of the watch. There is a small circular window in the watch face through which you can see the inner gears revolving in an endless loop through time. On the inside of the cover, an inscription is engraved: From JM to ST.
This answers none of your questions, it just produces more. Are you JM or ST? Are either of these people related to you in anyway or is this just some random piece of sea treasure that just happened to wash ashore when you did? You tuck the little watch into your pant pocket anyway.
The tide is already lapping at your ankles and rising faster. The palm trees at the edge of the jungle promise shade and safety from the tides and you can easily outrun the waves. However, you remember that someone was calling for help just a few minutes ago and you should probably go and see if that person still needs help.
What do you do?
