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The Meaning of Life by Gone Awry

It was warm and dark, inside the riduculously large cave. I looked at huge stalagmites jutting up from the floor like spears. I saw a man, sitting cross-legged in the middle of the cave, a fire burning beside him. I smelled something I couldn't quite place, something delicious. "Hello. What brings you to the cave of the shaman?" he said, waving me closer. I took a single micro-step forward, puzzled by this strange hermit. "I'm here for the Meaning of Life. I was told that you held it here." i said, trying to keep my voice steady. "Yes. But first, you must get past the Sphinx. It's very clever, and it will not let you get to the meaning of life easily." the man said, throwing powder into the fire. I gulped. Sphinx? What ki

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