6

You enter the backdoor.
Says Jim: “Boy, it sure is dank in here.”
Says Mel: “Dank you very much for pointing that out. Dank you a hole lot. Mountains of danks go to you – I’m so overwhelmed with that news, I might cave in.”
Says Jim: “Enough,” and so it is. You look around a bit, and notice the remains of the last person that tried to get the treasure, holding a shield.
Says Mel: “He looks like my last girlfriend: Shielda. She wasn’t the best looking, but boy was she compassionate. Whenever I was feeling low, it was great to have a Shielda to lean on.”
Says Jim: “While you think up more of those, I’ll try to find some sort of clue for where to go from here.”
Says Mel: “This is nice shield– I bet that guy had to shield out a lot of dough for this.”
As Mel begins to scrape the bottom of the barrel for “shield” puns, you explore a bit further. You notice in one area, there is a large pile of leaves and twigs. On the other side of the cave there is a large hole in the wall.
Says Jim: “Well, what do you say?”
Says Mel: “I say, leaf it to you to find such un-interesting options.”
Says Jim: “Did you say ‘leaf’?”
Says Mel: “Yes.”
Says Jim: “That’s clever.”