Anna keeps sniffing to find out where that scent is coming from. While she did that, the SCAS got ripped out of her nasal hairs and deeper into her nose. As we zoom through the cavern, we pass the mucus lining the walls. Mr. Kintobotnik does his best to pilot the SCAS to make sure it doesn't get caught in the mucus. Even with his best efforts, the SCAS gets stuck in mucus.
Back outside, Anna turns her head to the right, and she finds out where the scent is coming from: Jessie, breathing with her mouth open.
Jessie has light-brown hair that goes up to her shoulders and tanned skin. She is dressed in a yellow, baggy hoodie and capri pants. She was sucking on a breath mint, which explains the minty smell.
Normally, Anna would literally stick her nose in situations by continuously sniffing the scent, but this time, she didn't want to creep out the kids in the SCAS, so she nudges Jessie's shoulder with her elbow.
Jessie wakes up, stretches, and gives out a yawn. She notices that most of the class and Mr. Kintobotnik are nowhere to be found. The only other people who are here are Olivia, Brooke, and Anna.
“Hey, where is everybody?” Jessie asked Anna.
“They went on a field trip to my nose,” Anna answered. “They're live streaming the field trip so I can see the action.”
Jessie watches the livestream on Anna's phone. They see the inside of her nose, crashing into some mucus. Anna felt her nose get stuffy, so she sniffled and swallowed the mucus
Back inside Anna's body, the SCAS plummets down her throat. The students are filled with confusion and fear.
“Well, class,” Mr. Kintobotnik tells us, “It appears we're heading for the stomach. Guess we're learning about that today! First, we need to finish going down her esophagus.”
While we go down Anna's esophagus, some of the students - including me, Anna, and Jessie - remember learning about the digestive system in elementary school. Mr. Kintobotnik knew that the digestive system would be at least familiar to some, so he told us that this should be like a review. All our worries have left us, and excitement replaced it.
“As you can see, class,” Mr. Kintobotnik taught, “the walls of the esophagus slowly slide us down to the stomach.”
Right when Mr. Kintobotnik finished that sentence, we make it to Anna's stomach. The mucus we're caught in falls into some stomach acid. On the plus side, the SCAS is acid-proof, so we should be fine if we don't exit the plane.
The stomach acids begin to rise with our presence. A rumble is heard.
“What was that?” asked Chloe.
“Oh, that's just my stomach growling,” answered Anna. “I had a light breakfast.”
She pulls a granola bar out of her backpack, unwraps it, and eats it. At the SCAS, we see the chewed up pieces of the granola bar enter her stomach.
As the stomach acids rise some more...