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You wake up on the cool hard ground. Sitting up, you notice the dimly lit forest around you. As you take a moment to adjust to your knew environment and stand up, memories of your life and who you are come back to you. You feel strangely unafraid at the moment, but the sounds of the forest and the darkness are creeping in on your mind.

You begin walking and find that the ground beneath you is oddly paved with stone bricks. Little glows of light that fade in and out illuminate the forest and guide your way. You see the occasional shadow move out of the corner of your eye, but you do not turn to look. Ahead you see a campfire that you run toward.

At the campfire off to the side of the road, you are able catch your breath for a moment. Looking around the camp, you realize you are not alone. Leaning against a tree nearby and out of sight previously, a stranger dressed up like a ninja pirate and wearing a mask appears to be looking in your direction.

"Hello," the stranger greets you before adding,"Welcome to Dark Forest..."



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The stranger did not move, but it did acknowledge Clarice's question,"There is only one being who knows that answer. I imagine if you want to know, you will have to seek that individual out." The pirate ninja's legs switched positions to give its left a rest as it was placed upon the tree that stood behind. As the fire between them crackled and danced casting flickering shadows on their faces, the sounds of the forest seemed to fill the silence.

Everything fell silent when the stranger spoke again. Clarice would have been unable to miss the words that followed,"If you follow this road deeper into this forest of never ending night, you will find a town. You will find those who wish to help you...to hurt you...and to have fun with you." After answering her with words that hinted at finality, the stranger sat down before the fire with its back to the same tree staring deeply into the glowing charcoal.

"I'm called the Stranger. I'm here to guide lost sorts like you. The questions and answers do seem to get repetitive though. I can't recall how long I have been her or how many faces I have seen pass through," The stranger replied. A claw extended from the stranger's gloved, pointer finger and stretched two feet to nudge one of the logs in the fire over to help it breath. The act caused several embers to fly into the air. As Clarice drew closer to inspect the creature before her, the embers would have illuminated one inhuman eye that disappeared into shadow again.

"You may encounter others like yourself in time. It's best if you make friendly...or not..." the stranger advised just as a creature stepped out of a bush ahead of Clarice. It was a wolf. It did not snarl and it was not afraid as it stood in the path ahead looking at her.

"Only the one I told you about knows if there is a way back to the life you had before. But you can come back here easy enough if you follow the road. I would be extra careful about following the road on your way ahead though. The forest likes to play tricks on newcomers. That is why the escort is there to aid you," the masked guide said as it nodded its head to the wolf that stood before Clarice.

"Nope, I won't," Stranger replied to Clarice without looking up at her. "It's my place to stay here and greet others like yourself. Have a little faith. You seem to know all you need to to get by. You don't need someone holding your hand as much as setting you free to really spread your wings....and 'she' may get insulted if you keep her waiting," the stranger added as his claw retracted.

"The Stranger's right, you know. Keep me waiting and I may leave you," came an effeminate voice within Clarice's hearing. The wolf briefly cleaned her coat and pawed the ground seemingly anxious to get going. Behind the wolf, the path was suddenly more clearly illuminated by floating, blue orbs of soft light that lit in a series leading away from the campfire and deeper into the forest.

"You can call me Escort" the wolf replied. Her snout did not move, but the worlds were audible in the air as if she had spoken them. She started down the brick road on all 4's. The blue lights bobbed and danced for them as they proceeded down the path. It was not long before the Stranger and its campfire disappeared behind them.

"It is my job to see you to the town ahead, but you must do as I say, when I say it. The forest becomes....feisty at times," sounded the wolf with authority. She was so quiet as they walked and her light brown fur was sleek in the dim light. The path ahead seemed to become narrower as they went and the trees' branches began to encroach on them bit by bit.

Suddenly the wolf stopped moving and put her snout in the air to sniff deeply a few times. The sounds of the forest had quieted and it would have been apparent to most that something was about to happen. "Get behind me, girl. The forest is making its move," came the female voice again. It was stern and tense and accompanied by a growl that rumbled from the wolf. Hackles raised and body rigid an wound to pounce, Escort appeared ready for whatever might have come next.

Nothing happened for a few moments that seemed to drag longer than they should have, and then 'it' appeared. Coming out of a thicket and lumbering out onto the road ahead of them was a large creature it could have been mistaken for a bear walking on its hind legs if its body wasn't so lumpy and misshapen like a doll that wasn't evenly filled with stuffing. It looked over at the other two on the path with red eyes that glowed in the darkness. It then opened its massive maw to reveal rows of yellowed, sharp teeth and sticky saliva that dripped on the ground. As it began to lumber forward, it put both of its massive, clawed paws out as if to seize the two. It was 20 feet away.

~Raena~




The oddly dressed woman walked through the trees with a slight skip in her step and a wide grin on her lips. She couldn't remember how she ended up here, in this darkened forest, but it didn't bother her in the slightest. It smelled like an adventure, and she was up for a game. She fingered the pouch on her belt that contained her playing cards thoughtfully. Perhaps she might finally find someone who could give her a a decent challenge for once. Her cards lover her, that she knew; but Lady Luck could love another far more skilled than she as well.