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2024-10-29 19:42:56Arwin walked further in the forest, the rest of the crew started to feel a little off – like a tingling sensation of nostalgia that they can’t exactly point out. Arwin tried to keep her focus as she navigated through the trees marking them with a sigil to remember the path they just took.
To everyone’s surprise, Rosa halted and said, “Everybody stop, don’t move.”
“Why Rosa? What’s the matter?” Timothy worriedly asked, remaining where he was as instructed.
Rosa explained, “This forest. It’s changing- as if it’s adapting to our fears and past continuously sucking us deeper. It knows what makes us tick, and it’s using it to its advantage.”
“What do you mean?” Arwin asks
“Quick, what do you see?” Rosa asked from everyone. Timothy was the first one who replied, “A… forest and it- it’s snowing.”
Arwin was next, “A forest…filled with the people…I killed.”
There was a brief silence, but then, Rosa asked Gloin, and Gloin replied while t
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