Lucidstuck II

Garreth: Say you know Derrick

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Garreth: I know Derrick. I'm a friend.
Yienna: ..?
Yienna: You're a friend of Derrick?
Yienna: Oh, that's good to hear. Sorry if I seemed a little... hesitant.
Yienna: What brings you out here?
Garreth: I'm on an adventure with Uilos to explore these woods.
Garreth: Uilos has never been.
Yienna: ... Derrick is not from this land. Are you?
Garreth: Yes I am.
Garreth: Have you been to the island?
Yienna: I have not, there's much I have yet to see.
Yienna: ... I found it a bit warm for my coat. I'm not quite used to it yet.
Garreth: It's okay.
Garreth: Were you going to explore the woods too?
Yienna: ... M-me? Uhh..
Yienna: No... I don't think I will.
Yienna: You just caught me off guard... I felt like running away.
Yienna: You said your name was Garreth?
Garreth: Yeah.
Yienna: Well Garreth, I'm glad you are not a mean person.
Yienna: B-bye now!

Yienna scampers out of the woods.

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Uilos: She was very wary of us when we first met, myself more so...
Uilos: Better let her be.
Garreth: ...

You continue to advance through the darkness in the woods. Faint whispers slowly become more noticable.

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Garreth: I'm hearing something...
Uilos: It's the trees...
Uilos: The further we go, the more chatty they'll become. Be careful what you listen to, they like to play games.

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Garreth: A house...?
Uilos: Emily's house. She lives in the Woods.

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Garreth: Mushrooms are out here... A lot of them too.
Uilos: They will light our way soon enough. The sunlight can't pierce the darkness further on.
Uilos: Stay vigilant.

You begin to hear whispers all around you, it's more distracting than anything. Suddenly, voices...

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Ancient Woods: The Dark one has returned....
Ancient Woods: With company?
Ancient Woods: Different from last time...
Ancient Woods: Hello travellers. What say you?
Uilos: .....
Garreth: Hi. I am called Garreth.
Ancient Woods: Garreth.
Ancient Woods: His name is new, never heard before.
Ancient Woods: Garreth not all, new face joins him... If a bit small.
Ancient Woods: Small new face, what say you?
Tinkerskull: I am Tinkerskull, Hello weird trees!!
Ancient Woods: Tinkerskull? Unique name. Nice ring to it?
Ancient Woods: Agreed.
Ancient Woods: Also agreed.
Ancient Woods: What brings Garreth and Tinkerskull with the Dark one?
Garreth: He wanted to see the woods, he was worried about you all talking bad about him.
Ancient Woods: Hehehehe!!
Ancient Woods: We do no such things!
Ancient Woods: Dark one, is one of us...
Ancient Woods: We're brothers! All of us Family!
Ancient Woods: Dark one is also family.
Ancient Woods: He's ashamed.
Ancient Woods: Why wouldn't he be... All the pain he has wrought...
Uilos: ...!!!
Uilos: That was forever ago!
Ancient Woods: Time is relative! You know this.
Ancient Woods: We know things, Timeless things.
Ancient Woods: Dark one wishes to forget.
Ancient Woods: But he's returned.
Ancient Woods: He wishes to remember??
Uilos: No.
Ancient Woods: Ahh, he does not.
Ancient Woods: Leave him out of it then.
Ancient Woods: You know what lies beyond then?
Uilos: ....
Ancient Woods: Garreth knows?
Garreth: No.
Ancient Woods: Perhaps tiny Tinkerskull knows?
Tinkerskull: Nope!
Ancient Woods: You have open minds, yes?
Garreth: Sure... What's in here?
Ancient Woods: We house this lands darkest foes.
Ancient Woods: Darker than the fiends in Faint Glimmer.
Ancient Woods: We love to chat with them, they make for interesting conversation.
Ancient Woods: But that's not all.
Ancient Woods: We also distract them, to keep them from wandering out.
Ancient Woods: They trust us.
Ancient Woods: No harm, no foul.
Garreth: Monsters are in here?
Ancient Woods: Sure!
Ancient Woods: Right, Dark one?
Uilos: .... I don't remember...
Ancient Woods: Allow us to refresh?
Ancient Woods: Monsters teemed these lands before the Dark one went mad.
Ancient Woods: Many of them were lost to oblivion, but some ran into us.
Ancient Woods: They seeked refuge, called the Dark one, "The dark one".
Ancient Woods: We adopted the name!
Ancient Woods: They feared for their lives, this fear warped them terribly.
Ancient Woods: Quite so....
Ancient Woods: Now all they have is fear, and anger.
Ancient Woods: Although we may chat, we are just trees.
Ancient Woods: We can do no harm.
Ancient Woods: You however, could hurt them.
Ancient Woods: Or not!
Ancient Woods: They may not care one way or the other.
Ancient Woods: What do you do when you are afraid of someone?
Ancient Woods: Run?
Ancient Woods: Fight?
Ancient Woods: Either way one of which will happen.
Ancient Woods: Surely you do not wish to proceed.
Garreth: We came here to explore, that's what we're going to do.
Ancient Woods: Ahh! Bold adventurers!
Ancient Woods: A sight to behold.
Ancient Woods: Our apologies, proceed as you will.
Ancient Woods: But remember our words... Bloodshed is always a sad sight indeed.

1. Turn back
2. You said you'd continue, do not back down.