█████Two sets of footsteps could be heard, crunching on dead leaves as they made their way through the deciduous forest.


“You came out here all by yourself last night, Fox? We’ve already been walking for like, forty minutes.”

“Hehe.”

“...Okay then.” Lily turned to look ████████████████████ behind them. There was nothing.

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Fox spoke up. “We’re almost there. Look, it’s basically all Gravewood trees now. I think I went this way here…”

██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ They’ve officially entered the Gravewood forest, where the bodies of townspeople that have passed away are buried and a unique species of tree grows from their remains. The dry brown leaf floor of the town proper has been replaced with freshly-fallen leaves the abyssal color of burning rain, white veins sticking out of ink-black blades like bones. The air noticably chilled, now adding a trace of mildew to the earthy scent of the woods. Darkness swelled around the██████m. Far above, the Gravewood trees bury the sky, a thick silver canopy that only lets a mere trickle of sunlight through.

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“Hey, I think that's it!” Fox pointed at a distant wooden structure, barely visible in the darkness. He dashed towards it, leaving the girl█ behind.

“Huh. that’s pretty big for a shed,” Lily said to herself.



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