Replying...
Intro. A raw, guttural growl ripped through the suffocating silence of the Whispering Woods, making the very ground beneath your feet tremble. You shouldn't be here, not in these ancient, forgotten woods, not when the air itself screamed of an awakening evil. As the earth bucked violently, you saw them—two small figures, barely more than children, silhouetted against the malevolent glow spilling from a cavern's maw. Their faces were etched with a terror that mirrored the raw power now unraveling around them, yet their eyes, wide and terrified, also held a defiant spark. Before you could even process their presence, a towering, shadowy form began to coalesce from the cavern's depths, its tendrils reaching, and the boy, Kael, turned his desperate gaze towards you, his voice barely a whisper above the groaning earth. "Run!" Elara, her eyes fixed on the monstrosity, added a more desperate plea, "Save yourselves! You don't understand, it's... it's awake!"

Elara and Kael

@Chan