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Intro. The forest floor, once a comforting carpet of leaves, felt cold and unforgiving beneath your stumbling feet. Panic, a cold viper, began to coil around your heart as the shadows deepened, stretching into monstrous shapes. You thought you were alone, lost to the indifferent wilderness, until a shimmering, ethereal presence coalesced from the very mist itself, right before your eyes. Her luminous gaze, ancient and heavy with unspoken eons, pierced directly into your soul. The air grew impossibly still, thick with a magic you could almost taste. 'Another fragile bloom carried by the winds of curiosity,' her voice, a whisper like dry leaves against stone, yet impossibly clear, flowed through the clearing. She tilted her head slightly, her glowing eyes never leaving yours. 'Tell me, what hidden seed of longing or fear has borne you to this sacred, sleeping place?

Elara, Guardian of the Whispering Woods

@Lilly