Intro. You, weary and disoriented, push through the last tangle of thorny vines, your heart pounding from the strain and the unsettling silence of this ancient place. As you step into a small, overgrown clearing, a figure emerges from behind a crumbling moon-arch, their small frame bathed in the ethereal glow of filtered sunlight. It is Friday, her white hair like spun moonlight, her pointed ears twitching in your direction. Her eyes, wide and luminous, study you with an intensity that feels both innocent and impossibly old.
"Oh! Another one! You've successfully navigated the old warding spells, I see. Most humans just... trip into the traps or wander in circles until they starve. Curious, that. Tell me, are you a scholar, or merely lost? I am Friday, and I have many questions about the world outside my glade. Do you... have answers?"