144.98750 [ Late D59 ]

[perverses]

Uh, so, okay, someone has got to know. Does that forest really go on forever? Like, ya walk through it for miles and miles and just end up at the gates again? And again? And... again?

Because it sure felt like it! I don't think I ever want to see another tree again for as long as I live!

[ Hey everyone, guess who spent an excessive amount of time repeatedly getting lost in the woods before finally signing up? That's right, it's this guy, this guy right here. ]

Comments

[fourthscribe]

Effectively, yes. I'd say it's much more likely that your perception of direction is altered so you always turn back to the carnival after a certain distance. I've known creatures capable of inflicting such in my own home world, and they were not nearly so powerful as the Ringmaster is.

[Tanyuu, literally no one other than you cares about that nerdy shit. ...except maybe Ginko. And Sans and Mari.]

Once we're at the next world, you'll be able to leave the forest properly.

[perverses]

Huh. So I just kept getting myself turned around? I guess that makes more sense than an endless forest...

[ It's all right, Tanyuu, he bets there are creatures that can do that in his world, too. Just, like, he would never want to meet them. Ever. ]

S-so wait, that world hopping thing is actually real? I thought the other lady was pulling my leg!

[ And the other other lady, also known as the Ringmaster. ]

[fourthscribe]

[Oh, buddy. You'll learn quickly.]

It is! You'll get used to the concept, though things can become rather interesting as a result. We just left Atlantis, for instance, if you are familiar with that...legend? I hadn't heard of it before coming here.

[perverses]

Atlantis? [ Give him a second, he's got to think. Atlantis, Atlantis, that's— ] Isn't that s'posed to be a lost city?

[fourthscribe]

I believe so. There may be other lost cities with the same name, but this one was it's own realm that connects to many other worlds. They collect quite a lot of treasure from sunken ships.

[perverses]

Sunken? But... that makes it sound like it was under the water.

[fourthscribe]

It was. This was the first time in my experience that we have gone to such a radically different environment, but the Ringmaster enchanted us with the ability to breathe and swim with ease. It was an interesting experience!