Inuriss

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There is a story passed down in the rural area, when the village was being built there was a protector. A protector that blended in the darkness it lead the villagers, guiding them on what to do, how to grow. At first the villagers loved this protector who guided them in darkness. As light grew & the village became better they wanted to cast the darkness away, they wanted to know why their protector stayed in shadow, but the questions became unanswered, the protector never ventured in light, paranoia grew among them, the villagers planned to expose the protector, to drag them into the light to see their face. What they saw horrified them. Casting out their so called protector the village continued without the protection or the safety, never venturing into the dark forest again, but generations have passed into modern times, it is no longer a village, but a small town now that is still filled with lights even brighter than before.

Nix

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Deep in the forest, on a full moon, on a foggy night. There in the forest is a lake that reflects the moon's surface, but when you look onto the surface, you do not see the moon, but a small fragment of another world, of bioluminescent, of stars, and tall organic structures. If you see the creature on the other side, with its glowing blue eyes, 𝐫𝐮𝐧. Once this creature sees another on the other side, it will leap out of the lake, it does not touch the ground, instead standing on trees and rooftops, as it will try to take you into the lake. Those who go into the forest in the fog, on a full moon never to return. It was 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 obviously, those who vanished from the town were probably tourist. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, Everything had a reason, it could all be explained logically, 𝘈𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴. the lake sparkles because of the moonlight, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘱, the image of this so called other world clearly is just anxity riddled imagery. 𝑹𝒖𝒏. It isn't real.