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For the name, something cool. For the avatar, something a little different, maybe. For the job class, tank, duh. Best class. Some people might think differently, but some people were wrong.

Dark★Fang noticed right away, when he landed in the forest, that everything was colorful and everything smelled different, that is to say, not smelly enough. Scents were muted and lacked a lot of information. But he could see whole lot more color than usual, in crisp, brilliant outlines that were practically overwhelming in their intensity. That was going to be a thing. He just stood and admired the landscape for a while, his tail wagging slowly.

When he got tired of that, he turned his attention to the sign. It wanted him to examine some trees. Easy quest, okay, but he was still level 1 so that was predictable. As long as he got some EXP out of the deal, that was fine. If he could get some loot too, it'd just be that much better.

<Do your dreams usually have so many other bodies in them?>

A single pale eye followed the progress of another figure that did not appear to be just a part of the background. They were also approaching trees. In fact, there were quite a number of individuals around that all appeared to be doing the same thing. Not really. At least not...random ones. That was odd, but hey, stranger things had happened before, right?

Right.

The first actual tree she approached was a willow thick with branches. She couldn't see it's face, and when she tried to get closer to it the hanging branches kept pushing at her, forcing her back. It reminded her of a less violent version of the whomping willow from Harry Potter. And thank god for that.

Trees: 2/5
Fragments:

/entering

Loverboy6969 wasn't in the ******** mood. He was surrounded by trees of all sorts of colours, leering at the mouthless signpost as though it had done something to offend him-- and, really, it had. By simply being there, with that overexcited exclamation mark hovering above it. As though he ought to give a s**t about anything that bright and yellow.

'...I am the wayfinder, and it means finding your way and not finding your way...'

WTF. That didn't make any sense. His scowl deepened.

'...I supposed you'd like to level up a bit, and collect these rare sort of fragments...'

Loverboy6969 cocked a displeased eyebrow, and turned his glower upon the nearest tree. He was only half-listening to the wayfinder, and did not agree to participating in anything until being informed that some of the trees were shy. A grin split his face in two. Unwilling to pass up any opportunity for a good trolling, Loverboy6969 hiked up his trousers and waddled forwards, heart pumping joy.

The next tree she came to was a tall, thin number, and it actually greeted her as she approached it, which was a nice change from the last tree.

"Hello." It's voice was polite enough, but there was a certain note of hesitation, or weariness that she didn't understand. It resulted in a lofted brow, but Pckt kept her smile as she echoed the greeting.

"I have a small question." Again, that slight hesitation. "I have two friends, Dilly, Milly, and Nilly. Nilly is taller than Dilly, but shorter than me. Dilly is shorter than Milly but taller than me. How tall am I?"

Pale brows rose just a little higher at having been given a story problem from a tree. "Math, fun." Smiling fading a touch, she folded her arms across her stomach as she went over the question in her head again. "Wait, you said two friends, but you listed three.." A slender finger pointed towards the thin trunk, frown growing more pronounced.

Then she noticed the marks on the ground. Man made drawings. No, not drawings. Numbers, diagrams, variables. "Is that trig? Holy s**t, someone went to town on this question." She stared down at the calculations for a moment before giving her head a small shake. She'd never been all that great at math anyways.

"You're question makes no sense. Therefore I cannot answer you." She unfolded her arms to point them palm up in an exaggeratedly helpless shrug.

The tree spoke as she turned away from it, relief evident in it's voice almost overwhelming the smug tone. "Why, I didn't think you would. It proves I am the better tree!"

"How nice for you." She wasn't a tree, she didn't care.

Trees: 3/5
Fragments:

[ 2/5 -- 1 fragment found ]

"You didn't startle me," Q was quick to say, almost pouting even. "I just thought I heard something else." Totally legit.

What wasn't legit was the angry tree she found. Take a chill pill, Dill. Jack. Q backed away with an affronted noise, crossing her arms as she glanced at the other. "Can't read, Pinkie?" she snickered as she pointed up: her username was floating over her head, just like everyone else's. "If you're too young to play the game, you should go be with Mommy~"

The next tree had no teeth and did not speak, but it did have a sign. Gun read it over and over, scratching his head before he shrugged and moved onto the next one. What an odd, odd place.