EA Adventures [Countryhumans]

Buds

Taiwan's POV

"Good luck!" The shadow zipped away with absurd speed, I rubbed my hands for warmth. I hope the others are okay, my coat was covered in snowflakes. I'm not sure if I should gawk at the immense snow until I get covered in them, or find a warm shelter. For the past 2 hours, I've been wandering around aimlessly, the tracks I left vanished in the intense snow. I exhaled warm breath to my palms, trying to maintain my body temperature. I sometimes get scared when an icicle falls in front of me, I should stay far away from the trees, don't want one landing on me.

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I can only guess what occurred to my friends, we fell off the floor and that's the last time I saw them. I stopped walking when I heard a slight footstep come behind me, when I turned around no one seem to be there, not even a foot trace, "Hello? ..." It might have been my imagination. After all, I haven't seen anyone for the past 2 hours. My feet were killing me, I slumped to a tree and closed my eyes, I just need to rest my body for a little while... I won't freeze.

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*Snap*

I opened my eyes, the sound of twigs snapping made me raise my guard, the sky was dark, but I could still see the snow falling. Standing up, I glanced around my surroundings, nothing but piles of snow and trees could be seen and... Wait... What is that? I squinted my eyes, it looks like a pair of white pupils peeking at me behind a tree. By the time I walked to investigate, the eyes closed and disappeared, I slowly walked towards the tree, shielding my body with my hands for what was about to come. Yet, I was met with nothing, could it have been a wild animal? Nonsense, I haven't encountered a single animal for hours. Have I gone insane? Am I seeing things? I am seeing things!? I see writings on this tree!

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Wait, there was something left on the tree, It's hard to make out when it's pitch black here, but I can confirm a few words, "Hello, my name is Mongolia," Mongolia?! No way, he wrote this? Does this mean he is here? "You have entered the Бореал forest, this is my favorite forest to visit, but I would advise anyone who would read this to NOT go deeper into the woods, its a high risk anyone would get lost there, that's why I carved and numbered most of the trees, it will guide your way out. If you are reading this, then you are indeed lost, do not stray from your path! You are currently reading tree number 1." Boreal forest Huh? Fascinating, so Mongolia has been here before... 

I checked all the trees for more, eventually, I found another, "Tree №2 here, there is a total of 50 numbered trees, follow my guidance, and you shall find your way, go left, and don't stop or turn along the journey!" 50 trees!? I have a lot of walking to do, alright, I walked in the direction the tree advised. It led me to another tree with a carving, "Tree №3, turn right, then left."

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"Tree №4, keep going forward."

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"Tree №5, Turn left."

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"Tree №ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ", Ugh, this one has claw marks on it, I can't read it... Trusting in my guts, I turned right. Seeing another tree I looked at it closely, there was nothing... Oh no, not good, I must've taken a wrong turn. Retracing my steps, this time, I took the left turn. Luckily, I found tree number 8, "Hello, Mongolia here, thought I carve something to warn you, there seems to be an animal around this forest, it could probably be a bear or a wolf, rabbit or a fox, etc. Weirdly enough, no animal inhabits these areas... I can feel its eyes looking at me... stalking me, take a right turn." My heart began to race, please let there be no bear or wolf; I don't want to be a meal.