Uitelger, Urschanabi - true ambassadors for The Forest - and nakijo? and dear/deer friend ruminane! cher ami! thank you for texting me and for all the dancing! merci - vraiment magie! I am not entirely awake/alert, but tried to take screen shots and will post as soon as I can - bon nuit mon amis!

apologies, I can't seem to find a happy medium resizing these screenshots - they're either too big and they take time to display, or too small and they lose detail - I have zero skills and did my best


Part I: cozying-up to strangers

a statuesque stranger (not sure I was even in their field of view)


a solitary (sad?) stranger (so sorry to intrude if you are/were sad)


omigosh really close to multiple strangers


J!n? (was originally asleep when I stalked and sitting up when I returned, so I tried to stand to say 'hello' and promptly vaporized myself)



Part II: trying to make friends with big rocks






Part III: birds !





with Urschanabi and Uitleger and ?



Part IV: first time casting a pelt ! very exciting !

was happily dancing near a sleeping Uitleger and met a stranger ...


wait, TWO !

thank you for the pelts and masks ? I have twice returned to The Forest and had a different appearance (one I was able to save, yay !) - and I don't think that happens by itself, does it ?

it's magical either way (whether it's gifted by another deer or it happens by some default) - I just wanted to say 'thanks' (and 'wah' !) if I missed interacting with someone

besides still being on a learning curve, The Forest runs inconsistently for me and I am disconnected sometimes for no reason I can discern (or, 'operator error' ? I am disconnecting myself without understanding how ? *cringe*) - so sorry to everyone I vaporize in front of and beg your patience

I just scrolled through all the screenshots J!n posted, and wanted to say, in addition to really enjoying The Forest environment in and of itself, there's an amazing collection work here, like, the whole ripple effect of this place, created by all of you - all the imagery and writing - thank you - it's all pretty remarkable, as is the pervasive kindness

(so, capiteux can't type cuz of the whole hoof situation, but here goes ... )

capiteux is actually an antelope, but oblivious about it. and oblivious to all those kinds of divisions between ruminants that are based on size, or appearance, or ? (don't we all have the same four stomachs? aren't the very best of us all bovine anyway?)

to capiteux, The Forest is heavenly, because of its very purposeful exclusion of all the meaningless, excessive audible and visual NOISE that dominates other environments (and life, yes? (that's all so normalized now)).

everywhere else lacks mystery, imagination, artistry, depth.

for capiteux, dancing ! is best. but second best: just being still. resting. quiet.

capiteux invited a good friend to The Forest - a like-minded but much more tech-savvy goat named ruminane - but ruminane hasn't been able to get here yet. (while capiteux is blissfully unaware of divisions and distinctions between ruminants, ruminane is preoccupied with and distracted by them. (ruminane has always wanted to be ... I'm not sure ... ANYthing other than an ordinary goat.))