I never was a major player in the community. I've stayed to the side even when I first began playing. I ran through the forest to my heart's content, and watched it grow, then watched more and more deer come into it, and I've stayed off to the side, out of the way.
But to this day I get thrilled when I see glimpses of the forest.
Scrolling through tumblr, I saw a picture someone had made of a deer with peacock feathers around it's neck, and a skull head. The comments under it were full of adoration for the creativity and beauty of the piece and I smiled because I knew it was a piece of art from one of you out there.
I've seen pieces of the forest scattered like petals throughout the internet. People who don't realize or know what it is think it's just an image or a story, a picture of some oddly-made deer.
I know each time, and it thrills me, knowing the community remains, that players remain.
That the forest is truly endless as long as we're still here.