Thank you :3

I can't write many more things, though...I don't know enough history or drama from TEF.

*thinks*

I honestly don't know anything big enough to write about. Like, love dramas, or drama dramas, or history in the making.

Ooh, maybe if I learned a bit more about Walter...

You can send me a message through my profile if you want to, if anyone knows anything :3

Welcome.

I've written some stuff on here but not about the Forest. I more or less express my current feelings and thoughts through my deer.

So don't stress about not knowing the history of the Forest because you're not alone. Though I too am interested in what happened before I joined.

Documenting the entire history of the community would be a huge undertaking! I don't know if I would be able to describe it all at once, maybe if you stuck to certain events, characters or periods of time I would be able to focus myself. I am also not sure if everything can be written out in the standard story format because the stories are ongoing.

Fortunately, my history here has been relatively.. struggleless. I made it a point to not set a bad example for others who wanted to play as females. I was even able to make friends with many of the players who were opposed to the idea. Some months afterward there were a few episodes of drama regarding 'mates' (which I also made a point of never taking seriously), maybe I could go into detail about that, but I'd have to look up some old threads to make sure my story's straight.


My earliest memories of Walter are from the forum, about mid-July or August last year. He was interesting to me because he was the first aggressive, bully character on the game (although Cyric arrived not long afterwards, I think). He was quickly becoming notorious for his grumpy behaviour! I followed him around some in the game, and for a while I even helped pick on fawns with him and his friends, but I mellowed out pretty quickly. Regardless, I followed him around so often that we seemed to be able to pick up on each other's 'body language' better than most, and in spite of our different personalities, we became very good friends! Some probably consider our deer a couple but we never really became official 'mates', and considering the drama and jealousy that concept brought I think it was for the best.

I'm not sure what else to write about now. Is there anything I should elaborate on?

I'm not sure if I actually made it to his retirement party because it kind of spanned throughout the period of nighttime in the forest. He slept in the pond a while to give everyone an opportunity to 'pay their respects' so to speak.
The first and last time I saw him during that period, there was a large group of deer following him around, looking very sorrowful, lots of head hanging and bellowing. I think we spent most of the time near the pond and the twin gods. After leading the deer to a special area and gesturing for them to sit, Walter and I gave a performance; it was a dance in the purple flowers with the fireflies (we have been doing this for such a long time I don't remember when the tradition started. ) After that, I had to leave the computer for a while, and when I came back he was gone. I slept beneath his tree for the rest of the night, I think. (Hard to recall because his tree is so close to mine. ) I think some others sat at Run's spot of sunlight to mourn for him, but I stayed behind.

edit: I am off to bed now, hopefully my head will be clear for more memory work tomorrow.

That poem is just jazzy! I liked it. x3

And I have nothing to add to 21's documentation of Walter. She remembers better than I do!
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