Natali awoke after dreaming of her parents...."Why did I wake up...??" She thought to herself. Then she opened her eyes and saw a deer sniffing her! Not just ANY deer too! It was her mother! She got up and tilted her head. Then she started attacking her! But after the a while Natali thought the her mother didn't look too familier... She then realized she just attacked a random deer! Natali apoligized and walked away. She was so busy thinking why would anyone just leave a newborn fawn when she came across the playground. This was her favorite place so she started to get ready to jump on the rocks when a thought hit her. The triangle of stumps! Well the Deermude Triangle or whatever it's called. She heard somewhere of it so she started looking for it...She finally gave up and looked around at the deer around her. She froze. There was a deer with huge antlers and skull mask, and a deer with huge antlers! She didn't know what to do, either panic or get to know the deer...She decided to get to know the deer. She went up to the deer with huge antlers because she wasn't afraid of them as much only the skull masks...She sniffed the deer and play fought with him. She then went under his legs feeling safe and went to sleep. She woke up and the deer hadn't left! This made her happy that at least some deer won't leave. She bowed and left the deer with what looked like his friend. She then played with some fawns and then got sleepy. She went to the Big Oak Tree and slept there.

You know the drill.

'The Pond is a strange place. It all started last week as the Forest began to warm. Deer driven by thirst came to the edges of the Pond but backed away as bubbles rose from the depths of the pool. Something was coming to the surface. Something that hadn't seen the the forest in almost two years....

Lost and forgotten at the bottom of the Pond lay a village: Leuven. Once a beautiful place the Twin Gods wept for the terrible heresies committed by the Men. Wept until the ground began to sink inward and the village flooded with water.

A deer lay among the weedy streets and stirred. A string of bubbles escaped his mouth and rose quickly to the surface. Syltar lay sleeping.... but not for long.'

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I haven't seen this place in a while. Still the same I think. Are all my old friends still here? *yodels* I figure I should return and rest here for a while. My life is incredible out here. I moved to Colorado. It's glorious. I feel so much more comfortable with myself.

I have some good news! I won't be open for art-trades or artwork this summer (OCT buisness) but I will be getting a tattoo of my one and only pictogram: http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/register/pictogram.php?usernam... On my ankle. I hope. Not sure when I'll set up an appointment but it's going to be soon. The pictogram has been such a fixture in my life that I feel it's important to keep it close.

I'm doing just fine out here. Sewing like mad and thinking of apprenticing myself to a local taxidermist. It's an interesting profession and I can handle the fleshing portion of it. I'm more a 'how does this work?' kind of person. This seems like a good fit for me. Can you imagine? Girly-girl me boiling skulls?

How are you all doing? Good I hope.
~Syltar