Today I have downloaded and registered in the Endless Forest. I am worried though because I cannot see anyone else, nor can I see my pictogram, or name. I click to round button and go to 'networks'. There is nowhere to input my log in information. I hope the people who got me into this game can help, since I'd love to play it with everyone.

Days had passed since the nightmare yet it still hung on Cloud’s mind like a weight. He wondered what the dream had meant; he hadn’t ever had a dream like it before or since. Maybe it’d just been another nightmare, nothing more and nothing less? Maybe he was just overreacting?
Cloud shook his head and tried to concentrate on where he was going, not that he ever paid much attention anymore. Nowadays, he always felt like he was going in circles. His direction in life was lost...and he could not find it. It was as if he was trapped with no way out.
There are ways, His inner voice muttered, there are many ways.
It was then that he realized he was standing on cold, hard stone.
He stood at the edge of the precipice again, looking out across the forest from the top of the tallest boulder of the playground. Cloud backed away from the edge as before. He wanted to run, to get away from this place, but he stayed rooted to the spot. His heart beat furiously in his ears, drowning out all other noise.
Jump, His inner voice whispered poisonously, it will all be over and you will be free.
Cloud laid his ears back. “No…”
What do you have to lose? What do you have to live for?
Cloud took a breath. “Nothing,” He replied, his voice sounded dead and cold, “Nothing at all.” He stepped back and raised his head, “But I won’t jump.”
There is no stopping the inevitable. You want to jump.
“I. Will not. Jump,” Cloud repeated, biting off each word with defiance.
You cannot change fate.
Suddenly, a flurry of birds rose from the forest floor right in front of the buck and took flight with a great commotion. Startled by the sudden movement and noise, Cloud reared up with a frightened bellow. As he came back down, a large portion of rock came loose beneath his hoof and threw him off balance.

This was a collab between me and Kali, who owns Osias. We finally just finished this! I have to first say that this was a 'what if' kind of story, so no, it hasn't happened. But I wanted to explore another side of what could have happened. Osias likes to play games with Kaoori, because she is a deer that thinks with her heart above all else. And it gets her into trouble. I know this sounds bad, but comments are love. We worked hard on this. She did the final editing, so she did most of the work.

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There was an unsettling presence about the forest, even when well lit by a
rising moon. Stars flickered mindlessly, lending their light upon the
forest's ruins, gray stones slated with moss and the spirits of those long
gone. It was held sacred by many, who so often came to pay their respects
to the departed with bows and poppies. Others, however, watched over the
graves with other sentiments. One such figure sat stoically upon his slab
of stone, the consistent hum of wings lingering about his ancient form.
His name was Osias, the Lord of the Flies. He observed the insects with
hollow eyes the very color of onyx. It wasn't until a figure in the
distance perked his interest that those eyes narrowed and followed.

A lone doe was approaching the ruins, from this point a safe haven for
her. She had never thought of it to be anything else; it was quiet and not
unwelcoming; friends were at rest here, where she could come to talk to.
Dark navy fur covered her body, toned with gold stripes, and the markings
of the stars. Her gold hooves made a soft clicking sound as she leaped
upon the stones left from whoever roamed in this forest before the deer.
Ears topped with gold flicked from side to side, and her nostrils flared
as she registered something strange here that she had never encountered
before, something that didn't seem to belong.