Love looked around the camp and started considering finding a way to thank Willow for the map and for the vote of confidence but after looking around for a while she found out that she couldn't find any of Willow's things. Love felt hurt that she couldn't say good bye to her friend.
She prepared something to eat and started preparing for her journey after observing the map, she grabbed pieces of raw meat into a small leather cloth(rat skin) and wrapped them while tying the open end of the leather. Love then proceeded to find different pieces of smooth flint stones she could use to start fires anytime she wanted to rest during her travels, she gathered a few long pieces of leather and then proceeded to join them together, using a hand made needle, she joined pieces of strands collected from plant's stems to create a long string which she used together with a few ropes made from tree vines to craft a small tent. She gently placed all the things she would need to make her journey into a small leather bag including the letter Willow wrote to her. Lastly, she grabbed her wooden spear and walked outside the camp, preparing for her arduous journey to the village of the elves.
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In earth, the planet filled with humans, an unknown figure who was heavily built while wearing a pair of dog tags on the neck, a white shirt and long striped trousers which were painted in spots of green and brown sat down on a chair facing a large amount of neatly arranged files, a large pair of blank white papers , a computer turned off and a picture was placed on a desk in a slightly conducive office.
The unknown figure grasped the picture, bringing the image to light, the image showed a man wearing a striped hoodie with patches of green and red, a red sweater, a gray snow pant and black winter boots. The man was smiling while throwing snowballs to a small girl wearing an orange beanie, a small red sweater, a warm orange gown and a pair of light blue winter boots. The girl was also smiling back at the man, trying to evade a few snowballs and aim some back at the man.
A single tear fell from the unknown figure eyes, the unknown figure stared at the image for a long time until his eyes became bloodshot. The unknown figure proceeded to clear out his table as he prepared to head home for the night. After grabbing the last of his things in a wooden tray he stepped out of the office with the wooden tray and proceeded to load it at the cargo box of his pickup truck. The unknown stared at the building he had called home for twenty five years and then stared at his office which laid at one side of the building for the last time before opening the door of his pickup truck to start the engine.
The unknown figure clutched a small bottle of beer in one hand while controlling the steering wheel with another, the unknown figure aimed the hand holding the bottle of beer to his mouth and opened it with his teeth saying;
"Worrying won't change anything, I might as well take a sip."
The unknown figure took a few sips of the beer and belched loudly, the terrain he was driving was one he knew all too well, he traversed the route since the beginning of his job and used the road to get to and from work, so having an accident while driving was next to impossible since almost nothing ever happened on the road, even few cars rarely passed that route so he was calm as he emptied one bottle of beer and then proceeded to open the next one but before he could open the next bottle with his teeth he saw a notification floating above his head saying:
[You have received enlightenment.]
The unknown figure didn't think much of it, believing he must either be daydreaming or he was feeling drowsy, since letters couldn't possibly float above someone's head. Not thinking much about it, he opened his drink and then proceeded to swallow a sip of the beer juice. After a while he spotted a large crimson portal open at the front of the road. He quickly grasped the steering wheel tightly while looking for ways he could halt his truck, immediately before hitting the unknown portal, the unknown figure slammed the brakes of the pickup truck causing the brakes to skid off the road trail heading into the bush. The unknown figure tried controlling the truck steering wheel fiercely, but the forest wet tracks were so slippery that the truck kept skidding all over while tracking mud all over the windscreen.
The unknown figure kept steering the truck hoping the truck would stop skidding all around and that the brakes would grip the truck in place before the disaster got any worse. After a while of constant steering here and there, the truck finally slammed something solid causing the truck to sway softly upward before slamming the ground hard.
The unknown figure quickly opened up the door to observe his surroundings and figure out what the 'weird circle' that opened at the middle of the road was.
After getting out of the car, the unknown found out that what stabilized his truck was a tall tree with a wide trunk, the other side of the truck was pretty damaged, and the truck was overheating so he decided to walk up to the road.
He monitored the tire marks while climbing the wet rough and steep tracks trying to find the way back to the road.
After trekking and climbing for almost an hour, the unknown figure found the road, the crimson portal still remained there as bright as day.
The unknown figure froze for a moment before finding the confidence to speak.
"What the hell?!"
"Hovering letters, lights appearing out of thin air and me almost loosing my mind."
"Is this the apocalypse or what the hell did they spook that drink with."
"If I didn't loose my life after that accident, it seems I must be loosing my mind"
"Ibetter leave all this crazy and hitch a normal ride back to the city, maybe someone could make some sense out of all of these."
The unknown figure slumped on the road for a while, waiting for an ambulance, a truck, a car or even a bike anything that could transport him away from the terrible sight he was experiencing.
The unknown figure waited a little more, but no one came. The unknown figure gave a exasperated sigh as he said:
"I might as well check out this blinding light as I wait for a vehicle"
The unknown figure gently walked over to the light, extending his hand closer to the light to view what lies beyond, his hand was swallowed up by the light and his face was following.
When the unknown figure stared into the blinding light he saw...