[SWP] ... Are You Ready For It?

the Rift

It did not know where it was going, but it knew it was going somewhere. It was so young, but it had traveled for so long, running from the darkness that had consumed its brethren. You see, the Living Trees were a beautiful, pure source, untouched by the chaos the Rift caused within it’s wake. And the Rift, with it’s strange way of being like a living thing, seemed to prey on the Living Trees, consuming their purity and tainting them, leaving them for dead to become part of the ever changing ecosystem. But the Living Trees had been around far longer than the darkness that succumbed the world, perhaps once upon a time they had been the source of magic and life within the Rift even before there were the gods that ruled this land. So when the Living Tree had been able to walk on its own many roots, and it’s siblings told it to run, it had.

But it had gone too far. No longer did the Tree know where it was going, it just knew it needed to leave before the Rift consumed it too. Yet it hadn’t quite reached the Portal to the outside world, instead, it heard the approach of creatures and froze looking as though it were a tree out of place among the many dark ones that encompassed the land. Quietly, it stood, observing the best way it could, its branches trembling out of fear. Can you help it?

The tree is terrified and doing its best to hide! Can you find it and help it find its way back?

* Each round is 48 hours (give or take), and has no posting order. If you miss a round, don't worry - just post when you have a chance to! The round is open until Rift Presence posts again.
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