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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4866973" data-attributes="member: 3285">Castle Ambrose: Part 2 – The Forest of DoomKham lay on the ground.  “So I think I’m in grass now.  Are we outside?”They had managed to close the door behind them.  Whatever things were stalking them in the hallway before were not willing to venture beyond.“Not quite,” said Beldin.  Vlad and Beldin’s vision had cleared faster than Kham’s.  “We seem to be in some sort of indoor forest.  It’s a huge octagon-shaped building with seven domes.”“That’s interesting.”  Kham rolled over, enjoying the feel of sunlight on his skin.  “Let’s just wait here until my vision comes back.”“IF it comes back,” said Vlad.Kham ignored him.  “Describe it to me.”Beldin looked up.  “The domes are nearly a hundred feet high.  Looks like they’re made of thick panes of clear glass that let sunlight filter into the garden forest. Lots of trees, plants, grasses, and bushes.”“I can hear water,” said Kham.“Yep, a stream,” said Vlad.  “There’s a path too.”They lay there for a long moment in silence.  “Uh, boss?”“Yeah, Skiz?”“I couldn’t help but notice that we seem to be moving closer to the trees.”Kham sat up.  “What?”“Well, I decided to take a look around since you said I’m not paying enough attention.  And the trees I saw before are a lot closer.  So we’re either moving closer to the trees…”“Or they’re moving closer to us.” Kham hopped to his feet.  “Which way does the path go Skiz?”“To your right.”“Run!”Kham took off at a run, stumbling his way through the haze.  His vision was coming back but not well enough for him to make out much more than patterns.  Vlad and Beldin were strangely silent.Kham stopped running.  “What happened to Vlad and Beldin?”“The big guy and the dwarf?  Oh, the trees just are trying to eat them.”“What?!”“Yeah, the dwarf is putting up a fight.  Oooh, he made the tree mad.  Looks like he might get away…nope.  Just ate him.”Kham felt a shadow pass over him. “What the hell was that?”Skiz swallowed hard.  “I think it was some kind of demon.”Kham dared to hope.  He felt a blast of heat and then an explosion reached his ears.“Looks like it’s helping the other two.  Wow, the tree just puked up Beldin.”There was the sound of beating wings.  A figure landed, depositing the dwarf and Milandisian in front of Kham.“Sebastian!” Kham rubbed his eyes.  “Is that you?”“It is I, I who am I.”  Sebastian’s voice was muffled.Kham blinked, finally able to see.  “Why are you wearing that mask?”</blockquote>

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