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You follow, sprinting toward the now closing gap... You leap through. A kaleidoscope of colors fill your vision, then a hard landing. You shake it off, looking up. Merry and Renko are looking down at you. "You okay, Anon?" Renko asks as she extends her hand to you and helps you to your feet. "Yes, fine... Where are we?" you inquire.

Looking around, you seem to be in a fairly dense, natural growth forest. Trees thicker than any you've seen before surround you, dominating the landscape. As a student devoted to study, you know that these trees are very old. Most of Japan's forests have been cut down for lumber at some point or another through recent history. But these trees are older. Well over a hundred years, you estimate. The nearby flora is indigenous to Japan, so you have some idea where on Earth you are.

Renko, looking up at the sky, shrugs and responds to your earlier inquiry, "Can't tell for sure... I can't see the stars." You recall that she had some wild ability to find her location by the stars, something you thought to be nonsense... Well, at least, until that gap formed and you and the rest of the club jumped through. Nothing seems impossible at this point. You respond, "Well, we are still in Japan, at least I think..."

Merry speaks up, "Everything here feels... Different. I can sense much more." You and Renko look at each other, then back to Merry. "What do you feel?" Renko asks her. "The boundries are much more clear. This world seems to be much smaller, as if it is in a box, or something." Merry replies. Just as Renko is about to say something else, a noise in the distance startles the three of you. Something big is coming, and fast. Branches and foliage are cracking and falling.

What do you do?

Do you run away, or stay and face whatever is making this awful sound?

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