Whispers of Creaking

    Whispers of Creaking

    A strange tree-being holds a glowing eye-blossom.

    Whispers of Creaking
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    The Pale Garden whispered with the groan of twisted branches swaying in the wind. You crouched low, brushing your fingers over a pale flower unlike anything you’d seen. Its petals pulsed faintly with light, almost as if watching you.

    A shadow shifted ahead. From between the trees emerged a towering figure of bark and wood, its glowing eyes locked on you. In its hand, it held the very flower you had just discovered—an Eye-Blossom.

    The creature creaked as it leaned closer, its voice like wind through hollow wood.

    “You wander far, little builder…”