Gray smiles as he watches the travelers walk away. He wished them luck, in hopes they'd find the nest soon.\n\n[[==>|FollowGray3]]

The Alkarnabi glares at you suspiciously, waiting for an answer. You introduce yourself and tell her your quest.\n\nShe lowers her spear, immediately interested.\n\n"You're searching for the Ancients? And you've found them before?"\n\nYou tell her everything you know, in hopes that she'll let you pass. This seems to work.\n\nShe nods to you.\n\n"If you've been chosen to find the Ancients, then who am I to stop you? Go right ahead."\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]

You stop to drink some water before continuing.\nThis platform has bridges going in different directions, as well as a ladder continuing upwards.\n\n[[Left|LeftDeadEndStart2]]\n[[Up|LeftConfuse]]\n[[Right|LeftLR]]

You greet the kit. Their eyes widen.\n\n"Oh, you're from the Outside! Is it fun out there? It's boring in here. All I've got to play with here is rocks!"\n\nThey show you a small round rock with something engraved on it. You ask to see it.\n\nThe kit shakes their head. "No way! My mom gave this to me!" They think for a bit. "But I could trade! Do you have anything fun to play with?"\n\n[[Give them the Colorful Kite|KitKite]]\n[[Back|MainCamp]]\n[[Climb the ladder|TreesStart]]\n\n[[...|KitTalk]]

The drinks here are delicious. Maybe a little too delicious.\n\nSuddenly you realize that you really, really gotta pee, and head back down.\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]

You keep going.\n\n[[Left|RightConfuse]]\n[[Up|RightDeadEndStart]]\n[[Right|RightClue2]]

You stop at one of the shacks selling drinks and get one for yourself. Time to keep going.\n\n[[Up|RightDeadEndStart]]\n[[Right|RightClue1]]

A tall gate stands in your way. It must have once been beautiful and grand, but it is dull and dented with age.\n\nThere is a slot next to the gate, where something large and rectangular once fit.\n\nYou look down at the collection of broken stones you've found.\nMaybe they'll fit in there...\n\n[[==>|ToweringTreesStart]]

The ladder here keeps going upwards. There's two more bridges here.\n\n[[Left|LeftDeadEndBack1]]\n[[Up|LeftUR3]]\n[[Right|LeftDeadEndBack1]]

A branch gets caught on your bag, spilling your things down to the jungle floor.\n\nEmbarrassed, you climb all the way down to get them.\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]

You say hello to the grumpy-looking Nabi, but he just huffs at you.\n\n"We don't need outsiders here, we're more than capable of finding the Ancients ourselves! In fact, I've already got a clue as to where they could be!"\n\nYou ask if you can see this clue.\n\n"Of course not! Why would I give it to you? You think just because you're from the Outside you know more?"\n\nHe sneers.\n\n"In fact, if you can show me one thing from the Outside that's better than here, I'll give you the clue willingly!"\n\nHm, is there anything you can show him that will give him an idea what it's like outside the jungle?\n\n[[Give him the Book of Facts|SusBook]]\n[[Back|MainCamp]]\n[[...|SusTalk]]

As you continue onward, you suddenly lose your grip and slip, falling very far downwards. Fortunately, one of the jungle Nabis catch you before you hit the ground.\n\nYou decide it's time for a break.\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]

Here another ladder continues upwards, and there's another bridge to your right.\n\n[[Up|UpDeadEndBack]]\n[[Right|UpClue2]]

You continue on your climb.\n\n[[Up|UpDeadEndStart2]]\n[[Right|UpClue1]]

The area here is blocked off. Construction, you realize. Better go back.\n\n[[==>|UpLUR]]

Whoa, you're getting pretty high now. There's another ladder leading even higher up, and a bridge leading to a platform on the tree on the right.\n\n[[Up|TalkLeader]]\n[[Right|LeftDeadEndStart1]]

You feel a sudden bout of dizziness. When it passes, you are completely disoriented. Better head back down.\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]

The more you keep going, the more you realize that the height is starting to affect you. Finally, you get so dizzy you decide to go back down and rest.\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]

You see a swinging vine. In a moment of total impulse, you grab it and swing on it. Rather than take you where you wanted to go, though, you end up in a completely random part of the trees, unsure of where you even started.\n\n[[==>|UpLR]]

You stop in front of one of the shacks. A kind Nabi hands you a snack, which you munch on as you keep going.\n\n[[Up|RightLUR]]\n[[Right|RightDeadEndBack1]]

As much as he had learned, the suspicious Nabi still thoight it unfair that it would be outsiders who found the nest.\n\n[[==>|ToweringTreesStart]]

You feel a sudden bout of dizziness. When it passes, you are completely disoriented. Better head back down.\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]

She lets you into the shack and listens as you tell her your tale.\n\n"Hm," she says. "I have something that may be of use to you, but I have to be sure I can trust you first. Many decades ago, we lost an important artifact to an outsider we trusted. They took it and ran away. If you can return it, I will give you a clue that will be important in your travels."\n\nYou ask what this artifact looks like.\n\nShe shakes her head. "All I know is that it belonged to the previous leaders."\n\nTime to keep an eye out for whatever it is.\n\n[[Give Scarlet the Haunted Crown|LeaderCrown]]\n[[Back|TreesStart]]\n[[...|LeaderTalk]]

Something catches your eye, and you notice the following engraved on the bark of the tree:\n<p style="color:red">eak t</p>\n\n[[Time to go back and show the others|MainCamp]]

There's something engraved on the bark here:\n<p style="color:red">e they</p>\n\n[[Better go back and show the others|MainCamp]]

The kit laughed as he played with the kite.\n\n\n"Yellow! Time to eat!" their mother called.\n\nThey pulled the kite back down and went back home.\n\n[[==>|ToweringTreesStart]]

Here a bridge crosses to the left, while the ladder goes up very high up.\n\n[[Left|RightUR2]]\n[[Up|RightLR2]]

Exhausted, you rest against the tree. Here you notice something strange carved into the bark:\n<p style="color:red">he gate...</p>\n\n[[Better go tell the others|MainCamp]]

Finally, you reach the top of the ladder. Here there are two more bridges going to the left and right.\n\n[[Left|LeftClue]]\n[[Right|LeftDeadEndStart2]]

He leads you to the roots of a tree, where he digs something out.\n\n"Here, this might be useful."\n\nHe hands you a small pendant.\nEngraved on it is the following:\n<p style="color:red">For a</p>\n\n"Use it well!"\n\nAnd with that, he leaves.\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]\n\n[[...|FollowGray2]]

You walk towards the ladder.\n\nSuddenly, a small kit runs into you.\n\n"Ah, sorry, didn't see ya!"\n\n[[Talk to the kit|TalkKit]]\n[[Climb the ladder|TreesStart]]

You give the grumpy Nabi the Book of Facts.\n\nHis eyes widen as he reads it.\n\n"Is all this true?"\n\nYou nod.\n\nHe lowers his head.\n\n"Maybe I misjudged you outsiders. I think I need to learn more about you before judging you. Here, I promised you this."\n\nHe hands you a pendant.\nOn it is engraved the following:\n<p style="color:red">and ther</p>\n\n[[Time to show the others|MainCamp]]

There's a shack here, but there doesn't appear to be anyone inside. Another bridge continues to your left.\n\n[[Left|UpLR]]\n[[Up|UpUR2]]

The ladder stops here, and there's only more bridges.\n\n[[Left|UpUR3]]\n[[Right|UpDeadEndStart2]]

Deep in the leaves, a nest awaits...\nPoor lost souls with broken fates...\n\nLocked away and there they wait...\nFor a key to break the gate...\n\nKEY\n\n<>,<><><><>\n<><><><>\n\n<.><.> <.><.> <>\n<> <.><.><.><.>\n\nKEY

The Towering Trees\n\n

The Guard chewed on the cabbage leaves, deep in thought.\n\nIf only she had more power than a simple gatekeeper. Then she could travel the world whenever she wanted.\n\n[[==>|ToweringTreesStart]]

Gray smirks as he walks away. His plan was in action.\n\nHe would wait for these travelers to figure out the way to the nest for him, then travel there himself.\n\nHe clutched something in his paw. It was a glowing blue orb that flickered wildly. A magic-stealing orb.\n\nWith the amount of magic the Aurusalkar nest would give out. He'd be unstoppable!\n\n[[==>|ToweringTreesStart]]

You climb even higher, your paws starting to get sore, finally, you reach the front of an empty shack.\nWhere to now?\n\n[[Up|UpLUR]]\n[[Right|UpDeadEndBack2]]

You present the crown to Scarlet.\n\nShe looks at it in awe. "Yes, this is definitely it. Thank you for returning this, now my ancestors' spirits can finally be laid to rest."\n\nIn return, she hands you a pendant.\nOn it is engraved the following:\n<p style="color:red">key t</p>\n\n[[Time to go tell the others|MainCamp]]

You stop outside a shack and lean on it. One of the jungle Nabis comes out from inside and tells you to go somewhere else and stop loitering outside their home.\n\nYou decide to go back a bit.\n\n[[==>|UpLR]]

You give the Gate Guardian a Cabbage. She looks at it in shock.\n\n"What's this? What a magnificent plant! And you say you eat this? Here, take this as a token of my gratitude!"\n\nShe hands you a pendant. On this pendant is engraved the following:\n<p style="color:red">ed away</p>\n\n[[Better go tell the others|MainCamp]]

The ladder doesn't go any higher up here, but there are two bridges.\n\n[[Left|RightLR3]]\n[[Right|RightClue3]]

You cross the bridge and notice you appear to be in a communal area. There's places selling drinks and snacks, such as fruits and fried insects. Delicious.\n\n[[Left|RightLU]]\n[[Up|RightLR]]\n[[Right|RightUR]]

The kit smiles excitedly as you hand them the kite.\n\n"Awesome! Here, you can have this dumb rock!"\n\nThe round rock has the following engraved on it:\n<p style="color:red">Lock</p>\n\n[[==>|MainCamp]]

This ladder leads you to another shack. Someone is waiting for you outside of it.\n\n"Hello," she says, nodding. "You're one of the outsiders searching for the Ancients, aren't you? I'm the leader here. My name is Scarlet."\n\nYou greet her and introduce yourself.\n\n"Would you like to come in and talk?"\n\n[[==>|Leader2]]

There's something carved into the tree here.\n\nIt says:\n\n<p style="color:red">wait...</p>\n\n[[Better go tell the others|MainCamp]]

You glance to the side, noticing something engraved on the wood.\n\nIt says:\n\n<p style="color:red">o br</p>\n\n[[Better go tell the others|MainCamp]]

There's something strange engraved in the bark here.\n\nIt says:\n\n<p style="color:red">For a</p>\n\n[[Better go tell the others|MainCamp]]

More bridges here.\n\n[[Left|RightDeadEndStart]]\n[[Right|RightDeadEndBack1]]

The ladder doesn't go any higher here, but there are bridges going to the left and right.\n\n[[Left|RightDeadEndBack2]]\n[[Right|RightDeadEndBack2]]

You come across another platform. There's a small shack here, but there's no one inside. This platform has a bridge leading to the tree on the right, and a ladder that keeps going up.\n\n[[Up|LeftUR2]]\n[[Right|LeftLUR2]]

You're starting to get pretty tired.\n\n[[Up|LeftDeadEndBack2]]\n[[Right|LeftDeadEndStart2]]

You cross the left bridge. At the end of the bridge is a platform. There's another ladder here that keeps going up, and two more bridges going in opposite directions.\n\n[[Left|LeftUR]]\n[[Up|LeftDeadEndStart1]]\n[[Right|LeftLUR]]

The guard nods at you.\n\n"I hope you find what you're looking for! Say, do you think you can tell me what it's like out there? I haven't left this place in my entire life. I'd love to visit some day!"\n\nShe sighs. "This might sound dumb, but I've always wanted to try exotic foods. You wouldn't happen to have any, would you?"\n\nWhat sort of food would a jungle Nabi consider exotic?\n\n[[Give her the Cabbage|GateGuardCabbage]]\n[[Back|MainCamp]]\n\n[[...|GateTalk]]

You decide to keep heading upwards. Maybe you'll get a better view from up there. Finally, you reach a platform. There's a bridge heading to your left and one heading to your right.\n\n[[Left|UpLU]]\n[[Up|UpUR]]\n[[Right|UpDeadEndStart1]]

You put all the pieces of the broken stone into the slot, then say the lines out loud. The gate clicks, and slowly swings open.\n\nYou step forward to see a fantastical sight: giant trees, with shacks and nests built into the branches, all connected by swinging bridges.\n\nYou try to keep walking, but a Nabi with a spear steps forward and blocks your path.\n\n[["Stop right there! Who are you?|GateGuard]]

You approach the trees. The ladder looks rickety, but everyone else seems to be climbing it just fine.\n\nFinally, you climb the ladder yourself. It continues upwards, with a bridge going to the left and to the right.\nWhere do you go?\n\n[[Left|LeftTree]]\n[[Up|UpTree]]\n[[Right|RightTree]]

There are a few Nabis running around. Some even approach you curiously, asking if it's true that you're here to find the Ancients.\n\nThere are a few that catch your attention.\n\nThe [[Gate Guardian|TalkToGateGuard]] still stands next to the open gate, carefully inspecting everyone who comes through.\n\nFrom across the clearing, a [[young Nabi|TalkToScout]] waves and smiles at you.\n\nAnother, [[grumpy-looking Nabi|TalkToSus]] glares in your direction.\n\nYou can also see a rope ladder that will take you [[up into the trees|Trees]].\n\nWhere will you go?

You try to keep going, but the ladder ends in a dead end.\n\n[[Back|LeftLUR]]

You try to keep going, but the bridge ends in a dead end.\n\n[[Back|LeftLUR]]

Scarlet sighed as she looked at the crown. How unfair that such an important artifact had been stolen from her people.\n\n[[==>|ToweringTreesStart]]

You are certain you've almost reached the highest point in the whole area. You take a quick break then keep going.\n\n[[Left|UpDeadEndBack3]]\n[[Up|UpDeadEndBack3]]\n[[Right|UpConfuse]]

There appears to be construction going on here. Better go back.\n\n[[==>|RightLR]]

There's something weird and glowing here. You approach carefully, but you can't seem to reach.\n\nYou blink, suddenly noticing you're at a random spot in the trees, far from where you started.\n\n[[==>|RightLR2]]

Kabber Seifert\n<p style="color:red">X</p>\n<p style="color:red">X</p>

The young Nabi's smile widens as you approach.\n\n"So you're the ones chosen by the Ancients! How exciting! My name is Gray."\n\nHe looks around to make sure no one is watching, then winks at you and motions at you to follow him.\n\n"I've got something that might interest you!"\n\n[[Follow him|FollowGray]]\n[[Back|MainCamp]]

Your foot gets caught on some loose rope, nearly tripping you off the tree. You decide to go back and retrace your steps.\n\n[[Back|RightLR3]]

You step onto a bridge. Suddenly, it collapses under you. You land on a random part of the trees.\n\n[[==>|LeftLUR2]]