Memories are the base of all human life. Remembering that we are human is truly what makes us human.

"They say these woods are alive. That the people who go in are consumed by darkness and never come out. They say the people are swallowed by an endless night and forget everything about this world, then they disappear with the morning's light."

"Even in the middle of the day the forest is so dark. Its almost impossible to see past the first row of trees…" The mushi master examined the woods from a safe distance, not knowing what dangers lurked within it's depths. "There's certainly something intriguing about these woods.." he pulled the cigarette from his mouth and slowly blew the smoke past his lips. He wasn't exactly sure what to do at this point. His experience with strange things gave him enough sense not to just rush in… at least without any knowledge of the situation.

There were many rumors circulating about these woods. Rumors that would peak any mushi master's interest.(though it could annoy any mushi master as well.)

People disappearing for no reason was quite common in this line of work… stories like this weren't uncommon but even at this point it could be any number of things. the number of mushi in the world are as countless as the number of any other type of plant and animal type...

He wasn't even sure that the cause of all this was even mushi…though it seemed highly likely that it was…there was really no way to be sure at this point

"Ginko?"

The mushi master then noticed that he shared the path with an old man. The man was in his seventies, carrying a large amount of wood on his back. He continued to glance at the mushi master's gleaming white hair and single green eye.

"Do you know me?"

The man seemed taken aback by his question.

"How could I forget! It's not everyday people come wndering out of those woods."

"These woods…"

Ginko's gaze drifted to the treetops as he silently recalled his first memory. The earliest memory he possessed of an endless night spreading in all directions.

"so this is the place…"