== Saylens: Explore a bit
During your time in the game, you have noticed that your hive has grown in size quite a bit. You talked to Jazz earlier while she was side questing or whatever and found out that the main way to progress is by passing through what are called Gates. For a while, she's just been making a giant spiral staircase around your tower. Don't know how you're going to the roof to walk up the stairs, but something will happen. As of now, you're really unsure on what to do. Mistuo said he'd rather figure out the lay of his Land and there's no need to build, and the twins, mainly Ridams, refuses any assistance. The only thing you can think of is...
Future!Saylen: a[right, i'm b(o)red
Future!Saylen: ki[[ing g(o)t b(o)ring
Future!Saylen: [et's g(o) t(o) t(o)wn
Saylen: t(o)wn?
Future!Saylen: yeah, every p[ayer has a basic t(o)wn at [east ha[f a mi[e away
Future!Saylen: but we have a [itt[e advantage here
Saylen: (o)h?
Future!Saylen: in the midd[e (o)f the t(o)wn is a giant h(o)[[(o)w tree
Future!Saylen: at the t(o)p is (o)ur quest bed
Future!Saylen: f(o)r s(o)me reas(o)n (o)ur game d(o)esn't rec(o)gnize the echeladder
Future!Saylen: even th(o)ugh it's [ike an extreme[y imp(o)rtant part (o)f the game
Future!Saylen: but (o)ur game is g[itched t(o) a[[ he[[
Future!Saylen: anyways
Future!Saylen: if y(o)u wanted y(o)u c(o)u[d ascend right n(o)w
Saylen: ascend?
Saylen: that g(o)t s(o)mething t(o) d(o) with the wings and stubid pajamas?
Future!Saylen: yes indeed it d(o)es
Future!Saylen: i'[[ exp[ain it when we get there
Future!Saylen: [et's g(o)
Saylen: wait sh(o)u[dn't we te[[ the d(o)ct(o)r first?
Future!Saylen: fuck n(o)
Future!Saylen: he's a sprite wh(o) cares
Future!Saylen: we d(o)n't even kn(o)w where he went
Future!Saylen: n(o)w c[(o)se y(o)ur face h(o)[e and c(o)me (o)n
Your future selves voice was growing rather stern the more she went on with this. You were actually a little nervous from her. Well, you know better than anyone else that you can't win an argument with yourself. You shrug and stand up, picking up your Sonic Blunder and new set of jewelry. Since you had an influx of Grist you decided to make a few more bits of bling. A bracelet with your sign to hang on your horn, three rings, each with an oceanographic symbol, and a locket necklace that has a group picture of you, Firyut, Mistuo and Cavdit. Got to look good if you're going to destroy and save the universe. You nod to yourself and start out the front door of your hive. With a look around you are already a little unnerved. You've never been in the jungles of Alternia but you've heard horrible things so you are obviously on edge. You jump feeling your future self grab your shoulder and turn you to her.
Future!Saylen: i kn(o)w what y(o)u're thinking
Future!Saylen: there ain't shit (o)ut here
Future!Saylen: p[ace is safer than y(o)ur hive
You simply smile and keep walking. Good to know you try to keep yourself calm in this weird place.
== Saylens: Find the village
You two basically wonder in one direction for almost and hour to the great discovery of... more forest. You make several sarcastic remarks to yourself, but are quickly met with something along the lines of 'i'm y(o)u dipshit. if i'm a dumbass y(o)u're a bigger dumbass.' Now that shut you up one hell of a lot. A few minutes after your last shutting up moment, your future self tells you to stop. She then says she has to take a piss in a serious but also joking manner, and then she leaves into the woods. Well, like any good teenage royalblood with a rebellious history you will stay right here and wait.
Who the hell are you kidding? The second your future self leaves, you quickly look around for a direction to explore in. You aren't going to ditch her, just have some fun and be back before she returns. And you have a decent amount of time too, considering you know your bodies urinary issues. Ok, why did I have to read that? There is literally no one that is going to enjoy that sentence. I-ok, ok, you know what, fuck you, I have a job to do. *Ahem* You look around and suddenly find a larger than normal clearing along the path. You would normally look over something like that, but there was a weird sensation that puled you into it. The farther in you walked, the stronger the sensation became, up until you are greeted by a number of tiny dragonflies swarming a strange structure.
== Saylen: Approach the structure
Carefully, you walk to the base of the building and look it over some. Well, as best you can look it over considering it towers a good three hundred or so feet into the air. It was shaped like a normal cylindrical pillar with a number of tick marks on the side of it. Of the few you could see, the ticks were labled at every fifty foot point. In the center of the pillar going straight up was a smaller pillar that reached to the top. At the base of this middle pillar was a pedastal, roughly a foot in diameter on the edge of a first-class lever with another pedestal on the other side. It takes you longer than it should, but you are finally hit with realization. This is one of those test your strength attractions from a carnival! This is the first part of this Land that fits its name. The Land of Forests and Festivals was missing a bit of its 'Festival' features.
You take a few steps back to try and get a better look at the top of it. It's hard, but you are able to make out a circular top with a hole in the bottom of it. On top of the circular base was some kind of cone you want to say? It looked triangular and pointed to the sky. Actually, not much the sky but rather the giant planet thing that's been in the center of the sky ever since you got here. Like, perfect angle as well. Wait, if this is a test your strength machine, then where is the counter-weight and hammer?
== Saylen: Find the missing parts
You step around the machine and look around, finding a strange mound of vines and grass in a large, oddly shaped mound. You kneel down and tug a little at the vines, feeling them fall away immediately. After a few seconds of digging, you finally unearth what could only be the hammer for the contraption. It was large to say the least, being a little bit taller than you in height. The handle was fairly thick, about as big as your forearm with a very faded blue-and-white spiral going along the length. The head of the hammer is what caught your attention the most. It was huge, about the size of a large T.V. with the mid portion being two-shoeboxes big. The end was a curve with a large yellow ball on it. The entire thing was faded from time and nature, but you could still make out a faint blue color to it. You dust it off a little before finding a small symbol on the part where the handle met the head. It was near impossible to make out, you are able to see that it is a very large 'Z'. Z, now what could that stand for?
Future!Saylen: SAY[EN!
You jump quickly before turning around, hearing you scream from back in the woods. You don't know why, but you feel you want to keep this place a secret from her. You start your way back towards the path, swatting away the bugs before entering the clearing again. You take a quick turn and and head back to where you left your future self earlier. She looked kinda pissed. It's ok, because you are an amazing liar.
Saylen: s(o)rry ab(o)ut that
Saylen: th(o)ught we were taking a piss break
Future!Saylen: yeah, i was
Future!Saylen: where did y(o)u g(o)?
Saylen: uh, t(o) take a piss?
Saylen: i am in the midd[e (o)f g(o)gkn(o)ws where
Saylen: where e[se w(o)u[d i g(o)?
She looks at you for a second, noticeably grinding her fangs. Eventually she shakes her head and starts walking again.
Future!Saylen: yeah, yeah, whatever
Future!Saylen: the vi[[age is just up (o)ver this hi[[
She points down the exact same hill you came down from before walking up it. Confused, you take after her. For a few minutes you simply walk before accidentally bumping into you-two. She growls before turning to look at you in the eye.
Future!Saylen: we[p, here we are!
Future!Saylen: [(o)(o)k up
== Saylen: [(o)(o)k up
She raises her arms to the sky, motioning for you to look up. When you do you are taken back by what you saw. You were just under here not five minutes again, yet you somehow missed the very numerous wooden platforms. Across the tops of the forest was an entire city of colorful circus tents on top of wooden platforms with rope bridges connecting them. Along the sides of the platforms and bridges were the familiar circus lights. And just like the lights in the forest, these were all turned off. You follow the line of bridges and lights before you see the absolutely colossal tree at the very end of the tree line. Must be what your future self was talking about.
Without even acknowledging her, you start towards the tree and look it over. It was an old tree, obviously, that towered over literally everything in the entire area. It appeared to be even taller then the test your strength machine. At the base of the tree was a large opening going into some kind of room.
== Saylen: Enter the tree
You don't know why, but this place called out to you. You push open the door and find a very large yet empty room with two sets of staircases, one going up and one going down. Let's see, your future self steps in behind you and taps your shoulder.
Future!Saylen: yeah, if we want t(o) pr(o)gress pr(o)perly, d(o)wnstairs
Future!Saylen: if y(o)u want badass g(o)d p(o)wers, upstairs
Saylen: uh...
Saylen: screw it, [et's d(o) pr(o)gressi(o)n
You could hear a faint, almost growling sound come from your future self, but you toss it off as nothing. You walk to the end of the room and grab the railing. You could do this the normal was or the fun way...
== Saylen: Go down the fun way
You hop onto the railing and sit down before sliding down it. You probably should have checked out the distance because you quickly gain a lot of speed. You watch as the wooded walls circle around you, before eventually flying off and hitting the floor hard. For no reason at all, you just lay face first on the ground. Eventually, you feel a slight kicking in your side that picks you up. You tilt your to see your future self grinning down at you.
Future!Saylen: yeah, i did the same thing t(o)(o)