A Night at Wildwood
The air itself seemed to whisper with forgotten words, old and malevolent, like the earth itself was speaking to them in a language that none of them could understand.
Beneath their feet, the ground was no longer solid. The once-familiar dirt had turned to something viscous, black and sticky, like tar. It seemed alive, pulsing beneath their steps, eager to drag them deeper into the earth. The roots of the trees had twisted and expanded, creeping like serpents from the soil, stretching and reaching toward the sky, wrapping around anything they could find. The trees, once towering and proud, now seemed bent and withered, their bark blackened and scorched as though touched by fire.
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