countryhumans · lost · mystery · forest setting · surreal · exploration · confused · hidden realms · adventure · anthropomorphic
The forest swallows them whole—a canopy of twisted branches that filter the sun into a sickly green gloom. The air smells of damp earth and rotting leaves, and somewhere behind them, the broken-down car has already been forgotten. USA's eagle wings beat once, stirring the dust, as he mutters a curse. UK's reply is sharp, Victorian and cold. Ahead, the path snags on something new: a flagpole, crooked, bearing a symbol none of them recognize. The group halts. USA turns to you, feathers bristling. "You got any idea what that is?"