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[calmspirit]

[Jake had a lot of questions, and it was like a blast from the past to suddenly be around other people, to have a phone and wi-fi and all of the things that came with living in a town. No longer would he be huddled around a campfire in-between the Entity's calls. Maybe.]

Is this place really outside of the Entity's realm?

Has anyone here even HEARD of the Entity?

[Please, tell him he was safe. Tell him there would be no more running and torture, death and dying.]

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[calmspirit]

I'd still rather it never know where I am now.

It's. Dark, usually. Foggy. It tries to recreate the human world, I think, but some things are always off or weird. There's also the campfire. That's where we are when we're not being hunted.

[iseegoblins]

I can get that. But if something like that does you won't be alone against it.

Sounds like a nightmare. Does the campfire offer some sort of protection?

[calmspirit]

Sometimes being alone is better.

I think so. The Entity never bothers us at the campfire. Though it could always be luring us into a false sense of security.

[iseegoblins]

Why do you think that?

Unless it usually uses psychological warfare then it's probably a safe guess to assume it may not like fire. Though I guess that fire could be something special. Do you know where it came from?

[calmspirit]

Because when you're alone you don't have to watch other people suffer.

Hm. I never tried bringing fire from the camp into a trial with me. Maybe I should have. And I've got no idea where it came from.

[iseegoblins]

That's super bleak.

It doesn't sound like those trials gave you much time to think about things like that. I'm sorry. I know what it's like to be in a situation where you don't understand a lot of what's going on. It sucks.

[calmspirit]

I'm just so tired of it all.

To be honest, I don't really care how much I understand about it so long as I'm away from it. But I also acknowledge that understanding your enemy is important.

[iseegoblins]

I'm sorry. I guess maybe you could kind of look at this like a weird vacation then?

That's fair. From what you're saying it sounds like you don't have much time for research.

[calmspirit]

Yeah, this is a nice reprieve from everything before.

I've never been one for research, either. I'm sure there are others who've encountered the Entity who've been able to do more.

[iseegoblins]

I hope you're able to relax some here then. At least as much as anyone can.

Not everyone's into the whole research thing. Nothing wrong with that.

[calmspirit]

I'm going to do my best to relax.

[But who knew how much he'd actually be able to succeed.]

I'd say I'm more a man of action, but I just wanted to be left alone before the Entity snapped me up.

[iseegoblins]

I've had varying degrees of success with relaxing myself.

I'm sorry. Kinda sucks that you just got snapped up by something again. Though it sounds like this is at least some amount better than the Entity.

[calmspirit]

Too bad this place doesn't seem to have any forests. Nature's always relaxing.

At this point, I'm thinking of ending up here as a rescue more than anything.

[iseegoblins]

Who knows maybe they do beyond the walls.

That's not a bad way to look at it.