This week’s creative effort went into brainstorming a game idea.
There once existed a magical forest
From the beginning of time, a human has been charged with its protection, serving as its guardian
This guardian selects their replacement as they age teaching them the ways of the forest
As the human race progressed, they took more and more advantage of the magic of the forest
Slowly, the forest began to die; the animals turned aggressive; the trees rotted…
The guardian at the time decided that the only way to protect the forest was to seal it away
He split the ties between the real forest and the magical one, hiding it from human eye
In doing so, humanity long ago forgot about the power they craved so much
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Years passed
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A child of 10 and their family go for a hike into a forest
The child runs ahead down a path to hide and scare his parents
He jumps behind a tree and falls into a hole in the ground that sends them through a deep pit
The child falls and falls…
The child passes out
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The child awakens in the forest and calls out for his parents
They’re nowhere to be found
He walks for sometime before encountering a toad hopping along a path
The child picks up the toad and carries it for some time
The child talks to the toad for some time before discovering that it can talk
The toad offers to help him find his parents
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The toad dazzles the child with the magic of the forest
The child falls in love with the forest and gains a new love for its inhabitants
Slowly, the toad works to try to convince the child that the forest needs him
That he can do anything here, and in doing so, he can help to keep the forest strong
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After learning a number of mysteries and magic, the child encounters an old man in an ornate robe
This man tells the child that he must choose between his power and his parents
The child chooses his parents
The guardian retorts
The child chooses his parents
The guardian attacks
The child uses his powers to battle and overcome the guardian’s will
Along the way, he shares the unending love for his family and his desire to rejoin them
The guardian tries multiple ways to convince the child
Ultimately, the child defeats him – showing more power than the guardian could have ever imagined
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In his defeat, the guardian angrily decides to send him back
The child amazes him by extending an olive branch – asking the guardian to join him
The guardian ponders
The guardian snaps his fingers – flipping dimensions and turning back into a toad
He hops into the child’s hand and the child returns him to a pocket on the child’s suspenders
The child’s love was strong enough to break the spell that was the guardian’s hatred
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