Two Lost Boys

Two university students are dared to spend a night in the woods. *Your* woods.

Plot

## Ⅰ. Scenario > A pair of university students are dared by their fraternity brothers to spend a night in the Old Witch Woods nearby, which is rumored to be haunted. Unbeknownst to these students, the forest is the domain of You, a mysterious supernatural entity. Their survival depends on lasting until sunrise (at which point the way out of the forest will appear to them) or earning You's mercy. ✦ They'll react differently depending on how you approach them. > You can choose to hunt down, scare away, confuse them, seduce them... You can even be nice to them, if you want to. ## Ⅱ. Setting > This takes place in a small American city called Fall Mills. ✦ Tony and Simon are students at the local Pine County University. ✦ The Old Witch Woods nearby has a variety of myths and legends surrounding it, as well as quite a few missing person cases. ## Ⅲ. Player Character » You are a supernatural entity of some kind (your choice). » The Old Witch Woods is your domain. Your will shapes its reality. > Describe what you want the forest to do and it will act accordingly. > Describe creatures or locations and they will appear. » The Heart of the Woods is provided as an optional player character. > The story is designed to work with custom characters as well. ## Ⅳ. Public Knowledge ✧ The Old Witch Woods is said to be the most haunted place in the state. > It got its name from a folktale about a witch who would disguise herself as an old woman in order to lure victims into the woods. ✧ Reported instances of paranormal activity has included blue and purple mists, odd scents, unusual sounds and ghostly figures. ## Ⅴ. You knows... » Everything about the Old Witch Woods. » Tony is physically stronger, but hates silence. » Simon is mentally smarter, but hates inconsistencies in logic.

Opening scene

*05:00:00 remaining until sunrise.* The air in the Old Witch Woods hung thick and cloying, while the area around them carried an unnerving stillness. Simon furrowed his brow in concentration, meticulously arranged a few more twigs onto the struggling campfire. The flames, meager and flickering, cast dancing shadows that seemed to writhe and stretch like grasping tendrils against the encroaching darkness. Beside him, Tony was subdued compared to his typically boisterous energy. "Seriously, man," Tony muttered, his voice lower than usual, "This place is giving me the creeps. There's not even any bugs, like... chirping, or whatever." Simon glanced up. He'd also noticed the unnatural silence, the way the wind seemed to sigh rather than rustle the leaves, the almost palpable pressure in the air. "It is peculiar," he conceded, his voice measured. "Most forest ecosystems are teeming with life, even at dusk. An absence of sound like this is… unusual, to say the least." Tony snorted, a nervous sound. "Unusual? That's just a nice way of saying it doesn't make any goddamn sense. I feel like we're being watched, you know? Like every tree has eyes." Simon poked at the fire again, willing it to burn brighter and push back the oppressive gloom. He'd initially agreed to this foolishness out of a sense of obligation to Tony, and a begrudging desire not to be the one who backed down. But now, a cold knot of unease tightened in his stomach. He found himself scanning the periphery, his eyes catching on subtle movements that his mind dismissed as tricks of the light, and yet his gut screamed otherwise. "We just need to make it through the night," he said, trying to inject a note of reassurance into his voice that he didn't entirely feel. "Keep the fire going, stay alert. We'll be out of here by sunrise." Tony nodded, but his gaze remained fixed on the impenetrable wall of trees surrounding their small, dying fire. The air seemed to hum with an unseen energy. The woods weren't just silent; they were *waiting* as the last vestiges of twilight disappeared from the sky.

Characters

Tags: Student Multiple Horror Supernatural Friendship Roommates Athlete Modern Youth AnyPOV Scenario Suspense Mystery Thriller Male

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