=== [[The Anterior Opening ===]]: The Tail created the Anterior Opening, which one would not find this were they not looking. Nothing... Well, little lies in this corner of the Mansus, far away from the light of the Glory as it is possible to be. It is said that the Mansus has no walls. So, perhaps this is no-opening. Perhaps it is an opening anyway. But what is undeniable that if you descend to the darkest depths of the Mansus, there will be something. Perhaps it’s an opening, perhaps it’s a not-opening. The ambiguity, after all, is but another of the openings the Tail so loves. Step out of it and breathe the dark, cold air of Nowhere, the first home of the Tail. It is the one safe exit and entrance to Nowhere, for every now and then, the Tail desires a brief vacation back to its home. Perhaps, oh the jest, perhaps it might even be safe for you.

Last * I was a fool last night, . I stumbled upon closer and ever-closer to the Anterior Opening, that wound in and when my feet fell stepped into Nowhere I thought I was dead. But the Mansus sacred to the Wrong-Serpent. Three serpents were Tail was there that night. The Anaconda, full of convictionand from it’s laugh, the head of the ouroboros striking at its tail; The Wrong-Serpentawful, horrendous laugh, I could tell it was amused by me. “Not yet, jeering and laughing at the maw that seeks to constrain ” it; The Bright-Delverlaughed, her coils wrapped around her siblings“May you open this Door later, the peacekeeper for the eternal conflictbut not yet, you fool. She spoke ” It sent something to them, guide me out and while I do not remember the wordsit remains with me still. Maybe it will obey me.** Provides A Visitor from Nowhere, her voice was but with a chiming melody that even now stirs my blood20s only timer.

I was a fool last night* Now, now, you stumble through the wood. I stumbled closer Lashing branches and ever-closer to weeds drag across the Opening and when my feet fell stepped into Nowhere I thought I was deadskin of your dreams. Where are you going? Why do you go this way? Do you even know? But the Tail was therenow, and from it’s laugh, its awful, horrendous laugh, I could tell it was amused by mehere you are. “Not yetThe Wood constrained,” did it laughed, “May you open this Door later, but not yet? All the suffocating trees. But now, a clearing... A clearing. Unlike anything you foolhave ever seen before.” It sent something to guide me out pulses with an elder, ancient light. Breathe, and it remains taste nothing of the Wood. This place is opened, with me stillpermanence. If even the Wood can be cleared, opened. Maybe it will obey me... What cannot? You wake, your eyes open, as if they had always been open.** Provides Knock-Influence

Provides A Visitor from Nowhere, but with a 20s only timer. === The Highest Clearing === FNORD ==== Events ==== Now, now, you stumble through the wood. Lashing branches and weeds drag across the skin of your dreams. Where are you going? Why do you go this way? Do you even know? But now, here you are. The Wood constrained, did it not? All the suffocating trees. But now, a clearing... A clearing. Unlike anything you have ever seen before. It pulses with an elder, ancient light. Breathe, and taste nothing of the Wood. This place is opened, with permanence. If even the Wood can be cleared, opened.... What cannot? You wake, your eyes open, as if they had always been open. Provides Knock-Influence * I stumbled through the Wood blindly till I found an especial place. Special, for it was not of the wood. A clearing, bound by no trees. I breathed in the air and tasted not a hint of the leafy chlorophyll. One would not think the Tail brings peace, yet it was peaceful that night as I lay on the floor of the field and stared upwards at the light of the Glory, so dim down here. ** Provides Contentment