I can feel my bones, and it's nauseating

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[Xey stride through a winding path in the forest, each turn calculated and exact.]

*Mortem follows roughly 3 feet behind xem, a bit uncoordinated and with a noticeable limp.*

huh? what was that? I only got a few bits and pieces.

╎ℸ ̣ リᒷᒷ↸ᓭ ╎ᒲ!¡∷𝙹⍊ᒷᒲᒷリℸ ̣..

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[Xey stride through a winding path in the forest, each turn calculated and exact.]

*Mortem follows roughly 3 feet behind xem, a bit uncoordinated and with a noticeable limp.*

huh? what was that? I only got a few bits and pieces.

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[Xey stride through a winding path in the forest, each turn calculated and exact.]

*Mortem follows roughly 3 feet behind xem, a bit uncoordinated and with a noticeable limp.*

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[Xey stride through a winding path in the forest, each turn calculated and exact.]

*Mortem follows roughly 3 feet behind xem, a bit uncoordinated and with a noticeable limp.*

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

Well, what do you remember? And what's that red spot on your suit, pal?

Well... Ummm... Do you wanna come up with one?

Oh, that's a fun pun! Like, dead!

Well, your skin is rotting, and you have a bloody wound in your chest.

...no. no, I can't be dead, right? i'm alive! I'm here, right now! I can't be dead!

You're right, I guess. You're here. But there's one thing.

what? what is it? what's the one thing?

You're correct about NOT being dead, but you're wrong about being alive. You're undead, I think.

...that's.... that's not possible. when people die, they stay dead. they have to! they can't come back! I can't have come back!

Typically, yeah. But this is the Slender Forest. Wacky stuff happens here all the time. Take me, for example, I was hardly aware my first few years here. I was stuck amongst other bits and bobs of code in the FUCKING air!

but i'm different, right? I'M NORMAL, RIGHT?!

Well, what do you remember? And what's that red spot on your suit, pal?

Well... Ummm... Do you wanna come up with one?

Oh, that's a fun pun! Like, dead!

Well, your skin is rotting, and you have a bloody wound in your chest.

...no. no, I can't be dead, right? i'm alive! I'm here, right now! I can't be dead!

You're right, I guess. You're here. But there's one thing.

what? what is it? what's the one thing?

You're correct about NOT being dead, but you're wrong about being alive. You're undead, I think.

...that's.... that's not possible. when people die, they stay dead. they have to! they can't come back! I can't have come back!

Typically, yeah. But this is the Slender Forest. Wacky stuff happens here all the time. Take me, for example, I was hardly aware my first few years here. I was stuck amongst other bits and bobs of code in the FUCKING air!

but i'm different, right? I'M NORMAL, RIGHT?!

Well, what do you remember? And what's that red spot on your suit, pal?

Well... Ummm... Do you wanna come up with one?

Oh, that's a fun pun! Like, dead!

Well, your skin is rotting, and you have a bloody wound in your chest.

...no. no, I can't be dead, right? i'm alive! I'm here, right now! I can't be dead!

You're right, I guess. You're here. But there's one thing.

what? what is it? what's the one thing?

You're correct about NOT being dead, but you're wrong about being alive. You're undead, I think.

...that's.... that's not possible. when people die, they stay dead. they have to! they can't come back! I can't have come back!