Part 8

Fucking finally.



That...earned me nothing but points.

I SPENT TEN MINUTES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THAT.

I took the drum back...



And headed the other way. The path to the right of the hut leads to a river and a little hut but there's nothing else important over there for now I guess.



A massive tree spreads its roots in a net that covers the grove. The trunk rises to a dizzying height and is lost above the canopy.

Yup, that's a pretty big tree. I wonder if it's like that one tree in Zelda: OoT where you could go in and fight a giant spider and that was a pretty cool sequence!



Only one way to find out!



Dense vines cover the thick trunk. They seem to mark some kind of opening.

fuck. And I recognize those drums off the side too. I bet they want me to play the exact same rhythm that I played a few houses over, expecting me to have memorized that whole damn thing.



WELL I DID. I PLAYED THE FUCKING THING FOR TEN MINUTES OF COURSE I REMEMBER THE TUNE.



If there isn't a giant spider in here I'm going to be super pissed.



...bahahahaha

It is I who sent for you. Come closer that I may speak to you from my heart. Indeed, the Grove People call me Forest Heart.

Yeah I got that already actually thanks.



I AM KING OF THE TREE
BRING ME MAPLE SYRUP SO THAT I MIGHT EAT WAFFLES

Adam, my end grows near. Soon, I will die.

: "But you can get better, can't you?"

Do not distress yourself, child. I have lived long and welcome the sleep to come.

Emo tree.



So make another one. Jesus don't trees make like a million seeds a year or something? _{I don't know trees suck and I know shit about them}

Another must be found to grow here. If not, the heartbeat of the forest will cease. I ahve been She Who Stands Alone for a long age now. No other tree is like me. I cannot say where another seedling can be found.

You know, it can't be healthy for you to be completely hollow on the inside. Don't trees need support?



Golly gee, a branch. This'll stop the land developers.



Thank you, Child. If you find the Wise One, he will tell you more. I am weary and must rest.

I thought you WERE the wise one. And what do you need to rest for? You're a TREE. You don't have to move. Hell, you shoudn't even have to talk!

I'm going to shit inside of you.



I also grabbed the wooden cup on the other side...



...and collected some sap from the sap pool, which I will no doubt need for some stupid reason.



This almost made me quit this stupid game right here. I went in and out of this tree FIVE TIMES because Adam is TOO GODDAMN STUPID to leave a small screen. I was literally screaming.



And where in the hell did you all come from!?