which you may have noticed since you can actually see them.
Ok, not really. But you can see a map!
See! A map!
The woods are actually a pretty cool place to hang out, so I was surprised that I only came across one or two other cats. If anyone’s reading this and interested in checking it out…I’d suggest going into the woods before you get to the stretch of roads with the houses since lots of freaks hanging out around there. Also don’t go looking for the path from the road cause you ain’t going to see it until you’re used to looking for it. Heck, I dunno if it even exists or if I was just making it up. But if you insist on looking for the path, the easiest place to find it would be behind the run down shack that, I think, was a store at one time. I had to duck in there to get away from some dude looking for a kitty snack and there was a long counter with a busted up cash register. If you go behind it and duck behind a couple trees you’ll come across some really tall dead grass stuff – that’s it. As a plus, I never really saw any crazy beasts or anything down in that area, so you’ll be safe for a bit. Not that you shouldn’t be aware just in case, but you know that by now. If you do happen to run across something, head to the old stone slab things that I hung out by during the scream. You could probably get enough cover by squeezing underneath and between some rocks. Don’t go deeper into the woods cause you’ll come across a pretty sparsely treed area and you’ll be fucked. The wind messes with your mind a bit and it’s crazy easy to get turned around and hard to find a good place to hide without going up and then you gotta get down. No fun.
There’s loads of places to explore and, overall, it’s pretty safe, just be aware. Plus there’s lots of cool stuff to find. I know I came across more but I just can’t remember what or where. I mean, there was this funky old archway, but I can’t for the life of me remember where that was. So if you’re in an exploring mood, take notes and send em my way. If you don’t really want to explore but want to see some cool stuff, check out the ruins I marked on the map.
The freaky ruins were, well, freaky. It’s huge and my guess is that it was an old castle of some sort. The building is pretty much gone – a couple stone walls here and there, but you can get down into some of the lower rooms. They’re mostly empty so you don’t see much but you can make out some cool old paintings or something. Also some crazy old broken up statues that weren’t like anything you’d see in the city. Well, the one was kind of like the one on the old fountain in the plaza. I’d have to get back down there to know for sure. If you want to go, when you come to what I think was a lake, keep walking around it towards the left. There’s a herd of some crazy animal hanging out sort of to the right of the ruins. I dunno how cat friendly they are, but do you really want to find out?
I’m calling the one thing just off the path a house. I don’t know that it was but there was definitely a brick fireplace of sorts. It looks like there were a couple of buildings, but I don’t know, maybe it was just a bunch of those outdoor stoves? One of them’s been used recently. My bet is that it was our Sainted One cause she was the only human type that I saw in the woods. You’ll know you’re getting close to this place because most of the trees around it have been marked with an X which is another reason why I think it was Saint Feline. She was marking trees when I saw her.
The last one, I’m calling a campground. I have no idea what it was. It’s just a big open area and it looks like there were a couple of water troughs of some sort. It’s too woody to be some sort of stable area, so I don’t think it was that. I dunno. But there’s one that’s almost upside down that makes a hell of a hiding spot. Ain’t nothing getting you if you can squeeze under the side.
If you want to get up in the air for a decent view of things, head up to the orchard. The trees look scary as hell, but they make for some amazing climbing and you’re not going to get stuck in them. There are a lot of branches that you can jump to and from. It’s a good place to take a rest, too. There are some big ass birds flying around the place, but the higher branches keep them away and the stuff on the ground can’t reach you. It’d make for a decent platformer mini game, too. You know, if the Madlands would ever get made into a game.
The biggest warning I can give you, from experience, is that if you find yourself running from whatever the hell it is that’s living near the grassy area, run towards the road and not away from it. You’ll find yourself near a big cliff looking down over a river. It’s not huge or nothing, but maybe 20 feet. Enough to hurt if you had to jump down.
And, the best for last… see what I did there, I forced you to skim all the way down here to read about the Beautiful One. She’s looking a bit rough. I didn’t really dare go up to her but I know she saw me. She’s up to something but hell if I know what it is. I saw her a couple different places. She’d walk around a bit, get pissed off, then write a big X on a couple of trees. You’ll find these Xs all over the place. No clue what in the hell she’s doing, but good to see that she’s doing ok.
Got any more to add? Anyone planning on heading up there?
