To truly understand how Julia Moss found herself trapped in a damp rock crevice, watching a high princess and a chaotic swordswoman argue over the offensive capabilities of the word potato, one had to look back a few days.
Specifically, to the moment Julia was dropped into the Forbidden Zone.
When the random teleportation dropped her into the valley, she landed in a dense thicket of thorned vines and twisted roots, her staff clutched to her chest, her heart hammering so hard she could feel it in her throat.
She had no idea where she was.
The map on her bracer showed nothing but trees and more trees, and the emergency teleport button mocked her with its uselessness. She had immediately done what she did best: panicked, tripped over a root, and scrambled up a massive tree.
For the first two days, she survived by hiding, running, and using her Spatial Pressure to sense enemies before they saw her and slipping away into the shadows like a ghost.
