Anonymous 2001-04-26

It is neither warm or cold. The temperature is what I am used to and the futon that I am sleeping on is not my own. There is a television, stereo, couch, love seat, and small fridge there as well. The walls are off-white, with various movie posters on it. There isn't a lot of light, but there is a big window to let sunshine in.

The forest is "patchy." There are parts that are thick, and also parts that are thin. The majority of trees are simple maple, with the occasional oak tree amongst the crowd. The forest is wild, not taken care of, or manicured. There is undergrowth, with saplings, blackberry bushes, and fallen trees that are starting to decay.

The path in the forest is barely a path at all. I would guess that it is a deer path. It moves according to the least amount of resistance from the growth on the ground. The only way to follow it at times is to bend down below the undergrowth to find it.

At the end of the path is a stream. As I look up-stream, I can here babbling, as if there is a dam somewhere just out of sight. Where I am standing is a turn in the stream, so the water is very calm, the stream is quite wide here, and looks quite deep. This is obviously not a man-made stream, but probably runs near some farm land, since there appears to be a lot of silt in the water.

As I reach the far side of the the stream, I find a wine-skin laying on the bank. It is brown leather, with a leather leash on it. The top is sealed with a cork. The total size of the skin is about a foot in length, and about 8inches in height.

The key located in the path is one of those master keys. The kind that say it is illegal to duplicate. It looks like it belongs to a school or institution of some sort, because it is engraved with a letter and number on one side. I would guess that it opens a door to some sort of restricted room.