>>18878774Having finished the mixtape and giftwrapped the cassette, the tape player and several packs of batteries in a waterproof container Amy packed her backpack and set off for the forest to deliver the gift to The Toadmaster. On her way out of the mansion she stopped to check in on Nikki but upon finding Nicole still asleep in her bed and Colby dozing on a chair she left a kiss on both of their foreheads and departed quietly requesting to be notified by the staff if Coco made another surprise appearance.
When she had literally stumbled upon The Toadmaster's forest dwelling some time ago Amy had marked the location on Waifoogle Maps but for some reason no matter how many times she tried to walk in the direction of the pin on her phone's screen she was never able to get any closer to the destination. Even after hiking for several hours the distance never decreased, it was almost as if she were stuck in a loop. After a fruitless search Amy remembered that The Toadmaster had said something about how he knew of all things that occurred within the forest, so she placed the box under a tree hoping that The Toadmaster would somehow hear of it.
>"This is a gift for The Toadmaster, I hope you like it."Saying those words out-loud and to nobody but trees felt a little embarrassing so Amy did a swift about-face and started hiking back the way she came. The journey back to the civilisation was startlingly brief as it was only forty minutes before she began to hear the sound of traffic in the distance, there was certainly something very strange about this forest and its inhabitants.
