Lurking in the unknown

"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

[onceler-in-the-woods]

Do you still make thneeds?

"Yep. Why wouldn't I? I have to chop the tree, so I might as well make somethin’ outta it, y’see? I’ve mastered the craft beyond my thneed, though. These trees have secrets of their own………."

"HEY!! Please!!! Listen to me!!!"

"Tho it’s aaaawful hard to be workin’ through all that raaacket!!!!!"

[onceler-in-the-woods]

Who's there?

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“Oh, you’ve gotta be kiddin’ me...”

“I need your help.”

“Aye, here we go! Another one of THESE pests!”

“Please sir! Just a moment of your time!”

“PEH! No. Go away!”

“SIR! Wait!!”

[onceler-in-the-woods]

Do you know anybody else out in the woods?

"Eh... most people I've met live a few miles from these here parts. I don't bother 'em. They don't bother me... well, 'cept a few letters once in a blue moon-"

"...... Hm...??"

[onceler-in-the-woods]

“And so...”

“My days continued as such... long... lonesome... searching for lost truffula trees... chopping the wood... grinding the wood into oil... returnin’ back to my abode...”

“The lantern would tell me when it needed to be refilled. It was a never endin' cycle...”

“This was my burden to carry- From now... To the end of time... For all eternity...”

[onceler-in-the-woods]

“This is enough. It’s time for me t’ head home.”

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[onceler-in-the-woods]

Why are there all those pink threads strung up in your home?

“Heh… I should really get to organiz’n that cottage of mine…”

[onceler-in-the-woods]

YOU'RE SO CUTE CAN I PLEASE SNUGGLE YOU UP

Well yer a special one aren’t ya? A normal person’s reaction to an old guy with an axe in the dark woods would be to assume he’d be a crazy lunatic or somethin’…  

[onceler-in-the-woods]

who's the most important person to you?

"There was a time, a long time ago, when I used to know the answer to this question…

....… now, I’m not sure anymore…"

[onceler-in-the-woods]

BEWARE THE BEAST!!!

“I’VE BEEN LIVIN’ IN THESE WOODS FER 50 YEARS AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO TELL ME THIS?”

[onceler-in-the-woods]

how often do u come across other people in the woods?

"Not often…  It’s been a long time since anyone has ever-

HEY WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE."

[onceler-in-the-woods]

Why are you chopping trees?

"The lantern. It needs fuel."

[onceler-in-the-woods]

“Well......

Those trees aren’t gunna chop themselves....”

[onceler-in-the-woods]

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[onceler-in-the-woods]

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