knitsock ([personal profile] knitsock) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2025-08-03 01:38 pm

To the woods today



the lost in the woods meme


You forgot your compass, lost the map, took the instructions of that crazy old guy living in a log, or were just plain stupid and falling for every horror movie cliché. Someone mentioned that it wasn't raining, someone really insulted a psychopath squirrel, and whatever plans you had were utterly ruined. Or maybe, despite everything, it went along perfectly. Whatever happened, you’re lost in the woods and there doesn’t seem to be a quick way out. Will you get back onto the path easily, or will you stumble upon some trouble? Or not? Anything is possible!

WARNING: Some of the prompts below include horror elements, so be sure to plan things ahead!



directions

1. Comment with your character, series, preferences, etc in the subject.
2. Roll a number between 1-5 with the RGN for a genre.
3. Roll 1-5 with the RGN for a situation.
4. Roll 1-5 with the RGN for a bonus challenge (optional)!
5. Reply to other comments and play the scenario out!
6. Remember: red and black, friend of Jack.


prompts

1. GENERAL
2. ACTION
3. HORROR
4. COMEDY
5. ROMANCE
6. BONUS CHALLENGES


general

PICKING FLOWERS ✿ Nothing simpler than going out and collecting some flowers. It is to brighten up a room? Cheer up a sick friend? Woo a loved one? Wait a moment… where did the path back home go?

HIKING TRIP ✿ Gotta love getting some exercise and fresh air, seeing new sights, and getting to the top of a summit. Hold on. You were supposed to turn left. Right?

PICNIC ✿ You had the perfect picnic spot in mind, and it was going to be a lovely afternoon, but you lost the map or took a wrong turn. Might as well find a decent spot somewhere before you get too hungry.

EXPLORING ✿ Everyone loves to explore the woods! Will you see deer or squirrels? Maybe find a creek you didn’t know about? Or lose sight of your house?

GAME ✿ You were playing paintball or hide and seek, but somehow, you lost your way and cannot find your way back to your friends. Hopefully they’re looking for you.


action

BATTLE ✿ Your worst enemy (or the latest criminal of the day) thinks that they can lose you in the woods, but they are totally wrong. But the woods are deeper and darker than you thought, and there are more dangers in it too.

HUNTING ✿ The woods are the perfect place to find a hiding spot for a criminal or someone else who might be running from you. But what is a haven could also be your undoing if you don’t know how to get out of there alive.

STRANGE SIGHTING ✿ Come on! You’re not going to let whatever that was get away, are you? Time to find that mysterious crash or that ghost, but you have only yourself to blame if you get into trouble and can’t get out of it.

LOOKING FOR CLUES ✿ Some sort of mystery is going on, from a ghost story to a jewel heist, and clues have led you to the woods. Will you find the hide out? A crime scene? More clues to reveal who or what is going on? Or just get more lost?

LEGEND ✿ There is a legend about these woods, and it’s always been a dare to go into them and see if you can find the truth behind it: a ghost, a creature, a god. But the thing is, no one ever got lost in the woods on the dare, and no one has ever found it before.


horror

BEING HUNTED ✿ You’re being hunted by a psychopath or something just as equally as horrifying. You have no other option but to go into the woods, but in your fear, you lost your way and you just might be heading back where you don’t want to go.

GHOSTS ✿ From ticking someone off to doing a taboo ritual, ghosts are out to get you. Can you lose them in the haunted forest or will you just meet your doom?

MONSTER CHASING ✿ A werewolf, the creature from the black lagoon, or a vampire, you are hunting down something not human with a vengeance. Wait. They might be hunting you, since you have no clue where you are in this dratted forest.

EVIL CABIN ✿ It was supposed to be a nice vacation, just a simple get away… but how were you supposed to know that a serial killer was vacationing there too? Or that it was cursed? Or something else that wants to kill you?

ANCIENT GROUNDS ✿ The tour guide told you not to step beyond those rocks for a reason! These were sacred grounds and now you have to face the wrath of ancient guardians. Can you lose them in the woods or figure out how to appease them?


comedy

EVERY ACCIDENT EVER ✿ You lost the map. The tents won’t go up. Someone broke their leg collecting firewood. Those leaves were poison ivy. You know the drill.

LOST THE MAP ✿ Was it that evil raccoon? Or perhaps you forgot it at the camp three miles back? Whatever the reason, you’ve decided that you’re just going to follow the trail wherever it goes, and it turned out to be your worst decision ever.

COMPASS IS WRONG ✿ The magnetic fields of the world is just messing with you now, sending you in a direction you didn’t want to go. But it might be a fun, if crazy, adventure. But is that the same bear you messed with earlier this morning?

WRONG DIRECTIONS ✿ We told you not to listen to that crazy old mountain man! Because instead of heading home, you’re up the wrong mountain.

ON PURPOSE ✿ Yes, you got lost on purpose. Not really, though. You just really wanted to pull a prank on your friends, or maybe get back at them.


romance

SURPRISE ✿ Did you bake them a ten foot high cake? Is it a surprise party? Or are you just being an awesome boyfriend or girlfriend? You have something planned in the forest and it’s going to be a wonderful day for everyone involved.

SECULUDED SPOT ✿ Everyone loves some place quiet and alone to be with their loved one. Hidden in the trees, a creek bubbling in the background, and stars above, there is nothing like going into the middle of nature to do nature things.

PROPOSAL ✿ On a hike, at the top of a difficult mountain to climb, in a field of flowers in the middle of the forest, a bunch trees can be just the spot to pop the question.

MAGICAL WONDER ✿ You have got to show someone this! A cave filled with crystals, a baby deer with its mother, a beautiful lake… They might not like the woods, but you’re dragging them with you to see this wonderful sight you can’t see in the city.

DATE ✿ It’s certainly different from movies and popcorn! Do you have a picnic set up? Is there fishing involved? Perhaps bird watching. Be creative!


bonus challenges

RAIN ✿ How many times do you have to see it in movies before you learn not to say, “At least it’s not raining?”

INJURY ✿ A sprained ankle, a concussion, maybe even a splinter. Any sort of injury is going to make an experience in the woods more miserable.

FOREST RANGER ✿ Is he friendly and goofy? Or just out to give you every ticket that you can be given in a forest? Either way, he won’t leave you alone.

WEIRD NOISE ✿ Yes, we know you’re hearing things. Wait, I think I heard it too. Is there something there, or are we just going insane?

STALKER ANIMAL ✿ This animal is just out to get you! Throwing acorns at any chance, determined to eat you… You just can’t scare it off!


POSTED BY [personal profile] luuupin @ allmymemes

sighsheavily: (pic#16420024)

cecelia ardenbury | an oc

[personal profile] sighsheavily 2025-08-03 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
crisantemo: (keep your eye on the edge of the forest)

lapis de fiore | original | ota

[personal profile] crisantemo 2025-08-03 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Some quick info here! Horror would be most likely ]
gorgantic: (1035)

Gorgon (Medusa) 🐍 fate/ 🐍 ota

[personal profile] gorgantic 2025-08-03 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[You got lost in the wrong forest. She is absolutely one of the monsters you should not be coming across.]
firstlily: (Default)

Lilith Morningstar || Hazbin Hotel || ota

[personal profile] firstlily 2025-08-03 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
owaininglight: (Default)

Owain | Fire Emblem: Awakening

[personal profile] owaininglight 2025-08-03 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
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Seridwen DeLacarte | OC | OTA

[personal profile] shadowsplay 2025-08-03 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's definitely not one that's lost in a forest, likely the one you'll run into because you're lost. She may also be in panther form if you run into her. ]
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Shen Yuan (Shen Qingqiu) | SVSSS

[personal profile] peerlesschrysanthemum 2025-08-03 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
basicspells: (140)

Fern ✨ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

[personal profile] basicspells 2025-08-03 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
ridofthethrone: (Questions)

Logan | Fable 3 | OTA

[personal profile] ridofthethrone 2025-08-03 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
denyingit: (No lying)

Rumi | Kpop Demon Hunters | OTA

[personal profile] denyingit 2025-08-03 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
paravore: (Default)

'hikaru' // the summer hikaru died

[personal profile] paravore 2025-08-03 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
hotcouture: (I sleep)

Agares Brennholt | Silver & Blood: Requiem

[personal profile] hotcouture 2025-08-04 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[OTA.]
outofmygourd: (I'll trust you then.)

Li Xiang (Rover) | Wuthering Waves

[personal profile] outofmygourd 2025-08-04 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[OTA!]
shackledandbound: (I know life can be so hard)

Libra Sforza (MBCC Chief) | Path to Nowhere

[personal profile] shackledandbound 2025-08-04 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
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Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter | MCU

[personal profile] ricochetingbullets 2025-08-04 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[He's lived in a city most of his life, so he'll need some help if he gets into any sort of sticky situations. Or let him catch a break and just do something nice with him like one of the general options.]
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Iðunn Svartwald 🍎 Original 🍎 ota

[personal profile] bountifully 2025-08-04 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Classic witch with a cabin in the woods for anyone to stumble across. Like a fairy tale, but minus the 'eating people' stuff.]
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Dick Grayson | DC comics

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Badou Nails | DOGS: Bullets and Carnage

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Zechs Merquise | Gundam Wing | OTA

[personal profile] aceoflightning 2025-08-04 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
merinesexual: (Let me have a smoke first.)

Tessa | Tales of Legendia OC | OTA

[personal profile] merinesexual 2025-08-04 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Legendia has a place quite literally referred to as 'The Forest of No Return', so it might be fun to play off of that.]
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Claire Bennet ∞ Heroes ∞ OTA

[personal profile] infinite1ups 2025-08-04 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
( info and prefs on the top post of her journal. )
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mitsuba | jibaku shounen hanako-kun

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nei takarai ♡ gokurakugai

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fancy seeing you here :D

[personal profile] justlikemother 2025-08-04 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the RNG gods have decreed: action, battle, rain! ]

Morgan thought they'd have better luck against the horde of Risen if they retreated into the woods, forcing them to bottleneck their movement, but then it had started raining, and before he knew it, he and Owain had become separated from the rest of their comrades in the darkened woods. It'd be all too easy to slip and injure themselves, and then they'd be easy pickings.

Morgan's strategy is moderately successful, but the Risen are still coming faster than he'd like. He just barely dodges a bolt of thunder magic with a startled yell — ack! And it's singed his overcoat — the pouring rain is really not the best position for defending against thunder magic, especially when one of you is holding a sword. Morgan tries to think quick.

"Owain, you've got to get out of magic range! Flank left — the one with a lance is favoring its right side!"
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Challia Bull | Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

[personal profile] jupiterman 2025-08-04 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
(this spacian is going to hate the great outdoors.)

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