<div align="center"><strong>Strange Tunes</strong></div><br/>The first segment of the path took them through a nice, empty clearing. Here, the foliage above still let the sunlight through, and the vivid colors of the forest could still be seen with the variety of wildflowers and bushes that lined the sides of the path. The clearing itself did not appear to be trapped or dangerous, merely a waypoint for those passing by. A gentle breeze passed through as the adventurers did, sending a flurry of leaves down from the trees above.<br/><br/>A massive, colorless crystal sat half-buried in the ground to their left side, too imperfect and large to be worth stealing. Despite the fractures riddled through it, it seemed to grant a gentle life to the clearing, filled with warm, sunlit energy. Perhaps someone with a magical background might sense something else inside the stone.<br/><br/>To their right, almost at the other side of the clearing, was what most humans tended to call a "fairy ring", a circle of seemingly random mushrooms circling a small clearing of light. Perhaps due to being so close to the edge of the forest, near human territory, it appeared untended to. The grass around it was overgrown, the mushrooms somewhat withered and irregular. Most humans, and non-fae in general, had no idea what they were for.