> Take her hand and get on board!
>You do so and settle onto the shaggy animal's broad back. The mists rise again as it plods onward.
>Through the mist, you can see shapes pass by; hard angled ones for a moment, then nothing, then softer, intricate round patterns. Kari still looks every which way, tensing again, the bells dangling from the neck of her robe ringing gently. However, nothing seems to happen, and within a minute the mists fade away, and you find yourself at the southern banks of a sizable lake.
>It doesn't seem familiar, not at first. This lake is fed by a small river, Misty Lake simply had a few small streams, though as you look around you notice some of those are still there. Another small river flows away from it, to the west. The shape is different now, somewhat-L shaped rather than the rough oval you are familiar with. However, you can see there are still some familiar shores, now that you know to look for them. All around is forest of varying denseness, coming reasonably close to the bank. You see no sign of Scarlet Devil Mansion, nor of Alice's cabin either. There are a few faeries gathered on the western bank, near the river.
>_