Lush is the first word that comes to mind, when you enter this area. You appear to be in the strangest bedroom you’ve ever seen: you’re in a clearing surrounded by what looks like lush, broad forest, but you can see walls in the far distance that enclose the space. This room is without a ceiling, open to the air, though the sky overhead is strange: the sunlight has a dimmed, rippling quality. You can hear the songs and buzzing of various types of birds and insects, and a good number of them are flying around the area, perfectly visible. There’s even a dark, liquid eye peering at you from the foliage at the edge of the clearing: a small deer?

The clearing itself is clean and more clearly manmade, the ground tiled in shining green with golden inlays. There’s a low, decorated tea table with a full tea service upon it, as well as a set of papers in black folders; a fancy chair; and a thronelike couch with the back fashioned into the shape of a stylized lotus flower.

A slender girl with Eve’s build is on the couch, sitting up but slumped to the side, apparently fast asleep. She’s dressed quite elaborately. There is a gauzy, pale-green veil draped over her, obscuring her features.

The air smells fresh and green, but there’s a disturbing hint of blood underneath.