Editing Falling Oak Avenue (section)

===Schoolbell===
The second length features a constantly ringing bell, which causes Lost to become hostile until it is stopped. Debris also flings itself at Finders along this section. The bell can be stopped by hitting it, either directly or with a thrown object, which will send the Finder to the third length. Six Lost will appear in this length, though some may have been present from the start of the Path. Three are local to Falling Oak Avenue, from a pool of six potential local Lost whose hostile behaviors are known, and three are random, visiting from other Paths, and are less predictable but may also be worse at navigating, being more likely to collide with debris or hit the ground. Any of the six fallers can die at any time on the Path, from hitting the ground or being killed by Finders, and will not show up again in the same run if they do. All of the fallers will disappear or be left behind after the second length is cleared, but can catch up in later lengths and will certainly be present again on specific lengths or when certain conditions are met.<ref name="bell">'''Second Length - the Schoolbell'''<br><br>The schoolbell may appear to be a large brass bell, or a section of wall from the school with a more modern bell that is painted bright red or yellow. This marks the first appearance of the school and with it, several Others. The bell rings incessantly, and flips Others from neutral to hostile.<br><br>This marks a good place to note the Others of FOA. There are always three random Lost who are often very poor at navigating, and three of the following six Others. In descending order of danger:
*The Ballerina in Blue, her face appears perpetually turned away as her body spins. Exceptionally good at maneuvering FOA. When neutral, is content to dance and freefall. If the Finder can contrive to dance 'with' her, she may provide assistance (kicking or flinging away obstacles, or pushing the Finder in a desired direction). When hostile, she screams and begins attempting to kick, throw, or otherwise send the Finder into contact with the nearest floor.  Exceedingly dangerous when hostile. In sixteen recorded encounters with a hostile Ballerina, there were thirteen casualties.
*The Schoolkids. Appear as three to seven children (random to start) in mismatched school uniforms, armed with improvised weapons. Always hostile, average at maneuvering. When conditions are met for them to become hostile, will instead multiply until there are seven of them. After the seventh, children the Finder isn't observing will start appearing at lower than terminal velocity, at points lower than the Finder, or will leap from ledges to intercept. This puts them on collision courses with the Finder, where they may attempt to strangle, stab, bludgeon, or electrocute them.
*The Archer. Androgynous, always with the same appearance. Carries a longbow, doesn't fall, but instead appears standing on a 'floor' somewhere further down. If passed or left behind, will appear again after thirty seconds to a minute. Does nothing until hostile, when they string their bow and then start loosing arrows at the Finder. They are reasonably accurate.
*The Ball. A colorful ball paired with a monkey (frequent), clown (frequent), small dog (infrequent) or bear (rare). Will freefall until hostile, at which point the ball contrives to bounce its partner at the Finder so they may grab or attack them, or the partner will redirect the ball. The ball may choose to be very bouncy or more dense than a wrecking ball, plowing through terrain. May cooperate with others. Danger varies depending on number of things nearby for the ball and partner to ricochet off of.
*The Man on the Bike. He's a man, pedaling madly as he falls, to no avail or effect. Tends to die on impact with the nearest object. The biggest threat he poses is that he counts his 'miles', and these numbers and his distinctive voice may play a part in scrambling any memorization of the address one gave to enter the Avenue. Otherwise, is no more dangerous than a falling mailbox. When 'hostile', he pedals harder and raises his voice.
*The Fainter. A woman screams as she falls. She can be asked questions and will answer them. A few minutes after her first appearance, the velocity with which she falls will see her pass out. She may die. If hostile, she curses out the Finder, to no effect or avail.
The second length is also littered with random objects that pelt the Finder. One should aim to strike the bell; a thrown object, fist or kick will actually fling the Finder to the third length before contact is made, if accurate. This can take anywhere from twenty seconds to three minutes, depending on the interference of the Others here. - [https://old.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/hp8xmw/_/fy8jyl6 Wildbow comment on Reddit]</ref><ref>Below them, a group of children in school uniforms leaped from buildings and chunks of street, falling in formation.  Avery had seen them on the Promenade.<br><br>They were ‘native’ to Falling Oak Avenue, like the Ballerina was.<br><br>There was a girl with a twenty foot ponytail who looked like she’d been split into horizontal cross-sections around the torso, shoulders and upper arms as one section, chest as another, lower ribs as another, then stomach, with gaps of a few inches between each.  Her arms were similar around the bicep, elbow, and the forearms near the elbow.  The discs kept rough alignment with the rest of her, only periodically catching the wind wrong and flipping around some before falling back into alignment.  She dove with intent, glancing over her shoulder at them.<br><br>Snowdrop waved.<br><br>And there was an Other that didn’t look like it belonged to the Paths.  It defied easy explanation.  A crimson orb with glowing gold slashes in it for the eyes, a tiny slash for the mouth, and ornate painting around the slashes for ‘eyeshadow’ and lip definition was inset into a massive, hard growth of carved black stone, that formed about ten horns and spikes that could’ve been carved to resemble long hair.  Two thin black arms extended from that beard.<br><br>That was just the ‘head’, and that body part alone looked the size of a typical car.  The upper body was hunched, crimson, heavily tattooed, with drooping shoulders, with five limp arms on one side and an orb like its ‘face’ inset in the shoulder, and one arm on the other.  Its back half was about thirty feet of an uncountable number of tentacles as big around as Avery was, each black, entangled, with suckers on the one side and black feathers on the other.  When they bent, the feathers that lifted away became wings at the joints.<br><br>It didn’t look like it knew how to control its fall very well.<br><br>There was a man on a bike, in similar straits, pedaling madly.<br><br>That’s local number two.<br><br>There were always three locals and three non-locals.  She’d seen two of each.  She looked back at Jude, and held up two fingers on each hand.  He nodded. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/03/06/gone-and-done-it-17-10/ Excerpt] from [[Gone and Done It 17.10]]</ref>