Editing Forest Ribbon Trail (section)

==Detour==
Known to [[Miss]] this is a way to escape the trail with the [[Boon Companion]] and other gifts while closing one off from using the trail there after.<ref name=":a">'''A Detour'''<br><br>Should you feel brave, there is one branch near the Wolf that has no ribbon tied to it. At an opportune moment, you may flee the conversation with the Wolf, provided you have not picked up an item.<br><br>Travel past the branch and into Oblivion. The Wolf will chase and if it gets you, will hold you fast. Should this occur, you may have the boon companion stand in for you and be devoured in your stead.<br><br>Should you carry forward, you may find hints of the familiar. Others or uncomfortable thoughts may plague you, and you may find yourself treading close to other realms. Carry on and through.<br><br>On the way, there are more items with rules. The branch without a ribbon is one; cast it down if not desired. Taking it back will impart unusual skill in a craft or talent. Whisper to it to ask what you wish for, as hard as it is to whisper while fleeing.<br><br>The rope will catch you. Take it and bring it with you, to claim the gift of an unusual but familiar means of transportation.<br><br>The final prize is to keep the boon companion. It will be somewhat Lost but forever loyal, for it is Prey’s fate to be transient, its ending a devouring, either by predator or scavenger.<br><br>You will bypass the Wolf’s end, but trying this detour bars one thereafter from the Forest Ribbon Trail. - Excerpt from [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/ Spell notes #2]</ref> This route was unknown to the wider practitioner community.<ref>“So we’re down to negotiating with these practitioners?” Verona asked.<br><br>“And a fourth option,” Lucy said, to Miss.  “You hinted at it.”<br><br>“Yes.  I could go after her.  I know how to walk the Path.  I may have to, if Avery’s staying there for any period of time.  I can’t negotiate with the Wolf, and I can’t be a sacrifice for her, but I could try to keep her focused and sane.  I could hope to see some means of escaping, as I did when I first discovered the detour.”<br><br>“You discovered it?” Verona asked.<br><br>“Known by me, Avery, and some of those present, as far as I’m aware.  I thought about trading the knowledge to Finders for currency that could be used with the Belangers, but I am almost certain that would exacerbate every single problem we have.  Including Avery’s entrapment and the increased attentions of the outsider practitioners.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 Excerpt] from  [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref>

'''Boons''': There are two items you can get if you choose the detour. If you take the branch without the ribbon you can learn an unusal skill or craft, if you take the rope you get an unusual but familiar means of transport.<ref>On the way, there are more items with rules. The branch without a ribbon is one; cast it down if not desired. Taking it back will impart unusual skill in a craft or talent. Whisper to it to ask what you wish for, as hard as it is to whisper while fleeing.<br><br>The rope will catch you. Take it and bring it with you, to claim the gift of an unusual but familiar means of transportation. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/06/18 Excerpt] from [2.3 spoilers] Spell Notes #2</ref>