[Don't Starve] Forbidden Knowledge

Chapter 2- World Reset Drama

Wilson was unsure of how long he was out for. All he remembered was a split second of darkness before he groggily came to in a land where he'd never been before. He blinked, trying to regain his senses and sat up to survey his surroundings. He saw that he was beneath a florid postern and that they were surrounded by birchnut trees with warmly colored leaves. It was fall. It wasn't fall earlier. Oh no.

He shot to his feet when the realization that he wasn't at the base sunk in. "What the hell!"

Wilson noticed that the others laid around on the ground around him, and they began to wake up as well.

"Hm?" Wigfrid was the first one to come to. "Wilson? Hey, Wilson. Are you alright?" She was ignored, however, as the scientist began to pace, locking and unlocking his fingers rhythmically. It was one of the many ways he'd been known to stim when he was upset.

"What in god's name just happened? One second, we were enjoying a nice spring day. The next--BOOM! Everything's gone! How does that make any sense?!"

"Wilson Percival Higgsbury! Calm yourself this instant!" The redheaded woman grabbed him by the shoulders and ordered. Wilson froze, startled, and stopped pacing, but continued to fidget slightly with his fingers. "Okay. So the world was reset. Big deal. We need to think of a plan if we're going to survive. What are we going to do about it?"

"First, you all are going to tell me exactly what just happened and how long I've been out for." Somebody said. Everyone froze. They knew that voice, but it had been quite some time since they'd heard it. They turned around and saw her standing some distance from the group. Wilson's jaw dropped.

"Wickerbottom?" Wendy was the first to speak. She and Webber exchanged glances and grinned, running to the woman and throwing their arms around her in a hug. The old woman seemed pleasantly surprised by this.

"Well, hello, children." She smiled, adjusting her glasses.

"You're back!" Wendy cheered. Wickerbottom looked more startled now.

"You've got quite the positive disposition, young lady." She said, then looked up at the adults. "You must tell me what you did to her while I was out."

"There's quite a bit we got to tell ya." Woodie sighed. "Lots happened between...well. Let's not focus on that now."

Wilson nodded in agreement, still more than a bit surprised."Until then, let's split up and meet back here at dusk. We'll cover more ground that way. Grab whatever you can: flint, flowers, wood, sticks, anything. If you run into anything dangerous, then for God's sake, try not to die."

"Aye." Wigfrid nodded, drawing her spear. "I'll try to gather some food for us. Who's coming with me?"

"I will." Wolfgang flexed his muscles. "Mighty Wolfgang help catch food for him and friends."

"Excellent. I'll go with Maxwell. Woodie, Webber, and Wes can go together. Wickerbottom and Wendy can be a group as well." Wilson said. Wickerbottom looked a bit surprised with this arrangement and Wilson then remembered sheepishly that she did not yet know about their relationship.

Yes, he thought to himself, there really was a lot for them to fill her in on. As they all split up in their respective directions, he wondered exactly where they were going to begin.

He tried to casually start conversation with Maxwell to ease his tension. It had been a while since he'd experienced a reset, and it was starting to take a toll on his nerves.

"This is weird." He said, picking up some flint. "I wonder how the others are doing."

"Hopefully they're doing as good or better as we are." The other replied, somewhat indifferently.