Yume 2kki:Birch Forest

Birch Forest
	; Entrance to Ornamental Plains.
Basic Info
Japanese Name(s)	白樺の森; Shirakaba no Mori; White Birch Forest
Effects	Red Riding Hood
Events	None
Notable NPCs	Ghosts
Other
Connecting Areas	Ornamental Plains; Sign World; Oriental Lake; Magnet Room 🔐 ➡️; Thumbtack World 🔐;
BGM	🔊 Yuri_Drone (No. 325F); 🔊 n3-NaT – Chaser Gallery Area (No. 314I);
Map ID	2145, 2196
Version Added	0.121 patch 1
Author	Yumebako
Extras +
Vending Machine
	Found south and slightly west upon arriving from Ornamental Plains. Directly north of the portrait that leads to Thumbtack World.

Birch Forest is an area accessible by passing between the pair of dark statues in Ornamental Plains.

Annotated map of Birch Forest.

Features

Birch Forest is an open, looping field populated by many tall birch trees. It's set against a black panorama with a scrolling green splatter. Heading away from the entrance, a pair of statues, the trees become more sparse. In some areas, the world appears completely devoid of trees save for some small patches.

Northeast of the entrance is a grey sign with a neutral expression, which leads to Sign World.

South of the entrance and slightly left, there's a standard red vending machine and bench. East of the vending machine is a pair of statues, and going through them leads to Oriental Lake. Slightly west of the vending machine is a patch of trees. Heading up into the center of them reveals a short birch tree. Oddly enough, it has a single apple, and interacting with it causes the apple to wobble, granting the Red Riding Hood effect if it has not been obtained.

South of the vending machine is an empty portrait. Interacting with it fades the screen to black and plays a falling noise and eventually a loud thud, dropping you in a dark, looping gallery with numerous chasers and paintings with unusual smiling faces displayed in a grid pattern. Constant child-like laughter can be heard. The chasers are immune to Invisible and Crossing. Getting caught sends you to the Zalgo event in the Magnet Room and thus works as a one-way connection.

Two white portraits can be found in the gallery. To reach the closest one, head 7 rows up and 11 columns to the right of the starting position. Successfully interacting with one of the white portraits plays the sound of a bell and illuminates the area, then causes a cutscene to play, showing that the portrait in the main area of Birch Forest is now white. This cutscene only plays once. Shortly after the cutscene, the player is forced to wake up. Backtracking to the portrait in the main area of Birch Forest and interacting with it now brings the player to Thumbtack World. While the Glasses effect is equipped, the portrait reverts to an empty one, which will take you back to the chaser area.