Good afternoon and thank you for receiving me on this cold day! I'm relieved to be indoors after a journey and a long night spent in a hole-filled tent on the way here. It feels as if the road to your town is harder and harder to travel with every visit, but I've made it in one piece and, despite my current state of weariness, am excited to share an opportunity with you all. Based on the information I've already received from many of you, I understand that my letter arrived a day before I did. I knew it would be important to start as soon as possible, and your findings will be useful in planning our next expedition into The Woods.
After the previous expedition I led two years ago, I did not expect to return for another. The treasures we earned, along with the multiple alarmingly narrow escapes from danger, inspired me into an early retirement. My life has since been filled with relaxation in place of terror. I have spent this time freeing myself of the horrible memories I gained here. However, I will never forget that, out of my many expeditions throughout the world, it was in your Woods that I endured the most horrifying experiences. But also an abundance of wealth! As a person driven by business and the pursuit of bells, as I'm sure many of you share, this is exactly what has brought me back to you today!
Word of our previous exploits started to spread and my reputation as a guide with it. It was from that notoriety that I was approached with a generous offer and hired under contract to find a particular item lost in the very Woods to which I swore to never return. My new employer's daughter, Katie, had gone missing in these Woods four years ago, but was successfully rescued and reunited with her mother. Unfortunately, her favorite doll was left behind! This doll must be so important to her, that her mother sought me out for its retrieval all these years later. That poor child.
What an opportunity this has created for all of us! The mother has instructed me to hire a team of rugged trekkers to make this expedition. You will each be paid 800 bells, with 10% paid upfront. If you are interested, let's get started on planning our trip through The Woods.
The information you have discovered for me yesterday was helpful in determining two strong leads about the whereabouts of this missing doll. The first points to a doll you are all calling Wix, while the second one has been called Pierrot. I'm afraid that there has been disagreement among the group over which of these dolls actually belongs to Katie. Instead of letting this argument delay our expedition, we will enter The Woods in search for both! Those of you who believe the doll to be one or the other should focus on luring it out of the Woods. I will be waiting in camp to retrieve whichever doll the majority of you brave adventurers believe to be the correct one. I am still very tired after my overnight journey to your town, and we will need a central base of operations after all. I did say they need to be "lured" because it's been said that these dolls may be possessed by spirits, but I promise that has nothing at all to do with the reason why I won't be entering The Woods with you!
In this event, you and the rest of the TBT community get to decide what happens on your expedition to retrieve Katie's doll. Each day until Halloween, two options will be posted in The Woods: one from Wix and one from Pierrot. By sending any amount of your Fear Essence to one or the other, you effectively vote for what happens.
Many of the options you can vote for will unlock small events that will allow you to earn Spirit Tokens. For example, you can decide if you want there to be an event that requires you to be creative, or one that requires you to guess the amount of candy in a jar. You will then be able to buy prizes with the Spirit Tokens you earn from participating in the selected events. The shop is already stocked with some spooky collectibles to spend your tokens on, including three new ones!
On the other hand, some options you can vote for may be to add even more prizes to the shop. It can also be for something completely random to happen on The Bell Tree! You won't know what the choices are until the voting starts, and even then they may not be explained in full detail until after the voting is over. Whether you vote for something that can earn you more Spirit Tokens or for something you think will be more interesting is entirely up to you!
To send your Fear Essence to either account, click the About Me tab under their profile or go to one of their posts. Click their Fear Essence amount and specify how much you would like to transfer to them. The doll with the most Fear Essence at the end of the day will have its option selected and it will be reset for the next vote. Fear Essence can be earned in various ways over the next two weeks and you can choose to spend it every day or save it for another one.
The tables below display the current status of each day and event. Click the number of the day to go to the day's discussion thread in The Woods. Click the vote start date to go to its announcement in this thread.
The events that have started so far are:
This thread will be updated each day, so check back to see what's happening next.
After the previous expedition I led two years ago, I did not expect to return for another. The treasures we earned, along with the multiple alarmingly narrow escapes from danger, inspired me into an early retirement. My life has since been filled with relaxation in place of terror. I have spent this time freeing myself of the horrible memories I gained here. However, I will never forget that, out of my many expeditions throughout the world, it was in your Woods that I endured the most horrifying experiences. But also an abundance of wealth! As a person driven by business and the pursuit of bells, as I'm sure many of you share, this is exactly what has brought me back to you today!
Word of our previous exploits started to spread and my reputation as a guide with it. It was from that notoriety that I was approached with a generous offer and hired under contract to find a particular item lost in the very Woods to which I swore to never return. My new employer's daughter, Katie, had gone missing in these Woods four years ago, but was successfully rescued and reunited with her mother. Unfortunately, her favorite doll was left behind! This doll must be so important to her, that her mother sought me out for its retrieval all these years later. That poor child.
What an opportunity this has created for all of us! The mother has instructed me to hire a team of rugged trekkers to make this expedition. You will each be paid 800 bells, with 10% paid upfront. If you are interested, let's get started on planning our trip through The Woods.
The information you have discovered for me yesterday was helpful in determining two strong leads about the whereabouts of this missing doll. The first points to a doll you are all calling Wix, while the second one has been called Pierrot. I'm afraid that there has been disagreement among the group over which of these dolls actually belongs to Katie. Instead of letting this argument delay our expedition, we will enter The Woods in search for both! Those of you who believe the doll to be one or the other should focus on luring it out of the Woods. I will be waiting in camp to retrieve whichever doll the majority of you brave adventurers believe to be the correct one. I am still very tired after my overnight journey to your town, and we will need a central base of operations after all. I did say they need to be "lured" because it's been said that these dolls may be possessed by spirits, but I promise that has nothing at all to do with the reason why I won't be entering The Woods with you!
In this event, you and the rest of the TBT community get to decide what happens on your expedition to retrieve Katie's doll. Each day until Halloween, two options will be posted in The Woods: one from Wix and one from Pierrot. By sending any amount of your Fear Essence to one or the other, you effectively vote for what happens.
Many of the options you can vote for will unlock small events that will allow you to earn Spirit Tokens. For example, you can decide if you want there to be an event that requires you to be creative, or one that requires you to guess the amount of candy in a jar. You will then be able to buy prizes with the Spirit Tokens you earn from participating in the selected events. The shop is already stocked with some spooky collectibles to spend your tokens on, including three new ones!
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| Strange Doll | Spirit Candy: Wix | Spirit Candy: Pierrot |
On the other hand, some options you can vote for may be to add even more prizes to the shop. It can also be for something completely random to happen on The Bell Tree! You won't know what the choices are until the voting starts, and even then they may not be explained in full detail until after the voting is over. Whether you vote for something that can earn you more Spirit Tokens or for something you think will be more interesting is entirely up to you!
To send your Fear Essence to either account, click the About Me tab under their profile or go to one of their posts. Click their Fear Essence amount and specify how much you would like to transfer to them. The doll with the most Fear Essence at the end of the day will have its option selected and it will be reset for the next vote. Fear Essence can be earned in various ways over the next two weeks and you can choose to spend it every day or save it for another one.
The tables below display the current status of each day and event. Click the number of the day to go to the day's discussion thread in The Woods. Click the vote start date to go to its announcement in this thread.
| Day (Disc.) | Vote Start (Ancmt.) | Wix's Option | F.E. | Pierrot's Option | F.E. |
| 1 | Oct 19 | Event: Haunted Home Designer | 1784 | Event: Pen and Poltergeist | 1162 |
| 2 | Oct 19/20 | Remove tree from TBT's banner | 288 | Turn tree in TBT's banner upside down | 898 |
| 3 | Oct 20 | Event: Phantasmal Forum Fashions | 1639 | Event: Counting Cavities - Round 1 | 1574 |
| 4 | Oct 21 | Ban Justin for 1 day | 2275 | Close the forum for 2 hours | 331 |
| 5 | Oct 22 | Event: Monster Mash-up | 2123 | Event: Hell's Kitchen | 1293 |
| 6 | Oct 23 | Anarchy mode | 2117 | Word replacement | 263 |
| 7 | Oct 24 | Event: Dollywood | 1734 | Event: New Horrorizons | 2000 |
| 8 | Oct 25 | Prize: Cursed Username | 881 | Rotate past banners | 1658 |
| 9 | Oct 26 | Event: Candy Factory | 1909 | Event: Counting Cavities - Round 2 | 2906 |
| 10 | Oct 27 | Event: Caption Crypt | 2575 | Event: Counting Cavities - Round 3 | 2457 |
| 11 | Oct 28 | Prize: Doll Bundle Raffle | 2163 | Prize: Candy Bundle Raffle | 841 |
| 12 | Oct 29 | Event: Candy Factory (second chance) | 4543 | Event: Counting Cavities - Round 3 (second chance) | 1489 |
| 13 | Oct 30 | Fear Essence theft | 276 | Stuff rains from sky | 1615 |
| 14 | Oct 31 | Remove tree from TBT's banner (second chance) | 5208 | Word replacement (second chance) | 5788 |
| (Jack) Fear Essence theft (second chance) | 237 | (The Last Tree Ghost) Close the forum for 4 hours (second chance) | 1572 |
The events that have started so far are:
| Event (Click for Thread) | Type | Start Date | Due Date |
 | Animal Crossing home and outfit decorating | Oct 20 12:00 AM EDT | Oct 28 2:59 AM EDT Closed |
 | Forum profile decorating | Oct 21 10:00 PM EDT | Oct 24 10:00 PM EDT Closed |
 | Drawing based on predetermined cards | Oct 23 10:00 PM EDT | Oct 31 11:59 PM EDT Closed |
 | Animal Crossing character creation | Oct 25 10:00 PM EDT | Nov 1 8:59 PM EDT Closed |
 Round 2 | Candy counting | Oct 27 10:00 PM EDT | Oct 31 11:59 PM EDT Closed |
 | Caption writing | Oct 28 10:00 PM EDT | Oct 31 11:59 PM EDT Closed |
 | Coloring line drawing | Oct 30 10:00 PM EDT | Nov 2 8:59 PM EDT Closed |
This thread will be updated each day, so check back to see what's happening next.
