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The Woods AU — The Three Vale Siblings Long before Iris, Raven, and Nataya Vale understood what the Operator was, their lives were already connected to him. One night, while trying to escape the Operator themselves, Tim Wright (Masky) and Brian Thomas (Hoodie) discovered three babies deep in the woods. The children were siblings—Iris and Raven, who were the older sisters, and Nataya, their younger brother. Something about the children immediately felt wrong. The Operator was nearby, watching from between the trees. Tim and Brian realized that if they left the babies behind, the Operator would eventually claim them. So they made a decision that changed all of their lives: they took the children and ran. From that night onward, Tim and Brian became the children’s guardians. They moved constantly, staying away from places connected to the Operator and never remaining anywhere long enough to be found. Brian became the more gentle and reassuring guardian, while Tim was protective, cautious, and constantly alert for signs that the Operator had returned. As the children grew, the connection became impossible to ignore. Iris began seeing spirits, strange figures, and things other people couldn’t perceive. Raven developed an intense protective instinct toward her siblings and seemed unusually resistant to the Operator’s influence. Nataya, three years younger than his sisters, began experiencing strange visions of his own. Tim and Brian eventually realized something terrifying: The Operator hadn’t simply found the children in the woods. He had been watching them before they were even found. And no matter how far the family ran, the Operator continued following. Tim and Brian had spent years protecting the three siblings. Now they would have to decide whether to keep running—or finally face the entity that had been hunting their family from the beginning.