The thousand hidden faces.

                        BY STUDIO NKB

Remerciement 

 L'auteur tient à souligner l'appui financier du conseil des arts de l'Ontario et de la ville   d'Ottawa

  CONTENTS

Chapter 1: The Mystery of Whitechapel

Chapter 2: Whispers in the Classroom

Chapter 3: A Growing Curiosity

Chapter 4: The call of the Forest

chapter 5 : The Cabin in the Wood 

 Chapter 1: The Mystery of Whitechapel

Deep within the abyss lived a mysterious being… 

His name was Yann Osaka, a man of many faces, whose presence was whispered in legends. 

The depths he called home were a jagged, desolate place, where roots of ancient trees stretched into nothingness, grasping at the dark void.

 Yann Osaka was no ordinary man. He was a sage, renowned for his legendary knowledge of medicinal arts. 

Yet, behind his piercing gaze and the shelves of ancient books that surrounded him, there were whispers of a darker purpose.

 His intentions were as unfathomable as the abyss itself.

Chapter 2: Whispers in the Classroom

Accompli, a young student, sat in his classroom, lost in thought. His mind wandered far from the lesson at hand, until his friend Hamdi’s voice brought him back to reality.

“Madame,” Hamdi began, glancing towards their teacher, “I heard that the old sage used to visit the Whitechapel Forest.”

Their teacher, Mrs. Paul, chuckled softly, as though the question amused her. “Ah, Yann Osaka,” she said, raising her hands as though recounting a tale passed down through generations. “The legendary man with a thousand faces…”

At that moment, Accompli’s world shifted. The name Yann Osaka rang in his ears. 

Could the legend be true? Was the mysterious figure more than just a myth, living in the very forest near his home?

       Chapter 3: A Growing Curiosity

Later that day, Accompli and Hamdi strolled through the school courtyard, the conversation still circling around Yann Osaka.

“Where did you hear that story?” Accompli asked, intrigued but skeptical. “Yann Osaka… in Whitechapel?”

Hamdi shrugged, smiling mischievously. “It’s just an old story to scare kids,” he replied. “My sister said she saw him in the forest, but everyone knows it’s just a myth.”

But Accompli wasn’t convinced. That night, as he lay in bed staring at the full moon that illuminated his room, the thoughts would not leave him.

 His bag was already packed—an adventure awaited him.