She does not want to pick up the stinky egg things, but in not wanting to pick up the stinky egg things, she notices that if she'd wanted to she would have had trouble due to not having anything to carry them in. She pulls some bark off the tree and makes herself a little basket and keeps walking, punching trees as she passes them but not going out of her way to hit every tree in sight.

She gets some more acorns leaves and branches, the wood on these trees seems a little different than in the trees in the forest. She also gets a cherry about the size of an apple.

It's honestly unsettling how all trees drop acorns and seemingly random fruits regardless of species.

Anyway! Exploring. The cherry looks tasty but she's not trying it until she gets home.

As she continues walking she'll glimpse a building made of pinkish purple brick. It's about 6 stories high with a massive staircase and pillars. It looks like some strange hybrid of a temple and a castle.

That looks amazing but also suspicious. She writes it down in her notebook to ask the weird people about and keeps walking.

As she gets closer, she can see that there's an old man in a deep red coat standing in the entrance.

"Hey you!" she calls from a significant distance away. "What's up!"

"Hello adventurer. You are not yet strong enough to challenge my master and free me from my curse. Until you do to enter the dungeon is certain death."

...

Welp.

"Good to know! Bye!"

Let's explore somewhere else.

After a while longer the frozen wastes give way to a warm beech with palm trees. The temperature change is palpable and immediate upon crossing the boundary.

Weird.

Hmm, how about she punches like ten palm trees to get a good sense of whether they're interestingly different from other trees...

She gets acorns, leaves, eggs, a banana and 55 silver coins. The coins all come from the same tree.

And here she was starting to think the coins the first time were some kind of one-off! Okay, neat. She records the data, collects the loot, and heads back the way she came, since she doesn't fancy a swim in the adventure ocean.

Nothing bothers her on the way back. The woman greets her when she returns. "Did you have a nice walk?"

"It was interesting. What's up with 'you're too weak to confront my master' guy?"

"During the night he can perform a ritual to transform into a giant flying partial skeleton monster if you ask him to. Defeating the monster grants you access to the dungeon and some special items. The old guy will also come around and sell you clothes and give fashion advice if you want it. If you try to sneak into the dungeon without defeating the monster a much more dangerous skeleton monster appears."

"...cool, I will... not do that until after I touch the pillar, then. —oh, but the monsters wouldn't happen yet, right? But there'd probably still be traps and stuff, if I tried to go in?"

"Spike traps, fake floors and dart traps."

"Makes sense! I'll avoid it."

Okay, she could wander in another direction at random, she could... see if they'll just give her a map, why don't we try that...

"Are there maps of this place? Or any easier way to get one than making it myself?"

The woman thinks for a moment. Then produces a small bracelet made of what looks like canvas. "This will make a map of places you've been. Exploring is part of the fun and challenge though. Once you get far enough there's a way to upgrade it to be comprehensive and include places you've never been."

She takes the bracelet. "I'm not opposed to exploring, it's just the most boring part of cartography is the part where you measure everything and then write it down."

"It sounds like you're in luck then. You can activate the bracelet with a tap or with a mental control similar to your wand. It should have the places you've already explored included."

Boop?

A 3D map appears hovering over the bracelet. It shows a fairly wide swath around where she's been and is detailed enough to include individual trees. She can also see herself and the woman and the two men. It seems to be updating in real time.

"...neat." Does it have zoom controls? Or panning, panning also works.