dogventure take 2

[dramatispersonae]

[You're standing in the middle of a crossroads in a misty forest with low lighting. It looks... basically like the Black Woods that you just left! You can hear a faint, helpless sound of crying from somewhere — a child? but you can't tell what direction it's coming from.

The paths around you lead in four opposite directions, which we may as well call North/East/South/West/Dennis. What now...?]