I must say, this labour was a struggle. The story I submitted was actually my third one and I wasn't completely sure I met the requirements of the challenge. The first story I wrote didn't really meet the requirements. The second one I think would have been able to meet the requirements but it became a boring one, so I wrote up Curiosity killed the cat instead. I took adventurous nature/curiosity as the good thing and then wrote out the burden he carried with that. I gave my character a crucial turning point where he could either dispense of the burden or not. He didn't and he paid the price for that.

[@PlatinumSkink]My story was on the border of being accepted by Terminal and I'm grateful he decided it met the criteria after all. In the end Oscar made the active decision to give in to his curiosity and go to the place called 'witches forest', a place that already exists and a place of which he knew people didn't return from. Forests don't get names like that for no reason and he knows these travels can be dangerous. I probably should have hinted towards how mystical beings could be real to add a level of real danger. If I would have added that, would it then meet the criteria in your eyes? 
I must say, while making the plot fit with the labour was a struggle, it was fun to write this one and I'm glad you feel the writing was good.