The Path of the Gnome

Two paths diverge in a yellow wood. This forest is an exclusive forest where people party like it's 1963. That's 900 years in the future, and that's why it's so hard to get in. If I present you this dagger which has been promised to give me luck through this forest, would you let me access? Bri-bist me, gnome. You bet your tits. The path seems of solid construction. It blisters like the very emeralds of the sun. But perhaps if you get farther away from the path, you might find another way in.