You head back in the opposite direction for 40 minutes or so and you arrive at a fairly distinct tree that borders a forked intersection. The particular tree looks similar to one the group passed earlier, but something strikes you as odd, there is a fallen tree close by where there wasn't one before.

You discuss what way to take with your mates and decide to turn left at the fork and go that way, you figure as you turned right at this fork the first time that surely you must turn the opposite way on the way back. You're still walking for another 2.5 hours when one of your mates says "Are we going the right way guy's, this is all starting to look very unfamiliar now?" The group decides to stop and draw a map in the dirt to help you all figure out what is going on.

Opinions amongst the group members start to differ and an argument starts. Some signs of stress have now started to show as two of your friends have started yelling at each other. Thankfully, as your a pretty cool headed guy you jump in and break the pair apart bringing calm to the situation.

Its now getting late in the afternoon, the sun is starting to disappear behind the horizon. Your visibility is now becoming somewhat limited with the impending darkness.

Your group discusses all available options. Opinions amongst two of your group members are leaning toward splitting away from the group and trying to find a way out. 

You do not agree with this decision as you know it is getting dark and trying to find your way through the dense dark bush will probably only spell disaster, meaning your group will only get lost even further.

You try your best to convince the other two to wait until next light and reassess the situation then but to no avail, they are intent on getting out tonight. Impatience sets in as the two are becoming quite worried and feel they must do something now. One of your two friends claims to have been in the boy scouts as a child and knows what to do, he is adamant that he knows which way to go. 

You and your remaining friend are little skeptical as to their findings and decide to stay put and wait till morning. You give one final effort to try and convince them not to leave but stubborn as they are, they leave anyway. 

You say goodbye to your mates as they head off along a dark dense bush trail and out of sight.