#030066 - A Report

[passio]

It’s been a long time. We have many new people here. My name is Dextera.

A few weeks ago, some others and I were able to defeat the powerful creature in the woods that Ryo discovered. When we kept walking after it, we found that the area beyond it was strangely calm and safe. It was a respite unlike anything I’ve ever seen that deep in the woods. We even saw one or two animals that were completely normal. If you’ve seen any of the usual animals from the woods before, you must understand how strange this is.

It was a small area, but it felt “right.”

The second update is that I recently came back from the woods again with Damian. Because the story from #FFFFFF keeps updating, I thought now was a good time to see if we could find any evidence of that man.

After a long time, and I’m sorry if we scared anyone by disappearing, we were able to find what we think were his bones, plus a locket with the picture of a beautiful man and a colorful feather inside of it.

That’s all. I hope everyone is well.

Comments

[scooptimistic]

That's true! If you didn't bring them with you, do you remember where you found them?

[holycurse]

maybe if someone reenacted the story? but avoided the original mistakes.

#F4FF05

[wordsinthesoul]

That's very interesting. I wonder how a place like that would have come to be.

So the tale ended sadly. That… would it were not so. But there still must be some reason…

Thank you for telling us.

[passio]

How closely do we need to reenact it?

Is there anyone especially beautiful in Ruga?

[ there are a few that dextera can think of, actually, but whether or not they’re desired to the same degree… ]

[passio]

It doesn’t explain what happened to everyone else. Not yet. I want to believe there’s still hope, but I guess it’s been a long time.

[passio]

[ …maybe he shouldn’t admit this in public, but he will. ]

I brought back a rib.

[scourged]

Makes some kind of sense, but all that does is makes me curious to know what they thought they were seeing if they walked into there.

It doesn't make sense, but I do believe I'm starting to understand that this place making sense is never going to happen.

[lacrimose]

i dont really understand it, but i think maybe you're right. i hope we can figure out what to do soon...

[scooptimistic]

Good job, Dextera! As long as he doesn't haunt you for stealing a bone, we might learn something!

[passio]

If he haunts me, isn’t that still OK? We can talk to him.

[passio]

I hope so too.

[ rereading his own message, however, reminds him of something. thinking of being separated from loved ones, and speaking to akira in particular… ]

Can I ask you something privately?

[passio]

A few of us have wandered into the forest without even knowing or remembering it. It usually means we go “home” for a little while, but that doesn’t make any sense either.

I’m sorry I haven’t been helpful.

[lacrimose]

Sure. do you want to talk in person?

[passio]

If you’re not busy. Could you come here?

[lacrimose]

yeah, i'll come over now

[And with Akira's unnatural speed, he's ready and knocking on Dextera's door in a matter of minutes. sup buddy?]

[passio]

[ dextera had started to go through guren’s belongings to find the old ring, but akira surprises him with how quickly he can arrive. it’s easy to forget, he supposes, that akira isn’t entirely human. ]

…I’m sorry.

[ with an apologetic smile, as he opens the door. ]

It’s sudden…

[lacrimose]

It's okay. [Akira returns the smile as he enters.] What did you want to talk about?

[passio]

Um, well… I’ll show you. Follow me.

[ that sounds pretty ominous, and dextera realizes it as he’s already moving toward the stairs. hesitating briefly, he turns back to face akira. ]

That quest… I wanted to ask if you would destroy something for me.

[lacrimose]

[Akira follows after him, and looks surprised, briefly. He hadn't expected many people to want to take up that quest.]

Is it something dangerous?

[wordsinthesoul]

So there may be more clues out there, related to them. I suppose it must have been. And still- it would be good to know, wouldn't it? So that they are not forgotten.

[passio]

In some hands, it might be.

[ in dextera’s, especially. he’d wanted to give it away, initially, but it seems to have found its way back into his possession after all. the temptation is still a little too great for him to want to keep it. ]

It should be…

[ he trails off, rummaging around—many of these things, tucked away in his room, clearly belong to someone else. ]

Here.

[lacrimose]

[Akira peers over his shoulder as he rummages through the various belongings, curious. He'd heard of Guren vaguely, but he doesn't know much about him. Dextera has certainly never mentioned him around Akira much, if at all.]

Whose stuff is this?

[passio]

Huh?

[ dextera is now clutching a small but gaudy ring between his fingers, though he’s careful not to put it on. it had no case when he got it, and it has no case now, but he never did want to lose track of it. just in case. ]

It’s… Guren’s. Mine and Guren’s…

[ so it is, technically, “his.” ]

[lacrimose]

[Akira cants his head, looking it over.]

Isn't it important to you? [At least, he's kept it all this time, so he guesses it must be.] Why would you destroy it?

[passio]

Important…

[ in the same way it’s “dangerous,” dextera supposes it could also be “important.” ultimately, though, he shakes his head. ]

This ring has the power to get rid of one memory, permanently. I’ve thought about using it a lot… sometimes memories are too painful to bear, after all. Even the happy ones. But after seeing that man in the woods…