awashrpg | #F2B52B

Hello everyone. This is Link. If you've never met me, I live in a cottage on the edge of Flavo, near the woods. It's the one with the large fire pit in the front. Please come and say hello any time.

Anyway, I have used the ink given to us recently to create a map of the "world." I asked for it to include as much of our surroundings as possible, including beyond the woods.

Looks like the woods extend very, very far around the town, but they do eventually end. Past that are plains, and to the north beyond that are hills. To the northeast, the hills rise into mountains. And... that's it. That's all it shows. I'm not sure whether it's because I ran out of ink, or because that's all there is.

I've brought the map to the library in Flavo and put it up on the wall. I'm going to spend the day in the library myself, making copies of it to give out to whoever wants one. Please come by to take a look or get a copy for yourself.

Does anyone have any ideas for names for the plains, hills and mountains?

((ooc: if you want to log with Link at the library, feel free to just tag in with an action tag! The map Link asked for is this, which was made with mod input!

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[ That would explain why Shiro finds it hard to seek out his fishing pond from week to week, he isn't going mad, the damn thing is moving. Coupled with the growth of the overall forest ... ]

I think the woods have a sentience we're not aware of, that's why no one can get through. Communicating with them might be worth a shot if it lets us get anywhere on this map beyond the northern treeline, even if there's nothing there.

[ Arms folding, he sets his jaw and frowns at the map. ]

These houses belonged to someone. We shouldn't give up on the people whose town we've taken over, we owe it to them to at least understand what happened to Chroma's population. Without their homes, we'd be at the mercy of those woods.

Communicating with the woods?

[There's a suggestion he's never heard before, but would that even be possible? Link frowns, remembering that a few residents killed a "forest guardian" a while back. That's still bothering him, and he doubts it would make talking to the woods any easier.

As for the townspeople... he glances up at the tall human.] Mm, well. We've seen ghosts of the past townsfolk before. I don't think they're gone for a good reason.

[ Perking up with visual interest, he looks from the map to Link. ]

You've seen their ghosts?

Only once. [He nods, his expression only turning slightly grim. He looks back down at the map as he copies.] Every once in a while, strange things happen here, and that's what happened one time. They didn't react to anything we said or did - the just went about their business as if it were a normal day in their lives.

When was that? [ He has ... a few questions. ] What did they look like? What were they wearing? When did they disappear, how long ago?

[ Grabbing a chair to drag over Shiro sits at Link's side, all the better to be somewhere closer to eye-to-eye although they still aren't; it's an improvement from peering straight down. ]

Sorry, I'm just ... curious.

Oh, uh... [He glances at Shiro yet again, and then spends a moment blinking, trying to think.] It was a few months ago, I think. They were dressed in plain peasant clothes... they were only here for a short while and then they were gone again.

[Link sits back thoughtfully, and maybe also to politely put some distance between himself and Shiro's looming form.]

I think we've known for longer than that that there used to be people living here, though.

[ Deep in thought, it isn't until Link starts to lean away that Shiro notices how he's towering in, even seated, and sinks back in his chair to give the guy some space. ]

Yeah, the houses don't exactly look unlived in. It's a little weird to set up your home in someone else's space.

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sry for the wait! was overseas

np!

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