enchanted forest . mingle

[misconceived]

WHO Forest planet occupants!
BROADCAST N/A
ACTION Enchanted Forest / Spa Time
WHEN Upon reaching the system (Jan. 4) to leaving it (Jan. 31)

[ It's another day, another planet for the Drift Fleet to explore. Whether it be relaxing in the landing field, checking out the spa (and subsequently getting urged to enter the woods), or taking on the Enchanted Forest's game, there's enough to do for stir-crazy Fleet members.

Just remember one thing: make it look good. ]

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

Hm?

[he looks down at her for a moment, then smiles.]

Hello, Emblica. I haven't decided yet. What are your thoughts?

[amarant]

I...

[ She rarely says that she "wants to" do anything, so it's strange; she hesitates. ]

I've considered it. I might go.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Mm. [he nods, looks back up at the trees.]

It's a very strange place. More alive than any planet I've been to in a long time. I'm very curious about what could be calling to us, in all of that...

[amarant]

It does feel...abnormal.

[ She looks to the entrance. ]

Finding out might be useful, too.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

...Emblica. [he puts on a charming face, leaning in such a way that could almost be considered a bow.] Would you like to accompany me through the forest?

[amarant]

[ H-how gentlemanly of you... ]

I would.

[ It's hard to tell with the mask, but it at least sounds like she's smiling. Or happy. Something like that. ]

Who knows, it might be...enlightening.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Or a horrible trap. But--

[he straightens up!]

We won't know until we look. Would you like to go now?

[amarant]

When you put it that way...

[ But she laughs, quietly. ]

Yes, let's go.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[perfect! he starts walking in that direction, then.]

Would you like me to hold your hand? Or is that too forward?

[amarant]

[ NO IDEA HOW TO REACT TO THAT uh. ]

Oh-- you don't have to, I'll be fine...

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[HE LAUGHS. had he been teasing her, or genuinely asking...?]

All right.

[doesn't matter FOREST ADVENTURE IS ABOUT TO START.]

[amarant]

[ She's very thankful that she's wearing her mask. ]

What do you think we'll find?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Magic. Monsters, perhaps. This doesn't have the feel of that bright-lit station at all.

[he'll lead her right on up to the entrance, where the cheery, rusting robot chirps its little warning at them.]

[amarant]

...it's certainly unlike anywhere else we've been so far.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Yeah. I'm kind of excited.

[INTO THE FOREST THEY GO into the forest they go~]

[amarant]

You aren't scared at all, are you? That's good.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

I have no reason to be. Did you know, Emblica, that the forests of my world try to kill people? The trees strangle unsuspecting travelers to death, and their corpses are devoured by the roots...

[amarant]

That does sound much more threatening than this one.

Everything there sounds dangerous, from what you've said to me.

[ Though she's certainly interested in what he has to say about his world. ]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Very dangerous. It didn't used to be that way, but things grew volatile almost a thousand years ago...

[good, because he could talk about his world for hoooours.]

It was better by the time I left, but not by a lot. Going through the forest was still ill-advised to most.

[amarant]

That's an awfully long time.

[ It'd certainly make the trip through the forest more interesting. ]

What kind of people would it not be ill-advised to?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

People like me. [he steps pointedly over some roots sticking out into the path.] The forest liked me.

There were also tribes of humans who learned how to live with the forest, rather than against it... They were very strange, often masters of magic that most people couldn't comprehend.

[amarant]

Did you ever meet any of them?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Oh, yes. They are not very easy to get along with, but they have helped me in the past, regardless. They saved the life of a very good friend of mine, once.

[amarant]

You seem to be very capable of getting along with others... it's not surprising.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

I agree, thank you.

[might be totally serious, too. and so they continue along their forest journey. really, the whole thing is actually pretty pleasant... until they wander into a part of the forest that's a little darker, where the trees are closer together...]