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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[faithfulwisdom]

The forest?

[That honestly never would have crossed his mind.]

Why should it trouble you so?

[catamite]

Because forests are really dangerous.

[he hugs his arms to himself, against more than just the ambient chill.]

...And scary.

[faithfulwisdom]

[That... actually gets a surprised pause. He actually blinks at Nel for a few seconds.]

Has no one taught you woodcraft?

[catamite]

Woodcraft?

Is that, like... building stuff?

[best elf. best.]

[faithfulwisdom]

[A chuckle] No, I speak of knowledge of the forest itself and how to live from it- how to hunt, how to track, how to find shelter.

[catamite]

[kind of a tight, surprised little laugh]

--Haa, no. I didn't go to the temples enough for something like that.

[faithfulwisdom]

[A slight smile] It is something of a necessary skill where I am from.

Would you like to learn?

[catamite]

Uhh...

[an obviously nervous glance sent in the direction of the forest]

...Maybe?

[faithfulwisdom]

You needn't agree if you do not wish to. I simply thought it might be useful to you- and that it might ease your fears somewhat.

[catamite]

Well... is it dangerous?

[faithfulwisdom]

Not inherently, no. Here? Perhaps I should investigate the forest myself first. [Not that he's expecting something to go horribly wrong. Nooooope. Not at all.]

[catamite]

[he nods, maybe a little too eagerly]

--Because the wilderness where I'm from is, like... really dangerous.

[faithfulwisdom]

How so? Do you speak of more than the typical dangers- wild animals, hazardous terrain, orcs, and the like?

[catamite]

[he nods! at least he's somewhat used to this concept apparently confusing people now.]

Oh yeah, no one leaves the city walls because of it. It's super-deadly. There's monsters and stuff, and they talk about the trees themselves having gone crazy.

...Even the trees and parks inside the city are watched closely because of it.

[faithfulwisdom]

The trees themselves? [There's curiousity in his tone, but also a hint of sorrow. If what he suspects is true, it's a great loss for Nel's world.]

Where I am from, there are beings which resemble trees, save that they may walk and speak much as any other race. They watch over those which lack their gifts- Shepards of the Trees, tending their flocks. Ents, we call them, though they have a much longer name in their own tongue. It almost sounds as though you describe similar creatures who have descended into madness.

[catamite]

[yeah, that description is not putting Nel at ease, at all. it not only matches up with the stories that he's heard... but it's also close enough to the honest truth of things to be frightening.

Nel's world is ailing, staggering along at the end of its days, and every creature knows it in some deep, quite part of themselves.]

...Yeah, I guess.

All I know for sure is that it's all dangerous outside the city. The forest will kill you for being there.

[faithfulwisdom]

Then I will see that the forest here is a kinder place before I take you to it. Alright?

[catamite]

[he manages to do a good job of pushing a weak smile onto his face, because... it's hard not be reassured by that.]

...Alright.