♪1 audio ♯ action

[chirpchirp]

< what is this strange place? what is this? what is that? why is it not brown? or gold? or made of stone? what are these big green things above its head? what is that? where is the temple? wait, where is the buddy? >

♪? ♪♪ ♪~!!

< .....

no answer? try again and louder this time>

♪~~~~!

< hm...alone? okay, then time to find a new buddy! >

♪　♪　♪♪　♪~

[the traveler has appeared on the edge of town along the road. anyone in the surrounding buildings may have heard it chirping and calling out as it runs toward the town square. and anyone it encounters along the way will have a close to three foot tall red cloaked creature running circles around them.

ooc; an example of the tonal chirps can be found here on a youtube let's play]

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Re: <3 <3

[spohkh]

[Spock sends comfort through the link.]

Yes it is little one. Maybe someday you will be able to go back to your home, but for now we stay here.

[Spock pauses before he adds...]

You and I are also not able to talk unless we keep in physical contact...however, I find your mind not invasive, so please feel free to make contact with my hands whenever you see me.

[In emphasis Spock rubs his hand a little bit over Traveler's head.]

[Action]

[chirpchirp]

♪♩♬

[walk walk walk. the traveler, pushed by memories of a different place, keeps trudging through the forest, bumping into bushes and past trees until it finally gets tangled into a low shrubbery. this is...so much harder............

it stops and flops forward, hanging on the bush.]

[chirpchirp]

??

[the traveler is confused. mouths? eyeholes? what?

it turns a lazy circle and then sits down, looking up at Jack]

[action]

[chirpchirp]

[on a journey!

the traveler is heading towards the mountains in the distance, trudging its way toward the forest. it figures Belle will follow if she is a traveler, too.]

♪

[Action]

[chirpchirp]

[it won't light up!!! 8(

the traveler runs back in front of Emil and turns around, showing its own short scarf with the glowing symbols on it]

♪?

[chirpchirp]

[it crowds forward and looks at the fingers and hands curiously. what strange things. they move! like cloth, only...

it touches its face to one.

oh, it's hard.

the traveler backs up and chirps at them, wondering if they'll call back.]

♪?

[chirpchirp]

[WOW RUDE..................................

it chases after the hand for a moment, then stops when they move out of its range. instead, the traveler stares up at Lightning, waiting for a vision or some sort of sound to confirm that she will travel with it.

it waits for a moment and then sits down in front of her. maybe her silence means she wants to meditate!!]

[chirpchirp]

[over the link comes the image of snow, and in the snow the traveler stands at the apex of a drawn heart. it looks up at Spock and the image fades.]

A new home. ...it is alive. Will I be alive tomorrow?

[chirpchirp]

[NOPE but it can suddenly grow, which is what the overload of power does. the scarf extends suddenly, swirling with golden light. the traveler trills and jumps into the air, flapping its wings as it goes for height.

this person - she is an elder. one who bestows power. the traveler hums with joy, taking to the sky]

[chirpchirp]

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

the traveler trills happily at the wings and then sidles up to them, sitting down to be closer to them.

;A; friends! be my friend!!!]

[action]

[chirpchirp]

[hooray buddy! the traveler chimes back and then runs on, heading toward the mountains in the distance. she's fast! this will be fun!

walk walk walk, trudge trudge trudge

oh god, forest. the traveler stops as it comes to a bush, remembering this particular opponent. the last time it tried to walk through, it got stuck and fell down. it looks at the bush for a moment and tries walking around.

...nope, more bushes.

it stops and looks at it. how do i get around it.........]

[chirpchirp]

♩~ ♩♩

[it copies her sound and then presses up against her side. yay buddy!!!!]

Re: [action]

[chirpchirp]

[it stops and looks up at taiki, tilting its head in return]

♩♩？

<the ones who came before, the ones in white. the elders.

the desert has changed. the world is coming alive>

[thebellthatbinds]

[In response to the chirp, Sabriel snaps her fingers softly, watching the Traveler curiously to see what it will do.]

[chirpchirp]

[SCARY SOUND. the traveler freaks out and runs behind the nearest structure to hide]

[thebellthatbinds]

Oh wait- I'm sorry, it's okay, it's just me...

[Straining to look behind the pillar the Traveler has chosen to hide behind Sabriel gives a low, apologetic whistle.]

♪

[chirpchirp]

[did she just break her hands??? because wow that sound. it peeks out and then cautiously moves forward again.]

♩?

[thebellthatbinds]

♪~

[This time she whistles a light note, something sweet to try and coax it back out as she shows it her hands again, slowly curling and uncurling her fingers.]

See? It's alright.

[chirpchirp]

[it comes forward and looks at her hands. nothing seems broken. it tilts its head and nuzzles her fingers again]

[spohkh]

[Spock finds himself rather fond of this creature.... ]

This is indeed your new home, and I am sure you will be alive tomorrow. Perhaps you would care to meet again with me?

[thebellthatbinds]

[Huffing a soft chuckle Sabriel carefully moves a finger to rub the little thing back. She was always surprised to come across such open expressions of affection in Luceti, the hugging and all that but this seemed a lot more...innocent. Natural.]

I'm fine, see? I'm sorry I worried you.

[action]

[windandrain]

[Saori follows, watching closely as the odd little creature tries to pass through the bushes. It seems reluctant, so she stops and gives it an odd, long whistle.]

♩♩♩♩♩♩♩♩ Trust me

[And then the wind comes alive under its feet, raising it just above bush height, so he can run on air!]

[chirpchirp]

Yes, meet. New thing - being alive. Being the same. It is new. I will see you!

[it nuzzles his hand and trills]

[chirpchirp]

[it is glad the snap wasn't her breaking her funny little hand-feet. the cloak glows softly when she touches it back and it breaks away after a moment, sitting down in front of her.

what do they do now? this person is not a traveler or she would not be sitting. it is new.]

Re: [action]

[chirpchirp]

[OH MY ELDERS, WHAT IS THIS---

oooh, cool.

its legs spin in the air uselessly for a moment and then it flaps and starts running, easing over the bush and into the forest]