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[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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[chirpchirp]

♪ ♫ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♩ ♪ ♪ ♪~

<sing! let's sing!>

<3

[chirpchirp]

[Hearing a sound, the traveler perks up and picks itself up off the ground. It looks around, chirping curiously.]

♪~

<where are you? where? let's travel! where are you?>

♪ ♪ ♪~

[spohkh]

[Spock tilts his head to one side and examines the fascinating creature. Then in one fluid movement Spock unclasps his hands and kneels on the ground in front of him.

Spock makes a small gesture with his hands...]

Is it agreeable that I place my hands on you?

[redjacketthief]

♪♪?

[Lupin peered at the little stranger curiously, and noted from body language alone that it didn't understand something.]

...Let me guess, you don't understand?

[action]

[chirpchirp]

[The traveler peeks out from behind a tree and sees the dragon being...friendly? It tilts its head, confused, and then steps out, curious. This isn't like the stone dragons. It's smaller and it...wags its tail?]

♪?

<oh! it's not like the guardians at all!>

[running forward, the traveler chirps and starts running a circle around Helios and Luminair]

[chirpchirp]

♪♪~

[It copies his notes and then tilts its head the other way.]

[chirpchirp]

<feet from its head! it has feet from its head!>

[fascinated, the traveler presses forward, peering this way and that at the hands.]

♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪?

<what are these? what do they do?>

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin mimicked the motion and whistled once more.]

♪~~~~~~~~~~~

[He held the note out before pausing to breath, regarding the stranger with amusement. He slumped in the dirt, fastidiousness shoved aside for the moment, and folded his legs beneath him.]

Guess you really don't talk, huh? Okay, okay.

[He broadly stretched his arms, glad to get the muscles working, and pointed a thumb at himself with a grin.]

Lupin. I'm Lupin.

[He pointed at the stranger in turn.]

And you are?

[action]

[all7seas]

Right, good! Now I shall teach you a song, lad! 'S about a mermaid, and it goes like this:

When I was a lad in a fishin' town, me old man said to me:
"You can spend your life, your jolly life, just sailing on the sea
You can search the world for pretty girls til your eyes grow weak and dim,
But don't go searchin' for a mermaid son if you don't know how to swim!"

[He'll try to whistle the refrain so that the Traveler can learn it and join in.]

[chirpchirp]

♪♪

[It mimics the sound of his voice in tones and then chirps again in a different pattern.]

♪ ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪

< are you a traveler?>

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin laughed again.]

Sorry, little guy. I don't understand you any better than you understand me.

[action]

[chirpchirp]

<whooooooooooooa new song! a new song! new song!!!>

[It's never heard anything like this and it stares up at Jack, mesmerized. It tries to chirp along, but it doesn't do very well since its tones are limited.]

♪♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪♪♪♪♪ ♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪

[chirpchirp]

♪♪

[It turns and starts dragging its feet through the dirt and manages to draw a picture of a flower, albeit mangled.]

♪♪

[action]

[all7seas]

...............Not so bad. Might actually be alright in time, once you learn it up.

There's a great lovely mermaid what lives in our waters, here. Lovely buxom lass. You might get on with her.

[spohkh]

[Spock can only take this action in agreement. He brings his right hand slowly to the head of the creature.]

My mind to your mind..

My thoughts to your thoughts.

[There is an explosion of colour and music in Spock's mind as he establishes a link with the creature....]

Can you hear me small one?

[angelicamber]

♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬ ♪ ~!

Oh, you're so sweet! [She's going to reach out and attempt to pat the little cloaked creature's head.]</small?

[chirpchirp]

What? What is this? What are you? You don't sing. Why don't you sing?

[The traveler goes quiet on the outside, but inside its mind is a wealth of images, color, music, and murals that depict dozens of journeys across burning sands and freezing snowy landscapes. Confusion is the most prominent feeling it has now as it looks up at Spock.]

[spohkh]

[Spock sends calming images to the creature. His own home comes to mind, a desert land with deserts and high mountains, dusty and bright red. He also sends through an image of his mother teaching him how to play the Vulcan-Lyre... its soft tones float through the link.]

I am Spock. I cannot sing like you do, but I will not hurt you. Do you have a name?

[action]

[chirpchirp]

[The traveler tilts its head to the side again, looking up at Jack. He isn't singing anymore so the traveler isn't sure what to do.]

[chirpchirp]

What is a name? I am a traveler. We are all travelers. We must go far. It is time to go, yes? I cannot find my Other. Are you my Other?

[The sounds of the lyre calm it and it tilts its head to the side a little.]

[action] 1/2

[all7seas]

[action] 2/2

[all7seas]

My name is Captain Kidd, as I sail, as I sail, oh my name is Captain Kidd, as I sail!

[Might as well start a new song, then. Try to keep up, Traveler.]

[chirpchirp]

♩♩♪ ♫ ♩♪♪♫ ♫~

[The traveler will never understand why so many people here have feet growing from their heads or why they use them to pat it on the head, but it isn't so bad, so the traveler just bumps up against Kohaku's feet!hand and trills.]

♫~

[action]

[chirpchirp]

[Singing!]

♫ ♫ ♫ ♪　♫　♫　♪　♫　

♪　♪　♪　♪♫♫♪♫♪♫～

[spohkh]

[Spock keeps the sounds of the Lyre constant while he communicates with... Traveler?]

You are in a place called Luceti, you may have been separated from your 'Other'.

[Here Spock sends images of the layout and lands of Luceti, that it is a holding place for many beings from different universes.]