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< 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! >

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[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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[He doesn't need to speak the language to understand that! Loki takes a quick glance around to make certain there isn't anyone else spying. Then he abandons the worry about looking foolish for a moment and joins the Traveler on the log.

It doesn't really improve the view. Of course it wouldn't. He considers the situation; in the surreal moment, it all seems logical enough. He crouches down and cocks his head.

The Traveler can always climb on his shoulders, after all.]

♪♫?

♫!

[Since Loki is offering! The traveler climbs up on his knee and then up onto his shoulder - surprisingly light - and the contact makes its cloak glow softly. It looks around, chirping, as it tries to find the mountain.]

♫♫ ♫

[Loki steadies the Traveler lightly with one hand and then rises to his feet. Have an extra six feet of height, buddy.]

♪?

[whooooooooooooooooooooooooooa high!

the traveler chirps and then looks around, turning its head this way and that. the green fluffy things here are so tall! it's hard to see, but somewhere, far in the distance, the traveler can see a peak. it isn't glowing, but it's a start. tilting its head back, it lets out a large soundwave burst.]

♩～

[Loki keeps track of the direction the Traveler is looking. Toward the mountains? Though there are, if he recalls correctly, quite a few mountains.

The sound is another matter entirely. He doesn't know what it might mean.]

♩?

♩~!

[It repeats the burst of sound and then hops down from Loki's shoulder, looking at his clothes.

why aren't they glowing? It circles around him once, climbing up and down from the log, and then repeats the sound.]

♩~!

[Obviously the Traveler thinks that something is amiss, and something with Loki in particular, but he can't quite divine what it is yet. He stands still and lets the little creature circle him, watching intently.

What is the matter, though? He's used to being a source of consternation, but not quite like this.]

♪?

[It finds Loki's back and notices there is no scarf, then chirps again. Without a scarf, how will Loki fly?]

♪!

[It turns to show Loki its scarf and the glowing glyphs 'painted' upon it.]

[Loki lightly touches the Traveler's scarf again, tracing the new glyphs.

Perhaps the creature thinks he ought to have a scarf. Unfortunately, he never has had such a thing. He can fly if he needs to, by levitating, but it's a rather exhausting prospect. Really, he'd be just as far ahead running on the ground.

So perhaps the Traveler could fly and Loki could follow, so long as it didn't fly too quickly.]

♪♪♩?

<We'll find you a scarf!>

[the traveler whips around and nudges its face against Loki's fingertips, then jumps over the log and starts running into the forest.]

♪♪♩

<follow me~>

[Well, the Traveler seems to have come to some sort of decision. Too bad Loki has no idea what it is.

Amused, he gets up and follows the Traveler, keeping up easily. Those long legs are good for something, and he's good at running. He just normally chooses to not.]

♩~

♪~

[It keeps moving forward, calling back if Loki calls to it, but for now it is focused on getting toward the mountain. Even if Loki cannot fly, he seems to be keeping up.

After passing through another clearing, it dives into the bushes and tries to trudge its way through.]

[Loki keeps up the occasional call back and forth, like a call and response, a way to keep track of the little creature.

He notices, the longer it flies, he feels a bit of his internal power coming back.

He catches up to the Traveler, slipping through the bushes in a way that's a bit unnatural, and touches its back again, seeing if he can give it a bit more power again.]

♩!

[it stops when it feels the touch at its back and chirps loudly, sending out a wave of power. if Loki is going to charge its scarf, it will do the same!]

♩!

[If only Loki had a scarf, but still no.

Still he smiles, appreciating the effort.]

♪♪♪

♪♩♬

[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.]

[Loki follows along. When the Traveler stops, he hesitates for a moment, then picks it up and sets it on his shoulders as he would a child.]

♩♩?

[WHOA I'M TALL. I'M SO TALL. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA

up on his shoulders, the traveler chirps once or twice and then goes quiet, swinging its legs happily where it sits]

♩~ ♩~ ♩

[Loki smiles. This seems to be working nicely. He makes certain the Traveler isn't going to fall off, and then continues on in the direction they were headed.]

♩~

♩~

[it swings its legs, trilling as they walk and then it notices that the mountain is getting closer, but to their right. it turns its head that way and chirps]

[Loki notices the shift in the Traveler's slight weight. He turns that way... ah, a mountain. Well, all right. He heads toward it.]

♩♩

[the mountain is far in the distance, but the traveler has seen further. it has traveled many long distances to get to the mountain and as long as Loki is willing, it will travel with him. it goes quiet, looking up at the mountain as it peeks over the trees.

so close and yet...not the same.]

[Loki continues walking, steps quick and pace steady. He wonders what the little creature finds so fascinating about the mountain, but he has no way of asking.

It'll take a while to walk the distance, but he doesn't tire easily. Curiosity is more than enough to drive him to keep walking for hours.]

[When they approach the foot of the mountain, the traveler starts kicking its legs a little more excitedly and flaps its cloak, rising off Loki's shoulders and gliding to the ground.

the Elders didn't leave visions here, but it had to be the same thing, right? It had to be!

it turns in a circle and looks at Loki, then starts running up the mountainside.]

[Well, they're here. Why the little creature wanted to come to a mountain, he still has no idea. It's an interesting question, to be sure.

He tilts his head curiously when the Traveler looks at him, then follows it up the mountainside. Considering the height difference, it's not difficult to keep up with it.]

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