Heart Game: Sol [#05]

[idolpro]

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[bluerosestyle]

[You feel loved after taking the first bite out of this meat bun...]

[furrytailprince]

[ AHHH THAT IS GOING TO START TAIL WAGGING

Going to keep nomming bun, as he heads in direction of birds ]

[bluerosestyle]

[Most of the birds are mingling around a big tree, and Okami can hear baby birds chirping hungrily-- some other birds seem to be flying uphill. If Okami looks at the ground, he may be able to notice that the grass seems... shorter? Weaker? It looks like someone always takes this path to the river, and the grass knows it. It leads downhill.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Going to try to climb tree and check on birds ]

[bluerosestyle]

Enemy??: Bird mom

[Bird mom is not pleased! She's ready to attack. The birds are still hungry, and this only fuels her resolve! Maybe if you go away, she'll also respect your space...]

[furrytailprince]

[ ... Well okay, as long as they're okay, he'll wander off toward the river...

But he'll also leave the rest of his meat bun behind for the bird mom. ]

[bluerosestyle]

[Bird mom is WARY OF YOU, but once you've taken a few steps away from the tree, you'll hear the baby birds going wild, so she must not have been too proud. How can such small bodies make so much noise?...

The water is crystalline! You can see some fish there, too.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Feels better about this. OMG FISH! Goes more into river to check out fish! ]

[bluerosestyle]

[The fish seem to be living their best life, and don't seem to fear you. Or anything. They jump out and dive back into the water, and if you know about fish and you realize these are not freshwater fish, well... They don't know that! Who's going to tell them? They're just doing their own thing in this extremely chilly water.

In fact, now that he's close, Okami may be able to notice some bits of ice floating downstream. How is that possible? Who knows?]

[furrytailprince]

[ He knows absolutely nothing abut fish. He's just delighted to see a thriving ecosystem!

Wc ice ]

[bluerosestyle]

[It's Sc, please refrain from sacrilege in this world, but the system will excuse Okami just this once.

Unit type: Ice shard
Unit ID: UWEL688954 Class: None Durability: 5/20 Effect: Freeze

]

[furrytailprince]

Strange...

[ He'll continue walking downstream then ]

[bluerosestyle]

[He can do that and enjoy the sights and the fresh air! This place doesn't know pollution either.

Not long after he starts walking, he'll hear a sound coming from deep inside the forest, like something just fell from a high place. It doesn't sound too heavy, like it's just a branch. But then he hears it again.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Will go into the forest to inspect ]

[bluerosestyle]

[He tries to locate the source of the sound, and his quest leads him deeper inside the forest. After a while, he comes out to a clearing and find himself facing...



...a very big, majestic tree. Well, that’s what he sees at first, but then the sight changes even as he looks at it; the trunk and its enormous roots take on a deep madder color, and the branches and leaves disappear.

The monstrous tree he first saw is now little more than a gigantic trunk, pruned to exaggeration. It has a couple of branches in moss green and cotton candy pink color, and more than a few in navy blue color. In fact, it looks like the navy blue color is starting to spread onto the trunk.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Unsure about the implications of this...

SC tree

Also he's going to touch said trunk ]

[bluerosestyle]

Unit type: Divine Object
Unit ID: UWGC7654 Class: None Durability: 127650/320826

[It feels cold to the touch.]

[furrytailprince]

Divine? It must be important then. That girl... she said this place had something to do with Sol...

[ Hmm, maybe will attempt wrapping scarf around trunk ]

But what caused that noise earlier?

[ Looks around him... ]

[bluerosestyle]

[The tree might be thankful for it, but is Okami happy to do that? It really is very cold, and the sun is setting down...

The source of the sound doesn't seem apparent here, but he may be able to hear a rustling sound that seems to come from the other side of the trunk, as well as someone walking away from it.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Going to check out that rustling sound ]

Hello? Is someone there?

[bluerosestyle]

[Sol is approaching a dying bonfire, in Taisho clothing and wearing a big scarf around his neck that you may have seen him wear before. He's carrying some silver and bronze branches.

He turns around to look at him, and now Okami can see that he’s wearing an eyepatch on his right eye. He has dark bags under his eyes... well, eye... and he looks paler than usual. His clothes are torn and have traces of dry blood on them.]

--Okami?

[furrytailprince]

[ Rushing over to him to grab his hand ]

Sol, what happened?

[bluerosestyle]

What do you mean?

More importantly, what are you doing here?

[furrytailprince]

[ Gesturing at Sol's eyepatch ]

Your eye and your clothes...

I am not sure. The last I knew I was in some large library, but something kicked us out.

[bluerosestyle]

[he brings his hand up to his eyepatch]

Ah... I'm sorry. I never told you I was a sinner and a criminal, did I...? I would have liked you not to find out.