Walking up the wall staircase of the Communal den tree is interesting. Floating rooms which are living Nautrens with agape mouths as doors. Amerie, Isaac and Peacock try to enter one on Escar’s suggestion, knocking thrice on the teeth doors and it maws open. Revealing a Nautren family of four in the figure of two legged ants. Enjoying their cup and blocks of sugar. The three nods before leaving the family to their breakfast.
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They continue walking up, with the staircase branching more as it gets close to the commercial leaves where many of the Nautrens live like Hemreans. Buy groceries, go to parties, or relax around the leaf surfaced park. Isaac got interested with how a bartender Nautren shakes a bottle and wants a drink. But Amerie says not to since they did not bring any Stratas.
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“No need” The Nautren says, “Customers to us Nautrens will always pay with the genuineness of their hearts. And I can feel that the boy wants it much.”
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“Oh, then I would like one too!” Peacock raises a wing,
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“You guys…” Amerie being left behind but she too is interested with the glittery bottle of ‘Andromeda’ “I—I would like that.” She points to the bottle
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And the bartender Nautren nods happily and enthusiastically pick up the bottles. Dancing in his pouring, shake--shake with a bit of twerking before voila. A beautiful presentation on the wine glass that glimmer with the late morning sun. The trio drink their fill before heading back to Escar who is talking with other Nautrients. His friends leave as soon as he sees the trio walk up to him. “How is Módbeorg’s communal den? House of all Cyndoryll’s Nautrenes.”
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“Really cool like a city I have never seen before!” twinkles Isaac’s eyes, “There are so many thing I want to try.”
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“Truly” Peacock flaunts himself, “I personally would want my feathers cleaned in the salon we passed earlier.”
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“Yes, we really enjoy the guide Escar” Amerie says, impatience in her green eyes, “But we have to talk with Nautriarch Geardwell.”
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“I understand, Amerie. But there is one more place I would like you to see before we go. It is the museum nearby.”
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“Cannot we just go to that Geardwell?” Isaac asks,
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“Goodwell,” Peacock corrects but it seems he got sticky balls in his ears. “I still really want to go to that salon so I will meet you guys back when I am done.”
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Escar nods, seeing off Peacock strut down the leafy steps. “Come,” He says to Amerie and Isaac who nonetheless follows him. With the giantess clearly sighing in frustration and looking around at every corner of the walking buildings. And Isaac takes a hold on Amerie’s hand, she looks down to him and see his wondering expression. Which Amerie smiles and shakes her head, reassuringly tightening her grip as they walk for the museum.
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Firflies wisps around the museum, lighting up encased specimens in glass and some flying around Amerie and Isaac when the two enters following Escar who leads them to a wall with words written on tapestries. Some are designed with colored branches. The white and gold specifically intrigues the giantess while the black and red calls for Isaac and something whispering to his ear.
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“I will leave ye two here for now. Of course, ye can go outside.”
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“Where are you going?” Amerie asks,
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“To get a present for a Nautriarch.” The Nautrient leaves for a corridor, leaving Amerie to look around.
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A belly headed bird, alligator head Hemrean, sticks of Ancient Fa’Yore, and some other strange objects. Strange enough for her to read the details and murmur that the information is incorrect. “These are from Xzyklly. “Walking around before stumbling upon a little flickering light—a firefly inside the glass cases. She thinks that it is one of the firefly guides who light up the museum, but looking closer at it, it has a flower growing on its rear. Information tells that is a May fly, bioluminescent and does not belong to the species of fireflies. Threat level, low… “But once it metamorphosize in the right conditions, it becomes a beast of Yralla. It uses a body as its host and control it until the body changes to the desired figure of the May fly. Threat level, immortal”
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Meanwhile Isaac is reading the tapestry that whispers to his head. The dark branches and red leaves helping him read each word carefully and slowly. With the fireflies lighting the writing clearer. “A Djahatian ritual of Necromancy…summon the spirit…ultimatum balance between living and decay…pain that cannot be described in purgatory…transcendence on one extreme end. I do not understand.” He says before tearing his eyes away. The whispers fading.
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He looks around, seeing a silver sword with inscriptions on its blade. Letters that he cannot read, but similar to what he remembers of Ober writing down a rune when Ishka’s friend needed healing. It took the lord magister long minutes to write until he was able to and released an evil spirit that was possessing the friend. He walks over to a bridge, down below where a river is flowing. Deciding to follow the waters, he made his way out to the balcony where a giant one-eyed owl hoots at his entrance. Isaac bows politely before going to the ledge and looking down at the mountainous height from where he and the waterfall below him is, to the blue forest below.
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“Amazing” he exclaims, breathing in the cool cold air and noticing the valley right infront of him. A valley with withered tree at its base, and monochrome soils. With protruding rocks—at least that is what he thinks they are from afar. Turning to his right shoulder, he sees a pedestal with writing dedicated for … “Zephyr, beast of Flora plains.” The name made him recall of the wavy-haired girl but he shakes his head, thinking differently. “We give thanks to the great beast of Flora plains for rejuvenating the elder boon tree, as well as her sister, Amy—beast of Flora forests, for bringing life once more to the forests Módbeorg. Her blue hair resembles the leaves of our forests, and the great pride of Zephyr that stands tall like the height of the elder boon tree.”
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“Isaac” Amerie calls,
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And Isaac flinches himself, turning around and seeing Escar next to the giantess. “Are we going?”
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“I told ye it is interesting” Escar says, nodding pleasingly, “Let us go. I have the present for Nautriarch Geardwell. But, since the Nautriarch’s time and space needs to be spent efficiently, Amerie will be the only one to address. If that is alright with ye two?”
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“Yes,” Isaac answers, “Amerie will go,”
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And both Escar and Amerie leaves, passing by Olwan who Escar nods and addresses “Nautriarch Synwy.”.
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Who heads for the museum and towards the balcony. Calling at the giant owl before noticing the boy. “Ye…”
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Isaac once again turns at the disturbance, “Olwan!” in surprise, “What are you doing here?”
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“Same goes for ye…and, ye know what. Maybe I can bring ye in talking some sense to that king.”
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“What are you talking about?” Stepping back as the lady walks up to him,
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Grabbing and forcefully pulling the boy’s wrist to her, “Come with me, A Hemrean knows a Hemrean best.”
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“Wait! Where are we going!? I am not going!”
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“I did not ask,”
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“Help!”
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Isaac scream made Peacock’s feather to stand on their heads. But the bird with now colored feathers, look around in shock before sitting back like a chicken as Nautrens paints his body. “Well, just hearing things~”
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