004 ❀ It can't be...

[merines]

[Shirley's hair is glowing aqua, and she has her eyes closed]

H-huh...? This voice is... the Great Nerifes?! Oh...! Then, the river is carrying the sea's v

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[jacklikesrum]

So the water speaks to you, does it? Interesting... Very interesting, actually...

[merines]

Huh? Oh... oh, um, yes, it... it can. But, that's if I call out to it, really. Otherwise it... um...

Um... w-would you happen to know of a way to help it, though? To make the river pure again?

[jacklikesrum]

Sorry, can't say I do. It would depend on the meaning of the term 'pure' as you stated it.

[merines]

Oh, well, it's just... the water is very, um... well, it's almost 'tainted'? Dirty? Um... I don't know... I mean, it's a very pretty river, but it's not pure and clean, the way that it should be, and that hurts it.

[thesteelmedium]

There's something wrong with the river?!

[merines]

I-it's been polluted...

[thesteelmedium]

What's it being polluted by? Some kind of giant monster?

[merines]

I don't know... I couldn't hear that part.

[2yoraedragon]

~Mmm? Something is wrong with the river?~

[merines]

Y-yes. It's... it seems, um... "dirty"? Um, polluted by something.

[2yoraedragon]

~What could be the cause of this, we wonder? 'Tis another example of human folly, to be sure.~

[amberorgtfo]

Excuse me...? A...are you all right, miss?

[merines]

Oh! Y-yes, f-for the most part, I suppose. Just... [looks worried for a moment] Just concerned over what might be happening with the river...

[rasenjou]

Oi, are you okay?