002 / Audio

[mezzaline]

This land becomes stranger and stranger. Has anyone else come upon these new statues? Or have you an idea, perhaps, of their purpose?

[Mezzaline walks the path to Ardel, pulling a few garlands from their hosts. None of these plants grew in Erremal; there is so much diversity here!]

The flowers, at least, are beautiful!

Comments

[shineonwater]

New statues?

Where?

[mezzaline]

They now line the road to Ardel Farmstead when previously, there were none.

[shineonwater]

Are you sure they're statues? Did the locals put them there?

[They aren't, you know, cleverly disguised monsters?]

[mezzaline]

... I believe so?

[Mezzaline reaches out and presses a finger against the face of a statue. It feels like stone.]

I know not how else they may have been placed here. I witnessed a child placing flowers upon one, so they are likely harmless.

proof you are adopted by the BBS crew

[wayfoundwind]

Hey Mezzaline, how've you been?

[BECAUSE HE HASN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE, SPIDERGIRL!]

now all she needs to do is get terra in her lunches!! i mean clutches

[mezzaline]

Oh, Ven!

[HEY LITTLE BUDDY]

A tad bored, but such things are easily remedied. [Especially with this grand left garland!]

Have you kept busy since the, ah... invasion?

[That word said with amusement. She hardly considered the mice or the rabbits a threat.]

[missmimmi]

I agree.

[Flowers are such a welcome sight, who cares about creepy statues?]

[mezzaline]

[EXACTLY. But Mimmi's accent is so... different! It's pretty.]

Your words are unusual, miss. From where do you hail?

[missmimmi]

Germany.

[mezzaline]

What is Germany?

[Non-Earthling here, Mimmi!]

[lilyground]

The flowers are gorgeous!

[Statues? Whatever. Flowers? Hell yes.]

[mezzaline]

Aren't they? Which ones do you favor?

[Mezzaline likes ALL of them.]

[lilyground]

I don't know the names of all of them, but I think, uh... hyacinths. Hyacinths, they're amazing. They're so... flippy! I guess!

[mezzaline]

I have never seen a hyacinth!

[What kind of flowers are on these garland things anyway!]

We had no flowers such as these in my home. They are so bright.

[bellator_lucis]

Statues?

[The Warrior sounds somewhat perturbed. Sudden change: it makes him nervous.]

[mezzaline]

Yes! They seem human in appearance, though stone in material.

Is there a problem, Sir Warrior?

[bellator_lucis]

[There's a pause.]

Does it not strike you as strange that these things should appear overnight?

[mezzaline]

[Mezzaline pauses right back. It actually didn't until just now.]

I assumed them to be decorations, carved by the villagers. This is much stone, though, and they seem quite solid...

[She is still taking those garlands, though.]