[ 002: The Forest ]

[trojansister]

[ Don't mind Elraine. She's standing, hood back, with the staff she picked up as a walking aide, and is temporarily awestruck on the hill. ]

I don't think I've ever seen this many trees turning color! Or maybe I have. I don't remember the last time I even noticed the colors of the leaves.

Comments

[firebranded]

It's called autumn.

[trojansister]

Ah - right. I know. You just don't see as much of it in most the cities.

[firebranded]

Maybe not. Are you a city girl?

[trojansister]

Haha, well, I guess you could say so. It's not that I don't get out as much as I'm distracted when I'm moving between the kingdoms.

[canniballistic]

It's kind of shocking to take it all in at once, isn't it?

[trojansister]

Yes. [ She cracks a smile. ] If I can't be where I'm needed, I should at least stop to see what's around me where I am. Right?

[canniballistic]

Now, that's always good advice. You shouldn't let yourself get lost or sidetracked. Especially out there! But... Sometimes it's all right just to enjoy the scenery, too.

[trojansister]

[ Elraine leans on her staff, tilting her head back to look up through the branches at snatches of sky. ]

I hadn't thought about that... for a few years, at least. [ She shakes her head, looking at the sphere curiously. ] I don't believe we've been introduced. I'm Si-- Elraine. Just Elraine, here.

[celestial_okami]

You don't? That's a bit upsetting. [Ammy takes a bite out of an apple, her feet swinging as she perches comfortably on a tree branch. Her tail wags as she watches the leaves carried on the wind.]

It's good to watch the trees in each season.

[trojansister]

I rarely have the time. Or had, I guess.

[celestial_okami]

Ehh? Why not? [Her surprise doesn't stop her from eating, even if she stares at her sphere like it grew a second node.]

[trojansister]

I was busy working. The work of a Sister is never done, especially in the field.

[crossedassassin]

Seasonal.

[trojansister]

The changing of color?

[crossedassassin]

Seasonal. Or unnatural. This is all artificial after all.

[trojansister]

Like the other compartments of this ship. Everything's man-made. Still pretty, either way.

[shoutsforearth]

Haven't you ever seen autumn before?

[trojansister]

Not quite like this, no.

[shoutsforearth]

What, so the leaves don't turn red and fall where you come from?

[trojansister]

[ She chuckles. ]

They probably do somewhere in the two kingdoms, and I've just been to busy to notice.