The Forest Glade
You run after Brill, attempting to follow the quick-moving
dragonmoth. Unfortunately, you lose sight of him rather quickly. Dispairingly,
you plop down on the soft green grass. Your pixie companions
fly over to console you.
'Don't worry about it, he'll be back. Dragonmoths
are too curious to keep away for long,' Kalika assures you. 'No
doubt he'll bring Malika along with him.' She smiles reassuringly
at you. You feel your mood brighten and gaze at your surroundings. A
large patch of various-coloured flowers sits in the northwestern corner
of the glade. Pine trees, oaks, maples, and numbers of other
trees you can't begin to name make up the surrounding forest. You
hoist yourself off of the ground and saunter over to investigate these. You
pull back in alarm as a strange noise floats out of the leaves towards
you : giggling! After searching through the leaves for several
minutes, you feel your heart begin to sink. So, when a voice
in your ear whispers, 'Over here, silly!' you nearly jump out of your skin! You
turn to find yourself nose-to-nose with a tiny dragon.
'Hullo,' the small creature says, beaming happily at
you. 'You're a human, aren't you? I've never met a human
before. My, you are strange-looking! Don't take offense,
you're just strange-lookning compared to the pixies! You don't
even have wings! And your skin is so... smoothe. No scales,
no fur, nothing!'
The small dragon pauses for breath and you ask what
its name is, as well as its name. 'Oh, how careless of me! My
name is Opal Girasol Sky Flame. I,' he smiles smugly; you decide
this creature must be male, 'am a jewelwing fairy dragonfly!' You
gaze at him, utterly mystified. He sighs in irritation and flutters
his wings impatiently. 'You're supposed to be impressed!' You
stutter that you were merely in awe, and he giggles and ducks his head. 'Yes,
I know I'm --'
'Sky Flame,' a voice interrupts him, 'leave the poor
human alone!' A second jewelwing dragonfly zips towards you,
this one a shimmering orange. By the pitch of the voice, you decide
that this one must be female. She lands on your shoulder and
stares at you curiously.
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'Hello there,' she greets you. 'I am Orange Rubicelle Star
Gazer. And not NEARLY as conceited as Sky Flame!' She
glares at her companion, sniffing indignantly. Sky Flame gasps
and flies straight towards Star Gazer. The small orange creature
lets out a shriek of laughter, and the two fly off. After scratching
your head a moment, you look to the west. That seems to be as good
of a place as any to search for Brill.
Head
West!
Take
Me Back South
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