Sessions Worlds and Stuff

@) *reaching up to pick an apple for Hamnet, since they can more easily reach*
*calling ahead* Wait, Factor, Hamnet--your mother's right, we should double check before eating those.
[:]? [:]/ But Nyx eats one!
@?

=:o ! = Nyx! don't eat that! we don't know if its good!
7B? 7Bo "putoo!" 7B? "tastes good." 7B3- "n' is just apples."
[!~T] ...
][:] well we can't always be checking the air for contact toxins or whatever. And I'm sure a good doctor in case of an emergency will always be an easy find, the way things are. ][(]
0~0 mmh. but. still, it is wise to respect nature, especially while in the middle of it.
|/=@] "Well, if memory serves me correct, then these rainbow apples should be quite healthy... but, it is better to have them checked.
( | w | ) >: I've got one for showing later;
=[|:|33] CaN WE FinD MorE ThingS NoW? ReallY ThinK AN OlD, SafE BuildinG WoulD BE CooL.

[:]? @? *unfairness averted...but now they're looking at the tree a bit more cautiously*
Yes, that would be cool.

[!~T] hmm. safe building... no collapsing or the like... [!T] ... [!~T] *Dots is looking around, trying to get used to 'using' their normal sight of Hopes within and without*
|/=@] "Maybe with a few souvenirs to take home. |/=^]
][:] oh yea, I'm a big fan of souvenirs.
0~0 *knows Mack likely has a different context to souvenirs* 0u0 hopefully there will be more common plants as well.
7B3 ... "hehe..."
=[|:|33] SafE IS GooD.
= yea.
( | w | ) >:Souvenirs?; *Jofie doesn't totally know the context of this word, but they know they like it*

[:]? @? *they wander back to the group, waiting to hear where to go next*
*has had the same thought as Ribbon* Souvenirs...if we're sure they don't belong to anyone else already.

][:] ][(] hehe...
=:o = yea. no stealing.
7B?
|/=@] "wouldn't think of it."
( | W | )
=[|:|3?] StealinG IS NoT NicE.
0u0 correct.
[!~T] mmh... [ERR] [!~T] ... [TuT] I think I see somewhere... [!n!] but... something feels a little 'off' about it... [!~T] I'm not sure. Safe, souvenirs, lots of plants, interesting...

[:]D Which way?
@D *is excited to get moving again*
If you think it's alright, Dots...

[!uT] it should be. we've got to go... this way. *starts leading again, only for Nyx in his eagerness to find this place asap, to run ahead*
7BD "HEEheehee!" *Nyx barely gets out of sight when he can be heard saying,* 7BO "WOH!"
= ! = *starts hurrying along to catch up*
0~0 mmh. Maybe someone who knows more about folds should go over group fold etiquette later.
][:] ! oh don't worry, ][(] I can help there. plenty of things to go over for that. ][:]
|/=@] "anyway, Lets see what's been found."
( | w | ) *warps ahead some*
=[|:|oo] WaiT FoR ME! *hurries up a bit as well*

*the location ahead is... an area almost the size of a football stadium surrounded by a crude wooden fence, clear of trees. the land is overgrown with a hodgepodge of weeds and random crops, from melons, to tomatoes, to corn, and more. in the center of the place is a crude wooden fort the size of a baseball diamond. of note is a large hole that has been cut in the side of the fort by some type of 'claw' weapon, large enough for a humanoid being to easily enter*

*takes Hamnet's hand before they can dart off as well* Stick with us, you two.
[:]? [:]) Okay!
@)
*and once the new place is in view*
[:]o Whoa!
@o isaruin?
Yes, it looks like...

^u^ ooh, this is amazing! 0U0 we've got to find out who made this. The way the seeds were all planted randomly to avoid soil depletion, the way they are not treated with herbicide... By the looks of things... this garden might be wild by a year and a half. that long since its been tended to. 0U0
7BD "HEEHEEhee!" *is happily running the perimeter of the fence*
=[|:|3D] LotS AnD LotS OF PlantS.
= this is nice. and you think they're all good ribbon?
^u^ I'd want to... I'd have to cut a few open to check their quality, but these are all hearty, healthy looking veggies. 0u0
( | W | ) >:oooh!;
][:] If it ends up being a place you like, chances are it's only a pathway away from your home. ][:]
|/=@] "hmmm... well, that fort requires some investigation."
[!~T] ... i'm not sure about this place anymore... it fit our Hopes but its lost all its own.

[:]? *slides their hand out from Sophie's...she lets them* [:]D *they wander ahead to get a closer look at the plants*
@)
*to Dots* Is that what was "off" about it?

[!~T] *keeping quiet,* whatever happened here was violent... the ones who tended these plants are gone...
^u^ ^~^ *trying to be very gentle, Ribbon pulls a tomato from a vine, carefully squishing it sideways till it split, and she could take a closer look at the seeds and flesh of the plant* 0u0 mmh. ^u^ these are good tomatoes. nothing wrong here.
= *also interested in the fort structure, Onponn heads towards it with the Darkmatter*
|/=@] *are being cautious of where the opening seems to be cut in, taking a closer look at the marks left behind*
][:] ... ][X] *finds some kind of moronic humor in there being a single, lone piece of wheat sticking up among a couple of low-lieing plants, namely strawberries and cabbage* ][(]
7BD *running a stadium sized area takes some time* "HeeHeeHEE!"
( ^ W ^ ) *is following Nyx about*
=[|:|33] *is sticking with Mack, just finding the mixed plants nice*

I guess...if you want to find a ruin, you're probably going to find a tragedy.
[:]) @) *they come to look at what's in Ribbon's hands*

[!nT] I guess so... its still not nice to think about though.

^u^ Its a tomato. and its nice and ripe. we can plant it at home if we want. 0u0

= |/=@] *enter the empty space of the fort* |/=@] ... |/@=] ... |/@~] *duck back out* |/@~] "I think we should not investigate the inside of the fort."
= *has locked her face in a neutral position*

][:] ? why not?
|/@~] *shake their head NO*
][:] err. nevermind. ][(]
=[|??] ?

7BD ( | W | ) *are still running about*

You're right. It isn't... The most you can do about it is try to focus on what good can come next, rather than what bad came before.

@) redtomato.
[:]? [:]) Is food?

[!nT] [!uT] you're right. this place has lots of nice plants. and the Leijon who emptied this place didn't break ~The Mirror or ~The Lock. even if ~The Music box ended up being broken... [!~T]

|/=@] *are coming over to talk* =

0u0 Yes. ^u^ its quite a good food, and it is a lovely Red. 0u0

][:] *has had his fill of crops, and since there has been a NO for the fort, his curiosity with this place is about filled*
=[|:|3?] NoT AnY TreeS ArounD IN ThE FielD.

7BD ( ^ W ^ )

*she doesn't know how to respond to that. She stays silent. She notices the darkmatter and Onponn coming back*

[:]D Can eat some now?
@)

^u^ if you wanted... But, I would really like to properly respect the tomato and let all its seeds be properly planted. it will just take a little bit of... ^u^ ^~^ *tearing the tomato apart more, Ribbon works with incredible efficiency to remove the seeds while leaving as much of the tomato flesh undisturbed as possible*

|/=@] *very quietly,* there was some Grist in there. Monsters died here. |/@~] monsters can somehow exist outside a Session here. |/@~]
= *carefully nods. Onponn doesn't like the implications that Grist gives*
[!nT] mmh... um... good. [!uT] good can still come from this place, no matter what has happened in the past. I can See two things down in the underground of this place. A ~Mirror, and A ~Lock. One was a gamble, the other a painful promise. but now they can be... a gamble, and a means of freedom. [!uT]

7BD *is running a little slower around the place*
( | W | )

][:] hmm. wonder if there's any sour stuff around here... *is keeping a keen eye out, but its a bit harder without the obvious first-thought fruit, Lemons, anywhere to be seen*
=[|:|3D] SouR?

[:]) Hehe! *hold out their hands for the tomato*
@) *watching the de-seeding curiously*

We probably shouldn't hang around too much, then. Not with the kids. If there are monsters around. *really doesn't want to think that they've wandered into a game session somehow*

[!~T] n. nono... No Session. we're not in a session. not a session. please no session. never wanted to ever be a part of any session. it. they were... Someone held tight to a Hope that they could break a cycle of Pain. they brought monsters with them and put them in a special environment. an environment filled with Players and People... Many died, but, some started to get to live... but that all changed when someone chose to think that a monster is a monster, and deserves only death. The most unexpected Player. A Mage of Heart, one most likely to have Known the souls that were developing within them, and feel empathetic pain because of what they did... I... it hurts. my head. my eyes... [~!~] [~n~] [ERR] [TnT] [ERR] [YnX] [!nT]
|/=@] "ah..."
= ! lets calm down. don't worry dots. everything is ok.

0~0 *sees that dots seems very distressed* ah, almost done. 0_0 *works faster, till every last seed is in her left hand, the mostly broken tomato remaining in her right. she sets the juicy plant in Hamnet's hands* 0~0 Is everything ok?

][:] ? uh. *also notes the distress*
=[|??] ProblemS?

7BD ... 7B? ?
( | x | ) >:wha?;