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[monster_san]

[Fuu's smiling face appears in the amber. Behind her, you can just see the piece of mirror, though she's too far away for the words to show.]

Hello, everyone! I hope you're all well today.

It seems as though the mirror on this branch is enchanted! It's showing a riddle at the moment.

It reminds you of a riddle the heroes would find in a storybook, don't you think? But of course, reading a story and being in a story are two entirely different things.

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amber;

[braavado]

They're leaving riddles for us now?

[And there's still no sign of the people who brought them here. Great.]

amber;

[monster_san]

Yes, right in the mirror itself! I didn't see who wrote it, unfortunately. [Though she suspects the writer didn't need to actually be there to put it up.]

amber;

[braavado]

Hold on, I'll take a look. Where are you now?

[The amber's image is already jiggling around a little, like the person using it is on the move.]

[gempathic]

A riddle? Cooooooool! What does it say? Wait, where is it? I could just read it myself. If we've got a mirror mystery, I wanna be there to see it!

[monster_san]

[Oh goodness young boy THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF ENTHUSIASM SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT.]

It's on the branch that reaches out from the housing levels, with the huge--well, I suppose it's a normal sized mirror, but to us it's huge--piece of broken mirror on it.

[gempathic]

[ SORRY. hard enthusiasm is how he rolls. ]

Ohh, that mirror. I guess that's not a bad place to leave a riddle for everyone. Thanks for the directions! I'd hate to miss out on a big deal like this.

[scionoflegend]

[You had him at 'heroes'.]

AHA! The first elusive piece of the puzzle! The unfolding of our destinies begins! ...And it's about time, too. I was starting to wonder what was taking so long.

[monster_san]

[She will learn to pick her words VERY CAREFULLY around him.]

The unfolding of something, certainly! It is nice to have something, but it's a rather vague way to get in contact.

[scionoflegend]

Vague... or mysterious? [He laughs lightly.] This is so great! Is it a hard riddle?

[magicsprice]

Not always, sometimes, one can be part of the story that you're reading.

[He's checked the mirror out, but without any of his tools from home here, there's no easy way for him to investigate the enchantment on the mirror.]

I have my suspicions, the first item, that A diamond from the clouds, may be a rain drop.

[monster_san]

Oh my, I'm not sure what I would do in such a recursive situation.

A rain drop... or a sleet fragment, or snowflake. That would be difficult to carry.

[magicsprice]

I could possibly make it easier.

[Though a rain drop could possibly be carried in a cup or a pot. As for a snowflake, he could keep it frozen with magic and carry it since the cold wouldn't bother him.]

We could try both a rain drop and a snow flake, figure out which it wanted.

amber

[nullity]

[ he's seen the riddle with a few others (and had 'riddle' explained to him so he's good to go), and so perks up when it's mentioned on the amber slice. ]

Hello! I saw the riddle. It's hard to understand though...do you know what it means?

amber

[monster_san]

I'm not sure yet. The only creature I've seen here apart from us is that spiderish silhouette... and I'm not sure it would be a good idea to set her free, if that's the "servant of the tree." But this is a tree, so there are undoubtedly other animals living in and around it.

Oh, I don't think I've met you properly--my name is Fuu.

amber

[nullity]

[ wow, she sure sounds like she knows what she's talking about. nai smiles at her in wonder before perking up at the introduction. ] I'm Nai. [ and then the smile fades. ] The spider...? Is that the big thing all the way up in the tree? I tried going there but I couldn't.

[ he doesn't want to talk about that, so he tries to offer some ideas. ] What about the fireflies? They're nice to me.

[sirpisspot]

A riddle...seriously?

[Arno was a little annoyed, not at her. But my goodness, they are brought her with no information and are expected to solve riddles?]

[monster_san]

[Yeah, she's a little put out too. These tree people could take a cue from the folks who took Fuu to a different world last time. Not that she's showing her annoyance.]

Yes indeed, sir. I suppose it's better than nothing.

[alley_kit]

An enchanted mirror? Cool!

What does the riddle say? Do we just need to solve it, or is there more to it?

[Because depending on the story, solving the riddle was sometimes an end unto itself, but more often, the riddle was just a clue to someplace one had to go or something one had to do.]

[monster_san]

[Wait wait are you a cat person...? An alien? Not that Fuu is indicating her surprise, she looks polite and friendly as ever.]

I don't know if we need to solve it, and I'm sure there's more to it than what we see. But it is the only sign we've had of a greater power in the tree.

amber;

[greatrage]

[There's no face to be seen, just a sideways view of a room. Because what is technology]

This whole freakin' place is like a storybook! I don't see why we can't just kill the spider.

amber;

[monster_san]

[Oh, hi Mr. Eren.]

Well, it is behind a thick layer of webbing. More than that, it may be intelligent like the fireflies are... though I don't know if it will be friendly.

amber

[saltsweet]

A riddle? This entire place is practically a riddle.

[ Literally the last thing Videl wanted to deal with was riddles. ]

amber

[monster_san]

It is, isn't it? But at least now we have a riddle that's in coherent words.

[misster]

[The girl that appears on the amber's surface is grinning happily, if only because it sounds like a job for her. Well. In her own head, anyway.]

Luna is a heroine! Bet your ass I can solve that no problem and we can be on our way to the boss fight! It'll be a piece of cake!

[The other soul residing in Platinum's body has a different opinion on that, so Sena sighs and adds quietly:]

I don't think it'll be that easy, though...

[For better or worse, his down to earth commentary goes ignored by Luna.]

[monster_san]

[YOU SEEM TO BE IN TWO MINDS ABOUT THIS

also yikes RPG reference red alert]

It may sound like a puzzle from a video game, but we shouldn't think of it so simply. [There's none of her usual light amiability in that sentence.]