Glimmer, glitter, shine...

[thecanopycrew]

| characters | Everyone!

| date/time | March 15, all day

| location | First Floor

| rating | Currently G

| summary | A flash of light, and a new adventure.


LIGHT

Warmth, love and kindness.
The Life Stream glimmers and glitters with joy, swirls of shimmering dust dancing around the ray of life.
It was time for new ones to test their wings.


One by one, new adventurers now arrive in the Tree. As one gain wings and rises to the second floor, another light brings in the next person. Soon, a steady stream of people from all kinds of worlds, times and realities come to join the others. Whether confused, angry, excited or scared, your arrival is welcomed with nothing but joy as the fireflies and glow worms descend to greet their new friends.

The Tree offers no explanation and no reason, but the truth is undeniable.

As you will soon realize, it isn't easy to be tiny.

Comments

[scionoflegend]

Wait, was Link actually agreeing with his assessment of the fireflies? That was... unusual. People normally just laughed at him or gave him weird looks whenever he came up with stories ideas like that. Owain regarded him a little uncertainly. "...You think so, too? Heh, you're not just humouring me so I'll shut up for a bit, are you?"

Link sure didn't say much, did he? Ah well, his meaning was clear enough. And he didn't appear to be in any discomfort from holding the glow worm... so, hesitantly, Owain petted it. It leaned into his touch like a contented cat, and soon he was chuckling just a little.

"Okay, that's pretty cute..." ...Oh gods, his resolve was weakening. He drew back abruptly. He had to stay strong! "B-but don't think this means you've won, glowy fiend!" He pointed at the worm. Dramatically. "I've got my eyes on you! One wriggle out of place, and you'll rue the day you toyed with me!"

[twilightlegend]

"...?" Link looked confused at Owain's response. Why would he be humouring him? The Light Spirits would point him in the right direction even if the directions ended up being incredibly vague. And his point of view had been- Well, it has been a little over dramatic thus far, but it wasn't without merit as far as Link knew.

Gonna enjoy this happy friendship moment-- And there it went.

Link and the worm both jumped when Owain suddenly drew back and pointed at them.

"Is that necessary...?" Link lowered his arm and let the worm crawl back onto the ground.

[scionoflegend]

So if Owain was reading him correctly, Link wasn't humouring him? ...Wow. He shook his head in response to Link's apparent confusion, grinning a little sheepishly. "...Never mind." It was strange, being taken seriously... kind of nice, to be honest, but he'd have to be careful not to let his theories get a little too out there. Not if Link was going to actually believe them.

At the question, Owain folded his arms. "A hero must never let his guard down," he stated. "When enemies could lurk around every corner, he must always be prepared for anything!"

The glow work crawled over to him as he spoke, making itself comfortable on his foot. Owain glanced down at it, arms still crossed. "...Stop that."

[twilightlegend]

Owain's dismissal of the issue caused Link to be a little concerned. Had he said something wrong? It wasn't as if Link would believe everything that the other man said; the previous incident with the lightning breath should have made that obvious. But if Owain didn't want to continue then Link would respect that. Maybe they could talk about the merits (or demerit) of instructions from the Gods next time. Or... Come as close to 'talking' as these two could come.

"..."

Link had to hand it to Owain though; he was much more diligent than Link had been. Though it seemed that he was still the same gentle person that the Ordonian was, if the response to the glow worm ruining his rather impressive pose was an indication.

"I think you would make a wonderful Hero," Link started. "But don't forget about one's allies either."