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[Once again Emil is out wandering around the village, although this time he's got his chimera Sial at his heels. Sial is carrying a small stick in his mouth, and every so often he'll run over to Emil and nudge at the boy's leg until Emil reaches down to take the stick and toss it halfheartedly for Sial to fetch. There's clearly something on his mind at the moment if his downcast expression is any indication.

If you happen to pass the pair, Sial might come bother you to see if you'll throw the stick for him.]

[OOC: Phonetagging for the rest of the afternoon, I just wanted to get this up before the event.]

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I am, but thanks for asking.

[Sial will sniff at the offered hand for a few moments before giving it a quick lick to see if it tastes like whatever it is in that basket that smells so good. He knows enough not to bite, though. Biting will not get him delicious food.]

His name is Sial. He's a chimera-- it's a type of monster from my world.

All right ... You looked like you were thinking pretty hard about something. Ah... I'm Polka. [Yes Sial, her hand may smell like delicious pastry goodness, but it tastes like a plain ordinary hand. Thank heaven she washed them! She might lose a finger. ]

A chimera? [He kind of reminded her of the chimeras back home - though they were much much bigger. ] It's so cute. The monsters in your world aren't as aggressive as the ones in mine, I guess... although they weren't always like that. [ A pause, and she motions at her basket. ] Would you mind if I gave him one? It's only leftover muffins.

I'm Emil... it's nice to meet you, Polka.

[Well, she doesn't seem to be scared of Sial-- that's good, at least! He's had some people get nervous when they find out that chimeras are monsters.] Actually, most of the monsters in my world are pretty aggressive. Sial is only my friend because I made a pact with him so that he'd help me fight in battles. [He blinks when she gestures at the basket, then nods.] Sure, go ahead. He's not picky at all.

[ It wasn't trying to nom her arm off, so that was safe. Smiling as she gets permission, Polka kneels on the ground, reaching into the basket to take out the muffin inside, breaking it in half to offer Sial a piece. The other is offered to Emil. You like banana? ] You can do that? That's amazing! I know I would rather make friends with the monsters and animals back home than fight them.

[Both Emil and Sial will accept the offered pieces of muffin, Sial with a good deal more enthusiasm than Emil (though he's very careful not to get her fingers with his teeth by accident). Nom nom nom, complete with happy chirping sounds.]

I'm always afraid people will think it's strange or creepy because they're scared of monsters. Actually, I'm still kind of scared of monsters too. I don't like fighting them at all.

[ These two would probably have an apologizing contest, only she apologizes -in- battle and he apologizes -out- of battle. PFf.

Polka grins at Sial, who is painfully, painfully adorable and thank you for not biting her fingers -- either of you. ] I don't mind them - there are monsters everywhere where I'm from. Even in the forest I have to pass through to get to town, or to look after the flowers. They're not very interested in making friends though.

I'm not really scared of them... not if they're nice like Sial, and most of the time the monsters don't bother you as long as you don't cross into their established territory. Until they started to get so much more aggressive anyway.

[They should get together with Colette and have an apologizing party. Free for all!]

It's the same in my world-- the part about monsters not bothering people most of the time, I mean. They usually stay away from the towns unless they're really hungry, or unless there's something attracting them.

[He blinks.]

Wait, why did the monsters in your world start getting aggressive?

[ Sold! XD ... wait, they're all blonde - they constantly apologize.. have blue or green eyes. Coincidence or conspiracy? ]

It's funny that people are afraid of them, when they don't really bother people - and when they do there's usually a very good reason - just like with any other wild animal. Monsters are no different. [ Pause, and a grin. ] Right Sial?

[ Provided Little Cuteness is done nomming the muffin, she offers a hand tentatively to see if it will allow pettings. She's never petted a monster before. <3 ]

I'm not really sure, but I think it had to do with the way everything was getting tense in our world. Baroque and Fort were on the verge of war, and there's the business with the mineral powder and the agogo's.. .I think the monsters were able to sense that trouble was coming, so it was making them agitated.

[MAYBE IT'S BOTH. Anyway, when he hears his name, Sial will look up and make a happy chirping noise. He seems a bit disappointed that there isn't more food being offered, but pettings are a decent enough compromise. Heck, any sort of attention is good. That's definitely a squeaky purring noise he's making right now.]

That sounds a lot like what's going on in my world right now, only with mana instead of mineral powder and... whatever else you said.

[ *DUN DUN DUN!* ]
[ And Polka is giggling now - the way Sial was acting she was having a hard time remembering it was a monster and not a cute, cuddly animal. She missed her cat. :( ]

Really? I guess... I guess every world has its problems. ... Oh, the agogos are spirit creatures of the forest. They were ... they were being hunted by Count Waltz and his people.

Hunted? But why? Why would anyone want to hunt spirits? Isn't that bad for your world?

Count Waltz was using them in the production of his mineral powder. [ Small frown. ] I don't know how bad it is for the world if they were all hunted to extinction - March and Salsa would know more about the agogos than I do. But they were really good at hiding from people, so ...

So they should be safe even if people were hunting them. I wish... I wish people would stop and think about how the things they do hurt others. Maybe then they could stop fighting with each other and persecuting anyone they thought was different from them.

So do I. [ Yeah, she pings to that. Majorly. Falling silent a moment to scritch behind the ears of Sial, thoughtfully. ]

Have you ever heard of Heavens Mirror? [ Well that's sudden. ]

Heaven's Mirror? [He shakes his head.] No, I haven't. What is it? It sounds like some kind of treasure or magic item or something.

[ She grins, shaking her head in turn. ] I guess you could consider them a treasure, but they're flowers, actually. Very special flowers. Mom told me a story about them once, when they first began growing though. ...I wish I could remember it all.

There's a special flower in my world, too. It's called Celsius' Tear and it freezes whatever is around it, but something tells me the Heaven's Mirror is a different kind of special.

Wow, really!? I've never seen a flower that could do that.

You're right, the Heavens Mirrors are a bit different... actually, I managed to get a few seeds from home that came here with me. I'm going to plant them in the forest once the snow is all gone. It's the only place they'll grow.

I'd never seen one like that before either-- that's why I made the mistake of touching it.

So what makes the Heavens Mirrors different if it's not something like that?

[ Mildly alarmed. He touched it and didn't freeze? ] What happened when you touched it? I thought you said that they freeze everything around them...?

Hn, they're the only flowers that bloom at night. Or to be more exact, they bloom at exactly 2 o'clock in the morning. During the day, they absorb the light through their leaves, and then release it when their petals open - it's an amazing sight.

[He nods.] They do; you get frostbite if you touch it for too long. I pulled my hand back before it hurt me too badly, though.

Will they do the same thing if you plant them here? I'd like to see that for myself if it's not something that only happens in your world. ... wait, you wouldn't know if they do that here until you plant them, would you?

Oh, I see! You were pretty lucky then. [ Who knew there were such dangerous flowers. Well there was that one plant in her own home, but it wasn't really a flower as much as a plant so... ]

Well... I believe they will; it's just part of their nature. But I'll let you know when they've been planted, and you can see for yourself.

Thank you, I'd like that a lot. I wonder if the Malnosso will bring some seeds from my world too... I'll keep checking in the stores. If they do, maybe we could start a garden with flowers from everyone's world, just so we can have something to remind us of home.

Oh! That would be a wonderful idea! I'd love to see that. Let me know if you find any, I'll help you plant them.

Okay, I will. And maybe we can ask some of the other people here to keep an eye out for any seeds or plants from their worlds as well.

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