Day 241 - Tell It By Heart

[four_quarts]

Who: Ghaleon, fairies, and you. Yes, you.
Open: Open
When: Day 241
Where: the garden
What: Fairies, that's what.
Format: starting in action brackets, can switch to whatever
Warnings: probably just Ghaleon


[Fairies.

Creatures of myth to some, a fact of life to others. To those who know of them, they may represent benevolent spirits, kindly and willing to help those in need, or perhaps capricious creatures, as likely to be harmful as not.

To the people of Lunar, fairies were very real, and very shy nature spirits. They were always terribly rare, and with the destruction of the world they too were lost. Only... what are those things flying about the garden today if there are no fairies anymore?

And why is it that the elf-like man tending the plants seems rather cheerful about their presence? Perhaps asking would help clear up these questions.]

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[gianthobo]

[Fairies? Did someone call for flower fairies? Floette is hovering around, looking at them while clinging to her flower. Are they friendly? She isn't sure...]

[four_quarts]

[The more the merrier, as far as this lot is concerned. They're less than a day old, so they're nothing but friendly and curious. Hello new friend, hope you don't mind the more bold of the lot surrounding you and chattering away about how pretty your flower is and how nice it is to meet you.]

[gianthobo]

[Well they're not fairy types like her, but she knows enough about being polite to newly hatched creatures. She offers them a look - a very careful one, since she's very attached - and a smile, chattering back gently.]

[... AZ follows along and looks at Ghaelon.]

... Friends of yours?

[four_quarts]

[He turns his attention away from his gardening (and keeping an eye on the fairies as they settle in) with a smile.]

Why yes. Darling, aren't they?

[freedom_engineer]

[Ever since Rosethorn disappeared, Colin's been spending a little more time in the mornings tending to the farm. He doesn't want her plants going to waste in her absence, even if he knows the odds are good she didn't survive. But this morning, it looks like there's some new meat here...]

Well, hello there, little ones. Haven't seen you before.

[If he notices Ghaleon, he doesn't say anything.]

[four_quarts]

[There is a small chorus of hellos, followed by one explaining that they all just started living a little bit ago.]

What about you? [another asks.] When did you start existing?

[For his part, Ghaleon continues on as if he hasn't noticed anything while keeping an ear on the situation. It's not that he thinks Colin would do anything to them, but it's difficult not to be protective of such guileless little things, especially ones so young. He'll not smother their curiosity though, so for now he will pretend not to be here.]

[freedom_engineer]

I've only been here for a few months, but my life began a little under five hundred years ago.

[Colin smiles, looking at each of the Faeries as he goes about his work.]

New to the world, then? Well, it's nice to meet all of you. Are you helping in the garden?

[amourtician]

[Jay approaches very cautiously. He's leery of the spirits.]

Ah, darling? I believe you're in the presence of Nizn.

[four_quarts]

[Ghaleon chuckles at that.]

If you mean the fairies, that would be because I brought the little dears here.

[amourtician]

[Jay eyes the fairies with suspicion.]

Er, why, darling? Does a life free of danger not excite you?

[coffeewithmysugar]

[This was not quite what she was expecting to see when she decided to go for a walk. She's standing still, caught somewhere between confusion and fear. In her world, the fairy had not been her friend. And now here's a whole group of them. Considering Ghaleon looks so happy, she's not sure whether to run away or demand to know what is going on.]

[four_quarts]

[The fairies don't really give Edea a chance to choose before deciding to surround her and cheerfully start bombarding her with questions about who she is, where she's from, are all human girls as pretty as she is, and a million other things.

Ghaleon looks terribly amused about it, but offers a bit of assistance anyway.]

My dears, I know you're all very eager to make friends, but give the poor girl a moment to answer.

[coffeewithmysugar]

[Her eyes widen as she is swarmed, her mind simply repeating "nope" over and over again as her body tries to decide how to respond. Luckily for her, Edea manages to resist the urge to swat them away. She settles for taking a few steps back and putting her hands up as a way to say "keep you distance".]

Are they friends of yours? [This of course is directed at Ghaleon.]

[bedheadstyle]

[Fairies? Actual fairies? New things every day here, and Haruka, for one is excited to see them!

And draw them, of course.

He sits cross legged near by so he won't startle them, taking out his sketch book so he can draw them as they move about.]

[four_quarts]

[For the moment the fairies seem content to do their own thing, having already met a number of humans earlier. Exploring or just taking in their new environment seems much more interesting than the boy sketching nearby to them. ...Or at least that seems the case for all but the rather muscular one who has decided Ghaleon's head is the perfect place to observe the newcomer from.

Her stare is kind of intense, actually...

Ghaleon himself appears to be focused on gardening still, but he's actually keeping an ear on things too.]

[bedheadstyle]

[Haruka was equally involved in his work, and only noticed the stare when he glanced up to get another sight of what he was sketching.

The stare earns a blink, and an uncertain wave.

Hello strange fairy.]

[evacuate]

[...Fairies.

Huh.

Zia's only passing by, but the fluttering in her peripheral vision catches her attention. Bugs? No, not bugs—no way.

Wide-eyed, she takes a few slow steps towards the garden they're all fluttering about. Before she tries to get too close a look, she wants to make sure that her approach won't frighten them. Her focus is too set on that for her to notice (or care much about) anyone else in the immediate vicinity for the moment.]

[four_quarts]

[The fairies seem content enough to wait to be spoken to.

Ghaleon on the other hand semi-accidentally sneaks up on Zia.]

It's nice to see so many are finding these little ones a welcome sight.

[evacuate]

[She turns, mildly surprised but not startled, and smiles.] Did you bring them here? Where I came from, fairies were just storybook creatures, but really seeing them here is amazing...

[croceamors]

[Saix just means to pass by on the way to the Skyway, but he pauses at the small creatures in the air. Fairly quickly, he makes the connection between them and Ghaleon and his gaze flickers over to him.]

Friends of yours?

[four_quarts]

I should certainly hope my adopted children feel that way about me.

[Complete deadpan on the outside, laughing on the inside. Not that it's entirely untrue, but he'd let the fairies know beforehand that the joke would probably come up.]

[croceamors]

Congratulations on parenthood.

[Deadpan vs deadpan, FIGHT]

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[For the man walking past who catches a glimpse of them out of the corner of his eye as he's adjusting his septum piercing, fairies fall firmly under the "myth" category, which is why he's a touch nervous when he stops to stare at them. Which myth are they from? Helpful creatures who heal heroes in exchange for being released from bottles? Tricksters who will eventually become so annoying that one will want to exterminate them? Guides who make people twitch whenever they hear the words "Hey! Listen!"? Or dangerous creatures who hide behind a cute exterior but whose worldview is so different that their actions inevitably lead to suffering and death?

Judging by the man nearby who doesn't seem to be worried about their presence, the third option is less likely, but Rob circles around and approaches from behind Ghaleon just to be safe. It takes a moment before he can work up the guts to interrupt the gardening of someone he doesn't know, and when he does speak his voice is low and kind of hard to hear.]

Um... What do those fairies do, do you know?

[four_quarts]

[Fortunately, Ghaleon can hear Rob just fine; those ears aren't there just to look good, after all. Still, he turns around anyway since it's polite to look at someone when holding a conversation.]

At the moment I'm teaching them to help maintain the garden. Mostly I just happen to find them pleasant company.

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

So they'll only do whatever you train them to then?