[a heart field trip]

[antreegonist]

*you're back on the island of Mithos's heart, on the dirt path through the meadow. the sky's still clouded and glassy, but it's no longer storming: you've arrived in the middle of a sunshower.

the freestanding door is there in its pool. the surrounding fog has thinned to translucence -- you can see a couple of large, four-legged shapes moving in it.*

Comments

[antreegonist]

*the food smells normal.*

[brotagonist]

[PUTS A SMALL PIECE IN HIS MOUTH?]

[antreegonist]

*that dish tastes a little more salt-sweet than normal. it is the taste of tsundere.*

[brotagonist]

[I don't know what tsundere tastes like. maybe you've been eating tsunderes, Mithos Yggdrasil.]

What the hell? ...wait here a minute, guys... I guess you can't do anything else.

[IF THE ANSWER TO A PUZZLE IS NOT IN ONE ROOM OF THE DUNGEON, TRY THE OTHER...]

[antreegonist]

*the right door leads to a bedroom with several beds. a fluffy grey kitten is asleep upon the nearest bed.*

[brotagonist]

Is anything here awake?

[pokes the kitten.]

[antreegonist]

*it slits pale blue eyes open.*

[brotagonist]

—hey! Hello.

[antreegonist]

*yawwwwn flop...*

[brotagonist]

[scritches.]

Can you understand me?

[antreegonist]

*an affirmative sort of meow*

[brotagonist]

Oh, good.

Do you know how to wake the girls in the other room up?

[antreegonist]

*yyyes*

[brotagonist]

...why're they asleep?

[antreegonist]

*the kitten sits up, sneezes, and turns into Genis.*

[brotagonist]

[ALMOST FALLS OFF THE BED]

[antreegonist]

*c-catches him by the back of his jacket*

[brotagonist]

Thanks—

Genis?

[antreegonist]

Not really.

[brotagonist]

O-oh. Right.

[GOSH!]

[antreegonist]

Just, it's really hard to answer questions like that if I'm a kitten.

[brotagonist]

Yeah. . .

[antreegonist]

Sorry.

Anyway, they'll wake up in their own time. Probably not for ages, though.

[brotagonist]

Why not?

[antreegonist]

'Cos Colette isn't here in Aather, and he never got to know her very well.