THE PASSAGE OF TIME

[wooliefrand]

WHO: All
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Day 24 Morning thru afternoon

[THE STORMS HAVE FINALLY CLEARED and the life sliced so now what

how yall doin]

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[adorabrawler]

Heh, nice to meet you! You can call me Spinel, by the way.

[wants_the_phd]

Nice to meet you, Spinel. I'm going by Azdaja.

[adorabrawler]

Azdaja...

[ She has no idea what it means, but it's neat! ]

You must've only just gotten here, huh?

[wants_the_phd]

Yeah. I've only been here a few days.

[adorabrawler]

Yeesh. I can't believe that dumb fountain is still dragging people in... Well, hopefully you'll have more good days than bad ones here.

[wants_the_phd]

How has it been for you?

[adorabrawler]

It's been...

[ thinks. ]

A little better lately.

[wants_the_phd]

How so?

[adorabrawler]

Well, we've been able to do things like improve our living situation, for one. It used to be pretty bare around here, and we barely had anything to eat.

[wants_the_phd]

Really? Even less than there is now?

[adorabrawler]

Yeah, it was just fruit for a bit there.

[wants_the_phd]

Yikes. That must have been pretty hard...

[adorabrawler]

It really sucks when you're used to the convenience of cities.

[wants_the_phd]

I bet.

What about the rituals? How have those been?

[adorabrawler]

Not... great. The first few were pretty bad, too, but I've missed out on some after.

[ not that she's complaining ]

[wants_the_phd]

Have you ever died?

[adorabrawler]

Uh—no. Thankfully not.

[ “nearly” doesn’t count ]

[wants_the_phd]

Have you ever seen anyone come back to life?

[adorabrawler]

… Yeah, there’s been a few groups that have come back before. There’s, er—apparently a god of death that controls all that.

[wants_the_phd]

Huh.

It's really hard to believe, even though I've heard several people say the same thing.

[adorabrawler]

Honestly, I’m still not sure if I believe it. I mean, I’ve seen it all, but it’s so—insane.

[wants_the_phd]

This whole place has seemed insane from the get-go, too.

What was your life like before coming here?

[adorabrawler]

Hm...

[ as she continues tying more of the cord: ]

Ordinary, I guess? I don't come from anywhere special—there's no magic or anything where I come from, and I just do normal things...

[wants_the_phd]

What's a normal day like for you? Walk me through it - I'd like to imagine.

[adorabrawler]

Well... I just wake up, have breakfast, go to school, hang out with friends after, come home, have dinner and work on homework... It's really not much.