Good Morning, Starshine

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Hhhhhhhas anyone sssseen T-Tohru? I think mmmaybe she went outside. I had...c-cake! Cake for her, and nnnnow none to g-give. Maria, Mmmmaria, is she out walking? I c-can save it for her, okay?

Oh and that...that d-dasssstardly Tailypo! Taily woe! To hhhhurt the...the horses! And all those d-dead bunnies...

Oh the b-bunnies...

Such heinnnous crimes are these! What c-can we do? Do to ssstop this shadow...from its innnnfiltration? It must be stopped!

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So sssssad was I...for a t-time, but...

Sadness...wins no wwwwars. Selfish sadness...

No, it is...it is not your ffffault. It is nnnnot my fault. We are ffffamily. T-together we fell. T-together we regroup. We reforrrmulate. We rise ab-bove clouds into the ssssky - the highest noon! We b-burst through! To-together!

Family!

Keep...we keep loving, okay?

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I...I mmmmust fight in the T-Trial! The angel ssssaid so.

T-To the d-d-death? I hope nnnot... B-But I will...d-d-d-do wwwhat I must! Even ifff Midvalley isn't sssso b-bad.

Lesser of two evils. Greater light t-to shine.

Who...who hhhurt the horses!? The t-t-tail of one is...it's g-gone!

This is vvvvery upssssetting to me!

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Llllast night after I...m-made brownies and c-cake, I wwwwatched TV! I lllike the p-picture box. I llllearned about...all k-kinds of new people and sssshows!

Flavor Flaaaaaaav!

Mmmmello fucking yellow!

Quuuuigby read all these b-books about horses! And now we know...how t-to ride them and hhhhhandle them. If p-p-people want rides, I...can help teach! Sssssomething new, yes? Better for p-people to, maybe. Swifter light, sssafer light!

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T-Tohru and I, wwwwe went to...the lake! It was so nice there. I think others should g-go. To get awwwway. To fffeel better. A safe hhhhaven.

I wwwwant to...explore more. I've seen lots of p-places - the c-caves, Emmmmptiness, the lake, the...mmmmeadows. Keh. I wwwonder if there's more. More to see.

Always c-curious!

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Oh! Oh, t-today, I hhhhave more p-pets than usual! Now I have a shhhheep and a...c-cow. And twennnnty-three fish, like always.

I'm vvvery h-happy...t-to be taking c-c-care....heh...of them. *coughs*

..Ahhhh.

I hope n-nobody mmminds them. I t-t-took them...out of our rrrroom so that V-Vader...d-doesn't get mad at their smells. They follow mmmme when I g-go! I co-could...use this horn, b-but...I hate lllloud sounds.

I should g-go watch them now!

I'm t-tired.

*yawns*

The sssspring, it is...keh...it is v-very nice! Like lllast year, when I c-came here, I saw...so much new life! So d-d-d-diffffferent from London. So dark there sssometimes. Here, it is d-dark, but not for long. The lllight is...sssstronger.

I think I...w-will be outsssside more. I want t-to know the...the horses now.

So quiet now... Now that thinnngs are b-better. There wwwwas that b-big fight, I heard it! I c-c-couldn't get...there fffast enough to see. So slow.

Who wwwon?

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Thissss is...so sad, so...

This mean B-Brandy was Sal! Sal, the mmmmean g-gun one! And she said wrong things t-to people. Wrong things and we...we were b-b-being...lllllaughed at. The whole t-time, a shadow wwwwas pointing and llllaughing at the light.

My ssssouls are afraid...

Um...

Um, g-good news! Lina, Vvvvader and me...we got the llllast talisman. Evil creature fffought us! All very sssstrong.

And now Metatron, he's...g-g-getting well! This is...something good! B-Better than evil Sal. Sal is evil, b-but...our goodness is more. Metatron wwwwill always protect us!

I d-don't wwwwant to...talk to his ssssister. She's g-good, but she's scary...

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One...t-two...three! Three t-t-talismans! And one mmmmore soon! And then two - two that wwwwe c-can't sssolve yet. Lots of little d-d-details...

I thinnnnk...I will make pudding ffffor the ones who...who found the talissssmans! Metatron, he...he looks happy now! Like there issss more hope than ever.

I'm ssssorry that B-Blythe and M-M-Morana were hurt. Not bad hurts, b-but...

I don't like Bannnru. What he d-does...he comes like a ghossst and strikes our friends! I'm sssssad I trusted him.

But Frank was okay! And these vinnnes aren't so b-bad if we...keh...find ways arounnnd them.

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I know a llllittle, and ssssome know a little. D-Does annnnyone know anything...f-for sure? One, mmmaybe? We sssstart a little, we b-branch out!

He getssss worse, we have no t-time!

We c-can talk here now, what we knnnow, yes? What we have resssearched so far. To p-put pieces together!

Please, p-please!

Mmmmother wants us t-to be sssstrong.

She issss...

She is here! Here, here annnd...

So mmmmmany years! So many! And now...

...Now wwwwe mussst e-excuse ourselves. D-Dorian, he and I... we...

Oh oh oh! Oh, so happy, so...so sad! Mother! Mmmmother, she is c-come to us!

*feminine whispers are picked up on the mic*

She wishes t-to talk to her - her son! Her son, that is - that is us!

Oh, I...

I, we...we weep...

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Sssssydonai has found us the lllast five riddles! They are here, now, p-paper - I wrote themmmm with my own hand! It was hard...

Some, some, they mmmmake...some sense. B-But others? I...uh, I d-do not know this.

"Find the athame for an act most profane,
That dreadful lesson taught to Man by Cain;
Owned by one well versed in abuse,
A viper whose bargain will be hard to refuse."

"Guide and mother, witch and crone,
Moonless nights are hers alone.
At the empty’s crossroads’ core,
Lies the bony tool for opening doors."

"I hide where Roman kings would bathe
A symbol of strength encased in white
Without a head I cannot save
Those without power and might."

"What once was the sword in the stone
Now lies in a watery grave
Golden at dawn, at dusk, at noon
It shares its bed with a tyrannical queen
With eight deadly arms, plus two -
What kind of peace can it gain?"

"A glittering eye on a magnificent blade
As far away as it can be
It never leaves its master's side
Except for justice, swift and sure
With eagerness and pride."

These ffflowers...small, little ffflowers, they c-come up! Little ones innnn the d-d-dirt... And I p-picked sssome for Metatron! Ssssome for all our f-friends, yes? B-But...most for hyugck fffor him! It issss sad, all the nice flowers were...in...the g-greeeeenhouse and g-garden, b-but no more. No new spring there... This makes me a little sad. We should p-plant new ffflowers, yes? Our own new g-garden! For usss, as friends, a good thing together.

Oh! Oh I fffffound that wheeliechair. In a c-closet! These closssets, they are so magical. Annnd little things, they appear.

I will t-take the wheeliechair t-to the room, yes?

We're here now! And we brought this spear with us! We will put it in Metatron's room, maybe for him to look at, because it's really nifty.

There were lots of creatures! Wow, those tunnels go on forever. But it was actually kind of fun. Kamina and Mitch and me, we make a good team. And we didn't get hurt very much.

That cyclops was scary, though...

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Okay, so am in marble form again because bad jaws aren't good for riddle solving! This riddle...

Mitch said monster caves! And Balor - Alessa said Balor was a cyclops! So I looked it up, too! And I see...I see in this riddle...it wards. It wards off! A warrior and a warding?

So I see...I see...in this story...that two things hurt this cyclops. A sling shot (like David's, maybe? - I know the story, haha!) and there was a spear! Bad things against him - maybe one of these? Or maybe it's his eye down there...

That would be gross. But I can carry it, okay?

I want to know what it is, but...Metatron, he is so sick! Maybe we should go and if we find a sling shot - or a spear or a really big eye! - we should take it and run away really fast? I don't know.


{AN: The Mod's already talked to the players who are playing the characters selected to find the talisman (Kamina, Mitch, and Dorian), so it should be starting soon!}

I feel...ffffunny b-because - becaaaause I tell mmmmy truths a lot anyway! So haha, others who are sssurprised or scared, not me...not mmmme be-because mossssst lying is bad. Ssssunlight spots t-tainnnnted lips!

B-But...it'ssss okay. I won't b...bother loooots of people or assssk questions. Because...because there is rrrrespect huh in me! For them!

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Sssssydonai has p-provided mmmme with the answer to save Metatron! She said...she said we hhhhave t-to...gather six...uh...talismans! Talisssmans! Koh. She gives usss poem, we find talisman! We have all six, we save him!

Here, she...g-g-gave me the...the first one here...I nnnneed to put mmmy marble...in fffor this...

In the midst of screams and bones,
Under hollow earth and stones,
Hides what wards off Balor’s will
And can be found with a warrior’s skill.

So you see, yes? She said to us, she said - we find the talisman for this, then she will give us more! And we can save him!

But who knows what the poem means...? I don't know anything about this world. People would know, right?

All these things, hmm, hmm!

Fffirst the zombies, then mmmore p-people! Then no zombies and more trrrrouble! And now another...new g-girl!

All of these things, sssso buh...busy, so crazy!

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The - the zombies are gone! Hooray! Did you see them? They disappeared! Poof, all the ones inside. Light switch.

Very good, too. All this fighting and hiding and...more fighting. So much to do! And now I'm tired. Is everybody alive? I hope so.

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