primrosella | Quest 211

[Accidental Video | Open Action]

[Rosella is sitting in one of the quieter, more secluded parts of the beach, perched comfortably atop a fairly large outcropping of rock and silhouetted against the rapidly setting sun. Her hair drifts lightly in the evening breeze as she settles back onto her hands and crosses her legs at the ankles, apparently contemplating the view. Across her lap lies what appears to be a flute; nearby, on the surface of the rock, sits a somewhat tattered paper notebook and pen. The video is at the wrong angle to see what might be written in that notebook, but its pages are covered in jotted notes, arrows, and some heavily-underlined question marks.]

If so needed, only in need...but what makes one need greater than another? What makes it a need at all?

[Like everyone else in her family, Rosella has a bad habit of talking to herself when she's alone, and especially so when she is trying to think; this, apparently, is no exception. She glances down at the notebook at her side, shifting her weight and raising one hand to tuck a wisp of stray hair behind her ear, and then settles back into her position again.]

Coin and cloth...and stone. Stones, new stones. Old friends, new stones, dark places...

[There is a pause, and then a sigh as she lets her head fall back in exasperation.]

Oh, drat it all, I don't know.

[She makes a face accompanied by a low murmur of frustration; though the video is at the wrong angle to capture the expression, the microphone does catch the sound. Then, shaking her head, Rosella sits up and raises her flute, apparently tired of musing for the moment, and opting to play a little instead.]

[OOC: So! Strange things are afoot in the City these days, and it's bugging Rosella something awful. So, tired of hanging out in the Warehouse and thinking up a storm, she decided to get out and go to the beach to muse a little, just for a change of pace. Feel free to action her up if you'd like, and Network for everyone else! But be advised--she'll probably deny that she's got heavy stuff on her mind. She's trying her best to stay upbeat these days.]

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You can't go wrong trying.

Mm hm. The one that likes lemon cakes.

That's him, yes. Did you know he had a favorite corner of the Square?

I didn't, no. Does that have something to do with the riddle?

Only a bit. I've been wondering about him--and about his mother, too. But of course, no one knows very much about either of them, so anything we do know comes from putting together bits and pieces and puzzling it out from there.

Any real reason? I mean, it doesn't really matter. If you ever want help puzzling, let me know. I'm not that great at it, but I'll bring cookies or something. Lemon cake.

It's an odd reason, I suppose, but...the City seems different lately. Things aren't going quite the way they always have, and strange things are happening that almost seem as though they shouldn't be. And so I've been wondering about the deities that run this place, and the ones that don't...and the only ones that have ever seemed to really care for our well-being are those two.

...You're completely right. Things are different, and it's kind of weird. Lemoncakes and his mother were here to balance things out, weren't they? Right the deities' wrongs?

Mouse seems sweet, though.

That's what they always said. That when the deities overstepped their boundaries, they would come back to set things to rights.

Well, we've got one deity in prison, and what may be another in the Graveyard, and if that's not things going unbalanced, I'm sure I don't know what is.

You'd think it'd be about time for another visit. If things keep going the way they are, the City's going to get kind of chaotic. ...More chaotic.

Exactly so. Which is why I've been wondering why there isn't some sort of way to...well, call on them. The deities here watch the Network and speak with us if we ask after them. Shouldn't there also be some sort of way to call out to the other ones?

There should be. Is that what you're trying to figure out? How to get them here?

Well, in a sense. I'm trying to figure out if there isn't a way to call them, the way that we can call our deities. But I'm not about to try it, even if I do come up with a way that I think would work.

I think that they'll come when we really need them. If they really do care about us and meant that they'd be here if things went wrong, then they'll come.

And if they haven't come yet, then the need isn't great enough? The mother did say that she'd come if so needed, and only in need. I just wonder how long it will be before a need to us becomes a need to her.

I guess so. Who knows that needs to happen before it's enough... I think it'll be okay, though. If we trust them to come and help us, they'll come.

I hope so. Still, if there is some way to call on them the way that we can call on the usual deities, I'd certainly like to know about it.

It would be nice to know. Just in case.

Good luck puzzling it out, Rosella.

I'll do my best at it, Penny. And if I come up with anything, I'll be certain to let you know.

Quest 211

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