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[hatesghosts]

[ At first, there was silence. Then, several names were shouted... and then there was a shriek, followed by the sounds of someone running away.

That was half an hour ago. This impromptu nature channel has been recording the forest since the crashing shrieker disappeared. Only now... something is coming back. Something... loud.CRUNCH CRASH

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[Voice]

[former_third]

[Nel was just checking her journal randomly when she came across this little problem, and it doesn't take long for her to figure out what's going on. Well, if someone's looking for their journal, the easiest way for them to find it is if it starts making noise, right?]

Excuse me! Did I hear you say you've lost your journal?

[Voice]

[hatesghosts]

[ Liz startles when she hears someone talking off to the side. If Soul doesn't already have a hold on her, she's quick to take a hold on his arm -- before realizing what had been said. ]

Hey, yes! Yes, can you hear me? I kind of -- [ panicked and ran ] -- dropped it earlier. Are you talking from a journal right now?

[ Or are you lurking in this here forest as another person perhaps better at tracking than Liz or the currently uneasy Soul? ]

[Voice]

[former_third]

[Nel smiles when she hears that response. Good, she's still close enough to hear.]

That's right. If you follow my voice you should find your journal.

[Voice]

[hatesghosts]

[ Liz is getting better at figuring out where that voice is coming from, so starts heading toward it. ]

Right! That makes sense. As long as you're talking, there's not that much out here to hide it. Only... plants. Plants that better not have thorns.

[Voice]

[former_third]

[That last sentence makes Nel frown a bit, because it's possible that her journal did indeed fall into a group of thorny plants.]

Hopefully not. It's just starting to get past winter though, so unless you left it in a bush somewhere it shouldn't be too bad.

[Voice]

[hatesghosts]

Getting past winter?

[ Honing in on that voice -- ah! She think sshe spots something journal-like near the roots of a near0by tree, half obscured by a bush. ]

How cold does it get out here?

[ As cold as Brooklyn could? Or Nevada at night? Not that people always expected the desert to cool off as much as it could... ]

[Voice]

[former_third]

Yes, it's... the seventeenth of March, I think. You're on the end of the New Feather arrivals this month.

[She considers that second question for a bit. It's really hard for her to tell, seeing as how it takes a lot for her to start feeling uncomfortably hot or cold.]

I'm... not really sure. Cold enough for there to be a lot of snow on the ground.

[Voice]

[hatesghosts]

New Feather? [ Soul hadn't mentioned that term yet so half of this is directed at him. ]

Great, so this really is snow.

[ and rain, if the on and off drizzle is any indication. She crouches down, tentatively reaching out and snagging the -- yes! The journal! ]

Ha! Found it!

[Voice/Action] /threadjack

[sonatas_edge]

[Soul's been following Liz in silence for this conversation, looking around nervously and when she finds it there is the sound of him letting out a breath.]

Finally.

[Voice/Action] /jacked

[former_third]

You hadn't heard the term? It's what we call people who have just been brought here, because of the wings.

[She beams when Liz grabs hold of the journal.]

Great! Now-

[And blinks in surprise when Soul speaks up.]

Oh, there were two of you?

[Voice/Action]

[hatesghosts]

Finally? It would have gone faster if you were helping too, you know!

[ She's more annoyed because she's still not sure why Soul's acting off, if she's started getting some of the pattern to it.

Ah, but then the first helpful voice is still talking. ]

I found a friend of mine hanging out in one of the trees. He's not new here, though... Soul, how long have you been here?

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[sonatas_edge]

I was looking out for other things!

[Twitch twitch. Like things in the rain that you won't be able to hear or smell as well because it's raining and, GDIT. He whips his head around, thinking he heard something and grabs her elbow...]

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[sonatas_edge]

[After a moment he calms down and looks at her again completely calmly.]

Hmm. Been here 'bout four months or so.

[Voice/Action]

[former_third]

[She restrains a laugh at their antics. That would probably make them made at her.]

Well it's good that you have a friend here. Especially since you probably shouldn't stay in the forest too long.

[Voice/Action]

[hatesghosts]

[ Liz narrows her eyes at Soul. Really, she's starting to notice a pattern to when he's acting more like himself, and less like himself. ]

Four months? That doesn't make any sense.

[ Yet he hadn't seemed to understand what she'd meant about being in the book. But -- but -- WERE THERE TWO SOULS? AAAH THIS HURTS HER HEAD and she's stepping back from the bush and shaking her head while addressing the journal; ]

Is there something out here?

[Voice/Action]

[former_third]

I haven't met her personally, but I've heard there's a very large and unfriendly wolf out there.

[She won't get into the time thing right now, on account of having more important things to cover.]