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[thelifemeddler]

[The ever-cloaked dragon mage finds himself in the garden after last night's impressive rainstorm. He reaches out to inspect a new sapling with pale, gentle hands. It perks up a bit when he touches it, but that's probably a trick of the light and definitely not some obscure dragon magic.]

So there is new life in this world.

[He doesn't seem to

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[yamanaka]

[O HAY ELF GUY you look like koltira, kind of ... +_+ she was just working on planting some stuff, but she'll stand, brushing the dirt on her hands off on her legs]

Wow, they really like you, huh ... ?

[thelifemeddler]

[Actually, he does. The only difference is that Koltira is ACTUALLY DEAD while Krasus is just pale and skinny enough to /look/ dead.]

I think they rather like what I conjured for them.

[yamanaka]

What you conjured? [leaaans to the side a little to look past him to see if he's standing in front of whatever he ... conjured ...]

[thelifemeddler]

[Nope, just a sapling! A small gesture of his left hand over his right, and then his hand is now diamonds-- I mean, it's full of tiny candy, sort of like konpeito but imagined by a medieval-era dragon mage.

A soot ball bounces out onto his palm, shyly takes it, and darts back into the shadows of his sleeve.

And it's followed by another. And another. And another, until there's no more candy left and the soot balls, with a silent cheer, disappear back into his robes.]

They seem very fond of sweets.

[yamanaka]

Oh! [a little giggle; she seems completely unfazed by the fact that he just made candy appear out of ~*~nowhere~*~] Wow, I had no idea.

[thelifemeddler]

It is easy to overlook what is much smaller than you. [He would know.] Though, I seem to have missed whatever happened here last night and it was hardly unimportant.

[yamanaka]

Well, they're always hiding if I try to come near them ... [probably because she screamed and stomped on one the first time she saw them ...] But there's been these weird acorns scattered all over the place lately.

[thelifemeddler]

[GOOD JOB INO. Actually, these things could be feared for their swarming qualities. Krasus knows a couple of dragons terrified of spiders; it's not unheard of.]

Have you noticed anything else out of place? Animals behaving erratically, or perhaps the existence of new ones?

[yamanaka]

Some people mentioned seeing some little white furry guys running around, too. But it didn't seem like they were doing anything strange or bad.

[thelifemeddler]

I see. It could be a very subtle invasion of rodents. [He pauses.] Or a rite of spring.

[yamanaka]

[wrinkles her nose a little ... ew, rodents lkdsjlksdf] It's never done this before here in springtime ... but maybe it's some world's ritual or something?

[thelifemeddler]

Are such things typically shared with this world?

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[yamanaka]

Rituals and stuff, you mean?

[thelifemeddler]

Yes. You seem to expect that it would come from another world and not this one.

[yamanaka]

Oh! Yeah. Well, most of the holidays that are celebrated here aren't some kind of tradition from this world. Usually it comes from Earth.

[thelifemeddler]

They originate from a single planet? How peculiar.