[pre-intro] somewhere in the woods...

[clinging_ivy]

[...probably not terribly far from Mara House, there is one nervous baby Mara and one determined little boy. They are clearly lost, and at least one of them is not okay with this.]

This doesn't look right at all.

I've never seen this place before.

Comments

[agrowingstorm]

Oh, hullo Stiaan. You're here too? I didn't mean to call you this time, unless I did it without thinking...

[tarnished_salt]

Hello, Charis. You didn't; the power in this place called us both, at separate times.

[agrowingstorm]

...You mean, Serifar and me were teleported somewhere?

[tarnished_salt]

More or less.

[agrowingstorm]

Does someone need our help? I'll do my best, and Serifar will too!

[tarnished_salt]

You've done pretty well at that, as I remember. But no, we're all sort of stuck here, but it's a decent enough place.

[agrowingstorm]

[So pleeeeeaaaased] Yeah, I am!

...You're stuck? But you're a mara!

[tarnished_salt]

Well, that's true. But even we can be overmatched sometimes.

[agrowingstorm]

Whoever called us here must be really powerful, then, if she can trap you, too.

Have you been staying with Da?

[tarnished_salt]

Yes, she is, and yes, I have. You can stay there too, if you like.