[selenia's quest.]

[dramatispersonae]

[wherever you are now, it's grey and half-lit; not quite day yet, but not too dark either.]

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[glorious]

[...SO MUCH FOR THAT PLAN. It is time for drastic measures.]

...Can you please spit it out? I need that bird.

[dramatispersonae]

[talking does not budge this snake one millimeter.]

[glorious]

[...This snake is immune to copper poles and politeness. I have severely underestimated it. I...I don't know what to do now.]

[...Maybe I should go back to the bird by the tree stump and hollow log. Might be easier to coax him along.]

[dramatispersonae]

[there is the final break in the trees you haven't explored yet.

what do you do with stumpbird?]

[glorious]

[...I forgot about that one.]

[And to the stumpbird:] Would you mind following me for a few moment?

[dramatispersonae]

[it scuttles off the stump and hides in the hollow log '-']

[glorious]

[...oh it's shy. Leaning in to look in the log and speaking very softly:] We can wait until later, if you'd prefer that.

[dramatispersonae]

[it huddles at the back and peeps.]

[glorious]

[...stepping back.]

All right. I'm sorry for disturbing you.

[...I sincerely hope you didn't hear about me hitting the snake with a pole.]

[dramatispersonae]

[snake haterrr]

[glorious]

[...I really need to stop things like that. My reputation is terrible enough as it is.]

[TIME TO ENDURE THAT FINAL BREAK IN THE TREES.]

[dramatispersonae]

[there's a little stone house here :O! with a keyhole under the doorknob]

[glorious]

[...Ah.]

[KEY GOES INTO KEYHOLE.]

[dramatispersonae]

[the key warms a little under your hand and vanishes! the door swings open.

goodness it's dark in there]

[glorious]

[. . .

steeeepping inside]

Hello?

[dramatispersonae]

[lights come up!

. . . and also copper bars slide up behind you, barring the doorway]

[glorious]

[aofd;sfj;!]

[...But I can see around me, at least?]

[dramatispersonae]

[yes! it's a one-room cabin, and the light source isn't visible; let's go through it by wall.

wall one has the barred doorway. in the wall around the door are three indents: they are shaped like a stylized cat, a stylized bird, and a stylized snake.

wall two has a counter with three drawers and two cabinets, all closed right now. hung above the counter is a framed photo of a humanoid statue with a pleased expression.

wall three has a closed window that looks out on the back of the house, a white couch with two red pillows on it, and a table with a plate of birdseed on it.

wall four has another counter with two cabinets. one of the cabinets has a keyhole, and a photograph of the stern humanoid statue tacked to it. there is also a framed photo hanging above this counter, of one of the scared humanoids.

all the statues in the photos are missing their gems.]

[glorious]

[...Probably should have grabbed those gems when I had the chance.]

[Very well. I suppose I will see if the drawers on the counter of wall two are locked.]

[dramatispersonae]

[one of the cabinets is locked. the other cabinet holds a flat, stylized copper cat. two of the drawers are empty; the bottommost one holds a shaker full of pepper.]

[glorious]

[...taking the copper cat and the pepper (just in case). Then taking a look at the non-keyhole'd cabinet by wall four.]

[dramatispersonae]

[there's a fat fire bird in here |D it flutters onto your head as soon as you open the cabinet.]

[glorious]

[!!!]

Ah, hello. Is this your home?

[dramatispersonae]

[cheep cheep?

it's not very helpfully communicative, but it's not setting your head on fire either.]

[glorious]

[Well, better to be polite than suddenly on fire.]

[Taps the plate of bird seed, then moves to look out the window.]