[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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[dramatispersonae]

[YOU EXPOSE A POOL . . .

of liquid fire.

you probably get a little splashed across the legs for your pains]

[glorious]

[WHY DOES FIRE HAVE TO HURT SO MUCH???]

[glorious]

[...Whenever I'm done fussing about in pain and trying to un-catch myself on fire, I'm going to try and use the fishing pole here.]

[dramatispersonae]

[eventually the line twitches a very little bit . . . something just took a cautious nibble . . .]

[glorious]

[Ah-ha!]

[REELING IT IN.]

[dramatispersonae]

[YOU YANK . . . a seventh bird from the water! wtf was it doing in there, who knows.

also it splashes a little more fire on you as it flaps and struggles, joy]

[glorious]

[whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy]

[fine. bringing this last bird up to the statue.]

[dramatispersonae]

[it's probably tired itself out by the time you reach the clearing sure. you can get it off the hook and onto a pedestal safely

. . . unfortunately you're still missing the star that goes in the indent.]

[glorious]

[...Which was most likely in that chest so I need to go find the key...]

[Before I try fishing it up again, I am going to go into the basement where the chest was and see if there was anything I missed. Maybe a key fell out of the nest and I didn't notice who knows.]

[dramatispersonae]

[a key couldn't fall out of the nest with the bird in it

there's still the doodle of the trees in the first clearing with an arrow, though]

[glorious]

[First clearing...I'll be taking the copper pole and pickaxe with me there, then, hopefully to find the spot the arrow pointed out. It was pointing specifically at the trees, wasn't it?]

[dramatispersonae]

[yes! at one particular spot in one particular tree]

[glorious]

[Let us find that one particular tree first. Is there anything about it that stands out?]

[dramatispersonae]

[looks like an ordinary tree -- well, it's metal like the others.]

[glorious]

[Ordinary metal tree that would likely maim me if I tried to climb it.]

[What happens when I whack it with the pole?]

[dramatispersonae]

[a metal-on-metal clang . . .]

[glorious]

[................]

[Can I pickaxe the tree down?]

[dramatispersonae]

[you can dent the trunk a little but that also blunts the pickaxe. it is also a very thick trunk.

probably not.]

[glorious]

[...So much for that.]

[...Is there anything around the base of the tree that I should have tried looking for before I tried to knock it down?]

[dramatispersonae]

[nothing around the base of the tree, no.]

[glorious]

[...Can I see anything if I look up?]

[dramatispersonae]

[pine branches...]

[glorious]

[...Can I walk around it?]

[dramatispersonae]

[yyyes if you're careful, but it's still an ordinary tree on the other side]

[glorious]

[...And if I was just as careful, could I climb it and not gravely injure myself any further than necessary?]