Rebirth Decline 8 - Orb 1

[thefunsister]

So, impossible thorns, huh? I don’t guess anybody’s checked to see if there’s a Sleeping Beauty under there. Probably too much to hope for, since she’s supposed to be in the capitol right now and nobody around here has heard of the Emperor.

Briar Rose aside, I’m not really the person to talk to about weeds. What else have you got for me?

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[folklorist]

Sleeping Beauty? Ah I certainly hope not. But you know her? [ An inquiring tone of voice. You sound like you know her rather well too. Interesting though by no means strange to Helios. He's seen his fair share of living fairytales here and back home. ]

You've just arrived I take it?

[thefunsister]

Oh, yeah. We're not really close or anything, but I see her around.

Just woke up an hour ago. You?

[folklorist]

Ah I-I see. [ He knows how it is with siblings that aren't close so he won't ask or pry anymore into the matter. ]

Mm. Oh! I, ah, I've been here for a good few days now actually. It's been...rather interesting to say the least. There's a hero who has recently arrived that can supposedly help with the thorns. [ He hasn't spoken to her himself however. ]

[thefunsister]

Oh yeah? Does the big hero have a name? [ Because if it's Jack somebody should go punch him before he gets himself killed. ]

[folklorist]

Ah. Actually I don't believe so...at least I've never heard of them having one.

[ Not Jack but apparently she's rather famous. Hm he should probably meet them one day and ask. ]

[magicalflowers]

I don't believe I have checked, but my plants last time couldn't find anything.

[thefunsister]

I knew it was too much to hope for. Is there a plan of attack?

[magicalflowers]

I don't know, but I hope that people don't harm the thorns.

[thefunsister]

Is there something else we can hurt that will stop the thorns?

[magicalflowers]

It's something I'm looking into, so I'm planning on staying with the thorns for a while.

[windofthephoenixtemple]

I never thought about the fairytale of Sleeping Beauty. It would make sense since she was hidden behind them, sleeping within a tower.

[thefunsister]

Doesn't even have to be a tower, technically speaking. But still, I guess if that were the case they wouldn't need all of us here.

[windofthephoenixtemple]

There are a good number of us. These thorns must be extremely tough if they keep summoning people.

[thefunsister]

I guess a simple solution is out of the question if they're dragging people from [ The Mundy World? Obviously that's not the only case here ] other worlds.

[windofthephoenixtemple]

It's more complex as far as plans might have to go. I don't even know if I could think of something that big either.

[matrimony]

Much more besides, if you are a new arrival.

[thefunsister]

Fresh off the boat, so to speak.

[matrimony]

And how much of the situation has been explained to you? I've not been here long, but I shall try to help with whatever I can.

[thefunsister]

Just the basics. Thorns, heroes, only hope, all that.

[matrimony]

Then you have heard we cannot return home?

[toxic_tsarina]

Would she even help, were there a princess in that mess?

[thefunsister]

Well, if you could find her and wake her up, presumably the whole mess would go away. Though I guess you'd still have a hell of a lot of pruning to do.

[toxic_tsarina]

[Noted.]

Presumably.

Have you been here before or something? You seem better knowledged than I was.

[thefunsister]

Places like it. Never quite so unexpectedly, though, and not in a very long time. [ Several centuries or so, she thinks. ]

[toxic_tsarina]

Can I ask how you got here?

[Is the same with everyone else?]