Adventure 4- Winter Forest

[weakahoshi]

[After her last post, Shirahoshi spent a few nights at Spock's house while Spock stayed with Lupin. She could tell the arrangement made Spock uncomfortable, though, and so she talked herself into being brave and found herself an apartment of her own. She's been enjoying the view from the eighth floor of Community Housing 3 ever since, though sometimes she has to remind herself that she can leave whenever she wants.

Today is one of those days.

Everything seemed to be back to normal- by Luceti standards, at any rate- and Shirahoshi wanted to explore a little. So she bundles herself up, inflates a new bubble from her coral, and floats down to the ground floor. The trees above make a kind of tinkling noise, covered as they are in icicles and snow. It draws her in, and she floats quietly through the forest, gaping in awe. It's unlike anything she's ever dreamed of. There are a few critters still skittering about in the snow, and whenever she hears or catches them out of the corner of her eye it makes her heart nearly stop. But after a few minutes she's grinning, because this is adventure and she can't seem to get enough of it.

Until sometime in the afternoon, when the shadows have begun to stretch in winter's pale sunlight. Her stomach growls, and she realizes with a start that she's very cold, very hungry, and very, distinctly, lost.]

[The video starts with a sniffle. She's not crying, for once. She's just been out in the cold for awhile.]

Um... D- does anyone know the woods really well? I think I'm lost...

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[weakahoshi]

[Oh! Yes, she recognizes this girl. They are neighbors now. Shirahoshi turns the journal around and holds it up ostensibly so she can see more of the forest.]

Right here isn't a good spot. Maybe if I can find something noticeable, like a log on the ground or a tree with a big mark on it would be better...

[song_princess]

[Leanne studies the images and goes to let out a small sigh.]

Can you show me a little more? How is the scent in the area? Each area does have it's own scent.

[weakahoshi]

It's scent..? Oh! Kind of like how I know my way around the ocean from the currents!

Hmmm...

[Shirahoshi sniffs thoughtfully. Yes, there are a lot of things she can smell but... she isn't really sure what they are.]

It smells like... um.... Surface things.

[song_princess]

Yes, like that!

[And... That wasn't very helpful at all. Leanne lets out a small sigh.]

That helped a lot, I will be on my way now.

[Besides, it shouldn't be too hard to find one that smells like the ocean within a forest.]

.... Are you in need of a song?

[weakahoshi]

[A song? What good will a song do if she's lost?]

Oh! If you sing really loud maybe I'll hear you! Yes, please!

[This is a foolproof plan.]

[song_princess]

[Lift her spirits up a little she guesses? She is still used to being around fellow birds.]

I can try to sing that loudly but it would be better if you stay put.

[Best fool proof plan ever!

And now she will shift into her heron form and grabs hold of the journal and takes off to find the lost one. But she will wait a few moments before going to sing to see if the other can hear her yet or not.]

[runawayhoshi]

[Oh, that's a very pretty song, though she can't hear it except from the journal. Nevertheless, she'll start floating around a small area, listening hard in each direction.

That is until there's a loud rustling somewhere behind her. Shirahoshi screams and drops the journal.]

[song_princess]

[The sounds of the screams causes Leanne to pause mid-flight and she shifts back to stare into her journal.]

Miss, are you are alright? What happened?

[weakahoshi]

[Her voice is still shaky.]

Um, that is... there was a. Surface creature. It looked like it was wearing a mask and was really hairy.