weakahoshi | Adventure 4- Winter Forest

[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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[Looking around, Shirahoshi notices a bush that hasn't lost its leaves entirely, and points the journal in that direction.]

Does that help? Maybe I should try to find something more recognizable...

It does, yes. [Certainly, it's a start.] But if you could show me more of your surroundings, it would allow me to find you more quickly.

[Shirahoshi waves the journal around slowly.]

Shouldn't I be looking for you too, maybe? Then we'll find each other in half the time!

It does seem logical, yes, but I am afraid it would only increase the likelihood of us missing each other altogether.

[She leans in when a particular bit of flora appears in the journal's viewscreen.]

Could you return the camera to that small bush with the red berries, please?

[Shirahoshi does so, and moves a bit closer to the bush so Grune can get a better view.]

Do you recognize it, Grune-sama?

[ooc: I don't remember if she asked Grune's name before or not, so I'm just assuming they have given each other their names at some point, if that's okay. ^^;]

I...believe I do. Are there more, similar bushes nearby?

[OOC: Sounds good! I was wondering what to do about that, myself.]

[Looking around (and possibly making Grune sick as a result), Shirahoshi does eventually find another bush that has red berries.

Sadly, anyone who lives on land would recognize that they are not the same type of berry bush.]

Found one!

[Rather than correct her, Grune only says:] Thank you, Shirahoshi. That is very helpful.

[And it is. Holly does not grow commonly in the wild here; she only knows of a few locations in Luceti's forest where it may be found. Holly in close proximity to winterberries is a rare enough combination that she should be able to find the lost mermaid reasonably quickly.

She picks up her journal and stands.]

Stay where you are. I hope you join you shortly.

Do you spend a lot of time in the forest?

[Because that's pretty cool that you know every bush that's around...]

[Beginning to walk now....]

I do, yes. I often go for walks and search for flowers and berries.

[Though she doesn't exactly do that sort of thing often the way she is now....]

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