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Day 5


Kin: Kat...I don't have time for...

Kin: You...are NOT Katsumi. How did you come by that glass rod?

Lunar the White Wolf: Whoa! Katsumi sent me here! She asked me to find her Uncle Kin and tell him that she's all right!

Kin: You know Katsumi then?

Lunar the White Wolf: Yes! Little girl. Likes dolls. Her father gave her one that came alive just recently and I helped protect her against the hordes of other dolls it created!

Kin: You helped protect her against the Animated?

Lunar the White Wolf: Yes! She's safe! Honest!

Kin: That's good then. What is your name? I will remember those that have helped my family.

Lunar the White Wolf: I'm Lunar the White Wolf. It's not entirely necessary that you...err...remember me.

Kin: Nonsense. I now give you a choice. Choose carefully. I have two needs. One is that my niece may still need protection. The other is my clan is sorely pressed within the forest and we have need of those that do not fear danger to assist us. Which will you pursue: loyalty or adventure?

Lunar the White Wolf: I'll go back and help Katsumi

Kin: Good. I am glad that you prize loyalty over irrational adventure. Katsumi needs your help. Ask her what she needs. If she releases you from duty to her, then return to me and I will reward you for your loyalty. Be wary, Lunar the White Wolf. The world is not what it was.

Lunar the White Wolf: You've got that right. Thank you. I will return to Katsumi.

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Katsumi: Have you found my Uncle yet?

Lunar the White Wolf: I certainly did. Your Uncle is happy to know you are safe.

Katsumi: Have you found my Uncle yet?

Lunar the White Wolf: I certainly did. Your Uncle is happy to know you are safe.

Katsumi: Have you found my Uncle yet?

Lunar the White Wolf: I certainly did. Your Uncle is happy to know you are safe.

Katsumi: Oh good! Since you're alone, I'm guessing that Uncle needed to stay at the enclave. That's okay...but why are you here now?

Lunar the White Wolf: I told your Uncle I would come back and see if you needed any other help.

Katsumi: Thank you, Lunar the White Wolf. I am indebted to you, but let me give you this small gift as a token of my appreciation.

Katsumi: You have done much for me already, Lunar the White Wolf. I am safer now and my loved ones know that I am well. There is really only one other thing that I would like to do and then I would be content.

Lunar the White Wolf: Well...that's what I'm here for, Katsumi. How can I help you?

Katsumi: This time it's not about helping me. This time, I would like to help everyone else.

Lunar the White Wolf: How will we do that?

Katsumi: I would like you to take this simple wish that I've put on this paper and take it north to the Wish Tree. Just tie the wish to a branch and then you can tell my Uncle that I am happy and safe.

Lunar the White Wolf: A wish?

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Katsumi: Yes. Perhaps it's just a girlish fancy, but that tree has held my wishes for my entire life. Since everything else in the world is topsy-turvy now, who's to say that wishes won't be granted. It's just a simple wish for everyone I know and love to stay safe even amidst all the chaos.

Lunar the White Wolf: That's...nice, Katsumi. I'd be glad to help you with your wish. I'll find this Wish Tree you mention and tie your note in its branches.

The Wish Tree: Hi!

Lunar the White Wolf: Ummm...hi?

The Wish Tree: Hi! {Hello!} =Yo!= [yeah, yeah] (Greetings!)

Lunar the White Wolf: You...errr...said that already.

The Wish Tree: Oh. Hehehe.=ha!= {*giggle*} Sorry (Our apologies, really). We're new to this...talking =speaking= [BABBLING] (prevaricating)...thing.

Lunar the White Wolf: New to talking? We?

The Wish Tree: We! [US!] (The multitude!) The notes on the tree! We're alive! =All of us!= {Each and every!}

Lunar the White Wolf: Wait. You mean you're not the tree?

The Wish Tree: No, silly! [moron] (how do YOU know it's a moron?) We are the notes ON the tree. =Y'know...the big green thing with leaves?= {The pretty papers tied with string!} [ninny]

Lunar the White Wolf: So each of you individually is Animated?

The Wish Tree: YES =yeah= Yup! (That's right, dear!) Good guess!

Lunar the White Wolf: Wow. Okay! But...how come you can talk and the other Animated don't speak?

The Wish Tree: We don't know. [Yes...we do!] Okay, we're not SURE. =Yeah...but we definitely have an idea.= Well, of COURSE we have an idea...but...

Lunar the White Wolf: Wait, wait, wait. I didn't mean to start an argument. But you do have a *guess*?

The Wish Tree: From the stories {we *like* stories} that other people (like yourself) =yes...like yourself= have told us =some of the stories sure were boring...but= (hush!) [You hush!] we think it's because (We *think*!) {Yay!} we had writing on us before we =changed= (Came ALIVE!) {Woke up!} became Animated.

Lunar the White Wolf: So...if a book became Animated it might be able to talk also?

The Wish Tree: Sure! =maybe= [Definitely NOT] (What? Why not?) We seem to disagree. (Books can't meld thoughts) [Don't tell it that we can do that!] {But they can't!} =How do you know, you ditz...?= SHUTUP!

Lunar the White Wolf: Okay...so you're guessing a lot. Still, you're the only Animated that I've met that wasn't trying to kill me.

The Wish Tree: Kill you? [hahaHAhaha] {tee-hee} We're tied to these branches! =Couldn't hurt you if we tried.= (We might try though, so be careful.) [UNTIE US!] (hush!)

Lunar the White Wolf: Okaaaay...since you can't attack me, I'm just going to tie this little wish note to one of these branches.

The Wish Tree: Another note! =Always room for one mo-ore...= [More brains for US!] {tieitontieitontieiton!} =yesssssss...=

Lunar the White Wolf: Then I'll just step in here...and...tie the knot...done.

The Wish Tree: Thank you! =We feel it!= {A little girl wrote on it!} [HUNGRY] -|wha...?where?who?|- {It's waking!} [EAT IT NOW] (No! We need it! More mind for us!) -|I LIVE!|- =WE live, newb.=

Lunar the White Wolf: That's really quite...disturbing. But I've done what Katsumi asked me to do, so I'll just head back to her now.

The Wish Tree: Wait! (Don't go!) [STAY] We can tell you much. =We have more than enough thoughts...= {We love hearing your wishes.}

Lunar the White Wolf: Okay, I'll stay and chat with you for a bit.

The Wish Tree: Good! [NO...it's not!] =It is! more info for our brains!= What are your questions?

Lunar the White Wolf: Is there anything that YOU all want to talk about?

The Wish Tree: The wind? The world? Our visions? (The visions of otherwheres?!?) [NO! DO NOT TELL!] {We're confused by them!} [TELL!]

Lunar the White Wolf: You have visions?

The Wish Tree: Yes we do. [NO WE DON'T!] {we do we do we do} =Who cares? We are BOUND!=

Lunar the White Wolf: Can you describe those places to me?

The Wish Tree: Some of them...[NO!]. We see a high place =we see for miles!= near old stone where water once ran {the fighting!} where now only pain flows. [the pain tastes like FOOD].

Lunar the White Wolf: Do you see anything else?

The Wish Tree: The wind {We love the wind} blows giant leaves around on a giant tree (not a tree) =must be a tree= not made by the world (ancient ancestor) {GAIA!}, but by those that live on it. [feeble frail things] {YOU!}

Lunar the White Wolf: Interesting. Is that all?

The Wish Tree: Yes! [many more...but DO NOT TELL!] We will tell one more. A lance of light {so bright!} stabs out over a grey pond with no shores =big, big, BIG= bellowing out at the darkness.

Lunar the White Wolf: Your visions sound odd, but maybe they're real places, after all. Would you like me to try and find those places?

The Wish Tree: Yes! Yes! =What if it finds something?= [The visions are OURS!] (Please find them! We must know!)

Lunar the White Wolf: Okay. I'll keep my eye out for places that match those descriptions. If I find them all, I'll come back and let you know. See ya...Tree.

The Wish Tree: Not Tree. Wishes! (Notes!) =Paper!= {[(=US!=)]}

Lunar the White Wolf: Wish Tree then. Either way...see ya.

Katsumi: Did you get my note tied onto the Wish Tree, Lunar the White Wolf?

Lunar the White Wolf: That was the oddest...tree...I've ever seen, but yes, your wish is in its branches now.

Katsumi: You're a good friend, Lunar the White Wolf! I don't know many that would have stopped to help among all the troubles going on in the world. Thank you. My Uncle will surely like to speak further with you. Please give him my best.

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