Finding Warmth

You portal to Overgrowth.
This room has not been mapped.
A Gentle Grove.
There are no obvious exits.

You snort and snuffle at the air, sensing through a ridiculous pig nose upon your face the faint traces
of others in the surrounding area.
Cheliyi: ?               A babbling brook

A babbling brook.
A delicate bench of twining iron daisies and vines rests here on curled feet. A painting of A fork in
the road is proudly exhibited on a nearby wall. Cheliyi stands quietly here, trickles of water playing
across her form. She wields a radiant chalice in her left hand.
You see a single exit leading west.

The melodious voice of Cheliyi resonates in your mind, "**weary acknowledgement, a quiet hum** Hi hi,
yes."

Cheliyi blinks.

You reach over and ruffle Cheliyi's hair fondly.

Cheliyi stares up at you from her place in one of the pool, the mugwump's eyelashes almost frosted as
she radiates a chill.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

You have emoted: Tridemon tilts his head curiously at the chill in the air, looking around for a moment
as he starts radiating warmth- like a current in a shallow tropical sea.

Cheliyi smiles faintly, wobbling a little in her crouch beneath the stream's surface. After a moment of
apparent indecision, she stands up, her clothes frosted and exuding a quickly fading mist. The mugwump
leans forward and struggles to step out, her hands clutched almost feverishly around a gentle water
lily brooch.

You have emoted: Tridemon reaches out to offer a hand to Cheliyi, stepping closer to the pools with
warmth radiating into the waters from his position.

Cheliyi hesitates, glancing once between your hand, and the small, glowing brooch. Slowly, her left
hand releases the crystalline bloom, taking the lucidian's as the icy chill of her hand and your
seemingly cancel out to leave a mellow warmth.

You have emoted: Tridemon pulls Cheliyi closer. "A bit too far into the icy chill of water, I think."

Leaning into the lucidian's chest, Cheliyi murmurs, "Can't warm it up. Couldn't find the Light."

Cheliyi's right hand clings uselessly to the brooch, as if it were a life-saving stone rather than a
simple piece of jewellery.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

You have emoted: Tridemon gently wraps an arm around Cheliyi. "You are... perhaps a bit too concerned
with the medium of water. But there are ways and means of touching the Light through it. But first..."

You rest your hands upon Cheliyi solemnly speaking, "May the purest waters cleanse your soul and may
the Light fortify it against the darkness." You feel power welling within you and sweeping over Cheliyi
as the sound of water fills the air.

A babbling brook gurgles off in the distance, flooding the air with the scent of damp, fertile soil.
The sun reaches the zenith of the firmament, pausing in his quest to allow the land to bask in his
shining golden rays.

Cheliyi at first flushes with embarrassment, only to visibly relax. Slowly, her right hand releases the
brooch, and she sighs.

You have emoted: Tridemon lets his eyes unfocus as he reaches out into the air to pluck an object free
of his rift.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **you have to be a child of the Light, you can't be wyrden, don't be wyrden,
have to find it so you won't fail so you won't go back have to fix it have to fix it, a sense of shame
that you can't, you keep failing, terrible, terrible**.

Small enough that nine could fit side-by-side in the palm of the average merian, this shimmering cube
of elemental water jiggles and quivers with every motion. Its surface does not break when prodded
though it is nearly gelatinous, each of its six sides refreshingly cool to the touch. Shimmering motes
of starlight swirl within the watery depths of the cube, its dark contents reflecting the Pool of
Stars, though its core is lit by a brilliant, rotating star.
It has 2 months of usefulness left.
It weighs 4 ounce(s).
It has the following aliases: cube, water, watercube, quasiessence.

You give a shimmering cube of elemental water to Cheliyi.

Cheliyi stares blankly at a shimmering cube of elemental water.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Light, within the Pure Waters."

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **sudden distraction, shiny, you still want to eat it**.

Cheliyi glances askance.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "It does rather look like a dessert, doesn't it."

Cheliyi blushes furiously.

Cheliyi nods her head emphatically.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **deep embarrassment, you panicked over nothing, you're too concerned, so
silly, so weak, you should be better than this-**.

You gasp in delight, reaching out to boop Cheliyi lightly on the nose with a finger.

Cheliyi stares at the cube with pursed lips, only to blink, and sneeze so hard she almost drops it.

Cheliyi stares blankly into space.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "You are not expected to be perfect and strong
enough to hold up the world."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "It's okay to be weak."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "It's okay to be sad."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "It's okay to make mistakes."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "You're just expected to learn from them. And
grow."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Okay?"

Cheliyi blinks rapidly, tears springing in her eyes. "Okay."

Continuing the hunt for his dark mate, Father Sun presses forward in his journey, lowering himself in
the sky yet still casting even, full light upon the land.

You reach over and ruffle Cheliyi's hair fondly.

Cheliyi smiles faintly, only to glance back down and grimace.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **an echoing, growling voice that leaves you on edge, "poor student, poor
student," what if you don't learn? you didn't learn from the Wyrd, what if you fail the Light as well?
not good enough for either?**.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Right then. There are things to remember about
the phases of water- an icy chill is only one of those things that can be manifested, and it's a fairly
important offensive tool, but hardly the only one."

A look of understanding crossing her features, Cheliyi nods her head slowly.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

You have emoted: Tridemon waves his right hand, manifesting a trio of balls of pure, clear water that
float in the air. The one on the left starts growing colder, partially freezing as it churns and
grinds, staying just liquid enough to carry the shards of ice through itself. The one on the right, in
the meantime, starts to heat up, becoming warmer and warmer until it starts to boil.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

Cheliyi watches the water curiously, glancing between the three orbs. Her fingers begin to fidget with
the edge of her amphora, pulling out a portion of mist that she pulls and shapes absentmindedly like a
toy.

Naught a sound can be heard as a single, lonely leaf drifts down from the looming willows overhead.
Shadows grow longer in anticipation for the return of their dark mistress as Father Sun's chase brings
him closer to the world's edge.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Heat, applied through the medium of water, has a
great deal more utility than deep cold does. The warmer waters can heal. Drive away affliction. Scald
your enemies. Support life where the crushing cold should allow none."

As the sun passes below the horizon's edge, Mother Night unveils her terrible, shadowy beauty,
spreading darkness across the land.

Glancing between the three balls of water, the mugwump hums, and nods. Her tail lashes behind her,
once, twice, and then stills as she glances at her own mists, Cheliyi's hands pausing in their
fidgeting.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **a trickle of understanding halted by a wall of confusion, apply -heat-,
how do you... why does it not want to? you've used shadowfire, you've grown life, why not warmth? it
doesn't want to budge.**.

You ponder Cheliyi thoughtfully, looking her up and down.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "You actually have a skill for it."

Cheliyi creases her brow in a frown.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: I do, but never actually... used it. Fire.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "One of your skills will manifest a boiling globe
to defend you from corrupting influences, as well."

Cheliyi grimaces, glancing away.

Across the heavens, the stars and moon challenge night's dark reign, revealing familiar constellations
that tell the tales of myth and legend.

Quietly, Cheliyi says, "Before, was able to make shadowfire because it doesn't work the same, but with
actual fires... does not want to... come out of my hands. Like my brains is stopping it."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Mm. Being badly burned can have that kind of
effect, yes."

You think to yourself: ... if I... no, no, that would be incredibly cruel.

Cheliyi silently reaches up to ghost her fingers over the discolored skin surrounding her cloudy gaze,
flushed with embarrassment. "Should not be acting so worrying when Dad is also upset. Is not that big
of a deal. Just probably have to... wear mittens, or somethings."

Cheliyi frowns at you.

Cheliyi gives you a friendly squeeze.

Quietly, Cheliyi says, "Know you would just want to help, yes."

You reach over and ruffle Cheliyi's hair fondly.

Cheliyi sighs quietly, her frills drooping as her tail drags on the ground behind her.

You hug Cheliyi compassionately.

You ponder the situation.

A sudden groan emanates out from the surrounding trees, casting deep, swirling shadows in the soft
twilight.
Midnight shadows coalesce around a new day, and Mother Night embraces the land in utter darkness.
It is now the 15th of Kiani, 585 years after the Coming of Estarra.

Flexing her fingers, Cheliyi glances back at the babbling brook. "Sort of... panicked, earlier. Because
I started thinking about it all, and sort of... I think found my mindscape? Was trying to not think and
relax, and ended up... in a place. Where a lot of thinks happened, and I couldn't see or reach out for
the Light and everything got dark and terrible. Knew it was there somewhere, but it just... don't know,
no. Maybe forgot how to because I was so scared. The brooch woke me up."

Suddenly chuckling weakly, Cheliyi says, "Muginn was so worried, yes. I think he almost tried to dive
in." Her laughter dies off, abruptly ashamed. "Do not know why I am laughing. Was not that funny."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Hmm."

You ponder the situation.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say to Cheliyi, "How many necklaces are you wearing
right now?"

Cheliyi blinks.

The Mantle of Starlight flows gently against your form, twinkling stars shifting across its surface as
the starry infinity continues its eternal motion.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

Slowly, Cheliyi asks, "Just... one?"

In a rush of summery warmth, the rich smell of grasses and flowers rises around Cheliyi in a sultry
wind. Briefly, her face is dappled with patterns of sunlight through waving grasses.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Okay! Follow me. I'm going to make something for
you, but I need to gather a bit of material for it."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Shouldn't be too hard."

Cheliyi blinks slowly, and falls in line behind you.

Cheliyi begins to follow you.

You nod your head emphatically.

**TO WATER TO GRAB ESSENCE, THEN TO CELEST TO THE JEWELER WORKSHOP**

The Diamondlight Jewellery Cartel.
Thin lines of golden flame curl and dance through the air, signifying a war shrine of Valtreth nearby.
This location is flooded with shallow, crystal clear water. In the centre of the jewellery shop is a
workbench with all the tools necessary for jewellers to create their wares.
You see a single exit leading east.

Cheliyi tilts her head curiously.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "This was the first thing I ever designed, you
see. And I've never made it for anyone else."

You carefully and meticulously craft a silver necklace set with star sapphires.

You have recovered balance on all limbs.

You give a silver necklace set with star sapphires to Cheliyi.

Cheliyi blinks.

You are wielding:
  staff87897 : a dazzling white staff crowned by a platinum pearl in your left hand.
You are holding:
You are wearing:
"necklace240717"              a silver necklace set with star sapphires
"necklace104728"              a necklace of Aquamagus
Number of matching objects: 2 (out of 193 total)

You pat a silver necklace set with star sapphires in a friendly manner.

This necklace has been crafted mostly out of silver links, forming a
gently twisting chain. Each of the individual links is cleverly crafted
with small slots to help the chain from twisting any more or less than
was intended. Mounted at the bottom of the necklace is a series of seven
star sapphires, each of them glowing gently with a serene, unwavering
light. Upon closer inspection, it seems that cunning treatment of the
gems has made the stars within the sapphires into accurate depictions of
the Star of Celest.
It weighs 8 ounce(s).
It is a priceless item that cannot be traded.
It bears the distinctive mark of Tridemon Regalis, Keeper of Pure Waters.
It has been stamped with the seal of The Diamondlight Jewellery Cartel.
It has a Great Rune of Resumption attached to it (#74796).
It has a Superior Rune of Fitness attached to it (#76546).
It has a Superior Rune of Empowerment attached to it (#87781).
It has a Great Rune of Absorption attached to it (#89855).
It has a Superior Rune of Health Regeneration attached to it (#118959).
This item exists on the following clothing slots: Neck - Jewelry.
It has the following aliases: necklace.

Cheliyi's expression scrunches with confusion, and then surprise. "No one else? Why not? It's so
pretty."

Cheliyi caresses a silver necklace set with star sapphires gently.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Other people might have made it. But that's the
second time I've ever crafted it."

Distant and muffled voices filter in from outside.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **a sudden swell of green, willow leaves fluttering down in a breeze and
landing on a pond in a cascading ripple, "the second time I've ever crafted..."**.

Cheliyi stares up at you with wide, teary eyes.

Cheliyi hugs you with no small amount of effort, pulling you into a tight embrace.

You blink.

You hug Cheliyi compassionately.

Quietly, Cheliyi says, "Thanks. It's really nice, yes."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "It's something I made to carry the Light with me
always, yes. Seven essences for seven sapphires."

The Drums of the Dead begin to thump, their pounding and erratic beats raising a black mist that hangs
eerily over the Glomdoring Forest.

Cheliyi gingerly loosens the hug, pulling the silver chain over her head with a soft smile. She fusses
with it for a few moments, and smiles up at you brilliantly. "Is amazing. Very good for a first design,
yes."

Cheliyi's frills twitch to some distant sound.

You reach over and ruffle Cheliyi's hair fondly.

Cheliyi removes a warm cloak of autumn hues.

Cheliyi slips into a silver necklace set with star sapphires.

Cheliyi slips into a warm cloak of autumn hues.

Singing drifts in from outside, faintly muffled.

Cheliyi hugs you with no small amount of effort, pulling you into a tight embrace.

You hug Cheliyi compassionately.

You ponder a cherry cobbler pie thoughtfully, looking it up and down.

You quickly devour a cherry cobbler pie.
You bite first into the outer crust of this tasty cobbler, finding
buttery, flaky pastry crust and crunchy bits of sugar. You take another
bite, this time one full of cherries, the fragrant spices mixed with
fresh, syrupy cherries lingering after you have swallowed. As you
continue, the bites in the center of the pie are gooey and soaked with
cherry juices and sugar, sticking to your teeth as you chew. Before long
the pie is gone, leaving only a flimsy, empty tin behind.

You nod your head sagely.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Pie."

Muffled laughter echoes from somewhere outside.

Cheliyi chuckles softly, her frilled tail flicking idly with amusement.

Cheliyi nibbles on a Wonder Pie.

Cheliyi looks exhausted and opens her mouth in an enormous yawn.

With a content sigh, Cheliyi leans up against you, blinking drowsily.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say to Cheliyi, "Sleepy? ... Maybe you'd like a nap
somewhere that won't freeze over?"

Squinting, Cheliyi says to you, "You... moved me next to Terrance, last time."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Yep."

Cheliyi smiles softly.

Cheliyi nods her head emphatically.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "The entrance to my manse isn't particularly
suitable for naps."

Ready for a new adventure, you point boldly towards the horizon and declare in a proud tone, "Onward!"

**NYOOM TO HOME**
Cheliyi follows you west.
This room has not been mapped.
Before a bejeweled tree.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Zoom."

Cheliyi looks exhausted and opens her mouth in an enormous yawn.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

Cheliyi shuffles over and leans against Terrance, humming contently.

Cheliyi flops down onto the ground.

You have emoted: Tridemon sits down on the ground next to Cheliyi.

Curtseying with a smile, a simple house maid arrives from the east and tends to her duties.

With a sprightly skip in her step, a simple house maid curtseys before departing to the east.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

Cheliyi flops over against your side, curling up and drawing her knees close to her chest. She hums,
and closes her eyes.

Curtseying with a smile, a simple house maid arrives from the east and tends to her duties.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **.... warm...**.

Cheliyi opens her eyes and yawns mightily.
Cheliyi stands up and stretches her arms out wide.

Cheliyi opens her eyes and yawns mightily.

Cheliyi winces in pain, thrashing from side to side then calms down before scratching all over herself.

Cheliyi opens her eyes and yawns mightily.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

Cheliyi stares blankly into space.

You think to yourself: ... maybe warmth for you should be family instead of fire...

With a sprightly skip in her step, a simple house maid curtseys before departing to the east.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a
brief moment.

The soft sounds of a zither being played and the cry of a crane in flight echo in from somewhere.
The sun reaches the zenith of the firmament, pausing in his quest to allow the land to bask in his
shining golden rays.

Cheliyi's vaguely disturbed frown softens into a sleepy smile. "Sounds nicely, yes. Probably should...
not dream."

You reach over and ruffle Cheliyi's hair fondly.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **quietly content, the ancient willow above the pond creaking in a pleasant
melody, weirdly, how you fixated on the place so muchly, should think about it laters...**.

Curtseying with a smile, a simple house maid arrives from the east and tends to her duties.

You have emoted: Tridemon squeezes Cheliyi gently.

Cheliyi looks exhausted and opens her mouth in an enormous yawn.

Cheliyi snuggles up close and leans comfortably on you.

You pet Cheliyi ingratiatingly.

Mboagn has been slain in the Midnight Coliseum by Kalas Zagreus, the Devouring Blade.

The call of a cicada welcomes the setting of the sun and the coming night.
Shadows grow longer in anticipation for the return of their dark mistress as Father Sun's chase brings
him closer to the world's edge.

Like a gentle ripple in a crystalline pool, Cheliyi murmurs, "Anythings happening for you lately?"

Like a gentle ripple in a crystalline pool, Cheliyi murmurs, "Well. Besides me and dad? Hope that is
not -all- of your times."

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Mm... nothing in particular. Made a painting of
a cat and sent it to Esei."

As the sun passes below the horizon's edge, Mother Night unveils her terrible, shadowy beauty,
spreading darkness across the land.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **a flash of quiet pain at the mention of their name, dulled by the weary
haze**.

Like a gentle ripple in a crystalline pool, Cheliyi murmurs, "Sounds nice. Of Tsillah?"

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, you say, "Mmhmm."

Mboagn has been slain in the Midnight Coliseum by Kalas Zagreus, the Devouring Blade.

Across the heavens, the stars and moon challenge night's dark reign, revealing familiar constellations
that tell the tales of myth and legend.

Cheliyi thinks to herself: **a cold breeze whispering though the willows branches, the sheltered grove
blurry and seemingly out of focus as the mugwump approaches sleep, the wind a bitter mantra, "of
course, liar, of course, liar," you're too sleepy to deal with the anger and hurt right now, Mister Dad
is busy enough**.

Cheliyi grows still and her lips begin to move silently.

Cheliyi is enveloped in translucent fire for a moment and is gone, her soul safe until she returns to Lusternia.