"Please do not let hate ever consume you."

**IMMEDIATELY AFTER LAST LOG**

You think to yourself: Do not know what am doing.

You think to yourself: W-what should be doing.

You have emoted: Gurashi paces anxiously, hands on his head. "Lady of Roses's realm, Lord Silence's realm..."

You sense the piercing eyes of Xenthos looking upon you.

You have emoted: After a long pause, Gurashi exhales, then calls out with his hands cupped over his mouth. "Helloooo~OOo~ooo!"

You click your mandibles together energetically, chittering to yourself.

You have emoted: Gurashi drops his arms, looking this way and that.

You think to yourself: Might be chirping up wrong tree.

Your mandibles twitch slightly as you voice a brief, curious chirr.

You shake your head.

You click your mandibles together energetically, chittering to yourself.

You think to yourself: Am ready - am ready for the thing.

A white seagull glides in on a salty wind, drops a sheet of sidereal stationery into your hands, then majestically soars away back.

You blink.

Faintly buzzing, you say, "What the..."

You read what is written on a sheet of sidereal stationery:
To Gurashi-
Please find enclosed a series of scarves which contain an angry,
exploding bird each.
-Tridemon
A sheet of sidereal stationery is holding:
"falconscarf210105"           a group of 25 falconscarfs

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Tridemon Regalis, Keeper of Pure Waters, "What..."

The melodious voice of Tridemon resonates in your mind, "... The falcons explode when they're done."

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Tridemon Regalis, Keeper of Pure Waters, "...thank you for the ... exploding scarves."

**wandered off to do boring things**

You have emoted: Gurashi wrings his hands together, standing vigilant at the crossroads of the twisted forest.

The wind whistles eerily through the branches overhead.

You shiver violently.

Gloriana Bridge. (road).
The shadowy outline of a twisted forest casts a dark gloom here. It is quite mild. The road continues to the northwest across this ancient stone bridge. The grey granite blocks are scarred and cracked with time, whilst the actual pathway across has been worn smooth by the passage of many feet and hooves. The Gloriana River flows down from the southern mountains to these grasslands, its muddy waters flowing fast and strong towards Bondero Bay. A statue of Crumkane stands here, memorialising His noble spirit. Pausing to rest, a taurian pilgrim looks off into the distance.
You see exits leading southeast and northwest.

You think to yourself: Guts are not sure about anywhere.

Your mandibles twitch slightly as you voice a brief, curious chirr.

You have emoted: Gurashi leans over the railing of the bridge, scanning the water, perplexed.

Crickets sing their songs to you from the roadside.

You have emoted: Gurashi sighs dramatically, giving the river a look.

You have emoted: Gurashi stares at the ground, then tightens his hands at his abdomen, shutting his eyes.

Midnight shadows coalesce around a new day, and Mother Night embraces the land in utter darkness.
It is now the 1st of Avechary, 548 years after the Coming of Estarra.
There are 19 days until the New Moon

You think to yourself: Miss Lief ...

You think to yourself: Miss Lief would know what happened...

You have emoted: Gurashi's head bobs sadly.

You think to yourself: ...did she know about this...?

You think to yourself: Would she talk to Her ...

You have emoted: Gurashi sways as he continues to concentrate on the surrounding treeline.

[[Insert festival/secret solstice planning stuff with lovely Kalaneya]]

You have emoted: Gurashi watches Kalaneya, both excited and exhausted. <-- mood

[[More planning and Secret Solstice stuff!!]]

You sense the sweeping gaze of Keegan looking upon you.

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Marquis Keegan, Facet of Harmony, "...hello again!!"

Keegan tells you, "You need not greet me when I farscout, my intentions are wanton nefarious."

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Marquis Keegan, Facet of Harmony, "Figure if someone is looking for me, least that can do is say hello."

Keegan tells you, "Oh. Hello."

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "...pr-promise that matches were entirely random. <--The random number generator made Gurashi Lief's SS... I am still feeling both blessed and cursed LOL

Lief tells you, "Oh, no, I thought you knew I would give the very best gift and assigned me to you on purpose!"

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "....aaaahhhHHH."

Lief tells you, "I had planned on giving you a Solstice gift anyway - so now I have reason to give you two!"

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "...t-two!?"

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "W-wait!!"

Lief tells you, "Two!"

You have emoted: Gurashi covers his face with his hands, shaking his head.

You think to yourself: Stop being so nice.

You think to yourself: Ask why She did what did.

A wooden songbird flits in happily.
A wooden songbird raises its voice in song at you.
A wooden songbird exclaims to you, "Two!"
A wooden songbird chirps joyously before flying away.

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "... were you ... awake? Earlier, this month?"

Midnight shadows coalesce around a new day, and Mother Night embraces the land in utter darkness.
It is now the 2nd of Avechary, 548 years after the Coming of Estarra.
There are 18 days until the New Moon

Lief tells you, "I...wasn't. I was deep in my own meditations."

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "**You feel an anxious silence in response**."

Lief tells you, "Gurashi, are you well?"

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "Why did Lady of Serenity steal the eyeball??"

You have emoted: Gurashi sighs heavily, shaking his head.

Lief tells you, "...Ah."

Lief tells you, "...do you know the story of how and why the Eye came into His possession, Gurashi?"

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "N-no, but...! He is really, really hurting! His realm, it was ... and, He's ..."

Lief tells you, "He made my Lady give it to Him so that another life, an innocent life unworthy of dying, might live. My Lady values life above all else."

Lief tells you, "And this life in particular..."

Lief tells you, "..." She falls silent, the very aethers quiet and still, as though her mind were a glassy pond's surface in just that moment. "...In any case. Do you know what the Eye of Dynara is capable of?"

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "**An uncomfortable silence, followed by soft, pained chittering** No."

Lief tells you, "I am...surprised He has suffered as long as He has. I am not a God, and I'm not sure how the Eye's power might be called upon, or what price it might ask, but it heals. It creates. It is powerful, very, very, *very* powerful."

You have emoted: Gurashi looks out towards the river he stands before, lost in the water as he considers the words spoken to him over the aethers.

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "What will consume Him?"

Lief tells you, "Perhaps His own hatreds."

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "Are sure is not a ... thing?"

Lief tells you, "I...do not know what it is. I am only guessing. But just as love grows in fertile soil, so too does hate, and..." She trails off, her telepathic voice growing sorrowful. "It is sad..."

Lief tells you, "Gurashi...please do not let hate ever consume you."

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "Then please ask Miss Lady of Serenity to stop hurting my home's protectors...! ...please."

Lief tells you, "He hurts us! He has hurt me, and He has hurt my Lady countless times in the past, gravely and deeply!"

Lief tells you, "She still bears the scar of one!"

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Awanydd Lief Myeras-Silvermoon, "...then stop hurting each other, heck!"

**I LOST MY HALF OF THE LOG... Lief to the rescue so sorry for POV switch!**

You tell Exemplar of the Tah'vrai, Gurashi An'Ryshe, "Will you ask your Lord to cease His attempts to hurt? Would you trust Him if He agreed? ...Truly?"

The melodious voice of Gurashi resonates in your mind, "Yes! ... mean, not right now because do not know where is and is very not good, but, yes!!"

The melodious voice of Gurashi resonates in your mind, "**The message is followed with a resounding silence, and then, faintly, nervous chittering*."

You have emoted: Lief quietly furrows her brow as she contemplates, hooking her ankles one behind the other as she perches within one oak tree.

You tell Exemplar of the Tah'vrai, Gurashi An'Ryshe, "You would not lie to me, Gurashi. Right...?"

The melodious voice of Gurashi resonates in your mind, "...not on purpose."

You tell Exemplar of the Tah'vrai, Gurashi An'Ryshe, "Nor would I to you on purpose."

You tell Exemplar of the Tah'vrai, Gurashi An'Ryshe, "But He...would lie. He has in the past, when He sent you to murder Shashi. But Gurashi - you are worthy of hearing the truth whenever it can be shared. You are worthy of knowing what it is you do and what will happen when you do it. You act out of love, and you deserve to be treated in kind."

The melodious voice of Gurashi resonates in your mind, "**You feel a heavy sense of confusion, then sorrow, deep and painful - and then, after a time ... nothing**."

squeeze songbird for gurashi saying Be strong and true to your own self - above all else and above all others.
You squeeze a wooden songbird gently and watch it take flight in search of Gurashi amidst joyous chirping.

The melodious voice of Gurashi resonates in your mind, "**Quietly, so quiet you're almost unsure if you've heard it** Many thank yous."

You tell Exemplar of the Tah'vrai, Gurashi An'Ryshe, "**You sense a warmth radiate upon the aethers, a faintly musical and wordless affection from her to you.**."