All the Little Songbirds, All the Silent Trees

Ljungtroll · 2022-10-06T02:24:55Z

https://i.postimg.cc/76vD96DW/town.jpg @Shady Beck the Thrush had always preferred autumn to any of the other seasons. It was the season when the entire world let out a collective sigh, and the trees finally shook themselves free of their old leaves. Animals slowed their foraging, people celebrated the harvest, and Beck could finally use the fireplace in their room. Provided they were in their room, that is. Beck much preferred to be out in the crunch and crackle of the dead leaves, to smell the crispness in the air that they associated so vividly with the sweet apple cider their mother used to make for them and their siblings. They especially loved crouching beside the tree trunks, rooting about in the leaves looking for new species of fungi to add to their field journal. Insects were dying by the dozen, too, and their shadow boxes always filled up quickly this time of year. The higher-ups had, of course, elected to send Beck out to convert the stone-worshippers this time of year. Usually Beck wouldn't mind--they delighted in enlightening the minds of the peasants in the countryside--but this year there was supposed to be a bioluminescent moss appearing on the trees for the first time in centuries. They wanted to be around for that. There was no arguing with their betters, though, and so Beck shrugged off the disappointment and set out with modest provisions and a crate full of illuminated scripts of the Twin Truths, pulled along in a cart by a pony Beck knew to be horribly addicted to fermented apples. Their journey took them west from Utherland, and they ended up in the tiny village of Willowfast. They'd had to hunt for it on the map, and when they arrived they found the residents to be steeped in pagan beliefs. Totems hung above every doorway and iron shavings were scattered underfoot. Even the tavern was named after some legend about a troll king. This tavern was where Beck made their temporary home, and it was there they sat every night, nursing an ale and slowly but surely making conversation with bar patrons and the bartender himself. It was hard work--these people were suspicious of newcomers and even more suspicious of the Nesting Order, as Beck explained. But it helped that they had a friendly face and a softspoken manner.

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:50 pm

Shady says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:50 pm

“Everything is my family,” Ki’nuu tilted. “The mountains call me daughter and the flowers call me mother.”

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:09 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:09 pm

Stellan nodded sagely. "Very much so; as fae that goes without saying."

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:10 pm

Shady says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:10 pm

Ki’nuu nodded, dragging her fingers across a moss-covered boulder as she kept walking.

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:13 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:13 pm

"I'm glothar," he went on. "I'm born out of death and destruction, so I suppose I see family as who I connect with. I'm not going to call the scene of a forest fire my mother."

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:16 pm

Shady says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:16 pm

“I suppose the forest wouldn’t claim you as her child, either,” she tsked.

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:22 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:22 pm

"Probably not." He shrugged.

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:25 pm

Shady says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:25 pm

“But you’ve got Tove and a husband?”

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:31 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:31 pm

He nodded. "I do. They're my family."

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:35 pm

Shady says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:35 pm

“Any other kids?”

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:48 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:48 pm

"Nope. I stole Tove; figured I shouldn't try that again and one human was enough to handle."

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:50 pm

Shady says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:50 pm

“Ah.”

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:01 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:01 pm

He grinned at her. "You're an odd little fae, aren't you?"

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:05 pm

Shady says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:05 pm

“Aren’t we all?” She mused, still dancing along her rambling path. It was clear she wasn’t used to efficiency in any sense of the word.

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:10 pm

Ljungtroll says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:10 pm

"Certainly. You seem young, though. Naive."

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Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:12 pm

Shady says... · Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:12 pm

She snorted and furrowed her brow at him. “I’m not.”

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