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[Kendrel’s realm is a large garden centered around a giant, ancient baobab-like tree, its branches extending high into the sky. The leafy canopy is filled with softly glowing blue flowers, and into the bark of the trunk are carved assorted pictures of rabbits with wings. Hard to tell if there’s any connection between any of them though, given how much damage they’ve taken. The branches have been molded over the years to hold nests for a warren of winged rabbits to sleep in, which are still filled with leaves, grasses, and other comfortable bedding. Larkspur flowers bloom around the base of the tree, providing color and a pleasant scent, though the base of the tree itself is hollow, leading into a chamber large enough for multiple humans to stand in comfortably.

The garden itself extends toward the horizon - in the distance, when the weather is clear and if you have good eyes, you can just make out the edge of a forest, so it probably isn’t endless, but no matter how far you go, you never seem to get much closer to the end… The plants that are growing at any given time change according to Kendrel’s whims (or, more accurately, what her meditations tell her the Lady and the Sisters want), but dandelions, strawberries, and grape vines are common sights, as are lettuce and assorted colorful flowers.

The realm is in a constant state of eternal night, and yet there’s always enough light to comfortably see, partially due to the glowing flowers in the tree, and partially from moonlight shining down from the three moons that never seem to set. One is red, one is blue, and one is green, and all of them look impossibly large in the night sky, but maybe they just orbit really close? Maybe they are that big? Who knows. Either way, somehow the sun, if there is one, just never shines overhead.]

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[There's a voice from outside the Echo realm portals, trying to get someone's-- anyone's attention, really.

(except the shitty Echoes. Rook will tell any of them who answer to go fuck themselves >:V!!!)]

Ah, helloooooo?

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[You can do this, Kendrel. You can do this. You can talk to them. Really. Pearl was nice. Sol was nice. None of them are out to hurt you.

...Have a bunny peeking out.]

Um... Hello.

--Oh! Hi! It's you!

[A short beat.]

I didn't get much of a chance to really talk to you last time. Sorry. I'm Rook.

Oh! You were that one.

[Okay, yes. Okay.]

I am Kendrel. High Priestess of the Lapine, Sibyl of the Lady of the Golden Wings, and Herald of the Sisters of the Three Moons.

Wow, that's a mouthful!

[He jokes, despite the fact that he looks pretty freaking upset about something right now. He gives her a little, playful bow though.]

And I'm not sure what all of that means, but ... it sounds like quite the title to have! It's nice to meet you. [Especially because you are so CUTE.]

It's nice to meet you too, Rook. And, um... just Kendrel is fine, if you'd like.

Is there something I can help you with?

Heheeh, Kendrel it is, then!

[At her question though, that cheeriness quickly deflates, as does his posture.]

I was looking for an Echo to quest from ... something I can do consistently for some food and supplies for my dorm and my team.

We don't-- have a patron anymore. Right now.

Oh no! I'm so sorry.

...I can help with food, though. I can give you a quest, if you'd like.

I'd appreciate it.

--we all would!

We're fine right now, I always make sure we have a lot of food. But since we don't know how long it'll last before we find somebody new to ask, it's better to be safe rather than sorry, right?

Of course. I definitely understand. It's best to know you have plenty, rather than to think you have just enough.

For when you need more, though... um... Do you know how to make flower crowns?

Oh, I do, actually! I learned how to make them here ... even though it's been a while. But I still remember how careful you have to be.

Yes. To create them takes care, but the end result is one of beauty.

...For every five flower crowns you - and your teammates, if they wish to help - make and give to someone who is not a teammate, I'll give your team one day's worth of food. Is that good?

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A day's worth for five made and given ... that works for me! So I'll do my best.

Thanks a lot for helping us out. It ... means a lot, right now.

You're very welcome. May the Lady and the Sisters' light shine upon you.

Say, do you remember anything? About that title of yours.

The Lady of the Golden Wings created the Lapine, and graciously granted us the ability to earn wings of our own. The Sisters of the Three Moons are her daughters, who watch over us from up above and protect us.

...It pains me to say that I remember little else. I'm the High Priestess, but all I can recall is a harvest blessing.

A harvest blessing...?

Mmhmm. A ceremony to invoke the Lady's power to protect the harvest from blight and infuse the soil with nutrients so the next seeds grow strong.

[A familiar concept.]

That sure sounds like something a lot of people from my world would be glad to have. In our second home.

Your second home?

That's right. We had to leave our home planet hundreds of years ago. But even after leaving it for so long to heal, a lot of places still lack fertile land.

I'm so sorry. Surely there must be something that can be done...

Well, I know everybody is trying. So hopefully things will work out.

Or maybe they even did and I just don't remember it yet.

We can only hope. I will pray to the Lady that your home recovers fully.

Thank you. [He smiles, even though it's still a bit weak.] In the meantime, I'm more concerned about making sure we keep food coming in where the dorm's concerned.

...

You said we have to make crowns for people not on our team. Does that apply to Echoes, too?

It does, yes. You can give them to Echoes if you like.

[HUE HUE HUE GUESS WHO'S GONNA GET ONE.]

Okay ... that'll help a lot in that case! Thank you for the help. We really appreciate it, considering everything.

I'm glad to be of help.

[And now it's time.

For the most important question.

Ever.]

Say, you said you were able to 'earn wings of your own'.

So, [Pointing to her wings.] You can actually fly?

Of course.

[She flaps her wings, and suddenly she is most certainly flying, doing a circle around Rook because why not. There is probably some physics defying in here (first of all flying rabbit), but magic.]

[...!

That visibly cheers him up a bit.]

Wow...! You really can! That's amazing!

You think so?

[she seems slightly unsure how to respond to this compliment, but it is appreciated]

Yeah! I love flying, even though I don't have wings like that.

How do you fly?

[she's curious now]

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In a vanship! It's a machine from my world.

[He makes a playful whooshing motion with a hand.]

I have it here with me. But my team and I also have glider machines that we use too.

[...well, she can't really picture that, being a rabbit, but if you have it here]

That sounds wonderful.

[His vanship is probably outside of the clocktower/realm portals at least.]

It is.

... I'll show you sometime. How it feels to fly in one.

You would do that?

...That would be nice.

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