Θ Root Town: Dol Dona
Talebrook frowned thoughtfully to themself as they heard a distant sound, like children singing. At first they had thought it was just an ambient noise, until realizing how purposeful it seemed, especially as it grew louder when they moved toward where it seemed like it was coming from. After receiving a pop-up regarding following it, they decided to send a message to Ornery, who they noticed happened to be on at the time, followed by Noblesse, asking if they'd done a quest in Theta to follow the sound of childrens' laughter. And inviting them along if they hadn't.
Now the trio was working their way to the outskirts of the city, where player and NPC voices were getting quieter and quieter until it seemed they had disappeared completely. There was a group of children, including one with a very unique-looking model. That was probably relevant to the quest. And, sure enough, as soon as the three players approached, Talebrook noticed the child was weeping as he was picked on by the others. They frowned, immediately approaching and shooing the other children away. Laughing and chattering about how
you can't go and
only cats can go!, they quickly disappeared into the distance.
With their antagonists gone, the young beastkin turned to the players, wiping his eyes as Talebrook knelt next to him.
"Please, you have to help me find Kazumaru! He's fallen into the Inverted Cat's Kingdom!" The boy pointed frantically at a nearby well, which looked much like it had seen better days. Looking to Noblesse and Ornery, they tilted their head.
"What's your name? Who is Kazumaru?" they asked, to which the boy replied,
"M-my name is Elfed, Kazumaru is my pet thunder cat!" Talebrook nodded, looking at the other two players for a moment, then over to the well.
"I suppose this is our quest, then?"[attr="class","tale2-text"][newclass=".tale2-text b"]color:#5279a0; font-weight:bold;[/newclass][newclass=".tale2-text i"]color:#90a6bc; font-weight:italic;[/newclass]