2 Truffula Seeds

[findatree]

Hey, I think your weather is broken. It's still really cold here.

And where did all those polar bears and penguins go? Does anyone know?

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[whichwayyoulean]

The weather isn't broken, it's just winter. [Oh yeah, seasons are dead now] It'll last a couple more months before spring shows up. [Another pause, because what do they even teach these kids in school now] There are four of them.

And I guess they went to wherever the castles sends everything once it's done with them.

[findatree]

A few more months?! Why does it take so long?

[whichwayyoulean]

Because that's how seasons work. They're kind of like a wheel, and they cycle through them: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.

[findatree]

Sounds a little weird. It should just stay spring all the time.

[whichwayyoulean]

But then plants wouldn't grow properly, and animals wouldn't live right. I mean, everything in nature changes with the seasons. It's this whole...cycle of life...thing.

Journal; written

[the_effect_she_has]

I don't know, but it's making for lousy hunting.

[Irritated huff? Irritated huff. It actually translates pretty well over journal.]

dictated to eternity

[findatree]

Hunting? But wouldn't that kill them?

Re: dictated to eternity

[the_effect_she_has]

...Well yes. How else would you eat them? It would be cruel to try and eat a live penguin.

[Seriously, kid, what is wrong with you? Eating live animals.]

[findatree]

I... I don't know, I've never eaten any kind of animal before! Living or dead!

[the_effect_she_has]

[...]

...So you survived off of vegetables? Rice, beans, all that?

[Her family had to do that when times were lean - so lean they were literally curled up on the floor with how hungry they were - and their mother just sat there rocking herself...]

... Not a bad way to live.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Strange stuff comes and goes a lot here! They're all fine, though! I mean, I assume they are...

[findatree]

But where did they go?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

I don't know for sure, but I'd guess they went back to their world. I mean, I don't think they belonged here any more than you do.

[findatree]

So things appear and disappear all the time here. That's really crazy.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Yeah, but the even crazier part is that you start to get used to it.

[solowingpixy]

[He felt like he was going to regret asking, but having just arrived, he just had to. So he'll ask with slight skepticism.]

... what would penguins be doing here?

[findatree]

Giving people free stuff.

[solowingpixy]

How, exactly, would penguins have the mental capacity to interact with people?

[findatree]

I don't know, I've never seen one before now.

[solowingpixy]

[Never seen a... nevermind it, Pixy. 'Different worlds' thing, remember.]

I don't see how penguins would have been here in the first place, seeing as that we're not in the arctic.

[Why are you trying to make sense of this, Pixy? Don't. Just. Don't.]

[atrophied]

If you want only one season, I'd suggest the tropics. Except you'd still have to deal with the trade-off of wet and dry. And hurricanes are nothing to scoff at either.

[findatree]

Hurricanes?

[atrophied]

Oh yes. Massive storms bringing in huge amounts of rain and winds strong enough to send street signs right through your windows. They drown everything in water. And when you think it's passed and the wind's died down?

It's a trap. The worst is soon to follow.

[findatree]

[traumatized forever. GJ, House]

Do those... happen a lot here?

[atrophied]

[ Just. As. Planned. ]

Last year, the water level rose enough to cover the castle.