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cree rp blog for evil lu! (pfp is drawn by me)

[therealcree]

Timeline:

Chapter I: A Chilling Return

Tragic Reunions

Notts

"Family" (Notts Chain)

Urgent Escape / Bye, Mr. Legend!

Imposter

Genli

Flee by Night

Help Me

Devastating Diagnosis

Wings and Feathers, Flesh and Bones

Chapter II: Flightless Bird

Rest and Recuperate

Check Up

~Off-screen Resting~

Setting Off

Dolly Dee, Dolly Doo

Porcelain Princess

Kheel

Mr. Other-Legend

Absence

Chapter III: Lullaby

A Mother's Embrace

Primary Lights

True Colors

Kotts

~Off-screen Resting~

Stay Together

Tangling Thistles

Wake Alone

Mx. Evil Fairy

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*

Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-

*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*

-is that?

*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*

I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!

*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]

n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]

and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.

…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.

[the-realkotts]

You're her new friend?

*she looks unconvinced*

I am her sister...wait

*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*

less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable

I'm....

*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*

I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did

*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*

Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay

*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*

So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!

We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!

*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]

[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]

[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]

[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]

no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.

…i’m sorry for not being able to help.

…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*

*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*

*she turns back around*

Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....

*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*

....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?

*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*

*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*

Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us

*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*

*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]

[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]

o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.

[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]

[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]

[snap out of it, cree!]

[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]

um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…

[the-realkotts]

Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....

It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...

How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?

*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*

*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae huffs*

Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself

*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]

…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]

[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]

[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]

[the-realkotts]

*she freezes for a second when you say loop. you can't know, because then she could get found again....*

Oh, dont mind that, heh. Just rambling...

*she coughs. she's a terrible liar.*

You're in no pain at all? That's good, that's...really good.

Uhhh...what do you plan to do after meeting with me? so I can avoid you....in case I see you around?

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*That was a really bad lie, damn, you need lessons on that. Whatever, fae doesn't work without payment, so!*

*He sits down on Cree's shoulder, he'll just let you two talk, if needed fae will interfere so everything going fluently! But he'll trust little bluebird for now, although this yellow one is starting to catch faers attention*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[cree’s a bit naive, but even she can see through that lie. still, it’s probably a bad idea to confront kotts on it, so she lets it slide.]

yeah! i’m not sure what happened, b-but i’m all healed now!

[oh, maybe she can meet up with kotts later! maybe she’ll have found mama and notts at that point, too! then they can all be together again, as a family.]

[they’re still a family, right? even with genli… gone, and kheel leaving them, and papa missing. they can be whole again one day, right? she really hopes they can be. cree wants to feel whole again. she hasn’t been this lost and scared since vah medoh was out of control. even during the blizzard, she had her hope to keep her spirit warm, if not her body.]

[…right, kotts asked a question.]

w-well, i’m probably gonna look for notts and mama. [she lowers her voice to whisper to kotts] mx. evil fairy wants me to go with him to a town, but i have a funny feeling about it…

[the-realkotts]

*their eyes widen as you whisper, and they pause, thinking, before whispering back*

I wouldn't trust him either....there's something about him that reminds me of kheel, but i cant tell what...

...you could stay with me?

*the second they say that, they regret it. They arent ready for being around people yet, why did they say that? Its gonna go poorly and theyll have to leave again and start a new loop and-*

*their body tenses slightly, panicky*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*He pretends not hearing their whispering, but it annoys faer a bit that they're comparing him with that brat, fae doesn't want to have anything to do with her, but whatever*

*Bluebird can stay with the yellow one! And maybe fae can take advantage of that and also have some fun with them! He's not leaving that's for sure, no matter if Cree stays or not*

[therealcree]

[mx. evil fairy does seem kinda like kheel, kotts is right. it makes cree a bit nervous. she doesn’t wanna get hurt again. she doesn’t want pain, she just wants her family.]

[but… kotts doesn’t want her. they look terrified of the idea. that stings, if she’s being honest, but cree can’t blame them. she wouldn’t want her around either.]

i-it’s okay… you don’t have to. i-i’ll be okay, i’m a big girl! i can take care of myself. [deep down, cree knows that’s a lie. when she tried to take care of herself, all she got was a broken family and a missing wing. she’s not a big girl. all she does is cry and hide.]

[she cried when vah medoh attacked. she cried when the blizzard came. she cried when her wing came off. she cried when kheel stabbed her. she’s a big crybaby, nothing more.]

[but maybe she can at least pretend.

[the-realkotts]

*they notice your dissapointment and internally shrivel. Oh, they need to get better at masking their emotions....*

*kotts takes a second to calm themself, tapping their talons against the ground in a looping pattern. 1-and-2-and-3-and-repeat-and-*

*they cant leave cree alone with fairy...but the idea of cree staying with them, for however long...it scared them.*

*but, well...nothing terrible has happened yet. If they take cree back to Mama and away from Evil Fairy, then Cree's safe, kotts is alone and can start another loop and...yeah.*

*they'd just make sure that it doesnt take longer than one loop.*

Im sorry...shouldnt have offered....

*they stop tapping their talons and breathe in deeply*

You're looking for Ma and Notts, right? I can come with you...only for a week, though. Then im gonna go. Is that...okay?

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fuckkk with them for a week. Well, he won't complain that much, maybe he gets a chance to mess around with the yellow one*

*This is taking too long, but fae's patient, fae just needs to wait long enough and then he'll have some fun, at this point he doesn't really care about whatever family drama you have fae just wants to get going*

[therealcree]

[anything that means kotts stays longer. cree might be selfish for that, but she just really needs her big sibling there with her. she’s scared, she’ll admit it, okay? she’s not a big girl, she’s a coward. a lonely coward.]

y-yeah, that’d be great! a-are you sure?

[maybe she can try to lose mx. evil fairy on the way. fae has the same look that monsters have when they see prey (like her), and it makes her nervous.]

[she doesn’t wanna get gobbled up by bokoblins, and she doesn’t want to know what fae might do to her and her family.]

[the-realkotts]

I'm sure.

*she isn't*

So...where are we going?

*she does not want to leave.*

[evilfairyrulie]

A nice town that I found a while ago! Me and little bluebird were going to search for her siblings and mother there, but! I guess we found one already! We're in good path, don't you think bluebird?

*If fae can drag you with them too this will be even more fun! Such a cute family reunion, if he's lucky he'll find another one! Today's faers lucky day to collect little birds it seems*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

y-yup! super cool town! [she leans over to whisper to kotts] i think we can lose him at night, it’s how me and notts got away from… from a stranger, one time.

[just wait until fae’s asleep and run with kotts. it’s easy! it worked before!]

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*

Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-

*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*

-is that?

*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*

I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!

*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]

n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]

and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.

…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.

[the-realkotts]

You're her new friend?

*she looks unconvinced*

I am her sister...wait

*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*

less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable

I'm....

*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*

I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did

*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*

Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay

*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*

So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!

We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!

*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]

[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]

[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]

[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]

no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.

…i’m sorry for not being able to help.

…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*

*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*

*she turns back around*

Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....

*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*

....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?

*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*

*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*

Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us

*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*

*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]

[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]

o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.

[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]

[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]

[snap out of it, cree!]

[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]

um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…

[the-realkotts]

Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....

It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...

How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?

*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*

*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae huffs*

Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself

*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]

…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]

[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]

[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]

[the-realkotts]

*she freezes for a second when you say loop. you can't know, because then she could get found again....*

Oh, dont mind that, heh. Just rambling...

*she coughs. she's a terrible liar.*

You're in no pain at all? That's good, that's...really good.

Uhhh...what do you plan to do after meeting with me? so I can avoid you....in case I see you around?

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*That was a really bad lie, damn, you need lessons on that. Whatever, fae doesn't work without payment, so!*

*He sits down on Cree's shoulder, he'll just let you two talk, if needed fae will interfere so everything going fluently! But he'll trust little bluebird for now, although this yellow one is starting to catch faers attention*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[cree’s a bit naive, but even she can see through that lie. still, it’s probably a bad idea to confront kotts on it, so she lets it slide.]

yeah! i’m not sure what happened, b-but i’m all healed now!

[oh, maybe she can meet up with kotts later! maybe she’ll have found mama and notts at that point, too! then they can all be together again, as a family.]

[they’re still a family, right? even with genli… gone, and kheel leaving them, and papa missing. they can be whole again one day, right? she really hopes they can be. cree wants to feel whole again. she hasn’t been this lost and scared since vah medoh was out of control. even during the blizzard, she had her hope to keep her spirit warm, if not her body.]

[…right, kotts asked a question.]

w-well, i’m probably gonna look for notts and mama. [she lowers her voice to whisper to kotts] mx. evil fairy wants me to go with him to a town, but i have a funny feeling about it…

[the-realkotts]

*their eyes widen as you whisper, and they pause, thinking, before whispering back*

I wouldn't trust him either....there's something about him that reminds me of kheel, but i cant tell what...

...you could stay with me?

*the second they say that, they regret it. They arent ready for being around people yet, why did they say that? Its gonna go poorly and theyll have to leave again and start a new loop and-*

*their body tenses slightly, panicky*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*He pretends not hearing their whispering, but it annoys faer a bit that they're comparing him with that brat, fae doesn't want to have anything to do with her, but whatever*

*Bluebird can stay with the yellow one! And maybe fae can take advantage of that and also have some fun with them! He's not leaving that's for sure, no matter if Cree stays or not*

[therealcree]

[mx. evil fairy does seem kinda like kheel, kotts is right. it makes cree a bit nervous. she doesn’t wanna get hurt again. she doesn’t want pain, she just wants her family.]

[but… kotts doesn’t want her. they look terrified of the idea. that stings, if she’s being honest, but cree can’t blame them. she wouldn’t want her around either.]

i-it’s okay… you don’t have to. i-i’ll be okay, i’m a big girl! i can take care of myself. [deep down, cree knows that’s a lie. when she tried to take care of herself, all she got was a broken family and a missing wing. she’s not a big girl. all she does is cry and hide.]

[she cried when vah medoh attacked. she cried when the blizzard came. she cried when her wing came off. she cried when kheel stabbed her. she’s a big crybaby, nothing more.]

[but maybe she can at least pretend.

[the-realkotts]

*they notice your dissapointment and internally shrivel. Oh, they need to get better at masking their emotions....*

*kotts takes a second to calm themself, tapping their talons against the ground in a looping pattern. 1-and-2-and-3-and-repeat-and-*

*they cant leave cree alone with fairy...but the idea of cree staying with them, for however long...it scared them.*

*but, well...nothing terrible has happened yet. If they take cree back to Mama and away from Evil Fairy, then Cree's safe, kotts is alone and can start another loop and...yeah.*

*they'd just make sure that it doesnt take longer than one loop.*

Im sorry...shouldnt have offered....

*they stop tapping their talons and breathe in deeply*

You're looking for Ma and Notts, right? I can come with you...only for a week, though. Then im gonna go. Is that...okay?

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fuckkk with them for a week. Well, he won't complain that much, maybe he gets a chance to mess around with the yellow one*

*This is taking too long, but fae's patient, fae just needs to wait long enough and then he'll have some fun, at this point he doesn't really care about whatever family drama you have fae just wants to get going*

[therealcree]

[anything that means kotts stays longer. cree might be selfish for that, but she just really needs her big sibling there with her. she’s scared, she’ll admit it, okay? she’s not a big girl, she’s a coward. a lonely coward.]

y-yeah, that’d be great! a-are you sure?

[maybe she can try to lose mx. evil fairy on the way. fae has the same look that monsters have when they see prey (like her), and it makes her nervous.]

[she doesn’t wanna get gobbled up by bokoblins, and she doesn’t want to know what fae might do to her and her family.]

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*

Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-

*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*

-is that?

*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*

I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!

*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]

n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]

and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.

…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.

[the-realkotts]

You're her new friend?

*she looks unconvinced*

I am her sister...wait

*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*

less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable

I'm....

*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*

I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did

*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*

Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay

*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*

So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!

We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!

*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]

[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]

[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]

[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]

no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.

…i’m sorry for not being able to help.

…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*

*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*

*she turns back around*

Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....

*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*

....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?

*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*

*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*

Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us

*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*

*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]

[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]

o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.

[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]

[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]

[snap out of it, cree!]

[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]

um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…

[the-realkotts]

Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....

It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...

How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?

*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*

*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae huffs*

Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself

*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]

…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]

[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]

[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]

[the-realkotts]

*she freezes for a second when you say loop. you can't know, because then she could get found again....*

Oh, dont mind that, heh. Just rambling...

*she coughs. she's a terrible liar.*

You're in no pain at all? That's good, that's...really good.

Uhhh...what do you plan to do after meeting with me? so I can avoid you....in case I see you around?

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*That was a really bad lie, damn, you need lessons on that. Whatever, fae doesn't work without payment, so!*

*He sits down on Cree's shoulder, he'll just let you two talk, if needed fae will interfere so everything going fluently! But he'll trust little bluebird for now, although this yellow one is starting to catch faers attention*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[cree’s a bit naive, but even she can see through that lie. still, it’s probably a bad idea to confront kotts on it, so she lets it slide.]

yeah! i’m not sure what happened, b-but i’m all healed now!

[oh, maybe she can meet up with kotts later! maybe she’ll have found mama and notts at that point, too! then they can all be together again, as a family.]

[they’re still a family, right? even with genli… gone, and kheel leaving them, and papa missing. they can be whole again one day, right? she really hopes they can be. cree wants to feel whole again. she hasn’t been this lost and scared since vah medoh was out of control. even during the blizzard, she had her hope to keep her spirit warm, if not her body.]

[…right, kotts asked a question.]

w-well, i’m probably gonna look for notts and mama. [she lowers her voice to whisper to kotts] mx. evil fairy wants me to go with him to a town, but i have a funny feeling about it…

[the-realkotts]

*their eyes widen as you whisper, and they pause, thinking, before whispering back*

I wouldn't trust him either....there's something about him that reminds me of kheel, but i cant tell what...

...you could stay with me?

*the second they say that, they regret it. They arent ready for being around people yet, why did they say that? Its gonna go poorly and theyll have to leave again and start a new loop and-*

*their body tenses slightly, panicky*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*He pretends not hearing their whispering, but it annoys faer a bit that they're comparing him with that brat, fae doesn't want to have anything to do with her, but whatever*

*Bluebird can stay with the yellow one! And maybe fae can take advantage of that and also have some fun with them! He's not leaving that's for sure, no matter if Cree stays or not*

[therealcree]

[mx. evil fairy does seem kinda like kheel, kotts is right. it makes cree a bit nervous. she doesn’t wanna get hurt again. she doesn’t want pain, she just wants her family.]

[but… kotts doesn’t want her. they look terrified of the idea. that stings, if she’s being honest, but cree can’t blame them. she wouldn’t want her around either.]

i-it’s okay… you don’t have to. i-i’ll be okay, i’m a big girl! i can take care of myself. [deep down, cree knows that’s a lie. when she tried to take care of herself, all she got was a broken family and a missing wing. she’s not a big girl. all she does is cry and hide.]

[she cried when vah medoh attacked. she cried when the blizzard came. she cried when her wing came off. she cried when kheel stabbed her. she’s a big crybaby, nothing more.]

[but maybe she can at least pretend.

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*

Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-

*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*

-is that?

*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*

I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!

*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]

n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]

and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.

…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.

[the-realkotts]

You're her new friend?

*she looks unconvinced*

I am her sister...wait

*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*

less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable

I'm....

*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*

I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did

*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*

Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay

*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*

So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!

We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!

*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]

[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]

[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]

[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]

no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.

…i’m sorry for not being able to help.

…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*

*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*

*she turns back around*

Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....

*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*

....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?

*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*

*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*

Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us

*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*

*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]

[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]

o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.

[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]

[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]

[snap out of it, cree!]

[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]

um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…

[the-realkotts]

Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....

It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...

How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?

*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*

*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae huffs*

Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself

*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]

…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]

[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]

[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]

[the-realkotts]

*she freezes for a second when you say loop. you can't know, because then she could get found again....*

Oh, dont mind that, heh. Just rambling...

*she coughs. she's a terrible liar.*

You're in no pain at all? That's good, that's...really good.

Uhhh...what do you plan to do after meeting with me? so I can avoid you....in case I see you around?

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*That was a really bad lie, damn, you need lessons on that. Whatever, fae doesn't work without payment, so!*

*He sits down on Cree's shoulder, he'll just let you two talk, if needed fae will interfere so everything going fluently! But he'll trust little bluebird for now, although this yellow one is starting to catch faers attention*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[cree’s a bit naive, but even she can see through that lie. still, it’s probably a bad idea to confront kotts on it, so she lets it slide.]

yeah! i’m not sure what happened, b-but i’m all healed now!

[oh, maybe she can meet up with kotts later! maybe she’ll have found mama and notts at that point, too! then they can all be together again, as a family.]

[they’re still a family, right? even with genli… gone, and kheel leaving them, and papa missing. they can be whole again one day, right? she really hopes they can be. cree wants to feel whole again. she hasn’t been this lost and scared since vah medoh was out of control. even during the blizzard, she had her hope to keep her spirit warm, if not her body.]

[…right, kotts asked a question.]

w-well, i’m probably gonna look for notts and mama. [she lowers her voice to whisper to kotts] mx. evil fairy wants me to go with him to a town, but i have a funny feeling about it…

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*

Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-

*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*

-is that?

*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*

I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!

*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]

n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]

and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.

…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.

[the-realkotts]

You're her new friend?

*she looks unconvinced*

I am her sister...wait

*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*

less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable

I'm....

*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*

I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did

*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*

Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay

*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*

So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!

We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!

*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]

[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]

[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]

[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]

no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.

…i’m sorry for not being able to help.

…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*

*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*

*she turns back around*

Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....

*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*

....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?

*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*

*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*

Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us

*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*

*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]

[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]

o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.

[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]

[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]

[snap out of it, cree!]

[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]

um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…

[the-realkotts]

Well....it's the same thing every week. Routine is easy, I guess... I've gotten really good at telling apart different plant types....

It... it is pretty peaceful, yeah. Not many people come through here, only the traders and I've never talked to them....too risky, when running a loop...

How...how have things been for you? How...how long has it been for you?

*she seems calm, but there is a sea of panic underneath the thin veneer of pleasantries. she thinks, knows, something will go wrong, because nothing has gone right for her in months...her paranoia is only building which each second out of the loop*

*the stagnant time magic around her keeps being pulled into the shelved spell, almost as if it was a habit? there is, shockingly, more time magic woven around her than this entire clearing, seven months worth of it, in fact.*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae huffs*

Whatever you say bluebird! Enjoy yourself

*He stays quiet to let you both talk, he can feel the time magic still... Kotts reeks of it, and a mention of a loop? Wow you've been having fun! What's more fun than a little old good timeloop? Although, surprising that, based on the clues, you put yourself on this timeloop*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…weeks? cree doesn’t know exactly how long she was asleep for, but it was less than a week, she knows that! then again, kotts did do magicky stuff before, with the talking cat that made apple pie, and the spooky looking gates. maybe this is magic, too.]

…loop? [like the flying trick! she always wanted to be able to fly loops! papa said maybe when she was older, she could.]

[…she’ll never be able to do that now, huh? even with the prosthetic, she doubts it’ll be as good as real wings.]

[oh! she’s spacing out again! oops!] um, that’s good t-to hear. i… i woke up on the cliff and met mx. evil fairy a few hours ago, and… i-i dunno how long i was out for. but um, i dunno what happened, but i’m not in any pain? so that’s good. [not much physical pain, at least. her chest still aches.]

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*

Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-

*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*

-is that?

*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*

I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!

*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]

n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]

and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.

…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.

[the-realkotts]

You're her new friend?

*she looks unconvinced*

I am her sister...wait

*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*

less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable

I'm....

*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*

I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did

*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*

Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay

*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*

So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!

We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!

*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]

[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]

[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]

[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]

no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.

…i’m sorry for not being able to help.

…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts pauses, guilt churning in her stomach. she doesn;t responf to anything Evil Fairy says, because, well...fae's right, in a way. she wants to leave, to be alone, more than anything...but Cree...*

*well, kotts was always compassionate to a fault*

*she turns back around*

Cree...it's not your fault. You don't need to say sorry. And, well....

*she's unsure of alot of things right now, but she definitely doesn't trust that fairy around Cree.*

....we could talk for a little bit before i leave?

*she wants to leave now, and she can't promise she'd be around fro long, but if she's gonna be alone, she wants to be alone wthout regrets. she;s got too many already*

*the time magic fades, but it's presence is not completely gone, just shelved, ready to be cast whenever she sees it's time to leave*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae smiles, closer to a grin*

Well then! Look, little bluebird, at least you got one of them to stay! For a short while that is, still too busy to go with us

*Fae's well aware that you don't trust him, and that's fair! But this is too interesting to really care, you're still easy to trick! Or he got an affinity with the bird children, who knows! Fae already got two out of... Four? Yeah four probably, that brat never gave away exactly how many siblings she had*

*So sad that the yellow one still wants to leave... But whatever! If fae can't make them stay then at least he still has little bluebird!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[she doesn’t wanna make kotts feel like she has to stay, but… mx. evil fairy’s right, she doesn’t want to lose another sibling. not when two are already gone.]

[no, don’t think of that, stop it! don’t think about kheel and… and genli.]

o-oh! um… thank you. really. [she turns to faer slightly.] that’s okay, i… i’m just happy to get to talk, even for a little while.

[she just needs someone to stay. maybe a hug, too. a hug would be nice. cree likes hugs. especially mama’s.]

[she misses her mama. she wants to snuggle up by a fire with her siblings, all four of them, and maybe some salmon meunière for genli so she won’t be grumpy. genli always was is grumpy when she’s hungry. mr. link liked to say she was ‘hangry,’ whatever that means.]

[snap out of it, cree!]

[she jolts after spacing out for about a minute, shaking her head rapidly and focusing back on kotts.]

um… how has it been in this… forest? it looks pretty peaceful…

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*

Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-

*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*

-is that?

*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*

I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!

*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]

n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]

and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.

…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.

[the-realkotts]

You're her new friend?

*she looks unconvinced*

I am her sister...wait

*her eyes widen a little. cree was looking for them? Oh no, no no that wasn't good....she wasn't abandoning her sisters, she wasn't, but....being alone was better. Safer. She turned her focus to Cree*

less than a day? Okay, okay, that's....manageable

I'm....

*she pauses, then sighs, deeply*

I wont lie, I could be doing better....Look, Cree, I dunno how to put this, but i need to be alone....for a while. No exceptions, no visits, just...leave me to be alone, please? It would be better for both of us if you did

*the time magic twisting around the sword coalesces into a bubble, ready to pop, and kotts turns to leave, a little hesitantly*

@evilfairyrulie

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae stares at you, unimpressed*

Oh, so you did leave Cree alone on purpose. Okay

*You seem to want to leave her again, hm? What a sibling you are! Although fae shouldn't be surprise, everyone is the same sooner or later!*

So sad that you seem to want to leave again! Cree wanted to be with you so badly... Oh well! I can keep her company so don't you worry!

We were going to this nice little town, I suppose you don't want to come with us? You're so busy leaving after all!

*Twisting your words is so easy, so so easy! He's aware you don't mean that, but hey! That's another way to interpret it!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[…oh. kotts doesn’t want to see her.]

[…what did she do wrong? is it because she passed out? she’ll be stronger next time, she promises! just… please don’t leave again.]

[well, if kotts doesn’t want to see cree, then… that’s okay! she won’t bother her anymore. it’s fine. she just… wasn’t good enough, she guesses.]

[hopefully notts is looking for her, at least… is that selfish to want? he shouldn’t waste his time on her, but cree still needs wants him to. she doesn’t wanna be alone. sure, she has mx. evil fairy, but she’s still not sure how she feels about faer.]

no, stop, it… it’s okay. i… i understand.

…i’m sorry for not being able to help.

…i love you, kotts. i-i hope you feel better soon. [she stares at the ground. she doesn’t wanna see kotts turn around and leave.]

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[the-realkotts]

*kotts shakes their head, shoving their panic into the corner of their mind. If they're gonna interact with people, they have to look like they arent gonna collapse*

Cree, how long have you guys been in the forest? And who-

*they look up at Evil Fairy with deep distrust*

-is that?

*their voice is shaky, and it's clear they want this conversation to end as soon as possible. They begin preparing to open another time doorway, the magic shifting obviously around the wooden sword in their sheath.*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ohhh there's something going on between these two! Probably you both are thinking really different things, but whatever! He can work with that*

I'm her new friend! I suppose you're one of her siblings, no? Oh how she has been searching for you! Starting to think that her siblings just... Abandoned her!

*Fae can feel the magic twisting, time magic? What's up with these bird children knowing to use magic really well? Anyways, he's thinking on a way to make sure you don't get away, that would make this such a short reunion!*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

[something kinda feels weird. the air is shifting, like it does when she flaps her wings really hard! but cree doesn’t see anybody flapping…]

n-no, i didn’t think that! [she did.] you’d never abandon me, i know that! [she doesn’t.]

and i think we’ve been in the forest for… um, a-a few hours? less than a day.

…kotts, are you okay? you look… [terrified, frustrated, worried] a little bit upset.

[the-realkotts]

[how long has she been walking for? her legs feel like someone is squeezing them super hard, and burning them from the inside. she doesn’t like the feeling, she decides. it feels super weird.]

[speaking of weird, her friend(?) is also pretty strange. she’s not sure if she likes @evilfairyrulie, fae gives her a weird tingling in her gut.]

[all these thought immediately come to a halt the moment she spots familiar yellow feathers. kotts is okay!]

kotts! it’s me! [she smiles widely, trying to ignore the fact that kotts clearly wasn’t looking for her at all. it’s fine, she was probably just busy! she loves cree!]

i’m so so glad you’re okay, i got super worried when i woke up and you weren’t there!

[she gestures to mx. evil fairy] look! i made a new friend!

@therealcree

*kotts freezes when she hears you, turning slowly and disbelieving to you direction*

Cree? Wh-How are you here? You shouldn't-

*her voice pitches up in panic*

Did i, did i miss the loop? Oh God, I missed the traders, how many days past the rewind point am I? How far back do I have to go-

*she barely acknowledges fairy, spiralling into panicked muttering as she counted how many days she'd missed*

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae doesn't look impressed when Kotts fully ignores him, fae didn't even want Cree to find any of her siblings! Goddamn it... Well, maybe he can save it somehow*

Little bluebird, I think she's a bit... Out of the loop, mm? Maybe you weren't supposed to find her here! You ruined your sibling's plans!

*He whispers, staying on Cree's shoulder, he's curious to see where this goes, yet this annoys him a bit*

@therealcree

[therealcree]

shouldn’t be here…?

[she gulps nervously, her eyes watering with unshed tears as she registers faers words. no, no that can’t be true! they’re sisters! kotts loves her!]

k-kotts, what do you mean? i-it’s okay, it’s safe! i-i’ll protect you, you don’t have to worry!

[kotts is just… stressed, right? just stressed! she doesn’t hate cree! she didn’t abandon her, right?!]

[…why is everyone avoiding her now? did she do something wrong?]

[therealcree]

*Bored again, and alone too, he hates being alone! Sure fae has faers doll, but, well, it's not the same. Fae is boreeeed*

*He's walking without a goal in mind when he notices you, for a second mistaking you from someone else- oh shit his vision is being weird lately, no matter! You seem fun, fae has never seen you actually*

*He changes to fairy form, spinning around you once to then stop in front of you*

Hiii hihi hi! I don't think I have met you before! Can I know your name?

- @evilfairyrulie

[cree jumps with a gasp.]

[danger?! she should run, hide, fight—]

[no. no, this is just a fairy! papa told stories about fairies! they’re friendly creatures.]

oh! hi, you startled me! [she laughs awkwardly]

sure! my name is—

[papa told a lot of stories about fairies. he also told cree and her siblings to never, ever give a fairy their name.]

[she doesn’t remember what happens if you do, but she remembers it being super duper bad!]

um… my… [she looks at the surrounding area.]

my name is cliff.

[not the most creative nickname, but better than nothing!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Even if fae lost a big part of faerie abilities for. reasons. It's pretty much obvious that you lied with your name... You're smart!*

Nice to meet you Cliff! What are you doing out here? You seem young, where are your parents? Siblings? Anyone old enough to keep an eye on you?

*Doesn't matter! He's here and can do that job perfectly! Just ask the other birdchild, he's the best one for the task!*

Cool wing by the way

[therealcree]

um…

[fairies are still nice, right? she can probably trust faer. fae seems friendly!]

i… don’t know…

[she really doesn’t. where are notts and kotts?! are they safe? what if kheel got to them?!]

h-have you seen my siblings? they kinda l-look like me, but they have two wings, and one of them is red and the other is yellow!

[…right. her wing. singular.]

[cree misses flying…]

[no time for that though, she has to keep notts and kotts safe!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*He hums, thinking for a moment, fae has the feeling you skipped one! There are only a few bird children around after all, but he guesses that nobody wants her around anymore! Neither does fae anyways*

Mmm I don't think so! You're the second bird child that I see around, although you seem a lot more nicer!

*Oh the wing is a sensitive spot? Got it*

Why do you look sad? It's because of the wing? Oh come on! It looks cool, besides things can't be changed now, can they? You just gotta accept your new reality!

*Hypocrite, but let's not focus on that*

[therealcree]

[…he must’ve met kheel, then. or maybe some other rito kid is around causing trouble? cree doesn’t remember any of the kids in rito village being mean, but kheel used to be nice too, so who knows.]

[cree highly doubts that the stub looks ‘cool’, but whatever. maybe she just sees it differently because of… everything.]

[she tries to avoid thinking about it too much.]

n-no, i’m fine, i-it’s okay! [she gives fae the fakest smile ever] i’m just worried about my siblings!

[it’s not a lie, she is worried about them. so she’s not a liar! it’s fine. she doesn’t need to feel guilty!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ah yes the old tale, youngest-- you're probably one of the youngest, you look tiny-- worrying about her siblings, because what if they disappear? What if they leave to never return? What if you never see them again?*

Ow poor little bluebird... Cheer up a bit! They must be okay, don't you have faith in them?

*Fae honestly doesn't, even without meeting them, but that might be an biased opinion*

I can keep you company while you're alone! Can't let a poor bird child all alone, mm?

[therealcree]

[…company is probably good. she doesn’t want to be alone right now.]

…yeah, but…

[notts got hurt. kotts seemed really upset. and the world is so dangerous! ever since the blizzard, nowhere has been safe. cree has faith in her siblings, but she doesn’t have faith in the world.]

…i-i should go look for them. just in case.

[where would they be, though? everyone seems to live close-ish to mr. mean-legends house, so maybe they’d be there?…]

[maybe.]

t-thanks…

[evilfairyrulie]

No need to thank me! I am merely here to help after all

*He goes to land on your right shoulder, humming as he starts to just see your threads the second faers legs do contact*

Why so needy of them? They can handle themselves, more if they had left you alone, are you sure they need you and not the other way around?

[therealcree]

[cree shivers. something feels… wrong about fae touching her. still, she can’t say anything. that’d be rude!]

i…

[they did leave her alone, didn’t they? right after she got… hurt.]

[huh, her chest kinda aches. that’s weird!]

i-i just think it’s best we all stay together, with… everything.

[kheel. genli. papa. almost everyone in rito village. the blizzard. goddesses, that’s a lot of things! everything kinda just… crumbles around her, huh?]

[maybe she’ll crumble, too.]

[aaand that’s enough thinking for now! bad thoughts! she shouldn’t be thinking like that!]

um, do you know the way to where mr. legend and mr. ravio live? the ones that adopt lots of people? [she’s still angry about that! especially now that mama’s back!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Mm, you're pretty much clear... Fae thinks so, at least you're clean enough! From thread magic he means, from other things... Ehhh, you do you, fae doesn't do growing missing limbs requests*

Well, do they think the same! I don't see them here! And I'm not sure they're searching for you right now!

*Why are bird children so gullible? First Kheel, now you! The fae shouldn't be trusted that much first off, less if they're, well, like him! But oh well*

Mmm, yep! I think I remember it, Red right? Yeah the Red one, although I can't enter there, you would be alone again!

[therealcree]

[her threads mostly feel untampered with, although there is a remnant of some magic. the person who used the magic didn’t seem to be trying to alter her form, but just activate her nerves and cause as much pain as possible.]

…

[what if he’s right? they clearly just… left her here. maybe she should just leave them be.]

[but… if they’re in danger, cree needs to be there! to help them! it doesn’t matter if they care about her or not, she cares about them, and she’ll go make sure her siblings are okay. if they want her to leave afterwards, then… she’ll do that.]

i have to make sure.

that’s okay, we’re not going to mr. legend’s house! i just need to get to the area nearby. that’s where a lot of people are! my siblings might be there, too!

d-do you mind showing me the way, please?

[evilfairyrulie]

*So you know it feels already! Interesting, he has a theory of who did it*

*Oh poor you, still believing in them! Whatever fae's not that interested in sibling drama, fae had enough of that for a lifetime*

Sure sure, I'll guide you there! Don't know if there is a lot of people around anymore, last time I only found one lost bird! But whatever you want bluebird

*Fae flies off your shoulder, spinning around you and go in some direction, stopping to make sure you follow*

[therealcree]

[she gives faer a small smile, trying to shake away the bad thoughts. she doesn’t need those right now.]

thank you, mx. fairy!

[she waddles after him. huh, she’s still a little bit dizzy. her wound is healed though, so it can’t be that. maybe she’s just tired?]

[it doesn’t really matter, anyways. what matters is finding her siblings!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae grimaces a bit*

Evil Fairy, bluebird, not Fairy, EVIL Fairy

*What's up with everyone getting faers name wrong? Goddamn it*

*Quickly he's back to act friendly towards you though*

Shouldn't be that far... I think! Flying makes everything seem closer, don't you think?

*He goes ahead when you reach him, not going too fast to not let you that behind but neither does he go slower*

[therealcree]

[oh, oh no! cree didn’t mean to offend him!]

[wait… why evil? isn’t evil a bad thing? mama always told her that evil was bad. like calamity ganon. mr. link told her calamity ganon was super, duper evil! and he said calamity ganon made vah medoh act all mean!]

[she keeps these thoughts to herself, though. mama also always said not to judge others.]

okay, mx. evil fairy! sorry!

[…]

[yeah, flying does make everything seem closer. too bad she can’t fly anymore.]

[cree wonders how the pro- pros-the-tic wing is going. maybe she can check on princess zelda soon and see!]

yeah… i-i guess so.

[she jogs a bit to catch up. this really would be a lot easier if she still had her wing.]

[goddesses, she misses flying.]

[evilfairyrulie]

Forgiven! Just don't make the same mistake ever again!

*Fae continues, although this is going slow... Why are you so slow? That brat was faster than you, but whatever, need to keep the nice and helpful act and all that he supposes*

*... If you miss flying fae might have a solution! For later though, ideas need to marinate for a bit to be perfect*

*He starts to slow down*

We're near! I can feel those wards even from here! Can you? Oh of course no, you don't know magic I guess!

[therealcree]

o-okay…

[she continues to follow after faer, subconsciously rubbing the stub on her shoulder. she could feel an aching in her wing, even if it was no longer a part of her body.]

o-oh! y-yeah, i don’t know magic, b-but i kinda smell apple sweets!

[her mouth waters a bit. mr. mean legend is good at baking, she’ll give him that.]

m-my siblings might be nearby!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He fully stops, flying around you two times and stopping in front of you, humming as he thinks what to do now*

Sweets make me sick, but I guess you do you!

*Fae goes around for a bit, pretending to be searching for something, then comes back*

Hmm, I'm not that sure bluebird, can't sense anything near! Are you sure they would like to be here? I mean, there's a chance the only one here is only one of your siblings, and I'm not sure if you want to see her! I wouldn't

[therealcree]

[cree freezes. fae’s right, she doesn’t want to see kheel. she doesn’t think she can face her right now.]

[kheel stabbed her. her sweet baby sister plunged a knife into her chest. it… it makes cree want to cry, and scream, and say bad words (even if mama would get mad at her!)]

[she does none of those things, though. instead she looks ahead, glancing around.]

…they have to be here somewhere.

@notts-of-rito-village @the-realkotts if you want to join

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae hums, still pretending to be searching, he actually doesn't care! Couldn't care less if there was anyone else here! But oh well*

Mmmm I don't know! They don't seem to be around at all, are you sure they are searching for you? Or maybe they're avoiding you!

They have bigger problems than to care for you, poor little bluebird! Grounded and all alone!

But hey, if they don't care enough to come for you, then you have me!

[therealcree]

CW: internalized ableism

[…he has a point.]

[maybe they aren’t looking for her. maybe they’ve given up on her. she can’t blame them. without her wings, she’s just a burden.]

[rito are born to fly. is cree even really a rito anymore? she couldn’t even last the cold of her own home! papa could travel gerudo desert, and goron city, and be fine! he would be so disappointed in her.]

[maybe her siblings are disappointed in her too. mama probably is as well.]

[tears well up in her eyes. she desperately wipes them away, praying to the golden three that fae won’t see it.] …thanks.

[she doesn’t want faer, nice as fae seems to be. she wants her parents. she wants her siblings.]

[do they want her?]

[doesn’t matter, she needs to keep looking! just to make sure they’re okay and that they don’t hate her.]

m-maybe mama’s around, then? she m-might know where they are…

[evilfairyrulie]

*Oh he definitely saw that, but no worth pointing it out!*

Here to help, little bluebird!

*Ugh, what do you have with trying to find your family? They're not here, they're not searching for you, that's what they do*

As I said, I don't sense anyone! All alone... Or not! I'm here! And that's probably better, instead of those who left you alone, no?

*What to do with you... Last time he went too trustful of his little bird it didn't end well for either of them, so! Fae needs to stop as soft as he was with that brat! Later though, it's a slow process*

[therealcree]

[help… help would be nice. but something about faer makes her gut feel like there’s a snake coiled around it. like when kheel pretended to be genli in the woods. and kheel did turn out to be dangerous.]

[…is mx. evil fairy dangerous?]

[whenever cree trusts someone, it all goes wrong! kheel stabbed her. mr. mean legend tried to take her from her family. her siblings abandoned her.]

[she still has mama. she just… she just needs mama. if her siblings don’t want her, that… that’s fine. she’ll go find mama instead.]

mama d-didn’t leave me, she would never do that! she loves me! she would never a-abandon me. [right?]

she’s just busy somewhere right now. w-we gotta go find her, that’s all!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He isn't worried about whatever internal monolog you have going on right now, humming as he goes to land on your shoulder once again*

Yeah yeah, sure, whatever you say bluebird! I'm kind of an expert though, so... Who knows!

Get walking, then. There's no one of those that you want here!

*If fae can get you far away from this house and the wards, then the next step will be easier! These little birds are fun, he likes them*

[therealcree]

[…why does cree have a super bad feeling about this?]

[there’s no harm in searching somewhere else, right? this place is just as dangerous as any other. besides, if mx. evil fairy wanted to hurt her, he probably would’ve done it by now!]

okay… i-i dunno where mama is, but… maybe she’s trying to find help? s-so maybe a town nearby!

[…if she had a map, this’d be way easier. oh well! like papa said, you get what you get and you don’t get upset!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae hums as if thinking, a town a town... He has an idea!*

I know the location of a town, I could take you there! What do you say?

*This is the perfect excuse, and here fae thought it would be harder!*

[therealcree]

[oh! good! that’ll make this much easier!]

oka—

[…her gut feels weird. is mx. evil fairy dangerous?]

…um, w-what town?

[evilfairyrulie]

Mmmm I don't know! Can't remember the name of most places, but it's a town! You want to go to a town, no?

*He takes off your shoulder and spins a few times around you, already trying to make you start walking in one direction*

So! Want town or not? Let's go so we can be there before sundown

[therealcree]

…just um, before we go, what does it look like? where is it?

[is it dangerous? is fae dangerous? is she in danger?]

[she doesn’t wanna end up in trouble. the world is dangerous. people are really mean sometimes, especially strangers.]

[genli was… was… sent away by a stranger, right?]

[therealcree]

*Bored again, and alone too, he hates being alone! Sure fae has faers doll, but, well, it's not the same. Fae is boreeeed*

*He's walking without a goal in mind when he notices you, for a second mistaking you from someone else- oh shit his vision is being weird lately, no matter! You seem fun, fae has never seen you actually*

*He changes to fairy form, spinning around you once to then stop in front of you*

Hiii hihi hi! I don't think I have met you before! Can I know your name?

- @evilfairyrulie

[cree jumps with a gasp.]

[danger?! she should run, hide, fight—]

[no. no, this is just a fairy! papa told stories about fairies! they’re friendly creatures.]

oh! hi, you startled me! [she laughs awkwardly]

sure! my name is—

[papa told a lot of stories about fairies. he also told cree and her siblings to never, ever give a fairy their name.]

[she doesn’t remember what happens if you do, but she remembers it being super duper bad!]

um… my… [she looks at the surrounding area.]

my name is cliff.

[not the most creative nickname, but better than nothing!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Even if fae lost a big part of faerie abilities for. reasons. It's pretty much obvious that you lied with your name... You're smart!*

Nice to meet you Cliff! What are you doing out here? You seem young, where are your parents? Siblings? Anyone old enough to keep an eye on you?

*Doesn't matter! He's here and can do that job perfectly! Just ask the other birdchild, he's the best one for the task!*

Cool wing by the way

[therealcree]

um…

[fairies are still nice, right? she can probably trust faer. fae seems friendly!]

i… don’t know…

[she really doesn’t. where are notts and kotts?! are they safe? what if kheel got to them?!]

h-have you seen my siblings? they kinda l-look like me, but they have two wings, and one of them is red and the other is yellow!

[…right. her wing. singular.]

[cree misses flying…]

[no time for that though, she has to keep notts and kotts safe!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*He hums, thinking for a moment, fae has the feeling you skipped one! There are only a few bird children around after all, but he guesses that nobody wants her around anymore! Neither does fae anyways*

Mmm I don't think so! You're the second bird child that I see around, although you seem a lot more nicer!

*Oh the wing is a sensitive spot? Got it*

Why do you look sad? It's because of the wing? Oh come on! It looks cool, besides things can't be changed now, can they? You just gotta accept your new reality!

*Hypocrite, but let's not focus on that*

[therealcree]

[…he must’ve met kheel, then. or maybe some other rito kid is around causing trouble? cree doesn’t remember any of the kids in rito village being mean, but kheel used to be nice too, so who knows.]

[cree highly doubts that the stub looks ‘cool’, but whatever. maybe she just sees it differently because of… everything.]

[she tries to avoid thinking about it too much.]

n-no, i’m fine, i-it’s okay! [she gives fae the fakest smile ever] i’m just worried about my siblings!

[it’s not a lie, she is worried about them. so she’s not a liar! it’s fine. she doesn’t need to feel guilty!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ah yes the old tale, youngest-- you're probably one of the youngest, you look tiny-- worrying about her siblings, because what if they disappear? What if they leave to never return? What if you never see them again?*

Ow poor little bluebird... Cheer up a bit! They must be okay, don't you have faith in them?

*Fae honestly doesn't, even without meeting them, but that might be an biased opinion*

I can keep you company while you're alone! Can't let a poor bird child all alone, mm?

[therealcree]

[…company is probably good. she doesn’t want to be alone right now.]

…yeah, but…

[notts got hurt. kotts seemed really upset. and the world is so dangerous! ever since the blizzard, nowhere has been safe. cree has faith in her siblings, but she doesn’t have faith in the world.]

…i-i should go look for them. just in case.

[where would they be, though? everyone seems to live close-ish to mr. mean-legends house, so maybe they’d be there?…]

[maybe.]

t-thanks…

[evilfairyrulie]

No need to thank me! I am merely here to help after all

*He goes to land on your right shoulder, humming as he starts to just see your threads the second faers legs do contact*

Why so needy of them? They can handle themselves, more if they had left you alone, are you sure they need you and not the other way around?

[therealcree]

[cree shivers. something feels… wrong about fae touching her. still, she can’t say anything. that’d be rude!]

i…

[they did leave her alone, didn’t they? right after she got… hurt.]

[huh, her chest kinda aches. that’s weird!]

i-i just think it’s best we all stay together, with… everything.

[kheel. genli. papa. almost everyone in rito village. the blizzard. goddesses, that’s a lot of things! everything kinda just… crumbles around her, huh?]

[maybe she’ll crumble, too.]

[aaand that’s enough thinking for now! bad thoughts! she shouldn’t be thinking like that!]

um, do you know the way to where mr. legend and mr. ravio live? the ones that adopt lots of people? [she’s still angry about that! especially now that mama’s back!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Mm, you're pretty much clear... Fae thinks so, at least you're clean enough! From thread magic he means, from other things... Ehhh, you do you, fae doesn't do growing missing limbs requests*

Well, do they think the same! I don't see them here! And I'm not sure they're searching for you right now!

*Why are bird children so gullible? First Kheel, now you! The fae shouldn't be trusted that much first off, less if they're, well, like him! But oh well*

Mmm, yep! I think I remember it, Red right? Yeah the Red one, although I can't enter there, you would be alone again!

[therealcree]

[her threads mostly feel untampered with, although there is a remnant of some magic. the person who used the magic didn’t seem to be trying to alter her form, but just activate her nerves and cause as much pain as possible.]

…

[what if he’s right? they clearly just… left her here. maybe she should just leave them be.]

[but… if they’re in danger, cree needs to be there! to help them! it doesn’t matter if they care about her or not, she cares about them, and she’ll go make sure her siblings are okay. if they want her to leave afterwards, then… she’ll do that.]

i have to make sure.

that’s okay, we’re not going to mr. legend’s house! i just need to get to the area nearby. that’s where a lot of people are! my siblings might be there, too!

d-do you mind showing me the way, please?

[evilfairyrulie]

*So you know it feels already! Interesting, he has a theory of who did it*

*Oh poor you, still believing in them! Whatever fae's not that interested in sibling drama, fae had enough of that for a lifetime*

Sure sure, I'll guide you there! Don't know if there is a lot of people around anymore, last time I only found one lost bird! But whatever you want bluebird

*Fae flies off your shoulder, spinning around you and go in some direction, stopping to make sure you follow*

[therealcree]

[she gives faer a small smile, trying to shake away the bad thoughts. she doesn’t need those right now.]

thank you, mx. fairy!

[she waddles after him. huh, she’s still a little bit dizzy. her wound is healed though, so it can’t be that. maybe she’s just tired?]

[it doesn’t really matter, anyways. what matters is finding her siblings!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae grimaces a bit*

Evil Fairy, bluebird, not Fairy, EVIL Fairy

*What's up with everyone getting faers name wrong? Goddamn it*

*Quickly he's back to act friendly towards you though*

Shouldn't be that far... I think! Flying makes everything seem closer, don't you think?

*He goes ahead when you reach him, not going too fast to not let you that behind but neither does he go slower*

[therealcree]

[oh, oh no! cree didn’t mean to offend him!]

[wait… why evil? isn’t evil a bad thing? mama always told her that evil was bad. like calamity ganon. mr. link told her calamity ganon was super, duper evil! and he said calamity ganon made vah medoh act all mean!]

[she keeps these thoughts to herself, though. mama also always said not to judge others.]

okay, mx. evil fairy! sorry!

[…]

[yeah, flying does make everything seem closer. too bad she can’t fly anymore.]

[cree wonders how the pro- pros-the-tic wing is going. maybe she can check on princess zelda soon and see!]

yeah… i-i guess so.

[she jogs a bit to catch up. this really would be a lot easier if she still had her wing.]

[goddesses, she misses flying.]

[evilfairyrulie]

Forgiven! Just don't make the same mistake ever again!

*Fae continues, although this is going slow... Why are you so slow? That brat was faster than you, but whatever, need to keep the nice and helpful act and all that he supposes*

*... If you miss flying fae might have a solution! For later though, ideas need to marinate for a bit to be perfect*

*He starts to slow down*

We're near! I can feel those wards even from here! Can you? Oh of course no, you don't know magic I guess!

[therealcree]

o-okay…

[she continues to follow after faer, subconsciously rubbing the stub on her shoulder. she could feel an aching in her wing, even if it was no longer a part of her body.]

o-oh! y-yeah, i don’t know magic, b-but i kinda smell apple sweets!

[her mouth waters a bit. mr. mean legend is good at baking, she’ll give him that.]

m-my siblings might be nearby!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He fully stops, flying around you two times and stopping in front of you, humming as he thinks what to do now*

Sweets make me sick, but I guess you do you!

*Fae goes around for a bit, pretending to be searching for something, then comes back*

Hmm, I'm not that sure bluebird, can't sense anything near! Are you sure they would like to be here? I mean, there's a chance the only one here is only one of your siblings, and I'm not sure if you want to see her! I wouldn't

[therealcree]

[cree freezes. fae’s right, she doesn’t want to see kheel. she doesn’t think she can face her right now.]

[kheel stabbed her. her sweet baby sister plunged a knife into her chest. it… it makes cree want to cry, and scream, and say bad words (even if mama would get mad at her!)]

[she does none of those things, though. instead she looks ahead, glancing around.]

…they have to be here somewhere.

@notts-of-rito-village @the-realkotts if you want to join

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae hums, still pretending to be searching, he actually doesn't care! Couldn't care less if there was anyone else here! But oh well*

Mmmm I don't know! They don't seem to be around at all, are you sure they are searching for you? Or maybe they're avoiding you!

They have bigger problems than to care for you, poor little bluebird! Grounded and all alone!

But hey, if they don't care enough to come for you, then you have me!

[therealcree]

CW: internalized ableism

[…he has a point.]

[maybe they aren’t looking for her. maybe they’ve given up on her. she can’t blame them. without her wings, she’s just a burden.]

[rito are born to fly. is cree even really a rito anymore? she couldn’t even last the cold of her own home! papa could travel gerudo desert, and goron city, and be fine! he would be so disappointed in her.]

[maybe her siblings are disappointed in her too. mama probably is as well.]

[tears well up in her eyes. she desperately wipes them away, praying to the golden three that fae won’t see it.] …thanks.

[she doesn’t want faer, nice as fae seems to be. she wants her parents. she wants her siblings.]

[do they want her?]

[doesn’t matter, she needs to keep looking! just to make sure they’re okay and that they don’t hate her.]

m-maybe mama’s around, then? she m-might know where they are…

[evilfairyrulie]

*Oh he definitely saw that, but no worth pointing it out!*

Here to help, little bluebird!

*Ugh, what do you have with trying to find your family? They're not here, they're not searching for you, that's what they do*

As I said, I don't sense anyone! All alone... Or not! I'm here! And that's probably better, instead of those who left you alone, no?

*What to do with you... Last time he went too trustful of his little bird it didn't end well for either of them, so! Fae needs to stop as soft as he was with that brat! Later though, it's a slow process*

[therealcree]

[help… help would be nice. but something about faer makes her gut feel like there’s a snake coiled around it. like when kheel pretended to be genli in the woods. and kheel did turn out to be dangerous.]

[…is mx. evil fairy dangerous?]

[whenever cree trusts someone, it all goes wrong! kheel stabbed her. mr. mean legend tried to take her from her family. her siblings abandoned her.]

[she still has mama. she just… she just needs mama. if her siblings don’t want her, that… that’s fine. she’ll go find mama instead.]

mama d-didn’t leave me, she would never do that! she loves me! she would never a-abandon me. [right?]

she’s just busy somewhere right now. w-we gotta go find her, that’s all!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He isn't worried about whatever internal monolog you have going on right now, humming as he goes to land on your shoulder once again*

Yeah yeah, sure, whatever you say bluebird! I'm kind of an expert though, so... Who knows!

Get walking, then. There's no one of those that you want here!

*If fae can get you far away from this house and the wards, then the next step will be easier! These little birds are fun, he likes them*

[therealcree]

[…why does cree have a super bad feeling about this?]

[there’s no harm in searching somewhere else, right? this place is just as dangerous as any other. besides, if mx. evil fairy wanted to hurt her, he probably would’ve done it by now!]

okay… i-i dunno where mama is, but… maybe she’s trying to find help? s-so maybe a town nearby!

[…if she had a map, this’d be way easier. oh well! like papa said, you get what you get and you don’t get upset!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae hums as if thinking, a town a town... He has an idea!*

I know the location of a town, I could take you there! What do you say?

*This is the perfect excuse, and here fae thought it would be harder!*

[therealcree]

[oh! good! that’ll make this much easier!]

oka—

[…her gut feels weird. is mx. evil fairy dangerous?]

…um, w-what town?

[therealcree]

*Bored again, and alone too, he hates being alone! Sure fae has faers doll, but, well, it's not the same. Fae is boreeeed*

*He's walking without a goal in mind when he notices you, for a second mistaking you from someone else- oh shit his vision is being weird lately, no matter! You seem fun, fae has never seen you actually*

*He changes to fairy form, spinning around you once to then stop in front of you*

Hiii hihi hi! I don't think I have met you before! Can I know your name?

- @evilfairyrulie

[cree jumps with a gasp.]

[danger?! she should run, hide, fight—]

[no. no, this is just a fairy! papa told stories about fairies! they’re friendly creatures.]

oh! hi, you startled me! [she laughs awkwardly]

sure! my name is—

[papa told a lot of stories about fairies. he also told cree and her siblings to never, ever give a fairy their name.]

[she doesn’t remember what happens if you do, but she remembers it being super duper bad!]

um… my… [she looks at the surrounding area.]

my name is cliff.

[not the most creative nickname, but better than nothing!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Even if fae lost a big part of faerie abilities for. reasons. It's pretty much obvious that you lied with your name... You're smart!*

Nice to meet you Cliff! What are you doing out here? You seem young, where are your parents? Siblings? Anyone old enough to keep an eye on you?

*Doesn't matter! He's here and can do that job perfectly! Just ask the other birdchild, he's the best one for the task!*

Cool wing by the way

[therealcree]

um…

[fairies are still nice, right? she can probably trust faer. fae seems friendly!]

i… don’t know…

[she really doesn’t. where are notts and kotts?! are they safe? what if kheel got to them?!]

h-have you seen my siblings? they kinda l-look like me, but they have two wings, and one of them is red and the other is yellow!

[…right. her wing. singular.]

[cree misses flying…]

[no time for that though, she has to keep notts and kotts safe!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*He hums, thinking for a moment, fae has the feeling you skipped one! There are only a few bird children around after all, but he guesses that nobody wants her around anymore! Neither does fae anyways*

Mmm I don't think so! You're the second bird child that I see around, although you seem a lot more nicer!

*Oh the wing is a sensitive spot? Got it*

Why do you look sad? It's because of the wing? Oh come on! It looks cool, besides things can't be changed now, can they? You just gotta accept your new reality!

*Hypocrite, but let's not focus on that*

[therealcree]

[…he must’ve met kheel, then. or maybe some other rito kid is around causing trouble? cree doesn’t remember any of the kids in rito village being mean, but kheel used to be nice too, so who knows.]

[cree highly doubts that the stub looks ‘cool’, but whatever. maybe she just sees it differently because of… everything.]

[she tries to avoid thinking about it too much.]

n-no, i’m fine, i-it’s okay! [she gives fae the fakest smile ever] i’m just worried about my siblings!

[it’s not a lie, she is worried about them. so she’s not a liar! it’s fine. she doesn’t need to feel guilty!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ah yes the old tale, youngest-- you're probably one of the youngest, you look tiny-- worrying about her siblings, because what if they disappear? What if they leave to never return? What if you never see them again?*

Ow poor little bluebird... Cheer up a bit! They must be okay, don't you have faith in them?

*Fae honestly doesn't, even without meeting them, but that might be an biased opinion*

I can keep you company while you're alone! Can't let a poor bird child all alone, mm?

[therealcree]

[…company is probably good. she doesn’t want to be alone right now.]

…yeah, but…

[notts got hurt. kotts seemed really upset. and the world is so dangerous! ever since the blizzard, nowhere has been safe. cree has faith in her siblings, but she doesn’t have faith in the world.]

…i-i should go look for them. just in case.

[where would they be, though? everyone seems to live close-ish to mr. mean-legends house, so maybe they’d be there?…]

[maybe.]

t-thanks…

[evilfairyrulie]

No need to thank me! I am merely here to help after all

*He goes to land on your right shoulder, humming as he starts to just see your threads the second faers legs do contact*

Why so needy of them? They can handle themselves, more if they had left you alone, are you sure they need you and not the other way around?

[therealcree]

[cree shivers. something feels… wrong about fae touching her. still, she can’t say anything. that’d be rude!]

i…

[they did leave her alone, didn’t they? right after she got… hurt.]

[huh, her chest kinda aches. that’s weird!]

i-i just think it’s best we all stay together, with… everything.

[kheel. genli. papa. almost everyone in rito village. the blizzard. goddesses, that’s a lot of things! everything kinda just… crumbles around her, huh?]

[maybe she’ll crumble, too.]

[aaand that’s enough thinking for now! bad thoughts! she shouldn’t be thinking like that!]

um, do you know the way to where mr. legend and mr. ravio live? the ones that adopt lots of people? [she’s still angry about that! especially now that mama’s back!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Mm, you're pretty much clear... Fae thinks so, at least you're clean enough! From thread magic he means, from other things... Ehhh, you do you, fae doesn't do growing missing limbs requests*

Well, do they think the same! I don't see them here! And I'm not sure they're searching for you right now!

*Why are bird children so gullible? First Kheel, now you! The fae shouldn't be trusted that much first off, less if they're, well, like him! But oh well*

Mmm, yep! I think I remember it, Red right? Yeah the Red one, although I can't enter there, you would be alone again!

[therealcree]

[her threads mostly feel untampered with, although there is a remnant of some magic. the person who used the magic didn’t seem to be trying to alter her form, but just activate her nerves and cause as much pain as possible.]

…

[what if he’s right? they clearly just… left her here. maybe she should just leave them be.]

[but… if they’re in danger, cree needs to be there! to help them! it doesn’t matter if they care about her or not, she cares about them, and she’ll go make sure her siblings are okay. if they want her to leave afterwards, then… she’ll do that.]

i have to make sure.

that’s okay, we’re not going to mr. legend’s house! i just need to get to the area nearby. that’s where a lot of people are! my siblings might be there, too!

d-do you mind showing me the way, please?

[evilfairyrulie]

*So you know it feels already! Interesting, he has a theory of who did it*

*Oh poor you, still believing in them! Whatever fae's not that interested in sibling drama, fae had enough of that for a lifetime*

Sure sure, I'll guide you there! Don't know if there is a lot of people around anymore, last time I only found one lost bird! But whatever you want bluebird

*Fae flies off your shoulder, spinning around you and go in some direction, stopping to make sure you follow*

[therealcree]

[she gives faer a small smile, trying to shake away the bad thoughts. she doesn’t need those right now.]

thank you, mx. fairy!

[she waddles after him. huh, she’s still a little bit dizzy. her wound is healed though, so it can’t be that. maybe she’s just tired?]

[it doesn’t really matter, anyways. what matters is finding her siblings!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae grimaces a bit*

Evil Fairy, bluebird, not Fairy, EVIL Fairy

*What's up with everyone getting faers name wrong? Goddamn it*

*Quickly he's back to act friendly towards you though*

Shouldn't be that far... I think! Flying makes everything seem closer, don't you think?

*He goes ahead when you reach him, not going too fast to not let you that behind but neither does he go slower*

[therealcree]

[oh, oh no! cree didn’t mean to offend him!]

[wait… why evil? isn’t evil a bad thing? mama always told her that evil was bad. like calamity ganon. mr. link told her calamity ganon was super, duper evil! and he said calamity ganon made vah medoh act all mean!]

[she keeps these thoughts to herself, though. mama also always said not to judge others.]

okay, mx. evil fairy! sorry!

[…]

[yeah, flying does make everything seem closer. too bad she can’t fly anymore.]

[cree wonders how the pro- pros-the-tic wing is going. maybe she can check on princess zelda soon and see!]

yeah… i-i guess so.

[she jogs a bit to catch up. this really would be a lot easier if she still had her wing.]

[goddesses, she misses flying.]

[evilfairyrulie]

Forgiven! Just don't make the same mistake ever again!

*Fae continues, although this is going slow... Why are you so slow? That brat was faster than you, but whatever, need to keep the nice and helpful act and all that he supposes*

*... If you miss flying fae might have a solution! For later though, ideas need to marinate for a bit to be perfect*

*He starts to slow down*

We're near! I can feel those wards even from here! Can you? Oh of course no, you don't know magic I guess!

[therealcree]

o-okay…

[she continues to follow after faer, subconsciously rubbing the stub on her shoulder. she could feel an aching in her wing, even if it was no longer a part of her body.]

o-oh! y-yeah, i don’t know magic, b-but i kinda smell apple sweets!

[her mouth waters a bit. mr. mean legend is good at baking, she’ll give him that.]

m-my siblings might be nearby!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He fully stops, flying around you two times and stopping in front of you, humming as he thinks what to do now*

Sweets make me sick, but I guess you do you!

*Fae goes around for a bit, pretending to be searching for something, then comes back*

Hmm, I'm not that sure bluebird, can't sense anything near! Are you sure they would like to be here? I mean, there's a chance the only one here is only one of your siblings, and I'm not sure if you want to see her! I wouldn't

[therealcree]

[cree freezes. fae’s right, she doesn’t want to see kheel. she doesn’t think she can face her right now.]

[kheel stabbed her. her sweet baby sister plunged a knife into her chest. it… it makes cree want to cry, and scream, and say bad words (even if mama would get mad at her!)]

[she does none of those things, though. instead she looks ahead, glancing around.]

…they have to be here somewhere.

@notts-of-rito-village @the-realkotts if you want to join

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae hums, still pretending to be searching, he actually doesn't care! Couldn't care less if there was anyone else here! But oh well*

Mmmm I don't know! They don't seem to be around at all, are you sure they are searching for you? Or maybe they're avoiding you!

They have bigger problems than to care for you, poor little bluebird! Grounded and all alone!

But hey, if they don't care enough to come for you, then you have me!

[therealcree]

CW: internalized ableism

[…he has a point.]

[maybe they aren’t looking for her. maybe they’ve given up on her. she can’t blame them. without her wings, she’s just a burden.]

[rito are born to fly. is cree even really a rito anymore? she couldn’t even last the cold of her own home! papa could travel gerudo desert, and goron city, and be fine! he would be so disappointed in her.]

[maybe her siblings are disappointed in her too. mama probably is as well.]

[tears well up in her eyes. she desperately wipes them away, praying to the golden three that fae won’t see it.] …thanks.

[she doesn’t want faer, nice as fae seems to be. she wants her parents. she wants her siblings.]

[do they want her?]

[doesn’t matter, she needs to keep looking! just to make sure they’re okay and that they don’t hate her.]

m-maybe mama’s around, then? she m-might know where they are…

[evilfairyrulie]

*Oh he definitely saw that, but no worth pointing it out!*

Here to help, little bluebird!

*Ugh, what do you have with trying to find your family? They're not here, they're not searching for you, that's what they do*

As I said, I don't sense anyone! All alone... Or not! I'm here! And that's probably better, instead of those who left you alone, no?

*What to do with you... Last time he went too trustful of his little bird it didn't end well for either of them, so! Fae needs to stop as soft as he was with that brat! Later though, it's a slow process*

[therealcree]

[help… help would be nice. but something about faer makes her gut feel like there’s a snake coiled around it. like when kheel pretended to be genli in the woods. and kheel did turn out to be dangerous.]

[…is mx. evil fairy dangerous?]

[whenever cree trusts someone, it all goes wrong! kheel stabbed her. mr. mean legend tried to take her from her family. her siblings abandoned her.]

[she still has mama. she just… she just needs mama. if her siblings don’t want her, that… that’s fine. she’ll go find mama instead.]

mama d-didn’t leave me, she would never do that! she loves me! she would never a-abandon me. [right?]

she’s just busy somewhere right now. w-we gotta go find her, that’s all!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He isn't worried about whatever internal monolog you have going on right now, humming as he goes to land on your shoulder once again*

Yeah yeah, sure, whatever you say bluebird! I'm kind of an expert though, so... Who knows!

Get walking, then. There's no one of those that you want here!

*If fae can get you far away from this house and the wards, then the next step will be easier! These little birds are fun, he likes them*

[therealcree]

[…why does cree have a super bad feeling about this?]

[there’s no harm in searching somewhere else, right? this place is just as dangerous as any other. besides, if mx. evil fairy wanted to hurt her, he probably would’ve done it by now!]

okay… i-i dunno where mama is, but… maybe she’s trying to find help? s-so maybe a town nearby!

[…if she had a map, this’d be way easier. oh well! like papa said, you get what you get and you don’t get upset!]

[therealcree]

*Bored again, and alone too, he hates being alone! Sure fae has faers doll, but, well, it's not the same. Fae is boreeeed*

*He's walking without a goal in mind when he notices you, for a second mistaking you from someone else- oh shit his vision is being weird lately, no matter! You seem fun, fae has never seen you actually*

*He changes to fairy form, spinning around you once to then stop in front of you*

Hiii hihi hi! I don't think I have met you before! Can I know your name?

- @evilfairyrulie

[cree jumps with a gasp.]

[danger?! she should run, hide, fight—]

[no. no, this is just a fairy! papa told stories about fairies! they’re friendly creatures.]

oh! hi, you startled me! [she laughs awkwardly]

sure! my name is—

[papa told a lot of stories about fairies. he also told cree and her siblings to never, ever give a fairy their name.]

[she doesn’t remember what happens if you do, but she remembers it being super duper bad!]

um… my… [she looks at the surrounding area.]

my name is cliff.

[not the most creative nickname, but better than nothing!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Even if fae lost a big part of faerie abilities for. reasons. It's pretty much obvious that you lied with your name... You're smart!*

Nice to meet you Cliff! What are you doing out here? You seem young, where are your parents? Siblings? Anyone old enough to keep an eye on you?

*Doesn't matter! He's here and can do that job perfectly! Just ask the other birdchild, he's the best one for the task!*

Cool wing by the way

[therealcree]

um…

[fairies are still nice, right? she can probably trust faer. fae seems friendly!]

i… don’t know…

[she really doesn’t. where are notts and kotts?! are they safe? what if kheel got to them?!]

h-have you seen my siblings? they kinda l-look like me, but they have two wings, and one of them is red and the other is yellow!

[…right. her wing. singular.]

[cree misses flying…]

[no time for that though, she has to keep notts and kotts safe!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*He hums, thinking for a moment, fae has the feeling you skipped one! There are only a few bird children around after all, but he guesses that nobody wants her around anymore! Neither does fae anyways*

Mmm I don't think so! You're the second bird child that I see around, although you seem a lot more nicer!

*Oh the wing is a sensitive spot? Got it*

Why do you look sad? It's because of the wing? Oh come on! It looks cool, besides things can't be changed now, can they? You just gotta accept your new reality!

*Hypocrite, but let's not focus on that*

[therealcree]

[…he must’ve met kheel, then. or maybe some other rito kid is around causing trouble? cree doesn’t remember any of the kids in rito village being mean, but kheel used to be nice too, so who knows.]

[cree highly doubts that the stub looks ‘cool’, but whatever. maybe she just sees it differently because of… everything.]

[she tries to avoid thinking about it too much.]

n-no, i’m fine, i-it’s okay! [she gives fae the fakest smile ever] i’m just worried about my siblings!

[it’s not a lie, she is worried about them. so she’s not a liar! it’s fine. she doesn’t need to feel guilty!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ah yes the old tale, youngest-- you're probably one of the youngest, you look tiny-- worrying about her siblings, because what if they disappear? What if they leave to never return? What if you never see them again?*

Ow poor little bluebird... Cheer up a bit! They must be okay, don't you have faith in them?

*Fae honestly doesn't, even without meeting them, but that might be an biased opinion*

I can keep you company while you're alone! Can't let a poor bird child all alone, mm?

[therealcree]

[…company is probably good. she doesn’t want to be alone right now.]

…yeah, but…

[notts got hurt. kotts seemed really upset. and the world is so dangerous! ever since the blizzard, nowhere has been safe. cree has faith in her siblings, but she doesn’t have faith in the world.]

…i-i should go look for them. just in case.

[where would they be, though? everyone seems to live close-ish to mr. mean-legends house, so maybe they’d be there?…]

[maybe.]

t-thanks…

[evilfairyrulie]

No need to thank me! I am merely here to help after all

*He goes to land on your right shoulder, humming as he starts to just see your threads the second faers legs do contact*

Why so needy of them? They can handle themselves, more if they had left you alone, are you sure they need you and not the other way around?

[therealcree]

[cree shivers. something feels… wrong about fae touching her. still, she can’t say anything. that’d be rude!]

i…

[they did leave her alone, didn’t they? right after she got… hurt.]

[huh, her chest kinda aches. that’s weird!]

i-i just think it’s best we all stay together, with… everything.

[kheel. genli. papa. almost everyone in rito village. the blizzard. goddesses, that’s a lot of things! everything kinda just… crumbles around her, huh?]

[maybe she’ll crumble, too.]

[aaand that’s enough thinking for now! bad thoughts! she shouldn’t be thinking like that!]

um, do you know the way to where mr. legend and mr. ravio live? the ones that adopt lots of people? [she’s still angry about that! especially now that mama’s back!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Mm, you're pretty much clear... Fae thinks so, at least you're clean enough! From thread magic he means, from other things... Ehhh, you do you, fae doesn't do growing missing limbs requests*

Well, do they think the same! I don't see them here! And I'm not sure they're searching for you right now!

*Why are bird children so gullible? First Kheel, now you! The fae shouldn't be trusted that much first off, less if they're, well, like him! But oh well*

Mmm, yep! I think I remember it, Red right? Yeah the Red one, although I can't enter there, you would be alone again!

[therealcree]

[her threads mostly feel untampered with, although there is a remnant of some magic. the person who used the magic didn’t seem to be trying to alter her form, but just activate her nerves and cause as much pain as possible.]

…

[what if he’s right? they clearly just… left her here. maybe she should just leave them be.]

[but… if they’re in danger, cree needs to be there! to help them! it doesn’t matter if they care about her or not, she cares about them, and she’ll go make sure her siblings are okay. if they want her to leave afterwards, then… she’ll do that.]

i have to make sure.

that’s okay, we’re not going to mr. legend’s house! i just need to get to the area nearby. that’s where a lot of people are! my siblings might be there, too!

d-do you mind showing me the way, please?

[evilfairyrulie]

*So you know it feels already! Interesting, he has a theory of who did it*

*Oh poor you, still believing in them! Whatever fae's not that interested in sibling drama, fae had enough of that for a lifetime*

Sure sure, I'll guide you there! Don't know if there is a lot of people around anymore, last time I only found one lost bird! But whatever you want bluebird

*Fae flies off your shoulder, spinning around you and go in some direction, stopping to make sure you follow*

[therealcree]

[she gives faer a small smile, trying to shake away the bad thoughts. she doesn’t need those right now.]

thank you, mx. fairy!

[she waddles after him. huh, she’s still a little bit dizzy. her wound is healed though, so it can’t be that. maybe she’s just tired?]

[it doesn’t really matter, anyways. what matters is finding her siblings!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae grimaces a bit*

Evil Fairy, bluebird, not Fairy, EVIL Fairy

*What's up with everyone getting faers name wrong? Goddamn it*

*Quickly he's back to act friendly towards you though*

Shouldn't be that far... I think! Flying makes everything seem closer, don't you think?

*He goes ahead when you reach him, not going too fast to not let you that behind but neither does he go slower*

[therealcree]

[oh, oh no! cree didn’t mean to offend him!]

[wait… why evil? isn’t evil a bad thing? mama always told her that evil was bad. like calamity ganon. mr. link told her calamity ganon was super, duper evil! and he said calamity ganon made vah medoh act all mean!]

[she keeps these thoughts to herself, though. mama also always said not to judge others.]

okay, mx. evil fairy! sorry!

[…]

[yeah, flying does make everything seem closer. too bad she can’t fly anymore.]

[cree wonders how the pro- pros-the-tic wing is going. maybe she can check on princess zelda soon and see!]

yeah… i-i guess so.

[she jogs a bit to catch up. this really would be a lot easier if she still had her wing.]

[goddesses, she misses flying.]

[evilfairyrulie]

Forgiven! Just don't make the same mistake ever again!

*Fae continues, although this is going slow... Why are you so slow? That brat was faster than you, but whatever, need to keep the nice and helpful act and all that he supposes*

*... If you miss flying fae might have a solution! For later though, ideas need to marinate for a bit to be perfect*

*He starts to slow down*

We're near! I can feel those wards even from here! Can you? Oh of course no, you don't know magic I guess!

[therealcree]

o-okay…

[she continues to follow after faer, subconsciously rubbing the stub on her shoulder. she could feel an aching in her wing, even if it was no longer a part of her body.]

o-oh! y-yeah, i don’t know magic, b-but i kinda smell apple sweets!

[her mouth waters a bit. mr. mean legend is good at baking, she’ll give him that.]

m-my siblings might be nearby!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He fully stops, flying around you two times and stopping in front of you, humming as he thinks what to do now*

Sweets make me sick, but I guess you do you!

*Fae goes around for a bit, pretending to be searching for something, then comes back*

Hmm, I'm not that sure bluebird, can't sense anything near! Are you sure they would like to be here? I mean, there's a chance the only one here is only one of your siblings, and I'm not sure if you want to see her! I wouldn't

[therealcree]

[cree freezes. fae’s right, she doesn’t want to see kheel. she doesn’t think she can face her right now.]

[kheel stabbed her. her sweet baby sister plunged a knife into her chest. it… it makes cree want to cry, and scream, and say bad words (even if mama would get mad at her!)]

[she does none of those things, though. instead she looks ahead, glancing around.]

…they have to be here somewhere.

@notts-of-rito-village @the-realkotts if you want to join

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae hums, still pretending to be searching, he actually doesn't care! Couldn't care less if there was anyone else here! But oh well*

Mmmm I don't know! They don't seem to be around at all, are you sure they are searching for you? Or maybe they're avoiding you!

They have bigger problems than to care for you, poor little bluebird! Grounded and all alone!

But hey, if they don't care enough to come for you, then you have me!

[therealcree]

CW: internalized ableism

[…he has a point.]

[maybe they aren’t looking for her. maybe they’ve given up on her. she can’t blame them. without her wings, she’s just a burden.]

[rito are born to fly. is cree even really a rito anymore? she couldn’t even last the cold of her own home! papa could travel gerudo desert, and goron city, and be fine! he would be so disappointed in her.]

[maybe her siblings are disappointed in her too. mama probably is as well.]

[tears well up in her eyes. she desperately wipes them away, praying to the golden three that fae won’t see it.] …thanks.

[she doesn’t want faer, nice as fae seems to be. she wants her parents. she wants her siblings.]

[do they want her?]

[doesn’t matter, she needs to keep looking! just to make sure they’re okay and that they don’t hate her.]

m-maybe mama’s around, then? she m-might know where they are…

[evilfairyrulie]

*Oh he definitely saw that, but no worth pointing it out!*

Here to help, little bluebird!

*Ugh, what do you have with trying to find your family? They're not here, they're not searching for you, that's what they do*

As I said, I don't sense anyone! All alone... Or not! I'm here! And that's probably better, instead of those who left you alone, no?

*What to do with you... Last time he went too trustful of his little bird it didn't end well for either of them, so! Fae needs to stop as soft as he was with that brat! Later though, it's a slow process*

[therealcree]

[help… help would be nice. but something about faer makes her gut feel like there’s a snake coiled around it. like when kheel pretended to be genli in the woods. and kheel did turn out to be dangerous.]

[…is mx. evil fairy dangerous?]

[whenever cree trusts someone, it all goes wrong! kheel stabbed her. mr. mean legend tried to take her from her family. her siblings abandoned her.]

[she still has mama. she just… she just needs mama. if her siblings don’t want her, that… that’s fine. she’ll go find mama instead.]

mama d-didn’t leave me, she would never do that! she loves me! she would never a-abandon me. [right?]

she’s just busy somewhere right now. w-we gotta go find her, that’s all!

[therealcree]

*Bored again, and alone too, he hates being alone! Sure fae has faers doll, but, well, it's not the same. Fae is boreeeed*

*He's walking without a goal in mind when he notices you, for a second mistaking you from someone else- oh shit his vision is being weird lately, no matter! You seem fun, fae has never seen you actually*

*He changes to fairy form, spinning around you once to then stop in front of you*

Hiii hihi hi! I don't think I have met you before! Can I know your name?

- @evilfairyrulie

[cree jumps with a gasp.]

[danger?! she should run, hide, fight—]

[no. no, this is just a fairy! papa told stories about fairies! they’re friendly creatures.]

oh! hi, you startled me! [she laughs awkwardly]

sure! my name is—

[papa told a lot of stories about fairies. he also told cree and her siblings to never, ever give a fairy their name.]

[she doesn’t remember what happens if you do, but she remembers it being super duper bad!]

um… my… [she looks at the surrounding area.]

my name is cliff.

[not the most creative nickname, but better than nothing!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Even if fae lost a big part of faerie abilities for. reasons. It's pretty much obvious that you lied with your name... You're smart!*

Nice to meet you Cliff! What are you doing out here? You seem young, where are your parents? Siblings? Anyone old enough to keep an eye on you?

*Doesn't matter! He's here and can do that job perfectly! Just ask the other birdchild, he's the best one for the task!*

Cool wing by the way

[therealcree]

um…

[fairies are still nice, right? she can probably trust faer. fae seems friendly!]

i… don’t know…

[she really doesn’t. where are notts and kotts?! are they safe? what if kheel got to them?!]

h-have you seen my siblings? they kinda l-look like me, but they have two wings, and one of them is red and the other is yellow!

[…right. her wing. singular.]

[cree misses flying…]

[no time for that though, she has to keep notts and kotts safe!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*He hums, thinking for a moment, fae has the feeling you skipped one! There are only a few bird children around after all, but he guesses that nobody wants her around anymore! Neither does fae anyways*

Mmm I don't think so! You're the second bird child that I see around, although you seem a lot more nicer!

*Oh the wing is a sensitive spot? Got it*

Why do you look sad? It's because of the wing? Oh come on! It looks cool, besides things can't be changed now, can they? You just gotta accept your new reality!

*Hypocrite, but let's not focus on that*

[therealcree]

[…he must’ve met kheel, then. or maybe some other rito kid is around causing trouble? cree doesn’t remember any of the kids in rito village being mean, but kheel used to be nice too, so who knows.]

[cree highly doubts that the stub looks ‘cool’, but whatever. maybe she just sees it differently because of… everything.]

[she tries to avoid thinking about it too much.]

n-no, i’m fine, i-it’s okay! [she gives fae the fakest smile ever] i’m just worried about my siblings!

[it’s not a lie, she is worried about them. so she’s not a liar! it’s fine. she doesn’t need to feel guilty!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ah yes the old tale, youngest-- you're probably one of the youngest, you look tiny-- worrying about her siblings, because what if they disappear? What if they leave to never return? What if you never see them again?*

Ow poor little bluebird... Cheer up a bit! They must be okay, don't you have faith in them?

*Fae honestly doesn't, even without meeting them, but that might be an biased opinion*

I can keep you company while you're alone! Can't let a poor bird child all alone, mm?

[therealcree]

[…company is probably good. she doesn’t want to be alone right now.]

…yeah, but…

[notts got hurt. kotts seemed really upset. and the world is so dangerous! ever since the blizzard, nowhere has been safe. cree has faith in her siblings, but she doesn’t have faith in the world.]

…i-i should go look for them. just in case.

[where would they be, though? everyone seems to live close-ish to mr. mean-legends house, so maybe they’d be there?…]

[maybe.]

t-thanks…

[evilfairyrulie]

No need to thank me! I am merely here to help after all

*He goes to land on your right shoulder, humming as he starts to just see your threads the second faers legs do contact*

Why so needy of them? They can handle themselves, more if they had left you alone, are you sure they need you and not the other way around?

[therealcree]

[cree shivers. something feels… wrong about fae touching her. still, she can’t say anything. that’d be rude!]

i…

[they did leave her alone, didn’t they? right after she got… hurt.]

[huh, her chest kinda aches. that’s weird!]

i-i just think it’s best we all stay together, with… everything.

[kheel. genli. papa. almost everyone in rito village. the blizzard. goddesses, that’s a lot of things! everything kinda just… crumbles around her, huh?]

[maybe she’ll crumble, too.]

[aaand that’s enough thinking for now! bad thoughts! she shouldn’t be thinking like that!]

um, do you know the way to where mr. legend and mr. ravio live? the ones that adopt lots of people? [she’s still angry about that! especially now that mama’s back!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Mm, you're pretty much clear... Fae thinks so, at least you're clean enough! From thread magic he means, from other things... Ehhh, you do you, fae doesn't do growing missing limbs requests*

Well, do they think the same! I don't see them here! And I'm not sure they're searching for you right now!

*Why are bird children so gullible? First Kheel, now you! The fae shouldn't be trusted that much first off, less if they're, well, like him! But oh well*

Mmm, yep! I think I remember it, Red right? Yeah the Red one, although I can't enter there, you would be alone again!

[therealcree]

[her threads mostly feel untampered with, although there is a remnant of some magic. the person who used the magic didn’t seem to be trying to alter her form, but just activate her nerves and cause as much pain as possible.]

…

[what if he’s right? they clearly just… left her here. maybe she should just leave them be.]

[but… if they’re in danger, cree needs to be there! to help them! it doesn’t matter if they care about her or not, she cares about them, and she’ll go make sure her siblings are okay. if they want her to leave afterwards, then… she’ll do that.]

i have to make sure.

that’s okay, we’re not going to mr. legend’s house! i just need to get to the area nearby. that’s where a lot of people are! my siblings might be there, too!

d-do you mind showing me the way, please?

[evilfairyrulie]

*So you know it feels already! Interesting, he has a theory of who did it*

*Oh poor you, still believing in them! Whatever fae's not that interested in sibling drama, fae had enough of that for a lifetime*

Sure sure, I'll guide you there! Don't know if there is a lot of people around anymore, last time I only found one lost bird! But whatever you want bluebird

*Fae flies off your shoulder, spinning around you and go in some direction, stopping to make sure you follow*

[therealcree]

[she gives faer a small smile, trying to shake away the bad thoughts. she doesn’t need those right now.]

thank you, mx. fairy!

[she waddles after him. huh, she’s still a little bit dizzy. her wound is healed though, so it can’t be that. maybe she’s just tired?]

[it doesn’t really matter, anyways. what matters is finding her siblings!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae grimaces a bit*

Evil Fairy, bluebird, not Fairy, EVIL Fairy

*What's up with everyone getting faers name wrong? Goddamn it*

*Quickly he's back to act friendly towards you though*

Shouldn't be that far... I think! Flying makes everything seem closer, don't you think?

*He goes ahead when you reach him, not going too fast to not let you that behind but neither does he go slower*

[therealcree]

[oh, oh no! cree didn’t mean to offend him!]

[wait… why evil? isn’t evil a bad thing? mama always told her that evil was bad. like calamity ganon. mr. link told her calamity ganon was super, duper evil! and he said calamity ganon made vah medoh act all mean!]

[she keeps these thoughts to herself, though. mama also always said not to judge others.]

okay, mx. evil fairy! sorry!

[…]

[yeah, flying does make everything seem closer. too bad she can’t fly anymore.]

[cree wonders how the pro- pros-the-tic wing is going. maybe she can check on princess zelda soon and see!]

yeah… i-i guess so.

[she jogs a bit to catch up. this really would be a lot easier if she still had her wing.]

[goddesses, she misses flying.]

[evilfairyrulie]

Forgiven! Just don't make the same mistake ever again!

*Fae continues, although this is going slow... Why are you so slow? That brat was faster than you, but whatever, need to keep the nice and helpful act and all that he supposes*

*... If you miss flying fae might have a solution! For later though, ideas need to marinate for a bit to be perfect*

*He starts to slow down*

We're near! I can feel those wards even from here! Can you? Oh of course no, you don't know magic I guess!

[therealcree]

o-okay…

[she continues to follow after faer, subconsciously rubbing the stub on her shoulder. she could feel an aching in her wing, even if it was no longer a part of her body.]

o-oh! y-yeah, i don’t know magic, b-but i kinda smell apple sweets!

[her mouth waters a bit. mr. mean legend is good at baking, she’ll give him that.]

m-my siblings might be nearby!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He fully stops, flying around you two times and stopping in front of you, humming as he thinks what to do now*

Sweets make me sick, but I guess you do you!

*Fae goes around for a bit, pretending to be searching for something, then comes back*

Hmm, I'm not that sure bluebird, can't sense anything near! Are you sure they would like to be here? I mean, there's a chance the only one here is only one of your siblings, and I'm not sure if you want to see her! I wouldn't

[therealcree]

[cree freezes. fae’s right, she doesn’t want to see kheel. she doesn’t think she can face her right now.]

[kheel stabbed her. her sweet baby sister plunged a knife into her chest. it… it makes cree want to cry, and scream, and say bad words (even if mama would get mad at her!)]

[she does none of those things, though. instead she looks ahead, glancing around.]

…they have to be here somewhere.

@notts-of-rito-village @the-realkotts if you want to join

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae hums, still pretending to be searching, he actually doesn't care! Couldn't care less if there was anyone else here! But oh well*

Mmmm I don't know! They don't seem to be around at all, are you sure they are searching for you? Or maybe they're avoiding you!

They have bigger problems than to care for you, poor little bluebird! Grounded and all alone!

But hey, if they don't care enough to come for you, then you have me!

[therealcree]

CW: internalized ableism

[…he has a point.]

[maybe they aren’t looking for her. maybe they’ve given up on her. she can’t blame them. without her wings, she’s just a burden.]

[rito are born to fly. is cree even really a rito anymore? she couldn’t even last the cold of her own home! papa could travel gerudo desert, and goron city, and be fine! he would be so disappointed in her.]

[maybe her siblings are disappointed in her too. mama probably is as well.]

[tears well up in her eyes. she desperately wipes them away, praying to the golden three that fae won’t see it.] …thanks.

[she doesn’t want faer, nice as fae seems to be. she wants her parents. she wants her siblings.]

[do they want her?]

[doesn’t matter, she needs to keep looking! just to make sure they’re okay and that they don’t hate her.]

m-maybe mama’s around, then? she m-might know where they are…

[therealcree]

*Bored again, and alone too, he hates being alone! Sure fae has faers doll, but, well, it's not the same. Fae is boreeeed*

*He's walking without a goal in mind when he notices you, for a second mistaking you from someone else- oh shit his vision is being weird lately, no matter! You seem fun, fae has never seen you actually*

*He changes to fairy form, spinning around you once to then stop in front of you*

Hiii hihi hi! I don't think I have met you before! Can I know your name?

- @evilfairyrulie

[cree jumps with a gasp.]

[danger?! she should run, hide, fight—]

[no. no, this is just a fairy! papa told stories about fairies! they’re friendly creatures.]

oh! hi, you startled me! [she laughs awkwardly]

sure! my name is—

[papa told a lot of stories about fairies. he also told cree and her siblings to never, ever give a fairy their name.]

[she doesn’t remember what happens if you do, but she remembers it being super duper bad!]

um… my… [she looks at the surrounding area.]

my name is cliff.

[not the most creative nickname, but better than nothing!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Even if fae lost a big part of faerie abilities for. reasons. It's pretty much obvious that you lied with your name... You're smart!*

Nice to meet you Cliff! What are you doing out here? You seem young, where are your parents? Siblings? Anyone old enough to keep an eye on you?

*Doesn't matter! He's here and can do that job perfectly! Just ask the other birdchild, he's the best one for the task!*

Cool wing by the way

[therealcree]

um…

[fairies are still nice, right? she can probably trust faer. fae seems friendly!]

i… don’t know…

[she really doesn’t. where are notts and kotts?! are they safe? what if kheel got to them?!]

h-have you seen my siblings? they kinda l-look like me, but they have two wings, and one of them is red and the other is yellow!

[…right. her wing. singular.]

[cree misses flying…]

[no time for that though, she has to keep notts and kotts safe!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*He hums, thinking for a moment, fae has the feeling you skipped one! There are only a few bird children around after all, but he guesses that nobody wants her around anymore! Neither does fae anyways*

Mmm I don't think so! You're the second bird child that I see around, although you seem a lot more nicer!

*Oh the wing is a sensitive spot? Got it*

Why do you look sad? It's because of the wing? Oh come on! It looks cool, besides things can't be changed now, can they? You just gotta accept your new reality!

*Hypocrite, but let's not focus on that*

[therealcree]

[…he must’ve met kheel, then. or maybe some other rito kid is around causing trouble? cree doesn’t remember any of the kids in rito village being mean, but kheel used to be nice too, so who knows.]

[cree highly doubts that the stub looks ‘cool’, but whatever. maybe she just sees it differently because of… everything.]

[she tries to avoid thinking about it too much.]

n-no, i’m fine, i-it’s okay! [she gives fae the fakest smile ever] i’m just worried about my siblings!

[it’s not a lie, she is worried about them. so she’s not a liar! it’s fine. she doesn’t need to feel guilty!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ah yes the old tale, youngest-- you're probably one of the youngest, you look tiny-- worrying about her siblings, because what if they disappear? What if they leave to never return? What if you never see them again?*

Ow poor little bluebird... Cheer up a bit! They must be okay, don't you have faith in them?

*Fae honestly doesn't, even without meeting them, but that might be an biased opinion*

I can keep you company while you're alone! Can't let a poor bird child all alone, mm?

[therealcree]

[…company is probably good. she doesn’t want to be alone right now.]

…yeah, but…

[notts got hurt. kotts seemed really upset. and the world is so dangerous! ever since the blizzard, nowhere has been safe. cree has faith in her siblings, but she doesn’t have faith in the world.]

…i-i should go look for them. just in case.

[where would they be, though? everyone seems to live close-ish to mr. mean-legends house, so maybe they’d be there?…]

[maybe.]

t-thanks…

[evilfairyrulie]

No need to thank me! I am merely here to help after all

*He goes to land on your right shoulder, humming as he starts to just see your threads the second faers legs do contact*

Why so needy of them? They can handle themselves, more if they had left you alone, are you sure they need you and not the other way around?

[therealcree]

[cree shivers. something feels… wrong about fae touching her. still, she can’t say anything. that’d be rude!]

i…

[they did leave her alone, didn’t they? right after she got… hurt.]

[huh, her chest kinda aches. that’s weird!]

i-i just think it’s best we all stay together, with… everything.

[kheel. genli. papa. almost everyone in rito village. the blizzard. goddesses, that’s a lot of things! everything kinda just… crumbles around her, huh?]

[maybe she’ll crumble, too.]

[aaand that’s enough thinking for now! bad thoughts! she shouldn’t be thinking like that!]

um, do you know the way to where mr. legend and mr. ravio live? the ones that adopt lots of people? [she’s still angry about that! especially now that mama’s back!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Mm, you're pretty much clear... Fae thinks so, at least you're clean enough! From thread magic he means, from other things... Ehhh, you do you, fae doesn't do growing missing limbs requests*

Well, do they think the same! I don't see them here! And I'm not sure they're searching for you right now!

*Why are bird children so gullible? First Kheel, now you! The fae shouldn't be trusted that much first off, less if they're, well, like him! But oh well*

Mmm, yep! I think I remember it, Red right? Yeah the Red one, although I can't enter there, you would be alone again!

[therealcree]

[her threads mostly feel untampered with, although there is a remnant of some magic. the person who used the magic didn’t seem to be trying to alter her form, but just activate her nerves and cause as much pain as possible.]

…

[what if he’s right? they clearly just… left her here. maybe she should just leave them be.]

[but… if they’re in danger, cree needs to be there! to help them! it doesn’t matter if they care about her or not, she cares about them, and she’ll go make sure her siblings are okay. if they want her to leave afterwards, then… she’ll do that.]

i have to make sure.

that’s okay, we’re not going to mr. legend’s house! i just need to get to the area nearby. that’s where a lot of people are! my siblings might be there, too!

d-do you mind showing me the way, please?

[evilfairyrulie]

*So you know it feels already! Interesting, he has a theory of who did it*

*Oh poor you, still believing in them! Whatever fae's not that interested in sibling drama, fae had enough of that for a lifetime*

Sure sure, I'll guide you there! Don't know if there is a lot of people around anymore, last time I only found one lost bird! But whatever you want bluebird

*Fae flies off your shoulder, spinning around you and go in some direction, stopping to make sure you follow*

[therealcree]

[she gives faer a small smile, trying to shake away the bad thoughts. she doesn’t need those right now.]

thank you, mx. fairy!

[she waddles after him. huh, she’s still a little bit dizzy. her wound is healed though, so it can’t be that. maybe she’s just tired?]

[it doesn’t really matter, anyways. what matters is finding her siblings!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae grimaces a bit*

Evil Fairy, bluebird, not Fairy, EVIL Fairy

*What's up with everyone getting faers name wrong? Goddamn it*

*Quickly he's back to act friendly towards you though*

Shouldn't be that far... I think! Flying makes everything seem closer, don't you think?

*He goes ahead when you reach him, not going too fast to not let you that behind but neither does he go slower*

[therealcree]

[oh, oh no! cree didn’t mean to offend him!]

[wait… why evil? isn’t evil a bad thing? mama always told her that evil was bad. like calamity ganon. mr. link told her calamity ganon was super, duper evil! and he said calamity ganon made vah medoh act all mean!]

[she keeps these thoughts to herself, though. mama also always said not to judge others.]

okay, mx. evil fairy! sorry!

[…]

[yeah, flying does make everything seem closer. too bad she can’t fly anymore.]

[cree wonders how the pro- pros-the-tic wing is going. maybe she can check on princess zelda soon and see!]

yeah… i-i guess so.

[she jogs a bit to catch up. this really would be a lot easier if she still had her wing.]

[goddesses, she misses flying.]

[evilfairyrulie]

Forgiven! Just don't make the same mistake ever again!

*Fae continues, although this is going slow... Why are you so slow? That brat was faster than you, but whatever, need to keep the nice and helpful act and all that he supposes*

*... If you miss flying fae might have a solution! For later though, ideas need to marinate for a bit to be perfect*

*He starts to slow down*

We're near! I can feel those wards even from here! Can you? Oh of course no, you don't know magic I guess!

[therealcree]

o-okay…

[she continues to follow after faer, subconsciously rubbing the stub on her shoulder. she could feel an aching in her wing, even if it was no longer a part of her body.]

o-oh! y-yeah, i don’t know magic, b-but i kinda smell apple sweets!

[her mouth waters a bit. mr. mean legend is good at baking, she’ll give him that.]

m-my siblings might be nearby!

[evilfairyrulie]

*He fully stops, flying around you two times and stopping in front of you, humming as he thinks what to do now*

Sweets make me sick, but I guess you do you!

*Fae goes around for a bit, pretending to be searching for something, then comes back*

Hmm, I'm not that sure bluebird, can't sense anything near! Are you sure they would like to be here? I mean, there's a chance the only one here is only one of your siblings, and I'm not sure if you want to see her! I wouldn't

[therealcree]

[cree freezes. fae’s right, she doesn’t want to see kheel. she doesn’t think she can face her right now.]

[kheel stabbed her. her sweet baby sister plunged a knife into her chest. it… it makes cree want to cry, and scream, and say bad words (even if mama would get mad at her!)]

[she does none of those things, though. instead she looks ahead, glancing around.]

…they have to be here somewhere.

@notts-of-rito-village @the-realkotts if you want to join

[therealcree]

*Bored again, and alone too, he hates being alone! Sure fae has faers doll, but, well, it's not the same. Fae is boreeeed*

*He's walking without a goal in mind when he notices you, for a second mistaking you from someone else- oh shit his vision is being weird lately, no matter! You seem fun, fae has never seen you actually*

*He changes to fairy form, spinning around you once to then stop in front of you*

Hiii hihi hi! I don't think I have met you before! Can I know your name?

- @evilfairyrulie

[cree jumps with a gasp.]

[danger?! she should run, hide, fight—]

[no. no, this is just a fairy! papa told stories about fairies! they’re friendly creatures.]

oh! hi, you startled me! [she laughs awkwardly]

sure! my name is—

[papa told a lot of stories about fairies. he also told cree and her siblings to never, ever give a fairy their name.]

[she doesn’t remember what happens if you do, but she remembers it being super duper bad!]

um… my… [she looks at the surrounding area.]

my name is cliff.

[not the most creative nickname, but better than nothing!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Even if fae lost a big part of faerie abilities for. reasons. It's pretty much obvious that you lied with your name... You're smart!*

Nice to meet you Cliff! What are you doing out here? You seem young, where are your parents? Siblings? Anyone old enough to keep an eye on you?

*Doesn't matter! He's here and can do that job perfectly! Just ask the other birdchild, he's the best one for the task!*

Cool wing by the way

[therealcree]

um…

[fairies are still nice, right? she can probably trust faer. fae seems friendly!]

i… don’t know…

[she really doesn’t. where are notts and kotts?! are they safe? what if kheel got to them?!]

h-have you seen my siblings? they kinda l-look like me, but they have two wings, and one of them is red and the other is yellow!

[…right. her wing. singular.]

[cree misses flying…]

[no time for that though, she has to keep notts and kotts safe!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*He hums, thinking for a moment, fae has the feeling you skipped one! There are only a few bird children around after all, but he guesses that nobody wants her around anymore! Neither does fae anyways*

Mmm I don't think so! You're the second bird child that I see around, although you seem a lot more nicer!

*Oh the wing is a sensitive spot? Got it*

Why do you look sad? It's because of the wing? Oh come on! It looks cool, besides things can't be changed now, can they? You just gotta accept your new reality!

*Hypocrite, but let's not focus on that*

[therealcree]

[…he must’ve met kheel, then. or maybe some other rito kid is around causing trouble? cree doesn’t remember any of the kids in rito village being mean, but kheel used to be nice too, so who knows.]

[cree highly doubts that the stub looks ‘cool’, but whatever. maybe she just sees it differently because of… everything.]

[she tries to avoid thinking about it too much.]

n-no, i’m fine, i-it’s okay! [she gives fae the fakest smile ever] i’m just worried about my siblings!

[it’s not a lie, she is worried about them. so she’s not a liar! it’s fine. she doesn’t need to feel guilty!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Ah yes the old tale, youngest-- you're probably one of the youngest, you look tiny-- worrying about her siblings, because what if they disappear? What if they leave to never return? What if you never see them again?*

Ow poor little bluebird... Cheer up a bit! They must be okay, don't you have faith in them?

*Fae honestly doesn't, even without meeting them, but that might be an biased opinion*

I can keep you company while you're alone! Can't let a poor bird child all alone, mm?

[therealcree]

[…company is probably good. she doesn’t want to be alone right now.]

…yeah, but…

[notts got hurt. kotts seemed really upset. and the world is so dangerous! ever since the blizzard, nowhere has been safe. cree has faith in her siblings, but she doesn’t have faith in the world.]

…i-i should go look for them. just in case.

[where would they be, though? everyone seems to live close-ish to mr. mean-legends house, so maybe they’d be there?…]

[maybe.]

t-thanks…

[evilfairyrulie]

No need to thank me! I am merely here to help after all

*He goes to land on your right shoulder, humming as he starts to just see your threads the second faers legs do contact*

Why so needy of them? They can handle themselves, more if they had left you alone, are you sure they need you and not the other way around?

[therealcree]

[cree shivers. something feels… wrong about fae touching her. still, she can’t say anything. that’d be rude!]

i…

[they did leave her alone, didn’t they? right after she got… hurt.]

[huh, her chest kinda aches. that’s weird!]

i-i just think it’s best we all stay together, with… everything.

[kheel. genli. papa. almost everyone in rito village. the blizzard. goddesses, that’s a lot of things! everything kinda just… crumbles around her, huh?]

[maybe she’ll crumble, too.]

[aaand that’s enough thinking for now! bad thoughts! she shouldn’t be thinking like that!]

um, do you know the way to where mr. legend and mr. ravio live? the ones that adopt lots of people? [she’s still angry about that! especially now that mama’s back!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Mm, you're pretty much clear... Fae thinks so, at least you're clean enough! From thread magic he means, from other things... Ehhh, you do you, fae doesn't do growing missing limbs requests*

Well, do they think the same! I don't see them here! And I'm not sure they're searching for you right now!

*Why are bird children so gullible? First Kheel, now you! The fae shouldn't be trusted that much first off, less if they're, well, like him! But oh well*

Mmm, yep! I think I remember it, Red right? Yeah the Red one, although I can't enter there, you would be alone again!

[therealcree]

[her threads mostly feel untampered with, although there is a remnant of some magic. the person who used the magic didn’t seem to be trying to alter her form, but just activate her nerves and cause as much pain as possible.]

…

[what if he’s right? they clearly just… left her here. maybe she should just leave them be.]

[but… if they’re in danger, cree needs to be there! to help them! it doesn’t matter if they care about her or not, she cares about them, and she’ll go make sure her siblings are okay. if they want her to leave afterwards, then… she’ll do that.]

i have to make sure.

that’s okay, we’re not going to mr. legend’s house! i just need to get to the area nearby. that’s where a lot of people are! my siblings might be there, too!

d-do you mind showing me the way, please?

[evilfairyrulie]

*So you know it feels already! Interesting, he has a theory of who did it*

*Oh poor you, still believing in them! Whatever fae's not that interested in sibling drama, fae had enough of that for a lifetime*

Sure sure, I'll guide you there! Don't know if there is a lot of people around anymore, last time I only found one lost bird! But whatever you want bluebird

*Fae flies off your shoulder, spinning around you and go in some direction, stopping to make sure you follow*

[therealcree]

[she gives faer a small smile, trying to shake away the bad thoughts. she doesn’t need those right now.]

thank you, mx. fairy!

[she waddles after him. huh, she’s still a little bit dizzy. her wound is healed though, so it can’t be that. maybe she’s just tired?]

[it doesn’t really matter, anyways. what matters is finding her siblings!]

[evilfairyrulie]

*Fae grimaces a bit*

Evil Fairy, bluebird, not Fairy, EVIL Fairy

*What's up with everyone getting faers name wrong? Goddamn it*

*Quickly he's back to act friendly towards you though*

Shouldn't be that far... I think! Flying makes everything seem closer, don't you think?

*He goes ahead when you reach him, not going too fast to not let you that behind but neither does he go slower*

[therealcree]

[oh, oh no! cree didn’t mean to offend him!]

[wait… why evil? isn’t evil a bad thing? mama always told her that evil was bad. like calamity ganon. mr. link told her calamity ganon was super, duper evil! and he said calamity ganon made vah medoh act all mean!]

[she keeps these thoughts to herself, though. mama also always said not to judge others.]

okay, mx. evil fairy! sorry!

[…]

[yeah, flying does make everything seem closer. too bad she can’t fly anymore.]

[cree wonders how the pro- pros-the-tic wing is going. maybe she can check on princess zelda soon and see!]

yeah… i-i guess so.

[she jogs a bit to catch up. this really would be a lot easier if she still had her wing.]

[goddesses, she misses flying.]

[evilfairyrulie]

Forgiven! Just don't make the same mistake ever again!

*Fae continues, although this is going slow... Why are you so slow? That brat was faster than you, but whatever, need to keep the nice and helpful act and all that he supposes*

*... If you miss flying fae might have a solution! For later though, ideas need to marinate for a bit to be perfect*

*He starts to slow down*

We're near! I can feel those wards even from here! Can you? Oh of course no, you don't know magic I guess!

[therealcree]

o-okay…

[she continues to follow after faer, subconsciously rubbing the stub on her shoulder. she could feel an aching in her wing, even if it was no longer a part of her body.]

o-oh! y-yeah, i don’t know magic, b-but i kinda smell apple sweets!

[her mouth waters a bit. mr. mean legend is good at baking, she’ll give him that.]

m-my siblings might be nearby!