Being Present

by Flicker Greenridge

Didn't expect to dream about Argus. Haven't in a long time. Huh, doesn't feel much like a dream. I guess they don't always feel like dreams though do they? Or maybe it's not. Maybe when I find Reidoth I'll ask about this magic? Or...What did I eat before lying down...anything with hallucinogens? Figure it out later. Enjoy getting to talk with him now.

Well.....he's not wrong. About everything. Ha, just like always. Will I ever get to his level of wisdom? Maybe, if I follow his words, if he keeps teaching me, if - ah. Gone again. At least he came back, if only for a moment, if only as a dream or a vision or a hallucination, at least he came back.

...Miibair? MIIBAIR!

no

No

NO

What is this?!

How do I get him back? Where - How can I - Did - ...Argus .....he came to warn me?

Breathe.

Ok.
Ok. He warned me. Miibair wasn't mine to keep. None of them are. Miibair left, they all left, but we had time together before. Have gratitude. I need to focus - appreciate what's here now, right? Right? Right. This....badger and baboon and...is that a mastiff? It's okay..it's new, it's different, it is what it is.

Commit to memory his warning. His Lesson? His words. Remember his words. Breathe. Calm down. Keep breathing. Things change. I shouldn't try to control the change, it's not mine to try to control, it's good, it's good. It's. Good.

Be strong....stay strong...don't cry....don't cry..don't cry.don't crydon'tcrydontcryd-don'tcccrrr -

.....Eethyl? and Damaia?

....They didn't leave?

....They came back......

They didn't leave! They came back!
They didn't leave.

And...if they leave...it's okay.

They're here now.

I'll be here now.

-

Mandrake, Wolf disappears so easily. Dunno if the Baboon can help him up there. Makes me uneasy to think of him on his own, this place gives me the creeps. Why is everything always underground and dark? Did Eethyl suggest living HERE? Or the MANOR!? ...Wonder if Harbin would deed us the Tap House. Or if Halia would if.... well we'll see.

We were not the best options here...the two smallest in the party trying to churn these big wheels? Ha! Oh well. Again, it is what it is.

Sweet! Open! But...how do we get out?

What the hollyhock is that hissing noise? UuhhhhhhEethyl better hurryup and getouttahere. I was just a mouse two minutes ago!

Here we go. Okay, remember, they're all here to help. Let the animals help. Let these people help.

Did Fortune just...tackle one of those things? To protect Keth? Wow....I guess he's probably a good dancing partner. Really should stop stepping on his toes.

AGH MY EARS. Where - aaaa, yes, he does enjoy that thunderwave doesn't he? As long as they're all safe now. Yes, stick together.

That's an awful lot of barking.

...That's an awful lot of baddies.

Maybe I'll bring the outside in?

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Every Time
Marpenoth 29, 1492

Poor Judgement
Marpenoth 30, 1492

Second Thoughts
Uktar 1, 1492

Being Present
Uktar 2, 1492 - day

Getting Through
Uktar 2, 1492 - night

Organizing Ideas
Uktar 3, 1492 - part 1

Strange Happenings
Uktar 3, 1492 - part 2

More Surprises
Uktar 3, 1492 - part 3

Shell Games
Uktar 3, 1492 - part 4

Clipped Notes
Uktar 4-6, 1492

Logging Camp
Uktar 6, 1492

Years Ago
Years Ago

During Watch
Uktar 7, 1492

The Band
Marpenoth 2, 1492

Of Apples
Uktar 8, 1492

In Town
Uktar 9-11, 1492

Meeting Falcon
Night of Uktar 11 - Night of Uktar 14

Woodland Walk
Uktar 15-16, 1492

Mad Manse
Uktar 16, 1492

Still Up
Night of Uktar 16, 1492

Processing Change
Late Uktar 16/early Uktar 17, 1492

Three Down
Uktar 17, 1492

New Debt
Uktar 18, 1492

To Return
Uktar 19-20, 1492

Kindling Papers
Morning of Uktar 21, 1492

Light(ning) House
Uktar 21, 1492

Cloudy Mind
Morning of Uktar 23, 1492

Pip Stonehill
Uktar 24 1492

Herbal Teas
Marpenoth 10, 1485

Ice Wall
Uktar 26, 1492

Going Back
Uktar 28, 1492

An Ending
Feast of the Moon, 1492

Being Present

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