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Hibernation interrupted? OTA

🧙 WHO: Rhia and anyone out and about in the winter woods?
⚔️️ WHAT: Rhia hunting for berries.
🕒 WHEN: End of January into February.
🗺️ WHERE: Anywhere wooded
⚠️ WARNINGS: Possible angst? Some matter of factness about life and death. Possible additional warning for a mood altering fruit if she shares it this log.

For those few who had met Rhia already, they might have noticed that she hadn't been seen much of late. While she knew that there were places for the humans in the buildings - and even with her white wings, pointed ears, and clothes that brightened and dimmed with her own life force, she considered herself human most of the time - she never much cared for spending so much time inside walls. Without having to stay there to watch over her brother or an orphan, or anyone else she cared for, she preferred to sleep away from the nests that humans built. So she'd been finding burrows and hidey holes within the woods. She might have spent a week curled up with a family of bears, or inside of exceptionally large boles with squirrels or even just in the branches of various coniferous trees where her outfit of green leaves and vines and bark brown skin made her all but invisible.

But some days the stars were too pretty to ignore and she'd find a rock in a clearing or the roof of a building to lay out on under a blanket of woven plant leavings, shivering but happily watching the constellations. Or she'd be out by day stepping light as a fawn as she hunted any bushes that still had berries to yield. Or if she saw someone too much like her brother that needed pouncing - which was mostly be Sokka at this point - she might pounce him from the trees. To others she might be noticed only as a sense of being watched while out among the trees. But if you are attempting to harm a living tree, beware, for she will try and stop you....

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Harry and Rose are currently walking around the forest one cool early morning before he could start training his magic soon. It’s moments like this that he finds the most relaxing since they give him some time to enjoy some peace and quiet and have some alone time, which is quite rare for him back since he has to deal with so much things stuffed into his brain and his life in danger all the time.

The winds are feeling rather chilly at times, even with him being dressed for the weather today, mostly on the face. Though to be fair, he doesn’t have one of those scarves that could shield the lower half of his face from the cold winds, which does explain why his cheeks are looking tomato red.

She was perched in her branch, watching as he passed. She grinned a bit. "You remind me of my brother when Halia's name comes up," she said with a giggle. "Mostly in the cheeks."

“Oh Rhia, hi! Nice to see you again,” Harry waves back at her from his position with Rose squeaking happily and bouncing up and down from sitting on Harry’s right shoulder.

“Erm, it must be the weather making my cheeks red like a tomato today: I didn’t expect the winds to be this chilly today,” he admits to her while scratching his head with his right hand.

"Or you're thinking of someone?" she teased. "Who is she?"

Rhia surely must be onto something because her question has Harry both laughing and baffled at the same time. Hopefully she doesn’t mind hearing his awkward story with Ginny lately because what he did to their relationship is very stupid on his part and he worries that Ginny might not forgive him for it.

“Oh, maybe I was probably thinking of my ex back home,” he replies nervously, “Her name is Ginny Weasley, and she’s my best friend Ron’s little sister, she is a year younger than me and him. We used to go to the same school together and in the same school house. Now, the two of us once dated each other after dating other people in my Sixth Year, but I had to break up with her before I went on this treasure destroying quest with her brother and our friend for her safety, but she got mad at me because I didn’t told her about it in the first place before I left.”

"Treasure destroying? Don't people go seeking to find and collect treasures or to use them, rather than destroying them?"

For a moment her smile faded as her hand went to the vines on her belt that once held the Orb of Fire. That treasure had been destroyed. They were all gone now. All the treasures of the land she was born to. The only world she'd known before Avalon, save for in stories. The Orb had been in her keeping when it shattered. She knew it was not her fault, but she mourned with her world for its loss.

“Well, this is a really long and weird story about the treasures I was hunting, but someone from my world didn’t like the idea of dying and tried to live forever. So he decided to steal some treasures and insert parts of his soul onto each item called Horcruxes so he could be able to live forever. That’s considered a bad thing to do in my world as splintering the soul into parts leaves it really vulnerable to damage,” he explains himself to a concerned Rhia, “He even turned his snake into a Horcrux as well.”

Now he isn’t sure if mentioning being once a Horcrux will do any good, but he decides maybe it’s not the right time to mention it for now.

She frowned a bit. "I don't think anyone would like the idea of dying, but that's just part of nature. We all try to fight it, if it feels too soon, and that's part of nature too... but if you have a soul and you break it up, isn't that already like dying?"

Though she was in an odd position, because part of her soul technically did break off and attach to someone else, but that was because she had died. And most of being alive was better than not being alive at all. Besides, it did Merlin good to never be fully alone.

He nods in return, agreeing with Rhia that Death is a part of life no matter how hard one tries to avoid it in the long run. It did nothing for Voldemort in the end as each Horcrux was destroyed with each piece of soul, including one that was inside him. Accepting Death like a friend and as a part of life and nature is what gave Harry the title of the Master of Death after holding onto the Deathly Hallows.

“It can definitely count as dying since that procedure used to make those soul pieces is dangerous and it does a number on the soul,” Harry replies as he readjusts his scarf around his neck.

"Then that reminds me of a squirrel trying to dig up nuts on the frozen river," she said making a face. "And all this is too serious for a cool winter day like today. A shame you don't have any way to come flying with us." Because more than anything she wanted to fly away from these grim thoughts.

“Okay, that’s understandable, maybe we can change topics if that’s okay with you,” Harry is hoping not to talk too much about Horcruxes and death for now, his eyes then gaze at some berry bushes and he soon notices that Rose’s tummy growling in hunger.

The little Pygmy Puff starts to feel cranky and squeaks frantically, staring at the berries in longing. He wants to get some for her, but he can’t be sure if some might be dangerous for familiar and human consumption. Since Rhia spends most of her time at the woods, maybe she knows her way around them to help ease Rose’s hunger.

"Alright." She leaned down from her branch as she heard the puff's noises. "Is she okay?"

“Rose is feeling hungry right now, so she is now looking for something to eat before she gets super cranky later in the day,” Harry informs Rhia of Rose’s hunger pains, “I just can’t be sure of which berries are safe for her to eat.”

"I can help!" she offered, cheerfully.

“Excellent, I appreciate the help a lot, Rhia,” Harry can finally have a sigh of relief the moment she offers to help him out.

Rose is also happy to hear that someone has an idea of what kind of berries can be safe for her to munch on. Her master might not be the best forager of berries just yet but, with Rhia’s help, he could be able to identify and find which berries are safe for Pygmy Puffs and humans to feast on.

She dropped to the ground beside them and knelt before the bush. "Can you eat what humans can eat?" she asked Rose. "Or do you have a different diet?"

Rose squeaks up her answer which would be translated into ‘We tend to be omnivores in diet, but I like veggies and fruits a lot.”

“Well, it looks like most Pygmy Puffs are partial to both meat and plants alike, though Rose over here prefers to eat her veggies and fruits. I’m not sure if she can’t eat specific foods that would harm her,” Harry adds in.

She nodded. "Then the best is to trust the berries!" she said cheerfully. "Try one, give it a few minutes when you hit a type you don't know. If you're fine then, try a few more and wait. If you're still fine, you can trust the berries!" she popped a handful into her mouth, because this sort she already knew.

There is little to do for Link now that Zelda disappeared and he can often be found walking his remlit around during the evening. His Loftwing requires almost no care as he enjoys flying around and taking care of himself but the little pest? Oh, Link's familiar is more than needy and demanding, both mornings and evenings are dedicated to the cat-like creature whenever he has time to do so.

Anyway, he was minding his own businesses while checking the woods when he stops as soon as he spots Rhiannon. That's... a person with wings. Now, with a bit of common sense he'd know not to bother a poor stranger just because he has a fascination with bird features, but at the same time... wings. After a moment of hesitation, he finally steps closer, not even knowing what she's doing in the middle of the woods. Perhaps he'll be lucky (or shameless) enough to touch her wings, he'd like to pass his fingers through those feathers.]

Good evening, miss.

She glanced over when he spoke and gave him a bright smile. "Just Rhia's fine," she told him. She fished the last few berries from the bush she had been raiding and poured all but a few into her pouch. Those few went to her mouth. "Also hunting for berries?" she asked.

How inappropriate can it be approaching someone and just randomly asking if you can fondle their wings? Probably too much, so Link refrains from doing so, at least for the moment. "Rhia, that's a nice name. I'm Link of Skyloft, at your service." he comments, offering a small bow in her direction. "Oh, no, just strolling around in the company of my familiar." The cat-like creature yawns in her direction "You just... pardon me if I'm too bold, but you caught my attention."

Her wings did. Link is a still a shameless child who gets excited over that kind of things at time.

"Hi, Link. Is Skyloft part of Avalon? Or Fincayra?" she asked. He had the pointed ears of all Fincayrians - even if hers were hidden by her hair - but he didn't have wings... Why had Dagda not given him his wings too? As far as she knew only one human hadn't gotten any and that was because the great spirit said he had to earn them by making up for all the evil he'd done.

She didn't mind that she had gotten his attention. After all, he was a mystery, and if he didn't have his wings because he was dangerous, it was better to know now, rather than find out later.

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"Oh? I... no, Skyloft is Skyloft, I admit I don't know what the land below is called."

Hyrule. Skyloft is right above Hyrule, they just still have to colonize the world below and give it a name, Link and the other villagers have been locked in the sky for literal centuries after all. His ears twitch just a little as his attention moves to her wings again, but he's trying to be polite, so...

"Well..." He scratches the back of his head, smiling and feeling a bit awkward because he doesn't really know what to say. Good job, Link, approaching someone and not even knowing what to chat about! "... I guess it is considering the land of Hylia and my friend named if Grooseland, so... maybe Hylialand?" He's bad with names...

She laughed a bit. "It sounds like your head is in the clouds even more than my brother's," she teased. "It must be wonderful to live in the sky though, like a Wind Sister."

"I suppose, after all we do live between the clouds. We don't really have wings, though, not like yours..." He paused for one second, stepping closer and glancing once more behind her back. "I have to admit they're very... fascinating. We do have Loftwings that carry us between floating islands but I always wondered what it'd be like to be able to fly on my own."

She giggled a bit. "Me too! My brother was always on my case about the wings I would try to craft for myself. I started to think that boys his age had no imagination at all." Except for love poems to a certain deer lady. "But then Dagda gave us all our wings back when we stood to fight to save our land alongside the other races." she stretched her wings which were more transparent than usual at the moment. She tilted her head. "Why didn't you get your wings?" she asked, curious. Still wary, but she didn't show it.

Link crossed his arm, grinning. He may not understand a few things but she seems friendly enough and... oh, Goddess, how much he'd like to get wings himself. He could even imagine Groose and Zelda's face as he darted between them as they were riding their giant birds!

"Huh? Well, my Loftwing is my wings. We fly as one, we children of Hylia don't really get wings for ourselves."

"Well then maybe you should have come down and helped," she said, raising her brows. "Or maybe Dagda thought that since you already had ways to fly you didn't need them. Do you have the ache between your shoulders?" she asked, wrapping her wings over her arms like a cloak for warmth.

"We actually didn't even know there was a Wold Below until... months ago? Hard to travel to the surface and help when you don't even know about it." And, as far as he knows, he did all he was asked once the way down was open. He literally helped by saving the reincarnation of the Goddess and his best friend. "I... don't know who Dagda is but, no, I don't really feel anything strange between my shoulders. We're just.... used to consider our Loftwings our wings."

"Weird," she said. "I wonder how that changed once the worlds merged..." She leaned back on her heels and considered it, then grinned impishly. "I'd love to meet a loftwings, I've never heard of such a creature! And then we could go flying together!" She loved flying. She still hadn't gotten her fill.

"Actually, we found out about the surface before the world started to... well, this. My best friend fell between the clouds and I had to follow her, that opened a new whole world of opportunities for all of us." There's a pause then, and he sighs.

"I can introduce you to a Loftwing, my partner is back home, but his side was somehow reduced and... I'm afraid he'll not be able to carry me freely. Trust me, I'd love to go flying with you."

She considered a moment, then grinned. "We can help. Anyone who wants to fly should be able to. Can you get to the top of the tree without hurting her?" she asked. The her being the tree, of course.

He was somehow confused by Rhia's question, but at the same time curiosity automatically got the best of him- if someone could help him fly, he wanted to try. "I can climb a tree, yes.". He didn't even bother questioning the use of a female noun, he met the Kikwi in his world and they're half animals and half plants... if the tree is a she, the knight is not going to question it. "What's the plan?"

She gave an impish smile. "You'll see. Just don't get scared and wiggle too much," she teased as she leapt for the lowest branch and pulled herself up with ease. She looked like a cluster of leaves as she moved swiftly upward as though she were part of the tree herself.

"It's okay, I'm trusting you." Even because he had his sailcloth so even if he was to fall down, that wasn't really going to trouble him too much. He's quick after her, climbing like he had countless experience before- a tree is nothing compared to weirdest things he had to deal with during his journey. "There we go!" he coments, sitting on the top and smiling brightly in her direction.

She grinned and whistled. Her familiar came at her whistle. It was a glorious phoenix in all the colours of flames. The bird spun a few times for the glory of flying, and to show off some beautiful plumage, then dipped low to the trees. Rhia held a hand out towards Link. "I'll hold one hand, she'll hold your other," she said, eyes twinkling with amusement.

Beautiful! That was a wonderful looking familiar! Link put down his remlit on a tree branch and immediately prepared himself. Again, he had the security of his sailcloth to block any eventual fall but- who was he to stay confined on the ground when an opportunity to soar in the sky just presented itself?

"I... yes, please.." That was all he managed to say, securing his sailcloth for easy access before offering them his hands.

She grabbed one hand as the talons of her bird grabbed his other one. She unfurled her wings and they both pushed off, launching the three of them up into the air. Rhia laughed merrily, a sound her brother said was just like bells. Her head tossed back as they flew higher and higher, her voice lifting in song as their bodies lifted in the air.

"Hy gododin Cantann hue
Hud a lledrith mal wyddan
Gaunce ae bellawn wen cabri
Varigal don Fincayra
Dravia, Dravia, Fincayra"

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Hibernation interrupted? OTA

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Yeaaaah. Notifs ate this one too. Please feel free to poke me in the future

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Sorry it took me so long.

What are you talking about you were super fast!

To get the OTA up in the first place so they can meet.

No worries! I was kind of dead last month, so...

So much the same.

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Warning, going to bed soon.

We can continue whenver you'll be around again.

Awesome. I'm enjoying this a lot! :D

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