nativized | IC Contact (Folkmore)

Thirteen made this place... the mice might be a part of her? Or controlled by her... unless they came here to prove themselves too? I don't know how long Folkmore has been around or how it functions.... (・_・ヾ
I'll ask more people about the trials and see if Folkmore was ever in trouble in the past!

But somewhere that runs on connections and makes you tell truths and be around people... do you think that's the real reason we came here? Not a test, but so Thirteen can make Folkmore exist by making it run on people sharing secrets or talking, that's...

(¯ . ¯;) Can magic really work like that?

[ Spark brought it up, but Sayori feels like she's the one being dumb here, even if the signs might point to encouraging emotional connections between people. But why? Can that really make a difference? Help a magical place or help people grow...?

She honestly prefers focusing on the image attachment more: because Sayori knows cute.

And the next photo he gets contains the same doll, but now it's sitting on the edge of a bed with two others: a pink cow, and a pig. They're sat next to each other, all to make them picture perfect. ]

Empirically, seems so.

I can't know for *certain* if the realm is fueled by it, but the Lore in our spoons does help us buy things or even summon things with the water trick (did anyone tell you about that yet?) and I can tell you that confessions made that fire bigger. I can also tell you my spoon is "more full" by chatting with people. So there is a power and that power grows through social contact.

Now, there is an open question as to if (as was claimed to me) that's naturally occurring, if that's a system set up by the Fox, or somewhere between the two.

Actually a lot of the claims I was given were in this thread (and some others in the related post). There's even a claim there to the age of Folkmore as a whole (as far as they know)

[ And he links to this old entry, and in particular his thread with username "Incendiary" ... which does begin with the claim death isn't real so uh, sorry about that ]

If you find out about more trails please tell me. I have heard about a few but the one that captures people's memories seems to be a wild hunt from a while back

[ ... Oh, cute. they really know how to pose those and he's surprised that - maybe they got them from the wedges? Or they bought them? ... None of the rest of what he has to hand is really in the same vein of endearing, though. Hmmm. He'll just praise them ]

Cute design picks there

I don't know about the water trick...! What is it?

[ She does click on the link, and, hm. The topic doesn't affect her too much, but it does lead her thoughts somewhere else. It's not unusual to think that death doesn't have to be permanent when--what is death? What are they? ]

I'll read that page when I get a chance, thank you! And I'll let you know anything I find out. Maybe my detective friend's detective friend will know more and I can get more from them. Would you like me to share your username in case you two want to chat about trials together too?

Thanks! I really like cute things. I've been trying to make my space...nicer? It feels too empty! Even if I know I should be focusing on being a better person or maybe learning new things than collecting toys...

But I heard you have to find the magic school in a swamp (￣ω￣;) and if I have to go back to school, learning magic sounds the best!

Be careful about that magic school. I have yet to get there myself because the path through that swamp is very confusing and dangerous. Fog's everywhere, there's dangerous beasts around, and it kind of feels like the land itself moves to prevent people from going in

[ ... Or just him because he doesn't meet the criteria of "was exiled before and/or is being punished" so Exile rejects him. But that said, he hums to himself and with that vital topic out of the way first he moves on to the rest of it: ]

You can forward my username to anyone I think there's some trust between us! ♥ (but more seriously I want to understand more things too)

Okay so the spoon you arrived with, right? You can use it to purchase things by tapping spoons with the sprit-folk you're buying from. Probably how you got the decor, right? But you can also drop that spoon into a vessel of water, think about something you want, and in exchange for Lore you can make it appear. Normal things and also things from your home (or replicas therefore of not sure which). In general I feel like they cost a little more than store stuff, but its a very important thing to know

[ Referring, of course, to this system. He's a little resentful he didn't get it explained by the Fox immediately or anything either so he tries to tell people if they don't know. ]

In terms of "being better" though, we don't even know if this *is* a goal here! Not sure decorating a space is mutually exclusive either

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[ ...o-oh, okay, so maybe magic learning is a bust, and the wonderful Ghibli dream that Sayori barely had (really, she had no idea what she wanted to learn magic-wise, but it just sounded cool??) has been burst... Oh no, she's got to contact the firefighter about it...!! ]

Oh no, I've never met a monster before... okay, maybe magic learning isn't for me? Hmmm....

[ Ho huuumm.... ]

But I promise my friend is trustworthy! We hang out and talk about being here all the time. And I would give you a sparkling recommendation too~ (｡•́‿•̀｡)

[ Which, sure, she's only talked to him twice, but she doesn't really think she has anything to worry about with Spark! ]

And wow, now I need to try that soon, the water trick...! Something from home... I'll have to think hard about what I want. It would be nice to have a few things. [ Maybe some clothes...? ...her big cow plush... ] I'll tell my friends about it too!

And I know that the reason we're here is... well, the Fox doesn't seem like someone we can trust. I don't know if people get to go home when they've proved themselves, or what proving themselves would mean to the Fox.

[ But there's more to it for her than just the Fox. Does she need to prove herself? No, the moment Sayori thinks about it, the fear grips her heart instantly.

I don't want to disappear. I don't want anyone hurting me again.

She hovers on what to say, if anything. Nothing that might burden Spark, she can't do that--but she's so inadequate, isn't she? In every way, compared to the other people around her, there's plenty lacking in her.

So, what does she want? ]

I want to be able to help the people around me, especially since this place is so tough on everyone. Asking them to give up their secrets and taking them so far away from home... if I play along with the idea a little, maybe I can help the people around me by being more confident. Or being stronger in scary situations.
I'd like to be a better person in that way!

[ There's not much else she can give when there's so many amazing people all around her. She needs to catch up. ]

[ He wants to assure her that there is a good chance she could still get there, could still learn magic... but it would be empty platitudes. He's yet to get there. he has no idea how dangerous it is once there, or even once near there. So he leaves it be... or at least intends to. As he reads more, he wonders, ]

To fight a monster is entirely different than fighting men, if you've ever done that.

[ He tests the waters of who or what, precisely, (Say)Ori is. ]

But yeah, I'd agree those are good places to start. Honestly, asking these questions at all and having an awareness of goals I think shows you have a decent head on your shoulders!

the matter of "Potential" has me curious as a whole. I have heard from one person that they went back home and returned here, remembering events. Someone else posted on the network the other day saying they went back and hacve returned, not remembering events.

I don't know if either met their potential.

I haven't fought anyone! I'm no good at fighting... I don't even like getting into verbal fights with my friends.

So I wouldn't get very far with a monster...! Unless it felt so bad for me, it let me leave, ehehe...

[ If only......... ]

But hmm, so finding your potential could really just be an excuse for the Fox? But I wonder why they pick the people they do? Or sending them back where they came from and bringing them back.. did the person who remembered being here say anything about what happened when they left?

It could be an excuse, it could be we don't understand the criteria. It could be there's a whole other missing variable. There's also the open question as to why we're here from its point of view. What's the benefit for it (unless the theory of Lore generation is true)

The guy didn't say. I only met him the once, and it was pretty early on for me

Not wanting to fight with friends is usually a good thing

We should learn more first, I guess... but...

Do you fight people? Or monsters? Is it normal?

[ Sorry, Spark, but she wants to know more...!

But she does think to quickly send separately: ]

If it's okay to ask!

Both at different times! Though 'monster' isn't always my first word of choice.

It's more normal than it probably should be. At least in the realms I'm familiar with

I see... when I'm from, well, people only fight in wars or if there's a crime. Or for sports!

But if there's monsters or something of the kind where you're from... do you come from a world where people use swords? And staffs? You did say you used magic before!

Yes and yes! For the word I came from.

[ He'll even take a picture of it- it's a shot of his shortsword in its scabbard. A dark grey metal with some stylish designs on the pommel and crossguard. It's propped up against a log ]

Staffs I don't have a good photo evidence for

Σ(°ロ°) wwww a real life swordsman! People haven't used swords where I come from in a really long time! And we never had magic. It's only in story books and games that magic comes up!

You're so cool~~ (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) You're even out in the woods too?

[ Or someone outdoorsy....just like a fantasy character! ]

My current campsites near Lapine. I've been trying to follow the rivers for a while, determine when the seals start appearing in them (seems to be once you get into the desert btw)

[ Being praised for it, being something like a fantasy character... it's the second time in as few days. Her and Makoto. It's... nice, but it's also a little unsettling. It gives him flashbacks of when he was younger, first exposed to that world. It isn't the best of memories, if he's honest. But he can't help but also feel amused. ]

Wait, seals... not seal animals? A magical seal?

[ Or maybe the animal seal? ...but why would they be in the water near the desert...! ]

Oh!

Okay so there's a river that flows down from the the mountains north of Epiphany* down through the desert of Cruel Summer and ends somewhere in the swamps of Exile** where it sort of intersects with another river. Locals and maps call it the Selkie. During the desert potion, there's a breed of mild tempered seals (the animal) which seem to thrive in the potion that flows through the desert.

* - I think, I've found the sources of tributaries but not the main river
** - Again, I think. I've never made it far into Exile

Ooooo wow, so real seals! That's so amazing! And you're looking for them? Why?

Curiosity, mostly

The river flows through a lot of this realm and I've been told the Salkie name comes from a story about seals, but the seals are only in that one region. The river also is pretty calm, doesn't seem to ebb or flood all that much.

If I'm being honest its mostly a task to keep me busy and traveling though

I thought it was because you really liked seals, but even for curiosity...! I don't even travel around to different places in Folkmore by the bus, so being able to go so far by your own... I couldn't do it!

I hope you don't get lonely out there. Or that you have friends you can talk to! Unless it doesn't bother you?

Well I'm talking to you, aren't I? ♥

But no seriously I'm just here with me out here. But I usually stick close to the towns and cities, sleep in them by night. See people there! That and studying things on the Relic here when I'm camping

You're a regular passenger on that Cat Bus?

Serious or not serious, you can always talk to me when you need a friend! ♥

I saw the cat bus once, but I never went on it. Actually, I've only been on the train twice to go between Wintermute and Epiphany. This is the first time I've been able to leave or go anywhere I want, but... there's so much choice, I don't really know what I would do if I would go to the other places? Maybe that sounds strange, but...

Where I'm from, people never traveled! We all stayed in a city, and I never thought about anywhere outside there as somewhere I would go.

Hehe, I'm not very adventurous~

A small world huh?

[ So young, something like a peasant, impoverished, or all of the above. She says a city, so it could also be that the city fulfilled all their needs? Depends on the sort of world they're from. Lex runs through several things in his mind's eye, but ultimately it's not going to come to much. So instead, ]

Take the train and see some other places, now you have the chance. Even if you're furnishing an apartment, seeing new things'll expand your horizons.

Elder Mother station in Willow will get you right in the heart of the town there, and it's within a mile or two of the Amrita (the school). Then Obamabo station is pretty near both Puca Park and Talaria, in the desert's edge and south end of the lakes respectively. There's actually two stations in Epiphany, both with stuff to see. Luan station has a shopping district full of birdsong around it, leads right up to the school and the main city. Jami Station lets out pretty near the neighborhood of Satori Hills, and there's a bunch of places there including a high fashion business I'd recommend run by a person I know named Rue. The station up by Wintermute is pretty near the science school up there too.

All of those are pretty safely and easily navigated. Even if you don't know what to do, just wander around and see and hear what you can feel around you.

[ And via horse or cat bus there's even more places. But they said they didn't travel much. So Lex starts (by his logic at least) small. ]

[ Really, really small. ]

Traveling advice by the expert...! Maybe I should try something new, too. I'm not ready for going out into the wild like you, but a town sounds cozy~ I'll take pictures when I go! Epiphany's been really beautiful in places.

I'll visit your friend's store, too! Going to stores where people make the clothes themselves is really high class where I'm from. Even just seeing the sights though... that sounds nice.

I should spread my wings a little~ (even if I don't have any!)

I know I recommend it, for sure The train line makes it a lot easier to see a lot more variety. Hell, even just riding on it through the windows you'll see Cruel Summer, maybe even see Never Fade in the distance. Probably plenty of pictures to see

And yeah Rue's a real talent. A little scary looking but that's only for the first few seconds

The world's only as big or as small as what you see and let in

[ He said, even though he himself... uh. Well, he's been feeling restless for both the size of the "world" and how small "this world" seems to be sometimes. ]

[ The world is only as big or as small as what you see and let in...

He's probably right. No, he likely is. There's so many places she could be going, but it feels too large to even begin--where when she's left to her own devices, she doesn't know what to do. To be off script--to have no script.

Is this what living life is really like...? ]

Then, can I ask a favor? Um, only if it isn't any trouble...! But I'd like to see pictures of the places you visit. Even if there isn't much, or it doesn't seem so... it'll be the first time I've seen more than my own city, or outside Epiphany.

Call it a way of distracting yourself more! ♪ But it's okay if you don't want to do it.

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