[handwritten]

[hasapoint]

So we're leaving the desert soon. Anyone want to bet on where we go next? What do you want to see? Personally, if I had my druthers: oak savanna. Get a lot more plants and trees around but they're not in dense stands. Good grazing country while still having shade and windbreaks. Maybe even real horses. These scaly ones are well enough but they're just not very expressive.

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[sometimes she draws that two reverse crescents symbol to 'sign' her contributions to the network, sometimes not. It looks like the crescent quillions of her sword, not that anyone here would know.]

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[solitarynote]

Climbing…

[That sounded like a lot of work. Sunny had been hoping that the Ferryman might have an elevator or something that might just deposit them right at the train. That would be too easy though, right?]

No, I use my pencil. [Though he’s sure the others with more electronic means of communication are using their fingers.] Are you using your wings…? [Why did this matter so much? It did to Sunny, hence why he continued his pursuit of the truth. Maybe… maybe the bird used some sort of telepathy like in a sci-fi movie?

…Space Bird.]

[solitarynote]

Soft grass, like carpet.

Dogs would make Kel happy.

[It wasn’t that Sunny disliked dogs, he was just used to having a cat around… before…]

[toilet_bound]

Or late night drama shows!!

[Not that Tsuchigomori allowed those channels to be broadcast on their Ye Old Television set. They most often ended up watching the Mokke channel.

If Hanako was being honest with himself though, he probably couldn’t handle said scenes either.]

If anything, it would be nice to be able to relax after being in a desert! I haven’t been able to feel warm water for several decades~

[toilet_bound]

Ahaha, I’m sure our generous guide is probably through with my questions for the time being~!

[Probably not true, as the Ferryman seemed to have an abundance of patience without no chance of it running out, but it was certainly another thing to add to the growing list of ‘ask later.’]

[witnessvelama]

[He has a moment to wish he had more proof that it's not the case, but...]

It seems to me that these places are remnants of ones that were once occupied - I suppose there are cities that became flooded, when they were abandoned, but if they are truly unlivable climes, then it seems unlikely that we would stop there.

But if we do, my apologies Othalo that you will need to suffer so.

[witnessvelama]

The river too has been a constant.

They are, but any sort of mine or quarry labors under similar dangerous conditions. If the time in the desert has taught us anything, it is that the logic of the world cannot be held to account. Perhaps next time, the sun will not rise at all.

[hasapoint]

Though neither place we've seen so far is one where people would choose to stay in numbers if the usual requirements for food etc. Is it that these were set up by the Ferryman's previous passengers?

Think nothing of it, prelate, I was made to endure.

[blindluck]

*ੈ✩‧₊˚〰𓇼

[Nagito doesn't have a notebook but he does have unicode.]

[hasapoint]

Pasture for sheep. I wouldn't mind seeing sheep.

[Need likes cats fine but doesn't think of them as readily.]

[spaghettimonster]

HOPEFULLY AS FRIENDS!!
MAYBE ONE WOULD BE THE MILLENER RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH TOPICAL HEADWEAR...

SURELY NOT AS FOES. I KNOW THEY HOARD NUTS,
BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A SQUIRREL HIDING BONES.

[spaghettimonster]

SEVERAL DECADES... OH NO?!

[Knowing what little he does of the long haunting experience, the skeleton is already reassessing how much he'd like the option to sneak back to the realm of the living to haunt friends and family for a while.]

WAS IT ONLY THE HOT WATER, OR...

[spaghettimonster]

[Says the videogame character, to another videogame character.]

GIANT LEAF UMBRELLAS...
A CLASSIC OF GIANT FLORA OR MINIATURE PEOPLE ALIKE.

BUT CONSIDER: YOU HAVE TO HOLD AN UMBRELLA, WITH AT LEAST ONE HAND!
ESPECIALLY WITHOUT DECENT POCKETS.
MEANWHILE ACORN HATS LEAVE YOUR HANDS READY FOR ANYTHING!

[knockingatthedoor]

[Do not think too hard about it, Papyrus. The gameception may give people a big headache.]

YES! And we would look so cool holding one
Like the characters from that game
where animals do cross the streets or something

FAIR BUT
CONSIDER:
ACORN HATS ARE HATS.
UMBRELLA LEAVES CAN WORK AS:
- emergency food supply as salad
- improvised fan
- improvised weapon according to some videogames
- cover from rain
- It gives you a +10 bonus points on cuteness.

[witnessvelama]

I speculated with Mer Dankovsky that they, too, are dead places.

Forged, even?

[Look he's trying, okay.]

[hasapoint]

Hmm. Care to elaborate on that?

Remind me to look disappointed at you. I'm old enough I might forget.

[spaghettimonster]

HMMM... YOU RAISE VERY GOOD POINTS!!
I THINK THE ACORN HAT COULD ALSO BE A WEAPON OR FAN IN THE RIGHT HANDS,
BUT I HADN'T CONSIDERED THE HEALTHFUL FOODS ANGLE.
PORTABLE EMERGENCY SALAD...

[Cuteness points, well, that's neither here nor there. He'd rather go for +10 coolness points personally, but maybe acorn hats don't give that either, unless decorated with flames and spikes and the like. What else might...?]

DO GIANT MUSHROOMS GROW ON GIANT TREES?

[knockingatthedoor]

I'm more of a
fruity guy
than salad guy
Oranges are top tier
BUT
Portable emergency salad sounds so awesome, dude.
You can take a bite then lean your head out of the umbrella
mouth open
and you even get a drink

10/10 perfect snack on the road.

[Cool, cute, it's the same. As long as Kel is having fun, he is having fun with things.]

OF COURSE, DUH! The giant tree mushrooms make the platform where plant people build their villages
Isn't that common knowledge?

[fantail]

Yes, what with your footlike 'hands', and all.

[This makes sense to a bird.]

Of course I am. What do you take me for, some unevolved feral?

[solitarynote]

[In return, Nagito gets a drawing of a happy little crab with sunglasses.]

[solitarynote]

Fluffy sheep. Do you think we could pet them?

[Sheep seemed nice and soft, like clouds, so maybe wherever they were, it wouldn’t be so scary. Not that the desert was bad - but getting lost and never finding his way back had been a legitimate concern.]

[solitarynote]

‘Footlike hands’…

[Sunny had never thought about it before, but Sakuya’s reply had him looking down at said hands and then his feet. Sunny could tell the difference between the two, but maybe it was harder to a bird. After all, their wings and feet looked completely different.

… somehow it was easier to accept being chided by a bird over a messaging system. If this had been in person, and especially with another person, it surely would have tipped off Sunny’s flight aspect.]

No, you’re fancy. [What with the… bow? Ascot? The bird wore.] Was just curious.

[spaghettimonster]

[He's barely had time to embrace the visual of nibbling the edge of the umbrella and sipping water from the sky, very caterpillar, before getting rocked by this new notion.]

OH MY GOD!!
IT ISN'T COMMON KNOWLEDGE WHERE I COME FROM... BUT I SEE THE SENSE OF IT!
WHO WANTS TO BUILD IN A SLOPE WHEN THEY COULD BUILD ON A FLAT SURFACE??
AND THEY COULD EVEN DIG INTO THE MUSHROOM FOR A BASEMENT...

[hasapoint]

Depends how they're kept. If they're reared to expect treats and coddling, yes. If they only see humans at intervals and shearing time, they'll stay away.

[They're smelly and can be belligerent and all too delicate, she doesn't say. Too much detail would probably be overwhelming.]

[witnessvelama]

That these, two, are dead cities, abandoned to the echoes of time. It seems appropriate, for lost spirits too to find their homes among them, for a time.

I would not dare, Othalo.

[toilet_bound]

[Where his skeletal underling might be concerned, Hanako shows no such inclinations.]

Everything~! The weather, hot water, even steam! I was untouchable! Strangely though… stuff like miso soup was still edible.