Roui was at a party; apparently one for him. That's what he was told, anyway. By two beings from the Flat who claimed to be his friends. It was weird how he couldn't remember them, though they seemed to know him so well. One of them was so mad that he couldn't remember. What was his name again?
Flynn. That's right. And then...
Just as Flynn unveiled the gift for him - a veglamb - he asked for a hug. And seconds later, pierced Roui through. And Roui fully expected an afterlife, if there was one.
Instead, he got sent through a loop. As things rewound and repeated, he had to wonder: was this a dream? It'd make sense, right? Creatures from the Stream can't survive in the Flat, and there's no way he had friends in the Flat, either. But why was it on repeat, again and again? Pretty weird, even for a dream.
The door appears, and he steps through, to be greeted by humans; these are nothing new, though they look higher class than the ones back home. He gets told about his home and what's going on with the time and... This leaves as bad a taste in his mouth as the Mad Rook and the adults who believe in such childish tales. These people sound insane, but what other explanation does he have? However grumpy he is about this, he still goes with the flow. He signs up for a house and tries to get as settled in as one can.
What's with all this rain, anyway? It's making Roui keep a permanent frown plastered on his face. And it isn't long before he slips and falls. He's been having so much bad luck with water, hasn't he? Back home and here. Maybe he crashes into you to keep himself upright, maybe the water from his sudden slip splashes all over your clothes, or maybe he slips and falls at your feet. Either way, he has a profanity or three to share in his predicament.
"Shtain! Will this rain just fucking stop already!?"
He'd rather stay on his feet, thank you very much!
2. Network
Roui's all for seeing how new things work. And it's way more easy to grasp than this whole Time Loops thing. Mostly because it's something physical, in his hands, that he can tamper with.
JustAJeweler: Hi, I'm Roui. JustAJeweler: If I died in my "loop" thing... Given that it's not some weird and convoluted story... JustAJeweler: Does that mean I'll be dead if I go back home? JustAJeweler: ...Or is that just an unsolved mystery? JustAJeweler: Asking for obvious reasons... JustAJeweler: I'd kind of like to NOT die.
3. Tanabata - The Wish Weaver
The amount of people that believe in magic here is just staggering. Even if he arrived in less-than-explicable circumstances for otherwise. It feels like the mysticism of the Hillcamp followed him here. But maybe everybody just needs to feel like magic exists... Maybe he should parse it as something his world and this one have in common, rather than the thorn in his side that it actually feels like.
The crowds are vast, and the security to "prevent ill magic" just feels... annoying. Yep, he can't get around it. But here he is; he might as well enjoy the food. It was pretty close to festivities back in the Hillcamp, too. Before he got abducted to the Flat.
Still, despite all that, he finds himself filling out a wish on rice paper: I wish that Serban would open his own jewelry shop in the future.
If he might not be able to return from this place alive, then Serban deserved something nice. He was a good kid with interesting ambitions. Ones that Brilla surely would hate him for, and surely Brilla doesn't miss him, either. Honestly, Roui doubted he would be missed very much from the Hillcamp...
After he puts his wish on the tree, Roui's own curiousity is getting the better of him, reading them outloud mostly to himself. Maybe he reads yours, maybe he reads one he found particularly amusing and gives a snicker, maybe he reads a cute-little-kid's wish... Either way, you can find him rummaging through all the hanging wishes, for no other reason than to just take a look around.
...Until one snaps off, and his eyes widen. Whoops! That wasn't supposed to happen! Less concerned with if anyone saw, he's frantically trying to get it back on the tree. But his sudden shame is keeping him from doing it well.
Roui | The Crown of Leaves
Roui was at a party; apparently one for him. That's what he was told, anyway. By two beings from the Flat who claimed to be his friends. It was weird how he couldn't remember them, though they seemed to know him so well. One of them was so mad that he couldn't remember. What was his name again?
Flynn. That's right. And then...
Just as Flynn unveiled the gift for him - a veglamb - he asked for a hug. And seconds later, pierced Roui through. And Roui fully expected an afterlife, if there was one.
Instead, he got sent through a loop. As things rewound and repeated, he had to wonder: was this a dream? It'd make sense, right? Creatures from the Stream can't survive in the Flat, and there's no way he had friends in the Flat, either. But why was it on repeat, again and again? Pretty weird, even for a dream.
The door appears, and he steps through, to be greeted by humans; these are nothing new, though they look higher class than the ones back home. He gets told about his home and what's going on with the time and... This leaves as bad a taste in his mouth as the Mad Rook and the adults who believe in such childish tales. These people sound insane, but what other explanation does he have? However grumpy he is about this, he still goes with the flow. He signs up for a house and tries to get as settled in as one can.
What's with all this rain, anyway? It's making Roui keep a permanent frown plastered on his face. And it isn't long before he slips and falls. He's been having so much bad luck with water, hasn't he? Back home and here. Maybe he crashes into you to keep himself upright, maybe the water from his sudden slip splashes all over your clothes, or maybe he slips and falls at your feet. Either way, he has a profanity or three to share in his predicament.
"Shtain! Will this rain just fucking stop already!?"
He'd rather stay on his feet, thank you very much!
2. Network
Roui's all for seeing how new things work. And it's way more easy to grasp than this whole Time Loops thing. Mostly because it's something physical, in his hands, that he can tamper with.
JustAJeweler: If I died in my "loop" thing... Given that it's not some weird and convoluted story...
JustAJeweler: Does that mean I'll be dead if I go back home?
JustAJeweler: ...Or is that just an unsolved mystery?
JustAJeweler: Asking for obvious reasons...
JustAJeweler: I'd kind of like to NOT die.
3. Tanabata - The Wish Weaver
The amount of people that believe in magic here is just staggering. Even if he arrived in less-than-explicable circumstances for otherwise. It feels like the mysticism of the Hillcamp followed him here. But maybe everybody just needs to feel like magic exists... Maybe he should parse it as something his world and this one have in common, rather than the thorn in his side that it actually feels like.
The crowds are vast, and the security to "prevent ill magic" just feels... annoying. Yep, he can't get around it. But here he is; he might as well enjoy the food. It was pretty close to festivities back in the Hillcamp, too. Before he got abducted to the Flat.
Still, despite all that, he finds himself filling out a wish on rice paper: I wish that Serban would open his own jewelry shop in the future.
If he might not be able to return from this place alive, then Serban deserved something nice. He was a good kid with interesting ambitions. Ones that Brilla surely would hate him for, and surely Brilla doesn't miss him, either. Honestly, Roui doubted he would be missed very much from the Hillcamp...
After he puts his wish on the tree, Roui's own curiousity is getting the better of him, reading them outloud mostly to himself. Maybe he reads yours, maybe he reads one he found particularly amusing and gives a snicker, maybe he reads a cute-little-kid's wish... Either way, you can find him rummaging through all the hanging wishes, for no other reason than to just take a look around.
...Until one snaps off, and his eyes widen. Whoops! That wasn't supposed to happen! Less concerned with if anyone saw, he's frantically trying to get it back on the tree. But his sudden shame is keeping him from doing it well.
Help.