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Every now and then, but I'd risk getting yelled at for it.

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I can imagine. It’s probably messy.

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Yep! Also really easy to drown with all the trees.
*A reptilian creature swims just next to the three of us, barely poking a set of scales above water*

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*Glances to the side at it for just a moment, but otherwise goes out of my way to pay it no mind*
Drown from the trees? Are the roots exposed under the water or something, so you can get tangled up in them?

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Yep! These trees thrive in the bog by having a ton of smaller, twisting roots that go everywhere. They're great places for fish to hide if you ever want to catch something.

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It’s not terribly deep then either. At least in most spots.

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It's pretty shallow overall. The deepest parts you can submerge yourself, but others only go up to your knees. But the mud. There's so much mud.

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Mud really stands out on white hair, you know. Glad to be dodging that bullet.

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*Eventually it opens up into a clearing with a pale blue sky under a muted white sun, which washes out the colors of the area world like an overexposed photograph, and grass sticks up from the water with the boardwalk visible in the distance*
I agree!

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*Squints through it at the shift of brightness, and flicks the wrist of my hand out to my side, dissolving the ball of light into a small bunch of fading sparkles*

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I have a cousin who goes to the beach. I like forests more though.

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*Floats past the both of you, my feet drooping my the ankles and my toes just barely above the floor*
I have to admit, this does give haunted house vibes. And the kind you’d usually sign a waiver for. Mysterious and exciting!

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I've come to find out that people get scared by haunted houses, but when you really think about it, wouldn't you also be upset if someone walked into your home uninvited?
*Once the path levels out, we stand in front of the forested entrance to a murky swamp, still colored chickenscratch-red by the lamp but fading quickly through its thick foliage*

That Swamp Tho! [+]

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Absolutely.
*Holds out my index finger and manifests a ball of bright white light that floats just beyond my fingertip*
Good thing you invited us.

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*Nods in response, as the light reveals a rotted boardwalk leading into the swamp, missing slats every few yards*
What are we looking for, exactly?

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Something that feels foreign to you, I would imagine. Something that feels like it doesn’t belong, in a place that’s literally entirely yourself should be a good indicator, yeah?

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That was an impressive trick! How'd you do it?

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*Squints through it at the shift of brightness, and flicks the wrist of my hand out to my side, dissolving the ball of light into a small bunch of fading sparkles*

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Forests are definitely nicer than... well... this! But, one does not debate tastes...

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From that perspective i totally have to agree with you! HAH! Nothing like a dingy dungeon to crawl through! *I grin with new-found vigour*

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That Swamp Tho! [+]

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Both points are valid. Who does go into a haunted house though? And why would you? Also, there's a point to be made there, a haunted house is usually considered abandoned by its original owners, therefore whomever buys that plot, now owns that property... the ghosts need to find the light in that situation.

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*Nods*

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So is all of this familiar to you then Jade? Did that crocodile, or whatever it was in the swamp earlier, not felt like a foreign entity?

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*A spiral of my own lifeforce particles rise up and intercepts the shock of the blast, vibrating aggressively and linearly when hit*
I think I will!

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You can try!
*Buckles my knees with a grin and then I blast off from where I stand, clashing my forearm with the General’s raised blade and unleashing an explosive pulse outward from our position from the impact*

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*Backsteps and breaks away from the clash, swinging my off arm into your head*

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*Stares you down with a sinister smile as the blow phases through my head harmlessly and quickly sends a flame travelling up your arm to your body*

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*Follows through with the motion as the flames travel up my arm, across my back, and up my other arm into my sword instead of igniting my own soul at all, and cleaves the sword straight through your abdomen just as the metal itself gleams and melds itself with the spiritual energy*

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What is it you’re trying to get at from that angle?

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*Raises an eyebrow to this question*

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*Mutters*
You probably shouldn't.