March Mingle

[kollomods]

There have been waterlilies throughout summer, clustered around the shorelines and butting up against the jetty. Sometimes they've bloomed, sometimes they haven't, but it's never been quite like this. They're everywhere now, even as we move into autumn. They crowd the beach, they give the ferry a hard time to land, they practically fill the lake end to end — and they're all blooming in golden yellow and bright white.

It's unnatural, in so many ways. Beckoning. Come closer. ]

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[norrhamn_residents]

I've been here as long as the lake. Long before anyone else settled on this island. [ They are one and the same. ]

And they know. We have an... understanding. They wouldn't be too happy to hear you've been talking to me.

[burntviolet]

... Really? How come?

[ Something tells her she won't like the answer. ]

[norrhamn_residents]

Because they'd rather pretend I wasn't still here.

[ It's a dramatic statement, but the situation calls for it. He has a chance to get newcomers on his side here. ]

[burntviolet]

Have you... done something that displeased them?

[ An even heavier question. Holding back and hiding away out of fear is the opposite of what she came to the island for. ]

[norrhamn_residents]

They are ashamed of their past. I remind them of a time when we had a much stronger bond... when the people of this island respected the forest and all of us who live in it.

Now, they're only interested in clipboards and machine oil.

[burntviolet]

[ Though it's not a crushing revelation, she's still thrown back by the answer. ]

I had assumed the people here were plenty respectful of nature. Perhaps it was just a way to attract visitors like me, but...

[ She trails off for a bit, unsure of how to continue. ]

I always thought they were kind people.