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who stole your heart and the key?

In the dark, you taste something sweet and tart on your tongue, almost like apple but not quite: pomegranate juice, out of nowhere. A hint of something metallic accompanies it.

You fall down.

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Nope. She's just an average, friendly-looking young woman with short hair and cheerful eyes. She's attempting to cook in a pot over the campfire, humming to herself as she does so. Oddly, she seems to be using a pair of swords to stir the ingredients.

Hi there. Can you tell me where I am?

"Sure," she says. "This is Limbo."

Limbo?

[ he takes another, closer look around ]

Why are you here?

Upon closer examination, each of the flowers is clearly unique. They're faintly warm, too.

It's hard to walk through the grass without stepping on the flowers, and for some reason stepping on them is vaguely upsetting now that you've looked more closely.

The woman does not appear to notice this. She hums a bit and stirs the pot with her swords. "Yeah, the place before, uh, something bad. That one! I'm cooking dinner for the family."

[ tries not to move, now that he realizes. but he's going to lean in a little closer, try and get a look inside the pot ]

What's for dinner?

This is a really bad combination of ingredients. No one in their right mind would try to make a meal out of this.

"I'm not sure, but it'll be great!"

[ It does, at least, make him laugh. ]

Right. What's your name?

"It's T̶̢͝a̵̧̨̛̕i̴̧̧͟͏-̴̴̧-̴̵̧̕. What's yours?" She doesn't seem to be aware she said anything strange.

[ what. ]

Robin. Nice to meet you.

"Great!" She beams. "Are you helping with dinner? No, I get it. You're exploring!"

I can help if you need it, but it actually looks like you're doing pretty well. 'Cause, yeah, I'm exploring. Got any recs of where I should go?

She points down the field, to the place where the path narrows again. "You should go that way, I suppose! I can give you a light."

Yeah? That'd be great!

She holds out a sword. The blade is glowing faintly. "Here you go!"

[ ...whoa. takes it! ]

Thanks. Anything I should watch out for with this?

"Nah, I'm sure you'll be fine!"

[ gives it a a few cursory swings, checking balance and stuff ]

Cool.

It feels oddly light, but it should serve in a pinch, if you wind up needing it.

[ he can do that. ]

Right-o. Which way...

She gestures. "Keep going down!"

The field does indeed slope down to where the walls of the valley narrow in once more.

[ flicks her a salute, spinning the knife as he does, and headssss down ]

You make your way further down the slope. Soon, the rocky walls close in around you...

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