presumablyalone | 1st Firefly - [Action/Accidental Video]

[In the lake closest to the village, a boy can be seen laying half in the water and half on the grass, passed out. Though it takes him a while, he finally opens his blue-purple eyes and looks around sleepily.] Where....am I...?

[After a moment, Seto realizes he's in the water and hoists himself up all the way out of the water and sits on the grass. Without knowing it, he accidentally presses a button on the journal so the video is turned on. But his attention turns towards the sky] How did I...get here? I wonder if I fell off the dam...No, that can't be. I never left that room with Crow... [A frown appears on his lips along with a long pause]

...Where did these clothes come from? I don't remember changing....[His voice fades off as he starts to panic and look around desperately, feeling his chest where his locket had been] W-Where's my locket?! D-Did I drop it?! Oh no... [He stares at the water but something catches his eye and quickly reaches to grab a white object that's lying in the grass. He smiles and holds it to his chest]

Thank goodnes-- AH! [He hunches over and cries out in pain as the wings on his back begin to flap slightly. Wait...wings?] N-No...I can't be dead...I was with Crow and I...I...[Once more, he looks up towards then sky, then scans the forest] S-Sai?! Where are you?! I don't want to be alone again...please...someone answer... [Tears begin to fall down his cheeks as his gaze falls to the ground]

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The barrier?

[He starts to fiddle with the journal to try and find the map] Let's see...

The barrier, yes. It encases the village, and several dozen miles around.

Really? [He pauses as he looks up at the sky] I don't see anything...

Oh! I think I found the map. [He's glad that for once he doesn't have to draw it out himself]

If you're by the lake, you're quite far from the edge of the barrier. That's usually how it works.

The map should have it marked out.

Oh, okay. [He nods and looks around then back at the map, trying to figure out where exactly he is]

I need to go...this way. [Talking to himself a bit]

It's quite a helpful map.

There should also be a guide for New Feathers - newcomers, like yourself - in the journal as well.

It looks like it. [He searches through the journal again for this guide]

We're called New Feathers?

Yes, you are. Just until the next cycle.

Silly name, isn't it?

I think it's actually pretty cool. I can see why we're called New Feathers.

[He chuckles a bit]

The wings take some adjusting to, yes.

...you won't be able to fly, unfortunately. They're not strong enough for that.

We can't fly? [He frowns a bit, that's a little disappointing]

Sorry. [He hears the disappointment, and smiles despite himself.]

Still. You might get lucky and get turned into something that can over an experiment. That's what happened to me - I was a dragon for a week.

Over an experiment? [He tries to imagine him as a dragon but chuckles] Could you breathe fire??

Yes, as a matter of fact, I could.

That's so cool!

I'm not normally given to such displays, you understand.

...but yes, it was certainly interesting. Cathartic, at least.

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