Simca, you'll be happy. I burned that headband.

Do I have to dread becoming a teenager again? That sort of thing happen a lot here? When I was a young man I wanted so badly to be a normal teenager. As it turns out I think I was much better suited to A-T and staying in, reading manga.

Is there a piano somewhere on this island?

[The feed starts out displaying a strange corkscrew ride through the forest - dodging trees, swinging around branches, dropping down into the grass and skirting rocks or fallen limbs before squirreling up around a trunk to dive through the foliage - at ridiculous speeds that should be impossible by human standards. And all through this wild cinematography is the sound of a little girl laughing: sweet and high and care-free. Anyone from Earth would recognize the tell-tale signs of Ireland in her accent.]

If that's what being a grown up is like, I might want to try it again, but there isn't enough time to be with the forest. I'd rather be a queen.

Sneachta, you should come play with me! You haven't even met everyone yet!

[The camera stops to hover over the local wolf pack indulgently humoring their gangling new brood of pups before it's off again, over and under and through, with only brief pauses on some of the fascinating points of flora and fauna on its way through the canopy. Finally the visual crests the treetops near the forest's edge, gazing out over the city and picking out some of the police department teams out in the fields where they are clearly combing for any signs of the large cat.]

Everyone is so worried about this "lion", but there isn't any golden cat like that! And I would know. It's my forest.

[Her laughter spins out again, and one of the nearest patrols looks up, and the camera dives into the foliage, clicking off.]

Who: Aqua and you!
What: Aqua needs to clear her head and figure out what's going on. It's a day after she arrived on the island.
When: Backdated to 6/17
Where: Going from the city to the beach.
Warnings: Anyone can tag in, the more the merrier! Though be prepared for Aqua to be a little angsty over what she's been told. She's trying to sort everything out. Oh! And possibility of her using magics?

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It was strange being in a place where light was real. Where she could feel the sun's rays on her face, feel the warmth of it and know it was real. Aqua wasn't using her imagination keep her mind distracted from the world around her. Nothing was made completely of shadows or made to be a mockery of the actual world. The Dark Meridian was the perfect example of that; a beach with a palm tree and water that lapped against the shore. It seemed nice, but it was nothing more than a façade.

But there's not time for her to relax or enjoy what's around her. The fact she was dragged out of the Realm of Darkness and placed in a strange new world gives her cause to worry. Then there was the fact that others from different worlds were her, including Riku. From talking to him and others, she's learned some of what's happened since she sacrificed herself for her friends--something she was willing to do again if necessary. There is one person she never thought she'd hear of again, Vanitas.

He was destroyed and yet she was told there were Floods on the island. And a lion... How could she possibly forget there was a wild animal roaming about? It wasn't high on her list of priorities. If need be she could cast a sleep spell on it and move along. She needed to clear her head and being in a room wouldn't help.

Aqua began to wander the island intent on heading out of the city and towards the beaches. Hopefully she'd calm down or think of a plan.