starhuevalley | The second scale

[With things being as they are as of late and "Violet" not really getting anywhere with the whole trying to work out who she is thing going on she's been doing her best to distract herselfs from the stresses and strains of farm life...namely raising mushrooms, trying to avoid another anxiety attack from Taako and definitely avoiding mineshafts for the time being.

Maybe it's time to reach out? Maybe address more people by making her face known around the valley. And as such she fiddles with her device and attempts to make herself known somehow.]

Uh Hi, hello... don't mind me!

I uhm...I've been in the valley for a few weeks now and still no luck in finding out anything about who I am or where I came from. So I was planting mushrooms as you do and a great thought came to me! What's the one thing all of us have to have in common...?

Families! We all must have come from families of some kind, right? So...[She adjusts herself and tucks one of her bangs behind her ear and coughs gently.] maybe, I thought--

I thought if you could tell me about your families that maybe... just maybe I might remember what mine's like.

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[Nani?!]

No, I don't think so...I mean I've met a few faces around here already and I'm pretty certain we've never spoke.

[Hm.]

Eh? But I met someone who looks and sounds exactly like you when I first showed up here, I'm sure of it... [Sure, the possibility of her just being an alternate version comes to mind, but there's one thing that keeps Tori from just shrugging it off as that.] You said you can't remember anything, right? Maybe you were here before, but it was before you lost your memory.

...I-I don't understand.

[She really doesn't. There's no way she could have been here before could she?] No I..You're right, I don't remember anything but--

If you know me then you have to know how I got here!

Well, I'd assume you got here from the bus, you know? That's how everyone else has managed to get here. [She pauses.] It's probably how you got here the first time, if you're the same person I met.

Anyway, when I first got here, I met a young woman named Saft who looked exactly like you. I didn't really get to know her or anything, because we ran into each other a grand total of once, but...

[Violet falls silent, This is alot of information to process right now. But could it possibly be? Has she finally found the answer she's looking for. She can't leave Tori hanging like this though, she needs to speak.]

I know you said you didn't get to know her but...how did she act? You have to be able to tell me something-! Anything about her! I have to know!

...Please.

[Tori feels pretty bad for her. It must be truly terrifying to not remember anything about yourself. She can't even imagine it.

...of course, this doesn't stop her from thinking that maybe certain memories of her own would be better off forgotten. She can't shake off the desire to run away from everything -- it's part of what keeps here, after all, and what will keep her here even after the buses are back up and running.]

She seemed pretty outgoing, with a taste for adventure. Didn't seem to have much patience for lectures, either. [A weak laugh, then a lengthy pause.] ...she was related to dragons.

...dragons?

Well then she had to be someone else...I mean I don't look anything at all like a dragon. Plus hah, I won't even step foot near a cave.

[She's back peddling. Being related to a dragon? Surely that can't be possible.]

I'm the furthest you could get from being a dragon...I-I'm happy with what I have now. Other than... you know the not knowing who I am part.

Well, I don't know what to tell you... I mean, aside from the fact that she didn't look much like a dragon either. She looked pretty human to me, but that honestly means nothing in the long run, especially in a place like this.

[Hell, Tori herself isn't considered human back home, so she'd know.]

Still, you sure you're really happy with what you have now, if you're this desperate to know who you used to be? I mean, I guess it's natural to want to know, but...

[Violet frowns, she's still not sure what she should do with this information. So far she's not ran into anyone who seems to want to steer her the wrong way...perhaps shes been too trusting. But Tori hasn't brought any ill intent either...it's just--

a dragon?]

...Until I meet someone else who knows me for sure, I can't be sure...What else can I do?

I don't know. [As honest as the answer is, she doesn't really like how it rolls off her tongue.] I guess keep living the way you already are, for now. I mean, does this news really change anything? It's just a possible clue to who you are, so I don't see why you'd need to do anything different just because you have it.

[Don't mind her she's thinking hard on this matter, if she really is this "Saft" person then she needs to find out exactly what happened. But even if she isn't then she wants to know why exactly she shares the same face as her.]

I suppose.

[She manages a soft smile.]

Anyway, there's no harm in just being who you think you need to be right now, especially since time apparently isn't passing back home. No need to rush, you know?

[It's not like she really can say anything much different than that, considering all she's running away from just by being here.]

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