Fly Until You See The Light

Wastelands - Chapter 5

She just wrote a letter to Ojtaro and the people of the Village of Dreams. According to the plan, Ojtaro should show the letters to everyone, because she definitely won't write several letters for each of the inhabitants. She doesn't have all that paper, she only brought a few sheets with her.

She told him about the meeting she had with Iku and Emi, about their real origins and the Seed of Hope, and even about the fact that she still doesn't know if her first letter arrived yet. It seems lost. Usually, when someone sends a letter to another realm, a symbol appears on their arm temporarily. This happens when the message arrived. If it didn't arrive, no symbol appears.

In fact, she has no symbols on her arms, and this means that the letter is probably lost somewhere. Oh, Megabird only knows where. Probably in the waters of the Forest, or in the snow of the Hermit Valley. How unfortunate!

Now Sentinekka is walking inside that big cave where you can also relive the memory of the Stealthy Survivor. She just must cross that part of the Graveyard and, then, she'll be at the most lonely and sad part of the Wastelands: the Battlefield.

It's already afternoon; she spent some time in the Graveyard while trying to avoid Krills and discovering an old and ancient catapult that was used by the warriors of the Golden Wastelands during the wars. That catapult was so big and amazing! She didn't try it thought. She saw that it still works, somehow, and she doesn't like the idea of being shot into the sky of that realm. Also, what about the Krills? They would have seen her for sure.

Now, she just has to reach the last area before the temple and she'll be free from the Krills. Well, she hopes so.

While she walks on the flowers of Darkness that should be melted - she mostly uses them as bridge - she notices a bird that is flying to her. It's a bird from the Isle of Dawn, she can recognise it from the bright color and the simple way it moves.

«Hello, little one!» she greets it when it comes to her. It lays on one of her shoulders and hands her a crystal. It's blue, so it's not from a shard and it's not dangerous.

«What is this?» she asks the bird, who only answers by moving its white wings. «A gift?». She giggles. Why would a bird give her a gift? What a funny idea.

The crystal is shiny and really pretty. It has a shape of an oblique square with a large hole of the same shape. Then, at the center, another same shape creates a pretty symbol.

«That's... Something that I've seen somewhere» she whispers, confused. «Uhm... From Forest?» she asks. The bird doesn't answer.

She doesn't remember where, but she heard that the birds of the Isle move their head when they mean "yes", and just stay still when they mean "no" or "nothing".

«Isle? Prairie?» she tries again, but still no clues. «Vault of Knowledge!». Finally, the bird turns its head and looks at her. If it had a mouth that could show emotions, it would smile.

«Vault!» Sentinekka exclaims, amazed. «Is this stone from someone important?».

Another movement. «Oh... Elder?». And the bird moves again. Yeah, it is from Lamed. Oh, gosh.

«Thank you, little bird. Go home, you deserve some peace» she concludes, smiling at the small animal, who instantly flies away as it was running away from her.

Sentinekka looks at the crystal. It is a symbol of something... The murals.