___The tree fumed, what were they doing, did he not give them a direct order? He had been waiting for years for someone, anyone to come find them, and now that someone had come they were refusing to take action for it?
___They won't wake, and I am growing impatient. The massive growth seemed to get larger the angrier it got.
Now! It reached out with its branches and took hold of each Specimen.
I have not long for this world, the last of my power is drying up. Listen welll!___I am Baldr, the first of you, the most high-honored! He swelled with intense pride, flowers bloomed and fruits popped like juicy balloons.
This ... this is my beloved. My Amelia. His voice became laced with grief as he delicately motioned down towards the bones. His leaves shook and trembled.
She gave her body to Parasite, to save me, to live on, until you came. If he had eyes he was surely weeping.
We were so close to home, but we were dying, we could not make it ... We failed. The earth shook with his pain.
___Do not let her have died in vain! The tree cried out, keeping its captors a quiet audience.
You found a sapling near the complex, did you not? It brought you here ... to the glade we planted the other in. They are cuttings from the great tree, Modr, Yggdrasil. We had one when we left, and kept the other in case we needed to get home. It took three days to take root ... But by the third ... We were both gone. His bark curled with anger and frustration.
I have been waiting for years ... So many years ... I want to be with her again.___The tree seemed to focus its attention upon Esprit.
Tell her, tell your mother to water the sapling with the juices of my fruit. A branch reached up and delicately plucked the ruby orb and presented it to the child. Seeming to recall that she was still just a child, it turned to the others, singling out Eden.
You, oldest, tell your leader what to do. Baldr dropped the fruit into the youth's hands.
Eden ... How you've grown. The tree commented proudly. Remembering he needed to finish the instructions, Baldr went on.
___The tree will grow swiftly, tell her to cut it down and use the wood to create an archway. That will lead you to Modr. He let out a low rumble, wishing he could join them.
It will connect all worlds ...___Slowly, the tree lowered them to the ground, letting them rest upon the bright glinting grass.
I have nothing more for you. He sighed peacefully.
Now I can go to you my darling! Baldr cried out in happiness. Earth beneath the body began to sink, tossing Uennie's unconscious one to safer ground, still clutching the leathered bookbag. The ground swallowed Amelia's skeleton, and light began to fade from the tree. All noises stopped in reverence for the reuniting of the two lovers, until a nightingale whistled a haunting tune. The sun was setting, the moon came out, and slowly small green buds began to creep along the forest floor surrounding the tree.
___The guardians began to awake, asleep for only a few minutes but still disoriented. Esprit ran to her mother and began to cry noisily into the chest of her confused guardian. Uenoh'ai gasped, a meadow of all imaginable flowers began to bloom in the newly carpeted area. Standing up shakily, a wind blew through the secluded circle, tossing up small petals in the air.
___Build it here ... It whispered, before the voice vanished forever. The woman grasped her head and tried to regain composure. This was all too much for her, and she had no idea what had even happened just beforehand to the Specimens. She turned to her party and whispered a command weakly.
___"W-we camp here tonight ... Edwin get the ..." She mumbled before falling down. Too much.
Day 3
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