Mitile: Fufu... Please, come in! Mitile: it feels weird greeting people instead of saying good night, even if it's night. Rutile: it's been so long since last pijama party! Lennox: what are we doing tonight? Reading a book together? A performance?

Mitile: I want to hear a story! Rutile: how about a scary story of the mountains? Did something scary happen when you took your sheep to pasture, Lenno-san? Lennox: well I can tell you about the strange voice I heard from the valley...

Mitile: w-wait! I think it's better if it's not a scary story. A story of the big adventures of mother is fine! Rutile: you really like stories about mother, Mitile. Figaro: uhm. We've already told you a lot of stories of Ciretta. The one's left are the less grand tales...

Lennox: Figaro-sensei. Mitile: can you tell me then a less known story? Mitile: a story that almost nobody knows, and is not even in books? Rutile: waah, I want to hear that too!

Figaro: Understood. Figaro: In the past, when the number of people was small, there was a village that worshipped a deer that possessed mystical powers. Figaro: They raised the deer with care thinking they would be protected from any harm.

Figaro: even in years when food wasn't enough, the deer ate better than even their own children. Mitile: so it was like their guardian god. Figaro: yeah, maybe. Figaro: one day, there was a big flood. The whole village was swept away.

Rutile: oh... Figaro: at the end, the only survivor was the deer with mysterious powers. Figaro: even if the people treasured it thinking it would protect them in such times. Figaro: their hopes were betrayed, in one word.

Mitile: poor people... Figaro: right? Mitile: did the deer really abandon that people? Figaro: who knows.

Mitile: even if they treated it with such care... If that were me, I would definitely help them. Lennox: you are very kind, Mitile. Figaro-sensei, it was a scary story after all...? Figaro: ahaha, looks like it. Old stories are like that, after all.

Mitile: so it was a scary story! I'd rather hear funny stories if I'm going to bed soon. Figaro: okay. What kind of story should be? Rutile, anything you'd like to hear? Rutile: ..... Figaro: Rutile?

Rutile: Sorry... I was thinking. Rutile: if the deer really wanted to save the people, then it must have been painful to be the only one alive. Figaro: .... Rutile: if that deer still lived on today... I wonder how's he doing now ...?

Rutile: I wonder if he found a new place as his hometown and want to protect it now for sure... Figaro: who knows ... Figaro: maybe it resigned to let go many things. Lennox: I don't think so.

Figaro: .... Lennox: I don't know about the deer, but deers are skittish, clever and kind creatures. Lennox: they also can be pretty cheeky. They would take other animals food while cozying people for more. Rutile: that's cute! Could you tell us more about deers?

Mitile: do they have big antlers or big bodies? How about their power? Is it dangerous to approach them? Lennox: they can be pretty aggressive during harvest. If it's a doe, they can get aggressive during the seedling season. It's the breeding season after all.

Lennox: if you see a deer standing on their forelegs or rubbing their antlers against a tree, don't come near. Mitile: I see... Lennox: but outside that, they are pretty friendly... That's why I think...

Lennox: I think that deer has a new, stronger home for sure. And near it, a village that can withstand any flood on its way. Lennox: what do you think? [End of thread]