HAWKS PALACE

[doublefried]

The process of entering the palace is... smooth. Painless.


You are falling, but it's not scary at the speed you're going. You drop through the pre-dawn sky like a feather, light and easy on a breeze, descending towards a bright and multicolored island in a sea of dark trees.

When you land, you are somewhere new.

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[rootsforyou]

[gives a polite nod to the bird made of fire]

Hello...again?

[she isn't completely sure if this is the same bird she met or a different one, okay]

[doublefried]

It is I yet again.

It poses.

I guard this place while its minder is absent.

[rootsforyou]

Thank you for your efforts. If you are here, then I can only assume that he has yet to make an appearance. Would it be alright if I looked inside for him?

[doublefried]

Yes, he is absent. You have full permission to search.

[rootsforyou]

This feels oddly hospitable...

[gives the bird a bow in thanks, and looks to the human at the ticket booth]

Might I have a ticket, please?

[doublefried]

The bird preens in a way that feels pointed, but he doesn't say anything else.

"Of course!"

The perfectly generic human hands over an admission ticket and a receipt (the fact that no money was exchanged doesn't seem to factor into this at all) as well as a park map with little blurbs of key attractions.

"Have a heroically good time at Hero Land!"

[rootsforyou]

"Hero Land"...

[she is going to take a moment to look at the map; she's never been to an amusement park before, so this is kind of exciting? and looks back to the poor guy running the ticket booth]

Are there any attractions that you would recommend for someone who is visiting for the first time?

[doublefried]

"Our rides are internationally renowned, and of course our animal exhibits have never been reproduced anywhere else in the world. And the museum is our year-round attraction, of course."

The key attractions on the map seem to be a museum, rides, and a zoo-type area. The map has a few weird ink blotches on it in the spaces beyond those areas - either a stylistic choice or something that's been censored out?

[rootsforyou]

[well the ink blotches are obviously suspicious but she's going to set that aside for now]

Thank you kindly. I'll have to visit as much as I can, in that case!

[she's going to waste no time in heading INSIDE! she's gonna hit up the museum first if she can]

[doublefried]

There's plenty to do inside!