spare the weak ones a painless death , he wasn’t even aware of what ones he killed , he was tired , his eyes were heavy as both the winter storm made his wood lethargic and the curse upon himself to slumber kept tempting to shove its way to him . . .

"DANG IT!"

"Ow." He probably deserved that.

. . . 💧 "Hah.. Sure has.."

"Agh, but I could'a..!" Yeah? What could you have done, Addy? "I could've done SOMETHING at least."

"Yeah, well.. During this whole jellywalker mess, Blackberry kept me inside. Didn't even tell me what was going on. If I'd known, I could've come out and helped." Which.. is likely why he was kept unaware.

"I.. I dunno. Just, something! Help out the survivors, probably.. Ain't exactly a chemist so a cure'd be beyond me."

The blonde shivered with the sudden weather change. "What in the...? I thought it was supposed to be Spring right about now."

Oh, but that couldn't be..? The Millennial Tree? No, certainly not, right? And yet, the realization that something was well and truly amiss did not stop the explorer from heading off in that direction, once more running right into the danger. "Hello up there! Can you hear me?"

"Blackberry kept me inside the whole time. Didn't even tell me what was going on. .. That was smart, I probably would've gone out if I knew."

He lets out a low whistle. "Yikes. . ." That had to hurt. Maybe the faerie was right...

Oh. Oh... He's realizing very suddenly just how much danger he had put himself in. "I.. Ahem- I don't mean to intrude or anything, but.. The weather seems to be a bit weird at the moment, and I have to ask. . . did you do something?"

[ooc: odysseus going to confront circe ahh interaction between addy and mt]

[nc] Don't worry guys I'll just ask the old tree nicely to turn the weather back. I've got this 👍

❝The weather's going crazy again after —❞ 【 checks notes 】 ❝ two days after the jellywalker stuff ?! Ooooo , i sense a bad omen coming on guys ! Aren't you excited !❞

"All their..? What.. happened, exactly? What did they-- What did we do?" He slowly, tentatively approaches closer.

[ooc: MAN IF ONLY-- /lh /nf]

". . . I'm sorry. That.. I don't know that pain, I can't even pretend like I do. I never lost a child. But not every single cookie is to blame for all of these problems. You'd crumble the innocents too?"

"Even the children? Even cookies too young to know any better? If you're supposed to be better than all of us, why are you sinking down to our level?"