That seems slightly more respectful than just picking him up; Ghost will feel itself feeling weightless, and then hovering up to the level of the keyboard.
That wasn't the bit it was worried about but it still appreciates the sentiment?
It adjusts quickly, still. And once it feels a bit steadier, it reaches into its cloak and pulls out its map of Hallownest, unfurling it on the keyboard and looking back at Jedao pointedly. Where first?
Well it's a wild place to start, but the Knight hasn't got much space to advise otherwise.
So instead it rolls up its map, chicken-pecks as fast it can the location--
greenpath where i got the cloak
--and then wiggles intently for the ground again as the stairs lead down to a narrow path through intensely verdant greenery, and into a small clearing; despite the light streaming down, there's a massive sense of gravity overhead, of being clearly underground, but the whole place is alive, even if there's a rich, sharp pungeancy in the air that suggests acid somewhere nearby.
Ghost hops down from the ledge with no fear, landing lightly on the grass beneath; there indeed are the pillars, just off the clunky expanse of stone-tiled open space, but the only thing in the clearing itself is a small body, in a tattered grey cloak and a white mask with vacant black sockets.
Jedao does set him down and follow him in, gasping with delight as they enter. It's been a long time since the caverns port, and he shivers with the all-over overwhelming presence of a planetary mass, the beautiful intricacies of the hollows, and the smell of cool growing things.
The whispers echo, the gentle sadness of a loss they hadn't experienced but knew was important in some way. No regret or grief, more... simply acknowledged.
Kin... Lost... Long before...
At a glance the space seems otherwise self-contained, besides the exit back to the Enclosure, but Ghost moves towards a narrow patch of shade that quickly reveals itself to be an exit tunnel; Jedao may have to stoop a little to fit inside, and the whiffs of acid are immediately stronger from within, but Ghost clearly knows where it's going from here.
Ghost is readily visible in the tunnel ahead of Jedao, white mask a stark contrast to the dark and the greenery - until it almost immediately drops out of sight. The heavy build-ups of moss and stone obscure the way the tunnel immediately curves underneath itself, narrowing down until even Ghost can barely stay upright.
The smell of acid also grows exponentially stronger, as well, as a puddle of acid is revealed in the path, but Ghost just- dashes over it, clearly an instinctive habit, before it pauses on the other side as though in realisation, and looks back at Jedao from the other side of the puddle.
Jedao has given up on crawling in favor of floating himself through the tunnel headfirst like an eel; he slowly rotates back into a more upright pose but leaves himself near-weightless, gently drifting "down" but actually sideways over to where Ghost is back on solid land.
It's not a long walk from there, luckily, and the path remains spacious even as the acid smell remains fresh and strong, though strangely not as overpowering as one might expect; maybe it's a bug thing, maybe it's an Enclosure safety feature, but the worst is just that it's stinky.
But Ghost leads the way, still, until they get to a pier next to a crack-covered shell of a building; but the entire area is huge. It's clearly still underground but the ceiling is far away; dragonfly-like bugs with four wings coast placidly in the distance, riding the lukewarm fumes, and the silence echoes, apart from the persistent hiss of the acid bubbling beneath the pier.
It's very green, almost glowing from beneath, and there's streaks of light breaking through the ceiling from somewhere higher up - but overall, it's wonderfully peaceful.
And Ghost sits at the end of the pier, folding its legs just to watch the aluba drifting overhead.
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That seems slightly more respectful than just picking him up; Ghost will feel itself feeling weightless, and then hovering up to the level of the keyboard.
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Its legs wiggle frantically as its hands whip out to grab onto the edge of the keyboard and anchor itself.
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"I won't drop you," Jedao promises.
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It adjusts quickly, still. And once it feels a bit steadier, it reaches into its cloak and pulls out its map of Hallownest, unfurling it on the keyboard and looking back at Jedao pointedly. Where first?
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So instead it rolls up its map, chicken-pecks as fast it can the location--
greenpath where i got the cloak
--and then wiggles intently for the ground again as the stairs lead down to a narrow path through intensely verdant greenery, and into a small clearing; despite the light streaming down, there's a massive sense of gravity overhead, of being clearly underground, but the whole place is alive, even if there's a rich, sharp pungeancy in the air that suggests acid somewhere nearby.
Ghost hops down from the ledge with no fear, landing lightly on the grass beneath; there indeed are the pillars, just off the clunky expanse of stone-tiled open space, but the only thing in the clearing itself is a small body, in a tattered grey cloak and a white mask with vacant black sockets.
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"Oh -"
Who's this?
Poor little guy.
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Kin... Lost... Long before...
At a glance the space seems otherwise self-contained, besides the exit back to the Enclosure, but Ghost moves towards a narrow patch of shade that quickly reveals itself to be an exit tunnel; Jedao may have to stoop a little to fit inside, and the whiffs of acid are immediately stronger from within, but Ghost clearly knows where it's going from here.
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The smell of acid also grows exponentially stronger, as well, as a puddle of acid is revealed in the path, but Ghost just- dashes over it, clearly an instinctive habit, before it pauses on the other side as though in realisation, and looks back at Jedao from the other side of the puddle.
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But Ghost leads the way, still, until they get to a pier next to a crack-covered shell of a building; but the entire area is huge. It's clearly still underground but the ceiling is far away; dragonfly-like bugs with four wings coast placidly in the distance, riding the lukewarm fumes, and the silence echoes, apart from the persistent hiss of the acid bubbling beneath the pier.
It's very green, almost glowing from beneath, and there's streaks of light breaking through the ceiling from somewhere higher up - but overall, it's wonderfully peaceful.
And Ghost sits at the end of the pier, folding its legs just to watch the aluba drifting overhead.