LoZ: Seed's of Calamity.

"Of course you may! Please help yourselves! It's not often the fruit has a chance to be enjoyed by someone, so Im certian the tree's will be delighted!" Putt Spins in place as they come to a complete stop, turning to face Praxius as the barbarian plucks one of the glistening red apples. 

"A Sprout is an extension of the Deku tree itself, They are the reason why the vegetation in Hyrule grows at all. It is through them, we can understand and learn from the past. They are keepers of the Old Times and the seeds by which the new world can grow. Respect the Orchard tall one, and it will respect you." Putt continues forth, leading you deeper into the Orchard. The Tree's are growing thicker, the grass is getting thinner but more vibrant. Soon you find yourselves lost within a winding maze of tree trunks and sparkling fruit, another precaution to protect the Sprout. 

"It feels so good to be back in the comforts of a forest again." Paca breathes out, seemingly feeling a weight lifted from him. "I never thought I would miss the woods this much. "How have you been Putt? Have you adapted well to your new life?"

While walking along, Paca is playing a gentle but somewhat upbeat tune on his pan flute. Making the forest feel more alive and welcoming

Quiggley flies along slowly over above around under and through the various opening between branch and trunk occasionally picking and eating a piece of fruit. In all just enjoying this moment of the journey.

Praxius bites into the apple and feels the sweet juices run down his chin, grabbing a second before he even takes a second bite of his first apple.

"So, this Sprout knows the past?", he says, his mouth still full of food.

"Might I have time to talk to it, in private?", he asks hopefully.

Looking around at the maze of trees, he gets the sudden feeling he is back in the Lost Woods. Taking a second look at the vibrant colours and abundant fruit he laughs, if only the Lost Woods were like this!

Theo reaches up and grabs a low hanging pear, biting into it and letting the juice run down his face. The flavor explodes in his mouth and almost makes him cry. “This is so good!” he exclaims loudly to everyone. Taking a good look around, he says much softer, “Wish we could stay here for longer. I see why so many love the forest, now. I never thought it would be this beautiful.”

Rae still had questions about Korok and Kokiri biology, but they were for another day.  As the party walked, Rae joined the others in the taking of fruit.  Though the forest was physically different from her own home in every way, Rae enjoyed the familiarity of living off the land and being one with nature.

"That......would be hard to promise tall one, The Sprout decides who can speak to it and in what manner." Putt twirls its stick in the air, seemingly happy that you all are enjoying the fruit. "Im Glad they are to your liking! Please, take as many as you wish. Im afraid they will fall and rot if you do not, you see we Koroks do not need to eat so....we dont." 

"Paca It's taken quite a while to get used to let me tell you, Not having fingers or toes was something that I still have trouble with. Yet im content, Spending my days protecting one of the Sprouts is an Honor I cannot express into words." Putt leads you through a wall of red leaves that seem to be tangled among a strangely complex network of vines and roots. You exit the vast forest of virbant colours and sweet fruits, no longer surrounded by tree trunks and shrubbery that have been left untouched. Now you stand in a simple grove, with waist high green grass. This grove is surrounded by the forest and serves as the center of the orchard. 

Within this Grove, Putt immediately falls to the Ground just at the entrance. "Im afraid I cannot go any further, Head towards the Sprout. If it wishes to speak, It will speak first." Putt points their stick towards what appear to be a very small tree, in fact you may consider it a budding sapling yet its trunk is surprisingly thick for its height. Wearing no mantle of leaves or branches, It seems out of place in the Orchard. Every tree you have seen thus far has been vibrant with life and colour, yet this sapling almost appears dead. 

As a Group, you all move closer towards it. Keeping a watchful eye on your surroundings as you stride through the waist high grass. Then a gentle gust of wind flows across the top, acting almost as a hand outstretched to block your progress. "Oh.......I was not expecting guests!" A soft, gentle voice carries on the wind. 

Quiggley looks surprised. "Strange. Didn't you know from the western sprout we were coming here?", Quiggley asks from where he is.

Praxius looks from the Sprout to Quiggley and back.

”How did the Western sprout know we were coming?”, he whispers to Quiggley, feeling he has missed something.

”You don’t look so good, if you don’t mind me saying. Are you getting enough sunlight and water?”, he adds more loudly, speaking towards the sprout.

Quiggley leans and turns his head slightly towards Praxius while cupping his hand on one side in the universal whisper move then whispers, "Because that's my friend I went to see while I was gone. Quicker to fly and catch up with you all. Oh and whispering is kind of pointless. The sprout can hear you anywhere in the glade." loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Great Deku Sprout, do you mind if I can ask you a few questions? We have traveled far to ensure that you are OK and now that we know that much I have much I want to ask you."

Paca fumbles his pan flute back into his backpack as he awaits a response from the deku sprout. 

Theo stops suddenly, almost spilling his pack which he filled with various fruits. “Great Deku Sprout,” Theo says cautiously and uses the same greeting as Paca, “I would also like to ask a question of you, though I don’t know if you know the answer to it.”

"No they did not? How.....How would the Western Sprout be able to tell me of your arrival?......Im Sorry Quiggley of the Lost Fairies, But I think you have our connection to the Deku Tree confused with something else. We do not share a mind or memories, We know what the Deku Tree knows and they know what we Know, but we are not bugs.....we do not share a hive mind." 

The Voice is calm and Inquisitive. 

"Of Course! Ask away!" The Voice comes to each one of you, Seperately but together. 

Each of you may ask Three questions, If it is within the Deku Sprouts ability to answer the question. It Will do so. Your questions will be answered in your respective player channels. 

"Perhaps I am confused. I often am. It just seemed to me that if the Deku tree knows what you each know, and each of you know what it knows, then you would know of my questions and visit, just as you knew who I am. In a factual sense not perhaps as a memory as you said, which would infer you would know the factual knowledge of our plan to visit here if not precisely when.", Quiggley explains. 

"My only question is may I give my other two questions to the others. They seem to have need of important things answered, and I already had my personal questions answered."

Paca will ask his three questions. Waiting for a response between each one.

"There is much to tell you but I will start with this. There was an attack on Hyrule Castle. We were there during this time. The king and princess both survived but the princess has fallen into a stasis. There was a Poe there that we believe caused this stasis on the princess. Do you know what kind of magic or phenomena would cause this from a Poe?"

"The Poe was disguised as the king. While it was disguised, it asked me the location of the nearest deku sprout. I gave this information thinking it was the true king. It was a blunder on my part... Why would a Poe be asking for locations of Deku sprouts? I am worried the sprouts and the Great Deku tree might be in danger."

"After the attack on the castle, we found a tomb underneath the city. A shade lingers there. Can you share your knowledge of Shades with me?"

Theo, out loud, asks only one question. “Why are there so many monsters returning to Hyrule in these past few days?”

Praxius looks to the others as they ask their questions, but asks none of his own, at least not out loud at this time.

His brow does furrow slightly.

"Whoa, that is deep", Praxius suddenly blurts out, before realising he spoke aloud and blushes a little.

Quiggley, 

The voice returns to you, "I believe you are overthinking the connection We share, We are not omnipotent beings with infinite knowledge. Yet the knowledge we do share is vast and complicated, Such knowledge can muddy the water so to speak and cause us to lapse on the visit of a singular fairy who it would seem, Believes themself important enough to remember. Yet in the grand ocean of knowledge we of the Deku share, you are but a passing speck." The voice is calm and regulated, with no sign of emotion or inflection. "No you may not, I grow tired. Already your company has my eyes heavy."

Theo, 

The voice comes to you. 

"We do not know the answer to that question, Events are unfolding that no one could have foresaw. We do know that the forces seem to have stagnated and found great resistance during their march on Death Mountain." 

Paca, 

"Yes but the answer isnt a simple one. The Poe is something more than a simple Poe, Granted a Boon by a long forgotten deity has caused this particular Poe to change so that it can perform feats it should not be able to." The gentle breeze across the top of the glade comes to an immediate halt as Paca finishes his second question. 

".....The Poe......knows the location of a Sprout?" The Sprouts voice, laced with fear returns to all of you. Immediately the wall of vined leaves behind you bursts open, Putt and a second Korok flutter into the glade. "Deku Sprout, something is wrong. The Orchard.....Its Dying!!!!" 

"No.....Its not, but part of it is." Looking out into the Orchard, you watch as all the ripe and deletable fruit you had eaten on your way in. Is now shriveling and rotting away, even those you had taken to enjoy later. You find yourselves reaching for them and finding a pile of rotted mush in their place. 

"A Sprout has fallen. No More questions, all of you. Leave." There is a rush of air, each of you find yourselves caught in a personal typhoon. You are lifted off the ground and high into the air, its all you can do just to keep sight of eachother. You are placed back beside the RIver bank by which you entered. 

"OH NO!....OH NO NO NO NO NO! What is happening? What have I done? Lizi what is going on?" Paca scrambles to collect his thoughts but can't control this feeling of guilt. He brought this on, he told the poe where a sprout is. An immense pain hits the pit of his stomach.