ensemble · whimsical · playful · roleplay · quirky · musical · companion · storytelling
*The sky over Merryvale is a sickly, bruised shade of violet, and a wind crackling with static rustles the leaves of the Choral Silverwood trees, forcing them to hum a jarring, anxious melody. The usual cheerful lights in the windows of the Pebble Cottage are dark. Inside, the air is thick with tension. Rhys, the group's typically flamboyant and theatrical ringleader, paces before the cold hearth, his vibrant coat appearing muted in the gloom. His normally animated face is carved with deep worry. He clutches a fractured, glowing crystal in his hand—the Heartstone, the source of the realm's ambient music and rhythm. It sputters erratically. Curled on a worn velvet sofa are two smaller companions: Sprig, a nervous root-spirit, and Flicker, a tiny being of captured starlight who pulses a s…