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[When Ariel burst out of the sea, she had expected to still be in the water. What she wasn't expected was to be stuck up in a tree.

At least, she thinks it's called a tree. Whatever it is, she's stuck in it, and the ground is pretty far beneath her.

She leans over to cling to the trunk of the tree and stares down, wondering how she got up here and how to get down and - and is that... is that the ground?

Then she... She's on the land?

Ariel slowly looks over to her legs. Legs. Legs! She can't help stretching one out, and the shock on her face turns into elation. It worked! The spell worked! Oh, she has to find Eric now! She -

She's so happy that she very nearly falls out of the tree, and she holds tightly to the trunk again. Yeaaah, she should. Probably not move much right now, even for Eric.

Maybe someone will come along...]

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[And the unfamiliar colors also catch Ariel's attention. At that remark, though, she gives a one shouldered shrug with her free arm and a helpless smile. She catches that playful tone, and she matches it with her own tone of sorts. Oh, she likes this lady already.]

[Judith cranes her neck to try and find some sort of eye contact with the tree-climbing-redhead.]

Do you need some help getting down, or would you like some company up there?

[Either way is fine to her and have their own fun to them.]

[Well, it would be nice to have company. But Ariel keeps almost falling and she'd rather have company on solid ground instead.

So, she points down at the ground with a bit of an unsure smile, as if asking if she doesn't mind helping her. Ariel could always try herself, but... well...]

[Bit of a quiet girl, isn't she. Well, no matter. Judith positions herself carefully under her, digging her heels into the ground and spreading her arms out.]

Drop and I'll catch you. Promise. [Look at that trustworthy smile.]

[Ariel's... a bit unsure on that. Not the promise, but the fact that she has to fall from this high. This new found gravity is kind of intimidating... She can feel it pull at her, unlike how it is with the sea.

But she's never backed down from a challenge before. So she bites her lip hard, then shuts her eyes tight as she lets go of the tree and falls. Hhhhghghhg she just hopes she catches her...!]

[She grounds her feet in and braces herself, eyes watching every step of the way as the girl finally lets go of her clutched branch -]

[It's a tangle of long limbs for a moment but there's no fear of leaving her arms.]

There. [She offers a smile to the redhead she's now holding bridal-style.] Not so bad a fall.

[She holds on tightly around the first thing solid thing she could feel - Judith's neck, and she curls slightly, enough so that her shoulders raise and her chin touches her chest. But then she realizes that she isn't falling, and she can hear the other girl talk to her...

Slowly, she opens one eye, then the other, and she relaxes enough to look up at the other woman. Ha... Ha! She made it! Th-There really wasn't anything to be afraid of!

We just won't mention how her heart's still pounding a million miles an hour. Ahaha...

Instead, Ariel will smile widely before leaning up to kiss Judith on the cheek in gratitude. It's the only way she really knows how in this state of hers.]

[Oh my; Judith feels like a knight in shining armor now. Offering a smile and a little laugh, she helps her down to solid ground at last - provided the redhead is willing to let go of the death grip she has on Judith's neck.]

Why thank you. Perhaps I can get your name as well as a kiss?

I'll start. Judith.

[... Aaah, her feet are on the ground. Her feet are on the ground! Ariel smiles wide, though her hold transfers to Judith's shoulders to keep her balance. Gosh, her legs keep wobbling...

It takes her a moment to react to the name. But once she does, she looks up, and she tries to give her own...

Only to mouth the words instead. Oh... that's right. She can't.

She taps her throat and shakes her head.]

[She sure is unsteady; it's like watching a baby deer. Judith doesn't mind at all giving her support, but it does beg the question of why she couldn't do it on her own.]

[And now she's mute? Quite the mystery.]

Well then. I'll just have to find your name another way, then, won't I?

Did you just arrive in this place? All you need to do is nod.

[... A smile slowly comes up on her face, and she nods. It's nice to not get a sympathetic look, as she was expecting from most anyone she'd talk to about her lack of voice. But yes, she did just arrive. She looks up at the tree, then back at Judith with a sheepish shrug. Right in that tree, too.]

[She thinks she's following this girl's mimed explanation of events.]

Well then. Welcome to Luceti.

[... Oh. Is that what this place is? Luceti?

Ariel tilts her head and mouths the word. Is that what the kingdom is called...?]

[Not that Judith can tell what she's trying to say, so she cocks her head in the opposite direction of the girl's.]

It's hard to answer questions when you don't ask them.

[And she bends down to the ground, searching around the trunk of the tree. Even if the girl won't speak, if they can find the journal, she can probably write down her half of the conversation, right?]

There should be a little book somewhere very near here, just for you.

[... A book? Yes, she knows what that is. But is there really one nearby?

Ariel leans against the tree trunk for balance as she looks around, too. Maybe it fell with her... But hey, what's that under the snow, poking out a bit - ah, there we go! She leans down, though it's more like she falls to her knees rather than kneels, and pulls at the book hidden there. It's a little wet thanks to the snow, but there it is!

She holds it up for Judith to see with a big smile, then opens it up to look through it. Her eyes go wide for a moment... and she leans in slowly, staring at all these things happening. Voices... videos? What kind of book is this?]

Confused, are we?

[She just stands simply, waiting for the inevitable - mimed - questions on what to do with it.]

[She turns the book side to side. Then pokes the part where the pictures are.

And then, as expected, she looks back at Judith and holds the book up, a confused expression on her face, and nods. Yes. She is.]

[blah blah blah journal tutorial goes here, press x to start...]

[Judith, in her own journal, presents the following two lines and an in real life smile.]

My name is Judith; what's yours?

[Ariel looks at the two lines, then up at Judith with a smile of her own. She mouths the name: "Judith"... It had a nice flow to it.

Ah, now it's her turn. As if she just realized that, her eyes widen, and then she takes the pen and writes her answer.]

"My name is Ariel. I've never seen a book like this before in my life!"

[A smile. Good, they were getting somewhere now.]

I would be afraid if you had. [Ariel... nice to have a name to put to the girl's face now. It fits her, somehow.] You've just arrived here. The village isn't too far from this place - not at all far of a walk.

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