Part ??A - A Lo-fi Hangout.

*Enflared and Aurora walked over to the front of the little bar and took a seat. The two ordered and the worker went back to the grill. Enflared chuckled slightly and smiled at Aurora*

Enflared: You handled Chloe pretty well back there kid. Color me impressed.

Aurora: Thanks Enflared, but it wasn't anywhere near as impressive as your magic.

Enflared: Heh, sorry buddy. Despite how lonely I am, flirting doesn't really work on me, I'm a tough cookie.

*Enflared thought for a moment, then nodded.*

Enflared: Speaking of Chloe, what do you think of her?

(If the player says "She's cool.")

Enflared: Heh, I know right? We actually bought that house together. We each pay half monthly.

Aurora: How long have you two been dating?

*Enflared began to chuckle, to a point where he was stifling laughter.*

Enflared: Heh, we aren't dating pal. I'm not really her type, and she's not really my type either.

Aurora: Then why did you buy the place together?

Enflared: We've both been close pals for a while. She's helped me through a lot of me struggles, and I've done the same with her. So we decided it would be best if we got a place together.

Enflared: Aside from her, my other source of emotional support is Will.

(If the player says "She's interesting.")

*Enflared pauses for a moment, a saddened look crossing his face.*

Enflared: You know... you aren't the first person to have said that.

Enflared: I think you just haven't gotten to see her charm yet. She's really cool once you get to know her.

Aurora: Yeah, sorry if I was a little too quick to judge her. If you don't mind me asking, who was the other person who said that?

Enflared: Well, that other person is Will, but he warmed up to her eventually.

Enflared: Oh yeah... now that I bring it up, I never discussed Will with you.

Aurora: Yeah, who is he?

Enflared: Will is the captain of the royal guard. His job is to help people out and to-

*Enflared pauses, a thought coming to him. His smile fades and he lets out a sad chuckle.*

Enflared: Well, you already know the guard is looking for humans with special souls... so...

Aurora: Yeah.

*The two sit in awkward silence for a little bit, before Enflared clears his throat and tries to put a smile back on his face.*

Enflared: But hey! All of that stuff aside, will is a reasonable guy, and he's pretty cool when you get to know him.

Aurora: Yeah! I bet he's great!

*The worker came out of the back room and put the food in front of Enflared and Aurora.*

Enflared: Thanks Markus. Here's your tip.

*The worker smiled and nodded, taking the money and dealing with the register.*

Enflared: Oh yeah, I just had another thought.

*Enflared snapped his fingers and the room around them went dark and silent. Everything outside of the circle of light they sat in went as still as a statue and everything froze in thin air. The surrounding air grew stagnant and cold, giving Aurora a foreboding feeling.*

Enflared: Have you seen a talking flower before?

Aurora: Was their name Harper?

Enflared: So you have met them before. Harper the Hibiscus. She really is something else, isn't she?

Aurora: How did you meet her?

Enflared: Well, at first I didn't know them at all, but one day Chloe told me she had seen a talking flower and she had made friends with it.

*Enflared narrowed his eyes.*

Enflared: At first I thought she had gone crazy from oxygen deprivation or something... But then one day, I saw her out the window, talking to a flower in sunny day.

Enflared: Now normally, I would have chalked that up to her being weird too, except that once she was done, the flower went into the ground. I automatically caught onto the fact that this was the flower she was talking about.

Aurora: So what did you do?

Enflared: I went around sunny day and other areas, and I began asking if anybody else had seen a talking flower. More people than I anticipated said yes.

Enflared: So one day, I chose to ask Chloe about this mysterious flower. She told me it was named Harper, and it was helping her with some stuff.

Enflared: So I went outside, and sat under a tree. I waited under that tree for what felt like hours until, who would have guessed, a talking hibiscus flower came out of the ground in front of me.

Enflared: We talked for a bit, and I actually consider them to be a friend too.

Aurora: How often do you talk?

Enflared: Sadly, not as often as I'd like. I'm usually busy with stuff I do on a daily basis, and I'm sure Harper has her own stuff. Regardless, it's good to know that you know her too.

*Enflared snapped his fingers and the lights came back on all around them. Everything in the room regained its life and everything started moving again.*

Enflared: Wow, we've already been here for around 20 minutes. Time sure flies when you're with people you care about, huh kid?

*Aurora nodded and Enflared smiled.*

Enflared: Well, we'd best continue on our journey. Ya' can put whatever you didn't finish in your inventory and we can get going.

*Aurora stuffed what was left (whatever the player ordered) into her inventory and followed Enflared out of the bar and they began to make their way to The Calm Waters.*