Slouching Soldier

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* Ascended

The **Slouching Soldier** is a Seasonal Spirit from the Season of The Little Prince who offers the  Slouch expression. The soldier is found in Starlight Desert's giant jar, to the right of the entrance from the Vault. The collectibles offered by this spirit are a  Cape,  Hair, and  Music Sheet 23.

## Memory

The Slouching Soldier spirit can be found in the Starlight Desert inside and to the right of the opening of the Giant Jar, right of the entrance from the Vault. This spirit is a carry-spirit memory with 8 memory fragments with a 15-minute overall time limit. As you relive its memory, you can see the soldier struggling through three select events in their life.

First, the Slouching Soldier stumbles with their left hand outreached in front of a group of other spirits, standing on a hill: the Saluting Captain, Backflipping Champion, and Fainting Warrior. The soldier stands on that same hill, holding a jar. They walk down the hill and is hunched over their dropped jar.

Over on the next hill, the Slouching Soldier runs over to the five Star Lamps. The soldier is then seen sitting where those Star Lamps once were, burying their face into their arm. They stumbling along with a jar in hand.

Once again, they flounder towards a scene at the top of the largest hill. At the top, a parental spirit stands with two scared spirit children, one in each arm. The solider carries another jar. At the end of the memory, the Slouching Soldier flings the jar to the ground and drops to their knees and hands.

The Little Prince enters the scene and asks, "Why are you drinking the dark water?"

"So that I may forget," the soldier replies, without looking up.

"Forget what?"

"Forget that I am ashamed."

"Ashamed of what?"

The soldier stands up, covers their face, and runs off shouting, "Ashamed of drinking the dark water!"

The Little Prince watches on as the soldier grabs another jar and contemplates aloud, "Grown-ups are certainly very, very odd." The jar is tossed aside and the soldier slouches in despair.

## Expression

The  Slouch expression has 4 levels.

Slouch Level 1Slouch Level 2Slouch Level 3Slouch Level 4
* Level 1 will make your avatar hang your head and dangle your arms with a melancholy accordion sound effect
* Level 2 makes the same motion as Level 1 with a blue glow around your head
* Level 3 will make your avatar hang your head and sway forward until you plant yourself face down in the ground with a more elongated melancholy accordion sound effect
* Level 4 makes the same motion as Level 3 with a light trail that follows your head

As a Traveling Spirit, the prices of the three expression upgrades were the standard 4 , 3 , and 6 . During the Season, Levels 2 and 4 were free, but were only available to Season Pass holders.

## Cosmetics

### Cape

This spirit offers a tattered cape which costs 70 from the traveling spirit. During the season, it was available to all players during the season from the friendship tree's fifth node (64  total).

### Hair

This spirit's hair costs 42  from the traveling spirit. During the season, it was a SP-exclusive item, available after unlocking the friendship tree's second node (10  total).

## Music Sheet

The Slouching Soldier offers  Music Sheet #23, costing 15 from the traveling spirit. During the season it was available only to all players with a Season Pass from the spirit's fourth node (42  total). It is a song in the key of C Major.

## Traveling Spirit

This was the Spirit's Friendship Tree the last time they returned as a Traveling Spirit. These collectibles will not be available for purchase again until the next time this Spirit returns.

All dates when this Spirit has returned as a Traveling Spirit are:

* February 16, 2023 (#81)

### Hints

The hints given before the **Slouching Soldier**'s first appearance were:

* Tends to get wistfully nostalgic
* Needs more sleep
* Loses items frequently
* Has thought about taking up poetry
* Trips often
* Is searching for a goal
* Could use a friend
* Sometimes forgets to eat
* Once was an extrovert
* Sneezes if they look directly at the sun (Fun fact: apparently only 10-35% of the population does this, it's a genetic thing)
* Holds onto mementos
* Can never say no to a loaf of bread
* Is perhaps a virgo sun and cancer moon, but a disclaimer: I haven't thought about this ahead of time
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## Season Friendship Tree

This Friendship Tree provides the collectibles sold by this Seasonal Spirit during the Season of The Little Prince. This Tree can no longer be accessed. However, the items listed here will be available for purchase when the Spirit returns as a Traveling Spirit.

## Trivia

* The Slouching Solder is inspired by the Ashamed Man in *Le Petit Prince* written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
* In the Slouching Soldier's first memory fragment, the Backflipping Champion, Saluting Captain and Fainting Warrior make an appearance.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 This item can only be obtained if you have purchased the Season Pass for this Season.