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.