sixthiterationlogs | 10 - The Heart of Te Fiti [OPEN]

WHO: Moana
WHERE: The Forest & The Inn
WHEN: July 5th - 15th
OPEN TO: Closed
WARNINGS: Fighting/Violence most likely...

The Inn - July 5th - 10th

Moana wasn't sure what to make of it. She had found the heart over a week before but hadn't thought to show it to anyone. She kept it in her grandmother's necklace which was now useful as well as a keepsake of the only family member who truly understood her.

She sat on the floor near the fire place. It was to hot to have the fire going but this had been Moana's seat since winter. She saw no reason to change that now. Itiiti, the little piglet, was snuggled against the side of her skirts, enjoying the feel of the grass around his round little body. She looked down at him briefly, smiling before she gently opened her necklace.

The heart dropped lightly into her palm, glowing a familiar green light.

"Why are you here?" She asked the heart as if it might be able to reply back to her. She'd notice that the strength of it's glow had been changing. Right before the earth quake and now she felt that it was dimming. Like a heart beat that was slowly reaching it's end. "Please. Please don't die. I need to return you to where you belong." Moana begged softly, curling her fingers protectively around the stone.

The Forest - July 8th - Bear

She knew that the heart brought trouble, Moana had seen it first hand on two separate occasions, but she hadn't thought that it would happen here. This village, this realm, felt so far removed from the world she knew. Surely no one knew what the heart was or what it could do.

She'd been wrong.

It still brought trouble to it's bearer though it was a little different from before. Moana had been walking through the forest, following behind Itiiti as the little pig sniffed out mushrooms and other eatable roots. She had a small basket with her that was half filled with things that she planned to bring back to the inn. With the crack in the rocks and the damage to the town, food that could travel seemed more important than before.

Her fingers sank into the earth as she dug up a handful of fungi. Itiiti bumped her elbow, sending Moana face first into the dirt. Her necklace popped open as she hit the ground and the glowing green heart rolled out of it's hiding place. Moana pushed herself up and reached for the stone. When she her fingers touched the smooth surface of the Heart she heard a roar echo threw the forest. The ground trembled and she thought it was another aftershock of the quake. It wasn't. The trees parted and a large black bear lumbered into view.

"Itiiti Run!" The piglet didn't need to be told twice. He squealed and took off into the woods. For anyone who ran into Itiiti he'd be too frightened to lead you back to his owner.

Moana scrabbled to her feet, wondering if she'd somehow stumble onto the bears home. Her basket of roots and mushrooms had fallen over and now sat a few feet to her left. Against all logical reason she reached down to try and gather up the food back into the basket. "Please stay away." Moana was used to monsters that could understand her and talk. She's never seen a bear before.

The Inn - July 15th
Place Holder. ooc: Heart looses it's glow. Unsure if Moana will have traveled to 7i by then or not. Pending how the meeting on July 10th goes. She wants to see the ocean as soon as she can. ~~And try to get a boat there so that she can try and sail across the ocean.~~ I might also have another prompt up where Moana is being chased by wolves on the 11th or 12th if anyone is interested in that.

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Moana expression fell while her eyes focused on the stone. "If I can’t return it then the world will be covered in darkness. The darkness will slowly drain the life from everything." While Te Fiti granted life, without her heart it was taken away. Moana didn’t know why but she’d seen it on her own island to know that it was true.

"The darkness… it had already chased away our fish and polluted the plants on the island. I’ve seen it." She whispered the end of her words as if she couldn’t dare to speak the truth louder. "This place, is so far from my home… I don’t know if I can get it back there."

She was the daughter of the village chief, it was her duty to save her island and those who lived on it. She loved them with all her heart.

It was a frightening prospect, for as much as she could understand. The story was like the ones that Ancient Greeks would share as warnings or lessons for others to learn, but the stone was before her, not symbolism but a physical object. "Is there a way to send it back?" Perhaps placing it in the fountain? It might slip through whatever brought others to the world.

She shivered, disturbed by the image she spoke of. "I wish I knew the means of returning you home." To receive gifts, she simply made a wish, but this was different. If she knew how to appeal to whoever brought them here, she would be back in Rome now with her son.

"Will the stone effect this world?"

Moana shook her head to indicate that, no, there wasn't a way to send it back. Like them, it was stuck here until the over seers decided to return it home. She didn't know what it meant or if it meant anything at all. Maybe it wasn't even the heart and it was another glowing green stone. Only Moana knew that this was truly the Heart of Te Fiti.

"I don't know." She admitted in a soft tone.

"I don't know what it's doing here or why or how. How had it come over the falls?" Maybe it was a way back home but they could never climb it. Moana already knew how dangerous that was.

What strange rules this world had. Items from their world could be brought through as well, but couldn't be removed, just as they couldn't leave. But why bring in this stone unless it served some purpose? It was chilling to consider. That the observers had plans that might not be innocent...

She had never seen the falls, choosing not to venture too far into the forest. She didn't even know if this was a common occurrence, where items from their world could be returned to them. It seemed strange that it happened somewhere away from the fountain, unless both waters were the same?

"Was it at the bottom of the pool or did it float over the falls when you came upon it?" It might have been placed there intentionally for her to find it.

Moana couldn't recall many instances where items from people's homes arrived in the village. Ned's Wirewood sapling had been one such instance, her grandmother's necklace had been the second and finally the Heart. How would Moana be able to determine what it meant if it appeared to be random occurrences?

It didn't make sense.

Dark eyes looked up at the woman in front of her. "It was at the bottom. I had gone to the falls to bathe and I saw it glowing in the rock bed. I had to swim to grab it." She hadn't thought that it was really the Heart at first, how could it be?

"I didn’t know what to think so I didn't tell anyone-" She paused. "Until now."

Maybe not telling people had been a mistake? Moana wasn't sure but she felt unsettled knowing that the Heart of Te Fiti was here.

"Perhaps you should speak to the others who have been here longer? They might know more about this place and why the Heart would have been brought here." She frowned, wishing that she had the answers. There was so much about the village and this world that left her confused and reeling. Why would it bring this mythical item unless it had a use for it?

Or it was bait of some sort.

"I wonder if the powers it has now will be the same here?"

Moana nodded her head. There were people that she could ask and she would try and make a point to go and talk to them.

She thought over the girls question before answering. "I don't think so." She's been here for a while and she's watched as things in the village have changed. "People used to have different powers... I think the people who brought us here took them... somehow. I never asked." Moana was human and it hadn't felt like it was any of her business but she's seen it around the island including the sudden change in those around her.

"Anything I know now feels like guessing." It was an uncomfortable realization.

"I fear that is what we must do, guess." It wasn't a comfortable position for her either. To trust completely that they would be well looked after, it was a difficult thing after the life she had lead with Giovanni Sforza. Her illusions and dreams had been shattered. After that, reality was hard to keep at bay, especially here.

"Powers? Why would they take someone's magic?" It was so surreal to know others had powers or even came from different worlds. It was easier to accept it and focus on what was being said.

"You think it was someone who did it? Does this mean the observers might human?"

Moana lifted her shoulders in a quick shrug. "I don't know." She didn't have powers and it was something she didn't fully understand. "They also give people powers too. Peggy was able to detect lies once. Like, really detect them." It had been an awkward conversation for Moana who was only good at lying to herself.

At the second question, Moana shrugged again. She had met many creatures and monsters during her travels. Only one monster actually spoke to her, Tamatoa, but they all appeared to know what they were doing.

"Maybe not." She looked up at Lucrezia, "I mean, they might not be human. I met a talking crab once." Which was what prompted her thoughts "So it might be something else… maybe not a crab but something."

Oh that might have been useful in the Vatican, but it would defeat the purpose of learning to detect lies herself. Bless the Saints that this power didn't exist any longer. There were certain thoughts that she wished to keep to herself that required a little lying.

"A talking crab?" There is an incredulous note in her voice. After all she had seen, this seemed too ridiculous. For a moment, she wondered what madness she stumbled into.

"You think they are a talking animal?"

"Not really." Moana admitted with a sheepish smile. She had met a talking crab once but that had been very specific circumstances. "Tamatoa lives in the realm of monsters. While I think we’re in another realm I don’t think it’s anything like that." She paused and then motioned with her arms. "It was in a large clam shell."

That probably didn’t stop Moana from sounding weird.

"Whoever brought us here… I don’t know but it feels like it’s for something specific. Just with everything that’s happened." It was hard for Moana to explain how she felt about it.

10 - The Heart of Te Fiti [OPEN]

The Inn - July 5th - 10th

The Forest - July 8th - Bear

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