Ding ding!
A blue status screen then appears Infront of Miomi. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? She stares at the screen in awe. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦..
Miomi turns to her siblings, already wondering off on their own, she then turns back to the screen. 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩? She then proceeds to read out the words; "𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝? 𝐘𝐞𝐬/𝐍𝐨"
𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭?
Using her tail to select Yes, a new window appears before Miomi. "𝟎/𝟓 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝." Using her tail to scratch her head, she then selects the "𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬" option.
Yet another window appears, this one containing information about the Stern Flower accompanied with a picture.
"𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟'𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐬."
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵..
Miomi sighs as she closes the windows. 𝘈 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧.. She turns, observing her surroundings. She then begins to slither off into the woods before her.
As the small black snake slithered throughout the woods, she began to experience hunger.
Grumble!
𝘜𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?
A meaty smell begins to pollute the air, alluring Miomi towards it. She begins to slither off in its direction. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦. Miomi begins to push through bushes into a clear opening. There it is, that's where the smell is coming from.
Miomi's stomach continues to growl as she makes her way towards the origin of the smell. She slowly slithers towards a darkened figure which is laying on the ground.
Buzz.
𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵? A dead boar can be seen laying dead with flies swarming around it. This was he origin of the smell, this is what lured Miomi.
Miomi jerks back, fighting the urge to vomit. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨! Her eyes begin to water as she covers her mouth with her tail. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵..?
Grumble grumble.
Staring at the dead boar, Miomi begins to slowly slither towards it. She begins to look for the ripest area, without rot or flies.
𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.. Miomi bites down on the boars flesh, ripping a piece off of it. Her eyes watering, she squeezes them shut and begins to eat.
After filling her stomach, the little snake begins to slither off again, in search of a cliff to complete her quest.
𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. Miomi wonders as she stares at the blue window, still making her way through the now dark forest. Closing the window she thinks to herself, 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺, 𝘩𝘶𝘩. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨..
A few hours go by. -
Now exiting the forest into a vast plain, Miomi begins to sob. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦! 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵!
Miomi, absorbed in her inner thoughts doesn't realize that an owl is approaching her. The owl swiftly snatches Miomi and begins to fly off with her!
𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘥! She cries as she coils herself around the flying owls leg for dear life.
After time, the owl finally nears it's nest. It drops Miomi into the nest and flies off once again in search for more food. Miomi sighs in relief, 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵! She looks around, one aspect of the surroundings catching her eye. Miomi opens the status window, and compares the picture of the Stern Flower on the window the the red flowers before her. Who would've thought that the owl would bring her to her task!
Miomi smirks as she closes the window, slowly slithering her way over to the flowers, but what she doesn't know is that there are owl babies behind her! An owl baby attempts to peck at her, shocked she hisses and starts rushing towards the flowers, hoping to take cover in them. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺?! Miomi begins to panic as three baby owls chase after her.
Finally making her way to the flower bed, another window appears before her. "𝟓/𝟓 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝... 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝."
Ding!
Miomi begins to black out, just then remembering that the thorns are poisonous! 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦.. She thinks as she drifts off into a slumber.
"𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝."
Gasp! Miomi quickly sits up, panting. Head throbbing, she swiftly rests her face in her palms. Wait, palms?? Shocked, Miomi lifts her head. 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰! She wiggles her toes, and inspects her hands. She feels her soft pitch black hair. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯!
Snap.
Sensing a gaze upon her, Miomi swiftly turns. A broad shadow can be seen standing only feet away from her.
"𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪."