Magnet: I seem to be taking over the journal lately...
But I have good reason this time.
Scape: Gasp! You're no longer a midget! O.O
Magnet: ...indeed. And thanks for spoiling the journal. XP
Scape: Hey, what're brothers for? X]
Magnet: ...you do realize my antlers are bigger than yours. =P
Scape: ... >.> Point taken. Proceed.
Magnet: Thaaaanks. XP

Anyway, before someone interrupted me... (Scape: *pretends to be studying a flower*)

I awoke in the shallows of the lake like usual, only I noticed something different right away. There was extra weight to my head, and my reflection confirmed why.

O_O Antlers. And not just from the lake teasing me again!
In celebration, I took a lap around the Forest at top speed to test my Stag legs. I was a lot faster than before, and didn't grow tired for once!
I couldn't wait to find other deer to see their reactions, but, in an uncharacteristic streak of mischief, I decided to follow through with a little trick I'd thought up some time ago, just for this day. I switched to fawn, and found a group of deer at the Crying Idol. I made sure they saw me enter the Idol, and when I reappeared, I emerged a full-grown Stag. (Of course I grabbed a few pictures while I was in there.


Seems a love of taking photography is something Scape and I share.)

I may have given Pepokeen a heart attack. XD
But apparently he found it funny and wasn't mad, because he helped me get my set. =D

Thanks again!

In return, he wanted a certain mask. It seems spells were being stubborn today, for it took awhile for us to get the ones we wanted.


..don't ask. XD

Pepokeen seemed to be looking for someone, because he kept calling out and listening a lot. It seems they weren't around, though, so he was upset. =( I attempted to cheer him up:

"Demon tree's gonna get you!"
It seemed to work, at least for a little while.
Then we became carousel deer.


Pepokeen left then, so I took my time wandering the Forest, studying the different plants along the way.
I found myself in the Poppy patches near the Ruins.

Scape was right; they are quite beautiful.
A fawn and I think Taiko (picto wasn't showing) came up to me there, and we danced for a bit, until Taiko took off, the fawn following. With nothing better to do, I went to go sit in the patch of sunlight for awhile, just thinking.
I even sat on the pedestal in the Ruins, letting the calm of this place wash over me. I soon felt myself growing thirsty, so decided I'd go back to the lake. I took my time in getting there, though, wanting to study my surroundings. I couldn't help but feel I was being watched, though. Hmm... I had noticed another deer nearby when I'd departed from the Ruins. Could they have been following me? I caught glimpses of them out of the corner of my eye along the way. That picto was familiar... Stelmaria? I'm not sure what to make of that.

Anyway... I got stopped twice on my walk, by this one fawn the first time, and the second time when Barwick came up to me (He was surprised by my growth spurt, too. XD), along with that same fawn I think, and then another fawn. And both times, we danced. I can only dance for so long, though, so after awhile I bowed out of each dance, bowing again to signal my departure.

I finally reached the lake, quenching my thirst and splashing around in the shallows. I even tried my dead man's float again.

I decided I'd walk in the river to the Crying Idol. Allowing its twin waterfalls to wash over me, I sat in its shadow. I have a strange attraction to the lake, though, and soon found myself in its shallows once again. It was there I met Jen's deer. He was way above my head at the time. O.o But he soon drifted back to the earth and we goofed around by combining sniff with other movements. Would that be called "sniff-glitching"? X]

After enough of that, he led me over to a group of deer. I didn't know any of them, except for one or two of the fawns I'd danced with before, so I was slow to approach. But I'm glad I did, because while observing another deer (Kelvana I believe?), I was able to figure out how to moon-walk on command. =D You have to be turning first before you start walking backwards!

We were pretty close to the Ruins, and once again I found myself at the previous site of Run's Memorial. I had never met Run, but from what I hear about her, I wish I had.


Well...I met the Deermuda Deer. And their powers are, well, freaky. Gravity doesn't exist to them apparently! They kept drifting into the air, on command, without even having to run while jumping. And they turned me into a dove. O_o But I got closeups.


And this is what Pega did with them:

X]

I figured this was meant to make me fear the powers of the Deermuda Triangle. Well, hate to tell you this D-Deer, but I'm immune.

Defying the Triangle's power in front of D-Deer.
I don't think they were happy about that, because they kept following me as I made my way to the lake again, randomly drifting into the air. I just found it amusing, so I laughed, bowed, and continued on my way.

Back to the shallows with the Dragonflies for me. I'll probably be back later.

Until next time.