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|s1_title = Before the Ball, Every Strand in Place | |||
It was the day before Medowlyn's coming-of-age ceremony.<br> | |s1_reward = 100 | ||
|s1_text = It was the day before Medowlyn's coming-of-age ceremony.<br> | |||
When the matrons pushed open the door, they found her diligently making the final preparations for the Coiffure Ball.<br> | When the matrons pushed open the door, they found her diligently making the final preparations for the Coiffure Ball.<br> | ||
As the tradition demanded, her hair was styled to perfection. Not a strand out of place. Not one too many, nor one too few. | As the tradition demanded, her hair was styled to perfection. Not a strand out of place. Not one too many, nor one too few. | ||
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She didn't notice, either, when a soft gurgling sound began to fill the room, as if something was quietly rolling somewhere nearby. | She didn't notice, either, when a soft gurgling sound began to fill the room, as if something was quietly rolling somewhere nearby. | ||
|s2_title = Mischievous Yarn Balls! | |||
|s2_reward = 200 | |||
|s2_text = At first, it was just a round, fuzzy little thing that rolled past her in a blur.<br> | |||
At first, it was just a round, fuzzy little thing that rolled past her in a blur.<br> | |||
Medowlyn paid it no mind. She figured it was just something her tired eyes had made up after staying away too long.<br> | Medowlyn paid it no mind. She figured it was just something her tired eyes had made up after staying away too long.<br> | ||
But then came another. And another. More yarn balls skittered in by the second! | But then came another. And another. More yarn balls skittered in by the second! | ||
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She had no idea how much time had passed. It felt like floating on clouds... Like a single feather drifting inside a downy pillow.<br> | She had no idea how much time had passed. It felt like floating on clouds... Like a single feather drifting inside a downy pillow.<br> | ||
At last, she landed on something soft | At last, she landed on something soft — a cushion of floofy grass. | ||
|s3_title = A Garden of Wobbly Plushies | |||
|s3_reward = 300 | |||
|s3_text = "Where did such a big little kid come from?" Voices chirped from somewhere in the garden. | |||
Medowlyn opened her eyes. Towering above her were flowers, each one taller than she was. | |||
The flowers here... could talk? | |||
She stood up and brushed the dirt from her dress. Thankfully, her bun was still intact. | |||
As her eyes wandered, she realized it wasn't just the flowers. Everything in the garden seemed to be watching her: a tiny clay pot, a single blade of grass, a little trowel, a clump of mud, even a patch of soil! | |||
They all stared with wide, curious eyes and wore expressions that were friendly, if a little odd. | |||
They were earthy, plain, a little messy, and yet somehow, they felt strangely familiar. | |||
She shrieked and ran off down the path. | |||
The garden seemed to stretch on forever. Somewhere in the distance, a school bell rang. | |||
Medowlyn dashed toward the only classroom in sight. The windowsill was far too tall for her, but she gathered her strength and leapt up onto it. | |||
Through the window, she was the little children sitting up straight, completely absorbed in their crafts lesson. | |||
And there, standing among their delicate and flawless creations, was a little girl covered head to toe in dirt. | |||
"Homework's done!" The little girl giggled, as if trying of shake off all the dirt clinging to her with nothing but laughter. | |||
In her hands was a lopsided, goofy-looking flowerpot... or maybe a plushie? Its face twisted into something between a grin and a sob, just like the strange ones Medowlyn had seen earlier in the garden. | |||
The other children burst into laughter, pointing at the dirt smudged all over her hair. | |||
The girl looked a little embarrassed. She mumbled, as if to explain, "Miss, I just thought the flower I passed earlier... kinda looked like it was smiling!" | |||
"Flowers don't smile," the teacher said with a frown. "That shape doesn't follow the standard pattern or proportions." | |||
"It's okay, Miss!" The girl pulled the same silly face as her flowerpot. "Actually... it doesn't have to be perfect!" | |||
"What I really made was—" | |||
'''"Art that turns happy moments into something that lasts forever!"''' | |||
Outside the window, Medowlyn finished the sentence with her in perfect unison! | |||
So that was it. The little girl and the garden were pieces of who she used to be. | |||
So that was it. It didn't have to be perfect, as long as the memory was happy. | |||
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|s4_reward = 400 | |||
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