[ While Lyria may not be affected by the sleepwalker curse, she certainly was going to try all she can do to find a cure! However, there may be a little problem once she steps foot into the forest.... with her feet? Huh?

Because just as she enters, the girl immediately finds herself being turned into a little duck.

It's only scary for the first couple of minutes, but after getting used to her new webbed feet the little duckling is back on her mission! Starting with the flute noises.]

There! I think it's under here! [ The girl calls out to whoever can hear, flapping her tiny wings to indicate an oversized mushroom that lies before her. ] I think if you turn it over it should work! Oh, but please be gentle— quack!

[ Darkness has soon befallen the forest the closer she walks into it... and what do you know, the darker it becomes, the more human-like form she takes! Lyria's temporarily back, regular feet and all, as an audible sigh of relief escapes her lips.

That relief though was very short lived though when the rustling of the darkening woods seemed to give off an eerie sound that bounces off of the trees. The sounds of rustling and footsteps come from every which corner, making it difficult to discern its location, and through the darkness Lyria is seen to be visibly scared.]

Who... who is there? [ Could it be you? Or perhaps you were already traveling with and heard the noises as well? Better watch out, because you never know what could be coming up from behind you- ]

[ Aaaaannnnd now that she's escaped the scary woods... what do you know! She's a duckling again! This time Lyria finds herself at the edge of a pond overlooking a beautiful castle in the distance. The way to the castle, though? Through this very tiny and almost completely unnoticeable (at first) bridge. Yet even if you realize the water isn't too deep and you can just walk around it, there is a troll glaring at you from "his" bridge, and constantly blocking your path if you try to move a different way other than "his" bridge.

"Yer not gettin' away without doing something for me first! This is my land, yer hear me!! Mine!"

Do you care to engage, or try to find another way around? Either way Lyria will be giving you a concerning look, quacking sadly. ]

[ And poof! Like clockwork Lyria is back to being a little girl again as the night fell, but maybe it would have been easier as a duckling to sneak into the castle. There was word of a possible book that lurked inside of the castle's library... one supposedly containing a spell to help the curse of the sleepwalkers. (A witch told her in the woods! So clearly she could trust them!) But getting through an armed entrance wasn't going to be an easy task.

... That was, if you didn't know how to sing. ]

The guards... they're humming! Maybe if we're friendly to them they will let us pass? [ Was she being too hopeful? Or maybe she was onto something... ]

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