Lunapa Days [Safi]

The wind blew softly on this calm day -- the sound of the breeze seemingly being the only thing to be heard other than silence within the area. It was mainly empty for the most part. One could look around and see not a single person present across this entire section of Lunapa Island... with one exception, that is.

Alone on this calm day stood a girl looking up the tree that was the main (if not the only) attraction of the area. Her own height was barely close to the towering giant that was present. This girl, though most living on the island would not know her, went by the name of Azami Aihara: a first year living in San Malarus. Recently she had begun visiting other areas of the Azores Region; having only just arrived a couple of weeks or so ago and naturally wishing to see the wonders of the region. What stood before her however was far from a wonder... in fact, it seemed more like a miracle.

Of course, there had to be a scientific explanation for the tree's growth. But it was still an amazing sight to see. Normally you wouldn't have ever expected a tree of such height to exist. Yet, before her, stood the leafy giant for all to see. Still -- it was somewhat boring. While this was a nice sight to see and Azami herself had no quarrels about being alone it wasn't really that entertaining after the first few moments or so of looking at it. The feelings of wonder, surprise, and shock faded away like all things do; dying out after the moment of discovery that what you were seeing before it was real. It was a tragedy but alas, it seemed that watching a tree sit there wasn't going to be that exciting after all. Rationally she should have recognized that but there was no harm in coming to see it despite that.

Eventually her chain of thought would come to a halt and she would just simply stand there; unsure if this had been a waste of time or not. Nobody seemed to be coming to view it today either so perhaps she was the oddball out. Then again, she could always simply pull out a book to read or simply leave to either go seem something else or return home.

The man's greeting would remain unresponded to for a while as Azami simply left her focus affixed on the tree; the girl standing there silently for a minute or two seemingly lost in thought. After a while she'd turn to the individual who had spoken the words -- deciding to pay them the heed of day at least a little from the looks of it.


For a moment Azami reverted back to her usual state; not saying a word in the slightest. She wasn't sure if she even wanted to converse with the man before her -- let alone did she know how she'd conduct such a thing. Still, both of them seemed to be at least a little tired of starring at a tree if her hypothesis relating to his actions was correct. Of course, there was no proof that he was but it seemed like that was the case; unless he was simply socially outgoing or was driven to associate with a stranger for some other reason. But then again you could never truly know about others. Even the people you knew could be wearing a mask and lying to you about what they're like through it.


That, of course, was blatant idle-chat. In fact, she could feel a strange vibe coming over her as she stated it -- it being perhaps too cliche to even take seriously in the slightest. Of course, there wasn't much else to converse over considering how the two of them had just met. She could have mentioned the gigantic tree but if it really was a source of boredom for both of them something told her it wouldn't really be that entertaining of a conversation. Then again, weather wasn't exactly an intriguing and wondrous subject either.

''Nothing special, just thinking about stuff. And maybe the fresh air. What else is there to do? Climb the tree?''

Ah... So this was the tree that Hyde was talking about. Such a conclusion only made sense. He had mentioned a gigantic tree, if her memory of their conversation was correct. Did people really try to climb this thing though? Perhaps it was more interesting than staring it but it didn't seem like something most people would come today. Then again, Hyde wasn't most people from what she could tell. "I don't know. I'd assume most people would just make a short stop here and move on. Although I suppose it's not the only reason people would stop by here." She responded; merely shrugging.

Strength -- Logical:

Azami paused for a moment upon the question. What was she here for? The answer seemed simple at first: to see the tree. That is, unless the man before her suspected her of being here for a prolonged period of time. "I suppose I'm just here to see the tree. I'm new to the region so naturally I thought I'd go sightseeing a bit. If nothing more I'm sure I wouldn't be missing anything exciting at home." She would answer calmly in response. Really there wasn't a reason for her to be here other than that -- unless she wanted a quiet place to think like the individual she was conversing with desired. And even then, there were plenty of places other than that to attend for such matters. It wouldn't make the slightest bit of sense to go to a whole other island just to find a place where she could get some peace and silence. "I suppose you could write it off as mere curiosity. After all, if I wasn't interested at least somewhat in seeing the tree for myself I wouldn't have come here in the first place."

"It's grand -- very grand. Its effect wore off on me long since I've been looking at it but I have to admit that it has something going for it if the sight is enough to invoke wonder; even for only a couple of minutes. Aside from the literal spectrum, I think it works rather well inspirationally. When you think about it it's a miracle that a tree could ever grow so tall in a world where most trees are meaningless aside from the oxygen they provide us as a collective. I think a lot of people could find themselves inspired by that -- although I don't know a lot of people; so I can't really say that my hypothesis is accurate."

The tree was an interesting enough sight but that didn't take away the boredom from her. As stated before, it was simply a tree. It couldn't really entertain past the shock-value of its height; even if it was a nice little sight to see at first. But... That's not really what she was interested in right now. That is to say, her own thoughts on the subject matter. Azami already knew them well and good... and while she had gotten caught up in the ramblings of her mind at times she was currently more curious about the other individual's thoughts concerning it.

"I suppose you could think of it that way. There's no wrong view of it; just as there's arguably no wrong way to view the world." Azami would reply in response; merely shrugging. There was nothing wrong with that sort of view -- after all, it was those who were passionate about the non-literal whom most often ended up destroying themselves or others around them. Better to be labelled as apathetic than to be a walking time-bomb... She could agree with that sentiment a lot.

"Rarely is a passionate view about anything a 'good' view. If we all thought a little more with our brains than our emotions a lot of mistakes could be avoided. Complete apathy isn't exactly all that ideal either though. In the end, I believe most would conclude that emotion and reason are two necessities for us as a species: a literal view and a figurative one."