Andy
The Ascendent had been getting tended to for a while now. A new, slightly better, skeleton was affixed to it. The tiny fractures in its skull had been fused by Mr Bones and then been made obvious with inlaid silver. It was scarred- and wouldn't allow anyone to forget until the demigod's failure had been righted. Now wasn't quite the time for that, but it was time to leave the land. The Ascendent was fed up with being preened by attendants, angry that skeletons were fawning over a *Skeleton-less* Foreign mortal. It had to get out. Watch the abyss, far away enough that no other mortals could be seen. The skeleton just needed to enjoy solitude. And so, it began to make its journey up the tree. 

The demigod slowly clambered up root and vine, taking care not to harm its grandmother(?) on the journey up. Eventually it managed to reach one of the more sturdy branches, sturdy enough to be used as more than a foothold at the very least. Slowly so as to not fall off into the eternal abyss, The Ascendent shimmied over to as far as it was sure the branch would hold them. Then it simply looked over the void, waiting. Minutes, hours, possibly even days passed. The Ascendent simply observed the movement of the tree, the way that lands sprung into existence upon vast roots. It was calming, but in the back of The Ascendent's mind it was a little bit exciting. One day every little *Bit* Of all those realms would be under skeletal control. It could not wait. But for now, it did. It waited and it watched.
Kyle
Being alone all the time was hard. After their creation, Shadeje had been isolated in a lonely land of rain and left to be on their own. It was just too lonely for them to stay there! What was a better place to explore than the World Tree itself?

The piercing power of Gaia weighed them down, pulling on their limbs and making each step a bit harder than the last. They were not cautious. If they fell into the void, they could have cared less. Life was something that they were always prepared to lose, so they would always be ready for the worst to happen. 

At last! A person! Shadeje felt themself grin. In a moment's notice, their form shifted into something more approachable. The color of their skin grew tan with splotches of pale blue, and they morphed into the power-hungry body of a tall, broad-shouldered man. His eyes remained empty as ever, that melancholic blue glow continuing to stain his changed appearance. Shadeje came closer to the other person. Without a proper invitation or even notice, he made himself at home next to the skeletal being.

"Plentiful view, ain't it?" He muttered, having not yet been shown the social norms of the world.
Andy
Of *Course* Someone had to come right by where the skeleton was. Naturally, something was going to disturb The Ascendent's peace and quiet. Oh well, it wasn't in the mood to fight and there wasn't really any room to go past it without risk of falling off. It seemed that the demigod would be forced into engaging in pleasantries, for the moment at least. 

Slowly, bone scraping on bone, the demigod turned to face the newcomer. "Plentiful is not the word I would use to describe it. Serene is more accurate. It is empty up here, quiet and separate from the chaotic lands below."

The Ascendent paused, looking the newcomer up and down. They *Appeared* To have a skeleton within them and weren't being aggressive so far. For now, the demigod would humour the thing. Perhaps they would even make a friend, or at the very least a passable acquaintance. 

"I'm here to think, what could bring you to a place as serene as this?" 

While not as alight with emotion as the demigod would have normally preferred, it was enough to start a conversation. And it wouldn't do any good to anger someone that could easily kill them, certainly not before the skeleton had had its revenge.
Kyle
"Yeah, okay... Dimbis," The demigod muttered in response to the other's correction. His words had come out before he had had time to think. Realizing it was a bit uncalled for, he pulled back his mean dialogue and apologized. "Sorry, that was rude. Name's Shadeje. The 'j' is silent, though, because it stands for joy, and there ain't much joy you can find amongst a backdrop of misery. Who're you?"

Similar to the other demigod, Shadeje's face was bony and almost as skeletal as the actual skeleton himself. He grinned at the thought. There was very little depth and variation from his side angle, for he had no nose and the sockets of his eyes were completely empty. No matter who he shifted into or what Shadeje chose to be, he would always have this face. He had never seen a mirror, but he liked it, anyways.

"Friendship" Was a foreign term to the colorful person. This interaction was simply a test drive, an experiment to see what the real world was like. He hoped it was not as sad as the mortals of his realm made it out to be. Sure, there was death, but there must have been fun things as well!

"Well, it was just so lonely in my realm. You're the first person I've ever met, really! I just wanted to get outside and see what this whole 'world tree' thing was all about, you know? Anyways.. Um, am I supposed to ask that question back, now?" Without even giving the other a chance to respond, he answered the question himself. "Yeah. So what are YOU doing- oh, wait, you already told me why! I meant- what are YOU thinking about? Anything fun? Cool? Please tell me this place isn't all about depression and death."

He was so bubbly and childish, it was hard to imagine that Shadeje had been the creation of the goddess of sadness. Everything about the demigod screamed otherwise... Yet there was something underneath, something that had not quite been revealed...