<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/DhfOlCG.jpg)</div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Rin</span></strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=337368.msg16018996#msg16018996)<br/><strong>Time:</strong><em>Year 1, Visitors</em><br/><strong>Tags:</strong><em>Open</em><br/><strong>Actions:</strong><em>More pondering</em><br/><br/>Rin watched her fellow spirits leap, or float as it were, into action at the Grumpus dire warning about the mortals floating towards them on their floatymathing. Mortals. She knew that word from somewhere, from the Reaper maybe? Things that didn't last forever. Things that changed. Change wasn't always good. Change wasn't always bad. The Grumpus had done changes to the island and those were sort of bad, almost burning animal friends. But other spirits and she had done changes to the island that were good. Would these mortals make changes to the island that were good? Or would they be bad?<br/><br/>The Grumpus clearly thought they were bad, and even though his method of voicing it was not nice, that didn't make it wrong. She mulled over these facts as she hovered there and watched the storm. She thought back to the lessons the elephant had taught her, and the Spirit, and the Grumpus even. She mulled it over a bit more, and then hovered over to a tree that had passed on. Far away from many of the other trees, this mighty giant had settled on a cliff far away from all others. Maybe it liked the quiet? But it had long since gone with the Reaper onto that other forest. She gave a little warning to all the buggies and animals that might be inside and then went "FOOMPH!" as she spat out a gust of flame.<br/><br/>The mighty oak became a beacon. As a fire spirit....she could do little else at the moment for these creatures on the floatymathing. They would make it here or they wouldn't. She had shown the Babyphants how to ride but they had made the journey themselves. She had been there for the Elephant but she had crossed over and made that journey. She had learned the secret of the lava and helped Scampers, but he had moved his family himself.  She gave a satisfied nod. She had shown the floaty mortals the way. They would have do the rest.