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The forest was certainly different from the one he called home in life. It felt... sadder... if he had to describe it. There was a sense that something was wrong with it, but he couldn't tell you why. It must have had something to do with the taint described to him by the creature from the second world.
The butterfly creature went on. It wasn't lost on him that this place might have felt more sad because sadness was what was being expressed around him and indeed it was practically the first and only thing he had witnessed since entering this world. It didn't quite set the best mood.
But the mood was made slightly more neutral when it did stop crying.
"Everyone wanted to welcome you properly first." it told him. There was that "everyone" again. It seemed to ignore him when he questioned who "everyone" was a second ago. There didn't seem to be any interest in sharing it now, but apparently he would be meeting them all soon anyway, so it was a moot point.
"L-let me show you! I'm supposed to explain everything while you partake in what everyone prepared for you."
An explanation! That was what he was hoping to hear. All that had been explained thus far was that the summoning magic worked, which he had figured was the case since... you know, he had already been summoned and all. This butterfly hadn't honestly been much help at this point, but if there was more to elucidate him elsewhere, he felt he should go on.
He followed the butterfly the short distance to whatever it was that had been prepared for him. For a moment, it all felt a little sketchy to him, with the lack of information and the mysterious destination, but he slowly went on. He had already chosen the best escape route in case something was waiting for him wherever he was being led. It was only a short trek, however, and so far he hadn't spotted anything he should need to run from.
The offering was generous, he thought. It had seemed odd, but he found it much easier to put aside the idea that the fruits and seeds had been alive than he had when he was in the garden with the large creature. Perhaps it was that this felt more like home than the garden had, or perhaps it was that the garden had a feeling of perfection that he thought might somehow be blemished by his consumption of the "living" seeds. Whatever the case, he had no reservations in indulging in what he was now being offered.
Carefully, he moved in and grabbed what he already knew he liked the most. It was a hazelnut. A favorite of his and one he enjoyed sharing with his children.
"This forest is dying..."
Right to the point. He slowed his eating a tad, glancing around the forest again. This was definitely not the butterfly-sized problem he had hoped for. This was much bigger. The entire forest was in danger. An entire ecosystem could be on the brink of destruction. He shuddered on the inside, coming to terms with what this really was. This was a moth-sized problem.
"But we went around gathering as much as we can for your arrival."
He looked at the food. Was it becoming harder to find? If the forest was dying, how much of what was left was sitting in front of him right then? He reckoned they must have had a lot of faith that he could fix this before they ran out. He hadn't the slightest idea where to begin for something like this.
"The whole forest?" he gulped, "What do you say I can do that could help the whole forest?"
[blockquote]Perception: 1d20+1 : 2 + 1, total 3[/blockquote]