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The Spire

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Layf sighed, seeing how Arthur just casually tossed a glass bottle into the bush. He was about to go fetch it when he was interrupted,

"Arthur Morgan, you can't just litter like that," Wander said, popping his banjo back into his hat and running off to grab the glass bottle, "You should be more careful about where ya toss these things." Wander sounded as if he were scolding a young child. "Noir is right, there might be something out there, something that might get hurt." He finished what he was saying then shoved the glass bottle into his hat as if it was nothing but a speck of dust,

"Now, back to the adventure!" Wander cheered, running back to join the others, his steps filled with bouncy joy.

Layf was so focused on the bottle and then the forest around them and slight sounds he thought he might be hearing to notice Haru. When she spoke to him, he jumped,

"Oh, sorry. I did not hear you," Layf admitted awkwardly, "Um, I do not really have sharp senses... I just thought I may have heard something." As he spoke he looked around, meeting Haru's eyes every now and then.

The Spire

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"Well I don't know what Whiskey is, but my hat isn't exactly that simple. And you most certainly should not try to force it to give you what you want, you don't want ta hurt it," Wander smiled, taking his hat off and pausing his song to hug it, the brim seeming to make a smile,

"But, I'm sure it could give us something to help with our perplexing problem," he then said, reaching in and fiddling around for a bit. Eventually he pulled out... an arrow. The arrow pointed in the direction of the Spire,

"Looks like we're goin' the right way!" Wander cheered, throwing his hat back on his head and continuing the tune, adding his own lyrics in the form of dos and dees.

Layf's eyes widened hearing that the hat could be hurt, 'it's alive?' he thought. Just then he thought he heard something behind them. Turning quickly though seeing nothing. He couldn't sense anything either. 'strange' he thought, though continued walking, looking back slightly but trying to listen to the others at the same time.

The Spire

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Wander beamed hearing everyone sound so supportive of his idea. He continued to pluck and strum a simple tune... well simple for him, his fingers were moving fast enough for them to simply look like a blur of motion.

He noticed a few shocked expression when he pulled the banjo out of his hat and Captain Seaspit even asked about it, so he didn't disappoint, "It's a magic hat!" he said, sounding mysterious, "I can pull anythin' outta this hat, though it will only give me what I need!"

Layf was curious about the hat for sure, though not shocked that it was magic. He knew all about magic, but a magic hat? He'd never seen one before and that made him wonder about it's full power.

The Spire

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"Yes, what Noir said! Off we go!" Wander cheered, bouncing up and down with enthusiasm. The small, orange creature pranced beside his, what he considered, new friends.

Layf brought up the rear, not as terrified of the forest anymore. He couldn't sense any disturbances, he seemed to move with the wind and the spire... well at least it seemed to be getting closer as they drew near. There really was no way to describe how much he desired to get there.

A while passed. Nothing seemed to stir but the leaves in the trees. No strange sounds... actually, no sounds at all. There weren't any birds singing or squirrels moving about. It didn't seem like anything was in the forest besides the few travelers. And the spire? Well as much as it seemed to get closer, the further away it seemed to be. A strange phenomenon, but no one could really tell how close they were.

With all the unnerving silence around them it wasn't long before Wander broke it. An idea popped into his mind and quickly grabbed his large green hat, pulling it off his head and reaching in with one furry hand. After fiddling around for a second he pulled out a four-stringed banjo, holding it up as if he'd just found something amazing. Plopping his hat back on his head he started strumming and plucking,

"Anyone up for a lil' motivational ditty?" he asked, a song on his tongue and skip in his step.

The Spire

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(Sorry, it's a bit short)

"Well of course you can join us!" Wander declared, flinging his arms dramatically and looking at the others, thinking they would all agree with him.

Layf smiled, seeming perfectly okay with the decision, after all, she'd thrown down her weapons so she obviously didn't want to hurt them,

"What he said," Layf stated simply, gesturing down at Wander.