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| - Setting: Outside Alfea, panning over to Black-Mud Swamp. Paladium: "Welcome class, to Black-Mud Swamp, and to... to.. AH-CHOO! R-r-right, as you can sneeze, I mean, as you can see, I'm slightly allergic to the sap from the Igglethord vine. Now, this is your first field exercise for the Magic of Nature." Fairy student: "I'm in the wrong class, I'm from an urban realm." Paladium: "A well-rounded education is what Alfea is all about Dhalia." Dhalia: "But a keekbug bit me." Dhalia lifts the right side of her shorts and shows Paladium where the bug bit her. Amaryl: "But professor." Flora: "Take cover!"
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| - Setting: Outside Alfea, panning over to Black-Mud Swamp. Paladium: "Welcome class, to Black-Mud Swamp, and to... to.. AH-CHOO! R-r-right, as you can sneeze, I mean, as you can see, I'm slightly allergic to the sap from the Igglethord vine. Now, this is your first field exercise for the Magic of Nature." Fairy student: "I'm in the wrong class, I'm from an urban realm." Paladium: "A well-rounded education is what Alfea is all about Dhalia." Dhalia: "But a keekbug bit me." Dhalia lifts the right side of her shorts and shows Paladium where the bug bit her. Paladium: "Ahh, keekbug?! Well the quicker we bit on with, ah, I mean get on with the exomite, I mean exercise-" Bloom: "For a nature professor he's pretty squeemish isn't he?" Stella: "There's a word for that. It's like irony." Paladium: "Now, this field exercise is designed to test your natural ability to listen to the always present voice of nature. Each group must navigate through Black-Mud Swamp and find the crystal clearing, and here's the catch, you may not use any magic. Only the voice of nature will be your guide, and remember, it's not enough to hear the voice, you must listen to it as well." Amaryl: "But professor." Paladium disappears. Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa and Tecna form a group. Flora: "No reason to stand around and gab, let's start looking." The group starts walking and get in the swampwater. Stella: "Ohh, this place is... EW! Something's crawling up my leg!" Musa: "What happened to "Mud does such wonders for my complexion?" Tecna: "Just so you know, these bubbles could indicate that we're standing on the back of a subterranean sludge slug. They're not friendly, but don't worry, I'll take care of it. A standby spell ought to do the trick." Bloom: "Tecna don't! We can't use our magic.We gotta listen to nature. Just use your senses." The girls sniff in the area. Stella: "Smells like old socks. (Sniff) Or like a..." Musa: "It's some kinda gas! Let's bounce!" Flora: "Take cover!" The girls hide behind a fallen tree. Stella: "So what is it?" Bloom: "Let's find out. (throws a log) Get down everybody!" The log bursts the bubble and the gas is released. Flora: "It's Medusa Gas. That stuff would've turned us to stone." Tecna: "I guess my information was incorrect." Bloom: "It's ok, Tecna. We just gotta be careful." Flora: "That tree turned to stone. Look it." Stella: "Turned to stone? Talk about being Statuesque." All the girls laugh. Palladium: "So, as I was saying, today's exercise will be rather difficult." Student: "Professor Palladium, a mosquito just bit me!" Palladium: "Well, we are in a swamp, and it's just a mosquito. It's no big deal." Student: "But look where it got me!" Bloom: "Poor professor. They shouldn't give him such a hard time." Stella: "If he were more confident, he'd get more respect." Palladium: "A good fairy should be able to listen to what nature tells us. Today's exercise is designed to put your abilities to the test. You've all been put into groups, so we're ready to begin. You have three hours to get out of Black Mud Swamp and reach the clearing in the middle of Gloomy Wood Forest, without using magic. Remember, listen carefully to the voice of nature, and follow its advice." Stella: "This place is -ew!- totally disgusting." Musa: "Oh, yes, dear. "All this mud is so very inconvenient." Tecna: "I don't know if you realize it, but we're knee-deep in what I would refer to as a problematic mud puddle. All right, you guys, take cover! I'll handle it." Bloom: "No, Tecna, don't! We have to listen to nature. I smell something, what is it?" Stella: "He said listen, not smell. *she sniffs, too* Smells like..." Musa: "Smells like gas! Let's get out of here." Bloom: "Let's see..." Bloom: "A single spark and we'd have been toast, my friend. Flora: Oh, yes, we took a big risk! Stella: Especially you, Tecna. I would've sent you my dressmaker's bill.
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