Fresh Air

@FoxalypticWorld

Early one morning, Maddie would awaken to a large gold ring in the middle of her room, crisp, cool morning air drifting through it. A familiar hand would beckon her to enter, then pass back through again.
Once passed through, she would find herself in a forest clearing, the sound of birds singing their morning song echoing all around her. Ahead of her, perched on a tall flat topped rock sat a familiar figure, wearing a colorful mask on the side of his head, and holding something small and blue to his mouth. As if cued by her arrival, he began playing.
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When the song came to an end, Laetus smiled at her and stood up, springing from the rock and then slowly drifting down until he landed in front of her.
"Good morning, Cherry-chan." He chirped happily. The instrument in his hand was now close enough to identify as an ocarina.
"I wanted to show you this place. Isn't it great?" He asked, doing a quick turn around as if to confirm to himself that yes, it was indeed great.

"Um.... About 6?" He said unsure, checking a watch that wasn't there. "And... I don't know that either. Most of the night. At least after you went to bed." He yawned. "I is the nocturnal."

Laetus shrugged. "Normally I sleep during some classes, so I usually don't sleep at night..." He thought for a moment. It seemed more difficult that usual. A side effect of his lack of sleep. "Today is.... Saturday, isn't it? No classes to sleep in... Oh well."

Laetus nodded. "Some of my classes are reeeeeaaally boring. I used to end up falling asleep anyway... Might be what pushed me to become nocturnal now that I think about it."