One :: three gems

Hello, friend! How are you? I'm fine. Call me Zee Too, the Asterk Flower!

Wow, do you remember that? I do! It was awesome! I feel all tingly all over still. And eversion changed everything.

Well, little bits of everything. Things smell differently, which is interesting. I've been going around smelling all the flowers and trees and grasses and it's not like it was before. I don't know if I can describe it well. It was all peaceful before, making me happy just to sit under the taller flowers and soak in that smell. Many times, I would sleep in the smell soak and I'd forget things. Now, smelling everything makes me feel invigorated. I want to explore and find more awesome places in the Flower Kingdom!

I realized that I do have a bad memory. I never really noticed because I only remembered things for ten minutes before the happy peaceful smells around me made me forget again. Still, I was happy so I don't think it was terrible I'm still happy, but now I'm wondering about more and more things. I'm still not sure who you are, even though I feel you close to me. I can't even see you, like you're on the other side of a glass screen that can only be seen through one way and you're on the side that can see. It'd be nice if you could find things out for me and pass them through the screen, but I think I can figure it out myself now that I can remember for longer than ten minutes.

Will you help me? I'd like that. I know you're my friend, so I can trust you.

I would ask the Ghulibas to help me explore, but they became different too. They used to dance almost all the time, I know, and they used to be white and all kinds of colorful. Now they're all kinds of brown and they're mostly interested in walking around. I asked them what's going on, and they told me to be careful of the gems. I'm not sure what they mean. The gems let me evert and that feels awesome. I found a couple more gems today. But the Ghulibas don't like them. I showed them the gems I had and one of them kicked me into the nearby pond.

But not as a joke. It was different. It... it hurt! And then when I fell in the water, I sank and got wet. I never got wet before. It's just as bad as getting kicked and hurt, because the wetness surrounds me and soaks into everywhere, and then I can't feel the rays of the sun until I dry off. I don't like being wet and I don't like being hurt. It made me sad.

But I shouldn't be sad. I should be happy, like the monument says. The Flower Kingdom is still a beautiful happy place, and it's even bigger than I ever imagined before. That makes me eager to explore again, because there's all kinds of possibilities out there and I don't need to hang around these three Ghulibas who insist on kicking me into the pond and getting me wet. Not even the big splash of diving in is worth the wetness. But if I stay dry, I'm sure I can stay happy.

I got a letter recently, which is strange because I don't think I've ever gotten a letter before. Although I wouldn't remember if I did because I couldn't remember long. Anyhow, the letter was from someone called Nehema and she says that she is the Princess of the Flower Kingdom. I didn't know that we had a Princess! I think she's pretty. With a name like that, she has to be a pretty flower girl. She was very nice in her letter with curly handwriting. She even invited me to her castle for tea with cakes and dainties.

I don't know what that means, but it makes me feel hungry. Sitting in the sun helps me not feel hungry, but then I read the letter and feel hungry again. It's weird. But now I'm curious about Nehema. She says that in order to get into her castle, I need the power of two hundred and forty gems. That's a lot! I only have three. I wonder what I can do with two hundred and forty gems in my petals. She also mentions eversion as being part of the path to get more gems and find her castle. Apparently some gems only appear on certain layers. Layers seem to be the places I see, because I think I've seen two so far. I everted once, so that makes sense.

Who is Princess Nehema?

That's the question! And I think that's another gem there. So I have four. Listening... I hear another loose thread.

I evert.