This is Asperia, a beautiful place known for its breathtaking scenery, gorgeous mountains, bustling villages, and secrets around every corner. In a forest somewhere, Jaden can be found playing with Ari and Tofu, her loyal bird companions. She lays back, happily enjoying the sunlight as Ari runs around, disturbing the wildlife, and Tofu eats dirt.
Jaiden is the region's very own wildlife biologist. She documents every new animal she encounters in her ecological guidebook, hoping to one day discover every mysterious creature Asperia has to offer. Ari and Tofu help in their own ways, I suppose.
As she's writing down this interaction in her book, for scientific purposes of course, a flock of fruit doves flies by overhead. Jaiden immediately recognizes them from their bright white feathers and loud screeches. Very obnoxious ear-piercing screeches.
Oh, how nature sure is a blessing sometimes. Just as they pass over, one of the bird calls spooks Ari, who is too distracted with bullying the rat. In a burst of panic from the sudden shrieks, Ari takes off and starts flying away in a fit of confusion.
Ari? Ari, stop! Hey!
Come on, dude, you're being dramatic! Jayden calls out to her bird, but he's already too far away. Even if he could hear her, he's way too stubborn to listen anyway.
Well this is just great! After hours of searching for Ahri in random bushes, trees, caves, Jaiden finally admits defeat and starts heading to the nearby town of Hollistone for extra help in finding her bird. Luckily, she immediately spots a noble Hollistone soldier.
Perfect! I'll just go up to the guard and simply ask him if he can help me find Ahri. I need your help! It's an emergency!
We need to alert the town! Ari the bird is missing! He's gonna die out there if he doesn't eat his daily five course meal!
You gotta help me, man! Please help me find Ari! Oh my god, woman, calm down! Just as Jaden was com- calmly talking to the guard about the dire situation, someone approaches. It seems like they somehow overheard the conversation she and the soldier were having.
Typical eavesdroppers. The person asks Jaiden what happened, but she's too distracted by the fact the traveler has two funny little hamsters with them. Hamsters?
Who are you? Are you looking for a duel? This is unfortunate because I'm missing my strongest battler, Ari, so you outnumber me in creatures.
But luckily bird type attacks are super effective on hamsters, so it shouldn't be-Whoa, chill out! I'm Merlin. I heard you need help with finding your lost bird.
Phew, they're just here to help. Jaden wasn't really in the mood to wipe the floor with this kid's hamsters right now anyway. To help, Merlin asks Jaden which forest she was in when Ari took off. Wait, the forests have names?
This might be a bit trickier than everyone originally thought it would be. As the new little team starts retracing Jaiden's steps, they determine the area she was most likely in when Ahri flew away was the south side of Raiham. Probably. Luckily, the Holostone soldier knows a villager over there that commonly feeds the birds. If anyone were to see Ahri, it would definitely be him.
With a fresh lead, the HodgePodge crew head off together on their new quest to find Ahri. They can only hope he's not gotten himself into too much trouble, but knowing him, it's quite inevitable. This was the start to the questline of Jaiden and her birds in the game, and also this video's sponsor, AFK Journey.
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