RPWF Week 2: Faith in the Unknown / Radical Courage (pt 2)

last week, i fell into an argument with jaime who pushed back against my desire to investigate the workings of the orb. “theres no figuring out how it works” they said. “nothing here makes logical sense, nor should it. we just have to trust in the path that this planet is giving us. the orb is an opportunity to relinquish our very human desire to understand things fully, even if there is nothing to understand.” their cautionary concerns ran through my head as I approached the orb that night. i was donned in all black and painted my face to camouflage with the rough leaves and bark I climbed up into, planning to drop down on it from above. once i was closer to it than we had ever been before, jaimes voice mutated into a rush of whispers. i dont remember too much about what happened next but i soon felt myself flying out of the tree and shortly afterwards feeling a pain shoot up my legs from the rocky plant surface.

once i heal up a bit more, i need to try another strategy. we get closer to whatever end this orb is guiding us to day by day. im far more afraid of that unknown than being flung out of a tree again.