Opening — The Wheel Speaks First

The seed-filled wheel gives one soft shake before anyone sings.
Alice listens for its center ring.
Aralynn notices the beat arrive unevenly.
Aydin and Emmitt hold the two crossing parts.

Partner Refrain

Partner A: How does this piece feel here?
Partner B: Calm, curious, welcome, or brave?
All: Place it where the feeling fits.
No size decides the place.

Verse 1 — Willow Root Gallery

Four friends circle willow root gallery once.
The wheel shakes lightly at each turn.
Alice hears two seed sounds instead of three.
One center ring is missing.

No one celebrates the finished circuit yet.
They check what the changed sound means.

Verse 2 — Ribbon Meadow

Alice crosses with Aydin.
Aralynn crosses with Emmitt.
The loose partner rhythm cannot hold its old shape,
so the pairs carry the pieces without singing the ending.

At ribbon meadow, a small cloth square feels calm.
One blue ring feels curious.
One gold ring feels welcome.
One green ring feels brave.

Irreversible Turn — The Lost Ring

At changed garden bell corner,
the missing center ring rests beside the low stone edge.
Emmitt finds it but does not snap it back into the wheel.
He places it on the ground as the new meeting marker.

The practiced wheel pattern does not return.
The lost object becomes the place where both pairs meet.

Two Ending Choices

Calm ending:
Alice places the cloth square in the center.
Aydin places the blue ring above it.
The voices settle into one low hum.

Curious ending:
Aralynn places the gold ring on the left.
Emmitt places the green ring on the right.
The voices rise one step and leave the last note open.

Final Shared Image

Both endings arrive at the same flat picture:
one cloth square and three separate rings,
assembled like a lantern shape on the ground,
with no flame, no glow, and no piece fused to another.

The meeting marker remains beside the image.
The group looks before celebrating the picture.