FitzTheRuke
Legend
Omu had long since been overgrown with thick vines, enormous ferns, and various trees and bushes. It was slow moving, and while there were plenty of places to hide, there were plenty of places for things to be hidden.
Rodrigo had proven to be keen with a spyglass, and he stayed behind, joining the crew of the Little Star in surveying the nearby area, looking for interesting sites from the safety of the air. Kasqa and Hup'lo manned the shrine, keeping a secure position for everyone to return to. Qawasha and Weed joined Harb, Chrysagon, and Miss Imogen, who worked their way through the overgrowth toward a raised stone road, while the three Tabaxi ranged ahead (or sometimes behind), climbing trees or buildings to have a look around.
It was very hot, and the buzzing of insects was the only sound that carried over the roar of the waterfall. At one point, Weed whistled and waved, having spotted two reddish-leaved vegepygmies in the distance, but they disappeared into the underbrush and were not seen again.
Qwasha had been gathering nuts, leaves, and berries off of various bushes that had once been planted by local farmers, but were now quite wild and overgrown. He found a vine growing up the side of a crumbling building that bore a juicy-looking yellow fruit which was being eaten by a palm-sized ugly beetle.
"You would not think it, but that fruit is quite dangerous to eat, while the beetle is excellent." Qawasha lectured while holding out a cloth to catch the beetle with, "Eating the fruit can cause terrible seizures - the victim appears to dance, jerking about. We call it 'dancing monkey fruit'. The 'yacha' beetle, while not the tastiest thing, can be useful in curing a fever."
They made it to the raised road, where merchants and high-born Omuans would have used to bypass the houses of the common folk. It was made of solid stone blocks and would get them out of the slowing underbrush, but might leave them exposed. The road travelled east and west. The tabaxi were at the top, crouched low, waiting for a consensus on which way to go next.
Rodrigo had proven to be keen with a spyglass, and he stayed behind, joining the crew of the Little Star in surveying the nearby area, looking for interesting sites from the safety of the air. Kasqa and Hup'lo manned the shrine, keeping a secure position for everyone to return to. Qawasha and Weed joined Harb, Chrysagon, and Miss Imogen, who worked their way through the overgrowth toward a raised stone road, while the three Tabaxi ranged ahead (or sometimes behind), climbing trees or buildings to have a look around.
It was very hot, and the buzzing of insects was the only sound that carried over the roar of the waterfall. At one point, Weed whistled and waved, having spotted two reddish-leaved vegepygmies in the distance, but they disappeared into the underbrush and were not seen again.
Qwasha had been gathering nuts, leaves, and berries off of various bushes that had once been planted by local farmers, but were now quite wild and overgrown. He found a vine growing up the side of a crumbling building that bore a juicy-looking yellow fruit which was being eaten by a palm-sized ugly beetle.
"You would not think it, but that fruit is quite dangerous to eat, while the beetle is excellent." Qawasha lectured while holding out a cloth to catch the beetle with, "Eating the fruit can cause terrible seizures - the victim appears to dance, jerking about. We call it 'dancing monkey fruit'. The 'yacha' beetle, while not the tastiest thing, can be useful in curing a fever."
They made it to the raised road, where merchants and high-born Omuans would have used to bypass the houses of the common folk. It was made of solid stone blocks and would get them out of the slowing underbrush, but might leave them exposed. The road travelled east and west. The tabaxi were at the top, crouched low, waiting for a consensus on which way to go next.
