Legends of Hawaiki 2: Where the Wild Things Are

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"Hold your blade, Lani." Wai glances around, concentrating on the magic all around him.

"I'm trying to figure it out. It hasn't hurt us... yet, anyway. Maybe we can talk to it or reason with it. Now please, let me concentrate for a bit. I have to think this through." Wai's expression, for once, is deadly serious as he tries to puzzle out the odd magic.

 

[Seonaid]

Lani relaxes marginally and waits for Wai to complete his analysis. Her eyes dart back and forth as if she, too, can see the magic supposedly around them. She strains her ears for announcements of the return of Tatiki and Puna Tani.

 

[Tonguez]

Tatiki & Puna Tani

Tatiki stepping back the branch causes you to fall prone and in the outlining glow of the faerie fire you see that the plants have begun to entangle you feet.

Puna Tani striding forward is also confronted with a vine snaking out to grab him also!

Lani & Tu-Ru

"Tane!" the tiny voices gasp but turn to giggles as Wai takes his position against a stunted tree.

As you relax and let Wai concentrate the small bird opens its wings and chirps - suddenly from every direction and all around the undergrowth cames alive. Everywhere you look, emerging from the undergrowth, hanging from plants, fluttering in the air and creeping across the ground come birds and frogs and insects of every kind, their various chirps, buzzing and calls mingling with the sussurus of the leaves like a symphony.

The bird steps forward

Wai

"Tane!" the tiny voices gasp but turn to giggles as Wai takes his position against a stunted tree.

Spoiler

Concentrating your vision changes from the worldly to the ethereal and you see the many glowing auras moving emerging from the undergrowth to surround you three. The brightness varies from fient glimmers to bright and blazing lights, but they are not solid and static as you have experienced before, instead the many hues shift and blend into each other each individual shape an ephmeral form.

Trying to focus amidst the cacophany of colour you see the central figure, the bird step forward - only it is no longer a bird - that illusion is past and instead standing before you is a small shadowy humanoid form, a shape seemingly formed from the misty haze of the ground. This you realise must be the Hakaturi, the empheral Sprites that embody the wild life of the forest

 

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"A Hakaturi!" Wai exclaims. Out of the corner of his mouth, Wai explains to Tu-Ru and Lani. "It's a nature sprite. Don't make any sudden moves. Lani, lower your dagger. Please."

Wai bends slowly, careful to make no sudden moves, until he is squatting on his heels before the small figure.

"Do you understand me, nature child? We mean no harm." Wai is careful to keep his voice calm and even, hoping to convey a non-threatening message even if the creature can't understand him. As he speaks, he racks his brain for any information he might remember about such creatures.

 

[Mirth]

"What is happening?" Lost as to what to do next, Puna Tani tries to reach the nanakia and cut it loose. If the shaman cannot reach the beast, he instead tries in vain to Turn Spirits using his Spirit Sight to try and find reason behind or a method to this madness.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"Enough of this. I call upon the fire spirits lend me your touch." at that chant Tatiki's hand glows warm and a 3' long gout of fire springs from it.

Cast Flameblade. (on the defensive)

 

[Seonaid]

Lani moves slowly and puts the dagger away. She looks around somewhat suspiciously, but calms a bit when Wai speaks.

 

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Not understanding what is going on, Tu-Ru simply balances his large club on his shoulder and waits.

 

[Tonguez]

Puna Tani & Tatiki

Pushing forward Puna Tani finds each step impeded by vines and branches, clumps of grass and hanging ferns, he sees no spirits other than those of the plants, himself, Tatiki and the nanakia. Reaching close enough to hack into the Vines holding the nanakia he is suddenly struck hard in the chest by another of the tentacle like vines of this monsterous plant.

The Spirits of Fire a quick to respond to Tatiki's call and the blaze of flame draws up from the ground and into the druids waiting hand a long blade of living fire. The monstrous plant responds instantly to this new and certain threat, partially releasing its hold on the nanakia which kicks almost taking out Puna Tani as it does so . Five of the Monstrous Plant tentacle-like vines wave about in the air ready to deal with the burning threat.

Wai

The folklore you remember about the Hakaturi is mostly vague and contradictory - they are creatures of wild magic with no true form other than the one they choose. They serve Tane as protectors of the forest. Though some say they are placed by powerful Scorcerers to protect ancient sites.
They love decorative jewlery and similar things and can be appeased by being offered gifts of jewelry or other fine items, or of sweet food .

Wai, Tu-Ru, Lani

As Lani a Tu-Ru relax and watch the bird shifts forms and in a smooth transition becomes a small humanoid with large eyes and pale almost transluscent skin, a creature form ed of mist. Others amongst the animals also take on this more humanoid form, but most remain in the form of small animals and some even decide on hybrid forms merging the legs of frogs or grasshoppers with humanoid heads and arms.

The central bird-sprite looks up into Wai's eyes and you are all taken by its strange beauty as it smiles.

"yus col Tane? Tane favar" it says obviously unfamiliar with the words
"Yus fren" and the creatures in the undergrowth whisper, or buzz or chirrup or croak a common assent even as its face changes before your eyes to that of a small girl

"treesess" the little girl says pointing at Wais bracers "wonsit - mine".

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Tatiki sees the reaction of the plants and says "Get the creature to safety. I'll try to back up out of thier reach and keep them off me at the same time."