Legends of Hawaiki 2: Where the Wild Things Are

[wolff96]

Wai steps back a pace to give Lani room to swing her dagger, then looks into the underbrush for what she might have heard.

 

[Tonguez]

Lani shakes her head. "I don't know, they didn't answer. Something's in the brush over there though." She gestures in the direction of the noises and readies her dagger to attack anything threatening that comes in range.

Lani, Wai, Tu-Ru
The rustling of the leaves continues and you see a feint haze moving across the ground but nothing else. Straining to hear you think you can just pick up the indistinct whisper of tiny voices “who ?” – “lost” – “smellit”- “trees here” - “one sit”- “shhhh!”

The voices cease as you gesture towards their direction to be replaced with the steady sussurus of the undergrowth...


Tatiki & Puna Tani
The sight that finally greets you as you move forward through the trees to investigate is a shocking surprise. About 20 feet ahead of you a large brown feathered creature is struggling to escape as the entangling vines of a monstrous plant haul it off the ground. One of the creatures arms is locked against its torso as the vines encircle its body
Squawking desperately the creature – a nanakia – kicks out with one of its ripping claws only to have the leg wrapped by another vine.

More vines snake out to bind the creature, again the nanakia opens its sharp toothed maw to squawk its distress, and turning it stares directly into your eyes, crying out for help… aaaaawk!

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Tatiki runs up and starts ripping at the vines with his staff. trying to free the bird.
"Stay where you are Puna Tani! No need for us both to be caught up in the stranglevine. Find something to throw at it."

 

[Seonaid]

Lani looks suspiciously at the undergrowth, then affects a bored posture. "I guess we just need to wait for them," she says meaningfully to the others. She does not put away her dagger and her readied action remains, though she tries to appear relaxed and unknowing. [Bluff roll 11 + mod 1 = check 12]

 

[Tonguez]

Lani looks suspiciously at the undergrowth, then affects a bored posture. "I guess we just need to wait for them," she says meaningfully to the others. She does not put away her dagger and her readied action remains, though she tries to appear relaxed and unknowing. [Bluff roll 11 + mod 1 = check 12]

The breeze continues to move through the undergrowth and the haze clinging to the ground moves forward reaching the ground where you stand. As you watch a tiny bird hops out from beneath the ferns, it hops forward to the edge of the haze and then steps, tilts its head to the left and looks up at you.

The cool breeze and haze continues creeping in and across your legs...

 

[Seonaid]

Lani wonders at the haze, not recalling any bodies of water large enough to cause such a thing. She smiles at the bird, but continues to be alert.

 

[Guest 11456]

Upon seeing the bird, Tu-Ru hops up and looks at it.

 

[wolff96]

Wai backs up a bit from the haze flowing from the underbrush and says a quick chant for protection. [Casts Shield.]

He looks at the little bird, then looks past it into the underbrush, trying to figure out what might have been speaking.

Seeing Tu-Ru get up, the sorcerer feels a bit reassured, but continues to scan for trouble.

[EDIT: Didn't see Tu-Ru's post at first.]

 

[Tonguez]

The haze seems to have stopped and still unmoved the bird tilts is head in the opposite direction. You hear a chittering noise from behind it - a childs laugh? "tresses" the tiny voice calls "wonsit" - "shhhh" another replies "carn magiz"-"shhhh".

A loud chirrup to your left draws your attention to a pair of cicada hanging from a bush there, a small green frog about the length of a human thumb leaps down onto the haze covered ground.

At the same time Wai feels something tugging on the braces about his wrist...

 

[Mirth]

Tatiki runs up and starts ripping at the vines with his staff. trying to free the bird.
"Stay where you are Puna Tani! No need for us both to be caught up in the stranglevine. Find something to throw at it."

A nanakia! The great spirits are testing me... so soon... Puna Tani thinks as he sees the velociraptor caught in the vines. "No Tatiki. This is my task, my calling. I fear you are in great danger here." Stepping forward, the shaman wipes the sweat from his brow and reaches out with his mind. Fear not, Lord Beast. We are here to free you. Speak with Animals