<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/cXMliUK.jpg)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Mei (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=276392.msg13585294#msg13585294)<br/><strong>Tagging: </strong>Maya, Chains, Sparrow, Anahita, Alexander<br/><strong>Wearing: </strong>Hide armor (https://i.imgur.com/XDp1pTa.png)<br/><hr/><br/>As the elevator descended towards the first layer of the Anus of Gaia, the small girl in the middle of the group, Mei, could barely hold her excitement at bay.<strong>"Our first real adventure!" </strong>While they lowered down, the view was amazing, giving them a birds eye view of the jungle layer they were about to enter. Standing next to her sister, her hand instinctively reaching out, finding Maya's and taking a hold. Looking up at her sister, her face was just one big smile. This was what they had always dreamed about when they were little. She quickly glanced to the others present on the platform, friends who she had met for a while now. They had a couple small adventures under their belts, but nothing like this.<br/><br/>When the elevator came to a halt, they had only a couple moments before the contraption shook back into motion. They didn't get a moment to  take it all in either, as they were immediately harassed by a flock of a couple dozen harpies. Only once they had reached the thick canopy covered forest did they have a moment to catch their breath.<br/><br/>Mei was mostly taken in by the strong and weird proliferation of nature. The strange plants, the weird insects that almost looked like they were tiny people....<em>were they?</em>. Being so attuned to nature, she could feel the vibrant energies of this place seep into her. It gave her a warm sensation and she began to feel a little lightheaded, causing her to stumble for a moment, finding stability against her big sis.<strong>"Oh don't worry sis, I'm okay....I guess it's the excitement"</strong><br/><br/>Once the moment passed, her attention was once again drawn by the local flora. She kneeled down to inspect some of the strangely shaped mushrooms, only for a slight blush to warm her cheeks once she realized what they looked like. She wondered if it would twitch if she were to touch it as her fingers moved almost to the glowing orange tip, which brought back memories when she and her sister had cornered one of the young farmhands on their parental home once they got curious about boys. She chuckled at that fond little memory.<br/><br/>As the group decided to move on, Mei got back up and catches on, keeping close to her sister. While they walked, she kept her eyes and ears open, keeping a tap on the chirps and chattering of the local creatures, in hopes of perhaps understanding what was around them. She continued to do so as their group reached an opening, a small valley surrounding a river, which was lithered with signs and strange sculpted wooden creatures. Mei had never seen anything like it, but wondered what it could be.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>The black ears on Mei's head suddenly twitched as they caught the chatter of several tiny birds in the area. Once her eyes found them in the canopy, they actually looked more like tiny harpies the size of sparrows. The little creatures were gossiping like crazy about these tall horned humanoids that frequented the area. Mei concluded those might be ones that made the carvings. As she took a couple more steps, she discovered a trail of hoofprints running across the valley.<br/><br/><strong>"Sis, everyone...be careful and on alert. The forest is chattering about these great horned humanoids, possible the ones depicted in those statues, that regularly patrol this valley."</strong>The little druid finally mentioned, though making sure she wasn't too loud while also pointing out the hoof tracks to the rest of the group.<br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC: Discerning Realities</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll: At 2017-10-17 04:58:37, Mei Kimera (uid: 31025) rolls: 2d6a2 Result: 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108952)<br/>10+ ask the DM 3 questions:<br/>- What should I be on the lookout for?<br/><em>Definitely for some kind of hooved humanoid creatures with horns. In the statues they are depicted strong and virile. They will no doubt be like the rest of Anus and mercilessly capture and fuck any adventurer that trespasses in their lands.</em><br/>- What is here not what it appears to be?<br/><em>Hard to say. Everything looks so weird. Looking closely at the path and the carvings Mei is pretty sure everything actually is mostly what they appear to be (so basically nothing special or hidden to worry about).</em><br/>- What happened here recently?<br/><em>There are numerous hoof prints of different sizes on the moss going both in and out of this canyon</em><br/></div></div>