@Silence
Sweat beaded over her forehead and dripped down her temple as she stepped over a moss eaten log and glanced upward. Her eyes only met a thick canopy of lush green leaves, twisted with vines and sunshine filtering through to the misty forest floor. Despite the sun, she could hear thunder rolling in the distance. Another rain shower? As much as the cool rain would be welcomed again for a short while the increase in the heat would only make her more miserable, trapping all the steam under the impossible shade of the trees. The thought or more heat made her miss the cooler pine forests of home slightly, but she had a task and she would complete it.
Wiping at her brow, she bit her lip and began to consider climbing up one of the trees to get her bearings again, perhaps even catch a glimpse of her quarry before the rain came. Then sooner she had it, the sooner she could go home and present it to the Chief. As she considered which tree would be the easier to start climbing a rustle to her East pricked her ears. It was the brushing of leaves across something, followed by the crack of a twig breaking under what sounded like a heavy foot. Whatever beast was moving around it was large and she wasn’t as familiar with the creatures in this far flung area.
Her eyes darted to a nearby tree with a hearty host of vines wrapping around the trunk making it easy to climb. It wouldn’t be hard to disappear into the branches of that one. With careful, silent steps she scuttled over and began climbing upward until she found a sufficiently sturdy branch to perch on, allowing her to see the area below. What sort of animal would be crunching through the undergrowth? Whatever it was, the thing wasn’t exactly stealthy but that probably meant it didn’t need stealth to catch its prey if it ate meat at all. With sharp, golden eyes and a patient hand wrapped around her scythe, she waited for whatever prize would come.
Sweat beaded over her forehead and dripped down her temple as she stepped over a moss eaten log and glanced upward. Her eyes only met a thick canopy of lush green leaves, twisted with vines and sunshine filtering through to the misty forest floor. Despite the sun, she could hear thunder rolling in the distance. Another rain shower? As much as the cool rain would be welcomed again for a short while the increase in the heat would only make her more miserable, trapping all the steam under the impossible shade of the trees. The thought or more heat made her miss the cooler pine forests of home slightly, but she had a task and she would complete it.
Wiping at her brow, she bit her lip and began to consider climbing up one of the trees to get her bearings again, perhaps even catch a glimpse of her quarry before the rain came. Then sooner she had it, the sooner she could go home and present it to the Chief. As she considered which tree would be the easier to start climbing a rustle to her East pricked her ears. It was the brushing of leaves across something, followed by the crack of a twig breaking under what sounded like a heavy foot. Whatever beast was moving around it was large and she wasn’t as familiar with the creatures in this far flung area.
Her eyes darted to a nearby tree with a hearty host of vines wrapping around the trunk making it easy to climb. It wouldn’t be hard to disappear into the branches of that one. With careful, silent steps she scuttled over and began climbing upward until she found a sufficiently sturdy branch to perch on, allowing her to see the area below. What sort of animal would be crunching through the undergrowth? Whatever it was, the thing wasn’t exactly stealthy but that probably meant it didn’t need stealth to catch its prey if it ate meat at all. With sharp, golden eyes and a patient hand wrapped around her scythe, she waited for whatever prize would come.