CUT TO: THE REALM OF IHIOSADORE
EXT. FOREST - EARLY AFTERNOON
SHADE, TO̅MI, AND AMERETH TRAVERSE THROUGH THE FOREST. ALL AROUND THEM IS AN ENVIRONMENT DOMINATED BY A MIX OF GINORMOUS BROAD-LEAVED AND CONIFEROUS TREES. EVER-ABUNDANT MOISTURE-LADEN AIR IS PRESENT AND ALL AROUND THEM INSECTS AND SMALL ANIMALS SCURRY AROUND THE LANDSCAPE.
[Shade]
I can't believe this is where you guys are from. It's like something out of a movie.
[Amereth]
There are places like it in your world. However, they are less charted. Particularly in the Americas, the inhabitants have an incognizant relationship with the forests. It could be the reason why most fables and superstitions paint it in such a grim manner.
SHADE SLIPS ON ROCK MOSS AND QUICKLY RECOVERS IN THE AIR, SO HE LANDS ON HIS FEET ON THE GROUND.
[To̅mi]
You okay?
[Shade]
Yeah, I just slipped on some rock moss.
[To̅mi]
You're going to have to be more careful. It may seem cumbersome but cutting through regions of land like this is the fastest way to travel in Ihiosadore.
[Shade]
Gotcha.
SHADE REGROUPS WITH TO̅MI AND AMERETH. SOON THE GROUP COMES ACROSS A CAVERN WHERE IT APPEARS THAT A BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED.
[Amereth]
That certainly is unfortunate. Travelers passing through this place must find themselves in quite the pickle.
SHADE LOOKS AROUND AND SEES A LARGE DEAD TREE.
[Shade]
Hey, check it out. That tree looks like it would make an excellent bridge.
AMERETH EXAMINES THE TREE AND SEES THAT IT'S DEAD BUT NOT ROTTING.
[Amereth]
Good eye, Dray. The tree's composition is stable. It'll make a fine bridge.
[Shade]
Okay, I'll set it up.
SHADE GRABS THE TREE PICKS IT UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND LAYS IT HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE CAVERN CREATING A BRIDGE. SHADE THEN GESTURES FOR TO̅MI AND AMERETH TO CROSS FIRST.
[Shade]
After you.
[To̅mi]
What a gentleman.
AFTER TO̅MI AND AMERETH CROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE SHADE PROCEEDS TO CROSS. AS HE DOES SO, A SLUG-LIKE CREATURE SLITHERS OUT OF A CREVASSE IN THE TREE IN AN OOZY FASHION CAUSING SHADE TO GAG.
[Shade]
Ugh, that's nasty.
[To̅mi]
Ugh! Hey, stay sharp that's a Tumlug! It'll spit venom at you! Don't get any of it on you.
SHADE DODGES THE TUMLUG'S SPITTING ATTACK BY JUMPING OVER IT AND LANDING BEHIND IT.
[Shade]
Thanks for the heads-up!
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