>>5803255Your eyes feel like sandbags as you struggle to peel them open from beneath a blanket of fresh humidity. The air is thick… soupy. The smell of fresh-cut grass, manure, and a peculiar sweetness akin to Hawaiian flowers tickles your nostrils as you awaken in what appears to be some kind of thatch hovel… but not like any you’ve ever seen before…
Flowers line the walls like wallpaper. Clay jars and jugs clutter the floor and shelves that seem to be growing naturally out of the walls. Taking in the sights through blurry vision, you recoil a bit as your bare skin brushes against a thin, roughspun blanket that itches you with every move you make.
Finding yourself on a bed woven from purple, mossy vines and a frame also grown into an appropriate shape, your investigation is put on hold as the woven curtain next to the fire pit in the center of the room pushes open revealing a tall, spotted humanoid clad in a modest loincloth and a thin coating of fuzz all over its body. It senses you almost immediately!
“Ah!” It exclaims in a surprisingly high-pitched tone as it makes its way over to your bedside, “You awake! Praise the Star Mother!”
As the creature prepares to fuss over you, you smack away his massive paw and inquire as to where you are!
“You… you speak, too!” He replies with admiration in his voice! “Good… Shaman Bara’kkar was worried the Ttchika Berry wouldn’t give you our speech…” Blinking in embarrassment, the humanoid sheepishly rubs the back of his head! “Apologies, traveler… you are in <span class="mu-s">WEEPAHW VILLAGE</span>... it’s not much to a traveler, I’m afraid… we are a humble people that live in harmony with nature-”
Fascinating, you sigh, do they have <span class="mu-i">MINERALS</span> in this dimension? What kind of <span class="mu-i">MINERALS</span> do they have? And where did they take your clothes? SPEAK!
Your caretaker responds to your questions with a soft, nervous chuckle and a placating gesture.
“You ask many questions for one who was so close to joining the <span class="mu-s">SPIRIT DANCE</span>... please rest-”
No, you interject, you have business to attend to… and <span class="mu-i">plans</span>!
>CONTD. 