Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Description Practice 1 - Spider Forest to Crawling Waste

Seeds: Dessert, Triangular Pyramid

As you walk onward, the land begins to change.  Up until now, the horizon has been obscured by fairly dense vertical webbing covered in leaves that gives this place its name - the Spider Forest.  You're glad to leave behind the winding trails, and their occasional metallic spider webs with small piles of sliced animal corpses. 

The terrain transforms into a wide, rolling plain, covered by brown dust.  It just rained, and the humidity is intense.  You can't feel any additional heat, but the ground is drying before your eyes, evaporating in steamy clouds of fog.  In the distance, several 2-legged beasts with feathers (2) are standing on one leg (which, on closer examination, is made of Synth and not biological material) unmoving. 

The path you're following winds over the dust-covered plain.  (Perception) The ground is moving slowly and the impression is that you're on an extremely slow cart.  If you stand still for more than a few minutes, the dust begins to climb your shoes, but it falls off immediately if you move. 

About 2k away, you can see a small black, shiny, reflective pyramid in the dessert. It isn't covered in dust, and draws the eye.  Occasionally you notice a small rock jump from the ground, leap about 5 feet diagonally up, and land on the dust. 

You've arrived at the Crawling Waste.

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