"I'd like to say 'I've seen worse' but..." Jigano gave a wry shrug, which Isuma rodeo out with a soft peep of protest. He reached up to scritch her ears in apology as he grinned at Ronin. "I found a shrine to Ludo and Mort in this grove a little while back. I suppose it's not supposed to inspire 'cheer' so much as introspection, perhaps?" Or maybe Ludo just liked to give people a fright when it thought they were getting too comfortable, something Jigano decided to keep in mind with his future dealings with the Masked God, no matter how his respect and reverence had taken on a decided tinge of fondness for the mischievous deity.
The raven croaked quietly to itself as it followed Jigano's thread of compulsion to lead them, seemingly happy to comply on the off chance that the Wicker Woman had ensnared another victim that might offer tasty treats to a fast and clever avian. The bard followed, but stayed close to Ronin, having learned his lesson about trailing too far apart in these woods. He looked to the side just as the Monster Hunter glanced at him, his own smile going a bit crooked. "Common where? Apparently we do have some of these within the old barrier grounds - there are records of them, at least. I never ran across one in all my travels through the woods, though. Remi found one out here in the Greatwood, though, that he had to harvest sap from. Nasty stuff, that, by the way. Try not to get it on you. It's a potent hallucinogen that helps the tree subdue its prey, from what I've read. Mostly, we should be careful about not letting Sugar and Isuma try to bite or claw at the tree," he suggested, smile fading to a more sober caution as the trees ahead of them looked to be thinning out into a brighter clearing.
"I've brought gloves we can wear when we start to harvest, just to be on the safe side," he added. Gloves borrowed from Rory, and that he would clean thoroughly before returning, along with the small axe that was so useful for small chores around the farm. "What was the weirdest thing you saw beyond that Wall?"
The raven croaked quietly to itself as it followed Jigano's thread of compulsion to lead them, seemingly happy to comply on the off chance that the Wicker Woman had ensnared another victim that might offer tasty treats to a fast and clever avian. The bard followed, but stayed close to Ronin, having learned his lesson about trailing too far apart in these woods. He looked to the side just as the Monster Hunter glanced at him, his own smile going a bit crooked. "Common where? Apparently we do have some of these within the old barrier grounds - there are records of them, at least. I never ran across one in all my travels through the woods, though. Remi found one out here in the Greatwood, though, that he had to harvest sap from. Nasty stuff, that, by the way. Try not to get it on you. It's a potent hallucinogen that helps the tree subdue its prey, from what I've read. Mostly, we should be careful about not letting Sugar and Isuma try to bite or claw at the tree," he suggested, smile fading to a more sober caution as the trees ahead of them looked to be thinning out into a brighter clearing.
"I've brought gloves we can wear when we start to harvest, just to be on the safe side," he added. Gloves borrowed from Rory, and that he would clean thoroughly before returning, along with the small axe that was so useful for small chores around the farm. "What was the weirdest thing you saw beyond that Wall?"
