19th of Winter, 510 AV
The Vaspura River
The winding Kabrin road had brought the zith to the banks of a river that stretched towards the sea. Irriari was excited for a chance to scrub the dirt from her skin and refill her water canteen. The river was a sanctuary, so long as she stayed far enough from the Kabrin Road that she wouldn’t be seen. Irriari peeled off her sweat filled armor and walked up the edges of the river. While she wanted nothing more than to spend the evening hours basking in the moonlit river, she knew that her poisoncrafting kit was lacking materials. Her previous attempts to shoot game with poisoned arrows had failed miserably.
Other than the grasses that she had seen to the point of nausea, very few plants had taken root at the edges of the river. There were more plants a few feet away from the banks, and the zith bent down to examine a cluster of berries that grew from a dark stemmed plant. The plant was unlike anything she had found within the tunnels of the colony. She stretched out her hand and touched the stem, noting how rigid it was in comparison to the delicate green tipped leaves. The berries were distributed in tight bunched near the ends of the branches. Irriari picked one and rolled it in between the pads of her thumb and pointer finger until it exploded. A surprisingly large amount of purple juice exploded from the tiny capsule. She quickly wiped her fingers on the surrounding grasses. While she had never found a plant that poisoned through skin contact, there was a first time for everything.
Irriari spent the next five chimes slowly digging at the earth beneath the plant. If she dug too quickly or pulled the plant straight from the ground, a good number of berries would fall off the plant and be lost to the ground at her feet. Irriari dug a large circle around the plant that extended a half foot from the base of the plant in all directions. When she had finally extracted the plant from the soil, Irriari tapped the roots lightly to knock off excess dirt. The plant was then folded in half at the middle of the stem and placed into an airtight jar.
After the jar was placed safely in her poisoncrafting kit, Irriari began walking south along the bank, searching for more of the intriguing plant.
The Vaspura River
The winding Kabrin road had brought the zith to the banks of a river that stretched towards the sea. Irriari was excited for a chance to scrub the dirt from her skin and refill her water canteen. The river was a sanctuary, so long as she stayed far enough from the Kabrin Road that she wouldn’t be seen. Irriari peeled off her sweat filled armor and walked up the edges of the river. While she wanted nothing more than to spend the evening hours basking in the moonlit river, she knew that her poisoncrafting kit was lacking materials. Her previous attempts to shoot game with poisoned arrows had failed miserably.
Other than the grasses that she had seen to the point of nausea, very few plants had taken root at the edges of the river. There were more plants a few feet away from the banks, and the zith bent down to examine a cluster of berries that grew from a dark stemmed plant. The plant was unlike anything she had found within the tunnels of the colony. She stretched out her hand and touched the stem, noting how rigid it was in comparison to the delicate green tipped leaves. The berries were distributed in tight bunched near the ends of the branches. Irriari picked one and rolled it in between the pads of her thumb and pointer finger until it exploded. A surprisingly large amount of purple juice exploded from the tiny capsule. She quickly wiped her fingers on the surrounding grasses. While she had never found a plant that poisoned through skin contact, there was a first time for everything.
Irriari spent the next five chimes slowly digging at the earth beneath the plant. If she dug too quickly or pulled the plant straight from the ground, a good number of berries would fall off the plant and be lost to the ground at her feet. Irriari dug a large circle around the plant that extended a half foot from the base of the plant in all directions. When she had finally extracted the plant from the soil, Irriari tapped the roots lightly to knock off excess dirt. The plant was then folded in half at the middle of the stem and placed into an airtight jar.
After the jar was placed safely in her poisoncrafting kit, Irriari began walking south along the bank, searching for more of the intriguing plant.
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