Thread: Whispers In The New World //CyanideDisaster & Lotherio//

A single pair of boots crunched through the thick overgrowth, only accompanied by the occasional bitter curse and grunt. The sounds came from within a dense forest, to the north of the main settlement in the place the inhabitants before them called Greensborough. This area was outside of the main writing these old inhabitants mentioned as Toronto but just barely. It was in the north-eastern section of the outskirts. The trees in the area grew taller than three or four Kaluwa buildings stacked upon each other, thick knee high grass covered the ground, parts of which saturated enough to create small sink-holes were one not careful. The wildlife in the area was similar to the depictions in the writings they'd found, large furry creatures with long claws and wicked fangs, small herbivores with hooves and antlers for defense, tiny fuzzy creatures with floppy ears, and all such, though none were quite the same as the drawings found. Nails dragged across the bark of a thick trunk, accompanied by the squelching of a boot being pulled from a small mud puddle. The person with the boots and the nails was a 'Kaluwa', the new settlers on this strange place. Kaluwa was the name the race had been given before they arrived here, though near to none knew of their origin from before this place. This specific kaluwa seemed displeased with her current situation, she wore thick knee high boots, created from the hide of the creatures that produced a white-ish liquid, said boots were covered in an inch thick of mud. Other than the boots, she wore tight fitting leggings fitted with protection around the hips, thighs and knees. A loose tunic was worn over her chest, covered by a thick hide vest covered in similar metallic protection as her leggings. The sleeves of her tunic were tucked into elbow length hide gloves, the gloves covering hands which gripped a long blade. The woman wore a mask to protect her face, a hide covering the left only her lips and jaw exposed, tiny slits were cut for her eyes. Around her waist she carried a long roll of rope and some other little tools, and the empty sheath for her blade. Like most kaluwa, her clothing was covered in tiny markings -- alchemy -- for extra protection. Her height was noticeable by the fact that she lacked it. A soft whistle split from the exposed pale lips, a near by antlered animal looked up at the noise. This animal was large, obviously male, long legs holding it taller than the average kaluwa, his antlers large and able to take down a small tree if angered. As the creature was distracted by the sound, the woman snuck around the tree she was using to keep her feet dry. This creature was in a small clearing where the grass could hide a child completely. Barely breathing, the scout stuck close to the ground as she moved into the clearing, making sure to stay to the rear of the creature. When she could get no closer without notifying it of her presence, she lunged, blade extended. The blade connected with the joint on both of it's back legs and the creature faltered, the young woman used this to haul herself onto his back and quickly break it's neck. They two fell to the ground, but the woman was victorious. Quickly the woman tied the creature up by it's legs and began back to the settlement. Meanwhile back within a single building in the settlement sat another woman. This woman was taller than the scout, her legs were lanky and tucked under the seat she sat on, a long dress flowing down to her ankles. Her back was hunched as she peered over thin spectacles down at wrinkled papers. The dress she so elegantly wore was a soft shade of blue, with golden swirls coming up from the base, fading before hitting the thick hide belt that was cinched around her tiny waist. Long, bone straight, strawberry blond hair fell over her shoulders to pool over portions of the papers she was studying. The building this woman was currently residing in was littered in tiny objects, small metal contraptions with glass lenses, large flat plastic things, metal things with webbing over openings among others. A small rap on her door startled the woman, and she sat up fast, knocking papers from her desk as she turned to look. It was merely a young kaluwa at her door, a little boy with a big grin on his dirty face, Y'sanne is back with food! Come get some before none is left! But the woman had no chance to react before he was gone. Donning a small smile, the woman ungracefully untangled herself from both her hair and her paper, grabbing a long piece of cloth and wrapping her hair back from her face. She managed her way through the mess along the ground and outside. The settlement consisted of entire community of kaluwa within the place the old ones deemed Greenborough. Houses from when the old ones still resided were still slightly up, most had crumbled and returned to the earth, over grown and destroyed by nature. Some of the buildings that still somewhat stood were being used as shelter for certain families within the settlement, but the settlement was full to the teeth. There were people everywhere, a few thousand in a place where there was not nearly enough space. The woman made her way through the crowds towards the center of this part of the village, where they had finished construction. Here stood the meeting place -- the place where the group would converse and reach census -- and such like buildings. For now, the majority of people were crowding near the bonfire where a young woman pulled off her helm, shaking out maybe an inch of blond curly hair with a wicked smile. Dinner's on me! She called happily over the chatter. And so a feast began, and after the feast, would begin the meeting.