Kasai had no time to think before she felt something hit her with a force on her back. By the time she had realized it was Avani, it was already too late. The pair were sent careening towards the water, all the while down Kasai could hear Avani laughing. 

Bubbles rose to the surface before Kasai popped her head out of the water, her hair lying flat against her face and obstructing her view. She huffed and moved the locks out of her face before glaring at Avani and spitting out the water that had invaded her mouth when she had hit the surface. 

For a moment it seemed as if Avani sincerely regretted the action, but then the conversation turned to one of a different nature and Kasai splashed water back in her direction. "Keep your head out of the gutter, kid. There could be catgators in these waters, ya never know." Kasai smirked and then started swimming towards the large tree, which only grew larger as the distance to it grew shorter. 

It was difficult at first to navigate up the roots, but both had managed to stand firmly at the base of the tree after several attempts at climbing up. Kasai ran her hand along the trunk of the tree, feeling the moss and moisture that lay upon it. When Avani began questioning about rope, Kasai looked to the soaking bag at her side and pulled it off. 

"You have so little faith in me, I'm stronger than I look ya know." Rummaging through the pack, she managed to find a bit of string, which she held up with a meager grin. "That's a negative. Hm..." She looked around, trying to conjure up how even one of them would manage making it to the top. 

"I don't suppose you could just sprout some wings and fly us up there?" Laughing lightly, she looked up and noticed several vines hanging down from lower lying branches of the great tree. "Bingo." 

It took her a moment to trust her footing enough to climb up the tree several feet and grab hold of a vine. She yanked on it, pulling down as much length as she could before severing it with a bit of flame. 

Cautiously, she threw one end of the vine over the closest branch and climbed back down. When her feet hit the base of the tree again, she almost slipped. A nervous laugh escaped her before she handed one end of the vine to Avani, tying the other end around her waist.

"Okay, now I'll climb up and you make sure I don't fall to my death. Easy enough?" She approached the tree cautiously and began climbing up, careful to where she placed her hands and her feet. Glancing over her shoulder, she called out, "Try not to let the catgators get you. You aren't much good to me dead." 

Steadily, she advanced up the trunk of the tree. Tension built up in her muscles at the thought of falling and cracking her head open on the rough surface below. She climbed over on to a branch that sat below the canopy of the tree and looked down. It was quite the drop, but she had made it to the top. She gave Avani a thumbs up, not all excited about what may happen next. 

Cautiously, she made her way to the top of the canopy, peeking her head over the top. In the middle she could see two figures, trapped inside what looked like one of the sacs from the goo monster they had faced before. Checking to make sure there were no spirits nearby to attack her, she climbed all the way to the top and stealthily walked to the sac. 

As she got closer, she could see one figure lying on the floor of the sac, and she knew it was Kieron. Swallowing hard, she kept her head straight and approached the trap. "Mio? Are yo in there? It's Kasai, are you guys okay?"