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[color=Lightgreen][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Everglades 
[color=Lightgreen][b]Interactions:[/b][/color] Talos, Stormcaller, Zatara, The Green
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Daphne tried her best to not miss anything that was being said. Between the plants, Viktor at the ready with a battle plan and Vincent and Cora asking for her for a greenlight it was a lot. Her response was uncomfortably late, but nonetheless effective and cohesive.

[color=Lightgreen]“I agree with Rain’s division of the Team. Just make sure not to breach the top of the trees. They are using drones to patrol the sky, so best not to go up too high.”[/color]
She looked at Vincent, who’d already unfolded his wings eager to go airborne and a short glance at Cora and Zach who were already levitating. 

[color=Lightgreen]“Use your comms to check in regularly, to share your positions but also test if it still works. We are very far into the swamp, there's barely any signal out here. If we’re unable to communicate, stay in one place and send out one of you to locate the other groups.”[/color]

With a plan set into motion Daphne felt the ever present concern for the safety of her friends come back to the surface. 
[color=Lightgreen]“And please be careful guys, it’s dangerous out here.”
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After the groups each went their separate ways her group started to look for a path ahead. Just before they started to climb up the roots of a maple tree Daphne confided to Viktor she wasn’t able to shut out the voices of the Green and as a result lacked the concentration needed to maintain her transformation. 

The trees held together dirt and sod with their root system, creating small patches of land sturdy enough to support the weight of several people. They were spaced around the area unevenly and some too far apart to jump. Daphne was ascending the first one they climbed, keeping her eyes on her feet and always keeping one hand gripped firmly onto a root before moving. 

Her face was twisted with a mixture of utter focus and a hint of fear. The brown water underneath her made her uncomfortable, not knowing what was hiding in there. She turned her body and pushed off grabbing onto a root on the next maple island. Daphne surprised herself with the speed she was able to reach the top, probably because she wanted to be as far away from the water as possible. 

She brushed off some dirt on her costume. Daphne looked at Kassy, Viktor and Will figuring out how each would make it across. They shouldn’t have too much trouble, each of them were capable in diff….

Something heavy was moving over her boots.
[color=Lightgreen][i]It has scales…..[/i][/color]

She whimpered quietly realizing what it was. Immediately her heart was up in her throat and when it started to coil around her leg she lost her cool and let out a high pitched shriek. Daphne stumbled backwards, managing to somehow disperse and reform in a matter of seconds, freeing herself from the reptile’s grip. But then she felt herself falling back into the open air. She screamed again which would have been followed by a splash, but right before she hit the water there was the groaning sound of roots dislodging themselves from the mud. The roots of the maple tree swept her up just in time. Only the ends of her hair tipped into the water before she was carried back to safety. 

She had no time to recover from her fall being immediately assaulted by a chorus of the Green. 

[color=Darkseagreen]Watch out….[/color]

[color=Yellowgreen]Your friends….[/color]

[color=Floralwhite]Danger…there’s danger[/color]

[color=Paleturquoise]The water is moving[/color]

[color=Firebrick]We will protect[/color]

In the distance multiple pairs of green slitted eyes were staring at the Team. Apart from the eyes and nostrils the rest of the reptile’s bodies were hidden below the waterline.