One moment Aya had paused to examine some strangely behaved bugs that were lying perfectly still on the ground, her ever-growing hunger prompting her to ponder whether she could safely eat them or not, the next moment she'd noticed the harvest sloth moving to eat some of said motionless bugs, an orange substance beginning to emanate from its back as it did so. Aya had freaked out at that point, quickly moving out of range of the expanding cloud of whatever that was and scrunching a portion of the garment she wore over her nose and mouth for good measure. Ragi, on the other hand, was not so fortunate, comically rag-dolling to the ground before Aya even had the chance to look. 

Shit shit shit! Was her sister dead!? The beginnings of a catastrophic meltdown were beginning to form within Aya's mind, only to be abruptly cut short by a confirmation of okayness from the otherwise motionless Ragi, with further assurances that this was all intentional an intentional part of the plan going a long way to preventing the goblin from freaking out further. Aya cursed herself for being so stupid once again, she'd made the assumption that Ragi was operating off only the same logic and knowledge as herself, seeing the potential the harvest sloth held but being in the dark as to the specifics, but now that Aya thought about it, of course, Ragi new what the sloth did, she'd probably worked it out the moment she saw the sloth. Hell knowing her sister she may well have even noticed the paralyzed insects and worked out what the sloth did before she'd ever even seen the creature.

As Ragi had said, this was all a part of the plan. A part of her test. More importantly, the plan was pretty clearly intended to double as a message, a way for Ragi to indirectly tell Aya that she was putting a significant amount of faith and trust into her. Why else would the goblin have willingly paralysed herself, when simply lying down would have been just as effective a ploy? Filled with a newfound determination Aya gave her sister a thumbs up that she almost certainly could not see and set to work.

First thing first, Aya didn't want to risk any weak points in the randomly bunched clothing she was hoping would filter the paralyzing miasma so stepping further away from the danger zone she made an attempt at folding the cloth to hopefully cover mouth and nose a little more evenly. Aya had already dropped the sticks she'd been carrying when she'd moved to get away from the harvest sloth and now more than anything she'd need something with which to dispatch anything Ragi managed to lure in, so after a quick search, Aya palmed a rock about as large as she could comfortably swing one-handed. Sure it wasn't the most effective weapon by any means, but it wasn't like it needed to be when the enemy was going to be immobilised beforehand. 

Some morbidly curious part of her goblin mind urged Aya to move in and try to work out just how the paralysation worked and already she had begun to formulate ideas for how the creature might be a great asset on a hunt. In all likelihood, its docility was the result of any would preditors getting gassed with what she assumed were spores, should they get to close. Still, Aya couldn't afford to be distracted right now while Ragi was putting so much trust into her, so she suppressed her curiosity for the time being and instead gave her best shot at hiding herself somewhere nearby. 

[@Celsius]