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[b]Level:[/b] 3 [i](2/30)[/i]
[b]Word Count:[/b] 432
[b]Location:[/b] Western Coast - La Noscea
[b]EXP:[/b] +1
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Although she'd managed to successfully exit the city, Sephiroth didn't stop again until she reached the swamp, fighting the voices bouncing around inside her skull the entire way until they finally fell silent. Upon arriving however, she had paused to survey the area. Not only because she didn't want to be taken unawares, but also because she honestly had no idea where exactly she was. A good thing this choice turned out to be, for there were several creatures living here that might give her trouble or at the very least cause for concern. The least of these were, of course, the bulbous animals floating aimlessly through the air, with the large amphibian she'd seen taking precedence alongside the mosquitoes, and not the small ones she'd been swatting for the last couple of seconds either. No, the bugs that really worried her were the larger ones gathered in droves to the north, the manic drone of their oversized wings easily heard even here at the edges of the great marsh.

Eyes narrowing into slits as her hand shifted its way to the hilt of her sword, Sephiroth decided she didn't want to spend the rest of the night fighting against overwhelmingly unfavorable odds, and elected to evade both the frog or frogs and the insects as best she could. Seeing how both sets of creatures seemed to be mostly centered around the water, well partially in the mosquitoes' case due to their ability to fly, the former SOLDIER decided she would take the trees instead. Cumbersome as it might be given the rigging attached to her back, it would be far less risky and much quicker than if she simply continued to wade through the brackish at her feet, and give her a chance to get used to the physical intricacies of this new body to boot. Thus she began to forge her way to the northeast, all while making sure she gave the mist and swarm enveloped trees a wide berth, by leaping up out of the water and into the lowest branches of the nearest mangrove.

Bringing her hand down to crush a mosquito that had landed to take a drink from her thigh, Sephiroth began her painstakingly slow climb into the higher branches, grunting and growling in annoyance as her rigging got hooked and snagged. Eventually, however, she was near the top of the tree. Locating the next series of branches she needed to take, she began to make her way across the treetops.

All the while completely unaware of the insects that moved to track her far below...

[quote][@Lugubrious][/quote]