[centre][h1][color=007236]Rowan Moore[/color][/h1][/centre][hr]
Coming into the clearing, Rowan held her hand above her eyes and peered up into the hole in the canopy. The light shone through powerfully forcing the girl to squint for a second and avert her gaze. The sun was indeed bright. That was a simple fact but one all too easily forgotten under the gloom of Weeping Sam. Rowan didn't mind however, the diverse scenery is the exact thing she hoped to find.

In the absence of shade, the fallen tree lay exposed to the sunlight it once protected the forest floor from. The undergrowth was quickly responding to the large, rotted meal that fell in it's lap. Insects patrolled the ground around the plentiful harvest and picked at what they could grab. All the while, recent vegetation sprouted from the giant's trunk to fight over who basks at the top.

The fungi at the elm's stump seemed to have already been eating at the tree for quite some time. But they weren't a parasitic kind of mushroom; meaning the culprit had yet to be found in Rowan's amateur autopsy. Her eyes followed the tree's mighty form from the base up toward the top...

Holy shit...

Rowan had just taken notice of the deer. To be this close to one without it noticing was nothing short of a miracle given her obliviousness. It could only be chalked up to the blessing of a soft footstep.

Rowan's heartbeat rose notably and a smile began to take her face. She was only 10 or so meters away, closer than she had ever been to a wild deer before, and by complete accident too! But she made quick work of suppressing the excitement that was currently flooding her mind. This was no time for celebration yet, it could spook the deer off. 

[i]Breath in.[/i]

[i]Breath out.[/i]

A renewed calm brought Rowan's body to a standstill. She slowly reached for her camera and carefully adjusted the flash to be off. Examining the forest floor, a patch was easy enough to find without too many dried branches and leaves. Rowan took a knee there to get a steady position. Raised her camera to eye level and, with some hesitation, pressed the button.