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"Indeed, this is it." Twilla clucked quietly as she paced towards the mushrooms that Falchior had pointed out. The mus o her back scurried down and darted through the underbrush. He sat next to the fallen white cap and picked it up.

"Smells good." Auze stated quietly, then carried it to their new gatherer friend and his waral.

"It is curious, but uncomfortable..." She shifted quietly, then lifted a few caps with her Will. "It is best not to stay in one spot for too long."

"You can use your Will to carry it, like I am... Or you could carry it in your beak. If Falchior doesn't mind, perhaps you could put it in his bag." She glanced to her new gathering friend. Hopefully, she would make more trips with him in the future, because she didn't like to gather alone. "So, thinking of dropping your chosen profession to come to the floor with us, now?" The shadow chuckled and lifted another mushroom with her will, but could only carry a few at a time. She did not carry a bag or basket. She liked to make frequent visits, instead of long stays, and the constant flying from the dropping point to her preferred gathering spots helped her to stay quick and trim.

"Uh, yeah... sure you can put it in the bag. As soon as Rokku, ah.."
The Waral cut him off. "Rokku. Stay. Mushrooms. Give. Rokku put." He flicked his tongue to challenge anybody who wanted him out of that bag. Falchior wanted to let the creature loose in a nest of Skurri. The lizard's size would keep the small stash of mushrooms well-hidden until there were enough to not look pathetic.

"You'll have to forgive him; he's been doing a lot of running today. He's light enough that he won't crush our bounty. These seem ideal, really. Nice, heavy caps; the lamellae are just beautiful!" He bent down, deftly snapping the mushrooms at the base of their stalks and tossing them up to Rokku. It was obvious that the two worked symbiotically; he and the lizard had a system when it came to gathering mushrooms. Slowly, he felt his confidence increasing. "The smell is normal. See, the best mushrooms grow where it is very damp. Mushrooms that grow where it's dry are often tasteless and shriveled by the time you find them. However, other things grow down here, too... like... there!" He hopped over to the tree trunk. "This is a polypore mushroom; it doesn't have a stalk like those do. It grows directly on the tree, and tastes nice and starchy." He carefully broke the fungus off and handed it to Rokku. "If you don't mind, I'd like to save that piece as a treat for the Minders." He turned his attention back to the ground. "Oh! See that one?" He pointed to a slender tan mushroom with white spots on the cap. "That one's poisonous. A lot of the spotted ones can make you awfully sick. But what you're smelling... Ro? Is it what I think it is? By that oak tree?" At a nod from the Waral, Falchior half-flew, half-hopped at a fever pace and began scratching at the ground near the next tree over, oblivious to whatever may be on the ground. "Sometimes, fungi grow just under the dirt. These are the tastiest of all fungi, and usually grow near the oak or the beech trees." As he dug, he realized that he'd gone awfully far without making a single mistake or dropping or destroying anything! He'd managed to even get the tree-hugging mushroom off in one piece! Rokku slithered out of the bag and helped him dig, and they soon produced half-a-dozen black, lumpy mushrooms. "Twilla, Jester... these are truffles. Placing two in his pack, he nudged one to Rokku and lifted the other three with his will and practically skipped back to his friends. "We need to mark this spot. Those weren't the only truffles down there, and they're quite rare." He was hopping with excitement, holding the truffles out and offering them to his friends. He'd succeeded! He'd found something good! "What a wonderful spot this is!" he sang.

((Falchior= Mushroom nerd. Big time.))

After dropping the mushroom he held to Roku,Jester looked sideways at the brown shriveled thing Falchior held out to him. "These are delicious?" he questioned as he reached for the mushroom, taking a tentative nibble. His eyes went wide, "DELICIOUS!" he cried out. Never had he eaten something more tasty, it was such a shame these 'truffles' were so rare.

Glad to see what Falchior and Twilla did, and very impressed with how good they were at it. Jester would have been picking up sticks or stones, or worse those spotted mushrooms Falchior had said would make a Sentinel sick.

As much as Jester would love to return tomorrow to see how they further collect the delicious little morsels, he wasn't sure he'd want to return to the floor. Something about it just had gave him the willies. "I think I'll stay in the branches while you collect tomorrow. If thats alright with the both of you." Jester shuddered slightly.