Chapter 2 Scene 4

Point of view of Rogula:
Rogula stops walking around two hundred meters south of where Pelubo continued. Rogula observes everything carefully, looking for movement. After a few minutes she spots a bug on a high palm tree branch.

Quest 38: Make a climbing rope.

Rogula collects five pieces of liana that are lying on the ground. She ties them together and to a rock on one end.

Quest 38 complete!

She goes to the palm tree, and finds that the ground is very muddy around its roots. Thus she stands back and throws the rock over the branch, and grasping both ends of the rope climbs up and reaches the bug.

You found a Green Wingface!

As Rogula climbs back down, the branch shakes a lot, causing a coconut to fall. Not wanting to lose the bug or get hit in the head, she drops to the ground while using one hand to cover her head and the other to hold onto he bag. However, she lands in the muddy area at the base of the tree and immediately sinks to the bottom of her red loincloth. She reaches for the rope to pull herself up and out, but it is difficult. She makes a little progress and then the tree shakes so much that scores of coconuts come falling down on and around her. The ones that land on her drive her further into the mud, and the others form a hill that buries her up to her neck, She lets this happen in order to protect the bug.

Dazed, Rogula stands there for a minute, and then regains her composure enough to push the coconuts away. When she has done so she finds that she is now more than waist deep in the mud. At least she is right next to the tree trunk so she can alternately push up on the roots and pull up on the rope. Fortunately there are no more coconuts to land on her, but the task has become harder since she is in deeper. It is tiring work, and she needs to rest several times, but manages to free herself after an hour. She takes her bag with the bug in it and heads back to the Village to meet up with the other native children.

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