04-27-2016, 06:35 AM
Freya had been planning to inquire about any rules for flying on the island, but that train of thought came to a screeching halt as Cobalt almost immediately launched into explaining the group's first task of the day. All other thoughts fled her mind as she concentrated on listening to what he had to say.
She listened carefully as the task and conditions were explained. The time limit made her a little nervous , but it was the fact that they were going to be served their harvest for lunch that was the most sobering thought. It set into her mind that she had to be careful what she grabbed, and double, even triple check everything before she put it into her bag.
She took her bag, and folded it as tightly as she could before stuffing it into a pocket, then looked at her tablet. Cobalt said go, and the timer pinged. She quickly switched the screen back to her marked portion of the map, wanting to get a good enough idea of where she was going that she wouldn't have to pull it out mid flight. She barely registered Tamara, and Ara leaving the tent through her concentration on her map. After a few more moments, she nodded to herself, then gave a quick smile and a nod to cobalt and Charon before putting her tablet into it's pocket and heading out of the tent.
She had completely forgotten her earlier concerns about flight as she exited the tent, and turned to get more room for a takeoff. She dropped into a run on all fours as she spread her wings. She flapped her wings, and leapt into the air. Her wings beat heavily against the air to propel her upward, and she reveled in the feeling of the wind over her wings as she climbed above the jungle canopy then banked in an easy turn that set her toward her destination.
She figured her area to search was likely the furthest away since she would be able to travel faster than the others. And while flight was all well and good, landing in the jungle wasn't always a walk in the park. As she reached her designated area, she looked for a break in the canopy she could use to get to the ground. Unfortunately the only break she could find was not as big as she'd hoped it would be. She dropped as low as she could as she approached, then made a quick change to her trajectory before tucking her wings and diving through the opening, hoping there was clear ground on the other side. Once she had broken through the canopy, and quickly opened her wings. She flapped her wings heavily to slow herself enough to land, and dropped to the ground a little hard. Once on the ground, she folded her wings and paused for a few moments to catch her breath and orient herself before she set off to search on foot.
As she browsed through the edibles she was likely to find around her, she kept her eyes peeled, and her nose in the air. She concentrated more on looking for fruits that would be found higher up where the others may have troubles getting to them. She eventually came across bread fruit, and mountain apples and with a bit of careful maneuvering, harvested a decent amount of both. As she continued her search, she stumbled on some black nightshade. She was sure to verify that they were indeed what she was looking at, and that the black berries she picked from them were edible. As she continued on, she caught a scent on the wind that was something very close to rancid garbage. Morbid curiosity eventually got the better of her and she tracked the scent to it's source. She looked up the white fruit to find that it was called noni, and was indeed edible, though how anything that smelled that bad could be eaten she couldn't fathom. She looked at her bag which had a decent heft, then at the timer on her tablet before deciding that she wasn't desperate enough to bring any of them back with her. In fact, she decided it was probably in her best interest to start heading back to camp while she still had time.
She made it to a spot that she could get back into the air, and took off, quickly winging her way back to camp. She would have loved to have found some sort of game while she was out, but she hadn't run across any, and she didn't have enough time now to look specifically for it, let alone catch it. She sighed at that though, and hoped to herself that maybe one of the others had some luck on that front, or that meat would be supplemented in with what they brought back for lunch.
She arrived back at the camp with a few minutes to spare, but figured she would rather get back early than late. With plenty of room to spare in the cleared area around the camp, she landed lightly a short distance from the tent, then walked over to it to wait outside for the others to return.
She listened carefully as the task and conditions were explained. The time limit made her a little nervous , but it was the fact that they were going to be served their harvest for lunch that was the most sobering thought. It set into her mind that she had to be careful what she grabbed, and double, even triple check everything before she put it into her bag.
She took her bag, and folded it as tightly as she could before stuffing it into a pocket, then looked at her tablet. Cobalt said go, and the timer pinged. She quickly switched the screen back to her marked portion of the map, wanting to get a good enough idea of where she was going that she wouldn't have to pull it out mid flight. She barely registered Tamara, and Ara leaving the tent through her concentration on her map. After a few more moments, she nodded to herself, then gave a quick smile and a nod to cobalt and Charon before putting her tablet into it's pocket and heading out of the tent.
She had completely forgotten her earlier concerns about flight as she exited the tent, and turned to get more room for a takeoff. She dropped into a run on all fours as she spread her wings. She flapped her wings, and leapt into the air. Her wings beat heavily against the air to propel her upward, and she reveled in the feeling of the wind over her wings as she climbed above the jungle canopy then banked in an easy turn that set her toward her destination.
She figured her area to search was likely the furthest away since she would be able to travel faster than the others. And while flight was all well and good, landing in the jungle wasn't always a walk in the park. As she reached her designated area, she looked for a break in the canopy she could use to get to the ground. Unfortunately the only break she could find was not as big as she'd hoped it would be. She dropped as low as she could as she approached, then made a quick change to her trajectory before tucking her wings and diving through the opening, hoping there was clear ground on the other side. Once she had broken through the canopy, and quickly opened her wings. She flapped her wings heavily to slow herself enough to land, and dropped to the ground a little hard. Once on the ground, she folded her wings and paused for a few moments to catch her breath and orient herself before she set off to search on foot.
As she browsed through the edibles she was likely to find around her, she kept her eyes peeled, and her nose in the air. She concentrated more on looking for fruits that would be found higher up where the others may have troubles getting to them. She eventually came across bread fruit, and mountain apples and with a bit of careful maneuvering, harvested a decent amount of both. As she continued her search, she stumbled on some black nightshade. She was sure to verify that they were indeed what she was looking at, and that the black berries she picked from them were edible. As she continued on, she caught a scent on the wind that was something very close to rancid garbage. Morbid curiosity eventually got the better of her and she tracked the scent to it's source. She looked up the white fruit to find that it was called noni, and was indeed edible, though how anything that smelled that bad could be eaten she couldn't fathom. She looked at her bag which had a decent heft, then at the timer on her tablet before deciding that she wasn't desperate enough to bring any of them back with her. In fact, she decided it was probably in her best interest to start heading back to camp while she still had time.
She made it to a spot that she could get back into the air, and took off, quickly winging her way back to camp. She would have loved to have found some sort of game while she was out, but she hadn't run across any, and she didn't have enough time now to look specifically for it, let alone catch it. She sighed at that though, and hoped to herself that maybe one of the others had some luck on that front, or that meat would be supplemented in with what they brought back for lunch.
She arrived back at the camp with a few minutes to spare, but figured she would rather get back early than late. With plenty of room to spare in the cleared area around the camp, she landed lightly a short distance from the tent, then walked over to it to wait outside for the others to return.