Post by Ithildae on Dec 14, 2006 5:44:19 GMT -5
The time was inching close to midday, but the trees grew close together in the jungle. Only dim, dappled light from the fierce sun filtered through the leaves down to where four figures sat hunched together down in the undergrowth. Humans ... dressed surprisingly nicely for people who had presumably been slogging through the jungle. They were sitting around a little camp fire in the middle of a tiny clearing, poking at it gingerly and sipping at small chipped cups full of tea. They were chatting amongst themselves, but something about their manner seemed a little forced. The dark trunks of over-grown trees leant in all around them.
