Chapter 3
by 
dracone
How Do Things Proceed?
Getting a Read on Things
Mycelia was suddenly in her council chamber, with her advisors in their typical positions around her. Her Spymaster, Puff Bluff (a figure that was an amorphous mass of various mushrooms and other fungi); her Civic Advisor, Rinag (an entity made up of cereal grains with a figure modeled on a scarecrow); her Military Advisor, M-old (an amorphous mass composed of different kinds of mold); her Academic Advisor, Bloom Spell (a humanoid figure with seven arms composed of various flowering plants); and her Spiritual Advisor, Arborus Algae (a towering figure almost as big as her avatar withe features that made him basically an Ent with the properties of every tree and algae she could think to cram into one character). From the looks of things, she was in the damp coastal caverns that acted as the Plant faction's starting point.
"Puff Bluff," she says as she turns to the mass of fungi, "we need a read on the current situation, see what you can do to get us info on our most immediate neighbors and threats."
"By your command, great one," said the mass of fungi as it scuttled out of the chamber in a fashion that would unnerve most people.
"Arborus," she says as she turns her attention to the tree figure, "see what the gods have to say to us, even the smallest of nudges on where they want us to go will be appreciated."
"Of course, your eminence," says the tree figure as they make their way out of the room with purposeful strides.
Turning her attention to Rinag, she says, "I want a full report on all communities in our territory and the state they are in, and send out harvesters to gather materials, but they should still play it safe until the scouting report from Puff Bluff gets in."
"Understood, Great One," says Rinag as they leave the chamber.
Turning to M-old, she says, "take stock of our armory and have guards posted about the exterior of the citadel and the current edge of our borders, have them report everything, no matter now insignificant seeming, from the first four hours of their watch. We still don't know the full extent of the situation we are in."
"At once, Your Greatness," said the mold creature before it slurped its way from the chamber.
Mycelia then turned her attention towards Bloom Spell, saying, "Get to researching as many defensive spells as you can, and see what you can do about observation magic, I have a feeling that sort of assistance will be of great use to us in the foreseeable future"
"By your command, Supreme One," responds Spell Bloom before heading out of the chamber. After he leaves, Mycelia gave a sigh of relief and started playing with her vines a bit, she needed to get a better handle on her body for those situations where she was required to step in.
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