silver beneath the surface

Atreyu listened carefully as Ellara explained the mushrooms' appearance. They seemed as though they would be easy to find, and as the rosewood woman led the way, Atreyu followed. She kept those pretty eyes peeled for anything that looked like they might be the mushrooms in question. Bigs came along to help them mushroom hunt as well, looking inside hollow logs and under the brush of the forest around them. There were plenty of good places for the fungi to grow in the old growth of the cedar forest, and Atreyu kept a sharp eye on the ground around the bottoms of decaying trees and logs.

Her eyes landed on the white stalks of some mushrooms, looking over to Ellara and calling to her softly, "Are these what we are looking for?" She said, pointing to the ghostly mushrooms at the base of a dead cedar tree. Bigs came up behind her, looking at the almost pipe-like fungus. 'It looks like what she described to me.' He said, looking over to Ellara for confirmation, then up to the owls overhead. He was only six inches tall, and while he was beginning to trust he wouldn't become an easy meal for the pair, he was still a bit nervous about their presence.