Fiction:Invasion Signs

Chapter 1
White smoke hung thickly in the air of the shaman's hut as a young Vanara warrior in albino titanoboa skin armor pushed his way passed the drapery that covered the entrance. The smog in the air made him feel slightly woozy and through the curtain smoke he could see the hunched over form of shaman staring at him with eyes that could see more them most despite being clouded with the blindness brought on by literal centuries of age. The young warrior coughed a bit and only then did the shaman stir to acknowledge him.

"Ah Coatl," the shaman croaked in a thin voice, "I see you received my message."

"Yes," he replied, "and it in as an over flairy way as ever Huehue."

"Well," Huehue cackled, "must keep you on your toes now must I."

"I would have any toes to keep on if you burn down my house," shouted Coatl throwing his arms up into the air in exasperation. This little outburst sent Huehue rolling back in laughter and cackling madly while Coalt just frowned and put his hands upon his hips, this was a conversation they'd had many times in the past.

"You're always out to make me question your mental health aren't you teacher," sighed Coalt as he took and seat on the floor cross-legged.

"What's there to question," snorted Huehue, "I'm perfectly insane!"

"And trying to drive me there as well, anyway why have you asked me here?"

"Ah yes that," muttered Huehue as he went digging around around in his things and grumpling to himself. With an "ah-ha" though he pulled out a pouch filled with blue crystals and threw them into the fire. The flames burst with an intenser heat and the smoke turned blue and coalesced into a singular orb. The blue smoke orb rippled to show a map of all of Narazen.

"Lords of Day and Night dammit," cried Huehue waking his staff against the smoke ball as if it was a solid thing, "zoom you piece of trash spirit I don't need the whole world."

The sphere zoomed in on Nauxuih territory and Huehue grumbled, "that's better, now zoom in more, you know where."

The sphere obliged once more and zoomed in further upon a patch of rainforest with the ruins of an utterly massive temple nearly invisible so covered in overgrowth it was. Coatl leaned forward his eyes narrowing in suspicion as he did so.

"Is that?" he whispered his eyes widening in surprise as he realized what the structure was.

"Aye," confirmed Huehue nodding, "the Quinametzin temple of old."

"Why show me this?"

"Three days ago the locals reported a star falling to the earth in the area, a day latter a man claims his daughter vanished and the local Monster Knight there was killed said same night. We want you to investigate these occurrences."

HueHue then turned back and began digging around in his things again before pulling a rolled up buckskin. He handed it to Coatl who unrolled the hide and found that it was a map. After analyzing it carefully he rolled it and then stood.

"Best get going then."

"Aye", replied Huehue nodding slowely, "and Coatl."

"Yeah?"

"Do be careful."

Coatl paused blinking uncertainly at that comment. Huehue then grinned a gaped tooth smile, "after all if you die who will I pull pranks on."

Coatl gave an exasperated sigh at that and walked out of the hut. Huehue's hoots and hollars of laughter following him out as he did so.