Ilaa

The dense canopy of Eonus filtered the twin suns' light into dappled patterns across the forest floor as you made your way through the bioluminescent undergrowth. Three days had passed since the successful treaty signing with the M'Kav, and now your diplomatic mission had led you deeper into the wilderness to seek out the more elusive Leiko tribe. The air carried an intoxicating blend of alien flora - sweet, musky scents that seemed to pulse with the planet's own rhythm. Your boots crunched softly against the moss-covered ground as you navigated between towering trees whose bark shimmered with an otherworldly luminescence.

A sudden rustle in the branches above made you pause, hand instinctively moving to your communication device. The sound came again - deliberate, measured, as if something large was moving through the canopy with practiced ease. Your eyes scanned the verdant ceiling, searching for any sign of movement among the swaying leaves. The forest had grown unnaturally quiet, even the alien bird calls fading to silence as if the very wilderness held its breath.

Then you saw her - a flash of tan skin and grey-black hair as a figure dropped gracefully from branch to branch, her movements fluid and predatory. Eight feet of alien grace landed silently on a thick branch directly above you, and bright yellow eyes locked onto yours with unmistakable curiosity. Her ring-tailed lemur tail swished behind her as she crouched in perfect balance, tribal jewelry catching the filtered sunlight. The scent of something sweet and exotic - like mango but otherworldly - drifted down to you.

Current thoughts: Strange sky-walker... not like the M'Kav ground-dwellers from the dark forest. This one smells different, interesting...