Aegiselle; Avatar Of The Sacred Tree

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A large, sentient, mobile tree-being carved with incredible craftsmanship and detail -- that which looked too skilled to be the hands of a human. There were green markings all over the form that looked runic, but ultimately seemed to be for decoration. The wood was curiously pitch black, and the leaves were a deep purple. It looked almost like the sculpture was completely naturally grown this way, as there was no fault or flaw in the wood or construction. This 'treeing' as one could colloquially call it had many humanoid features and proportions, but none so perfect and beautiful as the face, with hair of branches and leaves and ivy, and the likeness of a woman. With four slender, branch-like arms and a conical trunk that resembled a dress, it was obviously not modeled to resemble a human in any other place but the face. The being was born of the will of a great tree capable of granting life to its spawn as sentient vessels, and this one was just one of them. Using her roots underneath and upon the trunk-dress to move, she was a slow stalwart, but a dedicated avatar to the greater tree that spawned her. She serves this tree unconditionally.

Aegiselle had been idled nearby as another tree, though was more obscure, and somewhat out of direct sight, since she was very large and prominent and would have been noticed immediately. She looked like a normal tree, albeit a foreign tree of some sort. Not noticeable, though, unless inspected; one would just consider the stagnant arbor as its own independent tree like the others. But she did sense what was about, and it stirred her, though there was no visible display of this. Even the runic carvings upon Aegiselle were dim.

Aegiselle seemed to have been noticed, which drew it awake from the slumber. It stood over the edge of the small cliff-like segment of the peak, looking up from a lower level, with only head revealed. Her eyes glowed the same green as her runes, and she placed two of her four hands on the rocks, gazing at them. She did nothing more, but was obviously interested in them, likely for showing interest in her.

Aegiselle was docile and observant, but was met with threat somewhat swiftly, likely because even at a lower level, she was still somewhat imposing and foreign. That did not matter to her, though, for she was a peaceful and sacred being. She stood upright very slowly, then began to make gestures of the four hands that it had in order to coordinate a picture of what it was trying to say. There was no ill nor hostile intent in it at all, and its movements were slow and obvious. Though what it was trying to gesture with her hands was a little obscure... Though able to be discerned.

Aegiselle continued the attempt at communication all until Ecksel spoke of Malikai, which caused her to pause, then attempt to direct attention to Ecksel, as if to magnify what he was saying. The signs were a little more easily understood in their urgency and attempt to direct attention, but it may have become a little obscure about just what in particular due to the other conversation. Either way, Aegiselle settled down, looking on from its spot peeking from below the rocks.

Aegiselle didn't think about trying to communicate in writing, likely because the way it wrote was mostly in runes. They would probably not be understood by anyone unlearned. However, she did comply, because Ecksel seemed to be a friend of Malikai, which it would also make visible note of with gestures, to a degree. Soon enough, she was scribbling in the dirt with her branch-claw, in a very dainty corsiva print, albeit still runic altogether. Ancient, but fanciful, one could say. It was clear that her own style was in the way she wrote her runes, but it was also clear that she was non-hostile, since she not only hadn't attacked, she also wasn't aggressive at all.