nefelibata (noun.)
     cloud walker
     one who does not obey the conventions of society, literature, or art

Biologist Elain Mavka is sent to a foreign planet recently named Miea.  A place where she gets free range to explore, document, and report the findings of site 27-43. Otherwise known as the Mushroom Forest. What seems to be beautiful and mysterious turns out to be just that. Where Elain is the first explorer to make contact with humanoid aliens. Though are they really the aliens when she is on their planet?

Her only company on this journey is young Milo Zephyr, who is still in his training wheels, and Selcouth, a companion she encounters soon after their arrival. Well, them and the strange feeling that they are being watched.
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On another side of the spectrum, the older sister (Enya) of her infant brother (Kenton) are looking for a way to survive up in the station effectively named Head Quarters. Her with an assistant's job to keep everything in order on the ship. Then, with no explanation, there was a sudden blaring siren and flashing red lights. A guard she knew, who was a few years older than her, marches them straight to an escape pod. Sending them to a planet they've never known before.

The three of them landed on completely unexplored territory of this planet and it didn't take long for Enya to stumble into a nine-foot monster of a creature. Or, rather, it stumbled into her.

Nefelibata

 die through submersion in and inhalation of water. 


Enya threw up the water that was stuck in her lungs. Her body tried keeping up the best it could, but her lungs had only so much capacity. The beast that had just thrown her into the air pocket of this underwater cave. The rock floor was still covered in a light layer of ocean water. While she heaved the water from her body, her eyes frantically searched the area. At first she thought it had left her alone in the prison-like area. Then she caught a glimpse of their vibrant eyes that were glowing underneath the surface of the entrance. The woman hissed a few curses under her breath. 


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