Nikki turned her attention to Blank at his call, grinning.  “Now...well I’d like to find Eli and Rahna, but I think she landed pretty early.  I don’t recall seeing their gliders after taking off.  But I’m sure they’ll catch up!”  Her face was alight with eagerness.  “So now...we go find us a star!”  It was a few moments before Nikki registered the pressure, as exuberant as she was.  She winced.  “Ugh, it sure is stuffy down here.  It’s amazing, though.”  The young lady shook her head to clear it, but the pain didn’t go away.  “Am I the only one it’s getting to?”

She was distracted again by the emergence of strange lights.  At first she thought it was a side-effect of the dizziness, but when one landed on Blin’s nose, she realized she was mistaken.  “Blin!” she hissed, eyes wide in amazement.  “Sleepyhead, open your eyes!  But don’t move -- oh, if you miss this you’re going to regret it!”  She didn’t dare move herself, afraid of scaring the...whatever-it-was off.  “Blank, magpie, are you two seeing this?!”  She almost forgot just how weak and dizzy she felt just then.  Ugh, what the heck was going on?

The thought was totally derailed when another light flew from the underbrush and landed on her cheek.  Nikki squeaked, at the surprise and the thrill.  “Ooh, there’s another one!  Haa, I think it likes me!”  The light grew more intense, and she thought she saw feathers for a moment, but that was probably the fuzzy feeling talking.  Actually, come to think of it, she was feeling better now.  The unpleasant feeling must have just been from coming down so far or something.  But it was fading, which was the important part.  She lifted her hand, trying to gently grab the glowing critter so she could get a better look.  Touching it was strange, like it wasn’t all there, but she managed to get it in her palm.  “You’re pretty~” she told it.  “Hey Blank -- oh, you’ve got one too!  Haa, awesome!  I wonder if we can keep them?”  She glanced around, but most of the floaty lights had vanished.  The girl gave a shrug.  There was so much to see here, and to hear -- and she was going to experience all of it.

Mixed in with the noises of animals and the wind in the branches of the massive trees, there was a hollow clonking noise, and it had really grown quite loud.  That was the next thing to attract her attention.  And a good thing too, for all at once trees in that direction were exploding, and something large flew towards her and Blin.  “Yipes!”  Quick reflexes were indispensable for someone that courted danger as Nikki did. and they served her well in this instance too.  A lunge to grab the boy on the ground and then she flung them both out of the boulder’s path.  She released her friend once they were clear, making sure that she rolled as she hit the ground to minimize the impact, and coming to rest on her back.  With the danger past, she burst into gleeful laughter.  “Hahaha, /wow/ that was close~”  Even a brush with death didn’t wipe the smile from her face.  If anything, it made her grin wider.

((THIS NEEDS EDITING.  Will happen in a while.  *thumbs nose at Moks*))
((Edit: right, no it doesn't.  Moks says I can just go with what I had.  ^.^;;  ))