Stepping out of the mall portal, Astra was immediately slapped in the face by a leaf. She grumbled to herself and quickly stepped out of the way, letting others through the breach in space and time. Her annoyance was quickly relieved by the fact that everyone else stepping through got smacked in the face too, by the same leaf gently blowing in the wind.
The leaf belonged to a tall, green stalk with yellow buds growing out of it at various heights. This stalk was simply minding its own business, swaying in the wind alongside countless of its brethren. How could it know that a magic portal was going to open up next to it and that people were going to smack their faces against its leaves?
Dozens of crows sat upon the arms of the green stalks, not just the one that was smacking them but on all of the similar stalks that surrounded them like a forest. They cawed, as if they were laughing at the misfortune of the interdimensional travellers.
