Mumemo

The buzzing in Mumemo’s ear began an hour before they walked face-first into a sap-covered branch. It was the Voice again, a low, insistent hum they’d first heard upon entering The Fluorescent Isles. Being of a serious and spiritual disposition, Mumemo concluded it was an echo of Tamashi's power, a guide to a hidden treasure. The Voice led them through a field of aggressively affectionate pollen-sprites, over a bridge made of what turned out to be a sleeping sky-serpent, and into a cave shimmering with 'soul gems.' It was only when a tiny, iridescent beetle crawled out of their backpack’s side pocket and began happily munching on a crystal that they understood. The profound guide was a bug. A very hungry bug.