[michime]

The ground beneath the explorer's feet shook before the earth opened up with a massive boom and a groan almost like a giant woken from a deep slumber behind the planetary intruder. The ground split apart creating a wide, crescent mooned shaped maw that quickly devoured the escape pod as something dark and large darted out of the forest in a cresting wave formation that headed right for the newcomer.  It seemed as though the planet itself wanted to trap this new creature between the advancing force of the forest and the newly created cavern.