We had been hired by the Sun Stags company to investigate an aphid glade in Tibasa. The harvesters there had recently been attacked by strange bugs is what we were told.

When we arrived, we investigated the Sun Stags camp to learn some more information about what was going on. Apparently, this company was using pig-sized aphids to eat the nectar off of the dangerous Festersap Laceleaf, which is very protective. The harvesters would then milk these large bugs of the substance they created, the end product being called Honeydew. This is some sort of stimulant that seems highly addictive-- one of the workers who survived the recent attack was suffering from clear withdrawals of the Honeydew because he no longer received his daily rations from the company while he was injured in the hospital tent. It was only due to Gary's magical staff that we were able to purge the addiction from the poor soul, putting him into a coma but saving his life.

We moved forward onto the glade, finding some bug ranchers there that immediately attacked us, as well as the Laceleaf Mantid Harlequin. The Formicians were fairly quickly dispatched, but the Mantid was able to blend in and mimic the appearance of the Festersap Laceleaf all around us, making it difficult to discern its location. Eventually, I was able to locate the monster and teleport it in front of Bram and Mimic, who put the poor thing out of its misery.

We returned to the camp with most of the Aphids safely recovered, however I realized that we may in fact have been on the wrong side of this fight. In hindsight, we shouldn't have trusted the company that was exploiting workers, not paying their salaries while injured on the job, and giving them addicitive stimulants to be more productive at their job. The Sun Stags went on to fully destabilize the Tibasan ecosystem in the area, which the Mantid was maintaining. They overharvested the Festersap for excess Honeydew, then flooded the market with this drug, causing increased addicition all across Vianova.

New goal: destabilize Sun Stags and destroy the company.