They walked for about 45 minutes when the plants told here there were some in the area that the previous humans had not scanned. Either 11 or 12, they were not certain.
"We need to stop here," she said to her teacher. "Do you mind if I take this part?'
Nis smiled and relaxed, "please do."
She spoke a bit louder than normal telling all the students to file into the area in front of her. "I want those carrying the scanners in front of me. I will describe the plant and were to find it. When the person with the scanner gets their assigned plant and heads off, I want their team to go with them. There are wandering beasts in the area that we may or may not see which are already known so I want this done as quickly as possible."
Students were already filing to the front. She looked to Almin and pointed, "that way, a pink heart with purple tendrils hanging off it."
"Oh, Nis, did you turn on the…" she chuckled as he hit the button.
The next person in front of her, she pointed in a circle to make it easier, counterclockwise. So to the left of where she sent her own team she sent this one, "purple S-shaped leaves, only a foot tall. This one is woven into a bush so it's hard to spot." Off he went with his team.
To the next person in line, "you get two for one. This may be hard to scan because they are growing together. One is all burnt orange with yellow speckles, the other is yellow with burnt orange speckles."
The next one stood in front of her, "How do we know you are telling the truth and not just trying to get all the points for your team?"
She looked at this ungrateful idiot then moved on to the person behind him. The young lady smiled at Lana's response and appeared to listen up. "directly behind us, they are kinda crescent moon shaped but a reddish color? Maybe closer to maroon. That is the flower. The stem, I can't even describe the color. Maybe greyish purple?"
The girl chuckled and ran off with her team close on her heels. By this time, her team had already returned with a thumbs up and a smile.
To the next one behind the annoying idiot, she stated, "it's a vine that looks like this," she grew a vine and withered it just a bit so it was slightly dehydrated and brownish but not dry fully. She winked at the young lady because this wasn't a plant but a snake. She hurried off and Lana told her team to stay close to her.
Again, behind the impatient wimp, she pointed, "yellow cup flower with green tendrils handing off near the bottom instead of the top."
Finally, she heard the word she was waiting for. "I'm sorry or doubting you. May I please have an assignment?"
Lana smiled, "I see you have found your manners. Over there is what is being described as an annoying insect on the bottom of a leave having a meal. The plant is asking us to make it go away. It is classified as a beast and has a basic tier crystal. If you can kill it. If not, please just move it. The leaf under attack is purple with neon green spirals. Remember, bottom side of the leaf so you need to turn the leaf over."
The next team also decided to ask a question. "Why are you doing this rather than let us all search and you take all the points?"
She laughed. "Simple. One, this planet is beautiful and I want to see as much of it as I can. Two, the teacher has done a great job so far this year and I would like him to get recognized for a job well done. So let's do a good job."
To this group, "over there between a tree and a bush. Where is your group? Come forward because this one is tricky to find. It looks like a rock about this big," she holds her hands up showing about three inches in diameter. "There is a yellow stem sticking up out the center that looks like it is part of another plant so it was easily overlooked. The flower on top is actually a bunch of tendrils which are black." She made sure they got that then patted the young lady with the scanner on the shoulder, "off you go."
"Another two-for-one. This one the plants are not sure if one of these was scanned because they are close together as well. Oh, sorry. One is growing on the other. Oh, this is hard to describe. One second. Nis, can I borrow your tablet to draw something?" He smiled and handed it over as he watched what she was doing. "Okay, there is a stand of bushes over there. They all look the same but they are not. The leaves of one go like this," as she drew two leaves, one with a slight difference from the other. "These are two separate species of plants. The one you need is actually quite rare on this planet and it's this one." As she pointed, the students took a picture with their watch which shocked her. She didn't know they could do that. "Now, on this bush where two branches meet is another separate plant which is even more rare." Got it?
They nodded and off they went.
She exhaled as she looked at the last group. Most of the other groups have already returned. She turned around and walked over to a tree. At the base of the tree was a single leaf. She points at it, "scan this."
The student did and there was a beep indicating the plant was new. Just then, the last group returned holding a beast crystal high to show her they not only found it but brought back a prize as well. She smiled.
"Okay, Nis. That way is an area that has never been seen by human eyes."