The Trouble with Trobifants

[the Drazilim]

The Drazilim collective had taken up residence in a remote section of the Southern Frontier desert region. It was rocky and isolated, away from prying eyes. They wanted that. They were raising and harvesting a strange kind of creature called "Trobifants". These creatures go through a series of metamorphic life stages, but when they are mature adults they are about 40 feet tall ten feet around and a verdant green in color. (for a full description you should read in the Hall of Records) ((really, I mean it, you should read this or you won't know what your are up against, besides us.)) They had raised one to old age and were ready to harvest its highly prized crystal. They had successfully subdued it and were in the process of eliciting its final metamorphosis and its slaughter. The trobifant was about to finish its death and departure “song” when two strange looking creatures, a woodnorn and a sphinx-lion came over a hill and started acting like extreme fools. You do not want to make a dying trobifant angry! Fortunately it finished and exploded just in time and they could retrieve the Trobifant Crystal and return to base without having to fight these two lunatics.

[Shine]

Whiteoak and Obed had gone on a camping trip to the Southern Frontier when they heard a most beautiful sound, almost like singing. They followed the sound and when they came over a hill they saw, at some distance, a group of the Drazilim reptosaurs who had tied down a large ugly animal thing ((elderly trobifant)) and were poking it with electrified spears as it hardened over in preparation for death. Whiteoak and Obed did not know what the Drazilim were doing, of course, but felt for the poor tortured animal, (big mean and ugly though it looked, and bad as it smelled.) They were running to confront the Drazilim and stop the torture, when the trobifant exploded. Several of the Drazilim waded through the goo and guts, and grub-worms to grab the crystal and then the Drazils disappeared into the scrub brush and rock formations

As Whiteoak and Obed arrived, the Lion got there first. He was bitten several times by some of the grub worms and, as it turns out the bite is toxic. Obed passed out. Whiteoak put him into the medical sample storage device and made his way as fast as he could to Ecclesiastes Sanders’ room at the Groundskeepers hut at the Training Dojo. Mr. Sanders being quite the scientist, could help him, but to make a anti-venom they will need to collect a few of the grub-worms and bring them back alive, as it is not a poison Sanders is familiar with. Mr. Sanders also directs Whiteoak to learn as much about this new lifeform as he can, as it is new to the Dojo and raises several questions. Whiteoak goes over to the Dojo and is seeking to recruit a team for such an expedition. As this area is now closed to trainees, they will have to do this “unofficially”. Who wants to go ((and prove your worthiness to the Sensei and his Mods))

The Drazilim will not want the rest of the Dojo to learn of their presence, nor of their power source, and will undoubtedly fight to protect this secret.

Whiteoak is hanging about near the main lobby of the Training Dojo, trying to discretely bring up the idea with some of the promising students. ((This could be YOU!, join in. Post that you are in, and after we get several, we'll just go to the area and start in on the real story, not a lot of RPing at the Dojo.))

[Danikat]

((Apologies for crashing your party but as both the training dojo mod and the person who originally posted the topic that lead to all this chaos I feel sort of responsible here.

Since part of the reason for this topic is to prove you're entitled to get into the Wilds and other RP boards I was wondering if you'd appreciate some tips if and when anyone actually posts the sort of thing that would put people off admitting them. Either in public in this topic or in private via PM.))

[Shine]

Such hints and tips would be most welcome, Danikat. We have no need to recreate in one thread all the problems that lead to this, and I'm sure folks would appreciate knowing the specifics.

Plus, we want this to be a fun thread, so eliminating the problems before they begin will reduce the need for ((OOC)) interuptions.

Also, Dani, feel free as Mod here to post any suggestions along the way as the thread progresses. We want folks to improve and feed back from good gamers should help that.

[alakin1]

((Am I allowed to join in?))

[the Drazilim]

Feel free to join in on the discussion if you want, but more importantly, join the expedition.

All this while those nasty grub-worms are making pests of themselves and growing. Plus we need more food for one of our other trobifants, and if we can capture you we could throw you in its mouth and we wouldn't have to find so many other small animals.

[alakin1]

(( I'm not joining the expedition to be food! But I am joining the expedition.))

Kiiu found himself in the Training Dojo main lobby one day.

((Probably the worst and shortest post I have ever made in an RP ))

[Danikat]

[Jent]

*From Black Star's sky, a flaming meteor traveling towards the Training Dojo in incredible speeds. Or is it a 10" metal capsule coming to the Training Dojo front entrance at 70 miles an hour? No matter, the capsule crashes into a old withered tree.* "Swoosh." *The doors of the metal pod fall off, with a 3 foot hardman norn in red clothing, gold marking on the sleeves and pants. With a thud, the norn falls out.*

~What happened, where am I.~

((No, this isn't Trace. You'll find out.))

[Shine]

Whiteoak had gone to the Training Dojo's main loby. Earlier he'd put the word out that he was looking for folks who would go with him on a research expedition. Kiiu had responded with interest and they were to meet there in the lobby.

He saw Kiiu and was going over to talk with him, when the loud crash was heard outside.

"Hey Kiiu, we should check out the noise"

and with that Whiteoak went outside towards where the noise was, hoping that Kiiu would follow.

He was suprised to see another norn and called out a "Hello" as he offered him a carrot in friendship

[Jent]

*When 9999 heard WhiteOak say "Hello", he knew someone else was here. Gradually, he slowly got up on his two feet. 9999 received the carrot from WhiteOak slowly, by instincts, 9999 took a bite out of the carrot, savoring the taste.*

"Hi" *After he said hi, he went to the metallic pod, pulling out a dusty blue box. If you look closely, you would see it has several tiny locks upon it.*

"Do you know what this is?"

[the Drazilim]

Some of the young drazils had been watching as the incident with Obed had transpired, and had passd on this information throughout the collective.

When the intruders were gone some of the workers had returned to the site to retrieve the infant Trobifant larvae, unfortunately, several of the larvae had slithered off in various directions and were proving hard to locate, after all, there soooo many of them. By now they had started to grow larger, and as they grew they developed nasty spiles long their back and side, a natural defense mechanism. These spikes secrete the same toxin as the infant's bite.

One of the workers was not sufficiently observant as it walked, and accidently stepped right on one of them. His muscles started to sieze up and he stopped breathing. The collective could tell what had happened, but no one was close enough to get help to it on time. As it died, the collective paused in memorium. The dieing Drazil's cells started to loose coherency, and most of its body liquified into a gel, which "flowed" its way back to a collection point near one of their doorway openings, where it was taken and put back into the queen mother's pool. Out in the field, all that was left was a dried Drazil skin. The other work's now went about in two's and carried anti-venom injectors.

The larvae are, by now about as big as your foot, they will only get larger and more deadly at time passes.

[Leporidae]

((I'm no beginner, but Shine wanted me to join, So I accepted his inventation I decided to test a possible subtute for Lep when winter comes and she has to hibernate))

Inside the training dojo lobby, placed on a table, was a teenage in his late years. He was never the less a human, possibly a eskimo. He's wearing a thick coat with a warm, fuzzy inside. The thick glasses perched on his nose reflected light, making it impossible to see his eyes at that angle. But, before you can reconise anymore detail about him, his hand suddenly lashed out and swatted a fragment of invisibility sitting on the fradgile coffe table. He blushed in greif as for spanking the air was no intention. Suddenly, He noticed the group and got up. As he did so, you noticed more detail about him. He was wearing worn out army boots and a katana was slung by his side. His gait seemed alittle slow, as if his legs felt numb. He glared at Shine at the others for a moment, only to be hunched down and have his eyes closed shut as he frowned a second later. From this angle, you can tell he has green eyes. Finnaly, for the first time, he starts to speak. His accent sounds a little japanese, making his eskimo heritage doughtable. At least it was english. "You- . . . you didn't see that. did you?"

((Aw man! This charature rocks!))

[Nishette]

((Might I jump in? I am unsure as to some of the etiquette in this forum (e.g. if I need to introduce my character as she has one of those profile thingies in the Records Hall) but I will try my best. Suggestions needed.))

Emilee was standing just outside Dojo Lobby, absentmindedly twirling her tail in lazy circles as she considered her next move. She had noticed people advertising an 'expedition' to go on, and the foxgirl did need to meet new people. However, she was unsure if her current skills were the kinds that were needed.

She noticed an important looking furry thing conversing with another similar furry thing. How she even discerned the one as important was hard to explain, for in this area she had seen more different kinds of person than she had ever imagined. ~Still, this man may know something about that expedition.~ Therefore, Emilee walked up to the man and tapped him (for she did assume it was a him) lightly upon the shoulder.

"Sir?"

[Shine]

Whiteoak and Kiiu had been talking with 9999, and had no idea what the blue box was, they were waiting for him to tell them, when a fox girl tapped him on the shoulder. It was Emilee, a new trainee who he had heard good things about. He was hoping that she was interested in the expedition.

"Hello, its Emilee, isn't it? I hope your responding to the notices about the journey, our mission is simple enough, to collect samples of a new species, and specifically its venom. We are doing this inorder to make an anti-venom for a sick friend of mine. The only catch are the Drazilim. Not much is known about them. They have been around for a while, not overtly hostile, but almost combatively private, and the creature we are after is one of theirs. We are looking for a larval form of a very big and powerfull animal. They won't want us to get one. If you are interested, I think this may be our group, this is Kiiu, and this is another new arrival, clone 9999. We are being fully outfitted by Mr. Sanders. We can't pay, but the experience is invaluable. If you will tell me a basic weapon type, Sanders will provide one weapon which you may keep after the journey. Pack your personal belongings and be ready to go tomorrow morning"

Out of the corner of his eye, Whiteoak had been aware of another student. He was actually hoping that he wasn't interested in the trip. As a student, word was he had struggled a bit, and sometimes acted odd. Suddenly he swatted at something that wasn't there, and then tried to act as if he hadn't just done that. Their eyes met, and Whiteoak smiled, but turned backk to 9999.

"So tell us, what is that blue box?..."


((Lep, I do want your character to come along, you played him as a bit awkward so I went with it, if you don't like this direction, I'll edit. I didn't catch a name for him, come over and introduce him to us, but lets all remember: