Stranded on some kind of Island

[Swix]

Swix - Yari
Location: Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 60%
Thirst: 35%

Yari looked over at the cave, then back at Wiljod, before gently pushing him over with her front hoof so the fire would stop. Then she moved towards the cave, wary of the rustling sounds she could hear and (hopefuly) still with the grendel. Her stomach gave a growl as she came to the entrance, and fearing the creature inside might have heard the centaur saw nothing else for it.

Yari left Queenie outside as she charged in a couple of hoofbeats before rearing. She hoped to frighten whatever it was off, especially if it was one of the pig like creatures from before.

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 65%
Thirst: 40%

[3kul]

As Wiljod was tipped over the flames were smothered by his body and quickly went out. He didn't seem to respond to this, aside for what sounded like a possible sigh of relief.

It wasn't too long after Yari entered Wiljod's cave to find that it was another pig monster indeed, though this one appeared a little different to the others. It was scrawny in it's build and apparently unarmed, this one was definately not decked out for combat.

You really couldn't miss this creature - it had short tusks that were painted bright blue, and was adorned with hideously bright feathers and a miss-matched mixture of animal pelts. The obvious centrepiece of his little ensemble was a small primate skull dangling from a thick looking rope around his neck. The skull had two jewels stuck in it's eyesockets, and it had ornate carvings in it, though what this meant could be anybody's guess.

At least it would be easy to see that it didn't symbolize any kind of bravery. The creature stumbled back in sheer terror as the massive (by comparison ) Yari towered over it, looking like she intended to pulverize him into the ground. Realizing that it's back was against the Cave wall, it broke down and began to sob uncontrollably, holding it's hands up as if to plea with Yari for some sort of mercy. It didn't seem to be very smart either, as it made all kinds of jerky and sudden movements that probably would have made any wild animal charge at it by now.

Despite the differences in mannerisms and dress, it's undeniable that this creature is a member of the same race as the monsters that had just beaten Wiljod to a pulp. Whether it was in league with them or not was another question, and not too easy to prove since they seemed to have abandoned it, but this one had clearly been searching Wiljod's cave for something. Food and assorted objects are scattered about all over the place, thrown aside as though they were worthless, with more than a few things broken and ruined. It would be a fair assumption to say that the creature has yet to find what it was looking for, or that what it is looking for might not actually be here.

[Maraha]

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The Forest (Very close to Wiljod's Cave)
Health: 90%
Hunger: 75%
Thirst: 5%

(So, wait... Now Queenie is alone and outside the cave, correct? This should be interesting.)

S'Jarsa watched as the Centaur left the Grendel alone outside. 'Perhaps if I crush it's skull or rip it's jugular no one else will notice... perhaps... yeeessss....'

She crouched lower, into a getting-ready-to-pounce position. Her back swayed and her pupils dilated as she prepared to pounce on the grendel. She continued to sway for a few moments while she did a few calculations in her mind, such as distance and such. She tried her best to be silent while in the bushes, but if her prey did hear anything, perhaps it would confuse it with a bird flying through the trees, or the wind? S'Jarsa could only hope so.

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The Forest (Very close to Wiljod's Cave)
Health: 90%
Hunger: 80%
Thirst: 10%

[Swix]

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 65%
Thirst: 40%

((Yes, though we'll probably have to get hold of Mits to see what happens next))

Yari's body came down with a crash, her front hooves hit the floor and left rather deep hoofprints in it once she saw that the creature was unarmed, and obviously terrified. At least something she'd done today had worked, although turning him into a gibbering wreck hadn't exactly crossed her mind when she'd ran in here.

She wasn't that far from the creature, but all this food scattered about was so tempting and she was so hungry. The centaur couldn't help herself, and she figured the stuff in here would be a little safer than the molluscs, so she dropped them and grabbed several handfuls of the food on the floor before stuffing her mouth with it. Willjod had said he was going to clear it out, but it looked like those creatures had gotten to the ermine first.

Yari lowered herself until she was 'kneeling' with both legs while she chewed, waiting for the creature to calm down.

"S'ry"

She mumbled, for her benefit or his was anyone's guess.

"I thought you might hurt us. Hey, Queenie! It's okay... I think... there's food in here!"

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 45%
Thirst: 40%

[3kul]

S'Jarsa was not the only predator around, and perhaps if she'd taken a moment to consider this then what was about to happen to her would not come as such a surprise.

Drawn by the smell of fresh blood being spilled, another predator was watching the scene, though this one was focusing on different prey. A pair of slitted yellow eyes continued to watch her as she shifted about beneath the tree that the creature was in, not wavering in the slightest as the largish feline got itself ready to pounce. It could tell from S'Jarsa's stance that she too was about to move, so the cat was determined to get in first.

The cat was quite large in it's build, the size of a large dog, and mostly black in colour, with yellow splotches and streaks running all over it. It was very slender too, a clear indication of the evolutionary trade off of speed in favour of power. ((This is CAT 1 from the 1st page list for those of you who're wondering.))

Without a sound, the cat lunged at S'Jarsa, unsheathed claws extended towards her as it tried to latch onto it's prey.

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The pig monster didn't move from the back of the Cave, very nervous now that Yari was blocking it's way out of here. It shifted as she ate, not wanting to touch any of the food itself but clearly checking to see if she was finding something in particular.

It's eyes widened as it spotted a glimmer of something in her hands as she continued to shovel the foodscraps into her mouth and let out a squeal, grabbing her hand to stop her from eating the treasure. It was surprisingly weak, and Yari probably would've been able to eat it if he hadn't wormed his filthy little hands into the mush and rip the treasure out.

"No eat! This! Me for this!" It yelped at her in crude english, trying to clean the item. At first glance it appeared to be a broken spearhead, though it had several holes drilled into it, as though it were some kind of musical instrument. The way it was trying to show it to her without letting her grab it was quite obvious, though it suddenly stopped as it realized that the spearhead was actually broken. "You... Smash! You smash this!" It said in a tone that was more bewildered than accusatory. If Yari were to examine the smushed food in her hands though she'd find that this certainly wasn't true as there would be no broken pieces to be found - it seems that the item had been smashed long before she'd uncovered it. The creature did not seem to be aware of this though.

It seemed to be glancing between the skull dangling around it's neck and the spearhead, as though the two were supposed to look similar or something. "Me no fix! Who fix? Who fix?" It seemed to be deeply troubled by the broken trinket, as the creature was now talking to itself, half in english, half in whatever grunting and squealing language that the rest of it's kind used.

[Swix]

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 45%
Thirst: 40%

"Huh?"

Yari said, a little bewildered herself as she looked the broken spearhead with holes drilled through it. The hand that had been holding the food the creature had somehow managed to worm his hands into closed into a fist, then let all the small particles drop to the floor, none of them containing anything like the same material as the spearhead.

"Me no... I mean, I didn't smash anything. See?"

The centaur said, holding out the now nearly empty fist.

"That would have hurt if I had"

The creature glanced back at the entrance, then at the pig creature before picking up a new mouthful and chewing on it. Why was Queenie taking so long? They might've gotten off on the wrong hoof and all, but they needed to stick together, and the half horse woman worried that she'd left her out there by herself.

This creature probably knew more about the island than they did, even if he wasn't with the others... but she couldn't be sure of that.

"Did you attack the furry one outside? Were you with the ones with spears and weapons just then?"

Yari asked, acutely aware of the fact the only things she currently possessed to her advantage were her hooves and size.

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 40%
Thirst: 45%

[3kul]

"Spee-arsu? We-pohns?"

The creature did not seem to understand much of what Yari was asking it, though whether it was being truthful or not was hard to tell - it's eyes showed a clear dislike for Yari, and it didn't seem to believe that she didn't smash the item.

"Me alone. No outside. This El Quor De Ban Cave. Good that he not here..."

It suddenly noticed that Yari didn't appear to understand what it was saying or who it was talking about, as she wasn't freaking out or anything. "El Quor De Ban... Fire monster? Hurt people? Steal treasure? You not know?" It frowned a little at this, as though it was strange for the monster not to be known. "Look like this."

The creature reached into one of the many folds in it's clothing, procuring a small pouch full of some kind of ointment. It began to paint on the wall with a finger, drawing Yari a picture of the monster that it was trying to describe.



It would seem that this creature is not much of an artist, though it seems to be quite pleased with it's work. "This El Quor De Ban. You see him?"

[Maraha]

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The Forest (Very close to Wiljod's Cave)
Health: 90%
Hunger: 80%
Thirst: 10%

S'Jarsa was ready to pounce, her powerful rear legs pushed her up into the air, but in the blink of an eye her graceful pounce was ruined as a large feline predator latched on to her with it's powerful claws. She let out a loud 'Skrriow' as she was forced to the ground by the other predator.

She hissed and tried to slash at her attacker, but then she thought of a way that might get the predator off of her. She rolled over onto her back, she ignored the pain caused by the dirt stinging her open wounds from the other cat's claws. She unsheathed the long, sharp claws in her rear feet, and tried kicking the creature off, or atleast cutting it up a bit.

She kicked and slashed at the other cat with all her might, wanting to show it that she means business.

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The Forest (Very close to Wiljod's Cave)
Health: 75% (Cuts in her back from the other Predator)
Hunger: 85%
Thirst: 15%

[Swix]

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 40%
Thirst: 45%

Yari ran a hand through her hair, an unconscious sign of frustration for her. Language barriers were always so troublesome, and this thing obviously had no idea what she was talking about. Although from what it had said she believed it thought it was alone, so it hadn't been with the others.

Yaris eyes widened though at seeing the picture, it looked, well, like Willjod. And the thing had said this was his cave, but it was the ermines cave... But, being a fire-monster or hurting people didn't seem to fit with the ermine at all, at least from what little the centaur had seen of him.

"Hurt people?" the centaur exclaimed, obviously confused and surprised and nearly spitting out the last mouthful "How?" She just hoped that naivety coupled with the cowardice she so knew she had hadn't landed her in any more hot water.

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 35%
Thirst: 50%

[TheBlackSoul]

((This RP didn't look very interesting at first, but after reading it some, I want to join in.))

TheBlackSoul - Saracten
Location: Beach
Health: 75%
Hunger: 10%
Thirst: 15%

Oooh... Where the heck am I?

Saracten opened his eyes after regaining some degree of consciousness. The first thing he noticed was the sand he was lying on. Looking around the best he could muster at the moment, he could see he was on some sort of beach.

He rolled over to an upright position, and, after a brief struggle, managed to stand up on all 4s. Now it was a little clearer to see just what kind of creature he was.

He resembled a C3 grendel, but he had no horn on his head. His scales were snakelike, and were colored with various shades of purple, being darker on his back than on his stomach. His eyes were red, and seemingly lacked pupils. He had no eyelids.

The grendel-like, sentient reptile turned towards the ocean behind him. Since he was lying on this beach, he knew it would be probably be unwise to drink it. However, there just might be some food swimming around in it...

However, Saracten's attempt to get to a more natural position by rearing up on his legs failed miserably, and he flopped back down onto the sand like a fish out of water.

So he had to be content with awkwardly walking on all fours as he headed for the sea to hopefully find some fish.

TheBlackSoul - Saracten
Location: Beach
Health: 75%
Hunger: 15%
Thirst: 20%

[Mitsukai]

((Waahhhh... sorry for the very late post everyone. *hangs head in shame* >>; This is just a place holder for the post that you shall be able to expect sometime soon... ))

[3kul]

As Saracten looks out to sea, he will notice several large things bobbing up and down in the waves. They do not appear to be moving with the currents though, so they are either tied down to something or alive and swimming against them.

Either way they don't seem to react to his presence.

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"MRRREEEOOOWWWW!"

The large cat yowled in pain as it leapt back, it now had one long cut extending across it's face and another down it's shoulder blade - the first had been dangerously close to the cat's eyes, and the second just as perilously close to slitting it's throat.

The predator was back on it's feet in seconds, but didn't pounce again - this was no ordinary prey that it was up against, it needed to consider whether or not this was truly worth it.

It eyed S'Jarsa, circling about her cautiously. S'Jarsa now got a better look at what she was up against. It was black with bright yellow markings (most of which were now stained with blood, both the cat's and S'Jarsa's), stout and muscular. Built to hunt, but not to run, although considering it's habitat it probably didn't need to run about very often. It's bright eyes were very alert, and suggested that this creature was both young and intelligent.

The cat suddenly hopped backwards in what appeared to be a most unnatural maneuver for a feline, disappearing into the bushes. As the sun poked out from behind a cloud S'Jarsa might begin to understand what the creature's colouring was for - with the thick canopy of trees overhead just about every shadow coupled with a few streaks of sunlight looked like the cat.

There was no way of telling whether the cat had really gone or was merely hiding, but it seemed as though S'Jarsa might be safe for now.

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"... Fire hot, hurt." The creature responded after a period of deep thought. Either it's grasp of language was so incredibly feeble that it couldn't express how the beast hurt people or (much more likely) it was just going by assumptions and stories that it had heard, and had never actually encountered the beast itself.

The creature's ears suddenly pricked up as it heard the racket outside. "Me go now." It said nervously, though it didn't actually move. Judging from how it's eyes were darting between Yari and the cave's entrance it seemed that the creature was trying to guage whether or not Yari would actually let it leave.

[Maraha]

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The Forest (Very close to Wiljod's Cave)
Health: 75%
Hunger: 85%
Thirst: 15%

S'Jarsa growled as she watched the predator leave. 'What was that?' she pondered. She sighed, she'd just have to search elsewhere for a meal.

She stood up on her hind legs and approached the cave cautiously, perhaps the Centaur and that pig creature could be of some use to her? "Hello?" She asked, the pain from her wounds showing in her voice.

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The entrance of Wiljod's Cave
Health: 75% (Cuts in her back from the other Predator)
Hunger: 90%
Thirst: 20%

[Swix]

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 35%
Thirst: 50%

Yari started herself after she heard the large cats yowl, it was far too close for her liking. And a cave isn't really a good place to find yourself with your back against when large, hungry carnivores were about.

She stared at the creature for a time, chewing, wondering what to do and noticing that in her intense hunger she hadn't paid attention to her thirst. The centaur swallowed as she regarded him carefully.

"Okay... but don't you hurt anyone outside"

Yari got up, but as she did so heard a voice she didn't recognise. It sounded feline, but not just that, it sounded in pain. The centaur hesitated, was it the creature she'd just heard? Or was it a trick to get them out into the open and vulnerable?... At least she could run away if she got far enough outside...

The centaur turned and trotted towards the entrance, although once she saw S'Jarsa she didn't go anywhere near close enough. Nervously she answered her.

"Hello?"

She said, studying her.

Swix - Yari
Location: Inside Wiljods cave
Health: 100%
Hunger: 30
Thirst: 55%

[Maraha]

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The entrance of Wiljod's Cave
Health: 75%
Hunger: 90%
Thirst: 20%

S'Jarsa quietly sighed with relief when she saw that the centaur didn't seem hostile. She could smell the foodstuffs on her former prey's skin, and was instantly reminded just how hungry she is.

"Ah, greetings... I ssuppose you're stuck on this island as well? How familiar are you with it? Do you happen to know where a hungry cat like me can go for an easy ki... meal. Oh, I apolagise for not introducing myself... I am S'Jarsa, and mean no harm to you or any of your..." S'Jarsa paused and looked at the piglike creature deeper in the cave, "Your companion. So, what is your name, rock-footed one?"

Maraha: S'Jarsa
Location: The entrance of Wiljod's Cave
Health: 75%
Hunger: 95%
Thirst: 25%