[Shaetani]

Epson (m) .:.:. Racer Of The Sands
Species: Rathril (M)
Loyalty: 5 :: Toughness: 4
Exploration: 8 :: Endurance: 7
Intelligence: 3 :: Righteousness: 3
Darkness: 1 :: Fame: 5
Passive Traits: Desert Dweller :: Battle Traits: Sandskimmer

Their oracle had a dream. A dream of the desert sands whipping up onto a storm of epic proportions and catastrophic devastation. Being the fastest of their shrine Epson was sent out with Nut and Screw clinging to his fur. They knew the crystals, knew what needed to be done to activate them to set the mild shield protections in place. He'd gone to the closest ones first. Three were now active and the two remaining were the farthest from the shrine but the fourth one was finally in sight. He slid to a stop above it; paws digging fast at the sands to reveal a smooth round disk with geometric designs on it. It wasn't until he had the whole disk exposed that Nut and Screw could do their thing. Breathing hard from the run he stepped back just as he finished uncovering it and the two scrambled off of him. He could catch his breath while they did their thing then it would be onto the last crystal. Only then would the shrine be safe.

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Screw .:.:. Nut
Scorpinch (S) .:.:. Scorpinch v2 (S)
Metal .:.:. Metal
Loyalty: 4  .:.:. 2
Toughness: 8 .:.:. 8
Exploration: 7 .:.:. 9
Endurance: 7 .:.:. 9
Intelligence: 7 .:.:. 9
Righteousness: 0 .:.:. 0
Darkness: 4 .:.:. 4
Fame: 5 .:.:. 5
Passive Traits: Deep Vision, Fast Healing, Desert Dweller .:.:. Deep Vision, Desert Dweller, Fast Healing
Battle Traits: Metal Plating, Poison Immunity, Disease Immunity, Virulent Poison .:.:. Metal Plating, Poison Immunity, Disease Immunity

Beep boop bot beep. It was their turn. Luckily for the shrine Screw was loyal enough that she could convince Nut to do his job. He was in love with her and she knew it... sometimes she even let him touch her hard metallic shell. Standing over a small circle in the middle of the disk Screw curled up into a ball so that none of her was outside of the circle. Beep. Nut hesitated just a moment before carefully spreading his claws and inserting them into what had looked like simple triangles on the design. Only, with the pressure from his claws they sunk in and as he rotated counter clockwise the disk Screw was on began to descend. This was the key to getting into the Crystal casing. This was something only he and Screw could do. She was lowered down past sight and began to work on the mechanics of the crystal while he waited. He loved her shiny body; her glowing poisonous tail... He would wait until she was ready and he would raise her back up. Had it been anyone else he'd probably be tempted to leave them down there. To say the heck with the shrine and go scuttling off back into the sands where he came from.

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Epson waited; his breath steadily returning to a normal pace as he eyed the horizon. The winds had picked up and he could see the rolling clouds that weren't clouds at all. They were sand stirred into a fever pitch as lightning cracked within it setting the dust storm to a enchanting glow. No. Now wasn't the time to be admiring the colors. "Lets get moving; we need to hit that last crystal before the storm gets here." His paws tensed and flexed against the sands, itching to get a move on before things turned nasty.

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