Once home to the Crystal Cities of the Hunter clans, Craiss Caverns is now a hollow empty shell of its former glory due to a strange misfortune in the past. Man-made tunnels now lead to this place, but tales tell of some never returning. (+3 Defense, +2 Offense)

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby Knightdaniru » 01/07/2010 6:39 PM

The silence now confused Gail and made her quite uncomfortable. Her first impression of Yume was overly talkitive and hyper, but now even he was silent. But perhaps it would help them in their search. Something about it just felt odd to her.
Zeira walked slowly, nose to the ground in the search, but tail holding the lantern high. She occasionally saw some imprints that may have been some of the prints Yume had seen, but even the soft breeze from the cave interence reached down here and hid them, so she wasn't quite sure.
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you.
The little black cats are maddened
By the bright green light of the moon;
They are whirling and running and hiding,
They are wild who were once so confiding,
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk;
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer.
With a goblin light in their eyes!

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby AnimeTheia » 01/09/2010 11:02 AM

Before long Yume had gained a spring in his step again and began to hum gently to himself, it seemed that you just couldn't keep him silent for long. The eerie notes of his song (which probably would have sounded like normal tuneless humming if they weren't in a deep dark echoey cave) bounced off of the surrounding walls lending an even more sinister air to the place, although Yume seemed completely unaware of the effect it was having (he probably thought that he was humming quietly enough that only he could hear it).
Maji was still waiting for Zeira and Yume to get a good lead on her and Gail, she decided that maybe if she pretended to hurt herself Gail might stop to see if she was okay while the others went on ahead... "Ouch!" Maji cried out, drawing in a breath as if she were in pain, she stopped and sat down and raised one front paw to her face where she started to scrutinize it.
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Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long

The world is alive now, in and outside our home

You run through the forest, settle before the sun

Darling, I can barely remember you beside me

You should come back home, back on your own now

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby Knightdaniru » 01/09/2010 10:45 PM

The humming gave the cave an eirie sound, all right. Gail looked like she was about to attack the poor, oblvious yonyuu.  Even Zeira was starting to feel a little scared. And that wouldn't be good. Both girls were the kind who would refuse to admit fear, but rather turn what ever part of it is visible into anger or outrage to hide the fact that they were quaking in their paws.
Gail was just crouching to sping when Maji descracted her, seeming to have hurt a paw. It accured in Gail's mind, of course, that she might wanna make sure the fenling could walk and stop the train if she couldn't. But there were a few factors that kept her from doing such. First of all, it was out of character for the duraculi. It would be painful to her pitiful, selfish life. Second of all, this fenling seemed to hate her, so she had to hate the fenling in return. Wasn't that the way life worked? Try making peace and it fails. Make war and you can get rid of those causing trouble.
So, though her mind told her she should've stopped, she just looked back as she walked on, feet lifted high and proud. "One paw? A little limp should slow some all-powerful fenling down." She said in a quiet but mocking voice.
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you.
The little black cats are maddened
By the bright green light of the moon;
They are whirling and running and hiding,
They are wild who were once so confiding,
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk;
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer.
With a goblin light in their eyes!

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby AnimeTheia » 01/11/2010 4:59 PM

Maji narrowed her eyes at the Draculi, she licked her paw before standing back up "Just a scratch. It will take a lot more than that to bother the likes of me" she stated with a pitying smile at the Feline (as if she felt sorry for Gail having so little intelligence) before leaping gracefully past the Draculi and falling in step with the others again, of course in reality there was nothing wrong with her paw - her plan had backfired but luckily she had managed to save face - I should have known that a Feline the likes of her would be highly unlikely to have a caring bone in their body she thought to herself and mentally factored this new information into her equations of revenge. If she didn't manage to get even (or preferably better than even) with the Draculi soon then they would likely come to blows; as Maji walked she tensed and stretched her muscles, getting ready for the fight that might very well happen soon, whilst she worked her mind frantically looking for another way to give Gail her comeuppance.
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Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long

The world is alive now, in and outside our home

You run through the forest, settle before the sun

Darling, I can barely remember you beside me

You should come back home, back on your own now

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby Knightdaniru » 01/11/2010 7:18 PM

A pitying expression? What was this? The fenling seemed to think her unintelligent or something. Well that was all fine and dandy. As long as the enimy thought you uncapible when you really were, you have the advatage of being underestimated. "Really, now?" The Duraculi asked. "That was quite the yelp for a little scratch."
Zeira heard faintly the near scuffle between the other too. If only they would just be quiet and give it up. It wasn't helping their search at all.
And hadn't the werecain been following some thing that looked almost like tracks a mere second ago? Darn. She must've been too busy listening to the others and not paying attention. She turned and followed her own tracks back, nose nearly brushing the ground. Ah. There they were. Glancing up, she saw that they led into yet another hard to see path. "This way." She told the rest of the group.
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you.
The little black cats are maddened
By the bright green light of the moon;
They are whirling and running and hiding,
They are wild who were once so confiding,
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk;
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer.
With a goblin light in their eyes!

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby AnimeTheia » 01/12/2010 7:30 PM

Maji tutted at the Draculi, thinking quickly she said to her "I was surprised that is all, it's rare for anything to slip my attention even in the dark". As soon as she said it she got an idea - she thought that maybe bringing the dark and cold of the enclosed tunnels to the felines attention might cause her to freak out, or bring her nearer to freaking out, near enough that she'd only need a little push - like a scare maybe - to cause her to lose her control... "It certainly is dark in here, i'm not surprised that I missed that sharp stone, even my eyes can't penetrate this darkness properly, and if i'm not mistaken Zeira's lantern has started to die again - it did that last time you know, it almost went out completely! We were deep in these tunnels and if it weren't for my dark vision I would barely have been able to see my own paw in front of my face! And how cold it was!! And the tunnels get much smaller and thinner the further down you go..." she trailed of briefly allowing Gail time for the description and all it's meanings to fully sink in, grinning with a slight note of malice in her eyes; Oh how perfect Yume's eerie humming is now!, she thought to herself, for indeed he was still humming along tunelessly and still as oblivious as only a child could be; which made sense as he tended to act like a child most of the time.
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Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long

The world is alive now, in and outside our home

You run through the forest, settle before the sun

Darling, I can barely remember you beside me

You should come back home, back on your own now

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby Knightdaniru » 01/13/2010 2:01 PM

Gail let out a snort of suppressed laughter. Surprised by slipping? It was an odd sign when one so observant and graceful would randomly slip. But the duraculi didn't think too much into it.
But then Maji kept on talking. And yes, the fenling described the cave quite well actually. But because of this obvious direction of the conversation, Gail knew where the fenling was trying to get. She couldn't let the little fox-like demon have this pleasure. No, that would be admitting defeat, admitting weakness. Girls of the same nature of Gail or even Zeira went against their very nature to do such things. They had a reputation to keep. Even so, her tail begain to twitch wildly, and she glanced around more often, trying to remind herself that there was nothing in this cave which would hurt her. No monsters except the Akail, which didn't scare her at all, it wasn't going to cave in, she was fine...
"Oh, be quite Maji. You're not helping any of us." Zeira butted in. It wasn't for her friends sake. one like Abigail could take care of themselves and face their own fears. But between the darkness, the cold, and the ghoulish humming, the werecain  had found herself slipping slowly back into her normall, irritable, teenage attitude. She wanted it quiet, and she wanted to find an Akail, which ment it probably needed to be quiet anyways. But knowing this crowd, that was probably not going to happen.
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you.
The little black cats are maddened
By the bright green light of the moon;
They are whirling and running and hiding,
They are wild who were once so confiding,
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk;
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer.
With a goblin light in their eyes!

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby AnimeTheia » 01/14/2010 12:03 PM

Maji glared at Zeira, Who asked her to butt in? it's not like she's the exploration leader this time after all! she thought to herself, despite secretly liking this new spunky side to the Werecain that had been much more conservative when they had first met. Of course barring the glaring (which Zeira probably didn't see anyway being ahead of Maji at the time) she completely ignored her, "Oooh! The tunnel seems to be starting to slope down, that could be a good sign, I imagine Akails would live quite deep in the earth... Look how much darker it is down the end!" she said, speaking a bit quieter than before.

Yume stopped his humming to ascertain whether what Maji had said was true, being a born caver it was easy for him to tell if they were on a gradient or not. "Yep!" he called out excitedly "We're at the beginning of a gentle slope... and most animals that don't want to be found will hide in the deepest darkest corner they can find" he added this rare (for him) gem of wisdom before starting to trot briskly down the tunnel and into the enveloping darkness his tail waving slowly behind him.
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Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long

The world is alive now, in and outside our home

You run through the forest, settle before the sun

Darling, I can barely remember you beside me

You should come back home, back on your own now

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby Knightdaniru » 01/19/2010 10:08 AM

Zeira figured one of the two behind her was glaring, if not both. But she didn't much care. But when Maji spoke up and Yume added to it, it sparked the werecain's interest. "That does sound accurate, doesn't it." She told her self allowed, instantly perking up her mood by the hope and moving into a slow trot. The problem was, it did get darker down there, and the lantern was dimming. It would be a real bummer if they met up with an akail and couldn't even see it. Gail and Maji would have the better night vision, more than likely, but it was nearly too dark for even them to see.
And Gail was near freaking. Though having Maji there to add the need to prove strength was defiantly holding it off. Maybe she was getting past some of these fears because of it...


((Sorry it took so long and kinda a lame post. I had forgoten that I had saved this half done instead of posting it 'cause I got booted off the computer 'fore I could finish it.  :oops:))
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you.
The little black cats are maddened
By the bright green light of the moon;
They are whirling and running and hiding,
They are wild who were once so confiding,
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk;
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer.
With a goblin light in their eyes!

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby AnimeTheia » 01/19/2010 6:52 PM

Maji could feel a sort of energy radiating from the Draculi, did she seem a bit stiffer than before? or was she just imagining it... maybe her words and descriptions were finally getting to the feline?

Meanwhile Yume had gone beyond sight down the tunnel, the darkness had wrapped itself around him as if it were swallowing him up and now he was nowhere to be seen, or heard.. it was impossible to tell from Maji's standpoint whether he was waiting for the others to catch up with them or whether he had let his excitement carry him away and forgotten about them all.. it was entirely possible, he had a short attention span at times and often seemed as though he had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

It really would become too dark for anyone to see if the lantern failed completely no matter how good their dark vision was! Not that it bothered Maji too much, she was small and of little consequence, if they came upon an Akail and it attacked it would probably go for Zeira and Yume first, and if it was smart it would go for Yume in particular as Zeira's tail blades looked like frightening weapons as they glittered coldly in the dim lantern light.

(Ahh that explains it :), it's alright I didn't mind waiting, i'm just glad you haven't got bored of RPing with me yet).
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The world is alive now, in and outside our home

You run through the forest, settle before the sun

Darling, I can barely remember you beside me

You should come back home, back on your own now

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby Knightdaniru » 01/20/2010 1:37 AM

((Nope, not bored... Just a tad busy lately.))

Gah! It was getting too dark to see. Canines wern't known to have great dark vision. This would leave Zeira out of the count before the others. The annoying yonyuu had ran ahead. The werecain was happy to get him out of her hair, but a tad worried that he'd get attacked. She sighed with defeat as she realised she was only straining her eyes by trying to see in such dim light. So she closed her eyes and twiched her ears, hoping even the brat of a werecain she was would have enough instincts to guid herself by sound and scent.
Gail, however, breathed a sigh of releif as the cave went dark. To many with claustraphobia, the darkness made it feel like it was closing around you all the worse. The duraculi was a different story, oddly enough. If you couldn't see it, it wasn't there, and thus it wasn't closing in on you. That was her felosophy.
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you.
The little black cats are maddened
By the bright green light of the moon;
They are whirling and running and hiding,
They are wild who were once so confiding,
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk;
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer.
With a goblin light in their eyes!

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby AnimeTheia » 01/23/2010 10:47 AM

Maji stared around her as the cave went dark, she could faintly sense Zeira and Gail's presences and see dimly a few paw steps in front of her eyes, it was rare for her to feel so blinded but she could deal with it. She pricked her ears up and shifted her attention to them as they would be far more use than her eyes now; although she continued to look down at the small patch of cave floor that she could see before her for any evidence of Akail trails.

Ahead of them Yume was having a whale of a time, unlike the others he could see relatively well as his vibrant dreamsnare markings glowed providing him with a faint light source that didn't require fuel like the lantern. He pranced about along the tunnel until he came to a cavern, in the centre of the cavern was a still pool and in clumps around the edges grew luminescent blueish white mushrooms.
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The world is alive now, in and outside our home

You run through the forest, settle before the sun

Darling, I can barely remember you beside me

You should come back home, back on your own now

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby Knightdaniru » 01/24/2010 5:25 PM

The silence was now alive with the sounds of their paws, and breath. Zeira could even hear Yume ahead of them, ever so faintly. Ah, so this is what they ment by the other sinces being strengthened by the lack of one.
She heard Yume stop, and was surprised to feel light trying to penitrate through her eyelids when she caught up with him.

Gail blinked as they reached the cavern. Wow. It was beautiful in there. Even she had to admit that, and did aloud with a quiet 'wow...'
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you.
The little black cats are maddened
By the bright green light of the moon;
They are whirling and running and hiding,
They are wild who were once so confiding,
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk;
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer.
With a goblin light in their eyes!

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby AnimeTheia » 01/26/2010 6:20 PM

Maji trailed into the cavern after the others, seeing the pool of clear water she made her way over to it quenching the thirst she had had since Yume had stirred up the dust storm much earlier. Finally sated she looked at their surroundings mentally agreeing with Gail's expression; 'wow' was definately the right description for this cave. Maji briefly wondered if the mushrooms were at all edible before noticing some nibble marks on a nearby one which suggested that Yume had already tasted one before they had caught up with him, the fact that he had only nibbled at it told Maji that the mushrooms were either not edible or tasted disgusting; either way she wasn't about to try and eat one.

Yume was scouting around the cavern, once more trying to find Akail tracks, the one tunnel that led further down was quite large and little pools of light could be seen stretching into the distance as if the mushrooms were growing in clumps along the edge of the tunnel; however whilst this meant that this tunnel was not as dark as the previous one the pools of light were quite far apart and the tunnel most likely got very dark in between.

Finishing his scouting Yume decided he was not quite ready to continue moving on into the new tunnel yet, so whilst he drank some water Maji sat with her head slightly cocked to one side and a thoughtful look on her face. Getting up she moved to one of the mushroom clumps and selecting a particularly large mushroom she unsheathed one of her lethal sharp claws and cut the mushroom free of the rock. With a satisfied smile she noted that the mushroom did not suddenly go dark, instead it continued to glow brightly, selecting and cutting a few more mushrooms Maji gathered them together and headed over to Zeira "Zeira, I think that maybe if you put these into your Lantern instead of having it lit, they will provide us with a more consistant light source." she explained "They will probably go dark after a while but Yume says there are more clumps of them in the new tunnel as far as he could see so we'd be able to replenish them when needed for a while at least" She put the pile of mushrooms down before Zeira so she could use them in her lantern is she wanted to, the pile glowed brightly giving Maji and Zeira a spooky blueish glow to their fur, the colour of the light would likely mess with their sight a bit, however any kind of light was better than no light right?
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The world is alive now, in and outside our home

You run through the forest, settle before the sun

Darling, I can barely remember you beside me

You should come back home, back on your own now

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Re: Another Branch ((Akail hunt))

Postby Knightdaniru » 01/27/2010 10:48 AM

Yume seemed to have doubled back and returned to the group, at least for the time being. Zeira though this was probably good, as it would allow them to stick together, probably providing safety for all of them as they got deeper into the caves.
Gail walked towards the water and lapped at it. She was thirsty. She had been since water was mentioned a while ago, but wouldn't admit it. Not when the way to it was down the dark, narrow passage way.
Maji had suggested replace the flame with the mushrooms. That was a good idea, as they seemed better adapted to give light down here despite the cold. Zeira nodded, and lowered her tails, unhooking the spike from the lantern as it hit the ground. It hardly made a difference when she blew out what was left of that little flame. The glowing mushrooms were a much better option.
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you.
The little black cats are maddened
By the bright green light of the moon;
They are whirling and running and hiding,
They are wild who were once so confiding,
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk;
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer.
With a goblin light in their eyes!

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