Possibly the rainiest place on Evelon, Baian stretches for miles along the southern coasts. Thanks to the moist soil rich in minerals, wildlife here have developed unique adaptations. To travel through this thick, muddy area, most either take specially designed boats. (+2 Offense)

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Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 6:00 AM


This was it. She was going to kill him. If only she could catch him...

Syra trudged through the thick, muddy underbrush with a sour look on her face. Somewhere in this swamp was her pesky baby brother. The only thing worse than having to chase him around this dreadful place was how mad her mother would be if she didn't manage to drag him back home on time. The mere memory of her mother's cold, angry glare was enough to keep her on track.

One of the trees she passed caught her attention. Some of the smaller branches had been snapped and stripped of their bark. She snapped one off completely and brought it closer. It was difficult to tell what had done this considering the poor light levels.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 6:10 AM

Perfect! Everything was going as planned. Estrix had carefully shredded up some branches knowing that she would stop to take a look at them. He had seen her do it a hundred times while they were hunting. When he was done with that, he took a perch among the dense leaves of the tree and waited.

Now that she had fallen for his ruse, he was ready to strike. He danced on his paws, his back arched high like a cat ready to pounce. His tail flicked back and forth as he lined up his shot. An impish smirk crossed his face. This was it! He dove out of the tree with his claws out, aimed right for her back.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 6:19 AM

Syra froze as she heard a rustling sound from behind her. It was definitely coming from the tree above her. An ambush! At just the last second, she took a swift step to the right. Estrix rocketed toward the ground and hit the mud with a solid splash. Since he wasn't expecting her to dodge, he didn't have time to unfurl his wings and catch himself before hitting the ground.

"Mud!" he shouted grumpily. He spat out a rock and started licking the dirt off of his teeth.

"You deserve it!"

Estrix pulled himself out of the mud and scrambled back up the tree. There, he shook as much mud off of his wings and tail as he could and started trying to preen his face. However, his claws were also muddy, so it wasn't doing him very much good.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 6:31 AM

"We are going home now!" Syra said sternly.

"No!" Estrix argued. He puffed up his chest and stretched out his wings to look bigger and more intimidating. It might have actually worked... on a cat or a rabbit.

"I will give you marshmallows," she said as sweetly as she could manage. It was difficult for her to sound nice when she was so annoyed. Estrix loved marshmallows, and their mother didn't like to give him any. It was the one tool she had for controlling the little monster.

He paused for a moment to think her offer over, but in the end he refused. "No!" he said again, louder this time.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 6:47 AM

Syra let out a disgruntled sigh. She was beginning to wonder if she couldn't just stuff him into a sack and literally drag him home. It probably wouldn't work, unfortunately. He would just destroy it and fly off again. Then she would have to start over.

"Why not?" her voice was starting to show her frustration.

"Newt!"

"Newt?"

Estrix nodded furiously. "Find! Find newt!"

Her head tilted to one side as she pieced together what he was saying. "If we find the newt, will you come home?" Estrix nodded again and an excited smile stretched across his face.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 7:16 AM

"Follow!" Estrix demanded as he pulled himself out of the mud and into the air. When he zipped away, a large splash of mud from his back legs flew off and hit Syra right in the face. Once again she let out a long, slow sigh.

It was very hard for her to keep up with him. The thick mud resisted her every step. Meanwhile, he was floating along with no resistance. Her glare intensified with every squelch and squish from the mud under her feet. She was really starting to regret not risking the whole 'stuff him in a sack' thing.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 7:40 AM

Estrix landed on a branch and waited for her to catch up. When she was close enough to see him clearly, he pointed straight down at the ground. Since she was looking at him and not the ground, her foot fell deeply into a wet, muddy hole. This time she didn't even bother to sigh; she just frowned.

"Here," he said, continuing to point at the ground.

"I noticed," she nearly shouted. She stumbled backwards out of the hole and just barely managed not to fall on her butt. "This is all a trick, isn't it? You wanted me to fall!"

"No. No." He actually sounded quite timid as he shook his head.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 7:46 AM

"Newt," he said again.

"I don't care about your newt." Syra snapped back.

"Newt. Newt!" he said with more urgency, pointing at the ground.

Syra looked from Estrix to the ground where he was pointing and back again. Oh! The newt must be around here somewhere. Maybe he hadn't meant for her to fall in the water. He was trying to say that the newt was in there. Suddenly she felt quite flustered about the whole situation. It was still his fault, though, so she wasn't about to apologize regardless.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 7:51 AM

"The newt is here?" she asked, pointing at the hole she had fallen into. He nodded excitedly and paced around the branch he was sitting on.

Syra still didn't know why he couldn't catch it himself if he knew exactly where it was, but she wasn't going to argue. He agreed to come home if she found the darn thing, so that was what she was going to do. Then they could go home, wash up, and never think about this stupid swamp again.

She squatted down and looked into the water. It was so dirty that she couldn't see anything. In fact, it was hard to tell the water apart from the mud. That wasn't a mistake she was going to make again. She gingerly stuck her fingers in the water to test it. If this was another trick and something was hiding in there to bite her, she would just have to go ahead and murder him.



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Re: Swampling Rivalry [Solo]

Postby Silver » 03/31/2016 8:00 AM

Surprisingly, everything seemed fine before. Estrix stared in silent anticipation. She boldy reached further into the water until it was up to her elbow. From there, she swished her hand around to see if she could feel anything. Something slimy brushed past her fingers and she instinctively snapped her hand closed around it. Her hand shot out of the water so she could take a look at what she had caught. Frankly, she was lucky that it didn't already bite or sting her.

"Newt!" Estrix cheered.

Syra looked at the small wiggling creature in her hand. "There! I caught your newt. Can we go now?"

"Give. Give." He hopped around the branch eagerly staring at the wiggly little creature in her hand.

"Here. Take it." It wasn't like she wanted it anyway. Though she was curious why it was so important to him. She didn't have to wait long for that answer. As soon as it was in his grasp, he shoved it into his mouth and snapped it in half with his sharp little teeth.

Syra stared at him in open mouthed surprise as he finished chewing and swallowed.



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