by clackno1 » 06/16/2009 3:24 PM
Calli jumped away as Kiana started to climb. This was fun. She held back giggles as she climbed behind Kiana so she wouldn't be spotted. She didn't stand out very much in the trees, though Kiana's colors were pretty easy to spot. She had the advantage, being smaller and duller colored. She balanced on a few thin branches that had grown close together and peered through the leaves, trying not to giggle. Kiana couldn't catch her at this rate. She'd just disappear before Kiana could think where to look. This time she wanted to be like the dead, as silent as them, anyways. Other than that it was totally out of the question. White and lifeless would not be fun for her.
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Vabdol sighed. Play with a leaf? Was that all she really thought of him? Oh well, he'd just have to live with it. He went over and sat in the shadow of the temple. It wasn't the best place to nap, but it would have to do. Maybe he'd just doze and not get deep enough into sleep to dream at all. he could hope, but that's all he could do. He eventually dozed off, but he was wrong about the dreams. They came, and scared him just as much as before. So he decided to just stare into the jungle and try to relax. Eshe went back to her little room in the temple. Vandol wanted a drug, he'd get one. Maybe not what he wanted, but she'd give him on. A sleep drug was easy, and with the resources she had it would take not time at all to create one. he had said no matter how bad it tasted, so he must be desperate. So she took a few leaves, a couple flowers, a bit of pollen, a few roots, and added it to the bowl of water filled from the underground spring. The creatures that built this temple had their own legends, written in hieroglyphics on the wall next to her. They had charms and rules, and skills. Their carving was amazing, however. The water from the underground spring poured into the bowl out of the mouth of a golden Hunter. It wasn't life-size, but it was life-like. For the finishing touch to the sleeping drug she took a crudely carved knife made from rock and dipped it into the mixture, then slid it across her paw. The blood that dripped from her landed in the mixture, turning it a deep red-purple. This would put him to sleep.