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Kali didn't want to demonstrate that she wasn't as extremely wary as her husband, so swallowing up her fear, she approached Crocux, just inches away from him, and introduced herself.
"I'm Kali. I'm a cockatoo from Hunted island. And a happy wife and mother." she said with pride, not even mentioning her high position, since that was the most important thing to her.

Crocux smiled "its nice to meet you Kali. I'm a happy son and middle child. I'd love to introduce you to the rest of my family but i have no idea were my trouble making older brother or my baby sister is right now. but my dad is with Sybil at the moment if you want to meet him."

"Oh, of course. I will be delighted." Kali said with a tone of doubt, believing that he was referring to other crocodiles. Crocux was already so huge being in the middle, she didn't want to imagine the older brother and father.
"Come on Rose. Eat peacefully. It's all over now." Kali said kindly, turning to the crying tiger, but then inevitably watching the torn rabbit and feeling fear, disgust and pity for the poor creature, but did a marvelous job hiding it to avoid Rose feeling worse.

Crocux sighed when Rose started to cry again "come now Rose. It's ok. we're all here for you. their's nothing to worry about."

The cobra sneezed when crocus mentioned him "someone must be talking about me. I'll go check on Crocux and Rose. I trust that Sayan has everything handled here." and with that he left to go see how Crocux is doing.

OOC: Is that, like, a special connection or something?

Sybil stayed with Sayan, trusting him completely. Kali then started to follow Crocux, walking alongside him instead of flying. She was quite close to him, and couldn't help but cringe once in a while at his presence. If Barloc found out about that, he would flip his feathers. But Kali firmly believed that you can't blame every reptile, or any creature for that matter for the sins of others, so in order to establish a sense of trust, she put herself in a vulnerable position to show Crocux that she was willing to trust him.

ooc: actually just an old wives tail that you sneeze every time someone talks about you.

after a little bit Guardian arrived. Crocux saw him show up and said "hi Dad. took yea long enough." "well I'm old so cut me some slack." retorted Guardian. Crocux thought about it for a minute then said "nope." Guardian rolled his eyes and noticed the cockatoo "hello my name is Guardian. I trust that my son didn't cause you any trouble."

As Sybil stayed with Sayan, the two discussed a very important matter.
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"Look now, the reason Rose is behaving like this is because she doesn't eat enough during the day. She's trying to save for the drought, but that is something she in particular can't do. She's just too young to fight her instincts." Sybil pointed out, knowing that if the drought hasn't even hit completely yet and she was already behaving that way, she couldn't imagine how disastrous could be when it was at it's peak.
"Look Sayan, every night, you just have to make sure she has eaten enough before she goes to sleep to prevent these rampages." she suggested, hoping that was enough to keep her instincts at bay.

"I'll also make sure to keep a small stockpile or at least a few fish stored nearby-- just in case.," Sayan said thinking of how he used to store a single fish doing the days of the orca games. The same principle could certainly be expanded slightly-- giving him and Rose something to eat when necessary. He then brought up something more serious and something he had hoped to avoid. "I've also been thinking... if this doesn't work, we may need to take more serious measures to ensure she doesn't hurt anyone. We could just tie her up again-- but... that is no way for a tiger to live and who knows how long this drought will last. That's when a certain human contraption came to mind. We needed something that would allow for Rose to roam, but prevent her from harming others.," he then said not liking the idea of using one of their methods. "Tell me... do we have any of those sticky vines left? The ones used to contain the birds?," he then asked. He wasn't sure Sybil would like the idea nor Rose, but it was an option just in case.

OOC: MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS

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ooc: actually just an old wives tail that you sneeze every time someone talks about you.

after a little bit Guardian arrived. Crocux saw him show up and said "hi Dad. took yea long enough." "well I'm old so cut me some slack." retorted Guardian. Crocux thought about it for a minute then said "nope." Guardian rolled his eyes and noticed the cockatoo "hello my name is Guardian. I trust that my son didn't cause you any trouble."

Kali saw Guardian with a frown, confused at the word son. They were completely different species, yet they treated each other like father and son, then it hit her.
"Oh, so that was it! Well, hello there." she greeted happily, very glad that the father wasn't another crocodile.she then wondered if it was the same case with the siblings...

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As Sybil stayed with Sayan, the two discussed a very important matter.
Quote: Felines

"Look now, the reason Rose is behaving like this is because she doesn't eat enough during the day. She's trying to save for the drought, but that is something she in particular can't do. She's just too young to fight her instincts." Sybil pointed out, knowing that if the drought hasn't even hit completely yet and she was already behaving that way, she couldn't imagine how disastrous could be when it was at it's peak.
"Look Sayan, every night, you just have to make sure she has eaten enough before she goes to sleep to prevent these rampages." she suggested, hoping that was enough to keep her instincts at bay.

"I'll also make sure to keep a small stockpile or at least a few fish stored nearby-- just in case.," Sayan said thinking of how he used to store a single fish doing the days of the orca games. The same principle could certainly be expanded slightly-- giving him and Rose something to eat when necessary. He then brought up something more serious and something he had hoped to avoid. "I've also been thinking... if this doesn't work, we may need to take more serious measures to ensure she doesn't hurt anyone. We could just tie her up again-- but... that is no way for a tiger to live and who knows how long this drought will last. That's when a certain human contraption came to mind. We needed something that would allow for Rose to roam, but prevent her from harming others.," he then said not liking the idea of using one of their methods. "Tell me... do we have any of those sticky vines left? The ones used to contain the birds?," he then asked. He wasn't sure Sybil would like the idea nor Rose, but it was an option just in case.

Sybil consider it for a moment. She believed it was cruel yet necessary, but there was one problem;
"Those sticky vines got disposed of when we released the birds..." she said with a pause, when it terrified her the thought on who could help.
"The only ones that know how to make them and where to find them are... Warren and Sholeh." she said, knowing that Sholeh was going to be hard to persuade and Warren was simply too loyal to her...

ooc: marry christmas

Guardian looked at her confused but dismissed it and was happy she wasn't scared of him since snakes are the birds natural predators. "well it's a pleasure to meet you Miss-" trying to fish out a name for the new face.

"It's Kali. Mrs. Kali." she responded, being very polite. She wasn't afraid of him since cobras were much smaller than other snakes like pythons, and he looked elegant wit the flaps around his neck (something she has never seen on the snakes of Hunted island).
"I like your hood." she said, pointing at his neck. She found it much cooler how he could move them voluntarily.

He smiled "thank you Mrs. Kali. I like it as well. I'm still pretty new to being a snake so i like the fact that i can voluntarily move them." he then grew curious "may i ask who your husband might be?"

Kali was a bit confused when he said he was a new snake, since she saw him as one several years old, but instead proceeded to answer his question.
"Oh, just a very bitter old cockatoo. But he means well." she said, being too modest to indicate his or her position among the flock.

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(Okay, let's see if this post will settle my semi-inactivity.)

Avius had, after talking to Cole, waited a while for Sybil, but when she arrived, he decided to let her rest, not knowing what she had been through, nor knowing if she needed a break. When midnight came, the barn owl was easily awoken by the actions of Rose and the others, but in fright, he stayed near his nest, letting his powerful ears do most of the work. It was only when things started to go quiet that Avius looked outside.

He nodded "we all have someone in our lives that are like that. For me it's that mischief making chimp i call my son named Jack. when all else fails his big mouth will always get him into trouble. Were ever that chimp is I just hope he isn't cousing anyone any trouble."

OOC: Merry Christmas to you too!

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Sybil consider it for a moment. She believed it was cruel yet necessary, but there was one problem;
"Those sticky vines got disposed of when we released the birds..." she said with a pause, when it terrified her the thought on who could help.
"The only ones that know how to make them and where to find them are... Warren and Sholeh." she said, knowing that Sholeh was going to be hard to persuade and Warren was simply too loyal to her...

"I was afraid you would say that.," Sayan said not wanting to see those two ever again. He sighed, failing to think of anyone else who could help. "I have a feeling they would enjoy it just a little too much, but you may be right.," he finally said.

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OOC: Merry Christmas to you too!

Quote: Felines

Sybil consider it for a moment. She believed it was cruel yet necessary, but there was one problem;
"Those sticky vines got disposed of when we released the birds..." she said with a pause, when it terrified her the thought on who could help.
"The only ones that know how to make them and where to find them are... Warren and Sholeh." she said, knowing that Sholeh was going to be hard to persuade and Warren was simply too loyal to her...

"I was afraid you would say that.," Sayan said not wanting to see those two ever again. He sighed, failing to think of anyone else who could help. "I have a feeling they would enjoy it just a little too much, but you may be right.," he finally said.

"Oh no, not Warren. He's too modest for that. But he's so stupidly loyal to Sholeh that we must get to her good side." Sybil expressed, knowing that Sholeh was probably going to ask for something big in exchange for help, and quite possibly humiliate Sybil.

"We'll talk to them tomorrow morning. In the meantime, go see if you can find Rose. I'll take a stroll around the beach... because we might not have any of those soon. To tell you the truth Sayan... I'm more worried about the orcas. Jet and those other two can't leave now... and there is barely any food left in those waters..." Sybil confessed, knowingly that if Rose was dangerous in that state, three huge marine animals was going to be deadly.


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(Okay, let's see if this post will settle my semi-inactivity.)

Avius had, after talking to Cole, waited a while for Sybil, but when she arrived, he decided to let her rest, not knowing what she had been through, nor knowing if she needed a break. When midnight came, the barn owl was easily awoken by the actions of Rose and the others, but in fright, he stayed near his nest, letting his powerful ears do most of the work. It was only when things started to go quiet that Avius looked outside.

Cole was waiting for Avius to return, but when Mambo saw he wasn't coming back, he got worried.
"You shouldn't have left him alone." he said, promoting Cole to look for him, in his state, he was bound to get lost. It was a good thing keas were nocturnal as well...

"I worry too, but the best we can do right now is face it one problem at time.," Sayan said before leaving. They would no doubt face numerous problems throughout the drought and he was worried that it could quickly overwhelm the civet again.

"Rose?," he gently called out approaching their new favorite spot. He soon spotted the tiger and slowly approached.

Sybil then saw that looking for Rose wasn't necessary anymore, but got worried on how close she was to the water.
"Rose... you might want to be a little away from the water in the future..." she said, knowing that very soon, or perhaps starting from now. Sayan was right about worrying about one problem at a time, but she found that the orca matter was much more urgent.

ooc: don't forget that Guardian is still talking to Kali.

"I can take care of myself." Sybil answered, though not in a rude tone.
"You know too well I've been in worse situations." she assured, wondering if that would make her feel better.mshe was still trying to gather up the courage to tell her what Sayan just suggested, but she would made it seem like it was her idea...

OOC: Yeah. Sorry. I didn't see that post.

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He nodded "we all have someone in our lives that are like that. For me it's that mischief making chimp i call my son named Jack. when all else fails his big mouth will always get him into trouble. Were ever that chimp is I just hope he isn't cousing anyone any trouble."

Kali now knew that the other son was a chimpanzee, so probably the younger sister Crocux talked about earlier was an entirely different animal as well, which calmed her.
"Well, you think you got problems? As if my husband wasn't enough, you should meet my daughter and nephew. Now they are the Dynamic Duo of Trouble." Kali explained, as if she was engaging him into a competition on who had the most troublesome family.

ooc: it's ok

Guardian thought about it then said "when my believed to have been dead son Saris arrived he attacked Sybil and Jet then trie to kill Crocux because he thought Crocux betrayed him, then he nearly soffacted me. I'm just glad Shi isn't a trouble maker, speaking of which I wonder were she is right now?"

Kali had a hard time processing all that, but when she did, she was quite surprised.
"Sheesh, look like many things have happened here. Too much there isn't much a cockatoo can do." she said, knowing that in a situation like that, there wasn't going to be much to be done from someone like her species.
"Anyway, are you ready for the drought? It isn't as bad as it is on my home, but it could get worse." Kali assured, being very worried about the residents, since the event was probably a first to them.

OOC: Yes. I was talking about Shilise.

"We... I was thinking you see, that... you can be tied up, but with one of those very long sticky vines so you could at least have some mobility." Sybil explained, with a bit of fear since Rose didn't take it so well the last time she was tied up. It was better than staying at shore, since Sybil believe that it was only a matter of time before the orcas (who needed tons of food to survive), started to act like Rose...

"Then it is settled. Sayan and I will make preparations by tomorrow." Sybil said, keeping secret that they were going to get help from none other than Sholeh and Warren.
"In the meantime, just please... stay away from the water's edge." Sybil begged, now being way too evident that she was simply terrified of the shore.

"I know. Neither Jet of the other orcas would dare to harm us, but.." Sybil paused, knowing that neither of her friends would hurt others, but Rose was clear evidence that if instincts take over, there is nothing to stop them.
"Remember that we now have three orcas to worry about." Sybil said calmly, remembering the ones that brought in the kangaroo and the injured serval.

"Well yes. One brought a serval, the other, Jhen, brought in a kangaroo. There is no way I want to betray the trust of my orca friends... but... you understand." Sybil said, a bit upset that Rose was still sitting near the shore when she has already urged her several times to get out of there.

"It's alright. Sayan will keep you company." Sybil said, trusting that neither of them was going to approach the water, and that it didn't bother Sayan staying outside the den for that night.
"I'm going to sleep now... well... with whatever night is left." Sybil said, seeing that it was now a matter of a few hours, or possibly even minutes before the sun appeared in the horizon. Seeing the calm and eerily quiet ocean one more time, she headed towards her tree...

BUT... making sure that neither Rose and Sayan noticed her, she actually climbed a nearby tree, wanting to be near them in case something else happened. It's not that she didn't trust Sayan, it was that she had a better peace of mind if she just stayed near the couple.

ooc: SC don't forget that it's been a whole page and Shi is waiting on Sozen's reply.

Guardian shrugged "I believe we are but only time will tell for sure."

Kali, sensing that she was now with enough energy after that conversation, decided to return to her home rather than stay here.
"Well, it was nice meeting you two, but I better get home. I just went to see how things were going." she said, preferring not to tell that she was looking for Rose specifically.
"Alright now, see you all later." she said, starting to fly off beyond the foliage, heading to the island she called home.

The minutes passed, and everything was quiet and steady. Up that rather uncomfortable tree, Sybil stopped worrying about the orcas or Rose, and was more concerned on how she was going to be able to convince Sholeh to help them.

Sholeh was up her own tree, without a care in the world. She had her fence, Warren to keep her company and always obeying her, and she had her own food storage. It would have all been perfect if she also had stored eggs, but it pleased her to know that the Haven residents were having a hard time.

Sayan rested, keeping the tiger company. He felt bad for even suggesting to tie up his own mate, but knew that it was for the best.

Soon, morning came with a gentle breeze, announcing that it was going to be another day. Due to being so near the beach, the foliage couldn't cover the sun as well as her own, cozy tree, so the rays penetrated her eyes, waking her up almost immediately.
"Goodness what an awful night!" she said to herself, her eyes hurting and extremely exhausted, not to mention hungry. Since she wanted to save the fruits and berries she had stores below her tree for emergency only, she just ate the little nuts that grew at the tree she was currently resting on. They tasted quite horrible, and some of them were even rotten and not worthy of consumption, but she picked the ones she thought they were best, and tried not to complain so much. It took her quite a while, but Sybil was fully aware that the most important thing was to have at least something in the stomach to seize the day. The drought was going to be horrible at that rate, and Sybil was quite afraid on what will happen in those next months. She felt sorry for most of the Haven residents since too many of them were exclusive meat eaters, and she prayed that they could contain their instincts better than Rose could.

As the sun rose, Sayan gently awoke as the rays of light penetrated his eyes. He couldn't help but worry about the drought-- and the fact that any one of the numerous carnivals (including himself) could possibly lose control.

"Hey Sybil..," he said not having a very a restful night. He remained still, allowing Rose to continue resting on him.

OOC: Carnivals or carnivore? Never mind, I understood

"I'm over here!" Sybil called, before Sayan could proceed further.
"I was too tired to return to my tree." she lied in order for Sayan not to misunderstood her. She was still disliking the taste the dry nuts left on her, but tried her best to ignore it.

"We'll be back soon, I promise.," Sayan said to Rose with a heavy heart. Nothing would make him feel better about what he and Sybil were about to do.

He gently got up and approached Sybil. "I'll miss this beach and the waters-- and even the dangers that used to await us.," he said referring to the games.