darkSpyro

"No no, you must remain hidden until you fully recover" Sybil suggested, before turning around, resuming her quest.

"Well goodbye." Kona ran off.

During that time, the two oddball allies walked through the forest(slithered, in Skaliscin's case) and out on the beach.
"... S-s-so, I only came here becaus-s-se I wanted to get away from the competition," the serpent went on, making gestures with her head as she talked. "You were right; I never had a care for my kind."
Speckles wanted to throw in a rude comment about this, but decided against it. He could tell that it was hard for the prideful- if only slightly- snake to confess her wrongs. She told the velvet worm everything; from the loss of most of her siblings, her abandoning of a potential mate(even though it was unlikely he would have lived, anyway), and to her arrival on the island.
"And... it's-s-s not an eas-s-s-sy thing for a s-s-serpent to s-s-say this-s-s-s, but... I'm s-s-sorry," she stated quietly, not looking at the invertebrate, "... for the way I acted to you."
Speckles slowed; he always anticipated the serpent to admit her wrong-doings, but he never saw this coming. An apology? A sincere apology?
"You're the only one- other than Voras-s-s-sivenom- who's-s-s ever shown true kindnes-s-s-s-s-s to me(mos-s-st of the time)," Skaliscin added, looking back at the velvet worm.
Now it was Speckles's turn to glance away; at the mention of his amity with.. well, a snake... he seemed mortally embarrassed. And the obvious, increasing redness in his face and antenna didn't make things any better.
"Hey, you s-sh-shouldn't be embaras-s-s-s-sed about it around me! I'm a s-s-snake mys-s-self!"
She wasn't as offended as she was, surprisingly, concerned. Speckles slowed- and reddened- even more. Skaliscin frowned, stopped, slid backwards, and moved her head close to Speckles.
"Look," she whispered, "I know it's-s-s weird that I'm being nis-s-se to you, and you're being nis-s-se to me, but I'm not making the s-s-same mis-s-s-stake I made with Voras-s-sivenom. Friends-s-s are keepers-s-s, no matter who they are or what they are. Right?"
Speckles, too, stopped. For a long time, the only sound was the faint breeze and the tumbling of waves.
"You actually want to be my friend?" he finally asked, breaking the awkward silence. "But... I've never had a friend..."
"Not until now," Skaliscin answered(to both statements), smiling a smile that the paranoid little velvet worm could never dream to see; a smile of trustworthiness.
Speckles's heart pounded in his back with exhilaration.
He had a friend.
A leathery, smug, irritating friend. But a friend, nevertheless.
"Um, do you mind not telling anyone about this?" was all he could say. The joyous- but confused and stunned- invertebrate made a weak, pathetic grin. It was all he could do.
"We'll act totally normal; ins-s-sults-s-s-s, s-s-sarcas-s-s-sm, you name it." she smirked mischievously. As if on que, Sybil ran by, and Skaliscin practically hollered out, "ANDYOURANIDIOTICOBNOXIOUS-S-SMANYLEGGEDLEECHANDNOBODYLIKES-S-SYOU!!!"
"WELLEXCU-U-U-U-USEMEATLEASTIDONTGOAROUNDTORTURINGCENTIPEDESANDSHOVINGPOISONOUSBERRIESDOWNPEOPLESTHROATYAHSPINDLYHANDBAG!!!" Speckles yelled back, catching on instantly.

Cica continued her way to the elephants. And then heard the calls of the snake and worm "now that's unusual, to be heard this far away.... Or maybe it's just me"

Chica caught the scent of human and dog instead. "better to warn the whole island" she thought out loud, jumped onto the highest boulder she could find and howled as loud as she possibly can. She felt tears again. if I loose you guys, there will be no ne else left, my only family will be gone

The elephant brothers charge after the man and his dog stopping a few feet from the camp. Seeing the the place they rush off to warn Sybil. They run into Chica gasping for breath.

"They have a camp deep into the forest. From the looks of it they have been here for some time but remained hidden until now. Their hideout is covered in undergrowth and vines."

"nice to know elephants" Chica remarked. She turned to go not the out back, but swiveled her head around to the elephants again "if you see any other animal, and I mean ANY, tell them about the humans. Our survival here....." Chica trail off. "anyway we're basically the only family we have now" then with that she ran not the out back

OOC: I changed it Spyro, sorry about that I'm not all here.

"Cairoooooooo!" Sybil yelled, when she realized it was a stupid thing to do since the humans could have heard her. She hoped the big whale heard her that time, cause she wouldn't yell again...

A big silhouette appeared from underwater in a few seconds "Oh my. Mistress Sybil, you look... agitated." The orca leader pointed out, sounding concern. "Cairo, haven't you heard? There are humans on the Island!" Sybil explained. "Impossible. I patrol these waters all the time, I would have known... unless..." then both the killer whale and the Malabar civet reached the same conclusion. They came by air! But why didn't any of the birds notify her? Little did Sybil know that the reason for that was because all of the birds she counted on were in the most unpleasant and mysterious of reunions...

I clutch my bleeding side and sway as I slowly begin to lose conciousness. I wrap my tail around the orca's fin seconds before I plummet into the water. I swing myself back onto his back. The pain in my side is horrible. I start mewing in agony as I slowly curl up, not daring to move do to the pain that the gunshot wound causes me.

Meanwhile Royal flies over to Jael and lands beside him. Jael looks up and tears are in his eyes. "Humans are here on the island. Just when I thought I was safe humans are discovered. I don't want to be enslaved or killed, please dad don't let them. Jael hops into his father's arms. Royal embraces his son. "Shh its alright Jael, I won't let those humans touch you." Then he too gazes in the directions of a plume of smoke.

The elephant brothers return to Stripes and stand guard. They will not allow the humans to touch another animal. This group was their family and they were the guardians of that family. It was their duty to protect them no matter what the cost. If they died protecting them then so be it.

Chica ran, almost into, the swamp Draco made home in. Knowing that Draco s almost exactly like her, except more rude, she quietly aproached. "Draco?" she said calmly. Then it hit her. He already knew. She banged her head against a nearby tree. Draco crawled out from Nader the waters. "excuse me?!" he asked, agitated. Chica sighed, a complete waste of time. "never mind" she sighed, and headed back out of the out back

Ooc: the part when she was hitting her head against a tree was me for a second except against the iPad

"Alright Cairo, I received the news that the humans are west of the forest, AND in less than a mile from the quicksands of the swamp. Head to the waters near Light Beach, and you and your clan make a lot of noise. Hopefully, it would bring the humans to investigate, directly to the deadly sands." Sybil detailed carefully. If that didn't work, she was planning to use herself as bait to lead them to the place, but didn't tell Cairo about it. "I will check everybody at the forest. I will be back..." she assured, before turning around and heading to the forest.

"But Mistress Sybil..." Cairo called, but she didn't listen. There was more to the plan than that, and he knew it. He wouldn't dare to question her orders however, and went underwater to call his family and do as he was told...

OOC: Margays are also illegaly captured in the wild and sold as exotic pets.

Tears fall down my cheek as the pain in my side only grows worse with each passing minute. As water splashes me I grab a pawful of it and start to clean my wound as carefully as possible. As soon as I believe I have cleaned it enough I lay back down and wait for my friend, the orca to inform me that we have arrived at the sanctuary.

"Hey, what's going on?" Speckles called to Sybil as she ran back.
Skaliscin's head was turned south, staring intensely. She saw... something.

Chica was now out of the outback, and toward light beach. She settled down in the sand and gazed out over the seas.

Quote: Waaksian

"Hey, what's going on?" Speckles called to Sybil as she ran back.
Skaliscin's head was turned south, staring intensely. She saw... something.

"Humans! Just ahead. I don't know how the heck they got here, but you better hide. Now." Sybil ordered, sounding very serious. "I need to get rid of them, quickly." she stated, heading towards a certain direction...

Sybil heard the thundering motor of the jeeps. She knew that sound, that was human machinery, now there was no doubt those awful creatures were indeed on the island. She followed the sound, hoping to follow them and be ready to lure them into the swamp just in case Cairo's orders didn't work...

OOC: OK now, I am following this human story, but I don't think I am liking it. One of my intention with this RP was to keep humans out of it, with only a few mentions...

Quote: Felines

Sybil heard the thundering motor of the jeeps. She knew that sound, that was human machinery, now there was no doubt those awful creatures were indeed on the island. She followed the sound, hoping to follow them and be ready to lure them into the swamp just in case Cairo's orders didn't work...

OOC: OK now, I am following this human story, but I don't think I am liking it. One of my intention with this RP was to keep humans out of it, with only a few mentions...

Yeeeesss...

But I'll go along with it for now

"AURGH HUMANS" Kona whispered. She ran off to find Kallik.
Later

"Hey, hey, hey, Kallik!" Kallik sighed. "What now?" She asked." Hueeummmennns!" Kona answered. "What! Does Sybil know?" Kona nodded.

"Well, lets go find her." Kallik said.

OOC: I know... but I was expecting a different kind of action
Alright, never mind that. Let's continue.


In the horizon, a mixture of whistles and chirping were sounding very loud. No doubt about it. It was Cairo and his family. Sybil could hear them clearly, and hoped that the humans, could too, since she knew their hearing wasn't as potent. The humans turned in that direction. The plan was working after all, but something in the trees caught Sybil's attention...

"Oh no..." It was Yodel! He was looking towards Sybil, and occasionally turned his head to see the humans. That warbler has been antagonizing Sybil since the day she founded the Haven, so she wondered in horror if the bitter bird was cruel enough to give her position away...

"What?! But- Sybil!" Speckles called out. But the civet was already too far to hear his small voice.
"You heard her; let's-s-s get the heck outta here!" Skaliscin exclaimed, darting towards the forest.
"Hey! Wha- wait!"
The velvet worm crawled after her; painfully slowly. He barely even reached the brush by the forest before hearing the loud bang.
"GNNH!! What the dung was that?!" he cried out, shrinking back.
Hesitantly, he peered over the long, thin blades of grass. He saw the rustling of bushes, and heard a strange voice say, "Good job, boys. Let's bring him back to the camp and call for the helicopter to pick us up."
Grief and dread gnawed at his gut.
"Skaliscin! Skaliscin!!"
The serpent didn't reply; she was long gone.
"Oh, no. Oh, no oh no oh no no no no..." Speckles stammered, shaking his head and tugging his antenna from stress.
He took a few deep breaths- most through his skin- and tried to clear his mind.
"OK, OK, I can do this. I can help. I can... ugh, I dunno..."
After a few moments of fighting self-doubt, Speckles "reassured" himself and scurried over to the moving bushes in the woods and fast as his twenty-six stubby legs could carry him.


OOC: D'aww, little comedy-relief Speckles is trying to play "Hero".

Chica blasted out of the trees running as fast as she can, and took stripes along with her. no one die, just no one die....

Kona gasped as she saw stripes and Chica. "Hey! Wait up!" Kona called and ran ahead of Kallik.

Suddenly the elephant brothers burst forth from the jungle and slam into the jeeps with all might. Bullets pierce their flesh but this does not stop them. With a fury unequalled they hurl themselves at the vehicles knocking them over. Only after the jeeps are thrown to the ground and flipped over do Ivor and his brothers collapse on the ground, bleeding.

ooc: yes but then they would do something to him, and of course chica is a wolf so she wouldnt know what that something is, in any case she wants no one to die, so, for example, the elephants are now bleeding, ect ect.

chica's mind told her not to stop, not until she was sure stripes was safe. but the elephants.. she thought. then she thought she heard barking. now its official. the humans may have been broken, but its dogs, always the problem.

OOC: The elephants surprised the humans to the effect that they are wounded by them but not fatally. In order to kill or down an elephant you either have to hit a vital organ which is hard especially like the brain which is protected by a ultra-thick bone or shot it 35 times.

The sea water stings my wound but it also feels good. I fall asleep on the orca's back, listening to the roar of the waves and taking in the smells of the sea as I sleep.

ooc: okay.... you know chica is just a wolf, not a biologist. also shouldnt your new char come soon?

OOC: He's on his way unaware that he is headed toward danger again.

Quote: Spyroconvexity

Then the humans turned in a different direction......right toward where Stripes was. The jeeps stoped and the human's dogs and the humans hoped down. "Sniff him out boys!" One of them said. The dogs caut sent of Stripes and ran in the direction of Stripes.

"Stripes heard the dogs coming and ran as fast as he could. The dogs came running out of the brush and ran after Stripes, the humans were close behind.

"Shoot him with the dart!!" One of them said.

Then a loud bang andStripes felt a stinging pain in his side. He fell over running and tumbled to a stop. Stripes felt dred in his vains and then everything went black as the dart took effect.

"Good job boys." The leader said. "Lets bring him back to the camp and call for the helacopter to pick us up."

Although Yodel despised Sybil, luckily for the civet, he didn't double-crossed her, much to the civet's surprise, he said "Do something Sybil... and I promise I won't bother you again." he lied, but sounded so sincere that even cautious Sybil believed it "Why didn't the birds see the helicopters coming? You heard them, they came by helicopter, why didn't anyone noticed?" she then asked, but this only caused the warbler to flee the scene. He didn't dare to tell her that he organized a reunion to try to conspire against the civet, especially having the mongoose-care excuse.

Sybil was now by herself. She saw how poor Stripes was about to be carried away. She needed to do something. The humans were too concentrated on their caught animal to pay attention to the Orca's sound, it seems... Sybil knew she needed to do something. She needed to, somehow, save Stripes, but giving away her position would mean that the hunters would suspect that there are more rare animals on the island, and if they came to that conclusion, that would mean disaster. She needed to come up with another plan, and quickly...

Unbeknown to the other animals, Speckles managed to reach Stripes. Quickly, he hid in the Tasmanian tiger's ears(he was small enough to not be noticed).
"Don't worry; I'll help you," the velvet worm whispered to the unconscious marsupial. But he really didn't have a clue how such a helpless creature as himself could assist against such a huge problem...

Jael and Royal take the initiative and attack the humans. Jael does his best to injure the humans enough for them to back down. Royal his father attacks the dogs, being enormous and armed with killing weapons he tears at them with his talons and beak. Jael viciously attacks the humans bent on inflicting as much damage as he has too to protect Stripes.

Meanwhile I stir from my little cat-nap and gaze around. I am excited to see this sanctuary and meet the others there, even though I am extremely shy by nature.

Jael's talons easily rips through the sleeves of the shirt and inflict deep slashes in the man's arm. Royal continues to do battle with the dogs his fierce eyes glistening with fury as he slashes at them with his talons and beak.

OOC: I'll change it.

OOC: Sorry, but Spyroconvexity's right. Stating that the helicopter- which is controlled by his characters- "spins out of control" is considered godmodding. But I'm pretty sure that you can smash through the window and attack the pilot; the other user just has to say how the pilot reacts.

Sybil couldn't believe what she was seeing at the moment. Almost everybody she knew was fighting to protect the medium marsupial. But now she knew that if the hunters found out that they were all very endangered animals, that could mean the end of the Haven. She didn't stay there watching the spectacle; she proceeded very cautiously towards where all the men weapons and machinery were, taking advantage of their distraction, and started ripping and biting them, damaging it all as much as she could...