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Sybil was still to infuriated, but at least she could control herself well enough to avoid continuing her anger rampage at Rose. She was about to say something to the cub, when she heard that whistling melody of the orca leader in the distance. "Duty calls. Be seeing you." she swiftly said, and rushed towards the beach without even letting the young one reply...

Skaliscin and Speckles were still wrapped around Rose. Speckles was still asleep, but Skaliscin awoke from Sybil's summoning. All throughout the action, she remained quiet, not wanting the antagonistic mammals to know of Speckles's presence. She was starting to become very protective of the little invertebrate.
As Rose tried to comfort the angry civet, the serpent remained silent. There was no use in apologizing for the nasty bite she gave her that night; not with that temper.

"As-s-s do I," Skaliscin replied. She decided not to ask why she was being carried by the tiger cub.

"Yes Cairo, what is it?" Sybil asked, softening up a little. "The birds Sybil. They were delayed. They had to stop at Indonesia due to a terrible typhoon nearby. A manta ray informed me that the typhoon may last for at least a week, so I am afraid they won't come until then." Cairo finished, sensing that unease within Sybil. "...Thanks... for informing me. As long as they are OK..." she concluded, leaving the beach without letting Cairo said something else... he let her be though. He knew her temper, and returned to sea.

After all that madness, Sybil was getting extremely sleepy. Having run like a maniac towards the Outback, and then throwing that tantrum had drained her energy entirely. Her eyes were closing by themselves. It was still a little too far from her tree, and finally giving up, she fell fast asleep in the moss of a nearby trunk.

Draco crawled up to Chica, as she whirled around to look behind her. "oh it's just you" she said flatly. "is there a problem" he asked, in a bit more of a challenge tone. "no... Wait, the eagle..." something had just got into chica's mind, remembering what the eagle said about aregil. Without a moment's notice she sped to the tree he was in. Draco turned away back to the swamp.

Jaerl despite being scared and hurt by Sybil's actions nestles in the thick branches of her tree, falling into a restless sleep. He will not leave her side, from now on, not matter what. Tears run down his face and splash onto a stone. He is even too scared to speak.

The moss in the trunk was very soft, it was very good t Sybil. She was in a deep long sleep, finally after quite some time. After that sleep, she would probably get some moss to her tree.

Jaerl wakes after his rest but does not leave the tree. His entire body shakes and tears still fall down his face as he hops higher into the tree. He does this so that he is still by Sybil but far enough away that she cannot get to him, for he is scared of her. Refusing to leave even despite his treatment his fear has made it impossible for him even to talk.

Meanwhile the Royal they know is nowhere to be seen. From the air, Royal hunts without mercy. The screams of his victims can be heard by all. As yet another mongoose comes into view Royal swoops and with deadly precision snatches it up. With a scream of fear and agony the creature knows no more. He lands on his tree and gorges on his newest victim, adding its bones to pile at the foot of his tree. His talons and beak are dripping with mongoose blood, while his eyes are glint in the darkness.

As Chica reaches my home this is what she hears: "Chica, where are you? I'm so scared, Chica," I say. My body begins to shake and quiver as the memories that drive my fear play out in my dream.

"im here" she softly said, lifting half of her body int the tree hollow

Meanwhile, at an Indonesian island...

"This is just too much! Since when do I follow Sybil's orders?" Yodel bitterly said. He really despised Sybil for founding the Haven, but he knew too well that he could never get the other birds against her, since they all owe her the debt of getting rid of the mongooses for them. Plus, her alliance with the orcas was too valuable.

"Will you knock it off Yodel? You know as much as each of us that Sybil is our friend, and that if she send us to these dangerous missions, it's for a good cause. If she had wings, she would have most certainly help us." the pelican named Theodore assured. After saying this, he went to investigate the recruited Keas, only to find out that they were stealing food from a nearby town...

I hear her voice but it seems so distant. Still fast asleep and shivering with fear, I know not of her presence. Tears fall down my cheek and onto the mossy earth that is my home.

Skaliscin stared blankly at the tiger.
"I'm the one that s-should apologis-s-se. I bit her," she replied regretfully.
"Oh, really?" questioned Speckles. He apparently had woken up and heard the serpent's statement.
Skaliscin let out a faint, warning hiss.

A few hours had passed, and night have already fallen on the Island. Sybil would have probably slept a little more if a firefly didn't stood on her nose. The place was crowded with them. She loved to observe them, but Sybil decided to go for a stroll around the forest, making sure everything was in order. She felt so ashamed. She completely forgot that the mongoose Jaerl rescued was still on the loose. She should have known he would betrayed them the moment he recovered...

ooc: she didnt need help getting in, she just has half her body in the hollow, not like she was stuck

OOC: Alright I'll change it, sorry about that.

this time chica lifted her entire body into the hollow, and nuzzled the margay

I slowly begin to stir and as open my eyes I smile. "Hey, Chica," is all I can manage with all the pain and the tears that splash against the ground. My tail flicks back and forth as I intently watch Chica.

Perched in a tree in the forest Royal sees Sybil and speak. Ruby red blood drips from his talons and beak and his eyes seem to glow in the darkness.

"Watch yourself Sybil, the mongoose are out there. They are devilishly clever and malicious, they will look for anyway to get rid of you."

"what's the problem" Chica asked.

I look at Chica and more tears follow as I speak.
"It was so dark, the table was still dripping with the blood of its last victim. I however am bound in chains and locked in a cage. Wicked killing instruments are visible sticking out of a leather case, while animal pelts cover the walls. Horrifying images assault my dreams, great agony adds to the memories' power. I'm scared Chica, so very scared."

"skinning ey, if they were to skin you they will have to go through me" chica growled

Skaliscin nodded and slithered off the tiger cub's back. She disappeared in the bushes, making little sound. Speckles, however, continued to cling to Rose's blunt orange pelt. He watched the serpent take leave with a humored expression, shaking his head.
"She's always like that," the velvet worm stated, his amusement unmasked. Suddenly, he cringed. "I mean, she's always like that," he repeated with obviously false disgust.

I shake my head.

"It not the skinning that is terrifying me, it the horrible memories. The nightmares of the past."

Chica's eyes were now fogged, as if she was also back into memories. She shook her head. "past is past, now is now, we must stop clinging onto our past and look forward to the future. To not think old, but to think anew, and avenge the past. And then, and only then, will our mission in life be successful," Chica murmured, that she can't make out what she is saying herself. The words that were repeated in her head many a times when she lost her mate.

OOC: Must. Get. On. Line.

OOC: I need to know where you stayed...

Quote: Wyrstel

Perched in a tree in the forest Royal sees Sybil and speak. Ruby red blood drips from his talons and beak and his eyes seem to glow in the darkness.

"Watch yourself Sybil, the mongoose are out there. They are devilishly clever and malicious, they will look for anyway to get rid of you."

Sybil saw Royal's red talons, but didn't say a word. She already supposed it was from one of his recent kills. She did, however. gave a little thought on what she said. After meditating, she didn't worry at all about the mongooses. After Jaerl went through that experience, she was sure he would stop getting on their good side. It was also because she was still too worried about the birds to be thinking of anything else...

Speckles hesitated.
"Well... what do you mean by that?" he asked, his grip loosening. The worm's discomfort was evident.

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Meanwhile, at Sybil's moss-bed...

With a faint rustle of the bushes, Skaliscin's obsidian-black head peered out, her dilated pupils making her eyes almost indistinguishable from her scales.
"Is-s-s this-s-s a good time?" she asked quietly, tongue flicking out.

Royal takes off into the sky. A ear-splitting cry fills the air as another mongoose falls to his talons. Royal gourges on the creature until there is nothing but bones that lie beneath his tree. Satisfied for now Royal enters his tree and rests.

ooc: wrystel can you somehow replie back to chica? with aregil?

"Sybil is something wrong? You seem distant," I say. My tail wraps around her and ignoring my pain I place a paw on her shoulder.

Sybil only sighed. She wasn't in the mood of talking to anybody, plus she was still a little angry about Jaerl's exaggerated naiveness. She looked at the sky, very clear and barely a cloud. It was nearly impossible to believe that there was a typhoon going on out there...

OOC; Better Wystrel

OCC: I changed it.

Speckles mustered an uncertain smile. It quickly faded when he heard a blood-curdling screech, and at Rose's warning he clasped her thick fur with his tiny claws.
"Who is it? What's happening?"

chica's ears perked up at the sound of the screech. "mongoose" chica thought out loud. she knows this sound very well, but whoever is hunting would normally know to kill prey before they let out a screech like that.

That eerie scream made Sybil very nervous. Was that a mongoose? Wait, no, was that what Royal hunted? The civet started trembling with horror. Since when Royal hunted mongooses? Although she hated those opportunists pests, she knew that would cause quite a riot, motivating the mongooses to hate her and try to fight back even more severely...

Royal is sleeping in his tree. His dreams are filled with the cries of the mongoose that he slew and images of the horror he had become. Unable to sleep do to these images and sounds, Royal gathers the bones of the mongoose and flies off toward the mongoose home.

A group of mongoose see him in the sky and start to run for their lives. Royal flies low his talons clutching the bones of the slain. He asks the mongoose nicely to wait. The mongoose decide that since he asked nicely they would do so. Royal lands beside them and pushes the bones of fallen toward them. The mongoose are both angry and confused. Though they wait to see what Royal does next. The great eagle bows his head and speaks.

"I am so sorry my furry friends, for what I became. I slaughtered your brothers and sisters, without mercy due to an anger toward one of your kind. It was wrong what I did, I know this now. I come to ask for your forgiveness for all this and to he swallows, offer my wing in friendship to you all. I know that this may seem strange and even unbelievable, but I have realized that you too have a right to this place. Also ask you to using your own judgement punish the one that started this before another conflict occurs. I do not wish for any more violence against your kind or anyone for that matter, I only wish for a place free from human control and where all manner of creatures can live peacefully together."

The mongoose gaze at the bones and then back at Royal. They can hear the sincerity in his voice and feel his remorse. Then the entire group speaks as a whole.

"Royal, king of the skies, your words of compassion move us. Although you have brought great grief upon us, we accept your apology. We have watched you and the falcon for some time now and we have come to trust you both. Even with the reign of terror you unleashed upon us, great bird, we accept your friendship. Please pass our offer of friendship to the falcon. We do not expect anything from you two in return, save protection should we need it. As for the one that caused all this trouble, we will see that he understands that violence is not always the answer. Also we are tired of all this tension and hostility between us and the others on the island. Let Sybil know that we will trouble her and the others no more, that we shall remain in the outback where we live."

Royal nods and flies off to find Sybil.

"What did he do?" Speckles blurted out. He gave a sudden flinch when he realized what he had said. "Um, never mind..."

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When Skaliscin received no answer, she slithered closer to the resting civet.
"Is-s-s everything alright?"

Seirra left aregil's tree to the outbacks where she just managed to here the last of the words rose said, and smiled.

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