Stinging from the beasts attacks Dao goes on the offensive unleashing a quick flurry of attacks at the lizard, it is obvious that she is a bit surprised by what she faces.
Hearing Selyne's warning, and acting quickly, Tsu tells Kiara to "Defend"
Initiative check
Tsu casts the alrady prepared spell, entangle on the group of lizards.
Knowing that all to well that her companion is larger and tougher than normal tigers, Tsu then casts magic fang on Kiara and tells her to "Attack."
Battle explanation for Kiara:
Pounce[ex] at nearest enemy creature
Attacks:
claw 1: Damage:
claw 2: Damage:
bite: Damage:
Improved Grab: Grapple
Rake 1: Damage:
Rake 2: Damage:
Kiara manages to to grab the strange lizard-creature, slashing away with her powerful claws. The lizard squels in pain as it struggles to break free, but alas, it is no match for the ferocious feline.
Selyne's whip glances off the creature's tough hide, and it looks at her, feral intelligence gleaming in it's eyes...
[i]Dao doesn't have much more luck than Slyne, her momentary shock at the lizard's appearance affecting her aim.[i]
Exploring your cave, you find a small tunnel. Something about it drives you to explore, almost like you know it's important. As you move deeper into the tunnel, you enter a large area. At least, that's what you think, since you can no longer spread your arms and touch rock.
Kiara manages to to grab the strange lizard-creature, slashing away with her powerful claws. The lizard squels in pain as it struggles to break free, but alas, it is no match for the ferocious feline.
Selyne's whip glances off the creature's tough hide, and it looks at her, feral intelligence gleaming in it's eyes...
Dao doesn't have much more luck than Slyne, her momentary shock at the lizard's appearance affecting her aim.
"This is why I say fight from trees!" Selyne calls grumpily to her companions.
Having at least range on the beast, as well as taking one creature's eyes off Dao, Selyne's free hand sketches symbols in the air as her minds eye casts a spell, , her other arm flexing as she recoils the whip for another strike.
Marco search his sack and pull out a sunrod and strikes it against the floor, making it glow brightly. He squints his eyes and look around the cave.
sunrod
Taking advantage of the distraction Dao strikes at the lizard, a quick punch that the perceptive reptile manages to avoid. Not so with the spinning back kick that follows. The blow connects soundly with the lizard's head rattling its brain.
Knowing that her companion is quite well off on her own in battle, Tsu draws her scimitar and prepares to defend herself against these large predators.
Kiara still on attack command attacks the nearest creature.
Kiara mauls the reptile with ease, killing it quickly.
Dao's kick strikes true, but the creatures just shakes it's head and attacks again. But only one of it's talons manage to cut into her.
You find little except a layer of dust that seem to cling even to the walls.
"Barrak! Guess what? I think my lizard can fly! It just needs to get high enough! Is there a tower here? We can totally go flying together! I'll get you a lizard and we can fly around the valley and chase rats and bugs and butterflies! Oh and did I tell you? Beer CAN burn! And it makes the prettiest color flames!"
Selyne winces again as one of the two remaining lizards scores Dao's flesh. Having finished casting her Mage armor upon her self, , Selyne casts 'Animate rope' upon the second whip entwined about her waist, grasping the en-spelled object's hilt in her off hand as it uncoils fluidly form her body.
Now, with a length of snaking, serrated leather in each hand she prepares to lash out at the beasts that have the temerity to attack 'her' companions.
As you leave the brewery, you see a lot of people running around. In the middle of it all, Seelie can be seen shouting out orders in a dizzying array of languages. Everyone seems panicked and scared.
"Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Why's everyone running? Is it a party? Is it a race? I bet I can win!"
"Come on Jimpy, let's see what all the panic is about." Turning towards Seelie he shouts, "What's going on? Anything we can help with?"
"Can you turn back time and stop an egg from hatching? Someone, we do not know who, managed to sneak into Agartha's Hatchery with an egg. Normally that isn't a big deal, people bring eggs in all the time. But this egg is different from the ones we keep. It was a Rex egg, belonging to one of the largest carnivores on the island, and now it has hatched here."
"Can you turn back time and stop an egg from hatching? Someone, we do not know who, managed to sneak into Agartha's Hatchery with an egg. Normally that isn't a big deal, people bring eggs in all the time. But this egg is different from the ones we keep. It was a Rex egg, belonging to one of the largest carnivores on the island, and now it has hatched here."
"Really?!? It's big! How big? Can I pet it? Does it like to play fetch? Can it give me a ride? Can I attach wands to its head so it can shoot fire from its eyes? Is that a cake? Let's go! Which way is the Hatchery?"
"I take it this is a bad thing, but how tough could a baby predator be? I'm sure Jimpy here alone could burn the thing to ashes before it could pose any real threat."
"We wouldn't dare. It is not the baby Rex we worry about, but the fact the parents always get it back, no matter where it is. They will get in here, and all we can do is hope we can get these people to safety quickly. Jimpy, please stay away from the Hatchery."
He continues shouting out orders to the people who continue running around like goblins being chased by horses and dogs.
Too late. Jimpy is already riding his dino-mount to the Hatchery!
Tsu sees the girl get sliced by the reptilian predator and yells to Kiara "Attack, Kiara!"
Kiara charges at the creature, a threatening roar filling the large cat's lungs, almost as if the large cat were challenging this reptile derictly.
Tsu moves towards the still unidentified woman, noting a large heavy gash on her body.
"if you come over here, i will heal you, but in return i ask your name please."
Tsu pulls out a wand and awaits the woman's reply.
Selyne watches Tsu move towards the still unidentified woman.
"If you come over here, I will heal you, but in return i ask your name please." She hears Tsu say, though Selyne is still standing entranced by the display of power that is Kiara. Her stillness lasts but a moment as she regains her composure, striding towards Dao and Tsu as her whips writhe and coil abut her waist as if living things.
With out waiting for a reply Selyne reaches into her quiver and draws forth a scroll tube, but upon opening the case it is not parchment but a potion vial that slides forth.
"Here, drink." Selyne says thrusting the potion vial into Dao's hands even as she draws one of her short swords. Looking to Tsu she says simply,
"Come! The quicker we clean, carve and dress the meat the sooner we regain the safety of the trees and the quicker I can lead us to a place to wash. No sense in making ourselves a more noticeable meal than we have to." So saying Selyne lithely crouches and begins to butcher one of the smaller lizards, leaving the larges kill for Kiara's feasting. As she works Selyne slices off a small piece of meat and begins to chew happily upon the raw fillet, humming contentedly a she works.
Marco makes a short whistle and says "It's perfect. Small entrance, big living room."
He hang his sunrod from a rope and starts preparing the bird, with the new silver knife he found in the nest.
He then makes a fire and start roasting the meat, not giving a thought to what or who could spot the smoke.
Dao looks at the women, warmed by the ease with which they offer healing.
"Thank you both," she replies, placing her hands together and bowing slightly.
"I am Dao."
She drinks the proffered potion, but does not reject the other woman's offer of healing.
"We wouldn't dare. It is not the baby Rex we worry about, but the fact the parents always get it back, no matter where it is. They will get in here, and all we can do is hope we can get these people to safety quickly. Jimpy, please stay away from the Hatchery."
He continues shouting out orders to the people who continue running around like goblins being chased by horses and dogs.
"Why don't we just kill the parents when they come for the egg then? How tough can it be? If you want I can slay them for you. My halberd grows dull with me sitting around. Besides, I owe you folks for the ale!"
Barrak laughs heartily and shouts after Jimpy, hopefully before he gets too far out of earshot.
"Jimpy get back here, we need to kill something bigger!"
Kiara's attack finishes the last creature off, with no doubt that it has any chance of still being alive.
Carving the large lizard is easy, considering they have already been opened by a tiger's claws and fangs. A few of the vital organs are intact, the rest are badly cut.
Off in the distance, a loud, rumbling roar echoes. It is a roar Selyne knows well...
Kiara's attack finishes the last creature off, with no doubt that it has any chance of still being alive.
Carving the large lizard is easy, considering they have already been opened by a tiger's claws and fangs. A few of the vital organs are intact, the rest are badly cut.
Off in the distance, a loud, rumbling roar echoes. It is a roar Selyne knows well...
Selyne
Spoiler:Angry tyrannosaurs.
Selyne freezes for an instant and the other two women cannot help but see the surprise and even perhaps fear upon her features. She completely abandons what she is doing with her kill, standing swiftly she says,
"Big lizards come, very bad. We run now." Her words are delivered swiftly as she looks about for trees that will put the four of them above the reach of the oncoming monsters,
"Why don't we just kill the parents when they come for the egg then? How tough can it be? If you want I can slay them for you. My halberd grows dull with me sitting around. Besides, I owe you folks for the ale!"
Barrak laughs heartily and shouts after Jimpy, hopefully before he gets too far out of earshot.
"Jimpy get back here, we need to kill something bigger!"
"Hey Barrak! Do you know where the hatchery is? Cause it sounds like there's gonna be a LOT of fun there soon!"
"Why don't we just kill the parents when they come for the egg then? How tough can it be? If you want I can slay them for you. My halberd grows dull with me sitting around. Besides, I owe you folks for the ale!"
"Because the carnosaurs on this island band together to get a hatchling back. Every last one of them. We will not kill so needlessly."
"Because the carnosaurs on this island band together to get a hatchling back. Every last one of them. We will not kill so needlessly."
Jimpy looks confused. "Then why don't you just give them back their baby?"
Jimpy looks confused. "Then why don't you just give them back their baby?"
"Because the carnosaurs on this island band together to get a hatchling back. Every last one of them. We will not kill so needlessly."
"Because if we give them back the egg they will also want whoever took it in the first place, and since no one wants to die in the jaws of a carnosaur, no one will say they did it. If they take it back, and destroy some of our home in the process, they tend to leave without eating someone."
You here an incredable loud roar from outside your small cave, and dust fall from the ceiling as the ground itself shakes. You think very big and very angry is close to you and getting closer, if the intensity of the shaking is any indication.
While you see no trees you believe are high enough to keep you out of reach of an adult rex's jaws, you do see several smaller meat-eaters ignoring you and going straight for the roars.
”Whoa what the... What was that? He put down his dinner and move to the opening of his cave just peeking out of it, trying to hide as much as possible.
"Because if we give them back the egg they will also want whoever took it in the first place, and since no one wants to die in the jaws of a carnosaur, no one will say they did it. If they take it back, and destroy some of our home in the process, they tend to leave without eating someone."
"Why don't we make friends with them? Maybe if we gave them a snack? I mean, there's got to be some people around here that no one likes, right? Or maybe a really large hollow gourd? With people inside! And when the lizards get here, they jump out and shout BOOO! and the lizards will go "Ahhh!" and then we'll all laugh and be friends!"
"I don't feel right not doing anything. Even Jimpy's crazy ideas are sounding better to me than sitting on my hind end. Is there nothing we can do?"
Hidden as you are within your cave, you see two huge reptilian creatures thunder past, followed by several smaller creatures. All of them are heading in one single direction.
"I don't feel right not doing anything. Even Jimpy's crazy ideas are sounding better to me than sitting on my hind end. Is there nothing we can do?"
"There is one thing that ol' Seelie hasn't thought of yet." Says a voice behind. Turning, you see a young man looking at you with a smile on his face. Despite the panic that continues around him, he seems strangely calm.
"You can always take the hatchling and run as fast as you can. Once you are far enough away, let it go and keep running."
'Huge birds, huge lizzards. Is everything on this island huge? Wait a second.. Or am I smaller?'
When they are past him he will run after them, staying at a safe distance.
"I like my gourd idea better! And we all get to be friends in the end!"
Tsu takes out her wand and touches Dao with it a few times until her wounds magically disappear.
"I am Tsu Kaori, she is Selyne, am I pronouncing that correctly? And this is my friend and companion, Kiara, how-" Tsu is cut off by the deafening roar.
"Selyne, um, quick question before we scarper, would smaller predators, hunters, run toward a sound like that normally?"
Turning to Dao, Tsu explains briefly their situation.
"Kiara and I are stranded on this island, probably like yourself, and Selyne here is a native, seeing the size of those creatures, I would assume that there is something that eats them, and is probably bigger than they are. I am following Selyne, mainly because she knows this area and she knows where is relatively safe, but if you wish to stick with us, I can't speak for Selyne, but Kiara and I would feel a lot safer having a melee fighter along with us."
Turning to Selyne adn really noticing the fear in her eyes, Tsu decides that she and Kiara should go with Selyne now and not ask questions.
Tsu calls to Kiara "Come!" and follows after Selyne.
Dao draws in a long deep breath as the wounds on her body close, rent skin reknitting itself woundrously.
"I understand, and I will join your flight from this place. I appreciate your welcom and am honored to join you. Thank you for healing me."
"No more talk. RUN!" So saying Selyne does just that.
Selyne glances over a shoulder, noting the direction the roaring is coming from and angles the direction of her flight away from the looming mountain before her. She does not slow in her flight through the foliage.
"Big...lizards...come...now!" She shouts between panting breaths, "We..avoid..their...anger...must, run faster!" She shouts out to her new companions
"Okay, time to run, Dao, lets get away from here."
Tsu commands Kiara to "Come" and runs after Selyne.
As you run away from the roars, you can see more and more predatory dinosaurs runnint towards them. The ignore you completely.. something they have never done before without being full from a fresh kill. Something very strange is going on...
Barrak looks at Jimpy with his riding lizard frowning. "Do you have another one of those lizard things for me to ride? And more importantly, do you think they are fast enough to outrun the predators and get that baby out of here?"
"Oh yeah! Fluffy Bunny here can outrun the wind and death itself! And if it doesn't I can blast them my mind!"