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Lake Arafette
Unlike the larger and completely open Lake Rainmoe, Lake Arafette is small and surrounded by tall cliffs filled with caves and plenty of escapeways. It is considered a general place of peace, if only because it takes too long to get down the sides and too easy for any being to get away...
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((flight-joy)) -- Tarjhi, 09:31:21 12/03/04 Fri
So this... is Etreus...

A broad, unrestrained grin creased a blackened lupine muzzle as a small body flung itself from a cliff edge into the winds and spread wood-brown wings--one powerful stroke sent the Canis aloft and into a dizzying spiral downwards, speed ever increasing with each dropping foot. The wind was harsh but not frigid, and the ebony-and-tawny femme let her tongue loll out gleefully as she tasted it. Etreus was said to be a place of nightmares, bloodshed, and death--but all she could see here was a glorious open sky and a peaceful lake below.

Tarjhi slowed her spiraling descent reluctantly, presenting the breadth of her winds to the air currents and relinquishing her speed as the earth rushed up to claim her. Thick fur rippling with the flow of the air over her small frame, the Canis backwinged several times to settle in a cloud of sandy dust near the great lake's shores, broad paws crunching against the soil loudly with her less-than-perfect landing. Sneezing several times, she bounded away from the cloud she had raised, shaking the dust vigorously from her dual-colored pelt. Soft golden eyes alight with flight-joy, she glanced around her for the first time, slim muzzle lifted to sift through varying fresh and old scents in the brisk breeze.

((OOC~ I don't know if Phamiile and Torch are still active here; if they are, can I join in? XD;;))

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- Re: ((flight-joy)) -- muitokosdo, 15:11:01 01/17/05 Mon
Glory -- Phamiile - Yukinae ( Kyrusk ), 17:57:09 09/23/04 Thu
There is the thundering of hooves over the plain, though it belongs to just one. Head thrown back, Phamiile spreads his arms as the dirt tosses in his gilded wake. Kyrusk clings to his back - he would not be able to keep up with the swift, steady lope that the Shifter and Kilven keep up. Yukinae's bloody hide ripples out behind her, undulating like water over her healthy and muscular frame. The cliffs are soon upon the trio, and Phamiile's dashing run flows into an elegant lunge. Massive sails extend and - as if in the water - slam down, air catching beneath each and buffeting the Shifter higher into the air. Cardinal's crimson blurs from humanoid shoulders, higher up, to support said torso. Phamiile's heart skips a beat, thrill grabbing him by the throat and spinning him around in its hot-cold grasp. He did not fly as often as he should. Yukinae makes a few bumbling leaps, wings outstretched, before managing to flap and jump at the right times to give her extra height. She tumbles a little, wings beating swiftly and awkwardly. Phamiile swoops down beside her and dislodges Kyrusk, hovering there by flicking the tips of his maneouverable fins. The purple Vae squawks with indignance but lets the white observe his flight patterns. She swiftly gets the hang of it and her instincts kick in - they make a slow ascent to the lake at the top.

Phamiile lands, backwinging for a few moments while picking a way to ease himself the rest of the way down. Kyrusk resettles himself on Phamiile's muscular haunches, curling up and murring. Yukinae gives the petite Vae a fond nudge, dislodging him and sending him to the grass below. The Shifter rears and leaps forth, galloping for the lake, tail whipping and lashing behind him. Another jump at the shore sends him in a graceful arc with a not-so-graceful splash to conclude it. The black, glassy surface of the midnight lake is torn and ripples scatter, plumes of dark, cold water explodng upwards as Phamiile plunges in. He dips beneath the surface, gills opening and spluttering slightly - a bit rusty - while opalescent fins adjust to the surrounding liquid. As elegant in the water as he is in air, perhaps moreso, he delves further into the deeps, drinking at times and just enjoying the all-encompassing blackness of this silent world..

Meanwhile, Yukinae lumbers into the water from the bank, immediately flopping and lolling about in the shallows. Flakes of grime and blood detatch from her pelt and skin - the sand beneath her acting like something of a brush. She grooms in a feline manner, not resting until her startling fur is as clean as possible. When the Kilven rises, she's like a ghost on the shore, an almost luminescent paleness totally offset by the shadows of midnight. The farwaway moon and stars hold nothing to her very real and night-glowing whiteness..

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- It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's... -- Roseas (Ruzor), 17:30:46 10/05/04 Tue
  - Glory -- Phamiile - Yukinae ( Kyrusk ), 15:54:18 10/06/04 Wed
    - Joining the conversation... -- Torch, 13:14:18 10/08/04 Fri
      - Yikes! -- Roseas, 15:50:01 10/08/04 Fri
        
        Glory -- Phamiile - Yukinae ( Kyrusk ), 09:35:31 10/09/04 Sat
        
        Hm... -- Torch, 19:29:15 10/16/04 Sat
        
        Glory -- Phamiile - Yukinae ( Kyrusk ), 16:08:01 10/18/04 Mon
        
        Hm... -- Torch, 04:49:14 10/20/04 Wed
        
        Glory -- Phamiile - Yukinae ( Kyrusk ), 17:28:30 10/20/04 Wed
        
        Breathe in... -- Torch, 14:50:24 10/26/04 Tue
        
        Glory -- Phamiile - Yukinae ( Kyrusk ), 12:30:47 10/28/04 Thu
        
        (Sorry I took so long!) -- Torch, 16:19:26 11/02/04 Tue
Memories consume, like opening the wound... -- Torch, 15:00:26 09/02/04 Thu
I'm picking me apart again...

the darkness of the night concealed the Tsenlite as she knelt at the lake, her hooves sore from lurking in the shadows. The water was not still, and ripples marred the reflection of the dark skin, flaming hair, and silver eyes. Gently, these pale eyes looked up to the moon. It was so beautiful, so different from Seiliek's...

Giving the smallest of sighes, she looks back down into the dark pool of blackness, the water rippling from some unknown disturbance froma far part of the mass. She gently lowered her hands to the water, and brought them to her lips. The sudden rush of cold life-giving fluid to her hot dry throat was refreshing, and she thanked the goddess that it was there.

Shifting her gaze, she stared back up to the sky, this time her attention diverted to the stars. They were lovely, but seemed to taunt the 18-year-old... seemed to echo everything she could've done, and everything she hadn't done...

And she hated them all the more for it.

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Smile... and then... -- Seleth, 18:34:06 07/18/04 Sun
Violet eyes lift, a brief grin touching the silver muzzle of the Canis at Anzu's voice, growing in intensity as another whistle joins along, and she finds the owner of this melody a creature recognizable as Olashi. Lifting her wings from the water, Seleth begins to powerfully propel herself up and away from the rippling surface, sending small waves out in a circle from her body as she lifts, glistening from the Lake. For a few seconds she seems to run over the water, and then finally she is aloft... tipping her head back to join the other two in their brief singing. And then pausing, at the odd scent of something that did not belong here. Pulling her wings up behind her she drops a good twenty feet away from the strange pillar, hackles raising as she instinctively drops into a crouch. Every fiber of her being told her that this thing should not be, for such random occurences could not be trusted in times such as this.

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- Re: Smile... and then... -- Anzu, 11:13:32 07/19/04 Mon
  - --- -- Seleth, 13:26:29 07/19/04 Mon
    - Says the Pheonix... -- Anzu, 09:39:51 07/20/04 Tue
      
      --- -- Seleth, 18:52:12 07/26/04 Mon
- What the frash? -- Ihan (and, nominally, Sioveph), 18:09:47 07/29/04 Thu
  - What a welcome commitee! -- The Master, 20:27:28 07/31/04 Sat
    - Welcome commitee? *Blinks* That's... surprizing. -- Anzu Kohitori, 15:25:27 08/01/04 Sun
      
      Thank you ever so kindly.. -- The Master ( Cerberus ), 18:22:59 08/01/04 Sun
      
      I'm glad to be able to help! ^-^ -- Anzu Kohitori, 15:23:04 08/02/04 Mon
      
      Huh... -- Seleth, 16:12:59 08/02/04 Mon
      
      No, my dear.. -- The Master ( Cerberus ), 19:17:25 08/02/04 Mon
      
      Frashing freak-show it is... and I'm a part of it. =D -- Ihan, 22:12:54 08/02/04 Mon
      
      This whole world is part of it, sis. ^^;; -- Anzu Kohitori, 09:18:01 08/03/04 Tue
      
      Watching from a distance -- Eliliate, 13:03:20 08/03/04 Tue
      
      OOC: Lily... Anzu's humanoid too. ^^;; A shifter humanoid, true, but the only thing visibly inhuman about her are her wings and identification gems by her eyes. (NT) -- Alana Hikari-chan/Anzu, 14:00:36 08/03/04 Tue
      
      It seems logical.. -- The Master ( Cerberus ), 14:26:18 08/03/04 Tue
      
      It is, really. -- Anzu Kohitori, 10:09:18 08/04/04 Wed
      
      Well.. -- The Master ( Cerberus ), 14:43:19 08/04/04 Wed
      
      Well? -- Anzu Kohitori, 18:35:24 08/04/04 Wed
      
      ( Whoops.. did that change since I read it last? O.O Sorry. ^^; XD ) -- The Master ( Cerberus ), 19:40:31 08/04/04 Wed
      
      (S'okay! ^_^) -- Anzu Kohitori, 05:44:13 08/05/04 Thu
      
      Preparation -- The Master ( Cerberus ), 10:38:47 08/05/04 Thu
      
      Smile -- Anzu Kohitoris, 11:40:38 08/05/04 Thu
      
      Sorry. I couldn't figure out what she was, so I didn't want to take chances calling her a human. ^_^;; Anyway, it's mainly the boys that scare her anyway. (NT) -- Eliliate, 12:39:40 08/04/04 Wed
Crop circles?! -- ?, 11:21:24 07/01/04 Thu
An echoing, gusting noise coughs and gutters in the air, it's undulations rising and falling in slow waves. A circle of invisible force flattens the golden grasses in a small circle, before something materialises there. Just what, you ask? Something that seems incredibly out of place on this world and in this area, something so incredibly offhand and incredible that it goes totally unnoticed! But of course. It seems to be a Roman pillar, two feet in diametre and seven tall, fitting perfectly in the spot of crushed grass. And there it stands, resolute and unwavering! Will anyone come to investigate this anomaly - as normal as it may seem?

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- Re: Crop circles?! -- Eliliate, 18:52:36 07/31/04 Sat
  - Erm... Excuse me... -- Alana Hikari-chan, 19:39:34 07/31/04 Sat
    - Oh! Sorry. Didn't know that. XD I should pay more attention... (NT) -- Elilate, 12:24:02 08/03/04 Tue
A little sadness, a little angst... -- Ihan Ahisa and Sioveph [Zoqui], 17:04:12 06/08/04 Tue
A huge, sleek craft had been tucked into one of the many caves that pocked the high cliffs surrounding the lakes--and there it sat, used as a home rather than a form of transportation and a flying weapon. Currently, its two residents were near the water.

Sioveph had never fully recovered after watching Onaru's death and subsequently going violent against hes pacifist's code in the old Council HQ. Hse was now far more silent, less apt to smile, and seemingly against laughing altogether. Hes strong, compact black-and-brown frame was couched in a 'taur-like laying position on the shore, the gentle waves touching only hes forepaw toes. Arms folded across hes lean chest and wolfish head angled downwards, hse stayed silent and motionless in another stretch of what hse called "meditation." Zoqui called it upright sleep, and Ihan called it permanently angsting.

The small, white-furred Olashi was also near the shore--strolling, as it were, wings tucked tightly to her back and brushing her thighs and calves with each deliberately slow step. A leonine tail flicked restlessly behind her, and though she looked as though her gait were leisurely and her mind pleasantly wandering, she felt like she was pacing, caged. *She* had quickly accustomed herself to the violent sickness that had enveloped Etreus since the Rjin were defeated, and she had adapted easily to the new rules--or lack thereof--of anarchy. Sioveph, her dearest friend and lone companion (not counting her Phia) had not, and she wanted to curse hem for it.

The slender pilot raised her blue eyes to the cloud-smeared sky and let a sigh whistle out between two saberfangs. ~Someday,~ she thought, but as usual, she never finished it. It was always just 'someday.' After all, even she hoped for better times. A time when Sioveph was hale again and could roll off dry jokes and fuss over her health and happiness. A time when the wind did not smell of death and sickness and smoke. A time when she could fly Zoqui with her Welphie friend as copilot and enjoy the visceral thrill of manually directing a huge, beautiful craft.

A time when things would all be better. But until then, she would pretend to stroll around the lake, as caught up in her own thoughts as Sioveph was.

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- OOC Note-- Voy is hating HTML again... >,<;; (NT) -- Sushi, 17:05:30 06/08/04 Tue
  - Wandering -- Seleth, 20:01:13 06/09/04 Wed
    - Firesong -- Anzu, 19:18:22 06/14/04 Mon
- ...wha? -- Ihan, 05:06:57 06/15/04 Tue
Freedom -- Wingdrift, 08:28:33 06/06/04 Sun
Wingdrift, in her new shape as a winged centuar, kicked up her heels, then sprinted into a headlong run. A dark shadow fell over the spirited girl, delighted that she now has all four legs functioning. "Hope!" The girl's clear voice, light and rich with mischief, sounded. The Vae settled on the winged centuar's back. Wuingdrift grinned at her using her new mouth, a full human mouth, and flashed pearly white teeth to her passenger. She thrust a hand in her meat pouch thing, and prodused a handful of smoked meat. "Hungry?"
Wingsdrift smiled as the saffrom and tangerine vae gobbled th handful. "Be careful you don't claw my back! It'll be sore."
Wingdrift galloped to a spring, where she drank deeply, then took flight, marveling in her new wings.

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bwahaha.. i'm still alive ;D -- Tenji .y. Keff, 17:28:24 07/28/03 Mon
Tenji wrapped the cloak tighter around herself, and sat quietly in the pilot seat of the PhiaShip, monitoring Keff's landing. The small ship was not too hard to steer down a place like that, although Tenji well knew not to overestimate the ship's manuverability. Or perhaps to acknowledge her miserable state of mind. She grimaced to herself, and tried to focus on the monitors in front of her.

After the ship had landed she stood up, and made some preparations to step outside. She looked at the scans of the cliff walls, and almost managed a grin. "Here you are Tenji, in the snake's den.." Shortly after she stepped out the hatch, and looked around herself. She knew her chances. They might always assume that she was sent by the Government.. It was a risk that in her current condition she was ready to take. She stopped as she reached the ground, and made sure her cloak was covering her body, wondering if anyone would be bothered at all by her presence.

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- wooeee -- Tenji .y. Keff, 12:28:07 08/07/03 Thu
Awakening and arriving -- Hashe, Hora, Aduuni, Eliqui, 07:36:50 07/26/03 Sat
The albino leopard that now lies beside the lake raises up her head and notes a rustle in the trees. How long had it been...? Hashe springs to her paws and then shifts into human form.
"Wait... it's easy again. That energybean must have done its trick!" she exclaims.
Just as she finishes her shift, a massive Olde Phia, black fur punctuated with rosettes of bright gold, emerges from the woods, carrying two more Cat Shifters. Aduuni dismounts without a hitch and runs over to her friend.
"We won," she says. "Feeling better?"
"Immensely."
In a flash, Hora joins them. Eliqui pads down to the lake's edge to take a much needed drink.
"You should have seen her get the last one!" says Hora, as Hashe gathers up the armor she had discarded while healing and attempts to put it on. "It's being 'recycled' in her necklace."
Hashe grins mirthlessly, knowing that more battles will surely come.
"Anyway, Heki and Mayah were with us; they're probably still hanging about in the woods. I'm going to teach them some Tokathian, probably starting when they get here. Translating for them is a little bit trying sometimes." Aduuni sits down, pulls out her sword to clean it, and waits.

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- And just plain arriving... -- Heki and Mayah, 16:16:33 07/27/03 Sun
  - Um... can't help you there. ((OOC: Bad writing after a long, strange day. Sorry. I feel like writing a Noni's Angst piece...)) -- Aduuni et crew, 18:56:10 07/27/03 Sun
    - Let's just pretend the Wolves were dropped off on Alasa-ca... eh-heh. u,u;; -- Lifowa and Era, 16:14:12 08/14/03 Thu
      
      Darn... >_< -- Aduuni, Eliqui, Hashe, Hora, 17:08:02 08/14/03 Thu
      
      Brothers... I swear. -- Lifowa, Era, 17:30:05 08/21/03 Thu
      
      Heheheh... The queen is back with less of a vengeance -- Eliqui, Hora, Hashe, Aduuni., 10:56:30 08/28/03 Thu
      
      Heh heh. I live. Really. u,u;; -- Lifowa and Era, 09:58:44 09/19/03 Fri
      
      ((OOC)) -- Sushi (L&E), 13:10:56 10/02/03 Thu
      
      Oy vey... But i know the feeling. (NT) -- QoC, 12:54:53 10/04/03 Sat
... -- Matriarch, Rifu, Otonan,, 17:40:47 07/21/03 Mon
Hoofbeat against soil as shining neon gaze took a long look over her surroundings. The enoromous green-furred female stood at the top of a sharp cliff, overlooking a seeming crator, sided by mazes, filled with water, and surrounded by the scent of fire and burnt metal. The proud muzzle wrinkled instinctively, taking in both scents and pain... And departure. Most likely the other members of the core would have avoided this place... and yet.

Rifu paused along side of the cliff ledge, hiding among shadows... was not his idea of fun but it worked. His tail flicked once behind him, muzzle pressed flat against the cool surface of stone. He smelled the water, and the fire, and his own sweat. It was terrible here... He needed to search for others. And yet, if he died, and who knew what beasts were out there... what good would he be?

A brown muzzle lifted from the forests surrounding the crater, eyes focusing on the distant green figure on the edge of the crater. A smile curved ever so slightly on the chocolate maw.

"Matriarch."

Pink eyes lifted to the forest. Otonan would be there... as for Rifu. Her gaze flicked to the hidden mazes. The gold would be there. Hiding. Earflick. She'd best go find him... but not without a welcoming bugle. Should any other beast hear her and choose to disrupt her path... they would likely die. She had kindred to find.

Rifu heard the bugle and with a deep sigh of relief, returned the sound... Shining pelt pressed away from the damp security of caverns and emerged into the light and sand. Russet decorations clattered noisily as he zoomed towards the oncoming figure... grinning good naturedly.

Otonan waited in the forests. Matriarch knew he was there.

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- Onaru isn't the only one-minded guy around here... -- Lifowa, Era, Degeh, 06:22:38 07/22/03 Tue
This seems to be an accepted landing spot... XD! Although our pilot chose it for a different reason than most... -- Onaru, Cadoc, and a random Olashi pilot who's not really a char, 14:39:59 07/18/03 Fri
A whitely silver spacecraft slowly slipped into atmosphere and angled downwards, skillfully spinning to shake off most of the heat of entry. The pale grey Olashi at the controls grimaced, eartips flattened into a shaggy mane and eyes narrowed nervously though deft hands didn't so much as quiver as she maneuvered the big Olashi ship. "Cadoc, you said you wanted near water?" she tossed over her shoulder at the Lavanian spy. She, the Keshalan mercenary, and the Thaizian warrior were all in the spacious cockpit, behind the pilot and watching her work. The Katok nodded, then realized the grey Olashi couldn't see her and muttered, "Aye." Cream-furred Onaru stayed silent from where he crouched, a noticeable space left between him and the lean predator. On Cadoc's left was the silent, scruffy mercenary, a shadowy-black Vhena named Jaedo.

"Onaru, you and Cadoc have your comsets?" After both beasts affirmed this, the Olashi continued, snaking her craft through the layered atmosphere easily, "Good. Keep in touch; I'll be in orbit. Anything you tell me will be immediately relayed to the Olashi commanders on Base, and from there to Station and then Lavana. A copy will be sent to the Olashi ambassadors on Thaizi. Just remember that your comsets can't reach past this planet; should this ship be destroyed, you don't have a way to communicate with anyone else except each other." The Aluben stayed silent, having known this information, and out of the corner of his eye he caught Cadoc's uncaring shrug. The Lavanian spy obviously wasn't worried about losing the ship and pilot, or it simply didn't matter to her. Onaru wondered which, and also wondered what kind of company he had taken up when he boarded this ship.

The Olashi ignored the nagging instinct that ordered her to do something about the three predators behind her and finally hovered above the lake, flinching. "There isn't a place to set down here, not for a ship this big. I can get you within fifty feet of the water or seventy of solid ground." Cadoc spoke up before Onaru could, "That'll be fine. Open the hatch." For once, the pilot turned to glance skeptically at the black-spattered, silver-winged cream Katok, but she shrugged and swept her hands across the plasma control boards in a keying symbol. The outer hatch whooshed open, and silently Onaru followed Cadoc towards it.

The Katok simply opened her draconic pinions and fell forward, catching a gust of unsteady air from the Olashi craft's hovering and soaring easily to land on the shore. Onaru eyed the seventy-foot leap and decided a swim would be more worth it; with a deep breath he dove, splashed, and paddled to Cadoc's position. He climbed out with some effort, shaking off. The Olashi pilot waited until the mercenary had also gotten out before shutting the hatch and kicking her ship into high-gear. It would be no good if anyone caught her down here, as the fightership's weapons relied on the vacuum of space for their full power and precision.

Onaru tilted his long, raptorine muzzle upwards to watch as the bright, streamlined spacecraft vanished into the indigo atmosphere before settling his pale blue gaze on his two companions. He felt uneasy around both and laid his long ears back in silent comment to this unwanted situation. Cadoc rolled her fire-orange eyes, rather like Jaedo's own bright gaze, and huffed an annoyed sigh. "Are we going to work together or split up?" she muttered after long last, wrinkling her nose in distaste. Onaru braided his hindtails around his maintail in thought, foretails looped as usual over his back, and finally shrugged. "At least keep in contact. This is a hostile situation. We all have different reasons for being here, so perhaps working at least partially independently would be best." Fiery and sky-like gazes fell on the mercenary, waiting for his opinion.

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- Hmm. -- Jaedo, 17:29:19 07/18/03 Fri
  - Tsuh... mismatched is right. -- Cadoc and Onaru, 17:55:37 07/18/03 Fri
    - White flash -- wry grin in the midst of shadow. -- Jaedo, 18:19:45 07/18/03 Fri
      
      *G* How accurate Jaedo's eyes are... -- Onaru and Cadoc, 18:46:31 07/18/03 Fri
      
      ^_^ -- Jaedo, 19:06:48 07/18/03 Fri
      
      Errah... -- Onaru and Cadoc, 19:10:10 07/18/03 Fri
Boredom is dangerous. =O,O= -- Heki and Mayah, 08:13:36 06/30/03 Mon
...on another planet some distance away...

Mayah grinned, her dark blue eyes unnaturally bright as she darted out of the way of a massive battle-axe that split the rock on which she'd so recently stood. "Too slow," she taunted, wisps of brown hair that escaped her top-knot fluttering in the hot summer breeze. One long-fingered hand hovered briefly before clasping the black hilt of the Wolf Shifter's cutlass that was strapped to her back and drawing it with one smooth motion, parrying a second attack and angling her blade so that it didn't so much as nick. The Tiger whom she fought snarled, though in human form like his opponent, and tried a few more tricks with his axe; Mayah dodged or parried them easily, laughing all the while. Other than the dust on her loose black pantaloons and a few close calls that sliced the hem of her green cloth poncho, the Wolf hadn't even been touched. The Cat Shifter, on the other hand, was sweating hard and barely keeping his life each time the agile young woman took the offensive.

"What's wrong, stripes? Can't keep up?" Wolfish endurance put a Cat to shame and Mayah flaunted the fact as she ventured nearer the panting warrior. He shot her an emerald-eyed glare and abruptly dropped his weapon, lunging and dealing a few swift, powerful blows to the slender Wolf. She staggered back, surprised, and a roundhouse thrown at her skull sent her sprawling in the dust. The Tiger slipped a dirk from his belt and would've ended the stunned Wolf then and there had he not caught the quiet tattoo of running feet; he spun and barely raised his blade in time to block a vicious attack, stumbling backwards from the force of the down-swung spear as the newcomer rebounded easily, landing lightly on unshod feet.

Heki wasn't grinning, dark eyes that usually displayed so much poignant emotion currently glinting with anger. No Cat was going to kill his cousin, and the fact that he'd almost been too late made his mood worse. The Tiger straightened slightly, eyeballing the axe behind the male Wolf Shifter. Heki ignored it and launched himself in a relentless attack, wielding his double-bladed spear with expertise. The Cat was unable to do anything other than block his opponent's blows and nearly tripped over Mayah's motionless form... although a kick from the prone Wolf brought the big warrior to his knees. She laughed and rolled aside, springing upright out of blade-range.

"Ow. Nice timing, cousin," she complimented, grinning at her look-alike. While Mayah's hair was medium-brown and top-knotted to fall to her elbows, Heki's chocolate-brown tresses were loosely bound in a ponytail at the nape of his neck and fell to his lean hips. Mayah's cream skin was a fairer version of her cousin's tan, and the woman's midnight-blue eyes were echoed in Heki's dark gaze. That, along with their familial proud posture and quick, graceful movements, was more than enough to pinpoint the blood relationship between the two Wolves. Mayah proceeded to dust her silky pantaloons off and straighten her skewed poncho, the form-fitting white shirt underneath quickly hidden again by jade green.

"Tsuh," Heki muttered in response, twisting his tall, well-built frame to the side to avoid a slashing lunge that would've gutted him. In response, he brought the thick haft of his spear down across the Tiger's shoulders, sending the bigger warrior into the dust. The Cat rolled, though, springing upright before the Wolf could take advantage of his attack and follow up; breathing hard, the Tiger stared balefully at the two Wolves, Mayah once more on the end of a razor-sharp cutlass, the curving blade glimmering in the hot sunlight. "You can't win, stripes, so just give up," the slender Wolf purred, grinning ferally. Heki nodded slowly, holding his spear at ready, "Surrender and you can leave in one piece."

The Cat thought rapidly, emotions flashing through his green eyes before a sigh escaped him and he sheathed his dirk. "Fine. I give up," he grated, corded muscles jerking with suppressed rage at having to submit to two Wolves. Mayah grinned and sheathed her sword, folding her arms and looking unbearably smug. Heki nodded, straightening from his fighting stand and tilting his spear to use it as a bladed staff. "Good. Now go." The Tiger grinned, "Sure. I'll go." Mayah felt something amiss and opened her mouth to speak just before a burst of bronze energy caught her off-guard and sent her sprawling backwards, Heki skidding next to her. A big hand closed around her wrist and she looked up, snarling aloud to see the Tiger so close and laughing at the Wolves.

Suddenly... blackness.

And then light. Heki blinked wildly, trying to figure out what was going on. The gravity tugged at him weakly and he couldn't quite find his balance, shoved as he had been into a sheer rocky slope. Mayah was thrown next to him, her slender frame impacting the ground harder than his had, and finally he looked up. Blue sky had been replaced by one of indigo, but more importantly, the Tiger's muscular frame hovered mid-air above them. Laughing. "What the--?! Where are we?!" Heki snarled, trying to rise and finding his balance still awry. Mayah groaned, stirring and trying to lift her face from the rock.

The Cat Shifter laughed again. "Good question, my Wolfish friends! Why don't you find out, because as you wished, I'll be going now!" And before Heki could say another word or even twitch, the Tiger had vanished.

Mayah snarled under her breath, pressing her hands to her pounding skull, and mumbled, "Teleportation. We're on some alien planet, Heki." The Wolf rolled onto her back, staring up at the strangely-colored sky and hissing at the pain such a movement caused. Heki growled, finally able to stand without a hand against a nearby rock. "Neither of us can teleport back, blast it," he muttered, flicking a strand of hair out of his eyes. Mayah glanced up at her cousin, his dark brown trousers torn and his plain white vest askew, sliding off one muscular shoulder. "I smell Cat."

Heki rolled his eyes, "No kidding. It's everywhere." Then blinked, realizing what this meant. Mayah slowly sat up, cradling her aching head, and twisted so she wasn't sitting so firmly on her bushy tail. "Maybe one of them can teleport and get us home, Hek'. Either way, I gotta shift, my head is killing me." Heki slowly nodded, crouching. "Not a bad idea. Whatever this place is, our Wolf forms would be able to get around the quickest. We can follow the Cat scent and see what goes, eh?" Mayah grinned slightly, "Yeah."

Both Wolves shifted simultaneously, humanish bodies replaced by massive predators within seconds. "At least the planet is energy-rich, otherwise we might not be able to shift," Mayah commented, her dark blue eyes peering now from a mask of pitch-black fur. Unlike her long-legged cousin, she was average in height and build as a Wolf; Heki's cinnamon-tipped golden fur, however, covered a more rangy and taller frame. The male nodded, raising a powerful muzzle to scent the crosswinds. The lake below was mostly ignored as Heki started to pad towards the forest, but a snort from his cousin brought him up short.

"Water. Who knows when we'll find some next? And there're a lotta scents down there. Maybe we can figure out just what this planet's about, anyways." Mayah's reasoning made sense, so Heki followed her down to the lake's shores, ears swiveling to listen for any strange noises. The black Wolf sniffed around for what seemed ages as he drank his fill from the clean, cold lake -at least the water wasn't alien- and she finally sighed, joining him. "I don't get it. Too many different scents; a lot of species and just as many people to match. Some scents seem unsteady, like something was in the middle of shifting but just froze there and went walking about. And a lot of metal and gases; these people have advanced technology, like K'anta do." Mayah slaked her thirst while Heki mulled over the implications of that verdict.

"Gimme some more time, cousin. I don't want to leave until I can put this puzzle together." Heki sighed but knew Mayah had the right idea; they were on an alien planet and had no clue what was going on. Chasing Cat Shifters without half a clue of what else they might run into was not the best idea. So, for now, the black Wolf and her cousin sniffed around, trying to identify various scents and piece the Etreusian puzzle together.

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- The Cat scent, meanwhile, is following you... -- Aduuni, Hashe, Hora, Eliqui, 15:57:10 07/02/03 Wed
  - Ohhh boy. Hide'n'seek turns into lost'n'found... pardon the bad writing. It's early. :) -- Heki and Mayah, 03:55:27 07/03/03 Thu
    - *settles into an easy rhythm of relaxation* -- Aduuni, Hashe, Hora, Eliqui, 13:18:01 07/03/03 Thu
      
      If she only had some tact, dee dee deedledee... -- Heki and Mayah, 16:17:01 07/03/03 Thu
      
      Tricks? Let's see... -- Aduuni, Hashe, Hora, Eliqui, 17:26:13 07/03/03 Thu
      
      But but but I wanna poke it with a spear! -- Heki and Mayah, 06:25:04 07/04/03 Fri
      
      Nice, nice... -- Aduuni, Hashe, Hora, Eliqui, 07:05:30 07/04/03 Fri
      
      Ack! Tags! Sorry. (NT) -- Eliqui, 07:06:38 07/04/03 Fri
      Heh heh heh. XD -- Heki and Mayah, 15:39:25 07/04/03 Fri
      
      Re: Heh heh heh. XD -- Aduuni, Hashe, Hora, Eliqui, 06:33:53 07/05/03 Sat
      
      *G* -- Heki and Mayah, 14:07:17 07/05/03 Sat
Landing... -- Skavan and Seka, 19:49:26 05/25/03 Sun
The grey Tokathe could barely keep his eyes open. It was taking constant reminders by Seka to keep him upright, and even those were starting to lose their affect... but then...

"PLANET! SKAVAN! ETREUS! WE'RE THERE!"

The grey sat upright. Eyes flicking over the screen as Seka pulled up the charts displaying their distance and then... it was there. Small, and in the distance, but frash it all... Etreus was there. An amused grin played over Skavan's features as his claws clenched over the floor and the grey Tokathe prepared to battle the planetary defense system... It should be kicking in any second now...

Only, it didn't. Skavan's smug grin was first a baffled expression, then one of total fear... Something was terribly wrong here... Green eyes flickered back to Januya, guessing that the Tarok had likely noticed the lack of defense, but he said nothing... merely shaking his head as the Victory Flame hit the rough jolts that stood as Etreusian atmosphere.

From there it was reasonably swift. Skavan knew where he'd originally planned to land but... no longer felt that would do. Lake Rainmoe was too open... much too open... and Skavan still disn't like that strange feeling in the back of his head... but meh. Arafette would do.

He set the ship down with relative ease right along the shore of Arafette, down within the crater that stood as a natural boundry about the Lake... Seka opened the hatch... and Skavan stepped out onto the home he hadn't seen in six years.

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- ... -- Januya, 19:59:45 05/25/03 Sun
  - Yet Another Landing... -- Myk, 20:21:32 05/25/03 Sun
    - ... -- Januya, 07:26:10 05/26/03 Mon
- Well not landing but certainly Arrival... -- Rinyosan, 08:07:37 05/26/03 Mon
  - Yay HA! -- Kakimi, 16:54:52 05/26/03 Mon
    - What the FRASH?!?!?! -- Skavan, 17:08:23 05/26/03 Mon
      
      Well hello to you too! -- Myk, 17:32:34 05/26/03 Mon
      
      ... -- Januya, 17:52:42 05/26/03 Mon
      
      Whoo boi! Angry Tarok! =O,O= -- Rinyosan, 13:14:53 05/27/03 Tue
      
      ... -- Kamali and Evermor, 18:29:33 05/27/03 Tue
      
      Holy... I'm starting to see why the Kid's going nuts... -- Myk, 18:43:52 05/27/03 Tue
      
      ...twitch... -- Skavan, 19:03:14 05/27/03 Tue
      
      We might need to hear this too.... -- Rivis and Riis, 11:08:51 05/28/03 Wed
- Hyello! O,O Getting a crowd here ain't we... -- Rinyosan, 13:29:54 05/28/03 Wed
  - ... -- Januya, 13:42:41 05/28/03 Wed
    - ^-.-^ -- Kamali and Evermor, 09:23:52 05/29/03 Thu
      
      Well then... -- Edduan, 14:01:56 05/29/03 Thu
      
      Rrf, more of 'em! O,O -- Rinyosan, 10:22:17 05/31/03 Sat
      
      ... -- Januya, 10:30:59 05/31/03 Sat
      
      -Another Thing to Chew- -- Rivis and Riis, 13:07:01 06/01/03 Sun
      
      Entering the conversation? -- Kalya - Layae, 18:19:26 06/03/03 Tue
      
      Mrrip? -- Edduan, 09:19:11 06/04/03 Wed
      
      ... -- Skavan and Myk, 17:48:21 06/05/03 Thu
      
      Earflick. -- Kamali and Evermor, 18:18:48 06/05/03 Thu
      
      ... -- Januya, 18:31:31 06/05/03 Thu
      
      Time to Choose. -- Kamali, 16:53:34 06/10/03 Tue
      
      *follow* -- Edduan, 18:16:32 06/10/03 Tue
      
      ... -- Januya, 18:18:47 06/10/03 Tue
      
      Frashing... Erg... -- Skavan, 19:44:48 06/10/03 Tue
      
      What the btsa. -- Myk, 19:50:50 06/10/03 Tue
      
      Re: What the btsa. -- Rivis and Riis, 17:41:55 06/11/03 Wed