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Date Posted: 08:15:11 01/29/04 Thu In reply to: Highsoar 's message, "Update Request" on 22:38:41 01/28/04 Wed but this is the whole RO in order i have been saveing Moltensteel carefully inspected the trail they were on.As the caravan leader,his job was to not only make sure they got where they wanted to go,but also to make sure they stayed out of Carnosaur's territory. No Carnosaur footprints meant no Carnosaurs. "Excuse me,sir,but are we their yet?"Ashed a young human named Asha. "Asha!Moltensteel needs to inspect the trail.Go and ask your father."Eve,her mother,replied. "Okay!"Asha scrambled off the Torosaur's back and went in search of her father "Kids."muttered Moltensteel."Who needs them!" Eve smiled. "Moltensteel!Raptors spotted on east flank!"Ea'lohi,and Dienonychus,shouted. "Defense formation,NOW!"Moltensteeel grumbled. The bush around them erupted in screeches and inhuman calls.Then suddenly silenced. "Moltensteel.....I have a feeling those aren't rapt-" Eve was interupted as giant birds burst from the bush,and everything went black... "Eve!" Claire yelled. She saw the giant bipedal birds descend in every direction on the caravan. Her stomach turned and she vomited Eve was torn apart right in front of her eyes. Finding no strength to run, she crawled across the ground and over bodies away from the birds. One bird's foot swooped over her head and landed on her back. It's talons dug deep into her flesh, warm blood oozing out of the wounds and soaking into her shirt. Her ribs cracked as more weight was put on her back. Suddenly, the weight was gone. The bird had gotten distracted. Claire crawled faster away. Stumbling across the now shreded and soaked navigator, she fumbled in one of the packs and stuffed something in her pocket. Fearing her life, she got up and ran away from the scene. She looked up to see a break in the canopy and see the sunlight before she blacked out. Moltensteel saw Claire flee the scene,and saw his partner torn from his back and mauled.He inched closer,ignoring his limp backleg and examined her wounds.She wouldn't die,but she sure wouldn't be riding anymore.He relaxed. Just as a bird leaped onto him. Skyspirit flew low over the Rainy Basin. He was heading to Treetown to look for a new partner. As he flew north above the North-South cross basin trail, he noticed a comotion at the crossroads. A large caravan was being attacked by giant birds he'd never seen before. As he flew low over the battle field he saw so much carnage. Yet off to the side a young girl, about thirteen summers old, was holding a badly injured woman on her lap and waving to him with her free arm. Skyspirit took a chance and decided to land in a secluded clearing off to the side. When he finally landed the girl was waiting there. "Please, sir, take my mother to safety! I don't know how long she'll last," Skyspirit suddenly felt a strong connection with the young girl. Having also lost his mother only about two seasons out of the nest. He shook his head no. "But sir, why?" the girl asked. Skyspirit had trained under Windchaser and could speak human language, though he detested it. "Noooooottsssssssaaaafffffe. Wiiiiiiiiillllllllll fffffffaaaallllllllooooooff." His words slurred together and his tongue ached from the human tongue "Then will you take me?" The girl asked. "Yyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssssssss!" Skyspirit replied. "Thank you, I'm Asha." “Sssssssskkyyyysssssssspppiiirriiiit!” Skyspirit repied as Asha climbed onto his back Paug slowly turned his neck to regard the giant birds tearing at his back. "Run!"He shouted,but then he lay down,the wound in his throat oozing with blood...... Claire woke up in forest and felt her stomach turn. She vomited, rolled over, and tried to re-think what had happened. The caravan had been attacked...and there was pressure on her back... Reaching around, she felt her shirt was sticky with drying blood. The paper! She pulled it out and tore it open. Managing to sit up, she took out a little of the powder that was in the packet and put it on the wounds she could reach. They burned then tingled as the powder worked of slowing any of the bleeding and cleaning the wounds. Claire was disoriented. When she tried to stand, her world spun. Slumping against a large tree with fuzzy moss, all she could ascertain was that she was somewhere in the Basin. The world went dark again as she fell asleep from exhaustion. Firestripe sighed,his day had been uninventful as always. A brown Procompsognathus with a hite underside and a red chest,Detera,and fellow member of the Snapclaw,raced up to him,her words a blur. "Ooh!There'saprettyhumancanwekeepher?" "Slow down!"Firestripe laughed."Humans don't live around here!You must be seeing things." Detera sped down the trail anyways.Firestripe sighed again,and followed her. *** Detera lead him to the human,blissfully happy.Finally!Sometimes she wished she could be a dinotopian,at least she would have something to do besides scare off intruders. "See!Ahuman,justlikeIsaid!"Detera's small crest feathers turned a brillant gold expressing her joy and happiness. "Canwekeepher?"Detera cocked her head,her sapphire blue eyes as cute as could be. Firestripe hoisted the human unto his back."We'll see."He said,before heading back to the clan's home. John awoke to Rune's early morning whining. It usually ment he was hungry. "Ok Rune, lets get breakfast," Yet when he put a plate of fish infront of Rune, he didn't eat it. He just ran to the window, squeked at John, then turned to stare out the window whining every few minutes. "I wonder what he's looking at" John thought out loud as he wlaked to the window. Living in the spare room on top of the Sauropod barn had it's advantages, and Today was one of those days. As John looked out the window he saw a girl, probably about 5 summers younger, riding a skybax bareback. He soon realised that it would land on the Platform built over the barn. He grabbed his coat and haversack and headed up the rope ladder leading to the platform. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Asha had had a thrilling yet dangerous ride. Finally they were in Bonabba. She was sure they could get help here. "Help, Someone help us!" Asha yelled as soon as Skyspirit landed. "Ya,"John repliedcoming through the hole in the bottom of the platform. "Please sir, you must get the healer and the Send word to Canyon City. My caravan was attacked as we came upon Horsetail Grove." Asha pleaded. "Rune, go get the Green Man. Um..." "Ahsa, and this is Skyspirit," "Breathe Deep, Asha you'd better come with me. I get you some tea." "No, there is no time! My mother is dying out in the middle of the Rainy Basin." "Ok, as soon as Rune gets back, we'll head out, Skybax or not. But first lets get you a sattle, and me my book of Dinotopian herbs." John, Rune and Asha walked to the Basin Bridge about 20 minutes later. "Ok so we don't waist any time Skyspirit agreed to take each of us over one at a time." Ahsa explained as they reached the bridge. "Isn't that right partner," Skyspirit felt so right with a saddle on again. And not wanting to disapoint his new parnter, "Yyyyyeeeeeessss!" He replied. Ahsa went first, no problem. John got over, okay. But when it came time for Rune to get on, he refused. "Come on Ru,"John began to shout but Asha stuck her hand over his mouth. "If we get caught they'll make us come back. And my mother doesn't have time for them to prepare a proper rescue." Asha wispered urgently. "Then what do you propose we do." John asked with just a hint of annoyence. No matter where you were kids always seemed to be just the same, always stubborn. "Well if we could get a basket.."Asha began, but John interuppted her. "Nope, no way, it won't work. Rune hates hights. What if I got in the sattle with him?" By now Skyspirit had given up pushing Rune unto the saddle and returned to the other side. "Wwwwwwwwwoooooooonnnnnnn'tttt wwwwwwwwwwwoorrrrkk! Toooooooo mmmmmmuuuuuccccccchhhhhhh wwwweeeeiiiiighhhhhhht!" "Can I offer my idea now? What if we got a covered basket, strapped it to the saddle, and put Rune in it." "nope Rune is claustrophobic also," "O my gash, what isn't wrong with this raptor." "Gee, for a Dinotopian you sure can be rude." "Ya, well I MIGHT be a little more copurative if my mother wasn't stuck in the Basin close to death, and probably being ripped to shreds by Giant Birds right NOW!" “Did one of you say Giant Birds?” Ahsa, Skyspirit, and John turned to look at the silver clawed raptor who'd just entered the visinity.”Maybe I can be of asistance "Father!Father!"Longstride rushed to Paug's side. "He doesn't look like he'll live much longer.Should we Kenith?...."started one of the giant birds. "Ah,well,let's wait for Tarnith to examine him.Do you ant to be on queen Sycaca's list Volnith?"finished Kelanith. A bird smaller than the rest,but still huge,made his way through the watchful gaurds. "Well,he's dead,so don't worry about it."Tarnith said. Instantly,all the birds(except for Kenith and Tarnith)started dragging the dead Paug's carcas away from the clearing. "you will now follow us."annouced Tarnith.Twenty birds started nudging them along,and in four hours,all that was left were their footprints,and blood. Firestripe lumbered painfully into the clearing.For their small built,humans were HEAVY. "I hope we get into Ground Haven soon!I feel like I'm carrying a boulder!"Firestripe groaned. "Iseethestump!What'sthepasswordagain?"Detera asked,her feathers light blue with concern. "Carpe Diem.We haven't changed the password lately,have we?" "No,wehaven't."Detera replied. As these to talked casually about the new passord,a hidden door in a nearby tree slowly opened,leaving a Doorway big enough for Firestripe a Detera to climb down. "Welcome to Ground Haven."Firestripe annouced. Claire's eyes flicked open, as her world came into focus. It was quiet. “The birds must have left,” she thought to herself. Wobbly, she stood up and tried to move in the direction of the attack to see if there were any surviviors. And if so, if anyone could use the anti-bleeding powder she possessed. "Ah its one of those basin raptors who eats people!" John screamed as he backed up to the bridge. "Oh be quiet John. If it can speak human it obviously more civilized than most." Ahsa reasured John, wiht just a hint of sarcasm. How a man who looks after a joung Denochus(Spelling) and is still scared out of his wits at a Velo was beond her. "Thank you. I am Silverclaw, I was out searching for my youngest, Blacknight, when an archeopterix by the name of Bluebird told me that two Giant birs had taken a small, balck raptor away, rigth outside her nest. Do any of you know where these Giant Birds live?" "Nope." "Haven't a clue." "Wwwwweeeeeeeeellllllll." "Sky, you never told me that you'd seen where those birds lived." 'Nnnnoooooott sssssssssuurrre. Ooooooooonnnnnnnnllllyyy ssssaaaaw bbbbiiiiiggggg bbbbbbiirrrrdddssssssssss aaaaaarrrroouuuundddd lllllaaaarrrrrrggggge fffffffiiiiiirrre." "Then where was it."Asha Asked urgently. "First job is to get the little raptor over. Mabye if he saw me fly over then he'd would do it too?" "It's worth a shot." John replied. Elyssa was on vacation. She was bored. Her friend wasn't here. Last she had heard, Claire had run off with some exploration. Elyssa normally ran caravans across the northern and eastern parts of Dinotopia for a living. She was so used to busy days and quiet nights that the stillness of life in Bonnaba was bothersome. Shouldering her pack as she stood up, she tramped off towards the Bridge, determined to get back to Tree Town to start her route to Prosperine, the Canyon, and Chandara and back again. She reached a small station and waited for the familiar rumble of a caravan. It wasn't long before she was rewarded with that tell-tale sound. A caravan, being led by a small Agilisaurus came to a halt at the station. "Who are you and what do you want?" A gruff voice asked. The owner of the voice stepped out to show himself as a Zuniceratops, a miniature version of a Triceratops. His body was overall a nice shade of bluish green, but the tips of his three horns were fire-red. "I'm Elyssa. I run caravans on the East Side, I'm trying to get passage to Tree Town. Can you help me?" The Agilisaurus pushed the Zuniceratops out of the way, "My name is Auburn. I lead this caravan. As a fellow leader, I will let you come with us." Elyssa bowed her head, picked up her pack, and said, "Thank you. Although, I've never had to deal with the Basin before." "If you didn't, then how did you get down here from Tree Town?" The Zuniceratops snapped. "By the way, I'm Firehorn. I'm the second in command. "I came down the coast." Claire stumbled back towards the scene of the attack. Blood and bird prints covered the ground. She saw no survivors. A few peices of human and saurian were still left, but the birds had destroyed it all. Claire searched the bodies of the dead left. She found various trinkets, and made note of who they came from. She intended to send them to families as a memorial. On one person, she found a crumpled sheet of paper. She stuffed it in her pocket anyway, even though it appeared to have nothing on it. With the last of her strength, she jammed a stick in the ground to remember the place. Her world went dark from there as she hit the ground, soft with blood. “Alright. Enough. Firehorn? Go tell them to get ready, we'll be off soon.” The trip into the Basin took two days of somewhat rough travel. Auburn cheerfully sang to herself in her own language while Firehorn grumbled about something innane. The caravan came to a lurching halt when Proudhorn picked up the scent of blood. Hurrying on, Elyssa plunged through the thickets and stopped short of the trampled area. Claire was lying in the center, next to a stick jammed in the ground. She was surrounded by blood and mayhem, but seemed rather unharmed. Elyssa approached her, who suddenly sat up and screamed. "God help me!" Claire said, grasping at the sides of her head and curling into a ball. "All of them," She whimpered. "All of them gone. Dead. Those birds..." "Calm down." Elyssa said in a soothing voice. She noticed Claire's shirt was soaked with blood and several rather infected-looking gashes ran diagonally down her back. "Go away! You can't help now! Let me die like the rest of them!" Claire sobbed. Elyssa backed away slowly. "Don't leave." A shallow and cracked voice said. It was Claire, who had broken down into tears. "They're gone. The birds took them." Claire looked into Elyssa's eyes with pleading. Detera smiled."Humansarefastrunnersaren'tthey?" After a period of several days,Firestripe had declared Claire well.The only thing he had not been able to clear up were the three jagged scars on her back.the hermit Mazx had even helped with it. "Ho there!"Firestripe called. "Do you think they'll let us visit Waterfall city?I've always wanted to go there!"Fohyl. said eagerly. Mazx sort sighed"I don't think I'll be going with you then." "Comeon."Detera crooned."You know you want to take a look." Mazx looked at her sharply,then sighed. "Alright.But I'm not staying there long!" They ran to join Claire. as the 4 ran into the clearing that claire seemed to be they were confrunted by the caravan. by instinct Firehorn and Proudhorn got into a defencive position to protect the caravan while Auburn propted Elyssa to drag the again dazed Claire away so that they could get moveing. “i knew this was a bad idea” Mazx mutterd as Firehorn snorted at them, showing no signs of lighting up on the “intruders” "Whoa there!We found this human and were just trying to bring her back to her home!Give us a break!" A skybax rider flew down towards them and landed. "Greetings Basiners. I am Simon O'Meallane,6 mothers Irish,head skybax apprentice of this caravan,and this is my partner Mistral." He gesture to the light blue Skybax next to him,which cawed a greeting."Why are you here and why do you have a young woman with you?" "My caravan was attacked!By giant birds!I need to get home!"Claire replied anxiously. "What?!"squawked a Gallimimus."Which caravan were you on dearie?" "The one lead by Moltensteel and Eve."Claire replied. The shocked silence(Moltensteel and Eve were two of the best guides of the Rainy Basin)was broken by a loud roar in the distance. "Quickly!"Simon shouted."Leave two baskets behind!Let's get moving people!"He looked over at Claire. “If what you say is true,all of you must travel to Waterfall city imedititely.If this is true,a council most be held.” Yes, yes. To the City. Lets go. I can't take it here!” Claire said, leaning heavily on Elyssa their was a sudden flurry of movement as the caravan started to move, the passengers getting ready. the 4 eyes each other nervously as one of them had to ask. eventuly Detera picked up her courge. "errr....canwecomewithyou?" she asked quietly then hid, embarrsed by the question. firehorn was quick to reply. "no never not ever" he started. Detera stood behind firestripe, not likeing the scolding they were reciving. Auburn came to their resque. “now now we dont have much time. if what they say is true maby we could allow them to come too” Elyssa stepped forward. "As a fellow caravan leader, I say we let them come." She paused. "And Firehorn, you gotta relax. We have room for them." Auburn thought then agreed. the 4 grinned at allowing to come with the caravan. mazx bowed. "it would be an honer to travel with you thank you for letting us come". the other 3 agread. The trip took them several days to get back. Claire seemed to calm down, and began to tell of what she had seen. A doctor on the caravan cleaned her wounds and bandaged them. Allosaur!Allosaur!"Cried Auburn. A mighty Allosaurus burst into the clearing,her razor-sharp teeth glinting in the sunlight. Carlos,a young Spanish boy about thirten,stared up at the dinosaur in amazment as the deadly jaws hovered over him. "She's not dangerous.She's hungry."He replied memorised by the huge carnovoire. "What's the difference?"Gasped Firestripe. The Allosaurus started to growl and mumble. "She says she wants to join the caravan."Said Carlos. "Breathe Deep,Seek peace."Firehorn honked gruffly. "Well.....let's get going then."Firestripe said uncertainly. the city was outstounding against trhe background as they arived and saw it for the first time (ur guess) mazx seemed unempressed by facel look but he was really very excited about this trip. "soooo errr......" he faulterd. Auburn looked at him and he continued. "err.....how do we get in?" he asked rather sheepishly. Auburn gave a short laugh and the caravan set off in the direction of the city gates. "suppose that anserd my question" mazx thought to himself. as the caravan dismounted some went off to arange the round table meeting. Oggie and Ryan walked up to the caravan. They were both assigned to welcome the travelers and lead them to the Round Table Hall. Oggie and Ryan greeted the passengers when they unloaded from the caravan. "Breathe Deep" Oggie and Ryan said at the same time. Ryan let Oggie speak. "We are here to lead you to where you need to go." Oggie said. "We have been told of your situation and arrival from some messenger birds that happen to be in you area" Oggie added. "Since the Round Table Hall is being set up, is there any questions, comments, or anything else while we wait?" Ryan asked. Stormtracer grumbled." "Come on,it 'll be fun!"Reo said cheerily. "I don't see why we're here.Babysitting a bunch of basin guides."She retorted. "Two reasons:you're an acrhaeologist,and because they're tourists."He shrugged. "We're tourists."She countered. "Yes,but we've been here before." "Oh fine."she sighed."Point me toward our meeting place." "I don't think we need to wait that long."Following his gaze,Stormtracer spotted the caravan guides they were supposed to meet.Surprisingly she reconised Oggie and Ryan,to friends she'd met at the Round Table. "Since the Round Table Hall is being set up, is there any questions, comments, or anything else while we wait?" Ryan asked the group. "Hey!Oggie!Ryan!What are you guys doing here?"She called. "We're supposed to look after these guys!"Ryan yelled back."What are you doing here?" "I thought you knew I was apprenticed to Myops!" "Nope,never heard you talking about it."Ryan stopped shouting as they came closer. "Well this is interesting.....me and Reo we're supposed to help you guide these guys!"Stormtracer grinned. "Really?Must've been an accident."Ryan replied. "Guess so.Do you know that we're supposed to meet the others at the Great Library?" "Yes.Oggie and I just don't know if we should go straight there or go sight-seeing first." "I'd say we should try and get to the library as soon as possible."Stormy said. "Okay then,we'd better get going!" mazx shrugged to himself. he didnt have any questions to ask. he was nervous and just followed around. he hadent been in this city befor and didnt want to get lost for various ovious reasons. as the group followed stormy, reo, ryan and oggie a gallmimus pushed his way forward at the side of the group and went to catch up with the leaders. he pushed mazx and a few others out of the way with no regard for them. he caught up with stormy and tapped her on the shoulder. "stormy what are you doing here?" he asked in a curious tone "dont you have a clan to look after?" he finished. Oggie and Ryan led the way quietly knowing that they couldn't waste any time. Ryan was impatient, he wanted to hear what the group had to say. Along the way Oggie and Ryan talked about the city, the cities history, their history, and whatever else they could think of. "I understand there is a first-timer or two to the city, so try to make sure that you don't get lost." Ryan said humorously. The group responded to show that they were listening and understood. The walk seemed to be longer than expected, but not long enough for any set-backs. The two led the group to a tall building. Oggie and Ryan opened up the doors. "Here is the Great Library, Ryan and I will be with you in case any of you need something." Oggie said with pleasure. The group walked into the building. Elyssa helped Claire into the hall, seeing as she was weakened from the attack and the mental disturbances caused by it. Firehorn and Auburn were given high resting couches that more resembled the comfortable nest beds they slept in at home. The rest of the group took a place at the table and waited as others filed in, cloaked in red, the humans wearing high red hats. Firehorn and Auburn thanked Ryan and Oggie's help in getting through the city to the Hall. "So, who begins?" Asked Firehorn. Claire had been cleaned up, and her wounds bandaged. She had been given plenty of time to rest, and a fresh set of clothes. Now she stood before the Round Table Council, telling her side of the story. "We were traveling through the Basin back from some research we had done when we were attacked by something. We thought they were raptors, but were giant birds. I took a few hits, and managed to escape to another part of the forest. But before I did, I saw a few of these birds tear my companions apart and kill them." Claire shuddered slightly. "I passed out, and when I came to, everything was calm. Then I was found and brought here." The Council mumbled to themselves in low tones at Claire's story. An aged Amargasaurus (sp?) spoke up, "We have not documented any giant birds in the Basin. Could you have mistaken Utah or Megaraptors for them?" He said. "I am certain they were birds. They had terrible beaks and bird-like feet." Claire said, looking momentarily at the ground. Oggie and Ryan were quiet and paid attention while Claire spoke her story. After the Story Oggie and Ryan were stunned and speechless. It was their first time hearing of their trip. The room was quiet. Well.... Ryan tried to speak....but couldn't Ryan wispered what he was trying to say to Oggie hoping that he could say it better. Oggie nodded to Ryan. "Ryan and I...would like to know...if there is anything...that we can do...to help." Oggie struggled to say. Claire's story really had an emotional impact on Oggie and Ryan. "Yes, Oggie and I would really like to get involved and help our friend Claire." Ryan said finally able to speak. Oggie and Ryan were deeply inspired and wanted to be a big part of the solution. Mazx ponderd. the story hadent seemed to have struck him as deeply as it had the others. he hadent particulary cared about the human. but it was a odd story. he didnt want to help but something, something he hadent felt before made him stand up. “i know it isnt much but if i could be of assistance in any way then i will” he stood down before he got too embarresed as everyone had turned his way. “damm why i do that?” he thought to himself. He needed meat. Ever since his exile from the clan, Tripleclaw had had a hard time. Hunting alone was no easy buisness, but maybe today would be his lucky day. He could spot the red/orange glow of a camp-fire not to far ahead. Hopefully it was something small and slow. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "I hhhhatttttte ttthhhhhhiisssssssssss pppllaaaacccccccce," Skyspirit had not liked the idea of landing in the basin. But him and his friends were to far from Bonabba to let him go back to sleep every night. "we know so stop complaining," Asha was very worried. It had been over a day since she left her mother in that clearing. Who knew what had happened to her since then. "Silverclaw, can you pick up the scent?" "No, and this place is as good as any so we might as well make camp." is that any good to you? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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