Wandering|Beastlands

[allu]

Allu walks around the forest with her sister and their wolf partners. It was just them again, they had just left the Seere clan to find some adventure.

"So where are we going Uoctai?" Allu asked running her hands through her long silky hair while tripping over small rocks that were hidden beneath the heavy undergrowth they were walking through.

"And how soon are we going to get there?" Xander added panting as he followed Allu his head only just high enough to see over the bushes.

[kiri]

Uoctai was to busy listening to the birds singing in the trees to answer, acctually she hadden't even heard Allu's question. Nimat nudged her hand impataintly and, touching her beast mark she asked irritably:
"What?"

"Allu asked where we are going, and Xander wants to know when we are going to get there. " He answered annoyed.

Uoctai turned to her sister and shrugged. "I dunno."

[allu]

Allu sighed.
"It was your idea to leave home," She says annoyed, "You must have some idea where we are going." Allu runs her hand through her hair again, a bad habit.
She places her hand on the beast symbol on her right wrist. "Are you ok Xander, you seem tired?" Allu stops and turns towards Xander who was falling behind.

"Just a little," He replies panting heavily.

With her hand still on her wrist Allu replies. "Ok let's have a rest while Uoctai decides where we are going." Allu looked towards her sister and sits down in a clearing they had reached.

[kiri]

Uoctai turned when she heard allu sit down, scowling.

"Why are you sitting down for? surely you can't be tired?" She asked, her voice sarcastic.

Nimat had sat down to. Though he tried to hide it, he was also tired.

"We're all tired, even you. So we are having a rest. You also need to decide where we are going."

Uoctai gave him a nasty look and sat down to, her anger simmering.

[allu]

Allu stretched and ran her hand through her hair placing her hand over the mind mark located behind her right ear, just so her sister couldn't notice.
~"Uoctai seems to be in a bad mood today,"~ she spoke into Xander's mind so her sister couldn't hear her.

~"Tell me about it."~ Xander yawned.

Allu turned to her sister removing her hand from the mind symbol and placed it in her lap.
"What's got you in a bad mood today?" She asked while watching some birds in the trees.

[kiri]

Uoctai looked away from her sister.
"Nothing's the matter." she muttered.

In truth she was just in one of her moods. She felt like being alone; perhaps talking to some of the trees or something. She touched her earth mark and listened to the whisperings of the tree's.
Nimat looked at Uoctai then at Allu.
I think you better decide where we go for a while, Uoctai's in one of her moods.

[Toyoll]

Just down wind of the group, a dark, hulking form was roaming the woods. It's great ugly head swung from side to side, snorting loudly.

The Sggor-Ghat's vague hyena-like shape criss-crossed in the dappled light of the forest, it's greasy, mangy pelt did it's job very well, hiding an fair-sized monster among it's foliage.

It's ugly head reared it's fearsome, block-like face and it's lips curled back, unsheathing a gruesome row of greath, yellow fangs, bits of it's last meal were still lodged between the teeth, a glob of drool hit the ground with a dull 'splat' and a small growl and then it began to stalk...

[allu]

Allu nudged Xander who was dozing at her feet.
"Did you hear that?" She asked looking around.

"Hear what?" Xander replied yawning.

"I thought i heard a sound in the forest," Allu looked around the bush.
"I guess I'm just hearing things" She sighed and started to relax again listening all the time to the bush around them.

[Toyoll]

The monsterous hyena singled out the dozing Xander as it's target.
Sggor-Ghats, not exactly the most brilliant creatures one could encounter and posessing a severe case of tunnel vision, failed to consider the other members of this little pack.

The Sggor-Ghat wasn't accustomed to the forest, it was an outsider here, but unseasonal bush fires have forced the hulking beastie into the trees. So where once it's pelt melded seemlessly into the tall grasses of the plains, it's massive, dark, spotted hide stood out a little against the trees.

The canine lowered it's huge frame to the ground and hunkered down as he began to crawl forwards.

[kiri]

Uoctai shuddered as the whispereings of the tree's turned urgent, and fearfull. They whispered of a creature unknown to them, something that didn't belong in the forest. She tried to work ourt which way the creature was coming, but the whispereings of the trees' were so confused that for all she could tell it was coming from everywhere.

She got up and looked around, finally spoting the creature in the trees near Allu.

"Allu, watch out!" She shouted urgently.

Nimat stood up from where he had been sitting, growling deep in his throat.

[Toyoll]

The sggor-ghat exploded from the foliage, howling gruesomely, lips curled back so high that it's nose sat ontop of it's monstrous muzzle.

It's huge paws pounded heavily on the ground as it bolted towards Xander. In less time than it took to form a thought, the sggor-ghat was upon them, yellow teeth snapping wildly.

The giant hyena's massive jaws parted, it's maw gaping, then, suddenly, they came crashing down on Xander.

[kiri]

Nimat whimpered in sympathy for his brother, but knew that it would be pointless for him to try and help.

Uoctai stared in horror at the hideous creature that had Xander in its mouth. She hesitated to do anything encase it made the situation worse.

Nimat what should I do! She said franticly to her partner.

Don't ask me! Your the one with all the powers!

[kiyukit]

Kaerinn had been heading home to the farm when Poof had urgently called ~Trouble Kaerinn. Big trouble.~

She hadn't waited around to hear more. Breaking into a run, she followed the flying owl. Smelling the monster before she saw it she told her friend ~Aim for the eyes.~ taking out her own sling and stones.

[kiri]

Thinking fast, and desperately, Uoctai touched her earth mark and urged an aging willow beside her to help out.

With creaking of limbs it lashed out at the beast, its thin branches whipping it in the eyes and on its nose.

Uoctai jumped up excitedly.
"Yeah! Thats hitting it where it hurts!"

[kiyukit]

Poof managed to dodge the whipping branches that hit the beast and Kaerinn looked up in suprise from where she was fitting a stone into her sling. Biting her lip, she head towards where she heard the voices coming from.

There she found a pair of fellow beast signs and got a better look at the beast. A large part of her missed her friends badly, but with a glare she managed to fire a rock at the beast, hitting its hide.

Looking at the of young women she called "Why aren't you two running?"