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Post by Sera on Jul 21, 2007 1:17:29 GMT -5
If she concentrated very hard on the slight weight resting on her forehead, she could feel him slipping slightly. Well, she was a sleek and smooth Gryvern, the only things the tsume could possibly hold on to were her forelock and her scarf. The forelock wasn't working, so the only other option was... "Do you think you could somehow hang onto the scarf?"
An ear flicked as she heard something scamper behind her. However, she didn't dare turn to look as Napolean still had to get situated.
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Post by Thalron on Jul 21, 2007 1:27:19 GMT -5
Napoleon looked down at her, then back at the scarf... It was worth a shot he supposed, since the only other option was her carrying him in her teeth... and that was kinda scary. slowly he got back up a little bit then slid down the back of her neck, shifting around and worming in between her neck and the scarf, managing to get situated sufficiently there so she could move without losing him. "I think I can hold on here..." He offered hesitantly.
He was actually pretty used to this sort of treatment, he was often put in slings, pouches, or given other such places to hang on by caring or helpful creatures. it was the only way he had managed to survive out here, he was simply so tiny and pathetic even the most blood thirsty tsumes and things had a hard time hurting him, and the nicer ones often found him impossible to ignore.
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Post by Sera on Jul 21, 2007 1:45:26 GMT -5
The Light began to move again, carefully at first to be certain he was secure then a little faster. Confident that he wasn't going to just fall off, Astafy nodded her head and began to move easily. Ears flicked this way and that as she listened for something to catch for her small passenger.
All in all, the hunt didn't take too long. Astafy went to a crouch as she caught the scent of nearby prey. She stalked close and froze, then closer and froze again. There! Astafy sprang forward, pouncing and catching a bunny as it tried to run away. She broke its neck swiftly and dropped her eyes, trying to see Napolean. "Will this do?"
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Post by Thalron on Jul 21, 2007 1:54:13 GMT -5
The little tsume was a bit surprised as she began to move again, grabbing the edge of the scarf with his teeth to help keep himself still, although it turned out that he was secure enough without doing that. He let out a happy squeak at first, but then dropped silent as she began to hunt, his head ducking down slightly as if his hiding might make them less noticable...
When there was that sudden jolt from the lunge he nearly spilled out forward from the scarf, but caught himself barely in time... looking up at the rabbit which was probably half of his size he nodded then began chirping excitedly. "Wow, you're good at hunting! That's huge!" he said then wriggled around and slipped down to the ground, landing lightly at Astafy's feet.
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Post by Sera on Jul 21, 2007 2:04:54 GMT -5
Astafy was pleased that he was so excited abut the catch; it really didn't seem like much at all to her. But if he had only eaten a cricket in the last day, who knew how long it had been since he'd eaten a real meal!
She lay down near by to watch him eat, as she disclaimed the compliment lightly. "It was nothing; i'm simply pleased to be of assistance. Now go ahead and eat up. I need to start looking for Veselin soon." A look of worry inched across her face. She probably should have started sooner, but she couldn't leave this little thing by himself and, like it or not, Veselin was a survivor. He would be fine.
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Post by Thalron on Jul 21, 2007 2:11:13 GMT -5
He gave her a small lick on the nose and a happy chirp before he went up to the dead rabbit and began hungerily digging into it, his teeth were rather small though so it took him a bit to actually get through the fur and into the meat of it. He ate pretty quickly, atleast as quickly as he could manage while still trying to not completely cover himself in blood or such like many tsumes did when they ate.
As he slowed his feasting and became full, he started letting out small pleased cooing noises, finally finishing with still a large amount of the rabbit left. he hopped back over to astafy and looked up at her, his face still messy from eating. "Why're you looking for Veselin?" he asked curiously
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Post by Sera on Jul 21, 2007 4:31:29 GMT -5
"I'm supposed to bring him home," Astafy replied a bit distractedly. "He's... not quite right in the head and we don't really trust him to stay on his own." Her eyes unfocused as she thought about the strange noctyier living with them. He shunned everyone around him, especially those who actually cared. The adolescent was especially cruel to Sera, which made even more waves all around Crest.
"Done?" the Light asked, abruptly coming back to the here and now rather than her dislike of the youngling they were trying to care for. Absently she leaned over and began to carefully clean his face. It was difficult since she had to use just the tip of her tongue.
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Post by Thalron on Jul 21, 2007 23:43:34 GMT -5
Napoleon looked up at her as she talked about this thingy, it sounded like a lot of the tsumes he'd seen before... almost non of them were right in the head, although almost all of them could take care of themselves just fine. Most of them couldn't be trusted with others rather than on their own though. "I knew someone like that once! I was told to stay away from him though." He said then nodded.
When she asked if he was done he let out a small chirp, and nodded again... giggling slightly when she started to lick his face, happily letting her clean it off. "Yesh, it was good." he leaned up to lick her nose again in thanks then nuzzled her snout.
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Post by Sera on Jul 22, 2007 5:34:29 GMT -5
"Good," the female replied, pleased to be able to take care of the tiny thing. Now that he was fed, she encouraged him back up to the scarf, waiting for him to get settled again before rising carefully. A few precautionary movements to verify he was secure then she began to move in a gentle lope, nose up to aid in her search for Veselin.
They moved easily through the trees; she wasn't going fast enough to put them in danger of obvious collision but she did keep a good clip that she could keep at for hours. Which it was beginning to seem like they may have to do. There was no sign of Veselin anywhere.
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Post by Thalron on Jul 22, 2007 18:22:28 GMT -5
He snuggled into the scarf happily after climbing into it again, poking his head out over the edge to look around even as she did. "Is he a tsume like you?" he asked innocently unaware that she was in fact a gryvern... He know that tsume came in so vastly different forms that it hadn't even crossed his mind that she might be something else... she did smell kind of odd, but then again so did a lot of tsumes.
He kept his head perked and attentive to their sorroundings as she walked, hopefully looking around for this friend of hers even though he didn't know what it looked like... and a fourth of the time was spent nuzzling astafy rather than looking.
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Post by Sera on Jul 22, 2007 20:56:47 GMT -5
"He's a gryvern like me," Astafy answered, slightly distracted. Truthfully she found his presence and nuzzling comforting and she felt more confident and secure with him there. Even though she doubted the tiny thing could do anything useful if it came to a fight.
Was the crazy thing hiding? She wouldn't put it past the noctyier if he knew she was looking for him. But she hadn't announced herself, wasn't calling for him. So far there wasn't even a whiff of him, though. She gave a low, slightly annoyed sound. Where could he be?
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Post by Sera on Jul 22, 2007 21:05:21 GMT -5
Veselin woke suddenly, long head coming up as he stared around in dazed confusion. Where was he? Golden eyes skimmed around and he noted the area he was in with detached interest. He usually didn't know where he was and apparently today would be no exception.
He debated rising, but it just didn't seem worth the effort. He felt a vague sense of hunger, but squashed it down quickly. He couldn't be hungry already. He'd eaten something earlier. Or was that yesterday? He couldn't remember. He was also thirsty, but just getting to the pond seemed like a great deal of effort for something like a drink. But he did need to.
He stretched out his neck, then wiggled a little closer. Almost... he wiggled again and the tip of his tongue reached the water and he began to lap up just a bit.
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Post by Thalron on Jul 22, 2007 22:30:13 GMT -5
Napoleon looked up at her when she said gryvern, she meant.... she wasn't a tsume? Wow, that was weird! he had never seen a gryvern before.... maybe they were taking over? or just moved in either way it was pretty neat. "I've never seen a gryvern before!" he chirped out then tried to crane his head to look up at hers... that explained the odd head shape.
He wondered if the reason she hadn't eaten him is that she was a vegetablariean, or something... but she did have big pointy teeth, and caught that rabbit so that probably wasn't the case... Wow, she was really nice to help him, since he was a different species and everything! He nuzzled her again happily. "You're my favouritist alien ever Astafy!" he chirped out before looking out over the area again.
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Post by Sera on Jul 23, 2007 20:19:28 GMT -5
"Alien?" the Light repeated with a low laugh. "Alright, I guess that's true." She rolled her eyes to glance down at him again. He was super cute, wasn't he? He still seemed nice and secure, so sho continued onwards, long legs moving at an easy pace as they carefully dodged trees.
"This area seems rather deserted," she finally noted aloud, and concern touched her gaze as green eyes continued to skim the woods carefully. She still hadn't even caught a scent of the male and she was actually beginning to get a little worried. Where was he?
A waft of the breeze adjusted her direction; there was water nearby and a somewot large body if she was smelling right. It would be a welcome break to get something to drink and cool off for awhile. They moved along at the easy pace, and soon came upon a swiftly flowing river. Pleased to be at the water, Astafy waded right into it and leaned down to lap at it contentedly.
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Post by Thalron on Jul 24, 2007 0:26:42 GMT -5
He grinned sheepishly when he realized that he had just called her an alien, that wasn't very nice... right? Well, uh he really didn't know if it was or not but she laughed so it was probably okay. "I don't hear many birds either.." he commented idly as they walked.
When the water came into view he perked his ears up and made a small chirp, blinking a bit as she began to wade into it... He uh, could not swim very well, or at all... When she leaned down to take a drink he squeaked a little bit and clung tighter to the scarf when he felt himself start to slip a little... swiftly moving water was even worse! "Does your friend- eek... erm like water?" he asked a little shakily as he tried very hard not to slip out of the scarf
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