by The Kingpin » Thu May 17, 2007 10:05 am
Fatalis and the Lone Wolves searched the cave. it was enormous, with severalside caverns. it had several rock pillars forming inside, and the cieling had a few Stalagtites on them as well. the cave had a mystical feel to it. so calm and quiet, and yet it was the home of one of the most ruthless Raptorpacks the island had ever known. there was a small lake in the center of the cave. it was polluted from what Fatalis could pick up. he spotted a small Rex's footprint, belonging to what Fatalis estimated was a 20 foot long T.Rex, there. but the rock was solid, so he assumed it must've been caused back when the ground of the cave had some mud in it, probably from a severe storm. Echo walked up to it Fatalis asked about the footprint, and Echo hissed "It is said that long before we used the cave as a home, Crusher used it as a juvenile to hide from predators he couldn't take on alone. this is one of his footprints". Fatalis was surprised, and seemed to drift out of concentration for a moment while imagining the scene several years ago. he was then brought back to his senses as Echo lowered himself to drink from the polluted water. before he drank from it, Fatalis barked "Stop!". Echo looked at him questioningly, and Fatalis hissed "That water is dangerous. it's already mutated you, and if you drink more of it, you'll go as insane as the Shadowraptors...you'll kill yourself if you drink it". Echo thought about it for a moment, then looked at himself. he was very similar to Fatalis, with black skin and stripes on his back. the difference was that his stripes were outlined by dark grey, fading into black, and he had a set of 5 long red stropes going from his neck to his tail. he was faster than regular raptors, stronger, more intelligent and more capable on his own than normal ones. but he knew that the side effects of the water were real. one of the elders in the Shadowraptor pack that he used to be part of used to talk to stones when he wasn't hunting, sleeping or standing guard. he also used to eat grass occasionally and lick stalagmites, which often caused him to feel sick for the rest of the day. and it become more severe after he had drank from the water, his strange behaviour becoming even more common. after a bit of thought, Echo nodded. "I dont want to lose my mind. my memories are too valuable to lose because of skill. im skilled enough as it is. drinking this would be betrayal to mother...and all that i've ever lived for...my family". Fatalis smiled and relaxed. the Shadowraptors had seemingly disappeared. the pack didn't dare split up. that could get them all killed very quickly. Fatalis wished Crusher could get through the entrance. but the cave entrance they used was too small to fit a Rex his size. Fatalis looked around in the enormous cavern...it was probably about 3 kilometers wide, and at least 80 feet heigh. it was enormous. as the pack moved through, they reached an area with a very tall, but blunt, stalagtite. it was wide enough to carry about 5 Raptors. it seemed to have a spiral of rock forming around it, making it seem like it had a set of primitive stairs. and incline going around the stalagtite, reaching the top, which had some dry grass and twigs sticking off the top. above it was a wide hole in the Cavern cieling, where sunlight beamed down onto the pillar. there was plantation hanging down through the hole, forming a sort of ladder between the pillar and the roof of the cave. there was something next to the pillar; a Raptor skeleton with turqoise feather quills set sticking out of the neck, where some flesh still hung to the bone. it was Fatalis' mother, Cyan. Fatalis walked over to the skeleton, head hanging in mourning, as Echo walked up to him. "It was their fault...not his. he was forced...as was i". Fatalis made a shreik of mourning which echoed through the entire cave. Echo hissed "Let's go. staying here will only give them more time to hurt others". Fatalis nodded, and the group continued forward...
Crusher had been searching for a while, but then remembered something: those Caves were dwelling places for him as an orphaned youngster. he used to hide in there from the Spinosaurs. it wasn't a good hiding place because the second entrance was...big enough to fit Thrasher himself! Crusher immediately remembered where the other entrance was, then moved to where he remembered it was. he stopped right in front of it, just in time to scare the Shadowraptors who were just reaching the entrance from the inside of the cave, moving their eggs, to a stop. they were terrified. how did he know about it? he had never been here before as far as they could remember! Crusher made an immensely loud roar, and the Raptors turned and ran for one of the side caverns that Crusher was too large to fit in, being blocked by a few rock pillars or a low point in the cieling. Crusher walked in after them, and roared...
a Roar shook the cave and all those in it as the Lone Wolves continued. "Crusher...he's in"... hissed Fatalis. Echo snarled "the second entance is big enough to fit him and just about any other carnivore. it's the more well protected of the 2 entrances. there may be somewhere around 20 raptors on that end of the cave". "20?! 20 Shadowraptors?! how are we going to kill all of them?!" Hissed Needle in shock. "With Crusher..." hissed Fatalis. another roar resonated through the cave, and they could see movement up ahead, though the darkness had hidden it...
Shade entered a massive cave entrance. Crusher had just been here. he camouflaged and entered, watching to see what Crusher was attacking. he knew there were 2 groups of Raptors, one of them friend, and the other foe, but he hadn't seen the friends yet, so he'd need to keep an eye on Crusher to find out which was which...
"Ah yes, organised chaos. the sign of a clever but ever-busy mind. To the perpetrator, a carefully woven web of belongings and intrigue, but to the bystander? Madness!"
–William Beckett, Lore of Leyuna RPG