Prepare for the #LodanRespawn2024 Existing characters may choose to be displace from/have memories of different timelines, thereby allowing returning members the option to retcon their whole character. These changes are the result of the "Unnatural Fog" plot device that is running between now and the Respawn. The plot is simple: no matter where your character is, that place is shrouded in a thick fog that suspends time, but not thoughts or memories, so even if they're repeating the same day over and over again, they continue to remember, so each time feels like a new day. For those retconning OCs; this is where new versions of themselves have the opportunity to replace the old versions. Official lore and tree updates will be announced asap
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Dec 12, 2015 22:25:27 GMT
Zona watched as Mala ran off and then came back with a rabbit running away from her. Zona smirked as the girl dropped the rabbit at the base of the tree, "Not bad, not bad." Zona said with a smile. She looked around some before hearing something off in the distance, "My turn now." Zona said as she grabbed a few acorns from the tree (Yes it now has acorns...). Scaling the tree a little more Zona grabbed three arrows from her quiver as she tossed the small nuts around in her hand some.
Pulling back some Zona chucked the nuts off into the distance, causing them to hit a far off tree. Birds scattered in the process as they flew from the tree left and right. Stringing her arrows Zona shot them off into the sky. Three arrows, three birds. All falling hard towards the ground "Eye, wing, heart." Zona said just as the birds hit the ground. Climbing back down she went to retrieve her arrows. One lay in the eye of a bird, causing it to twitch some before laying still, the other had it suck in its wing, running around trying to get it out, and the last lay breathless on the ground with an arrow though the heart.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Proud of hunt. Woman, content. But then, slipped further into tree. Watched. Women blended with leaves, body, hidden. Mala leaned, attempting to see. To follow. Curious. But woman threw something into forest. Birds responded. Flew, crying. Sticks, flew with. Landed in bodies, bringing them down onto earth, thump thump, with heart beat. Mala, awed. Birds, they writhed—one, still. Others, twitched. Tried to run. Woman jumped from tree to inspect, to grab sticks. Mala followed, slow, unsure. Inspected bird with stick in wing, pawed at it. Blood, bubbled from wing. Stick, jammed through.
Anger came from chest. Looked at rabbit, now limp. Only one. Birds, three. Petty anger, mixed with heartbeat, racing. Wanted to see Zona shoot sticks again. Wanted to see her hunt. Leaves, concealed, had stolen sight. Perhaps again, another time. Beautiful, must be. Mala arched back. Approached Zona, puffed up chest. Leaned into body, a slight push toward tree, to show. Ran to rabbit. Grabbed it in mouth. Brought back. Pushed to her, to show her.
“Bad.” Defeated, almost saddened, then pointed to birds. “Not bad.”
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Dec 13, 2015 15:17:15 GMT
"No you ain't bad." Zona said as she took the one bird with that still had an arrow lodged in its wing, "You only have one mouth so that's all you can get, but..." Zona said as she smirked a little, pulling the arrow out in the process, "Ya got two hands as well, use them." She smiled, quickly snapping the neck of the bird, after all it didn't need to suffer anymore from the pain that the arrow caused. Grabbing the other two birds Zona grabbed some rope from her bag and ties all of them together and tied them off to her belt, "So, ya want to go after something bigger? I think if we work together we could bring down a nice sized buck." Zona said, thinking Mala could chase the animal out and towards her where she could then send the finishing shot to the eye thought the brain.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Looked toward hands. Rubbed jaw. Cracked under touch. But teeth better. Crunch, more satisfying. But hands. Could rip. Could dig. Mala straightened. Tilted head, listened.
Unsure of buck. But could guess. Bigger meant bone beast. Bigger meant more than dog, but less than shadow. Meant bone from head, continuing. Mala nodded. “Mala search. Mala bring. And you.” She pointed to the bow. “Stick.”
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Dec 16, 2015 0:06:54 GMT
Zona smirked, "Ok, but it ain't a stick," Zona said as she hopped back up into the tree and readied her bow, "It's an arrow." She smiled, moving over a bit to hid more in the tree, she wasn't planning on letting this thing see her as she pulled back, ready for the deer to come.
(Sorry for the long wait and the short reply... This is all I could do right now.)
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Nodding, Mala lay across the ground. Listened. Searched, tensed, crouched. Disappeared into forest. Hunted for tracks. For impressions. For remains. Found dung. Warm. Fresh. Pellets. Belonged to Bone beast. Close. Sniffed air. Listened. Looked to tracks. Followed, until, clearing. Small, little light from open canopy. But bone beast, stood, ate grass. Mala, unnoticed. How to lead to Zona? To guide? Needed to attack, but would scare. So retreated. Clamoured up branches. Limbs, a part of tree. Extensions, guiding to beast. Stood peacefully, still innocent. Mala, unknown. Pondered. Then, knew. Retrieved two bones. Breathed onto it. Kissed white surface. Then held breath. Watched. Waited until closer, until, over beast. Silent, peering down. Hunter, over prey. Had to be precise. Had to be exact. Needed to impress, wanted to impress. Maybe woman would smile. Be proud. Maybe more. Uncertain, irrelevant. Beast eyes but black jewels. Peered to side. Mala, still unseen. So jumped. Nails dug into back. Teeth, into neck. Ripped as beast screamed. Tossed bones to side. Animal skeletons, wolves, appeared. Ran alongside. Nudged creature toward Zona, blocking sides. Mala clung onto back. Held onto body, even as beast kicked. Weakened. Slow creature down. Easier shot. Nails, dug deeper. Urged chase instead of fight. Led to Zona. Wolves, faded. Time, gone. But open, there. Zona, in tree. Barely visible. But breathtaking. Beautiful. Mala removed teeth, dug head to the side, out of shot. Out of way, but held on, waiting for thump.
(Tis fine! Sorry I didn't give you much of an opening in that last post. ;-
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Dec 17, 2015 14:38:59 GMT
Zona watched for a moment as the woman ran off, disappearing out of sight. She let out a light sigh before turning her attention back to her bow and the creature that would be on its way, hopefully, soon. Zona looked here and there, listening to every sound, waiting to hear the noise the frightened animal would soon be making, and no soon did she think that the deer then appeared off in the distance some. But... With Mala on its back? Well that was one way to get it. Waiting a moment longer, Zona took a breath, pulled back a bit and let the arrow fly, not worried about hitting Mala at all. As the arrow fell though the arrow it found its way into the creatures eye, lodging itself in and deep into the brain (Bows III used). A moment later the deer fell with a thud to the ground. Zona smiled a bit as she jumped down from the tree, "Nice job!" Zona said with a large smile, a bit surprised at how big the creature was.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Air pressed against face. Dug into beast’s side. Beast swerved. Then, thunk. Beast trembled under palms. Knees, buckled. Fell forward, to the side. Jumped away, not wanting to hurt. Bone beast slid across ground. Stick, lodged in eye. Looked to Zona. No longer in tree, on ground. Told her, nice. Did well. Mala smiled. Warmth bubbled inside. Approached Zona, nudged her, like cat. Patted her leg, then pointed to bone beast. “Good job.” Straightened. Touched bow. Inspected it. Then at bag, and rabbit. “Enough?”
Last Edit: Dec 17, 2015 17:27:02 GMT by Mala Lelik
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Dec 18, 2015 15:51:45 GMT
Zona smiled as the girl approached and said good job, "Yes, very good. And I think this should be enough." Zona said as she inspected the deer from where she stood, thinking about what all could be added with it. "Can you go get some firewood? We can build a fire and cook all this up out here. I can go and look for some herbs or somethin' to go with this, ya know for flavor." Zona said as she gently patted the girls head, after all she was acting like a cat and well... she didn't know what else to do... so ya... Zona smiled as she walked over to the deer and removed the arrow, "Just bring the wood back here, and find a lot of it, we will need ever bit of it." She added before she stuck the arrow back into its quiver and headed off to find some herb, only to stop for a moment and turn back to the girl, "Your welcome to come and look for wood with me while I look for the other stuff." She smiled.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Wood. Mala can find wood. Zona, patted her on head. Mala smiled. Nodded. Undid dress around neck. Placed wig down. Kept dress. Could fill with wood. Crouched alongside Zona. Searched for wood. Walked ahead. Picked up sticks. Turned, every now and then, to woman. Inspecting body movements, how markings danced. Different. Beautiful. Captivating. Tilted head. “What do?” Picked up the wood. “You different. Clothed. Work? Like Sava? Hunt?” Mala asked, glancing back. No longer sex. So, what do? Scavenged? Like Mala? But worked and moved like Sava. How?
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Dec 19, 2015 18:34:43 GMT
Zona smiled some as she bent down and looked at some of the greens that were growing near the base of a tree, "Well I don't know what Sava does, but I do have a few jobs back in the city. I work for a friend delivering stuff here and there, though that seems to have fallen though..." Zona mumbled to herself as she thought about it, it had been a while since she last saw Clancy and did any deliveries for him... "Other than that I work at the theater, do some stuff there... But really I just walk around on the street, reliving people of expensive things they no longer need." Zona added as she stood back up, smiling a bit. In reality it was bad that she was a pickpocket, but what was even worse was that she liked doing it, after all she grew up doing so she found it something fun. "Do you have any kind of job?" Zona asked, grabbing something from on of the tree to look over.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Nodded. Mala didn’t understand fully, but grasped. “Work good.” Zona, able to adapt. To blend. Sava tried to teach. Didn’t work. Called her wolf child. Liked ground. Liked to crouch. Never liked to stand. “Look good.” Said to Zona, tucking firewood into cloth bag around neck. “Job?” Questioned, then thought. Shrugged. “Play. Sava likes to play.” Liked to clothe. Liked to decorate. Liked to show. Talked a lot. Did chores. Mainly sat. Took bright lights of her. Captured shadow. Put in in paper. “You play?”
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Dec 20, 2015 15:22:03 GMT
Zona smiled lightly, "Well..." She began as she tried to understand what the girl was talking about, "I don't really know what you mean there, but you could say I play out here. I like to practice with my bow, and shooting things are fun, so I like to do that." She smiled, "When your in the city it can be hard to play, its more about work and money... Then again everythin' always goes back to money." She said grabbing some greens and shoving them into her bag.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Listened. Tilted head. Grabbed piece of wood. Stuffed it in dress. Getting full. Held in hands. Looked to Zona. “Play good. Money, bad.” Strangers gave money. Dropped on belly. Dropped on sides. Or gave it to women in red. Women in black. Tilted head. Crawled to Zona, looked up. Reached for other hand- no greens. Lined up fingers. Mala’s fingers, larger. Taller. Inched head. Glanced at Zona. Tiny hands. Tiny body. “Zona played with Mala?” Getting up, towered over Zona. “Fun?” Stared deep into the other's eyes, looking in. "Play again?"
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Dec 22, 2015 1:54:20 GMT
Zona smiled some, "Ya, Zona did play with Mala." She repeated as she looked over at the girl some, smiling a bit more as she woman stood, towering over her. Zona didn't realize just how tall the girl was since she was always crouched over and crawling around. "Ya, it was fun, and we will do this again some time." She smiled, looking up and over to the girl, "But we have to go after a bear the next time." She added with a wink, joking a bit as she bent down and grabbed some more greens, "Or I could introduce you to some of my friends who live out here. They don't like people but I could see them liking you." Zona said as she thought about them and wondered how they have been... it have been a while since she last saw them...
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
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