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Role Play => Land Before Time RPG => Topic started by: Ducky123 on October 01, 2017, 03:50:59 PM

Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on October 01, 2017, 03:50:59 PM
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"Could they just stop fighting?! It's giving me a headache..."

With little amusement, the crested longneck watched how a couple of children argued over who was allowed to eat from the little food that was still left on the trees of the small oasis she had discovered the other day. How did she even get into this mess in the first place when all she wanted was being left alone trying to find her mother she never got to know... or her siblings for that matter if they were still alive?

It had all started a while back in the middle of a dead forest - just another victim of the drought that seemed to kill everything, dinosaur and plant alike, that it could get its grasp on. Lizzie couldn't remember when she'd last seen any Skywater falling but it must have been several cycles of the Night Circle, if not more...

Here in the forest, the girl resided. She was a yellow-ish colour which leaned more towards a brown-ish yellow towards her back. Lazily, she lay on the dry ground in the little shade that the barren tree trunks offered her, her features giving the outsider a weakly impression. The drought had killed most of the food, forcing her to go hungry most of the time. Accordingly, she was very thin and small for her age. A yawn slipped from her lips - like many nights before, she had not gotten any sleep at all, the increasing day light finally making her drowsy and tired.

Only at night she was truly alone with her thoughts, worries and grief. The Longneck would often dream of the time when everything was good, when she still had a family, before her dad changed to become a violent and heartless dinosaur, before her siblings started dying one after one... before the drought started when she was still a happy hatchling with brothers and sisters to play with... before her dad left her to die when she could not keep on walking... It was only through the efforts of a small herd of Longnecks that she was still alive though she was not to stay with them. So she kept on wandering around with no distinct destination, which led her to the dead forest eventually.

In her dreams, everything was good - it was the only time she could feel something akin to joy and happiness, although it was a fake feeling. She would also look into the sky with its many shining lights which seemed to spend some comfort at times but, just as often, she would quietly weep to herself, desperately hoping the nightmare would finally end. Life as an orphan was horrible. So horrible in fact that Lizzie had long since lost any appreciation for life. Whether she lived or not... it didn't really matter. How bad were the odds of her finding her lost family members? How were the odds of her father returning to his old self? He had left her behind like a pile of dung - unneccessary thing he had called her and just kept on walking without her as if there had never been any relationship between father and daughter... Would she even want to see him again? However...

"Mommy... I miss you so much!"

A single tear slipped through the young girl's crystal blue eyes, hitting the dry, dusty earth beneath her, evaporating in an instant. Truth be told, Lizzie had never even met her mother because she had left her excentric father before her hatchday, yet it was her deepest heart wish to find her at last. She would often dream about the reunion, giving her life a direction again, something she could grasp on to keep on existing. Right now though, she had nothing...

Somebody please find me, pleaaase!"

More tears fell rapidly as her mind completely drifted off into dark territory, heavy sobs shaking the miserable girl as she was remembering her siblings whom she missed so dearly. Of her 4 siblings, 2 were left behind the same way she was when they couldn't keep up anymore and one running away from her lunatic father. Chances were they all died except for her brother who was still with her father when she was left behind.

Even though the child was on the best path to cry herself into sleep at last, she desperately tried to stay awake. Only yesterday, the region had been struck by a terrible earthshake and Lizzie had learned that those usually didn't come alone. It had been scary enough when she had been woken up by the fierce quake the other day and she did not want to repeat the experience... her instincts still strong enough to keep her alive, apparently. What if there would be another wave of water pouring onto the land as had happened the previous day? She had been lucky to be residing at a safe distance to the source of the wave...

Eventually though, her crying came to a stop as she reluctantly drifted into her usual mid-morning nap...
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on October 01, 2017, 07:43:10 PM
Aquarius looked about the forest, it was almost as dead as the word implied. Very little food grew on the trees and at any level of height food was scarce. Aquarius worried that if worse came to worse then he might have to climb to the top branches just to get a decent meal. The young Swimmer was covered in scars from many old wounds and he walked in a very closed, withdrawn fashion with the last dinosaur he expected; A threehorn. However that was not important right now what was important was getting food for his small starving form but seeing that the largest amount of food had other children trying to sink there teeth into his food, he would have to get rough if he wanted a meal.

Aqaurius sighed as he reflected on how he came to this situation in the first place:


Terrible pain and exhaustion; they had become the new companions of Aquarius, the young albino Swimmer had a light aqua blue on his underbelly and two golden lines going parallel up his back from tail to neck but none of his usual colouration could be easily seen beneath his battered and bloodied form as he lay inertly at the wall of a cave that he had been lucky to find. Yet even all the blood couldn't hide the two scars; one on his shoulder and the other on his back, it was like they were mocking him somehow.

Aqaurius let out a miserable groan of pain. Here he was inside a deep dark hole in a hill, the interior was covered in stone teeth and the dark interior was not very inviting to anyone however the thing that gave Aquarius hope in this cave was the spring and a ground star plant with perhaps a dozen treestars on it. "If this is lucky, then I don't want to know what unlucky is" thought Aquarius. The once strong child was now as good as broken and at the mercy of the wild until he recovered somewhat from his own injuries. At present Aquarius had grazes all over his body including his back, flank, chest, tail and head but they were the least of his worries. On the right side of his head was a bloody gash on the side that occasional leaked blood into his eyes and he had another long gash on the left side of his back and a small horizontal gash on the front of his left leg which prevented him from walking far without experiencing pain. But all these injuries paled into utter insignificance when compared to the small hole in his lower abdomen where a pointed rock had gone through and just missing his right kidney...or that's what Aquarius hoped anyway.

"Why did all this have to happen?" asked Aqaurius painfully as if he expected the darkness to answer but like all the other times he asked, only the echo of his voice stating the very question he just asked greeted his ears. Aquarius cursed, he had lived a good but short life despite the harshness of the drought and despite being the only one of his clutch of eggs to survive, his parents became so paranoid about protecting his egg that they didn't let his egg out of their grasp till he eventually hatched on the palm of his mother's hand. His three younger siblings were luckier, most of the eggs survived but of the infants perished mainly due to egg stealers and predatory flyers, creatures that Aquarius loathed just as much has he did Threehorns. After the plank that those two heartless Threehorn girls pulled on him that nearly cost him his life and gave him his scars he became rather loathsome of Threehorns and distrustful of everything else that didn't swim naturally like his kind. Ironically the flash flood that saved him from the mud and the starving Fast Biter was the thing that gave him his scars, it would have been worse if he wasn't a natural talent at manoeuvring though, if he wasn't then he might not have survived the flood.

However, the life Aquarius knew had all been taken away from him barely a day ago and now here he was, lost and alone with no idea of what to do. It all started with a rumble that quickly got louder, the ground shook so violently that he could barely stand but thankfully the earthshake was to far away to be a threat or so he, his family and his herd thought. It was what happened after that really sent his life to hell. A large rockslide falling into the large lake that his herd were currently nesting by created a wave unlike anything he had ever seen, a wave over a hundred metres in height and thundering towards them at a terrifying pace. Aquarius closed his eyes and saw it all again.


RUN!

Everyone was running as fast as they could away from the monster wave that was engulfing everything in its path. Aquarius found himself hoisted into his mother's arms as she ran while his father held his younger siblings they both ran together but there was simply no escape they only had seconds remaining and Aquarius would never forget the terror that he felt and saw in his mother's face but all of a sudden the family stopped and Aquarius was nuzzled one last time by his mother. "Swim as best as you can my brave Aquarius" Those were her last words to him because his mother suddenly threw him into the air as high as she could in the hopes that she could get her son onto the top of the wave. His father didn't have the time to do the same with his siblings. Aqaurius watched as his family was washed away a second before he saw blue.    



His mother had probably saved him as her throw was just enough to get him into the higher part of the wave and he was lucky to break the surface a couple of times but was always pulled under again. Eventually all the water fell as the wave arrived at the crack created by the earthshake. Aquarius barely cleared the edge of that giant crack, drinking up water like a giant maw and was sent tumbling down a rocky hill till he eventually stopped and lay in a bloody heap.

Aquarius had since found refuge in the cave he was now in which was close by and used six of the tree stars as makeshift bandages on his more serious wounds but now that he was alone he allowed himself to cry because unless he was very much mistaken, he had just lost his whole family in one awful moment that refused to leave his memory. Everything he knew was now gone and he was alone, why did life have to be so cruel? His sobbing eventually died down and he lay back, too exhausted to do anything else but rest and hopefully recover.


Aqaurius blinked and returned to the moment, he wished he still had his family back but as he saw Rinen; the Threehorn move to the children for food he couldn't help but remember how they wound up together...
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on October 02, 2017, 02:51:32 AM
The desiccated body of the longneck youngling lay on the barren terrain as if to mock anyone who looked upon this shallow ravine with hope.  The fact that the longneck looked to be heading in the same direction from which Buko had came added additional foreboding to the scene.

But what was one's loss was another's gain.

Well you don't have much on you, but I will take what I can get. Buko ripped off another meager portion of the remaining flesh as he examined the bones.  

The bones do not have a bend so he was healthy before... but if he was coming my way when he met his end...  Darn it, Buko! Looks like your sense of direction hasn't improved since... He snapped his beak in annoyance at his thoughts.  Reflecting on the past would do him no good.  It wasn't like it could be changed.

He picked up the humerus from what had been for many days now more of a skeleton than a meaningful meal.  He knew that he could use the bones to get more important information from his fortuitous meal.  Sometimes the dead did tell tales.

Snap!

The bone cracked easily under his beak as he did not hesitate to drink the marrow that still lined its cavity.  The taste of welcome fat washed over his tongue as he concentrated on the nuances of its flavor.

Yep, starvation.  There is no food over there.

Tossing bone aside her shook his head at the tantalizing terrain to his north.  Had this longneck not died here then Buko would have been even further in the hellscape before he realized it was a death trap.  A lucky break.  But this left one more decision to make.

He looked south at the mountains behind him as he rubbed his flank due to the memories of injuries of the past.  

"Granger, no!"

The other fastrunner stood over the broken body of the other male.  His beak dripping with blood as the female cowered.

"Dad!"

The harsh eyes of the victorious male looked in the direction of the juvenile, his expression unconcerned.  With cold determination he approached the nest where the female was huddled.  Several featherless young bodies could be seen behind their mother's feathers.  But, with the instincts of her kind acting upon her, she eventually stepped aside as the male's beak approached the defenseless younglings...


Snap!

Buko broke another bone as he sucked down its rich contents.  But the taste now tasted sour and unappetizing.  He was not going back to where he had come and he was not heading to wherever the longneck had originated.  And as the west appeared a continuation of the barrens that lay ahead that left him only one choice.

"To the west it is."

He resumed his walk towards the hazy hills that lay in the distance.  In the mountains he had found a loving home replaced with despair, but perhaps in the barren hills he could find some sanctuary.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Fyn16 on October 02, 2017, 04:10:02 PM
Get up.

Orsur groaned as he shifted in place. The young, reddish-brown Sailbeak was perched atop a flat rock, his sail turned towards the Bright Circle. The night before had been a cold one, and despite his best efforts to warm himself up, he was still shivering.

He'd never liked the cold. When Cold Times came, he would usually find his parents and keep them close, curling up in his warm nest rather than exposing himself to the biting air. They understood. All the Sailbeaks understood. They never liked the chill in the air either.

But even as the memories surfaced, he felt a pang of sorrow pierce his gut. If he had been standing, he would have staggered, but all he could do was grimace as his hollow stomach cried out to him. He would never curl up in the nest beside his warm mother or father again. If the nest still existed at all, he had no doubt it belonged to someone else now, and as for his parents...

Orsur shivered, watching as the Bright Circle started its long climb. Soon it would crest the horizon, and then perhaps he could take some sort of artificial solace from its own warm touch.

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"Dad?"

"Yes, Orsur?"

"Who are they?"

The two Sailbeaks stood side by side at the edge of their nesting ground, their eyes thoroughly trained on a large gaggle of hunched, plodding forms that trailed dust high into the sky behind them. They were far away, and so neither of the two was able to make out just what sort of dinosaurs were moving towards them. What they both noticed immediately, however, was the silence.

Orsur and his family lived in a communal nesting ground, a place set right in the middle of a grassy plain where other families of Sailbeaks hatched and raised their own children. These lands were theirs to do with as they pleased; to graze, to drink, to live, and to love. And, in the case of the youngest of the Sailbeaks, to frolic. They were welcoming to all who passed through their lands, often even hospitable to the point that those who passed through found it difficult to leave at times. And yet as Orsur set his eyes upon the approaching dinosaurs, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. Something felt wrong. Very wrong.

"I don't know who they are," his father answered, not taking his eyes off of the herd of dark green leaf eaters, "but whoever they are, there are a lot of them, don't you think?"

Orsur nodded.

"There's not a lot in this world that makes a herd that size get up and start traveling. If I had to guess, I'd say something bad happened."

"Something bad?" Orsur piped up, his bright eyes wide with fear as he stared up at his father. For the first time since sighting the distant herd, his father managed to break his gaze away and give his son a reassuring smile.

"I wouldn't worry too much about it, Orsur. Whatever happened, it happened a while ago, and far away from here. We're safe."

Orsur breathed a sigh of relief, but he found that despite his father's comforting words, he was still trembling. There were so many of them, so many broken, dissheveled-looking adults plodding towards them. He saw very few children amid their ranks; this too helped to fuel his sense of doubt.

"Are we safe from them, though?" he asked, nodding towards the herd.

His father seemed caught off guard by this question.

"What sort of a question is that, Orsur? Mind your manners. We have always let others pass through our lands. This is no different."

Orsur turned back towards the herd, still unable to shake his growing feeling of unease. Even if his father seemed satisfied with the answer he had given, he was not.


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The young Sailbeak stumbled down a shallow, sandy slope, pausing only at the bottom to chew absently on the tough, dry branch of a low-growing bush. The taste of the leaves was bitter, biting his tongue, but it served its purpose well enough: quelling the incessant growling of his stomach. As he pulled away from the branch, still chewing, a shimmer caught his eye. He'd learned that these shimmers were often nothing to get excited about, but this one seemed different, more natural than those caused by the Bright Circle's heat.

Water. had to be.

Orsur surged forward on shaking legs, hoping his suspicions were true, and as he drew closer, he felt his heart soar as he realized that it was indeed water he was coming up on. But almost as soon as grew excited, his mood shifted. There were two other dinosaurs there already- children like him, lapping greedily at the water of a pond, barely larger than a puddle. Orsur crouched low, hiding himself behind a stand of tall, dry grass. Neither of them had noticed him.

And both were significantly smaller than he was.

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"Orsur, I don't understand. Why do you fear these outsiders?"

The young Sailbeak shrugged. "I don't know. I just don't like them. They look at us funny, not like the others did."

"Well, they're from far away. You must remember that."

Orsur sighed. "I know."

The two Sailbeaks were sitting together at the far end of the nesting grounds, drinking in the majesty of the night sky. Behind them, the nesting grounds were packed with slumbering dinosaurs- Spikethumbs, every last one of them, and all from a place they called the "Big Water." Evidently some massive wave had wiped out most of their home, and now they were on the move, looking for new lands. There were more on the way, they said, and despite his trepidation, Orsur couldn't help but gawk at the sheer amount of them. They vastly outnumbered their own kind, and with more on the way... it was a terrifying and simultaneously awe-inspiring thought.

"Look up, Orsur. Up at the stars."

Orsur did as his father told, following his gaze up into the starry heavens. Once, when he had been much younger, he had sworn that he would count everyone. A little older now, he was beginning to realize that such a feat was impossible.

"Look closely at them. No two stars look exactly the same, do they?"

Orsur had to squint to see his father's point, but the older Sailbeak was right. They were different, albeit in very subtle ways.

"I guess so," he replied.

"And yet they reside up there in perfect harmony, side by side."

Orsur was beginning to see where his father was going with this, but remained silent as he continued.

"Imagine what would happen if the stars could not live among one another. Imagine all the night sky, descended into chaos. If the stars could not live among one another, there would be no beauty in the night sky, would there?"

Orsur shook his head.

"We are like those stars, Orsur," his father went on. "We must strive to live with that same measure of harmony among one another. If we don't- if we cannot treat each other with respect and show some hospitality, then we scatter ourselves just like the falling stars we see every night."

As if to punctuate his point, one such star crossed the sky just above the horizon, fading elegantly from view.

The young Sailbeak sighed. "I guess."

Orsur's father chuckled. "Don't worry about it too much, son. Soon the Spikethumbs will be on their way, and the nesting grounds will be just the way they always were."

"Promise?" Orsur looked up at his father, almost pleading.

"Promise."


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The two young Brightbills by the waterside never saw Orsur coming.

With a fierce bellow, the older dinosaur came charging out of the grass towards them. Neither young one knew what to think, but the fire in the Sailbeak's eyes was unmistakable. He meant them harm. With squeaks and yelps of fear, they scrambled from the waterside, fleeing as fast as their legs could carry them. Orsur deviated to pursue them, and as he did so, one fell, tripping over its own feet. Orsur charged forward regardless, bearing down on the young one as if to trample him, and just as it seemed he might go through with it, the young one got to his feet and bolted, scampering off in the direction of his rapidly-disappearing friend, brother, or whatever his companion was. Orsur shot a scowl in their direction, and then turned back to the water. The thought that the young dinosaurs might be wanderers like himself never once crossed his mind. That this water might have saved them from dying of thirst was equally unimportant.

What mattered most was that now it belonged to him. And with it, he could survive one more day, just one more of many before...

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"Please understand. We do not mean to insult you. Our lands simply cannot support a much larger herd than-"

"Whether they can or cannot, they must. The rest of us cannot be left to wander and die."

"And I have no wish to see that happen! But surely there are other locations-"

"Perhaps, but we know of only this one. This is the most fertile stretch of land for days in any direction. You cannot expect us to simply go away. Our homes no longer exist."

From a safe distance, Orsur watched as his father and the leader of the Spikethumbs exchanged words. Word had come in that the rest of the Spikethumb herd was on its way, and with very little room left in the nesting grounds, his father had taken upon himself to finally inform the leader that they could take no more. The leader seemed none too pleased.

"Your plight speaks to me," his father said, pacing from side to side, "make no doubt about that. However I must look to my herd's well being before anyone else's. Surely you understand that."

The Spikethumb nodded solemnly. "Yes, I understand."

And in that moment Orsur saw something, a brief but clear indicator that something was very wrong. A pointed, white shape which stood at the ready by the Spikethumb's foot: it's famous jabbing claw.

"So you'll forgive me if I do the same."

And before Orsur's father could react, the Spikethumb was on top of him, driving the nearly-defenseless Sailbeak into the ground with blow after blow from his powerful tail and front feet. Orsur stood rooted, unable to believe what he was seeing, but even as his father's choked gasps reached his ears, Spikethumbs all over the nesting area rose up against their peaceful hosts.

"I thought-" he heard his father gasp before the booming sound of one of the Spikethumb leader's foot-blows silenced him.

"You knew this was coming."

He saw the glint again, a spurt of crimson, and then Orsur saw no more as he turned and ran. All around him, the nesting area descended into chaos. Mothers wailed and fought back with their lives as their nests were trampled. Children fled screaming, and fathers rushed to defend their families only to be cut down by the much stronger Spikethumbs. On that afternoon, the nesting grounds were full of falling stars.

But one star fled the night sky, never to return.


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Orsur lapped at the water, savoring its refreshing touch in spite of the sandy grit within. Ideally, this water would be just enough to get him to the next source, wherever that may be. And as long as he could continue this rhythm every day, perhaps one day...

Perhaps one day he could exact the same terribly fury the Spikethumbs had brought to his home. He would return to the nesting grounds, and if his kind had reclaimed them by then, he would ignore them and press on to the "Big Water." Once there, he would trample their nests, cut down their adults, and drive the children out. He would plunge their own night sky into chaos, and he would bring the stars themselves down on top of them.

But to do that, he had to find water, and find food.

One day at a time, he reminded himself. The two Brightbills from before were watching him from a distance. He shot them a withering glare, and soon they ducked away.

One day at a time.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on October 03, 2017, 12:23:38 PM
Tension was tangible in the air. The young threehorn’s eyes were fixated on the insufferable dinosaur before him who seemingly thought that he was welcome to steal the little food he had found with a combination of great effort and luck. However, the threehorn wasn’t just going to hand over the small, green sanctuary to this arrogant, selfish outsider…. not after all that he had gone through to reach it during the last few weeks. It was a miracle he had even survived through all those hardships and struggles. In the midst of this standoff, the young dinosaur's mind started to wander back to those seemingly faraway, painful days…

Barren lands to the south nearly two weeks ago…

An increasingly cold, dry wind beat the threehorn’s sides as he struggled to find a small refuge, anything that would provide him with a place to sleep in peace without the ever-present threat of the sharpteeth and the intensifying chill. Rinen shivered as he looked at the wind-beaten wastes before him in deep regret, knowing that he was here only because of his own weakness. He was a failure, an outcast that should have already died if his herd had had their way. That horrifying day still haunted his thoughts and made him truly question if he even had the least of reasons to linger in this world. He was alone, disgraced and defenseless against any dangers. A lone tear dropped from the greyish-yellow threehorn’s right eye as that most painful of moments flowed through his mind as they so often had during his long, lonely days here in the beaten wastes of the Mysterious Beyond.

The young male fell to the ground in utter exhaustion of the fight, his powers completely drained by the intense hunger and ordeals he had been put through in the past days. This was the Test of Worthiness, the most important and tasking of the trials in his herd. For many days, Rinen and other boys his age had been kept in hunger while being forced to march long distances and fight each other constantly to prove their full capability in order to earn their place in the herd. Rinen, as any other of the young threehorns, wanted nothing more than to pass the test but… he had suffered for days far more than the others and at this point, he was completely spent. The endless marching and fighting had drained him of every inch of his strength. After another, draining fight, he simply couldn’t even stand up anymore. A large male quickly ran to him and yelled in a loud voice.

“Get up, now! You know what happens to weaklings!” The older threehorn yelled in hardly contained anger, accompanied by a mocking and loathing chuckle from Rinen’s opponent. The yellowish boy tried to raise his head to look at the others around him and he whimpered with a forced, desperate manner which clearly signaled that he wouldn’t rise to fight or march anymore. His stamina was utterly spent.

“Please… just let me drink a little… I can do this…” Rinen’s silent pleads earned a contemptuous bellow from the larger male and the duo were quickly earning an audience. Seeing this, the young threehorn was coming to a realization that he was finished.

“You will not drink ever again if you don’t get up, now! You know very well what is at stake.” The larger dinosaur calmed down a little to give the boy one, last chance. Rinen was ready to give up until he saw the only even vaguely understanding face. It was his grandfather, his only family present during this trial as his mother, younger siblings and aunt had been left alongside with most of the herd for the duration of the Test. Even if his grandfather was as stern as any other male in the herd, he had always tried to help his grandson survive to his best ability, even if he had often expressed his displeasure at Rinen’s beliefs and perceived physical and mental weakness. Now, however, there was only one, desperate thing that radiated in his eyes.

You have to get up, Rinen. Do this for our family and ancestors’ sake.

His grandfather’s presence gave Rinen the strength he thought he needed to go on and with a herculean effort, he managed to once again rise to his footing. With wobbling feet, he tried to regain his balance and tough composure but after a few seconds, something within him gave up. Rinen collapsed to the ground again, the eyes of every assembled dinosaur gazing at him in loathing and hatred, the most painful of their looks belonging to his grandfather. With half-open eyes, Rinen saw his expression and…


The next memories were too much for the young threehorn to handle even now. The shame and sorrow he had brought to his grandfather, the ultimate humiliation of being left for death… at this point, Rinen felt the last remains of his confidence break down and tears started to flow down his cheeks with great intensity. He had been disowned by his own family, his whole life with them would be forgotten, the shame he had caused to everyone being his only legacy. The threehorn’s head dropped towards the ground in resignation as he continued to move on while choking down his own tears.

The threehorn wandered forward, the wind only growing stronger to a degree which caused the young dinosaur to shiver violently. He knew he’d have to find shelter or risk freezing. The barren landscape was giving way to a slightly hilly region which was a welcome break from the deadly monotony of the desert. The area was filled with great mounds, small gorges… and a cave! Completely overridden with momentary relief, he ran to the rather large opening, briefly looking around himself. The cavern was rather high but it seemed to be empty of any potentially hostile dinosaurs. At least it would provide him with some shelter until the air got at least slightly warmer.

However, his momentary respite was broken by a sudden sighting. Near him sat a young swimmer who was apparently wounded. Despite his sorry state, Rinen wasn’t about to let him go easily from this situation. However, the young threehorn was too weak and beaten to be even willing to escalate things any further than he’d have to, no matter how much he distrusted the other dinosaur’s kind. Rinen looked at the swimmer with resigned eyes and he sat down near the smaller male in an indifferent manner as he spoke.

“Aren’t you a bit far from the Big Water, bigface? Or what does it matter… things are already bad enough without me trying to act like I’m someone of any worth.”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on October 06, 2017, 07:25:33 PM
Note: Edits to my first post to include the oasis have been complete.


Aquarius glared daggers at the Threehorn who dared call him a beak face but he knew that he was in no position to do anything to defend himself, he was at this Threehorns mercy one way or another and he hated that. "Don't call me bigface or I will call you hornface" retorted Aquarius, his voice filled with anger and pain. "and for your information not all Swimmers live by The Big Water, now why don't you do us both a big favour and get out of my cave!" He knew had struck a nerve by how the Threehorn looked but he was not going to take anything from his kind standing up or laying down.

"Why can't this guy just leave me alone?" said Aquarius inwardly.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on October 09, 2017, 04:06:05 PM
The swimmer’s arrogant and fearless words made Rinen looked at him in a mix of surprise and annoyance. This small dinosaur surely wasn’t in any condition to stand up to him but still he tried to uphold a brave face. However, even from his position of strength, the threehorn decided to avoid escalating the situation without a good reason. He was simply mentally too exhausted to even try to put on a tough stance with the harmless, injured brat.

“I would stay silent if I were you, swimmer. It should be me who should get you out of here but you may stay if you don’t do anything stupid. I’ve had enough of fights but don’t insult me any further or you’ll be sorry!” Rinen said and slightly raised his voice to press his point.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on October 09, 2017, 07:25:51 PM
Aquarius grumbled angrily to himself. This was the last dinosaur he wanted the unfortunate luck of running into, still it was better then a Sharptooth and if that Threehorn was not willing to cause any trouble then he would live with that. Aquarius couldn't help but wonder what had befallen the Threehorn, cause he looked simply exhausted, in both senses mentally and physically. "Fine," sighed Aquarius in defeat, letting his brave face fall "but stay away from me" he added quietly but in a tone that reeked of anger. He shuffled slightly away to the cave wall opposite the Threehorn.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on October 10, 2017, 03:04:10 PM
Rinen looked at the swimmer in slight relief, lying down on the cavern floor while turning to look at the opening that loomed in the distance, seeing that the wind was only increasing by the minute. Its whistling could be heard everywhere in the cave and it only fueled the threehorn’s torn mindset. He might be safe for now but that helped little to lighten his mood. He had nowhere to go, little chance to survive the constant threat of the sharpteeth and he couldn’t even tell if he had what it took to move on. Rinen didn’t want to die but the painful memories engulfed the young threehorn in their tight grip. He simply couldn’t shake his grandfather’s expression from his mind or the last words spoken to him by the herd’s elders. The vicious cycle of self-condemnation once again started, making Rinen cringe in sadness and his head drop lower. With a herculean effort, he managed to hold his tears but at this moment, he was at a total loss of what to do.

The wind should end at some point but what does it matter? I’ll never find any place I can stay in anyway… It’s all for nothing! But... but that swimmer doesn’t seem to be doing too well either… I wonder what’s up with him?

Not as much as a gesture of friendliness but as an effort to see if there were others in at least nearly as terrible situations as he was, Rinen slowly turned his head to look back at the swimmer. With a forced growl, the threehorn broke the tangible silence.

“Well, what’s a hatchling like you doing here? Where did you get so badly beaten?” Rinen asked sternly, willing to get anything else to think than his own dark thoughts.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on October 14, 2017, 06:46:22 PM
Aquarius's patience was rapidly wearing thin but despite that he still tried to maintain a calm composure but he found that was way to difficult, he felt to much emotions to be calm. He still felt anger and betrayal when he looked at the Threehorn but he also felt pain, sadness, loss and humiliation from looking at his injury's or even think about why he was here. There was no way that Threehorn could understand what potentially loosing the entirety of his family was like.

Aquarius grimaced at the Threehorn's next statement. "He called me a flipping hatchling, who does he think he is?" Aquarius raged inwardly. He my be young but he did not think of himself as a hatchling when he had been through so much and he vocally challenged this "I am not a hatchling chubby and I'm not sure if you've been living in another cave but The Great Wave is what happened to me!"

However Aqaurius gave a loud moan as his the small wound on his front tinged with stinging pain and he held onto it tightly, in a curled, trembling ball. However despite this he was not going to let himself show weakness by crying in the presence of this ignorant Threehorn. His pain soon subsided back to a tolerable level and he simply lay on the ground in utter exhaustion.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on October 16, 2017, 12:36:37 AM
Wyoh puffed up her feathers against the sharp morning air. Cold was something she was familiar with, as temperatures often dropped at night in the forest home of her youth, but this bite in the air was different. It brought with it a scent that set her on edge, and reminded her of death. She set the deep foreboding aside for the moment; just one more thing to add to the pain in her empty stomach.
As she entered a ragged copse that betrayed the area's former fertility, nipping at withered buds and small crawlers, her starved mind wandered back to better times.

Warm nights, a belly full treesweets, listening to father talk about the lights in the sky, her brother dozing beside her.

Running through the sun-dappled forest with mother, feeling like her legs would never grow tired. Learning of territories, of the Tallcrests' lofty place among the fastrunners, of their special connection with the trees.

The dry times, the death of the life-giving tree sweet trees, father's drawn face when brother took ill.

Her and father, alone. So many things he could not teach her. The scarce food, the fights, the night when-


No!

Not there. She couldn't afford to think about it. Not yet.

A lethargic crawler caught her attention as she rounded another barren tree trunk, and she snapped it up with a relish before it could flee. The crawlers were good, but they wouldn't keep her alive forever- there weren't nearly enough of them left for that. As she trotted free of the sparse tree cover, a jovial blaze of color on the horizon stopped her short. It reminded her of warm times and treesweets, and she was moving toward it before she knew what she was doing. Catching the unmistakable ruffle of feathers in the wind and the stiff-legged gait of the bearer of those colors brought her back to her senses. Though it was some distance away, she suspected another fastrunner, and this gave her pause. Its presence might mean food, but it could also mean a fight, and its size was hard to judge from where she was. She elected to keep a cautious distance, grateful for the sparse protection of her juvenile coat, and hoping she hadn't already been spotted.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on October 17, 2017, 03:59:22 PM
Annoyed snorts left Rinen’s mouth as he looked at the swimmer in rising anger. Many other dinosaurs would have felt sympathy for the small swimmer’s agony but Rinen was too preoccupied by his disappointment at his antics and insult to pay his writhes any attention. The main thing that annoyed the threehorn, apart from his deep emotional turmoil, was the swimmer’s answer to his effort to break the ice but his affront also hit a raw nerve. He had once been rather fat which had cost him a lot in popularity with other boys his age and no matter what he wanted to believe, this was still evident in his body. While by no means fat anymore, he was certainly more rounded and heavy than most other dinosaurs his age. Resorting to this fact was a lowly blow from the swimmer. Rinen hit his right front leg to the ground as he started to speak.

“Who are you to call me chubby, rockhead? Even you should know that messing with a threehorn is seldom a good idea. And there have never been any waves this far away from the Big Water so start telling the truth, you hatchling. You’re barely old enough to leave the nest by yourself so I’d suggest you stop acting like you’re the boss here!” The threehorn said as he walked towards the arrogant swimmer with a clearly angered look. He had tried to give his counterpart a friendly opening but this swimmer seemed willing to confront him as an opponent and continuously try to escalate things.

Well, that’s only all the worse for him if he continues to act like this…
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on October 17, 2017, 04:21:14 PM
The Oviraptor dove into the tangled maze of desiccated roots as if it was a bed of soft grass.  Ignoring the pained protests from his body at its rough treatment he continued to crawl under what passed as the only cover he could find.

Darn it!  Why do I have to stand out like a night flower to everything that wants to eat me?

As quick as he could manage he kicked up the dust around him in order to cover his flamboyant coat of feathers in a cloak of light brown.  Then, being careful to rub his scent along the ground as he descended deep into the maze of dead underbrush, he prepared to lead his pursuer on a race that they couldn't win.

By the time you find my path through this crap I will be ready to sprint on my way!

He sniffed the air again.  The scent of fastrunner was obviously in the air, but he could tell nothing about his counterpart.  For all he knew they could be a hungry adult or a lost youngling.  And he wasn't about to poke his head out to catch a peek.

He took a deep breath as he stretched his legs under the unforgiving canopy of roots and thorns.  Only time would tell what awaited him.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on October 22, 2017, 07:47:24 PM
Aquarius glared at The Threehorn as he approached till he was almost within touching distance but Aquarius couldn't run away even if he wanted to so he held firm under the angry stare directed at him by the irate Threehorn. However the words that were said to him made him seethe with rage, if there was one thing Aquarius hated it was being called hatchling because it implied helplessness and that was the one thing Aquarius hated which was exactly how he was feeling at that precise moment.

"I am Aquarius, chub and stop calling me Hatchling! I am not a flipping hatchling so get that through your thick bone head!." Aquarius was almost nose to nose with the Threehorn now as both glared at each other with equal loathing "I am telling the truth everything, dinosaurs, plants and everything in between including my herd, MY family and myself was washed away but a wave the size of a mountain!" Aquarius picked up a rock and held it tightly in his hands in the hope that in might help calm him down but also just in case things got worse...
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on October 24, 2017, 11:05:58 AM
Faint flaps echoed throughout the scarily silent remains of what was once a beautiful land, a faint and small shadow could be seen flying throughout the various remains of what were once trees. Loud roars could be heard echoing behind the small figure as it tried to hide in the trees, deadly afraid and with a vacant look on its face, its eyes though were filled with sadness, despair and hopelessness, reliving the last couple hours with deadly accuracy.

Remembering its family the scared figure- which was now identified as a flyer- began to move again, the trees cracking under the flyer as they tried not to break. The flyer shivered and tried to accumulate some courage and went flying from tree to tree, towards the nest it came from, towards the home it left behind.

The flyer flew up and tried going back as far as it could, hoping that its family was ali-

"Run! Run, and don't look back! We'll be fine, now GO!"

The words shattered its courage and it fell down again, luckily falling on a branch of a tree, "We'll be fine, Samara, trust us, we'll be fine, now go! Fly away before it is too late! We'll meet you at the river, wait for us there!" tears welled up in the eyes of the flyer- now known as Samara- and she began to cry loudly, screaming up into the sky of how unfair life actually was, with no one to give her comfort, all alone in a dark and scary world.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on October 24, 2017, 02:33:25 PM
Slash jumped over a ground spike. What in the heck was going on? He had most surely experienced earthshakes before, but never one this large. He looked around, and could see pieces of the grounds of the Earth moving a few hundred meters away from him, and saw a number of threehorns fall into a hole opened up from the drift of land. His eyes widened, and he thought to himself; not like this! The largest sharktooth sharptooth in the area could not die from a puny earthshake! But then he quickly realized that this was no ordinary earthshake. Slash then stopped. He turned around, and could see a large herd of Sailbeaks charging toward him. He turned to his left immediately, and leaped with his abnormal jumping ability about a hundred meters to the side to avoid being crushed by the Sailbeak herd he had seen many times before. He landed on the ground with a loud thud, and suddenly spotted one of the Sailbeaks fly off the ground from the force of one of the tremors and fly toward him. The Sailbeak hit into him which threw him to the ground and close to the edge of a steep hill. Thankfully, Slash was able to push himself forward before he got too close to the ever-steepening hill, but unfortunately for the Sailbeak - a female, a sinkhole had suddenly formed close to the bottom of the hill and sent the now rolling Sailbeak into it, killing it once it hit the bottom. Slash quickly got to his feet. He had just nearly died there, but he could just as easily be killed the next second, so he sprinted to higher ground as the loud tremors and screams and deaths of the leaf eaters continued.

Slash walked along the barren lands he has always seen in his life. He made his way across the landscape, northeast of the large river that contained lots of life - or, maybe not anymore. The earthshake and tsunami had claimed a large number of dinosaur lives, and it connected to the Big Water itself. He decided to head down to it, smelled it and headed southwest of his current position.

As he started in the direction, his mouth started to water and he growled lowly as his hunger was growing. He hadn't eaten since some time before the disaster, so he decided to sniff for prey to kill or carrion to scavenge from on the way to the river. After the tsunami, many dinosaurs died and their bodies ended up in various places around the area, making life much easier for sharpteeth that had survived to thrive and scavenge the meat off of them. The bodies had started to rot and they reeked as they started decaying, making it easier to smell bodies around the land.

However, Slash needed to be very careful. Other sharpteeth would surely be drawn to the locations of bodies, and he had no idea exactly what could come around. Bigbiter sharpteeth, plated sharpteeth, browridge sharpteeth, fast biters, anything, could be the last creature Slash could happen to see before he was killed by them. But Slash was smart. He would try to play it cool if he happened to come across another sharptooth, and if he found another sharptooth of his kind, maybe he could find a new mate.

A mate. Slash didn't want to think about that. He didn't want to think about his previous mate - Charo. He had loved her dearly, more than any other creature he had ever seen. She was the prettiest and strongest female sharktooth sharptooth that he had ever met in his entire 31 year old life. He wanted to raise a family with her eventually, but when she was killed by the Sailbeak herd about a year earlier, he lost even more trust in leaf eaters than he had already lost when a longneck killed his mother and almost killed him. And thinking about him killing his own father to save himself made things even worse. The ferocious beast almost shed a tear, but he pulled the memories from his head before he could do so and continued to press on.

However, he suddenly caught the scent of a dead carcass. It was a Sailbeak; he knew this because he had hunted them for food since he was old enough to pursue prey with his parents. He licked his lips and grinned in an evil fashion and started down the hill in front of him.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on October 25, 2017, 01:32:18 PM
"No, don't leave me behind, dad!" The young longneck lay on the ground, her legs refusing to carry her any further, her throat too dry to utter anything above a crosked whisper. They had been walking for who knows how long through endless deserts with no water and food. Lizzie could not walk any further, it couldn't be helped anymore.

"Then get up you weakling!" her large father bellowed. "I have no use for another weak child! There's not enough food for us anymore, either you can keep up or you can't! You're old enough to know that only the strongest survive so get your grip together!"

"No, dad, please..." Lizzie cried desperately. "There is only so much you can ask of a child like me, I- I'm too exhausted, I'm..."

"Stop crying you wimp!" her father snorted. "Get up now or die here, your choice Lizzie. Don't you disappoint me too..." His last words held some sadness to them as the male briefly recalled what happened to the remaining children. Only two were left and Lizzie was about to join those that were already lost.

The girl recalled what happened to her sister who was left behind just like this a few weeks before. As she remembered this, her crying intensified although no tears ever came, her weak body too dehydrated and sun-baked to spare any. Fear quickly replaced the endless sadness that her sister's probable death caused her because now she was in the same situation - too weak to move on.

"I... can't..." she whispered with a pained voice. "Can't get up..."

"Move you damn butt, Lizzie, or do you want me to make you?!" Wrath began to build up in the adult and Lizzie noticed it, her fear increasing to such a level that she started skaking.

"Get up, useless girl! Come on!"

Driven by her fear and shaking like a tree in a storm, Lizzie tried to get onto her feet, heaving her front up but as soon as she placed her full weight onto her beaten hind legs, she collapsed back to the ground as if a mountain lasted on her shoulders, silently weeping.

"GET UP YOU PILE OF DUNG!!!" Her father raged on, readying himself to beat the poor form on the ground.

"Just carry her, dad, this is a waste of energy..." the remaining child prompted but the adult didn't listen.

"NO, a weak child is a waste of energy... now," he swung his tail. "GET." Beat her once. "UP!" And beat her once more.

The girl whimpered as her body was pushed across the hard ground but did not show any other reaction to the violence she was exposed to, coming to a rest lying on her side.

"Help her up," her father barked, adressing Lizzie's brother who hurried to the scene to do as ordered. "If she falls again, leave her. She's had her chance..."

"C'mon sis, just a little longer and we can rest, okay?" the girl was adressed by her brother as he heaved his beaten sister back onto her legs. Lizzie's legs were wobbly but she managed to keep her footing for now.

"Now move... pathetic little girl..." the male snorted, ordering the two siblings to follow him on their journey towards water and food. They would have to find something soon or even the adult would break soon.

It cost Lizzie a lot of willpower to walk on but, however a bit slowly, she did for a while. However, it kept on draining her to the point of total exhaustion. She began lagging behind, her breath going wild, her heart racing, her vision blurring, her balance failing her.

"Please wait..." she tried calling for help but nobody listened as her legs gave in, crashing onto the sun-baked dirt. With a final scream, Lizzie tried to prevent the inevitable but she couldn't stop her cardiovascular system from failing her as her head dropped to the ground, motionless.

Lizzie suddenly found herself screaming at the top of her lungs all of a sudden. Not remembering what just transpired, the yellow-coloured Longneck jumped to her feet, adrenaline flooding her veins until she realised she was just having the same nightmare again that had been haunting her ever since that fareful day.

"Calm down, just a sleep story... a very... scary... sleepstory..." the longneck told herself though the painful scream prevailed in her head screaming out in misery. Or was it really just a voice in her head? It sounded too real to be inaginary.

"Am I still half-asleep?" she wondered but even as she shook her head wildly, hit it on a nearby tree - yes, even slap herself with her own tail... the voices stayed. Heck, they got louder and more desperate by the minute, almost giving her a headache at this point.

"What is going on?!" Lizzie puzzled, the screams almost freaking her out as if a ghost was trying to haunt her. Just when the girl was about to take flight from the voice (which was a pointless thing to do considering it seemed to originate within her head) when the screaming suddenly turned into pained cries that sounded way too familiar because she had heard herself utter those too many times to count...

"Mommy, daddy!" the voice cried and it almost sounded like the voice of a child somewhere nearby!

"That's not in my head... this is someone who needs help!" the longneck spoke in realisation. She had stopped caring about pretty much everything - even her own life, long ago, however she knew the pain of being helpless too well to ignore it. If somebody was in trouble and there was something she could do, then she would no matter the costs! Wasn't like she cared about her own life anymore anyhow...

"I'll help, sounds like a lone child, just need to find her..." Lizzie mumbled to herself, walking in the direction where it seemed to originate from...

Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on October 26, 2017, 12:38:04 AM
At first, Wyoh was merely confused- it hadn't even turned in her direction since she'd spotted it, so what was it running from? She'd started to look around for the culprit before she felt the breeze again, coming from behind her.

Stupid! The wind-sign! She squawked a bit in frustration and shook her head roughly, disgusted by her oversight. She couldn't even remember the simplest lessons! Mother would be ashamed.

Still stinging under her own scorn, she took a leisurely pace toward where she had last seen the unknown other. As she approached the spot, its retreat path was not hard to discern. Bright feathers pulled loose and scuff marks on a tangle of nearby roots basically screamed "over here," not to mention the unmasked scent-trail. Definitely a fast-runner, and definitely not the distinctive mark of another Tallcrest. This gave her some measure of security; very few fastrunners grew to be as large as her kind, and though she was still young, she was already quite big. So, it was probably smaller than her.

She crouched down, attempted to wiggle her way into a sizable opening in the roots, and immediately got stuck.

If it made it through that mess, it was definitely smaller than her.

After some scraped skin and a few lost feathers, she managed to pull herself free. Unable to find any larger entrance, she satisfied herself with pacing around in a huff, unsure of what to do next. She had intended to trail this stranger for a while in the hopes that they knew something she didn't- very likely, as she had a poor sense of direction and no navigational skills. That plan was shot.

"Alright, fine, I'm leaving!" She yelled into the underbrush, more out of pique than anything. The other fastrunner was probably long gone. She took a few strides back out onto the waste and sat down heavily, throwing up a cloud of dust. She needed to rest, and to think.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on October 27, 2017, 01:37:29 AM
Buko struggled to hold his breath as his mind bombarded him with doubts.  What if he could not escape fast enough once she got into his nest of roots and thorns?  What if she decided to wait him out?  What if she found a way to get him that he did not foresee? With his bright plumage he was obviously made for running more than he was for running.

As soon as he heard the movement of the roots he prepared himself for the run of his life.  It seemed the predator was going in for the kill.

But then the shuffling continued without any obvious progress.  Feathers did not appear behind him.  Only the sound of a few pained chirps and a frustrated sigh reached his ears.

"Alright, fine, I'm leaving!"

Buko let out a breath more out of surprise than relief.  With the exception of the occasional roar of a sharptooth or the frightened screech of dinosaurs fearing for their eggs, he had not heard a voice directed at him in many months.  Despite the fact that he had no idea of this Tallcrest's intentions, whether mere curiosity or seeking a meal at his expense, he couldn't deny that he welcomed the verbal intrusion.  In the days to come he would debate with himself whether it was that desire for socialization that caused his next actions, or merely his own stupidity.

With some hesitation he opened his beak to speak.

"I would advise not going that way then... the longneck youngling was coming from that way and it did not end will for him."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on October 28, 2017, 08:46:33 AM
The threehorn looked at the swimmer in a mixture of hate, scorning but also to some point, growing interest. Even if he didn’t trust the smaller dinosaur in the least, he couldn’t deny his rising curiosity about what had happened. Aquarius’ situation didn’t provide room for any great plotting and to be sure, the swimmer’s injuries seemed like they could have been caused by a giant wave and its immediate aftermath. But even then… it was impossible. Such monstrous waves simply didn’t happen and even Rinen, who for a long time had hoped that there was more to the world than met the eye, found the swimmer’s story extremely hard to believe.

On top of all that, he wasn’t simply going to let Aquarius’ threat go unpunished. If there was one thing that still tied him into his old, traditional threehorn way of life, was his pride and the, no matter how difficult it seemed, strive for dominance and his efforts to at least silence the threats towards him whenever he simply could. And right now, this swimmer was going too far with his insults and hostile behavior. Even if a small stone would never be able to hurt a threehorn, he was going to teach this swimmer something he wouldn’t forget anytime soon. We’ll see how tough you are soon enough, puny swimmer!

“To your knowledge, waves aren’t the size of mountains! I don’t know who you’re trying to fool but I’ve had enough of it!” Suddenly Rinen started to swing his tail, hoping to disarm Aquarius of his laughable threat and send him flying to his back. The threehorn wasn’t trying to seriously hurt his only companion but a little lesson to the arrogant swimmer wouldn’t hurt…
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on October 30, 2017, 10:53:11 PM
Aquarius saw the Threehorn raise his tail in an obvious preparation for a strike and he assumed that it wasn't going to be a soft blow but he was not willing to let that happen. Aquarius may have been wounded but he could still push himself up and judging by the relaxed stance this stupid Threehorn was making he was sure that a 'wounded, helpless hatchling' was no threat whatsoever.

Well, he had made a terrible mistake.


"Never underestimate your opponent" said Aquarius inwardly. He had heard many great tales and legends from his kinds past and he often recited them and now he could see how useful they were. A stone was not much but if it was used correctly it was deadly and that's exactly what he intended to use it for.

His body tensed as the tail swung down, leaving the Threehorn's flank and rear exposed with his head turned slightly away. Perfect. Aquarius closed his eyes and despite all the pain that his beaten body was feeling at that exact moment he jumped forward, just before the tail could come down and landed on all fours beneath the arrogant Threehorn.

Aqaurius wasted no time in running over to the neck of the Threehorn from underneath. He had no intention to hurt him but rather to humble him as he held the sharp end of the rock to his throat. In a dramatic turn of tables The Threehorn was now at his mercy, he could kill him if he wanted to and there was nothing that could be done to stop him. He held the stone firmly to the skin of the neck so The Threehorn would know his situation and said firmly:

"Not so tough now! I don't want this, stop calling me names and I won't do anything to you in return and as for my story I don't care of you believe it but it won't change me view on things. So just please leave me alone!" Aquarius shouted out the last part and pulled the rock away from the shocked Threehorn and walked a couple of paces till he was out in the open then promptly fell to the ground with the terrible pain that he no longer needed to keep at bay, his back to the Threehorn as he crawled away to the cave wall slowly and in agonising pain.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on November 01, 2017, 10:14:52 AM
Gasps of disbelief accompanied Rinen as he looked at the swimmer’s slowly departing form. What had just happened? Had this swimmer really been in a position to kill him? Had he actually been that blind and stupid? If… if that was the case, he was just as big a failure as he had been told. Once again, he had dishonored his kind by losing to this swimmer weakling but he had also embarrassed himself. At this terrible moment, Rinen’s shocked eyes bored into Aquarius’ back, seeing that the smaller dinosaur had clearly reached his limits. Without a thought, Rinen growled in deep anger and started to charge towards the swimmer, advancing towards him with a vengeful look. Aquarius turned to look at him but he had no time to escape.

However, just as Rinen was about to crush his insufferable companion, the threehorn realized he was only digging himself deeper and deeper into the pit of self-loathing and dishonor by attacking a helpless dinosaur who had already bested him. With a sick feeling in his mind, the threehorn’s focus turned away from Aquarius and just before the threehorn was about to reach him, Rinen crashed into the wall of the cave with an extremely violent force. Rocks started to fall around the threehorn as his head hit three more times against the hard rock, Rinen determined to punish himself for his terrible mistake and miserable existence. After those hits, the threehorn stayed still for a few moments before he rose up to his feet and turned around. He whispered in a beaten voice, not caring if the swimmer heard it or not.

“You win. Keep your cave, swimmer. I hope we never meet again.” The threehorn fought to keep his tears in check when he spoke but as he moved back towards the outside and the merciless, freezing winds, thick tears started to drop to the ground. This humiliation had been the final straw: if this would be his end, so be it. Each every day in his life seemed to only bring more humiliations upon him and his kind.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on November 02, 2017, 10:27:56 AM
Wyoh was deep in thought, trying to remember the details of bright circle navigation she'd learned so long ago- had she kept it to one side or the other while she had been walking? She couldn't remember, and so she settled on trying to identify familiar landmarks to get her bearings. Opting quickly for a direction that she wasn't quite sure about, she stood, shook the dust off, and started on her way.

"I would advise not going that way then... the longneck youngling was coming from that way and it did not end will for him."

She chirped a bit in surprise, and turned back toward the tangle of roots and thorns. So, he was still there.

"... Longneck youngling?" She soon spotted the unfortunate young one, or what was left of it, and moved over to investigate. After a few scraps of dried meat that only served to make her thirsty, she turned her attention back to the problem of the stranger. She approached his hiding spot and peeked tentatively between the roots, careful not to get too close. She couldn't quite see how far back he'd gone, and she preffered to keep her face and eyes out of reach in case he decided to strike.

"Hello?" This seemed like a poor greeting on it's own. "Are you a fastrunner? You smell like one." Not much better, but these were strange circumstances. She wasn't exactly sure if talking to him was a good idea, particularly since he was understandably wary of her. However, she preferred to get a better idea of who this stranger was, rather than turn her back to a potential threat.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on November 02, 2017, 11:30:18 AM
Buko hesitated a moment, torn between kicking himself for his lack of discipline and feeling elated that the dinosaur did not appear to be hostile.

But looks could be deceiving.

"The longneck youngling had signs of eating poorly... so if we go the way he came then we will probably meet the same fate."

With deliberate speed, and being careful to stay close in case he needed to dart back into his shelter, he emerged through what he had originally intended to be his point of escape.

He turned to look at his counterpart.  The Tallcrest feathers were mottled brown and white in the typical juvenile coloration, a sign of just how much he had overreacted to the 'threat'.  Though with her size advantage over him he certainly would not want to get into a dispute with her.  Due in part to the size difference it did not register in his mind that he was dealing with a younger Tallcrest.

In any case there was no need to be impolite.

"The name's Buko, son of Rizan.  And yours?"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on November 06, 2017, 02:53:04 PM
Wyoh nodded knowingly at his comment about the longneck's condition. In truth, she could not figure out what "signs" he was referring to, but she decided that it was best to keep this information to herself.

She stepped back to watch as he emerged from his shelter, the light glinting off of his bright feathers in the spots that his hurried dust bath had missed. She stared for a bit in quizzical interest. Her kind rarely grew feathers so bright, and the novelty of it was enough to hold her attention for a moment. She noted with relief that she was, in fact, a bit larger than him. Though she was not much of a fighter and had never had an opportunity to learn, she at least felt that she wouldn't be at a major disadvantage if things went badly.

"I am Wyoh." Her kind didn't usually adress themselves using their relations, but she, too, did not want to seem impolite. "Daughter of..." she wondered if Rizan had been his mother or father, and which parent she was supposed to name. "Daughter of Heta."

It was nice to speak to another fastrunner again, even if he wasn't a tallcrest. Her kind were mostly solitary by nature, but as desperately as she tried, she was still too young to commit to that lifestyle. She missed the company of her family.

"Do you... know which way we should go, Buko?" She was not sure of this stranger yet, but anything was better than wandering in circles.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on November 06, 2017, 07:47:33 PM
Buko considered his counterpart for a moment.  The hesitation in naming her lineage lacked any obvious malicious intent, which left several possibilities.  The most notable was that she was not accustomed to announcing her parentage.  The hesitation in the next question indicating a far more innocent possibility, however.

"Do you... know which way we should go, Buko?"

So she is wandering without a plan as well.  Lovely. He sighed slightly. So instead of leading myself nowhere I can have company.  Company that can use me as a meal when I inevitably lead us nowhere.

Despite his cynicism he was more fond of this possibility than the idea of being alone once more.  With the places his thoughts had gone since he lost his family any company would be better company than his own thoughts and regrets.

"Well... where the longneck came from is out," he gestured at the pile of broken bones, "And trust me you don't want to go where I came from unless you enjoy the company of fastbiters and hunger."

He pointed at the hills in the distance.  "But there are some clouds over the hills... so maybe we can find some water over there...  And where there is water there often is food."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on November 08, 2017, 01:08:07 AM
Aquarius shivered at the emotional display that he had just witnessed but he couldn't help but feel a little confused. He didn't think that any Threehorn would react well to a wounded pride and indeed this Threehorn had charged him but changed his course at the last minute. A decision that baffled Aquarius, when he saw that Threehorn coming he expected him to run straight through him, yet he didn't. "Why?" asked Aquarius to himself.

He knew he should feel grateful that the Threehorn had not crushed him but his mind was focused on the fact that any normal Threehorn should've crushed him, it was what he expected from Threehorns but this one didn't and seeing his ferocious pummelling of the wall made him wonder."Did Something happen to him? He looks really...angry and sad but why didn't he crush me then?"

However what really struck Aquarius was the Threehorn's whispered heartbroken words and the tears that fell as he trudged towards the entrance of the cave. Aquarius felt his stomach drop, even though he hated Threehorn's and his father had taught him not to trust anyone but his own kind, he felt sympathy. This Threehorn had evidently been through a lot and ever since he had come in all Aquarius had done was go head to head with The Threehorn in a hostile manner.

A voice that made Aquarius heart shake spoke in his mind  "A little compassion goes a long way, little one. It may be tricky to give at times but ultimately if we show others a little friendship and kindness when they need it then they will give it to you in return" Aquarius brushed a tear away as he remembered his mother's words that she adopted as her code to uphold and indeed she did, she would always put other before herself, thinking about her like this just made Aquarius more depressed at his current situation. He probably never see his mother again.

The least he could do was honour his mother's memory by adopting her code of caring as well besides he didn't want to be alone, not now. "Wait!" he yelled to the Threehorn who stopped where he was. Aquarius took a deep breath and swallowed his pride. "I'm sorry about how I treated you, I just don't have good experiences with your kind. You don't have to go, you can stay here as long as you want, I have a little food and water" Aquarius pointed to the ground star plant and spring.

As soon as he said those words he felt a little better, he just hoped it was the right decision.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on November 09, 2017, 08:36:47 AM
The swimmer’s words hit Rinen with a mixture of astonishment and ever-deepening shame. After all Aquarius had done to chase him away, now he was pleading for him to stay? Rinen felt his rage dying down a bit inside him as he heard the swimmer’s suddenly-kind voice, genuinely begging for him to stay. However, all of that mattered very little at this point. The sad irony of this moment washed over the threehorn as he realized the implications of the situation he was in: he had sank low enough for a swimmer to be able to offer him help. The mere thought of this scenario was a preposterous one and Rinen knew the brief window for accepting that kind of offer had closed. Either he would survive on his own or face his end. Rinen turned his head slowly at the small dinosaur who was looking at him in clear confusion.

“Save it, swimmer. You clearly don’t know anything about threehorns: we don’t live in the mercy of your kind. I don’t deserve any pity at this point. Save that for someone who does.” Rinen turned his head to the raging mouth of the cave. A real storm had risen during his relatively short stay in the cave but all of that seemed like faraway things of little importance. The flurry of raindrops and lightning drowned under his grandfather’s voice in his head, a painful remainder of the life he had thrown away and trust he had proven misplaced.

There will be times when you will be tested but you are a threehorn and our kind never gives up in the face of danger. Carry your name and heritage with pride but don’t take it for granted.  You are my grandson and I trust you to make me proud.

Despite the feeling of betrayal, Rinen could feel his legs grow wobbly as the depth of his misery dawned on him. With a sudden urge to overcome his growing despair, Rinen took a step forward, preparing to head off into the rain… when a giant bolt of lightning hit the hill just above opening. With a roaring rage, it seemed like a huge rock had exploded in the air and after a few seconds, massive formations of rock begun pounding the ground in front of the cave. For a brief moment, Rinen thought of trying to run out of the closing opening but he realized the risk of being crushed by a falling rock was too great.

With a sickening feeling, the young threehorn heard further cracks in the cavern’s interior which seemed to be originating from the opening. They quickly stopped spreading but small rocks started to fall from the ceiling. With a terrified cry, Rinen yelled to Aquarius who also was looking in horror around himself.

“Run, move deeper into the cave! The whole front of this place is collapsing!”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on November 11, 2017, 09:46:54 AM
Samara shivered, cold from the wind and tired after crying, she no longer knew what to do, to continue, or to stay where she is and let Death claim her miserable existence. Multiple times she considered the option of simply jumping down the tree and falling head first into the ground, where she hopefully broke her neck and died. Would her parents be happy to see her, would they even be in whatever came after Death, maybe they were still alive... Would she let them have hope that she lived, and crush it with despair as they realized she hadn't survived the journey? Would she risk it, simply because she thought her parents were dead, could she live with the pain, that her parents may, or may not be alive and waiting for her at the end, at the place where she was supposed to go? Could she...

Suddenly she heard a twig snap somewhere under her tree, and tried to get her body to be as small as possible, and she laid down again when she heard mutterings from below....
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on November 13, 2017, 10:22:28 AM
"Where's the one who cried?"

Lizzie had been following the distant cries only for them to die down soon after she started looking. As usual, the young longneck didn't think much about what she was doing, merely following her instincts and right now they were telling her to keep pursuing her plan to seek out the voice she heard to see if there was anything she could do - save another dinosaur the pain she was enduring day after day and every damn night. The nightmare she just had was just another sign of the mental wreck that she was deep inside. Being all alone for the last few months sure had taken its toll on her, both physically and mentally.

*snap*

Deep in thought, the longneck had momentarily forgotten to keep an eye on her surroundings, stepping on a fallen, rotten tree branch, snapping it into multiple splittered pieces loudly.

"Way to go Lizzie, might as well wave with your tail at the sharpteeth!" Not that she cared much about her existence anymore but the thought of dieing was nonetheless an unpleasant one. If she died, it should either be because she wanted to or because she could not survive a situation - but clearly not because of doing something reckless and silly. As the sound of cracking wood echoed through the dead forest, Lizzie held her breath, quickly taking a scan if her immediate surroundings to see if she had gotten herself into trouble or not.

"I could have sworn I saw something move above me... just from the corner of my eye but still... what if it is a sharpbeak flyer trying to cut my neck?" One could never be cautious enough, the longneck reasoned. For about two minutes she kept on walking a tight circle to keep every corner under watch, including the trees above her, but no apparent threat met her eye.

"Gee, I must be getting paranoid from this being alone..." she quietly mumbled to herself, finally coming to a standstill, thinking. Had this been a voice in her head after all? Was she going insane now? No, it couldn't be, she was still capable of thinking and reasoning clearly. Maybe it was just the lack of sleep or the long time of wandering around in her lonely journey away from the neverending deserts. Not that she had any clue where to go precisely...

*crack*

Lizzie was back to her feet, ready to run, immediately as a branch above her gave a cracking, creaking sound almost as if someone was up there putting their weigth on the dead wood.

"W-who is there!?" Lizzie shouted in fright, looking up into the trees to determine where the danger might be lurking. One of high branches was shaking even though there was hardly any breeze in this forest. And it almost sounded as if... "someone is... breathing!" And quite hectically at that. Lizzy was now certain there was SOMEone up there hiding for whatever reason. Whether an enemy or the one crying earlier, she could not determine as of now - and there was only one way to find out. Lizzie was very shy and calm in nature even before becoming an orphan but this was a moment she needed to show courage.

"W-whoever you are high up in the trees, s-show yourself!"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on November 13, 2017, 02:50:46 PM
Wyoh nodded. The area from which she had come was out as well, so the hills did seem to be the only viable option. Additionally, Buko's observation regarding the clouds made sense, and she was terribly thirsty.

Her relief at finally getting some direction was tainted with misgivings. Though she was happy for the company, his feathers shone like a beacon in the waste; something she recognized as a huge liability. She also wasn't exactly sure how to talk to him, as he was obviously older than her, and she wasn't familiar with the customs of his kind. Her parents had never spoken highly of other types of fastrunners, and she found herself becoming more wary of this stranger- one of the few pieces of mother's advice that she could remember stood fast in her mind:

Keep your enemies where you can see them.

 She didn't need another enemy, and she hoped her paranoia was unfounded. But for now, she would be cautious.

"The hills do seem like our best chance. I only hope they aren't as far away as they look." She started off in that direction, and turned to see if he was following.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on November 15, 2017, 02:50:44 PM
Buko followed from a distance, while watching the newcomer with curiosity.  Whether her willingness to take the lead was a byproduct of bravado or youthful naivete was of little concern to him at that moment. What was important was that they now had two pairs of eyes and ears to protect them in the next leg of their journey.

"Lead on, Wyoh.  Hopefully the hills will give us better pickings than dust and bones."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on November 19, 2017, 12:24:07 AM
A sickening feeling of dread came over the wounded Swimmer when he felt the whole cave rumble. In that moment he felt cursed to be followed by misfortune, he's already lost his family to the Great Wave and now when he was drained and injured the cave was starting to collapse and after a run in with a rather irate Threehorn. Said Threehorn was about to walk out into the storm when the rumbling started and ran back inside and through yelling for him to run which would have surprised Aquarius had it not been for the impending life or death situation that he found himself in. Aquarius gave a gasp as he forced himself quickly to his feet as pain racked through his body and he instinctively recoiled and gripped his side where the stab wound was. A large rock, over three times his size fell down right next to him and the Threehorn was already running deep into the cave which was there only hope of survival. Aquarius rushed forward but remembered the spring. It had food which they might need in the near future, without regarding the imminent danger he was in Aquarius ran back towards the spring as fast as he's sore legs which he ignored through sheer will power as fast as they could go.

Large rocks fell all around him and he heard the Threehorn call something but Aquarius continued through the mine field of rocks, his body was pummelled with small pebbles which only added to his pain but he pushed on to the spring and grabbed all the last tree stars and took one last gulp of water and ran back in the cave but at this point in time the entire ceiling was caving in rapidly from the entrance, sending huge rocks that where larger then the Threehorn down. Aquarius was breathing unsteadily and his vision was blurred with tears from all the pain and dust but he ran blindly on. However his body took to much pummelling and a large rock fell on his tail and tripping him just as the ceiling collapsed above him. Aquarius closed his eyes tightly but instead nothing happened. He heard the crash but there was no new pain. He opened his eyes and vaguely saw that the rock above was held up by large rocks on the side. Breathing a sigh of relief he began crawling his way through the debris and deeper into the cave, hoping that the rocks would clear soon and that none would collapse on him.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on November 20, 2017, 06:32:20 PM
This sudden, additional disaster made Rinen’s mind run cold as he saw large formations of rock fall from the cavern’s ceiling. To his luck, he had just enough time to retreat deeper into the cavern before the larger rocks begun to fall. Or so he thought. Just as he was about to escape to the area which seemed safe, the threehorn could see a threatening shadow over him. Instinctually, Rinen managed to dodge the deathtrap but a few sharp rocks still hit his legs, cutting some small wounds to them. However, soon another thing caught his eye.

The swimmer was darting to save the green food he had gathered before they would be crushed by the rocks. Rinen’s mind screamed in outrage as he followed Aquarius’ fearless steps. Was the swimmer insane? Couldn’t he see that there was no time to worry about such things? Rinen still felt nothing but distrust and grudge towards the swimmer but his surprising and heartfelt offer had seemed to stir something within Rinen, something that made him wish Aquarius wouldn’t meet his end here. However, after a few moments the obvious happened. Another grouping of rocks suddenly fell upon the small dinosaur, almost burying him under their weight and more than likely crushing him under their weight.

Seconds passed slowly and Rinen’s mind was slowly resigning to the fact that he was all alone once again. The threehorn’s head fell slightly towards the ground when he heard slight rustle behind him. Rinen turned to look at the voice’s source and to his astonishment, he saw a few rocks beginning to roll away from their positions, revealing the swimmer’s arm and head under it. The threehorn stared at the sight in disbelief, not realizing how Aquarius was able to survive such a disaster. Rinen stuttered a moment before he managed to form a few intelligible words. His tone was a mix of astonishment and mental conflict and his mind was a flux of different emotions at this point.

“H… how? You were clearly… don’t you realize you almost died because of a few leaves!? Are you completely crazy?”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on November 26, 2017, 09:17:39 AM
Fear, that's what was going on in her mind, so much fear like she never experienced before, how could she have been found? Oh, right, it was when she accidentally put too much weight on the branch she was standing on. If only she stayed still, maybe she could've prevented this from happening.

"W-whoever you are high up in the trees, s-show yourself!"

She knew that she had been found, the question was now, what should she do? Reveal herself and hopefully reason with whoever was down there, or try to fly away and try to scavenge for food that hopefully was still somewhere in this deserted wasteland. She had made up her mind, she would reveal herself and reason with whoever was down there. As she slowly began walking to the edge of the branch she looked down, and saw a strange dark yellow with brown creature with a long neck looking up at her location with a curious yet afraid gaze. She tried to still her trembling frame and spoke,

"H-hello, a-are you f-friendly? W-who are you and w-what do you want from m-me, and b-biggest of all, w-what are y-you?"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on November 26, 2017, 08:20:44 PM
Slash entered a small clearing and spotted the dead Sailbeak corpse that he had sniffed out. Unfortunately, it was being eaten by a pair of Bigbiter sharpteeth (Tyrannosaurus). They immediately detected him, and with blood all over their mouthes, they looked at Slash and snarled multiple times in quick succession. Slash wasn't too hungry and he didn't want to risk life and limb at the moment so he turned back and continued searching for an easy meal. He knew it wasn't worth serious injury or death, after all, Bigbiters were king.

The predator strolled on, continuing to look for something to eat, when something interesting had caught his eye. Slash noticed a small cave that had collapsed. He assumed that it was from the earthquake, but he investigated further because it looked recent. Little did he know that Aquarius and Rinen were deep inside. There was no way that Slash would be able to get in, so they were safe from his jaws, for now. He laid back down and rested near the closed off entrance.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on November 27, 2017, 06:28:43 PM
"H-hello, a-are you f-friendly? W-who are you and w-what do you want from m-me, and b-biggest of all, w-what are y-you?"

Lizzie still couldn't see who or what exactly was hiding high up in the trees but there was one thing she could already rule out.

It's not a predator, it can talk...

Furthermore, there was only one emotion present in the voice that she had heard responding to her.

Fear...they must be afraid of me as well!

The girl decided to respond.

"Hey you, up there," Lizzie exclaimed as she gathered the words she wanted to say. Being a lone child sure didn't give you a lot of opportunities to talk or use your voice at all. Well, that was not counting the countless times she'd spent crying at night...

"I... I am just a kid, you don't need to be afraid! I heard somebody scream in agony and decided to investigate... see if someone needs help..."

The longneck tried to remember the sound of the screams. Taking into account the words she'd just heard the other creature uttering, the similarity was hard to overlook. Above all, the voice sounded female just like the screams and it was very shaky - probably due to fear although Lizzie knew too well how hard it was to talk in full sentences after crying a lot. So maybe...

"You do not happen to be the one I heard crying like that, do you?" Lizzie asked as kindly as she could muster, her social skills a bit rusty. Could the voice up there belong to another lone child like her? Her neck bent up, looking intently up above, hoping to catch a glimpse of whoever was hiding from her.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on December 01, 2017, 06:59:18 PM
Aquarius crawled out of the rubble with the tree stars he had saved still in his grasp and gazed up at the rocks in almost a daze and suddenly began to laugh hard and uncontrollably at how he had managed to survive that. The irony that he had lost so much and yet luck was somehow on his side? What a messed up world this was. It made him laugh harder after he heard Rinen's astonished words and the look on his face was utterly priceless. He had to stop though and reign his laughter in because it was really hurting his body. "Feel free to call me mad" he said "but we needed those leaves, we don't know when we'll have our next meal" Aquarius pulled himself up and leaned against the rocks panting heavily from laughter and fatigue, though he didn't want to admit it but the rock fall had taken a lot out of him. The fact that he referred to himself with Rinen instead of a stand alone was not lost on him but the fact that they were now stuck in the same situation it looked like they were in this together despite both their wishes. Now they had to get out of here. Aquarius looked into the darkness ahead of him and pointed at the dark and foreboding passage. "If there is a way out then it's probably that way."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on December 03, 2017, 06:35:57 PM
The initial astonishment in Rinen’s mind started to wear off as he heard the swimmer’s answer. Not only was he unharmed, he was also apparently amused by the threehorn’s shock which didn’t sit well with Rinen’s mentality. However, the boy was somewhat relieved to see the other dinosaur alive and well even if the threehorn would never accept the food he had saved. Even now, it went against everything Rinen had learned during his life: to trust only himself and not to live by others’ mercy. Still, he knew Aquarius was right in his assessment about the duo’s chances of escape. The darkness filled the mouth leading to the deeper parts of the cave and Rinen was more than ready to begin searching for another exit. Rinen turned to look at Aquarius and spoke in a forcefully confident voice.

“Only a crazy dinosaur risks his life for food but at least you have something to eat during the search. But you are right: it’s more than likely there’s an opening somewhere out there. You may follow if you wish but I’m not going to slow down because of you! Do as you please!” Rinen turned his head away from Aquarius and headed into the blackness, knowing the door to freedom waited in some part of the cave. He waited eagerly to see if the swimmer would swallow his own pride and follow the threehorn or if he’d stay in this dark tomb alone.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on December 04, 2017, 06:02:42 PM
Slash sat up. He was still hungry and really wanted to eat something. He pulled himself to his feet and stretched as much as he could. The multi-ton predator walked around the side of the cave and kept on searching for food. There was nothing in the area, nothing at all. He started to get frustrated. He let out a huge roar that could be heard from miles away, right near the outside walls of the large surface area cavern.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on December 07, 2017, 12:44:07 PM
"You do not happen to be the one I heard crying like that, do you?" A voice coming from below responded.

Samara wondered who was down there and wanted to see, but she was afraid, what if a predator could talk, would they try to make her feel safe and then eat her once she revealed herself? Would she take the risk? Eventually he curiosity got the better of her and she took a quick look down and quickly flinched back once she saw a creature standing there, but it was too late. She hardened her resolve and asked back with the most courageous voice she could muster up.

"And what if I was, what is it to you? What do you want from me!? Do you want to eat me, slaughter me like they did to my fam-" she realised too late that she couldn't reveal that, and that she had screamed it out, she regretted it immediately, why had she done that, it wasn't smart of her to do that, no one could be trusted, not in this dark world, in a world without parents to guide her, in a world where friends can turn enemies and everyone wants to kill you, in a world where a small child is alone against the world...
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on December 08, 2017, 06:37:10 AM

"And what if I was, what is it to you? What do you want from me!? Do you want to eat me, slaughter me like they did to my fam-"


Lizzie was glad to hear the other dinosaur respond, however she couldn't deny that it was an odd one. Did claiming that she meant no harm not convince the feminine-sounding dinosaur high above her?

"Don't be afraid. I came here to help because you sounded like you needed some. Like I said, I'm... I'm just a lonely child trying to survive on my own..." A hint of sadness mixed into her voice. Lizzie had kept her voice quiet, calm and kind lest to give the other dinosaur's paranoia any additional food.

"She sure seems to be extremely scared, I wonder what happened to her. She might be just like me!" [\i]The yellow longneck pondered. Lizzie didn't know what the other girl was about to say before she abruptly cut off her sentence but it was indication enough that something must have happened to her family...

"And that she is more than likely just as alone as me..."

However, she needed to proove that she wasn't a bloodthirsty predator first...

"Why would I want to slaughter you? I'm a longneck, only 8 seasons in age. Green food is all I eat," Lizzie explained and, to gain more trust, began revealing some facts about her. "You see, to be honest, I am just really lonely. I'm an orphan after all and..." Lizzie's voice took on a more depressed note. "And... when I heard you cry, I could hear the despair that's all too familiar..." Suddenly, Lizzie felt the urge to cry, the talk returning her mind to its usual state. "You're up there all alone and... you sound like a child just like me. Sad, scared... and all alone..."

A single tear left the longneck's eye. Now she really wished her words would reach the other child. Some company would be oh so nice...
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on December 11, 2017, 08:38:03 PM
Aquarius almost jumped when he heard the terrifying roar. There was no doubt that it was a Sharptooth, a big one at that and by the sound of it a very angry one. However that's not what frightened Aquarius, it was the fact that the sound came from just outside the cave. The thought that a Sharptooth would have entered the cave had it not been for the rock slide was a terrifying one indeed to the young Swimmer. All of a sudden he didn't feel to keen on finding a way out but he knew he couldn't stay in the cave forever. So with an almighty huff he forced himself onto his legs which trebled under his weight but held and followed Rinen into the dark with a quiet whimper. "Why did all this happen to me?" lamented the young Swimmer inwardly as he trundled deeper into the cave.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on December 14, 2017, 06:50:15 PM
Fortunately for Rinen and Aquarius, Slash had no idea that they were in the cave and had no way to get to the young dinosaurs. The sharktooth sharptooth stomped a couple of times in frustration, without realizing that he had probably just sent everything within a mile's radius packing which didn't help. He growled and strolled off, rendering Rinen and Aquarius completely alone aside from themselves being together, for the time being.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on December 16, 2017, 06:26:57 PM
As so many times on this long day already, the remnants of Rinen’s forcefully proud composure were shattered in mere seconds as he heard the spine-chilling roar just outside the cave. If he had left the cave as he had planned to do… Rinen gulped in deep fear as he thanked his rare luck that the collapse of the cave’s mouth prevented the mighty predator from attacking him here in the tunnels where there would be no easy escapes. With fearful movements, the threehorn turned to face the blackness of the cave once more, slightly surprised but also relieved by the fact that the swimmer had darted off after him, also rattled by the shocking development. Even after all that had happened with the two, the world had just shown with terrifying clarity why braving it alone was never a good idea.

However, that still didn’t answer the most pressing issue at hand: were there any additional exits from the cave? Nearly immediately after entering the narrow tunnel, the cave seemed to divide into four different paths, two of them almost too narrow for himself to fit in. And even more importantly, which one of them would lead outside and would any of them only cause them to get lost in these corridors? The darkness seemed to be thick enough to touch and any wandering in the caves would be highly dangerous. With a confused look, he glanced at Aquarius who did his best to catch up to him, the swimmer’s heinous injuries slowing him down considerably. Rinen was relieved Aquarius decided to come with him but he thought about how to best stay seemingly neutral at this development. After a moment, he merely whispered to the other boy silently.

“Do you have any idea where we should go? I’d go for the second tunnel from the left but I’m terrible with directions.”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on December 21, 2017, 12:55:39 AM
Aquarius looked at each of the four caves, he hadn't a clue which way to go, yet for some reason the Threehorn asked him. "Does he think I would really know the way out? What does he take me for? I don't know where to go" Aquarius thought with more then a little apprehension to himself as he looked at each tunnel again then at Rinen who was looking as clueless as him if slightly impatient. Aquarius didn't like having descisions thrust on him after all he was no leader, heck this Threehorn was older then him and yet the choice was his. The young Swimmer closed his eyes and just chose to guess when he remembered another saying from his kinds legends. "Whenether in doubt of direction underground, just find and follow the water." He whispered to himself and walked over to the far left tunnel first sniffed the scent and listened for any indication of water but found none, he had the same results for the next two but he got a strong indication of water from the outer right cave. "This is the one" Aquarius said pointing to the cave and trudged forward through the cave opening. But unfortunatly for Rinen, Aquarius had chosen one of the small tunnels, a fact that the young Swimmer had greatly overlooked since the cave was easily large enough for him but a tight fit for Rinen.    
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on December 25, 2017, 05:24:39 PM
"Why would I want to slaughter you? I'm a longneck, only 8 seasons in age. Green food is all I eat. You see, to be honest, I am just really lonely. I'm an orphan after all and..." The voice took on a more depressed note. "And... when I heard you cry, I could hear the despair that's all too familiar... You're up there all alone and... you sound like a child just like me. Sad, scared... and all alone..."

Samara didn't know what she had to do, stay in the tree and stay safe and eventually die of hunger, or look over the edge and risk exposure to whatever is down there, even if the mysterious voice - which suspiciously sounds feminine - says that it's friendly and wants to help her. Atleast being eaten will save the misery of slowly feeling your body turn against itself and devour what once worked in cooperation with eachother. With her mind made up she walked to the edge.

"You say you want to help me, and that you recognize the despair that I let out, so I ask you, where are you going, what are your intentions and why do you care if I feel alone and hurt?"

Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on December 26, 2017, 10:29:32 AM
The threehorn looked with slight worry at the tunnel the swimmer had pointed at. It was very narrow and for a moment, he wondered whether he’d fit in at all. However, he had begun to realize that he should begin acting more self-confidently here. The swimmer was, despite his claims, just a hatchling and a swimmer on top of that! A threehorn couldn’t afford to show more weakness to him, o matter his situation. Rinen looked at Aquarius enter the tunnel with ease and Rinen snorted as he followed him. He would show him who was the stronger dinosaur here and wash some of his lingering despair away.

Rinen cringed as he felt the walls close in on his sides, hoping at this moment that he’d be as thin as most other threehorns as his extra weight made his advance slow, forced and extremely uncomfortable. However, with painful twitches and tugs, Rinen forced himself through the narrow tunnel which, to his luck, begun to grow a bit wider soon enough. Rinen looked at Aquarius’ vague form in the pitch-dark pit, envying how easy it was for him to move through the tunnel. The duo moved on for a long, oppressive while before the small tunnel suddenly merged into a large hall, most of which was too dark to see clearly. All but a huge boulder in the middle of it were completely covered in complete darkness, the rock being lighted by a few rays emanating from some small hole within the wall.

At first, Rinen thought it was just an ordinary crack in the cave but the more his eyes got used to the small blink of the light of the Bright Circle, the more he could see that there was small to the source of the bright light than he had thought at first. The swimmer moved near that spot in the cave and soon they both could see an intriguing detail about it. The “wall” was in fact a collapsed opening, not unlike the one that the two had used to enter the cave in the first place but it seemed to be covered by a much smaller pile of rocks. Rinen was sure he could get through this hindrance if he gave the effort his all but the threehorn cringed in pain at the mere thought of the hits he’d have to take to achieve that goal.

“This part is up to me, swimmer. I’ll get us out of this cave even quicker than even you can blink! Just see...”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on December 28, 2017, 07:54:00 AM
"You say you want to help me, and that you recognize the despair that I let out, so I ask you, where are you going, what are your intentions and why do you care if I feel alone and hurt?"

For a while now Lizzie had been wondering just what kind of dinosaur might be hiding high up on the tree. As she received the other girl's reply, she finally caught a glimpse of said girl.

A flyer...

For whatever reason it hadn't crossed her mind that of all creatures to wander this cursed world, a flyer would be most likely to climb up to such heigths. Now she just needed to answer her honestly.

"Gee, you're quite cautious and distrusting, flyer," Lizzie's voice sounded tired, after all it was seldomly in use these days and her mood also wasn't the best. "Most of the time I don't care about anything in this world anymore, y'know? But when I see someone in the same situation, knowing what a pain it is - to be all alone, to care for yourself... to deal with... the past..." Lizzie quickly had to suppress a sob but she failed to hide the tears that now welled up in her eyes. "Well, if-if there's something you can do so others won't have to go through the same misery - or just make things a little better for them... well, that also makes me feel a little... better." This time she couldn't hold back the sob. "It's because I know how terrible it is... Just a little company would be oh so nice, especially if we're caught in the same rotten log..."

With tearful eyes, Lizzie looked up into the skies, wondering just when she had become attached to company. Didn't she keep to herself all the time so noone would see her cry her heart's content out each and every night? Wasn't she so used to this after almost a year of being alone that she'd stopped caring at all?
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on January 01, 2018, 03:26:47 PM
"Well, if-if there's something you can do so others won't have to go through the same misery - or just make things a little better for them... well, that also makes me feel a little... better. It's because I know how terrible it is... Just a little company would be oh so nice, especially if we're caught in the same rotten log..."

Samara didn't know how she felt about the answer, on one hand her question got answered about the intentions of the creatu- Longneck- below, but they avoided one question which is important, where was the longneck going? She can go anywhere, and where she is headed, is it safe there? Could she live in peace? No. Samara shook her head to get rid of the question, of course she couldn't trust anyone, they were simply seeking to exploit her, and when she was at her weakest, to capture or even kill her. Samara looked down at the longneck again and saw the longneck looking away, like she's hurt and wondering something. She could wonder other questions out later, right now the most important question was,

"You've told me things about yourself, about why you wanted to help me, yet you haven't answered me yet about where you are going? Besides, you are a longneck, why would you help someone, who is of a different species, than you? Why? Why do you even consider that, haven't your parents taught you? Longnecks stay with longnecks, and flyers stay with flyers."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on January 04, 2018, 06:55:02 AM
Aquarius stared at the small pile of rocks though he moved out of the way when The Threehorn said that he would be the one to get them out. However Aquarius had his doubts about simply bashing through that wall. Although Aquarius wished he could get closer he knew it was out of the question as the Threehorn backed up and charged at the rock wall slammed into the wall with all the force he could muster. The wall shook and a whole load of loose pebbles were discarded and fell to the ground along with a couple of big ones. The Threehorn repeated this and though he tried not to show it Aquarius could see the strained look on The Threehorn's face as he started to strain at the effort of slamming his head into those rocks.

It was nearly ten charges later and little sign of change in the wall that the Threehorn stopped to catch his breath, Aquarius took his change this charged and approached the rock wall and inspecting it. He could see the several boulders had accumulated at the bottom due to the beating on the wall. However those rocks that were on the bottom were no longer at the top. Aquarius climbed up a couple of boulders and stood on a flat one and saw that the top layer of stones was much thinner, there was more light coming this area. The Swimmer's eyes widened, as he released that this was the way out it just needed a push.

Aquarius turned back to look at the exhausted Threehorn. The young Swimmer jumped to the ground and walked over to him and placed some treestars down in front of his snout in the hope that he might eat one. "I think if you hit the wall up near the top then we'll be able to get out" He said, Aquarius didn't feel so helpless if the Threehorn used this advice as he could never do anything like this even if he was not almost covered in dried blood. His wounds were no longer bleeding except one but he was two weak to do this so he sat aside and waited, listening to the loud panting of the exhausted Threehorn.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on January 08, 2018, 05:41:03 PM
Due to his immense frustration and the only increasing aching within his head, Rinen wanted to mainly snort at the swimmer’s proposition. How did Aquarius think a threehorn could climb on top of the large boulders and then bring down a pile of rocks without gaining a little speed beforehand? However, Rinen realized that it was the duo’s only chance to escape and there was no reason to try to poison the atmosphere in the already worrying situation. However, the leaves offered by his companions proved to be too much for him: he didn’t even look at them as he rose up and tried to catch his breath and calm down. Rinen cocked his head slightly as he spotted the same powerful source of light Aquarius had spoken about and then spoke silently, the fatigue evident in his voice.

“Well, I can give it a try but it won’t be easy. Maybe if I’d…” The threehorn said as he carefully moved up the boulders, heading for the spot he’d have to breach. It wasn’t an easy task for the threehorn but a certain sort of hope could be seen from his face as he stared at his and the swimmer’s only window to the rest of the world. However, his position made the boy frown heavily. He could bring this tiny wall down easily in a normal situation but it would be difficult from the small boulders he was standing on. Still, he knew he’d have to give it a try if he wished to get away from the cave. The memory of the sharptooth’s roar chilled his bones but he knew that neither was staying in the tomb-like caverns an option.

With careful movements, the threehorn slowly moved further away from the wall and after a moment of looking for the best spot to hit, Rinen charged against the pile of rocks, using the adjacent rocks as his springboard. At first, only the all too familiar sensation of headache and pain coursed through him but after a small moment, a few rocks dropped around him. Rinen shook his head for a moment before he looked at the wall again and saw that the small hole into the daylight had grown a bit bigger. Encouraged by this development, he quickly hit the wall again and with every new hit the hole grew larger and more unstable.

After Rinen’s fifth hit, the wall finally gave up. The boy looked in astonishment as many of the larger rocks dropped to the cavern floor even if his eyes were completely overwhelmed by the bright light that now engulfed the whole cavern. Even if the storm still raged on, the sight of a small stream and wide fields looked extremely enticing to the young threehorn. With a relaxed, even happy voice, he called to Aquarius who had taken cover from the falling rocks.

“I did it! The way out is clear!”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on January 09, 2018, 12:58:31 AM
The purple fastrunner could only sigh as he completed the final laborious steps up the first of the hills that had greeted their vision for the last two days.  Brown and foreboding with only the faintest hints of vegetation, it itself contained only enough indications of life to give one hope.  It was only when he reached the top that he realized that those hopes were not entirely in vain.

"Wow, we have trees and bushes!" he muttered with a tired voice as the stark scenery behind them gave way to slightly less depressing scenery ahead of them, "We might actually get to eat before something eats us."

It was then that he noticed that something was missing.

"Wyoh?"

Hesitantly he began to look around him for the larger green fastrunner.  How could he have lost sight of her on a mostly barren hill?
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on January 17, 2018, 11:36:20 AM

...where are you going?

Yes, where was she going? Was there anywhere to go for a little longneck and a little flyer? As the young girl thought about this, the voice of someone she had once met suddenly spoke insight of her.

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Some months prior

"Lizzie, can I talk to you for a second?" Her eyes were still red from crying all night as Lizzie looked up from her crouched posture, meeting the wise eyes of the old stranger who had spared her life by saving her in the desert. Although he was a kind and wise old fellow, the child didn't feel like talking to him at all, the wounds of her father's  betrayal still too deep and fresh. Well, at least he was kind towards her... so she decided to hear him out.

"Yes?" she responded with a sad sigh that still carried the sort of hiccup you got after weeping for a long time.

"Well, the herd's decided to move on," the old longneck spoke as he lowered his neck. "Unfortunately though the leader did not allow you to become a member as we've had other families' children starve to death only recently. I'm sorry Lizzie but you cannot stay with us..." The regret in the old dinosaurs voice was shining brighter than the usual wisdom that it seemed to carry. Lizzie registered the words but they didn't cause any emotional response despite the implementations that they obviously carried. Once again she was being abandoned, although this time she would be dismissed kindly... or so she assumed.

"I want you to know that this is not what I wanted. Leaving a child on its own in such a world is irresponsible and absolutely immoral yet I have to obey. The herd needs me too, y'know?" A sad smile crossed his face for a second. "Anyway, I will try to make sure that you'll have the best of chances, Lizzie. This place has enough water but very little food - certainly more than enough for a child like you but what if this place ever dries? This whole region was once a wide, fertile grassland back in my days and just look what became of it..."

"Okay..." Lizzie merely replied, listening intently although it didn't quite look like that from an outside perspective.

"If you ever don't know where to go, Lizzie, then you should walk with the Bright Circle in your back. Beyond this grassland were wide forests and lush rivers in the past. If you can cross this desert and run from the Bright Circle, maybe you can have a chance. This area is so deserted that even Sharpteeth seem to avoid it but don't let your guard down."

Lizzie looked at the horizon, the remains of dawn still visible on the sky as it was barely morning. "So... I should move this way?" She pointed over to the direction the old longneck indicated.

"Well, take the Bright Circle as a reference when it is at its highest on the sky, then your path will be most likely to reach cooler regions where hopefully food is still growing..."

If it hadn't been for the fact that he had saved her life - though she was beginning to muse that she'd rather have perished, and that he'd always been kind and upright, Lizzie probably wouldn't believe his words. Given the wisdom that he possessed and his position as a high-ranked deputy in the herd, Lizzie had to assume that his advice could be taken for granted.

"Good luck, little one, you will need it..."

"Thank you..." Lizzie replied sadly. Despite the lack of interest in anything around her and despite the emotional distance that she had kept to everyone, adults and kids alike who she interacted with, the little longneck felt a little gloomy which had nothing to do with her trauma from the past. Even though she preferred to be left alone, it was something completely different to BE completely alone without protection, without a home...

"Just promise me one thing kid okay?"

"Huh?" Lizzie got mildly curious.

"Do your best to survive and hang in there. Life is too precious and beautiful to be thrown away. You are like a flower that has yet to bloom and grow. Do you understand?"

Lizzie wasn't entirely sure if she understood what the old dinosaur meant but what she did understand was that he wanted her to survive. Slowly, she nodded, a few tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Farewell, Lizzie."

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Ever since that the young longneck hadn't spoken to any other sapient creature. Even though she was all alone, a spark of hope had started to light up. What if the old dinosaur was right and she really could escape the desert her family had tried to escape for so long to no avail? It was her luck that she had decided to eat as much of the little food the place offered before eventually starting her journey towards the north. Though at first she was eager, following the path described to her, now, many months later she was as hopeless as a dinosaur could be and might have long since starved if she hadn't eaten so much back then. She still hadn't escaped and strayed from the path a lot in her depressed state. Still, if there was one direction to follow, it'd probably be away from the Bright Circle.

"A wise dinosaur once told me to walk away from the Bright Circle where the weather is cooler and food more plentiful. However, I still haven't been able to escape this desert. Unless you know a better way though this is where I will go." After some more thinking, she added. "Although it seems like the big ocean is that direction. Wonder if we should follow it. At least it has water..."

And sends gigantic waves inland...

Lizzie hesitated for a moment as her idea suddenly seemed much less foolhardy but how big were the odds of another terrible earthshake to cause them?

"Anyway, you do not have to go with me if you don't want to. It would be nice though..."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on January 24, 2018, 02:31:21 AM
As the rock wall collapsed Aquarius ran back in order to escape the falling rubble. As soon as the dust cleared he found himself almost blinded by light that part of him wondered if he would ever see it again. With a tired huff Aquarius picked up his treestars and painstakingly began to scale the wall to the top, he only now realised just how tired he was. Ignoring the sudden increase in fatigue he continued upwards till he was up next to the Threehorn who he was surprised to see had actually waited for him for some reason. However Aquarius's attention was drawn to the sight ahead, of trees with green and cool water in his sights there was no doubt that he was going there. Looking at the tree stars he still had he decided not to waste them and became to take a well deserved meal.

He was a little confused as to why Threehorn was still hanging around, perhaps awaiting a thank you which Aquarius could not deny that he deserved but that could wait till after he was done eating and indeed an uncomfortable silence held all the way till Aquarius finally finished his treestars. He noticed that Rinen looked more then a little apprehensive for some reason that escaped the Swimmer at the moment. He looked up at the Threehorn and finally addressed him. "I suppose I should say..." He took a deep breath and prepared to say what he never thought he'd say to a Threehorn. "Thanks" Aquarius looked out over the land "I don't know about you but I'm going down there" he said though he never said goodbye to the Threehorn he was more then ready to break away from the Threehorn and go his own way so he started to slowly made his way down the slope of rocks. And then I'm going to find my family thought Aquarius, he just could not believe that he was the only one still alive and he desperately clung to the hope that his family had survived he just begged inwardly that his was not a false one.  
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on January 25, 2018, 11:52:57 PM
Wyoh looked back over her shoulder- no sign of purple feathers. Lost in the monotony of travel, she hadn't exactly noticed when he'd stopped trailing her, and she wasn't sure if he had left intentionally or if she'd just been moving faster than she realized. Though the thought of the first option ruffled her feathers a bit, she wasn't too worried either way. Finding the brightly colored fastrunner would probably be a simple matter of climbing to higher ground and taking a look around. In the meantime, she was desperately hungry, and this was a good opportunity to grab a bite without any competition. Though there wasn't as much to eat here as she had hoped, this area wasn't nearly as dead as the flatlands. She had found a few dried up berries and some promising scents over by a gently sloping cliff face covered in large rocks and debris; with a little more time, she was sure she'd find something good.

Just as she was was nosing around some thin, dry brush growing along the base of the cliff, she began to pick up some faint, periodic rumbling sounds and a slight shaking of the ground, seemingly coming from somewhere nearby. She tilted her head toward the sound, curious and a little apprehensive. Could it be a large predator? The beginnings of another earthshake? The noises died down, and she nearly wrote them off entirely, before a loud CRACK caused her to leap straight into the air, loose feathers coming free left and right. Above and a little to her right, pieces of the sloping wall had started to come loose, and shards of rock were thrown forward as if by some internal force.

Living up to the title of "Fastrunner," she was out of the area in record-breaking time, leaving only a few wisps of dust in her wake. She nearly bowled into Buko as she reached the crest of a hill but dodged to the side at the last moment, halfway tripping over her own feet as she skidded to a stop.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on January 26, 2018, 12:36:03 AM
As Buko finally overcame the crest of the hill he was relieved to see the tell-tale features of his companion appear like a mirage from the semi-barren scenery.  His relief was short lived however as the larger blur of feathers rapidly approached him like a shooting sky rock.  In the end he barely had enough time to dive out of the way, not realizing that Wyoh had already dodged his body.

He spat out the unwanted feast of dirt from his now abused beak.  Ignoring the sudden pain and disorientation from his collision with the ground, he practically yelled at his companion.

"What in the heck is going on!?!"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on January 30, 2018, 06:49:41 PM
The swimmer’s words crept slowly into Rinen’s consciousness and it took a moment for him to fully realize their full implications.  Not once since those much earlier and happier days back with his herd, long before that damned test, had any other dinosaur actually thanked the threehorn for anything nor spared a kind word for him. Aquarius’ tone seemed somewhat forced but it was clear that he meant what he said. A smile crept to Rinen’s face as he looked into the fading curtain of sky water. This simple “thanks” wasn’t much but for the beaten, desperate threehorn, it was an enormous reprieve from the continuous tragedy that had lately been his life.

However, the younger dinosaur’s next words made Rinen cringe slightly. Now that they had managed to escape from their potential tomb, what next? The swimmer seemed surprisingly eager to get to the outside world considering that he, too, had lost his family. According to what he had heard, neither did Aquarius have a home to return to. The threehorn still had a hard time believing his companion’s stories about this “Great Wave” but apparently his family was gone, regardless of the cause. The thought of what he was planning to say next was a bitter one but Rinen wanted to think it would benefit both of the wayward dinosaurs. Rinen turned to look at Aquarius, who was quickly reaching his position, and started to speak in a careful voice.

“I… thanks for helping me too. I… I was just thinking about…” Rinen’s slow words were quickly cut short by a sudden, unexpected voice from the outside which immediately caught Rinen’s attention.

"What in the heck is going on!?!"

The voice was clearly angered but not necessarily hostile. It emanated from somewhere nearby but he couldn’t quite see the dinosaur behind the cry. For a moment, Rinen hesitated on whether or not to react to the voice but after a short while, he realized it wouldn’t hurt to see who had also gotten lost on these remote, hostile steppes. The voice certainly didn’t belong to a sharptooth and it actually sounded like a young male, hardly older than he was. Maybe… just maybe he should go check what was going on and to see if he could learn something of use from the unknown dinosaur. He slowly crouched downwards and started to carefully head towards the direction the cry had come from and whispered silently to Aquarius who also seemed puzzled by the brash, angered yell. One couldn’t be too dangerous on unknown lands.

“Maybe we should go see who cried out like that. It's not too often another leaf eater appears in this kind of wasteland.”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on January 30, 2018, 09:56:01 PM
Wyoh recovered her balance and stood, legs shaking, trying to catch her breath. She was very relieved to see Buko, and tried to explain to him what had happened.

"It... it was... it was a..."

She paused. What had it been? Out of the heat of the moment, with her blind fear wearing down, she was beginning to feel foolish. It could have been anything- there were plenty of leafeaters big enough to knock  a few rocks out of the way. Would it have been so bad to stay a moment longer and try to get a look at the thing? She glanced over at Buko, not wanting to come across as cowardly or flighty.

"It was... something big. Probably a sharptooth." She ruffled her feathers a bit, suddenly aware that more than a few were bent at odd angles. That would have to wait. "We should keep moving, I'm sure it will be able to find my smell."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on February 01, 2018, 12:31:08 AM
Slash still had not found any food in the area at all, but this may have been a good opportunity. Sniffing the air, the Sharptooth caught the scent of at least one or two young dinosaurs and started off as quiet as possible toward them, however it wasn’t too silent for the massive theropod’s huge weight caused his footsteps to still shake the ground. Slash was a decent distance away, so the young dinosaurs were okay for the moment.

“I wonder what that was? Dinner will hopefully be served soon.” he though to himself in his native language.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on February 01, 2018, 01:16:56 PM
"We should keep moving, I'm sure it will be able to find my smell."

Buko took a deep breath as the scent of fear radiated off of both of them.  But combined in with the scent of fear was another fragrance, one much more subtle and no less important to the overall puzzle: the scent of confusion.  This confirmed that Wyoh was not certain what she had seen.

Nonetheless, fastrunners could not afford to let their guard down.  And if they were predators and they caught her scent...

Buko gestured for her to follow him as he began to trot towards a nearby bush that could provide them temporary cover.  "Did you catch its scent or see any part of it?  We need to know what we are dealing with.  If it is a two-footer then we run... but if it is a fastbiter..."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on February 04, 2018, 08:02:13 PM
Rinen's words had no less effect on Aquarius then the words he had just spoken and it make him stop where he was, unsure of what path to take. It was more then likely that if he somehow managed to find his way back home to his family he'd only find destruction and death and then what? He didn't want to believe that his family was gone, he wanted to believe that maybe someone had survived but he knew his hope was a false deep down because even if there were survivors they would be displaced to hence going back would do nothing to help. He took a deep shuddering breath as tears formed on the edges of his eyes at the thought of accepting such a terrible scenario. However he lost that train of thought when the unexpected yell caught his and Rinen's attention and though he wasn't sure but he thought he saw something run into a nearby bush on the hill near the base of the rockslide.

If it was other leaf eaters in trouble then he might as well help them out after all what had he now? Nothing but himself and the Threehorn standing next to him that he still didn't even know the name of which made him feel a little guilty but in response to Rinen's question about going down to see who was down there; he simply nodded and jumped down onto a large stone which was unfortunately much looser then it looked. Aquarius fell onto his back with a surprised yelp as the rock fell forward and he started to slide down, causing a mini rockslide.

Aquarius rolled onto his belly and held onto the rock for dear life as he slid down the slope on the rock which hit the ground hard and sent Aquarius flying through the air with a frightened yell as he headed straight for the bush. He closed his eyes tightly as the bush approached thinking "Dammit, this is going to hurt!". This is not the way he wanted greet fellow leaf eaters.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on February 07, 2018, 12:53:36 AM
She shifted a bit uncomfortably as she followed him toward cover. "Ah... no, I didn't exactly see what it was. It broke through a whole wall of rocks, though, so it must be pretty big." She poked her head up to sniff the air and look around. No sign of pursuit yet.

"I think we should run. After all-" She was interrupted by a loud yelp and the rumbling noise of falling rocks. She started and dove back behind their cover, but slowly raised her head as the noise died away. She glanced at Buko sheepishly out of the corner of her eye.

"I guess... that yell didn't sound much like a big sharptooth. Do you think it caught somebody else?" She hadn't heard any loud footsteps, but it wouldn't pay to let their guard down.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on February 09, 2018, 08:51:13 AM
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"A wise dinosaur once told me to walk away from the Bright Circle where the weather is cooler and food more plentiful. However, I still haven't been able to escape this desert. Unless you know a better way though this is where I will go." After some more thinking, she added. "Although it seems like the big ocean is that direction. Wonder if we should follow it. At least it has water..."

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"Anyway, you do not have to go with me if you don't want to. It would be nice though..."

Samara did not know what to do, on one hand she missed company, company that she could talk with and that could give answers back. Unlike the trees she started talking to lest she would slowly go insane, but could she really trust the longneck that was standing at the bottom of the tree she was in. Her stomach growled, she was hungry. She thought up a clever plan, if she could go with the longneck and maybe even get free food, then she could eventually leave the longneck for dead while she would make it to where she wanted to go. Deciding that it was a clever plan, she readied herself to speak the next words, and hoped the longneck couldn't figure out the plan before she could act on it.

"You want me to go with you? I-I suppose I could, it gets so lonely after all this time being alone out here. Do you know a place to where we can go to?"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on February 11, 2018, 05:46:38 PM
Rinen cringed in a mixture of concern and slight fear as his companion disappeared among the dry leaves of the small bush. There was a real chance, especially with his earlier injuries, that Aquarius had really hurt himself badly with his unfortunate fall. Moreover, the sound of his crash had been a loud one and every dinosaur that wandered the surrounding plains had most likely heard it. Rinen narrowed his eyes as he ran towards the bush, his mind fixed on the implications of this development. All his life he had been trained to stand his ground against other dinosaurs whenever possible but he certainly didn’t want to fight these mysterious strangers in the case they happened to be hostile. Aquarius’ fall had given any element of surprise to their counterpart. However, all of that mattered little for now. Before the possible upcoming encounter, he’d have to check up on Aquarius to see if he was alright. Even then, he couldn’t avoid some ironical thoughts about the latest development. This really was the best time to reveal our position, wasn’t it? Heh, at least it looks like swimmers are just as clumsy as grandfather told me. He got at least that much right.

“Get out of there, now! It was bad enough that you told everyone where we are, don’t make this any worse!” The threehorn hissed as he looked into the bush, realizing the implications of his remark. Rinen knew his old herd would despise him even more for this cowardice to face an opponent but if they had been self-righteous enough to exile him, why should he listen to their advice anymore? At least there was nobody telling him what to do all the time these days.

The boy twitched in slight surprise as he suddenly noticed Aquarius rising to his feet near him, bringing Rinen at least some relief. The swimmer looked somewhat pained and there seemed to be even more wounds on his body than before but it couldn’t be helped in times like these. Due to the swimmer’s earlier failure, the duo’s location was known to everybody nearby and in certain situations that would have been a mistake the world wouldn’t forgive to the swimmer. However, Rinen soon realized something highly unsavory. There was nowhere to hide from any unwanted attention except… except a large formation of rocks just behind the bush Aquarius had dropped into! With any luck, it could serve as the duo’s hiding place from the mysterious dinosaurs long enough for the duo to learn about their intentions.

“Hey, we could hide behind those rocks! We cannot let the strangers find us before we find them so move, now, before they see us!”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on February 14, 2018, 12:13:39 AM
“Get out of there, now! It was bad enough that you told everyone where we are, don’t make this any worse!”

The sound of collapsing rocks, followed by the cryptic words did little to settle Buko's nerves.  No... this did not sound like sharpteeth, but it also did not sound like dinosaurs who wanted to be found... but if the rock slide had indicated an injury...

Buko's stomach growled as if intending to influence his decision.  Yes... it had been a long while since either of them had consumed a substantial meal.

He looked over at his counterpart as he whispered in the sharptooth language, "It sounds like whoever it is does not want to be noticed, and is also not very graceful... perhaps we should see what we are dealing with?" he gestured towards some nearby rocks, "Let's get a better vantage point and see what we have."

Not waiting for a reply he sprinted as silently as he could manage towards the rocks, swerving around several bushes and leaping over a fallen log in the process.  He didn't want to wait around for his coloration to give their location away.
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Post by: The Lone Dragon on February 16, 2018, 09:02:49 PM
The bush may have been surprisingly leafy but Aquarius quickly found that this was more a curse then a blessing as the leaves cut his body as he fell through them and getting hit on the tangled knotty branches and finally falling to the ground with a dull thump on his back. He was covered in dozens of minor scratches and very large bruises on his upper and lower back and one on his abdomen. If his body wasn't hurting before it was screaming in pain now. A leaf cut was said to be one of the most painful injuries anyone could have, ironically said to be even more painful then the bite of a Sharptooth and now Aquarius was inclined to agree with them as his minor cuts that covered his body hardly bled but they felt like they had all been set on fire and while that was not an experience he had ever had happen to him but if it did Aquarius was sure it would feel like this.

As if to rub sand into his wounds the Threehorn was shouting at him, though he could barely hear the words as he was still dazed and his world spinning but he forced himself to his feet and rubbing his now very sore back. The implications of his fall had yet to come into Aquarius's mind as he was more concerned for himself at present but he suddenly found the Threehorn pushed his way into the bush and tell him to hide in the rocks before the strangers could find them. Now he remembered the situation and cringed at what his fall would have caused. How many people heard him? How many were friendly? With a hurried groan he crawled out from the bush and limbed to the rocks much slower then the Threehorn wanted but Aquarius had a large set of bruises on both his legs when he hit them on the braches of the bush.

"Ow, ow" he groaned as he rubbed the small itching cuts in his arms that brought tears to his eyes. He trundled to the rocks but one look at it and he dismayed in his current state and all the physical exertion he'd gone on, he didn't think he'd be able to climb another rock wall but this situation could be life or death so with a determined growl he slowly started to scale the wall. Jumping on the small boulders at the bottom and pulling himself up to the ones on top without much difficulty except for pain and exhaustion but eventually he tumbled over the wall and behind cover with a rather impatient Threehorn but Aquarius was to tired to register the look as he panted near the top of the rock wall.

Now all they could do was watch and wait.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on February 18, 2018, 01:38:45 PM

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"You want me to go with you? I-I suppose I could, it gets so lonely after all this time being alone out here. Do you know a place to where we can go to?"

"What's this unusual feeling inside of me?" Lizzie didn't quite understand what was going on for a second. The flyer's statement that she wouldn't mind joining her on her lonesome journey evoked emotions in the little longneck that she hadn't felt in months. Did she really just... smile?

"Oh, that would be so cool," Lizzie replied, suddenly feeling a lot more energized than usual. "That means we can be lonely together and help each other! I have this sturdy body and you have the ability to fly. I'm sure it will also help us keeping safe from sharpteeth and other dangers!"

Excitement, joy... It was such a nice delight to have something else than her usual self-pity and depression to deal with for a change. Lizzie noticed that some of her facial muscles actually started to tire out shortly due to the unusual exertion she was putting them through but she didn't mind it one bit. Finally, her loneliness would be over, even if it was just a flyer who didn't seem to be fully trusting of her fully yet who would join her on this hopeless journey... which may have just gotten a little less hopeless.

"As I mentioned before, I am walking with the Bright Circle in my back when it's highest on the sky. I do not know where I am nor where I've been before. My family has been travelling all the time and I never remember where places are and how to get there," Lizzie explained as she was asked where to go. "So... I am simply following that rough direction, sometimes following a river or a forest a little because they keep me going even if they aren't exactly leading me to the right direction." The longneck's gaze wandered over to the distant ocean, a thin line of dark blue contrasting strongly against the monotonous brown-ish colour of the dry landscape and the light blue-ish hue of the cloudless sky.

"If we were to keep walking straight, we'd walk right into the ocean. I think we should take a turn to the left of the straight path and see where it leads us. I'm just following my intuition most of the time, you see, and so far it always worked out in some ways..." Lizzies gaze went back to the flyer. "Or do you have a better plan? Maybe you can see things from the sky that my long neck cannot see?"
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Post by: jorrdy12 on February 24, 2018, 07:03:06 AM
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"If we were to keep walking straight, we'd walk right into the ocean. I think we should take a turn to the left of the straight path and see where it leads us. I'm just following my intuition most of the time, you see, and so far it always worked out in some ways... Or do you have a better plan? Maybe you can see things from the sky that my long neck cannot see?"

Samara could feel her facial muscles stretch a bit, her plan was working, the foolish longneck was trusting her, a stranger and one that wanted to survive above all else, nothing else matters. She wants to survive, and hopefully find her family again. Giving a sad look behind her, from where she came and where she left her family fighting and hopefully fleeing from the Sharpteeth. Looking back towards the longneck she readied to speak,

"Unfortunately I don't know a better way, maybe we can work together if I'm flying high above you so I could scout the area, and hopefully find a path to wherever you're heading towards?"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on February 27, 2018, 11:16:41 AM
A slight grin crept up the small longneck's face. The journey to come wouldn't be as lonely as all the previous treks had been. Lizzie didn't really know much about this new comrade of hers - and neither did she have any intention to make the fearful flyer any more distressed than she seemed to be as it was by asking her a bunch of question, but did that really matter at this point? Just having some company, it was just too amazing to be true! When one had been on their own for an eternity, all hope seemingly a waste of mind power, they would perk at even the slightest of positive events in their otherwise terrible lives.

"That sounds like a good plan, flyer," Lizzie admitted. "This forest is pretty much dead so I think it'd be a waste of time to search for food here. So shall we go?"

Lizzie really started to feel hope again. The things you could see from high up and the knowledge gathered from high above totally changed the chances to find water and food or keep a good distance from sharpteeth. How she evaded them so far was still a miracle to the girl but was she confident their new collaborration would ensure her luck wouldn't run out this soon.

Expectantly, she looked at the flyer above her, ready to set off.
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Post by: jorrdy12 on March 04, 2018, 03:40:39 PM
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"That sounds like a good plan, this forest is pretty much dead so I think it'd be a waste of time to search for food here. So shall we go?"

Samara felt a slight sliver of excitement running in her veins, but ruthlessly crushed it. There was no time for excitement, not when danger lurks behind every corner. She prepared her wings when the Longneck down below looked at her, she gave a nod and flew up into the air.

"I do not know where we are going, but let's go!"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on March 05, 2018, 01:24:44 AM
Wyoh followed Buko to the rocks he had indicated. She managed the climb without much trouble, but she was beginning to feel the deep fatigue brought on by malnourishment. The view from the higher point was wholly desolate and uninformative. Though she could have sworn she saw a flash of something light-colored disappearing behind cover, she was anything but sure of what it might have been. She scuffed a few smaller rocks with her foot in frustration. She was feeling the hunger pains as well, and if they stayed pinned down here much longer they'd probably starve to death.

Without stopping to ask Buko's opinion, she skirted around to the far side of the rock pile, hoping to give them a better opportunity to scatter if things went badly. She scrutinized the lowlying land, but could still find no trace of whoever they were, apart from a few strange scents on the wind that she didn't recognize. Without wasting any more time, Wyoh tilted her head back.

"Hey! You're not sharpteeth, are you?" She called out, loud enough to be heard in their immediate surroundings, but not so loud that it would attract more unwanted attention.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on March 12, 2018, 06:40:48 AM
Aquarius and Rinen waited stuck behind the rock wall like a pair of troops awaiting the inevitable assault of their stronghold but the only sound was the whispering wind which did nothing to ease the tension growing around the area. Aqaurius dare not speak and a sideways look at Rinen confirmed that he had similar thoughts about staying quiet less they attract any unwanted company. It was interesting that the more Aquarius thought about it, the more the situation seemed less threatening because although he was embarrassed to admit it; his clumsy fall was enough to draw attention from a wide area and any thing looking to exploit there bad luck would have long since rushed to them rather then stay hidden in the shadows.

Aqaurius was sure something was out there, they had heard the yell before but still nothing happened. He reckoned that whoever was close by was not wanting to be spotted. However when the sound of a voice which broke the air from nearby past the barrier of rocks called out, that changed things dramatically. Aquarius couldn't make out what was said but he was sure that the words were in leaf eater which was much better then the alternative. Seeing that no one was wanting to make the first move Aquarius took a deep breath and stood slightly up over the rocks and spied the landscape which was as barren as it was when they escaped the caves. Aquarius summoned his fortitude for what was going to be a risky gamble that his Threehorn companion was likely to skewer him for later and practically shouted for anyone and everyone in the area to hear.

"Hello?! Who is there!? We don't mean any harm to you! If I come out of hiding then you come out as well so we see that we're not going to harm each other!" Aquarius cringed as he said those words and at the furious expression the Threehorn was giving him but he had said what he meant and he was going to follow it through with this Threehorn or not. Aquarius jumped up and over the rocks and slid to the ground and stood there firm and stoic despite how beaten up he looked. He was ready to face whatever was out there.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on March 12, 2018, 04:05:32 PM
(I had actually finished this before TLD:s entry but I thought I'd post it anyway with some additions even if it doesn't advance the plot anymore. :p )

After hearing the stranger beginning to call to him and his companion, Rinen instinctually pulled even closer to the ground. Ever since he had rushed to his hiding place, the seconds had passed on agonizingly slowly as Rinen did his best to listen to any sounds of their mysterious adversary. However, the sudden call had dome from his left, a direction he hadn’t expected and he immediately turned to look at the call’s direction. It was clearly a female voice, unlike the one he had heard earlier, and he carefully tried to look for its source. After a short moment, Rinen’s eyes caught slight movement and… their elusive adversary!

Is… is that some kind of fast runner? I’ve never seen one before but I know they can still eat meat! And that one doesn’t seem to have eaten in days! It’s most likely searching for an easy meal! B… but what can I do?

Despite his fears, Rinen suddenly realized that his options were quite few. There weren’t any places to flee without being detected and trying to outrun a fast runner wasn’t… something he’d want to try. Not to mention Aquarius was hardly in a condition to even walk properly at this point. On the bright side, the fast runner didn’t look any older than he was and he could even try to fight the wretched half tooth, if need be.

However, Rinen cringed as he remembered that the omnivore was accompanied by a male, most likely another fast runner and if it attacked his back, it would be all over for him as Aquarius wouldn’t be able to help in his condition. That left only one possibility, one that he wouldn’t have wanted to do. The omnivore clearly hadn’t seen or smelled neither him or the swimmer just yet as the wind was blowing from her direction. Simply continuing to hide provided the two with their best chance to live through this unexpected ordeal. Rinen pulled his head low and was just about to tell Aquarius to stay silent before he heard something he hadn’t expected.

"Hello?! Who is there!? We don't mean any harm to you! If I come out of hiding then you come out as well so we see that we're not going to harm each other!" Rinen immediately cast a murderous look on the swimmer. Was he insane? He had literally told potentially dangerous half tooth the location of their hiding place! He was just about to give the swimmer a good lecture when he realized that no matter what, both of the dinosaurs were now in grave danger. Rinen only crouched lower, preparing for the inevitable meeting. The threehorn could only pray Aquarius hadn’t doomed them both but in case the fast runner proved indeed to be their enemy, he wouldn’t go down without a fight.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on March 13, 2018, 01:43:29 AM
Well, this did not go as planned.  Well, not like we had a plan anyway.

Though Buko continued to hide behind the modest boulder, being careful to keep his body away from the eyes of his adversaries, Wyoh's yell and the most unpredatory response it received clarified the situation in the fastrunner's mind.  They were not facing sharpteeth, in fact...

He sniffed the air silently as he tried to suppress any focus on his self-scent or the scent of his companion.  As he did so it only took a moment to catch two new scents in the gentle breeze.  That of a swimmer and a threehorn.  Even if they were hostile Buko knew that he could outrun them.

That was when his stomach grumbled.  Though he was far too small to effectively take on a threehorn, with that not being an option even for adults of his kind, between himself and Wyoh they could perhaps deal with the swimmer if things came to that and misfortune decided to visit the leaf-eater.  And if the food was willing to strike up a conversation...

Buko hesitantly rose from behind the boulder as he searched for Wyoh among the rocks.  Not seeing her, but knowing by her scent she was close by, he decided to speak.  The details of his words could clarify the situation for his companion in the event she had not already found them out as well.

"Well met, swimmer and threehorn, it seems that we all misunderstood the situation.  But in this horrid place one cannot be too careful.  Now that you can see me perhaps you will return the favor."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on March 13, 2018, 04:45:46 AM
The day dragged on as the two children wandered the wastes, a bush here, some dried grass there but all dry as the dust the wind blew it into their faces. They advanced parallel to the ocean, keeping a safe distance though, and walked until the Bright Circle disappeared below the horizon. Lizzie was too lost in her gloomy thoughts to notice the slow decline of light and heat. These which usually haunted her during times like these, the dreaded dark night approaching fast which would probably be just as imsomniac as usual, kept her pretty oblivious to her surroundings until she noticed the flyer hovering above the ground in front of her.

"Hmm?" she simply hummed, her communicative skills only existant while being clear of darkness, sadness and despair. What was it that the flyer wanted?
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on March 16, 2018, 10:17:24 AM
Samara knew this problem would arise the moment they went out of the forest, she wanted to keep going until another forest was found, but the chance of one standing in the immediate vicinity would be next to non-existent. Her body began to shiver against her will, her wings growing heavier and it took more energy to stay afloat in the air, afloat, not even flying. She barely noticed the longneck below her to look up at her and see her shiver. She was getting closer to the ground. Closer to the ground where her family got kil- Someone screamed, it was not until later that she realized that it was her that screamed, her body fell, down to the ground, the cold, cold ground. The ground which may have been flowing with blood recently. She could see them, the death's the screams, her body was beginning to spasm when her mind revolted against her. She could feel the crying, the pain. She could hardly see the longneck in front of her trying to ask if she was alright. It wasn't helping.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on March 18, 2018, 05:14:03 PM
Rinen shook his head in utter confusion and even growing acceptance about his and the swimmer’s only path forward. He still didn’t believe their counterparts were up to any good but at least they hadn’t attacked him and Aquarius as soon as they got the duo’s scent. The threehorn was still more than reluctant to forfeit his and Aquarius’ cover but even then, the bush didn’t provide either him or the swimmer with any defense anymore as their position had already been revealed. Besides, the male omnivore’s words had sounded far more reasonable than he had initially expected and Rinen couldn’t find any apparent deceiving tone in the extremely bright-colored fast runner’s voice. Rinen snorted angrily as he exchanged a brief glance with the swimmer and it seemed like the smaller dinosaur also thought that complying with the blue dinosaur’s request was the best way to proceed.

His breathing became forced as Rinen rose to his feet but he decided to put on his most authoritative composure he could in order to try to decrease the fast runners’ eagerness to attack him and his companion. He couldn’t let his guard down for a moment but he’d also have to prove to his adversaries he wouldn’t be an easy prey. Rinen could only pray he wasn’t making the wrong decision by giving the omnivores a chance to prove themselves to not be mere murderers. With one, long leap Rinen jumped out from the bush and looked at the male fast runner in clear distrust while also taking a look at his companion. The atmosphere was extremely tense and Rinen decided to break the silence and make his point clear immediately.

“What do you want from us, half teeth? If you think us as easy pickings, you better think again!” Rinen tried to hide his fear beneath a cocky appearance but he hoped his bluff would be enough to handle this potentially threatening meeting.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on March 19, 2018, 12:57:32 AM
Wyoh watched the little swimmer reveal himself, covered in cuts and bruises, and was reminded poignantly of her younger brother. Her kind were not usually hunters, and so her mind had not immediately registered him as food, though she had noted that his injuries looked rather serious. If he succumbed to them, well, there was no sense in wasting what wasn't in use anymore.

She was about to speak again, but Buko had beaten her to it. At his mention of a threehorn, her blood ran cold- she had not yet seen it and wasn't sure she wanted to. It was no sharptooth, but threehorns were vicious and dangerous, everyone knew that. It must have been the one who broke the wall down.

The larger fastrunner made her way back over to Buko's side and climbed up a bit further to get a better view. She watched as the threehorn leapt from his hiding place, relieved to find that it was a younger male, though he was still big enough to make her glad for the distance between them. She listened to his pronouncement with curiosity. What did they want? She wasn't really sure.

"I think we mostly wanted to know that you aren't sharpteeth," she responded, and it was the truth as far as she could tell. "Why did you break that wall down?"

Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on March 26, 2018, 05:16:09 PM
The threehorn eyed at the two newcomers in a mixture of fear and desperation, as if he was trying to decipher some complex secret. Rinen was slightly surprised that neither of the omnivores had thus far committed any distantly threatening gestures at him or Aquarius and deep down, he wanted to begin to believe that the swimmer hadn’t made a mistake with his surprising decision but he knew he couldn’t let his guard down until this was all over. Rinen had gone through far too much to care about his honor or respect as a threehorn but he had learned the value of vigilance and survival too thoroughly to forget it now. When the female omnivore started to speak, those thoughts were momentarily swept aside by his rising curiosity about the duo.

The fast runner’s words prompted a suspicious look onto the young threehorn’s face. The two beasts had thought he and the swimmer were sharpteeth? Most dinosaurs would have found those implications amusing but not Rinen in a situation like this. The latter part of her answer was of more interest to the threehorn and it brought some troubling thoughts into his mind. If the purple-headed girl was talking about the collapse of the cave’s mouth, as Rinen suspected, they had known about his whereabouts earlier than he had originally thought. And if that were true, his and Aquarius’ situation had been even more dangerous than he had originally expected. Even then, Rinen couldn’t find any reason to lie to the fast runner and he relaxed his voice and composure somewhat to signal he wasn’t looking for a fight if the two omnivores weren’t either.

“We two were trapped inside that cave during the storm and that spot was weak enough for us two to break it down. But why do you care about that or anything else about us? Besides, running after suspected sharpteeth isn't really the best way to avoid them.” Rinen answered questioningly, willing to learn at least something of use about his two counterparts.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on March 27, 2018, 11:17:27 PM
Buko tried his best to keep his face neutral as he listened to the young threehorn.  His suspicion of the fastrunners would have been obvious to a blind yellowbelly, but to a fastrunner with a working sniffer it was overwhelmingly obvious.  Though he had to wonder what the threehorn thought he could do to him.  Peck him to death?  If anything it would have been the swimmer that could make for a potential meal.

His tail twitched for a moment.  How could I be so blind?  He is worried about his swimmer friend.

It was not an obvious conclusion to reach.  Heck, Buko doubted most threehorns were capable of anything approaching friendship with anything but their own kind based upon the aggression he had seen from that kind in the past.  But nonetheless this mixed-species duo was in front of them and cooperating out of mutual benefit.  It reminded him of a certain pair of fastrunners...

He decided to speak to the threehorn before his mind could continue its wandering.

"When we heard the crash we decided to investigate to see what we are up against.  We are fastrunners, threehorn, and we can run from any sharptooth if we know it is coming.  It is the ones that we do not know about - the ones that hide in ambush - that we fear," Buko held out an arm in an expansive gesture for emphasis, "Such as the untold number of sharpteeth that also heard the rock slide."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on April 04, 2018, 04:55:04 PM
The fast runner’s words made a noticeable frown appear on Rinen’s face. He couldn’t see a flicker of malice or dishonesty in the unbelievably bright-colored omnivore’s words but it was still hard for him to believe they thought him and Aquarius to be sharpteeth. Yet, there was nothing to be gained from trying to press the same question and issue over and over again. Aquarius seemed more and more confident about the meeting by the minute and the threehorn had to admit, this was going far better than he had originally expected. The other male’s words about the sharpteeth worried him slightly but he realized any potential predators would have found their way here already.

Suddenly, the realization that he had initially tried to search for these two himself in search for any clues about his and Aquarius’ whereabouts struck his mind. Now that the situation had calmed down somewhat, there was very little reason to pass this opportunity because of his fear. He certainly would take any news or information they’d have to spare carefully but it seemed like this meeting could actually have a satisfactory ending. Rinen did his best to shed the last pieces of antagonism from his face as he answered to the omnivore.

“As should we all around here. We heard a sharptooth’s roar only a while ago but it has most likely headed somewhere else by now. But… we were actually about to ask you before the chase…. do you two have any direction you're heading towards? I’ve wandered these lands for weeks since… well, it doesn’t matter.” Rinen knew his question wouldn’t likely be taken seriously but he wanted at least some, any clues about his location after all those torturous days of aimless wandering. True, he hadn’t asked Aquarius about it yet but the swimmer didn’t seem much wiser than he was.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on April 04, 2018, 06:18:31 PM
Slash had soon picked up the scent of prey and immediately hurried toward it, trying to make as little noise as possible for such a giant beast. He soon stopped, realizing he was getting close, and instead of attacking right away, decided to survey the situation. Hidden in sight a small distance away, the killer watched his prey, breathing low. There were four small dinosaurs talking to each other, and all of them were a lot smaller than him. This would be easy, he thought. Without hesitance the predator burst from his hiding spot, charging at full speed in one single direction; the direction of his next meal. As he neared, all four of the young dinosaurs turned to run and and ran as a group, screaming and yelling in immense fear. Slash thought to himself, "This won't be long. Quick and easy, my kills will be."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on April 09, 2018, 10:11:05 PM
The terrifying roar almost completely paralysed Aquarius, it was the same one as he had heard in the cave and when he saw the huge Sharptooth charge out of the bushes unconfutable close by he had to unconsciously stop himself from wetting himself  through fear but he still couldn't keep down his scream of terror. He turned and ran, just as everyone else did and started sprinting away and it was instantly that Aquarius knew that he had no chance to keep up even if he wasn't wounded so he did the only thing he could do. Since the Threehorn was already out of reach he jumped for the tail of the male Fast Runner and just managed to catch it as he ran past. He held on for dear life as he was jolted up and down violently yet he still managed to pull himself onto the back of the Fast Runner and look back to see the huge Sharptooth bearing down on them and The Threehorn was starting to fall behind.

"I can't leave him, he helped me get out the cave" he thought desperately but what could he do. He cringed as the Sharptooth roared again and noticed that he was running in a straight line, he was going for all of them. Aquarius gasped "Split Up! He won't know who to chase!" he shouted as loud as he could as he held tightly to the feathers of the Fast Runner's back, he hoped they would listen to him here.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on April 10, 2018, 11:59:52 PM
Any thoughts of conversation or discussion promptly ended as soon as the reverberations of the predator’s roar vibrated through Buko’s body.  No thoughts passed through the omnivore’s mind before his legs appeared to move of their own volition, carried entirely by the primal instincts of his species.  An ancient drive that saved his predecessors whenever their runs carried them further than their brains could process.

It was time to flee.

It was only when he felt a tug on his elongated extremity that he realized something was off.  Had the predator taken a chunk out of it?  It was only when his fear-addled mind realized there was no pain signals coming from his tail that he spared the slightest of glances.

He immediately wished he hadn’t as he saw the predator bearing down behind them.  He was able to see something clay-colored on his tail, however, which confirmed his suspicions that he had a ëguest’.  In the milliseconds it took for him to reach this conclusion there was no time to contemplate that he had moments before considered this swimmer as possible food.  Right now they all were possible food.  And that meant this swimmer was in this crisis with him.

“Hold on!  I’m going to try to lose him!”
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on April 16, 2018, 04:54:03 PM
The threehorn's heart beat mercilessly in his chest as he heard the sharptooth’s steps growing ever louder. Only a few seconds ago, he was afraid of two fast runners as if they’d be the ones to threaten him lethally. Now that he was faced with a very concrete threat, such doubts seemed most of all childish now. However, none of that mattered as the threehorn realized his life could very possibly end on this day in the jaws of that massive predator. After hearing Aquarius’ alarmed cry, Rinen’s hopes increased slightly but soon enough, his distress grew only worse. The sharptooth hadn’t been diverted by the others’ dispersal: it was coming right after him!

That realization and the sight of the fast runners and Aquarius only getting further away from him nearly made Rinen panic completely. They were running for their lives as any sensible dinosaur would have done, leaving the young threehorn face his fate alone, just as he had expected before meeting Aquarius. There was no way a young, chubby threehorn like him could ever answer to the speed of the fast runners. In that sickening knowledge, everything turned into a blurred mess as the steps of the dark-grey predator approached him with an astonishing speed. Any second now, his body would be crushed to pieces by the beast’s jaws, ending his short life of failure and finally fulfilling the punishment cast upon him by the elders of his herd.

Yet, even in the middle of his nightmare, Rinen noticed something that caught his interest. To his side, there seemed to be a small trail leading up the hill inside which the vast network of tunnels was located. Rinen knew his idea was a far-fetched one but maybe, just maybe, the narrow pathway could offer him a window to escape or at least buy him some time to come up with some other plan. The path was surrounded by sharp formations of rocks and steep falls, probably making it difficult for the sharptooth to chase him effectively. Rinen took one, deep breath before he quickly turned around to a position in which he was nearly facing the sharptooth and then charged towards the hill, hoping he was quick enough to avoid the beast’s claws. No matter what, he’d give this one last shot before he’d resign to his early departure into the Great Beyond.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on April 24, 2018, 04:13:50 AM
Aquarius gripped the back feathers of the Fast Runner as tightly as he could, it was all he could do to stop himself falling off and inevitable becoming the Sharptooth's next meal but it seemed that the Sharptooth was losing interest in both the Fast Runners since they had the speed to make a quick getaway. Aquarius was about to sigh with relief that they were okay when he noticed that things were not as okay as he had hoped. The Sharptooth was not in fact going for them, it was singling out the most promising prey; The Threehorn. "Oh no!" said Aquarius as he saw the Threehorn struggling to get away from the Sharptooth and Aquarius knew that hope for escape was remote....without help that is. Bowever if the direction of the Fast Runners were anything to go by, they were trying to get as far away as they could. "No, Stop! We have to go back and help him!" He pointed to the Threehorn, he had helped him escape the cave and he owed him for that. "We can't leave him to get eaten!" he bellowed with a tone that seemed to reek of authority but with a slight hint of desperation, he was basically yelling for two Fast Runners to save a Threehorn from a Sharptooth. The situation would have made him laugh a week ago but not now, all he could do was hold onto the Fast Runner and hope that he'd help the Threehorn, though he neglected to think of how they'd do this.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on April 24, 2018, 01:42:28 PM
Buko did not register the first exclamation from his unexpected passenger, but the other two yells met their target as the words echoed in the fastrunner's mind.  The sharptooth was going after the threehorn.  Could it be true?  Were they out of danger?

Buko slowed slightly as he turned back towards the massive beast and the hapless threehorn that now appeared to be firmly in the predator's sights.  Every part of the fastrunner's instincts were screaming at him to let the threehorn face his fate alone.  To accept that one dinosaur's demise at the hands of fate was another opportunity for him to live.  However, as he was about to turn to continue his sprint, he noticed something.  The threehorn was heading towards something... perhaps he had a plan?  But what...

That was when he saw the sharp rocks and odd angles of light descending from them.  The threehorn seemed to think that he had found an escape route... but he would need time.

"Hey over here, you overgrown Ankle Biter!  I knew you were too slow to catch me!"

It wasn't until the words left his mouth, however, that Buko realized what he had done.  He gave the swimmer the slightest glance as a look of abject horror appeared on Buko's face.  

He didn't wait to see if the sharptooth followed them before again entering into a headlong sprint.  The rest was up to Rinen now.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on April 24, 2018, 06:29:33 PM
Wyoh had acted on absolute terror, her heart nearly pounding out of her chest as she fled the source of the roar with every shred of strength she had left. After the initial shock wore off she thought to look for Buko, and caught sight of him running a ways off to her left with what looked like the swimmer clinging to his back. The two-footer appeared to be interested in something- or someone- else, and so she turned her course toward him and came up beside him as he slowed.

She was about to comment on their situation when he turned his head and... yelled. At the sharptooth. Having heard none of the Swimmer's pleas, she was left staring dumbfounded at the huge predator as Buko increased his speed again. She was on the verge of abandoning him entirely to his madness when the terribly small figure of the threehorn caught her eye, mere paces away from the monster's jaws. Was that what this was about? She took a deep breath and shouted, "It's a good thing sharpteeth are so STUPID!" before running to catch up with Buko, shaking her head in disbelief. She didn't know how much energy he had left, but she was running dangerously close to empty.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on April 26, 2018, 08:19:33 AM
It took Lizzie a few seconds to realize that something wasn't right. Finally halting her monotonous trot, Lizzie spoke up.

"Is something the matter? Why will you not keep flying?" Lizzie took a quick glance at the flyer, noticing that she was looking slightly exhausted and... disturbed? The longneck was exhausted as well yet she was stoically moving on by habit, her dull mind not registering that the flyer was done for and, above that, in a deep emotional crisis. A quick look around her confirmed that they were in an open space with no protection whatsoever, the Bright Circle already sinking lower on the horizon. Soon dusk would descent upon them... Could they even stop here for the night?
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on April 28, 2018, 04:50:22 PM
The threehorn couldn’t believe his ears when he heard the fast runner’s distant cry. Had he actually risked his certain escape just to increase his chances of living through all this? That went against most of what he had learned about their kind but this wasn’t the moment to think about such things. The sharptooth was mere moments from reaching him and his life was still very likely forfeit. However, following the half tooth’s cry, something happened which stunned the threehorn completely.

The massive predator had slowed his run down for a short while, most likely to weigh on whether to respond to the omnivore’s taunt. It was only a brief before until the larger dinosaur resumed his chase but it was enough for Rinen to get a good lead in the race to the looming hill path. Rinen would have wanted nothing more than to close his eyes and wait until this would be all over but he forced them to stay open and face he way to his salvation… if he was lucky. Every second, the sharptooth was catching up to him but at the same time, the path grew ever closer to him… only a few more seconds and he’d at least have a chance to make it…

Once he was two times his own length from the opening of the path between the high hills surrounding it, Rinen took one, mighty leap to save each and every decimal of a second he could. For a moment, he thought it wasn’t enough. During the jump, felt a violent, stinging pain in his tail which briefly made him believe he was done for. However, the following hit to the ground told him he wasn’t caught yet and with a quick glance, saw that there was a long, deep wound stretching all the way from his lower back into the tip of the tail and it was already bleeding nastily.

Even worse, the sharptooth wasted no time jumping to the rocks surrounding the gorge-like path and the threehorn knew his survival was a matter of mere seconds. Even through the pain, he rose to his feet and headed further down the way up the hillside, hoping beyond hope the narrow gorge would soon become deep enough to shield him from the predator’s greedy claws. And even worse, there was always a possibility the path could prove to be only a tiny pass between two slopes around the larger hill, soon opening again to reveal him to the massive sharptooth’s attacks again. Deep inside his mind, Rinen prayed that wouldn’t be the case...
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on April 29, 2018, 09:43:43 AM
The massive predator tried to reach the threehorn, but the narrow path proved difficult to navigate in order to finish the young dinosaur. "This is proving to be very difficult," Slash thought to himself, "but it all ends now." The sharptooth tried picking up the pace, but then tripped on a rock jutting out of the ground! The sharptooth fell to its side and rolled downhill.

Maybe this was the threehorn's chance to survive.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on April 30, 2018, 02:58:07 PM
She did not know who she was, what was her name, what was her past? She thought yet nothing came to mind. Distant voices became sound around her yet she could not understand what they said. She heard one name being called, Samara, who was that? Who were they? Family, enemies, friends? Nothing came to mind. She kept walking through the shadowy plains which she suddenly found herself in. What was happening? She kept walking until her feet got heavy and she fell down. She did not want to give up, she struggled to get back on het feet and continued walking. Maybe at the end she would finally understand who she was, and who this mysterious 'Samara' was. A distant light was shining in the distance, she kept walking. She stepped through the light and she understood, she was Samara, and she was on her way to a location her companion knew of, yet she knew not where.

Samara did not understand why she fell down, nor why she was so afraid of the ground. Why should she? You could stand on ground, it was safe. Right? She opened her eyes and saw the concerned longneck looking at her, why was the longneck so concerned, didn't she just take a nap on the ground, like others did when they were tired? What was happening, nothing happened. Right?
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on May 02, 2018, 01:52:50 AM
Lizzie's forehead grew some grumples as she continued to look at the flyer on the ground before him showing many signs of confusion.

What is going on with her?

For the first time since their initial encounter, Lizzie remembered how disturbed and sad she had been when she found her. Was whatever had bugged her back there causing this? Did she need help? It was enough to snap the longneck out of her very own trance either way.

"Are you feeling alright? Is something bothering you? S-should we... call it a day?"

Lizzie was pretty sure something was off and deep inside she was hoping that the flyer would talk. Right now she reminded her too much of her own pain...
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on May 02, 2018, 09:13:41 AM
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"Are you feeling alright? Is something bothering you? S-should we... call it a day?"

Samara shook her head, they wouldn't have to stop now, it's still day and the sun is  going down but there's still a couple hours left, so why stop? She then thought of the first part of the question, was she alright? She did not know, but she felt like she was alright, they would continue for now, and find a safe place when the sun would be just above the horizon.

"We won't have to call it a day yet, unless you want to. The sun is still in the sky, so why stop now? Let's continue and once the sun is above the horizon, we can find a safe spot to rest, okay?"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on May 03, 2018, 06:32:56 AM
The sudden change in demeanor surprised the longneck somewhat but she quuckly discarded it as nothing, glad that they could walk a little further. As long as she was walking, she wouldn't have to think and as long as she wouldn't have to think...

No bad thoughts...

Lizzie gave the flyer a short nod and resumed her trot while the flyer quickly rode the currents to the heights of the sky, so high that she was barely to be seen from her ground-bourne perspective. No visible landmarks were visible anywhere aside from the occasional boulder and the omni-present ocean in the far distance to their left. She had long since noticed the flyer keeping a fair distance to the huge body of water and while she wasn't aware of the bad influences of salty water on the value of vegetation and water itself, she instinctively knew it was probably for the best to keep a certain distance. The big flood, although it hadn't affected her, made her respect, even fear the unknown water, traces of which could occasionally be found on the ground. Apparently the whole area they were trespassing got flooded as well but it must have been short-lived as even puddles had already dried.

There is literally nothing in our path...

As Lizzie set her eyes and mind forward again, only the vast desert with the occasional dead vegetation greeting her, she let out an audible sigh.

Like things ever change... will I ever find what the old longneck told me? And it looks like I'll have to sleep without cover again... like I care if sharpteeth find me but the flyer...

However, Lizzie knew that there was nothing she could do. Some areas simply didn't offer any protection. The longneck could only hope that the face of the landscape would change after all.

However, it didn't.

It was almost night, barely even dusk anymore, when she finally had to give up the small hope of finding cover...

"It's no use, let's call it a day!"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on May 03, 2018, 06:58:03 AM
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"It's no use, let's call it a day!"

Samara did not like the sound of that, for some reason she felt uncomfortable standing and even laying on the ground. Like there was this... primal fear of whatever the ground could hold for her. Samara looked around her and saw that there was no cover for as far as the eye could see. She wanted to continue but noticed how hard it is to flap her wings, she was getting tired. She could not hold out for much longer so she had no choice but to go down. She decided to float just above the longneck so that she was not on the ground, but could rest her wings for a while while still keeping an eye on their surroundings.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on May 03, 2018, 07:15:22 AM
Lizzie didn't recieve any answer from the flyer, however she could soon see the small silhuette above her grow bigger and bigger until it hovered mere metres above the ground.

"So... are we going to stop here? It's almost too dark to see and... I'm tired," Lizzie admitted, her feet ever so weary after the long day. Only having taken a short nap in the morning didn't help things either.

Again, no response. As Lizzie looked up to her, she could see clear signs of fatique and sleepyness on the flyer as well.

"Why are you hovering above me and why won't you give me an answer, flyer?" the longneck demanded at last, her voice still kind, albeit sounding tired, but determined. They needed to do things together and talk about decisions at least if they wanted to support each other on their respective journeys...
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on May 03, 2018, 07:32:09 AM
Samara heard the questions but was too tired to answer, besides, what should she say? That she was mysteriously afraid of the ground, without having a clear reason as to why she was? She could see that the longneck did not appreciate that she was not answering, so she decided to use a half-truth answer.

"I'm tired but it's not safe here, in the open. How will we be safe out here?"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on May 03, 2018, 04:31:59 PM
The entire area around the threehorn seemed to begin shaking the moment the massive sharptooth feel to the ground near him. Rinen couldn’t believe his luck as he saw the predator beginning to sway at first and soon lose its balance completely. The moment his chaser hit the ground Rinen realized he had been given a chance to escape from the nearly certain death. He quickly sprinted forward, feverishly searching for some cave or crevice to escape to, knowing it would be only a few seconds before the sharptooth would be once more after him.

However, Rinen’s spirits fell quickly when none of those seemed to come to his sight. He could hear the predator quickly rising to its feet again and he was quickly running out of time. He was slowly approaching a state of panic before he finally saw something that raised his spirits. It was little more than a crack in the hillside but it was deep enough for him to escape from the sharptooth’s reach once and for all. Even more, it faced towards the plain his companions had escaped to and if he was lucky, they could see he was still alive. If the fast runners hadn’t already ran halfway to the Big Water by now, of course.  

The threehorn panted deeply as he jumped into the crevice, glancing at the menacing sharptooth in a mixture of triumph and lingering fear as the monster’s claws gnawed at the walls above him. He was no longer in immediate mortal danger but safety was an elusive thing as long as the massive sharptooth was anywhere near him. Also, Rinen felt slight worry as he looked at the plain below him as neither Aquarius nor the fast runners were anywhere in line of sight. Even if he’d live through this, there was a chance he would be all alone again, back in the same hellish situation as he had only a few hours earlier. Rinen’s head dropped slightly as he sat down to observe the predator’s next moves, trying to drive those gloomy thoughts away at least for a while longer.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on May 03, 2018, 07:11:19 PM
The sharptooth was angry at himself for making such a mistake - he could have devoured the young dinosaur by now but instead, the threehorn was temporarily safe from Slash's jaws. The sharptooth, being much larger than the threehorn, was unable to get into the crevice, which further enraged the predator. What could he do next?

"Screw this one, I'll squash it and go after the other ones." he spoke in the sharptooth language. The sharptooth then turned to an unusual tactic - something rarely done by random meat-eaters. Slash was pushing boulders into the crevice, hoping to crush Rinen and leave his unreachable body there. The massive predator began to push rocks heavy enough to kill down the crevice.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on May 06, 2018, 10:37:06 AM
Rinen’s brief moment of relative peace was quickly shattered as he saw what the sharptooth was up to. Due to the predator’s violent, powerful blows, he was in serious danger of being crushed under the barrage of boulders his chaser was about to send raining down upon him! The threehorn immediately realized he wouldn’t stand a chance if he stayed here as he would sooner or later be buried in this small crevice forever. With a sickening feeling in his stomach, Rinen knew he had only one way of escaping the potential tomb he had so voluntarily jumped into. The looming plain below him was too far for him to jump into just like that but maybe, just maybe, he could try to use the extremely steep hillside as a way to reach the ground without breaking every last of his bones.

As the first rocks began to fall upon him, the threehorn knew he had to act now or die here. With a quick move, he jumped on a small cliff sticking out of the wall, hoping he’d be able to use it as a platform to jump to the next possible cliff but those plans were ruined immediately. The ledge was far more slippery than he had anticipated and immediately as his feet touched it, Rinen lost his footing completely with grim consequences. He fell partially over the edge of the cliff and before he realized what had happened, he was sent falling against the hillside with no chance to direct his movements anymore. Rinen closed his eyes as he prepared for the inevitable hit, the knowledge that the sharptooth was still on his tail only worsening his mental state.

After a few brief seconds, the inevitable happened. Rinen concentrated all of his willpower to tone down his scream as he fell to the ground, a small bush toning down the hit somewhat. Nasty wounds covered most of the poor threehorn’s body as he started to examine his injuries. He had fallen headlong and he could feel a terrible agony radiating throughout his whole face and frill. However, Rinen soon realized his luck as it seemed like his limbs remained unbroken. Still trying to recover from his hit, he turned to look whether the sharptooth was still on his tail. To his astonishment, no trace of the predator could be seen just yet even if he knew it was only a matter of time until his life would again be forfeit. But for the second time, he had a small window to escape as his bleeding wasn’t as severe as he had initially thought. With a slight limp and forced movements, Rinen did his best to try create distance between him and the predator before it’d find its way here. Luckily to him, the wind was beginning to blow from behind him, complicating the sharptooth’s inevitable chase considerably. Now, he could only pray he’d be fast enough to lose his chaser for good, no matter how distant that prospect seemed at this point.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on May 06, 2018, 11:45:06 PM
It was only when his legs threatened to give out on him that Buko allowed himself to slow from his breakneck pace.  Against the gentle fluttering of his feathers against the wind and the pain in his legs, the only sensation that greeted his consciousness was the slightest amount of pressure against his back.  So he was able to hold on.

Buko turned around to briefly look at his terrified passenger before examining the scene behind him.  Between the desolation of the plains and the towering spires of the rocky hills stood only the sparsest of vegetation, some bushes and trees.  Not exactly the best scenery to hide within.

That works both ways though.  We would have the jump on him if he ever came back.

That was when it hit him.  Besides the swimmer he could see no one beside him.  Not the arrogant threehorn, nor his traveling companion for several days.  He knew that the threehorn was most likely doomed to be lunch, but surely she could have escaped?  He was tempted to run back, to see if she was anywhere to be found.

But that was when he saw the most welcome sight on the horizon.  The slightest hint of a purple head attached to a body of mottled brown and white feathers.  Smiling uncontrollably, he let out a grateful click with his beak.  "You made it!"
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on May 07, 2018, 06:11:10 AM
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Posts:Samara heard the questions but was too tired to answer, besides, what should she say? That she was mysteriously afraid of the ground, without having a clear reason as to why she was? She could see that the longneck did not appreciate that she was not answering, so she decided to use a half-truth answer.

"I'm tired but it's not safe here, in the open. How will we be safe out here?"

Well, that was a good question wasn't it?

"It isn't," the girl mumbled quietly and sighed as she considered her options. Of course it wasn't safe out there, it never was. Whether walking under the Bright Circle or sleeping in a cavern, one was never truly safe out in the Mysterious Beyond. Of course there were ways to avoid being discovered by a predator but...

"There is no safety out here, whether we are sheltered or not. If a Sharptooth catches your scent it will find you..." Lizzie looked down sadly, having to disappoint the flyer like that but a harsh truth was better than a pleasant lie. "Look ahead, do you see anything else but this plain and flat desert? Where do you think we could find a safe place here even if we walked all night? It'd be a waste of energy..."

The longneck glanced at her compagnon in a mixture of expectancy and uncertainty. Would the flyer see reason, especially considering how paranoid she had been earlier? And if she didn't, would she give in lest to lose the flyer's company, however little of comfort it was for her?
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on May 07, 2018, 09:19:32 AM
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"There is no safety out here, whether we are sheltered or not. If a Sharptooth catches your scent it will find you... Look ahead, do you see anything else but this plain and flat desert? Where do you think we could find a safe place here even if we walked all night? It'd be a waste of energy..."

Samara knew that the longneck was right, it did not however hinder the fact that they were easy prey, both were tired and would not be able to run for a long time. One needed to watch the other while the other was sleeping. She knew not from hence this thought came, but Samara thought it was brilliant. One slept while the other kept watch, the question was however, who would sleep first, and who would keep watch first?

"I might have an idea. What if one slept while the other kept watch? That way we could regain energy but have enough time to run when we see a sharptooth."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on May 07, 2018, 09:31:34 PM
Wyoh had glanced back after the stunt they pulled, only to see the Sharptooth in a rage, knocking boulders into the crevice that the Threehorn had been running for. She felt a rush of joy- he'd made it out alive after all! Though, she reflected, judging by the size of those boulders he wasn't likely to stay that way. She let her eyes follow the crevice further down to where the cliffs that edged it opened out into a broad plain. Her view was blocked by the angle of the rocks in several places, but if the crevice led straight through, the Threehorn just might survive. She put it out of her mind, knowing that there was nothing they could do until they were safe, and turned to try to catch up with Buko.

The sharptooth had disappeared from view what felt like leagues ago, and Wyoh had wanted to stop, too. Energy was precious- she had tried to call out to Buko, but he had pulled too far ahead, and yelling against the wind was useless. So, she kept up as steady a pace she could manage while still keeping him in her sights, falling farther behind all the while. With utmost relief she watched the small figure before her slow, and then stop. She nodded in response to his greeting, and in due time finally reached the place where he stood.

The fastrunner wobbled to a standstill and stared dumbly at her companion for a moment. The world was spinning in a way she didn't like, and it took a few light shakes of her head to steady her vision again. "Yes, I made it," her belated response came in a flat, exhausted voice. Her eyes widened a bit as she recognized the swimmer, still clinging to Buko's back. "I don't think it got the Threehorn, either," she mentioned, her expression fuzzy and vague. "He might have been crushed, though. I'm not sure." It was all she could do to stay standing, and an emotional reaction was far beyond her reach in that state.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on May 09, 2018, 08:44:00 AM
It had been over so quickly, Aquarius though he my have been holding onto the feathers of the Fast Runner's back had mainly been looking behind to see whether the poor Threehorn had somehow escaped being the Sharptooth's next meal and it started off good. The Sharptooth falling over and the Threehorn hiding in the crevice but things went sour pretty fast and Aquarius could only gaze on; astounded as the Threehorn ran from his rapidly degrading cover and jumped blindly off the cliff. However to Aquarius relief the Threehorn seemed alright though he was very badly banged up which only served to conflict his emotions as he still was not sure what he felt about the Threehorn, he had always retained that Threehorn's were big, untrustworthy jerks but his most recent trip through the caves and the help that he received from him made Aquarius question his previous views. Taking in the scene and tuning out the Fast Runner's Aquarius had a bad feeling that the Sharptooth would not leave them alone for long and when he finally came there would be no chance for the Threehorn to escape with his wounds without help.

"Oh my father would kill me for doing this" thought Aquarius as an idea formed in his head but he could not do it alone.

"Guy's we have to go back! The Threehorn is over there near the cliff" He pointed to Rinen. "He won't survive unless we carry him and we have to do that NOW!" He watched the Sharptooth starting to regain his baring's above. It was now or never.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on May 15, 2018, 01:25:40 AM
Buko could hardly believe his ears when the swimmer spoke.  His legs felt like they had been burned in a brush fire and his lungs sent pained protests to his brain with every breath.  He knew that a return into the fray would earn him nothing more than a physical collapse and eventually predation from the distant sharptooth.  A single look at his fellow fastrunner only confirmed the same diagnosis for her.  What the swimmer demanded was simply a bridge too far.

"Swimmer..." Buko's own voice surprised him as he practically croaked out his words.  The tone in which they were conveyed carried as much information as the words themselves. "That is not possible.  Huff...  Huff... The best that we can do is try to find water and see if he finds us."

Buko took a moment to catch his breath as the swimmer's desperate expression made him regret what he had said.  Food or not, the loss of a friend was no easy experience.  But they were on their last legs, and if food and water did not come soon then the threehorn would not be the only possible casualty on this day.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on May 15, 2018, 05:23:34 AM
Lizzie gave the flyer a curious glance as she offered her proposal - a proposal the girl was far from declining. If both decided to sleep at the same time, they would be a free meal if some bad guy happened to discover them as they slumbered peacefully. However, if one of them kept watch that completely changed their odds.

"I like your idea, flyer; this should keep you and me save!" the longneck spoke in appreciation of the idea, a small smile appearing on her face. "Would you like me to keep watch first?"

Lizzie usually had trouble finding her night's sleep so she was more than fine with the first shift... if that was alright with her compagnon that was.
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on May 15, 2018, 01:50:39 PM
Wyoh's eyes widened at the swimmer's request- carry the threehorn? He wasn't full-grown, sure, but threehorns were dense and he looked like he probably outweighed either of the two fastrunners- she doubted they could even come close to lifting him, let alone run with him. She nodded at Buko's response, glad at least one of them was in his right mind.

"I think your injuries are clouding your head." She replied, her tone blunt but not unkind. Turning her gaze toward the area he had indicated, she could just make out the distant form of Rinen, leaving the cliff face and the sharptooth behind. The large predator was still thrashing at boulders, unaware of his prey's escape. "The threehorn's best hope right now is to not be seen, and if we all start running toward him, he'll definitely be seen." She tilted her head towards Buko's garish coloring and started to move again, picking up a slow pace in a direction roughly parallel to Rinen's, her legs aching in protest with every stride. "Buko's right. He'll need water as much as we do, if he gets away."
Title: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on May 22, 2018, 03:30:28 PM
Every step he took was the fruit of a painful battle and Rinen knew he’d have to get away now if he wanted to live. He looked frantically around himself and in the far distance, he finally saw something that momentarily raised his hopes. Over twenty longneck lengths to his right, his eyes caught the sight of the two fast runners, apparently talking to each other. There seemed to be no trace of Aquarius, however, but he was too small for him to see this far anyway. The swimmer could be with the fast runners as far as he was concerned… which wasn’t a completely positive thing either. But deep down, the threehorn knew they were his best hope to live through this mess and he looked at the omnivores, praying in his mind that they’d turn towards him and come help him in his hour of need.

Yet, that hope never seemed to materialize. Seconds passed and the duo’s banter seemed to stretch on and on… until they suddenly turned around and sprinted straight away from him. Rinen stared after them for a short while while continuing his escape. Suddenly, the reality seemed to sink into his mind but it wasn’t a reality that was completely unexpected to the poor threehorn. To think even for a moment that anyone would stand up to him in this life seemed to be a fool’s hope as all his life, he had been but a burden to everyone around him. Yet, as always, he wouldn’t give up. He’d continue to search for a rescue as he always had and just as his legs seemed to be on the verge of collapse, Rinen saw the main entrance to the cavern, the same one he had created himself in order to escape its dark corridors and treacherous turns. Now, it would offer him one last hope to live through this most important of days.

With forced panting, Rinen’s body collapsed to a small, protected corner not far from the cave’s entrance, shielded by a wall blocking its view at the mouth of the rocky hall. He knew it offered him little protection should the predator chase him into the cave but that was the best chance he had. Rinen curled into an ever smaller ball as he heard the terrifying roar emanating from just outside the cave, cursing the fast runners’ cowardice as he fought to calm down his  desperate, saddened shudders.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on June 08, 2018, 04:00:16 AM
Aquarius growled to himself, the Threehorn helped him and as much as he despised his kind Aquarius still felt honour bound to help him but he was in no state to pull off a rescue and now the Fast Runners weren't either which was rather infuriating for him. He beat his fist hard onto The Fast Biter's back in his anger, completely forgetting that this was a living being he was hitting and not an object but his anger demanded immediate satisfaction and it was pure habit for him. "Dammit!" he hissed.

He turned back to the Threehorn and could barely see him struggling to escape and the Sharptooth still up on the side of the mountain, the cliff seemed to be hiding the Threehorn from sight but that would not last long. It was then that Aquarius felt a stab of guilt, he didn't even know the Threehorn's name yet this situation bore a striking resemblance to another event that flashed in his mind. The only difference was the role reversal. Aquarius was safe and the Threehorn was in danger but there was nothing he could do to help him. Aquarius turned away and back to both Fast Runner's who were still panting from there recent exertion, there was no way they could help either.

Aquarius looked over past them and remembering the view from the top of the cave and where the river was he said. "There's water down the hill, it's a long river beyond the tree wall" He resolved that he would hate himself if the Threehorn was killed but now he had to think of his own safety and that was where the water was and if the Threehorn survived then that is where he would go too.     
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on June 16, 2018, 10:37:14 AM
"I like your idea, flyer; this should keep you and me save!" the longneck spoke in appreciation of the idea, a small smile appearing on her face. "Would you like me to keep watch first?"

Samara knew that with the events that had happened the last couple days, that it'd be best if she slept first. So she was glad when the Longneck gave that idea.

"That's fine with me," Samara replied, "Are you sure you can stay up that long though? It's been a tiring the last couple hours."
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on June 21, 2018, 09:34:39 AM
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"That's fine with me," Samara replied, "Are you sure you can stay up that long though? It's been a tiring the last couple hours."

"Don't worry about me," the longneck replied in a serious voice as the flyer voiced up her concerns. There would be nothing to worry about since she was long used to the company of the Night Circle - quite frankly the only company she'd gotten during all this time spent journeying in loneliness.

"I have trouble falling asleep at night so there's no need to worry." With a slightly more upbeat expression, Lizzie added. "You can count on me, ok? I'll be doing the same during your watch."
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Post by: Hypno on June 21, 2018, 06:41:11 PM
Every step he took was the fruit of a painful battle and Rinen knew he’d have to get away now if he wanted to live. He looked frantically around himself and in the far distance, he finally saw something that momentarily raised his hopes. Over twenty longneck lengths to his right, his eyes caught the sight of the two fast runners, apparently talking to each other. There seemed to be no trace of Aquarius, however, but he was too small for him to see this far anyway. The swimmer could be with the fast runners as far as he was concerned… which wasn’t a completely positive thing either. But deep down, the threehorn knew they were his best hope to live through this mess and he looked at the omnivores, praying in his mind that they’d turn towards him and come help him in his hour of need.

Yet, that hope never seemed to materialize. Seconds passed and the duo’s banter seemed to stretch on and on… until they suddenly turned around and sprinted straight away from him. Rinen stared after them for a short while while continuing his escape. Suddenly, the reality seemed to sink into his mind but it wasn’t a reality that was completely unexpected to the poor threehorn. To think even for a moment that anyone would stand up to him in this life seemed to be a fool’s hope as all his life, he had been but a burden to everyone around him. Yet, as always, he wouldn’t give up. He’d continue to search for a rescue as he always had and just as his legs seemed to be on the verge of collapse, Rinen saw the main entrance to the cavern, the same one he had created himself in order to escape its dark corridors and treacherous turns. Now, it would offer him one last hope to live through this most important of days.

With forced panting, Rinen’s body collapsed to a small, protected corner not far from the cave’s entrance, shielded by a wall blocking its view at the mouth of the rocky hall. He knew it offered him little protection should the predator chase him into the cave but that was the best chance he had. Rinen curled into an ever smaller ball as he heard the terrifying roar emanating from just outside the cave, cursing the fast runners’ cowardice as he fought to calm down his  desperate, saddened shudders.


The sharptooth neared the cave, attempting to sniff out the little bugger who had tried his best to evade the carnivore for so long. The predator had a hard time catching any sort of scent inside the cave nearby, oblivious to the hiding place of the threehorn. He slowly passed by the entrance, making the second mistake of this hunt by not checking the cave. The threehorn was blessed; the beast had walked off into the darkness.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on June 25, 2018, 12:00:02 PM
The seconds passed on ever so slowly as Rinen listened to the endless darkness around him, expecting for the jaws of a sharptooth appear from the dark void and end his struggles in this world for good. The thought that his already broken life would come into a fitting ending, all alone and forgotten in this place was a fate the threehorn would be willing to accept, no matter how much he hoped it wouldn’t come to pass. Rinen stared into the cave around him but… the final attack never came. As the worst panic started to wear off, the boy realized he heard only his own fearful breathing, the scene around him deafening him with its complete silence. No sharptooth would be able to move completely silently, regardless of how much it tried. No matter how his emotions fought against that outcome, Rinen realized he was all alone. There was no trace of his supposed “friends” nor of the sharptooth That thought overwhelmed Rinen completely. He was safe.

His legs shuddered with pain and relief as he rose to his feet, willing to check if things truly were as they seemed. Despite the beast’s apparent absence, the threehorn put his feet to the ground with extreme care as he moved forward, not willing to take a chance of blowing his cover now. But everywhere he looked, there were no suspicious shadows nor moving forms: everything was completely still. For a short moment, Rinen hesitated as the overwhelming rays of the Bright Circle shone from the hole in the cavern’s wall, wondering whether it would be safe just yet to exit the cave. The sharptooth could still be nearby and if it would catch his scent again, it would be all over. But… he couldn’t hide in this dark hole forever, could he? Rinen’s face turned into an anxious frown as he headed towards the opening but to his astonishment, the sharptooth was nowhere to be seen. Slowly but surely, a wide smile crept to the boy’s face and he collapsed to the ground, completely stunned by his luck. He had already resigned to his fate but here he was, alive and nearly unscathed considering the circumstances! However, he was far from safe waters yet.

What now? I may be safe but I’m all alone once again. Those bastards probably left me to die on purpose! I only wish I knew what kind of face they’d make if they knew I still live! Heh, probably similar to my grandfather’s! But who cares about them right now? All I need at this point is some water…

Rinen realized his throat was completely dry and he glanced into the distance, his eyes slowly noticing something he had missed before. Far, far in the distance opened a narrow sliver of blue which could only be a distant river. Immediately, Rinen licked his lips, only thanking his luck that everything seemed to be falling into place now. However, a river would most likely draw other dinosaurs towards it as well, like sharpteeth or…

A sudden wave of bitterness washed over the threehorn as he realized that his companions could be heading that way as well. In the back of his mind he realized there was nothing they could have done to help him but the sight of the fast runners running away in his hour of need would be one he’d never forget. As for the swimmer, the threehorn’s thoughts were conflicted. If the fast runners hadn’t eaten him already, his flight hurt Rinen the most as the two had already shared one adventure but… what could a badly injured, young swimmer like him had done against the sharptooth? Rinen suddenly felt a headache invading his mind as he thought about the possible reunion, knowing it would not be either easy or pleasant. He simply gritted his teeth together as he once again headed downhill from the cave and towards the oasis of water in the middle of the driest parts of the Mysterious Beyond.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on July 04, 2018, 05:03:24 AM
It was a short but intense sprint later that the two Fastrunners along with Aquarius arrived at the winding river, they stopped under the shady canopy of the tall trees, there was still plenty of green on those branches that provided a welcome shade but at this time it wasn't the most welcome, all the trees did now was cast incredibly dark shadows on the moonlit ground. The river was flowing at a steady pace that wouldn't pose any danger if someone were to fall in unless they could not swim.

Aquarius jumped from the blue Fast Runner's back and landed on his legs which buckled at such and impact and sent him sprawled on his knees but he quickly recovered and walked into the shallow water next to the bank and sat down though with a loud grimace when the cold water touched his scrapes. Aquarius allowed his wounds to soak in the waters as his mind went onto the wondering trial.

He had escaped and the Threehorn's fate was unknown and he was stuck with two Fast Runner which only made him feel more unsettled, he didn't trust any egg stealers; they who took so many of his younger siblings. The young Swimmer knew that he was in no state to fight them and they were more then capable of having him for there next meal which was not something Aquarius found desirable.

What Aquarius really wanted was to find his family again, he just had to believe that some of them survived but pursuing this course only brought more trouble to his mind. He knew that the chances of him ever seeing his family again were miniscule and not only was he separated from them but he had no clue where he was or which way to go nor was he in a state to do much traveling, he rubbed the grazes on his arms. He didn't know what to do. Looking down at his depressed reflection Aquarius sniffed and shed a tear. "I don't know what I'm doing anymore" he whispered in a shaky voice.

However he was startled from his thoughts by the feeling of his small body being hit by one of the waves coming from the middle of the river and as soon as it touched him he gasped and jumped from the water in fright, landing on his back he pushed himself backwards, hyperventilating and his eyes wide open as he saw the terrifying wave that had taken him from his family strike him, he almost felt it and that only frightened him more as he trembled and hyperventilated even faster as he lay backed up at the base of a tree struggling to regain his composure. 
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on July 07, 2018, 11:48:48 AM
Buko had been lost in his own thoughts ever since they had abandoned the threehorn.  True, they had only just met this small swimmer and young threehorn.  And, true, in any other time the threehorn would have been a mere threat and the swimmer a potential meal.  However... something did not sit right with him.  It was one of the first times in his life where he was convinced they had made the right choice, but also convinced that the right choice sucked.

That was when the sudden fear of the swimmer and his retreat to the tree broke him of his introspection.  In a flurry of movement he sprang away from the stream, fearing a bellydragger ambush.  It was only when the seconds ticked by that he realized that no predator was present.

Poor guy is probably spooked.  Can't blame him.  That was when another thought hit him.  Well, swimmers usually hang around other swimmers all the time, right?  Maybe the guy could use some company?

He coughed a bit.  He wasn't exactly the best conversationalist.

"I think the water is clear, but you can never be too careful," he began as he turned his violet head towards the herbivore while keeping his distance, "We fastrunners often stick to the shallows or where water-plants are so that we know if anything is coming.  Is they what you swimmers do as well?"
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on July 13, 2018, 11:47:02 PM
Wyoh could see nothing but the river as its shimmering surface came closer and closer, and could barely think as her shaking legs finally came to a stop at its edge. She took gulp after gulp of the cool, clear water until her stomach hurt, then limped over to the shade of a tree on the bank, collapsing beneath it. She tucked her head beneath her feathered arm. The world was too much, and she needed to shut it out.

But she couldn't shut out her own mind. Exhaustion hit her like a mountain of falling rocks, and she couldn't help but think about the threehorn. Like that day so long ago with her little sister, she had run, run, run, and not looked back. Were either of them still alive? Did it matter?

She lifted her head at Aquarius' gasp, and stared over at him listlessly. He didn't seem to be in danger, and all the better. She was spent. "If a bellydragger shows up, tell it to go eat its own tail," the fastrunner grumbled, tucking her head once more under her arm.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on July 15, 2018, 02:17:56 AM
Aquarius was hardly in any mood for answering questions from the Fast Runners but from what he gathered the tall one thought it was a predator that had scared him when that guess was no even close. "There is no Belly Dragger" he said hastily, his composure seemed to be coming back but he his mind was still a mess of images and emotions from that terrible day. He waited till he could breath properly again but was a little surprised to see that the smaller blue Fast Runner was still watching him, awaiting his reply and with a more calm head on his shoulders, Aquarius was finally able to give him an answer. "We go anywhere in the water, I like going down deep" His answer gave him a little comfort in thinking of his hobbies, particularly diving on a breath and going down as far as possible to explore.

However it also made him a little curious himself as he looked at the Fast Runners. He may have been glad that they were friendly but he didn't know if it was a ruse but he knew that if they wanted to eat him then he would not be talking to them now. However his distrust remained after all it had been Fast Runners and Flyers that had killed many of his mother's eggs and his younger siblings and that was not something that made a good starting basis but it is what Aquarius began with. "I've heard you eat meat and plants and that you steal 'helpless, defensless' eggs and babies from under there mother's noses as a way to prove you are brave" He said in a bitter tone, with a little bit to his words as he wanted to make it perfectly clear that he didn't trust them.

He deliberately kept his mouth shut on the real reason for his previous outburst as he was in no state to bring it up again and considering what he just said, his words would probably keep them occupied on a different track then the one that he had just confronted.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on July 15, 2018, 10:27:59 PM
"I've heard you eat meat and plants and that you steal 'helpless, defensless' eggs and babies from under there mother's noses as a way to prove you are brave"

Truth be told, Buko did not quite know what to expect when he attempted to speak to the obviously spooked swimmer, but outright hostility was not one he had considered.  When his overtures were returned with bitter recriminations, however, he soon found that he did not like it one bit.  In fact, he was beginning to reconsider his 'the poor swimmer is not food' policy he had so recently upheld.

No.  This miserable sap-sucker is upset right now and is not aware of what he is saying.  Besides, eating this guy is not worth having the threehorn after you assuming he has not become food himself.

Softening his glare a bit he turned instead towards his fellow fastrunner companion, only to see her covering her head in exhaustion.  It seemed that they were all quite a miserable lot at the moment.

"We do what we have to do to survive.  And, right now, we have options," Buko finally addressed the swimmer, "We have fish in this stream, and you have this green crap that I assume you can eat."

As if to punctuate the point Buko grabbed a handful of water plants, not hesitating to show his disgust before he dropped it back into the water.

"And once we finally have eaten and had a chance to rest... then we can go from there," he then looked at Wyoh, "I can keep watch if you want to rest.  But we need to find a good defensible position in case the two-footer comes back.  Some place where we can get a good start to our run."
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on July 20, 2018, 09:48:21 PM
Aquarius sighed at the Fast Runner's declaration, he knew he was right. Every single creature on this earth did what it must to survive and if that meant eating meat or eggs then so be it. Aquarius still held onto his bitterness and resentment on that fact but at the same time he was reluctantly grateful that The Fast Runners had helped him as much as they had and that they had not yet decided that he was their next meal. However he still could not feel like resting in his current company, these Fast Runners may not have considered him food but who knew how long that would last? Aquarius could not afford to let his guard down but that didn't mean that he could rest his body for a while, he just needed to keep his eyes and ears open.

"I need a breather and time to heal" said Aquarius to the blue Fast Runner as he picked up a few fallen treestars and soaked them in the water and scrubbed his open wounds and lay down on his belly next to the tree, resting his body but keeping a sharp vigil over the area. He looked back in the direction they had come and wondered if the Threehorn had survived.   
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on July 23, 2018, 10:55:25 PM
Wyoh sighed, and buried her head deeper in her plumage as the two began to snap at eachother. She knew the Swimmer's insult was probably aimed at her, too, but she hardly cared. Tallcrests were different than other fastrunners, even hatchlings of her kind knew that much. The treesweet trees they favored provided most of their nourishment, and each Tallcrest family guarded and cared for their grove of trees in return. Hunting was something they did only in the worst of times.

Have times ever been worse than this? She reflected, remembering the dried flesh she had picked over not too long ago. The act itself didn't bother her- why waste what no one was using? But such meals were empty, unsatisfying. Even the thought of a ripe, juicy treesweet was enough to tie her stomach in knots, and bring tears to her eyes. She hadn't even seen one in so long.

She vaguely heard Buko addressing her, and quickly wiped her eyes in her feathers before raising her head. "I'm alright." She replied, stiffly. "I need to eat, anyway." With sore legs she raised herself and shuffled toward the river. Sure enough, the shining bodies of small fish could be seen flitting here and there under the surface. Lowering her head, she pretended to study the creatures while glancing at Buko out of the corner of her eye. She had never had the opportunity to learn to fish, and was hoping that the smaller fastrunner was planning to begin so that she could get some idea of what she was supposed to do.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on July 24, 2018, 04:48:54 PM
A deep grimace could be seen on the threehorn’s face as he dragged himself towards the river which had seemed to be only a reasonable walking distance from the cave. However, the still-lingering pain in his leg had made that distance feel at least thrice longer than it had initially seemed. But at last, the ground began to slop downwards towards the river which gave the boy the courage he needed to finish the journey. All thoughts of the sharptooth or his companions were forgotten amidst his fatigue and thirst… until he saw something which caught his interest immediately.

Far in the distance, he could see a familiar form standing near the water, gazing at its depths. Rinen had to narrow his eyes to confirm he hadn’t been mistaken but it was true: this was one of the fast runners who he and the swimmer had met. And if she was here, it was most likely that his two other companions were not far away either. For a fleeting moment, Rinen wondered whether he should approach them again at all or whether he should move on and cast those three away as unworthy cowards.

Yet, even in his bitterness, Rinen realized that he should never have expected them to act otherwise. How often had the other threehorns helped him during the many seasons of endless training back in his old herd? How many times had others turned back to help him up from the ground after he had collapsed of exhaustion? What were the chances of him finding a dinosaur who would sacrifice themselves to save someone who was in essence a total stranger? Even then, the threehorn’s confused and conflicted mind wasn’t about to forgive them this easily but another thought stirred in his mind. Had the swimmer made it and where was he now? Any familiar face would be a better option than to return to the desperate wandering and the threehorn knew it. With forced and deeply anxious steps, he headed towards the fast runner and to his surprise, the female was too drawn into trying to catch fish from the river to notice the larger dinosaur approach her. With a bitter and rough voice, Rinen asked the fast runner the obvious question.

“It’s great to see you all safe and well, half tooth. It would have been terrible for one of us to get eaten, don’t you think? Where’s your companion and the swimmer?”
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on July 25, 2018, 09:45:55 PM
Wyoh had been so absorbed in trying to watch the other fastrunner without turning away from the fish that the voice coming from behind caught her completely off-guard. Her feathers puffed out in shock as she splashed a few paces forward by reflex, her neck hunching in a defensive posture as she caught sight of the familiar threehorn, still very much alive. She took a moment to examine him, ready to flee if it looked like he wanted a fight, but it seemed that wouldn't be necessary.

Relaxing her stance she gestured toward the light vegetation along the bank with a flick of her head. "Over there." She clarified, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. It felt strange to leave it at that, but what could she say? Part of her wanted to defend their actions, to rationalize what they had done... but it didn't seem like excuses would mean very much to the threehorn that they'd just left for dead. "I'm glad you're still alive." She nodded politely, unhappy with the awkward compromise, but resigned to it. She pretended to return to her fruitless task, glancing furtively at the threehorn in case he decided that he was looking for a fight after all.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on July 29, 2018, 10:55:53 AM
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"I have trouble falling asleep at night so there's no need to worry. You can count on me, ok? I'll be doing the same during your watch."


Samara was tired, there was no question about that. She knew she had to sleep but there was this nagging feeling in the back of her head, like something was wrong, like something was not all it seemed. Hesitantly she agreed and prepared to sleep. She just hoped that nothing would occur this night.

Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on July 29, 2018, 02:42:41 PM
Lizzie let out a sigh of relief as the flyer curled herself up behind a dead tree. Patiently, she waited until she was sound asleep, the darkness creeping across the land. As happy as she was about her new companion and the company that she'd sought so desperately, as happy she was now to be finally alone with her thought. Praying that this night would be just like any other night before, she got back up to her feet, slowly trotting away until she was out of hearing range though still in sight of the flyer, neglecting her duty and the flyer's trust.

As soon as she found a good spot, she lay down on the hard ground, observing the Night Circle for a while, her thoughts flowing freely, turning darker and darker, her depression taking control of her mind until quiet sobs rocked the poor longneck. Just an every-day night for Lizzie.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on July 30, 2018, 04:43:14 PM
In his mind, Rinen had already decided to try to forgive the fast runners and begin to finally accept the cruel ways of the Mysterious Beyond. However, something in the other dinosaur’s words and tone suddenly infuriated the threehorn without an end. Whether it was the lack of any emotion or apology in her voice or her highly casual words which proved further that the fast runner hadn’t cared about her companions in the least, Rinen couldn’t say. All he knew was that any genuine regret was completely absent within the fast runner which only reminded him that these child killers couldn’t be trusted in any circumstances. The change in Rinen’s mind was a profound one but the despair of dozens of humiliations with his old herd rose in his mind as he saw the girl speak to him as if nothing of interest had happened. He simply felt his muscles tense slowly and suddenly heard himself speak in a voice that dipped with rage and regret. His tone surprised even the boy himself but the raging flurry of hate and hurt overwhelmed any hesitation completely.

“Is that all? Is that truly all you have to say? You and your friend left me to die without second thoughts and you think you can simply tell me you’re happy that I lived and get away with it? Without really even meaning it? WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU THINK I AM? I knew all fast runners were nothing but heartless jerks all along!” Rinen growled as he slowly started to walk towards the fast runner, his deep breathing and enraged eyes resonating with a sudden will to settle the score with those who had been so willing to see him dead.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on July 30, 2018, 10:39:52 PM
Buko had been lost in his own little world with his eyes firmly focuses on the water and the swift little morsels of food within.  Though it would take several hours of searching to completely fill his belly, he knew that the worst of the hunger pains could be resolved by a mere fish.  Just anything to take the edge off of the dull, aching...

"WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU THINK I AM? I knew all fast runners were nothing but heartless jerks all along!”

In an instant any thought of food disappeared from his mind as a familiar voice presented itself.  This voice, however, which would have otherwise calmed his heavy conscience, merely filled his mind with fear.  There were many sights and sounds that would elicit a panic response in a fastrunner and of those 'pissed off threehorn looking at your packmate with murderous intent' was certainly on the list.  Not having time to process what he was thinking or when exactly Wyoh became "pack" in his mind, Buko let out a sharp alert call in order to bring Wyoh back to reality.

It was time to run.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on July 30, 2018, 11:41:43 PM
Wyoh clenched her jaw, her heart beginning to pound. The circumstances of her life had left her largely a passive creature of shallow emotional peaks and valleys, but this was enough. She had seen many of her own kind die off slowly, one by one, and this worthless leaf-gobbler wanted her to feel sad for him? His words twisted her hopelessness into a knot of ugly rage, her feathers standing on-end in the electricity of pure aggression. She turned to face him, a harsh, drawn-out squawk issuing from her beak.

"What were we supposed to do? Or do you think the sharptooth would have ignored another meal running straight into his mouth?" She slammed her foot down, splashing cold river water everywhere. "We don't even know you, but if there was something we could have done we would have done it! Do you think the swimmer would have stayed with us otherwise?" She snorted and arched her neck, preparing for one more volley. "He was so worried about you, and you haven't even checked to see if he's okay! Maybe you didn't deserve to be rescued!" She shouted the last part as loud as she could, her voice becoming raw and scratchy.

Her rage somewhat spent, she straightened up and took another look at her adversary. Buko's warning call prickled instinctively at the back of her mind. Her heart still pounded. She knew she should run. Though she had height on the threehorn, she was sure one solid blow from the dense thing could shatter bone, and she had never been in a real fight before. It would be suicide. The fastrunner took a few measured steps backward, keeping her eyes on the threehorn and maintaining the distance between them. If he betrayed any hint of a charge, she would flee.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on July 31, 2018, 12:01:29 AM
In the few seconds that followed, which seemed like a near-eternity for the hapless fastrunner, Buko merely stared at the nonsensical scene that was playing out in the distance.  In his life there were certain fundamental truths that, due to their lack of exemptions, made like understandable even in the most confusing time.  Truths like "I am purple which means I have to run fast if danger comes", "threehorns are danger incarnate", and "angry threehorns will murder you with a face of jagged horns".  In light of such truths a fastrunner's duties were easily established and order reigned in the universe.

And now his friend, who he could only assume had gone insane due to the stress of the day, was facing off with a threehorn and telling it off.  Was she so hungry that she was seeing the threehorn as food?  Or was she so eager to get this day over with that she was seeking "suicide by murder-face"?

In light of the confusing scene all he could do was watch and hope that she came to her senses before it was too late and let her instincts carry her legs away from the agitated threat.

Buko's conscious mind had no idea that he was slowly walking forward.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on July 31, 2018, 04:42:58 PM
The threehorn stared at the raging fast runner in growing, cold rage as she threw one insult after another at him. After all that happened, this weak, cowardly piece of spiketail dung had the guts to suppose he deserved to die? Of course, she was right about the two omnivores’ ability to help but all the halftooth should have done was to give one gesture of apology after what had happened to show she wasn’t a cold, brutal killer her kind had all too often turned out to be. However, her accusations only made Rinen breath ever more deeply, the rage of a challenge rising in his mind. He had heard dozens upon dozens of insults in his life and damn right he wouldn’t let this cursed fast runner get away with her words. All his life, Rinen had fought to keep whatever honor he still had and the other dinosaur’s words triggered the same line of emotions he had been trained to foster all those seasons. His voice nearly broke as he gave his answer, his voice bordering between a threatening whisper and a terrifying cry.

“That is enough, halftooth! I never asked for your help with any fight and I’ll never need it, but I will not listen to that kind of trash from the likes of you, you despicable, sad excuse of a fast runner! If I didn’t deserve to be saved from that monster, maybe you don’t deserve to live through this day either!” Rinen said, determined not to walk away as the loser from this encounter. He pulled some dirt aside with one move of his leg and suddenly leaped forward surprising quickly. Quickly enough, in fact, to prevent the female from escaping before his horn hit her upper abdomen.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on July 31, 2018, 06:33:23 PM
The anger built again at his next remark, hot tears of fury stinging her eyes. The dung-brained leaf-gobbler still had the nerve to insult her, as if his life was worth more than theirs, as if she should have taken his first attack lying down. Her blood was boiling, and she had stopped thinking clearly.

"Of course you didn't need our help! The sharptooth wouldn't have wanted to eat a big pile of dung anyway!"
She spat, feathers fluffed to the max. The childish insult would cost her dearly. If she had kept her head and watched his movements, she might have escaped unscathed, but his sudden charge caught her completely off-guard. She barely had enough time to shuffle into a half-turn, changing what might have been a serious wound into a flat, concussive blow. It sent her tumbling down onto her back in the water, the breath knocked completely from her lungs. Coughing and sputtering she thrashed around in the water, managing to raise her head only to see the threehorn bearing down on her. There was only one thing she could do that might buy enough time for her to escape with her life. In one fluid motion she bunched her legs to her chest and extended them with all of her might, landing two powerful kicks to the threehorn's underside.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on August 02, 2018, 09:12:47 AM
Samara woke up with a shock and after looking around she noticed why she woke up. The Longneck was approaching her, probably to say that it's her turn to take watch. She nodded and stood up and flew up to the top of the dead tree she was laying on. She had a good view from up here, enough to keep watch, enough to make sure that they would stay safe, and if not, enough time to wake up her companion and run- or in her case, fly away.

Samara looked at the twinkling lights up far above, mesmerized by the beauty of them along with the Night Circle and wished that maybe, maybe everything will be as beautiful in the end as the lights up above.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on August 03, 2018, 09:37:28 AM
Rinen gasped for air as he fell into the water, completely taken aback by the fast runner’s desperate maneuver. He hadn’t expected her to be able to mount any major resistance, a thought which immediately brought another painful memory into his mind. He had also let the swimmer who was much smaller and younger than he was to beat him because of some stupid oversight and he certainly wasn’t going to allow this fast runner to do the same. Luckily for the threehorn, the omnivore’s attempt to escape wasn’t as easy as she had hoped as the water which reached her knees prevented her from running away quickly enough.

“You thought that would keep me down? Let us see you getting beaten by this pile of dung…” Rinen muttered in utter outrage, seeing only red as he prepared to finish this fight off. He watched in satisfaction as the fast runner struggled to escape but the river’s waves prevented her. In this moment, all the shadows of his past incarnated in the insufferable, pathetic egg stealer before him, making the threehorn more than ready to kill her if given the chance. The fast runner’s struggles grew more desperate by the second and soon enough, she seemed to step into a small hole in the riverbed, causing her to fall headlong into the water, already enabling Rinen to start rejoicing for his win. Now, he only had to use his horn and crest to attack her throat and it would be all over…

However, once again, the young threehorn forgot to kind his surroundings. His stressed mind was too focused on his opponent to realize that a wave as high as he was billowing towards him. Waves like that were extremely rare in small bodies of water like this which had made Rinen overlook that chance completely. He was just about to give the decisive blow to the fast runner when he felt his whole world turn upside down as water engulfed all his senses. Rinen felt the rocks hit at him countless times but any attempts of trying to scream would have ended in him swallowing more than enough water to drown him. It felt like an eternity until this nightmarish sensation ended and when it did, the threehorn found himself lying on the rocky side of the river, seeing that the fast runner was approaching the opposing shore, apparently spared from the wave.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on August 03, 2018, 05:08:49 PM
Buko could only watch the scene play out before him, transfixed by the sheer brutality and anger on display.  He had never seen a fastrunner defend itself against a stronger adversary, and witnessing Wyoh's counter-attack and subsequent retreat was enough to make something in his mind break.  It was if the world had turned upside down and his previously held certainties were now but a plaything to a reality seemed hellbent on confusing his sensibilities.

That was when he saw the wave progressing through the river and everything focused back into place.  I've got to help her!

Buko sprinted as fast as his muscular legs would carry him towards the greenest part of the river, an indication of its shallower depth.  Then, bracing his legs for a powerful jump, he hurled himself into the body of water, desperate to make it to the other side where hopefully he could assist her in escaping from threehorn menace.

He did not notice that the battle was already over.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Hypno on August 10, 2018, 08:56:44 PM
The "monster" known as Slash trekked through the land, still searching for an easy meal during the night time, when he could be more silent and unseen during his attacks. He had still wondered where the threehorn has gone; his senses weren't working right which made him unable to detect Rinen in the cave during the afternoon attack. As the thought of tearing the dinosaur apart loomed in his mind, he heard a loud crash; this was in fact the big wave down by the river. However, he thought nothing of it and moved on. Slash wasn't going to risk getting into a scuffle over there in this non-severe state of hunger, at least not yet anyway.

After ignoring the splashing and walking on, he came across a grove of trees nearby, and noticed a bit of rustling in said plants. Curious, he moved closer, wanting to know who or what was moving those trees.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on August 14, 2018, 07:54:48 AM
Aquarius was rather happy when he heard the Threehorn's loud entrance and rounding confrontation with that tall Fast Runner. Aquarius let out and irritated sigh. "Threehorn's, they are real rock heads sometimes" he said to himself. As soon as the confrontation moved to the water and into Aquarius sight he forcefully pushed himself to his feet with a grimace at the pain he felt from his beaten body. By the time he had pushed himself up using the tree to hold on to the wave had separated both combatants. Aquarius took the opportunity to speak before the fight could resume.

"Hey Threehorn, I'm glad your ok! We tried to help you and distract that Sharptooth but the Fast Runners got too tired to run. We're sorry about that but there wasn't anything we could do. Now I think we'd better find someplace safe before that Sharptooth finds us again" called Aquarius loudly so his three companions could hear him.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on August 20, 2018, 03:09:41 PM
It took a few moments for Rinen to recover from the hit of the wave and to return his focus to the present. He had nearly got the fastrunner and it angered the threehorn without an end to think he had been robbed his final victory by some force of nature. And now he had absolutely no way of reaching that damned baby killer on the other side of the river to even the odds after her preposterous words. The boy breathed deeply, trying to hold his anger inside him for now as any further actions would only give the fastrunner further confirmation of her temporary victory. However, it was at this moment when he heard a voice he had fully forgotten in the midst of the fight.

A guilty grip took a hold within the threehorn’s heart as he heard the swimmer speak with a voice this genuine and concerned, ashamed that he had failed to even recall his presence in the middle of his anger. Even after all that had happened, the smaller dinosaur hadn’t given up on him but even then, the threehorn couldn’t completely forget his fight. He tried to calm down but the rage still rang in his voice as he spoke, accompanied by a tone Rinen had meant to carry a friendly, appreciating hint.

“Didn’t you hear what she said, swimmer? Those bastards were never our friends, not really even our companions! We should just get away and forget we ever met them! There’s nothing to be gained from even trying to get along with them. But I’m happy to see you again, too.” Rinen said, forcing the last sentence from his mouth. His blood was still spoiling but he attempted to push the omnivores from his mind as he reunited with one of the only dinosaurs who had ever showed any understanding or friendliness towards him.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on August 20, 2018, 08:58:20 PM
Lost in a haze of adrenaline, she had maneuvered her legs beneath her as quickly as she could and taken off in a burst of frenzied motion. Unfortunately the river was deeper than it looked, and every step was harder than the last. She had no idea how close she had come to death when she fell headlong into the water. The only thing in her world that mattered was to keep moving forward at all costs, away from the crazed threehorn, and so she kicked her feet in an awkward swim, coughing and sputtering as her head broke the surface. She was vaguely aware of the roar of water and a tumbling crash sounding from behind her, as some sort of divine luck propelled her to the other side of the river on the gentle edge of what had been a powerful wave.

Legs shaking and feathers dripping, she waded to the shore. The threehorn was stranded on the other side, she noticed with relief, but the bright figure of Buko was swimming toward her through a shallower section of the river. She ran up the bank towards him, prepared to do what she could to help if he showed signs of distress.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on August 22, 2018, 10:39:26 PM
By the time Buko had finished struggling against the stream, he was thoroughly exhausted.  It was only when his feet again make contact with the bottom of the stream that he was able to look up and notice his target in front of him.  Oddly appearing to look more concerned for his pathetic drenched form than herself.

"Wyoh!  Are you alright?"
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on September 06, 2018, 01:06:00 AM
Aquarius frowned, inwardly he had agreed more with what the Fast Runner had said. The Threehorn was obviously letting his temper get the better off him despite the fact that they had tried to help him and that act from the Fast Runners was not something he had expected from a couple of egg stealers but it was something that made him question his own thoughts on them. They at the very least had earned his gratitude and the Threehorn could not blame them for his own misfortunes.

"Are you done beating them up yet?" Aquarius deadpanned holding his hand over his face for a second. "We tried to help you and we did what we could and you still blame us and now you start fighting? It would serve you right if that Sharptooth came back and ate you now." said Aquarius coldly, there was no humour in his voice.

He limped over to The Threehorn and said very firmly to his face. "I am inclined to trust them more then you at the moment, you turned away the tree stars I offered you! I can at least repay the Fast Runners for trying to save your sorry ass when they had no need to even try!" Aquarius said glaring at the stunned Threehorn, he had evidently made his point. He had said something that went against everything his father had taught him about sticking to his own but experience was rapidly making the young Swimmer question those lessons and besides he had already chosen to adopt his mother's helpful approach on things and that was the basis of what he had said. The Fast Runners had helped him, now it was time for him to help them.

He looked over at the two Fast Runners on the other side of the river. "I am really sorry about this, I've told him off and he won't attack you again" Aquarius gave the Threehorn a firm glare and turned back to The Fast Runners. "We'd all better get out of here soon and my name is Aquarius. What's your names?" Aquarius hoped that this would at least calm the current hostilities down between the two parties.     
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Horizon on September 06, 2018, 12:12:28 PM
Commotion ahead.

Orsur stopped where he was, his body tense his senses alert. He could hear the splashing of water from where he sat just behind a grassy knoll. It was a sound that meant two things: firstly, he might finally have the chance to quench his thirst today, but second and more importantly, it meant someone else was nearby.

Cautiously he crept to the edge of the knoll and peered over, hoping to catch some glimpse of what had caused the commotion below.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on September 12, 2018, 01:15:09 AM
Wyoh's shoulders sagged; the bulk of the nervous tension she had still harbored left her body when Buko's swim proved successful. She was beginning to expect his company, and was surprised to find the thought of losing it frightened her. She took a few brisk steps toward the waterlogged fastrunner, but was brought up short by his question. Her heart was pounding. She was dizzy. A kind of mental numbness had settled over her in the wake of the adrenaline rush. She didn't know how she felt.

"I'm alright." She gave the vague reply with a nod, almost automatically. It seemed to be mostly true. She looked down at herself as best she could. Aside from a general disarray in her feathers and a dull, throbbing ache beginning to spread through her chest where the threehorn had struck her, all of her parts were intact. The stupid threehorn. She glared across the water, annoyed to see that the two on the other side were absorbed in conversation. Her soggy feathers puffed limply in indignation. Of course the dumb flat-teeth would team up against them.

"I'm going to catch some fish." She grumbled, turning to stalk off upstream, away from the crazy threehorn and his friend. Her thoughts momentarily turned to the problem of actually figuring out how to catch a fish, before she stopped, stunned by what the swimmer had yelled across the water to them. The tallcrest wasn't sure if the swimmer had lost his mind, or if she had been hit harder than she thought- he expected them to believe that he had any kind of control over the threehorn? The same threehorn who had only moments ago tried to murder her? Speechless, she turned toward Buko, her wide-eyed look conveying utter disbelief and confusion.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on September 14, 2018, 04:29:10 PM
When Wyoh answered his question with a terse affirmation and a nod, Buko finally allowed himself to calm down.  At least they were safe.  But that was when another emotion reached his mind.  An emotion that he had seldom felt.

Rage.

They had done all that they could for the threehorn.  He had even yelled as a distraction in order to buy the horn-faced jerk some additional time.  And how did he reward their efforts?  By attacking those who had risked much to give him a chance.  It was enough to confirm what his mother had always said about threehorns: Stay away from them, son.  A threehorn doesn't have a single kind bone in its body.

The sound of yelling broke his thoughts.

"Are you done beating them up yet?  We tried to help you and we did what we could and you still blame us and now you start fighting? It would serve you right if that Sharptooth came back and ate you now!"

Buko turned his head towards the commotion.  He was relieved that the threat was on the other side, but something in his gut lurched.  Swimmer, what are you doing?  What if he attacks you?  As much as the threehorn enraged him, he had no anger for the swimmer.

"I'm going to catch some fish."

Buko turned around and nodded at Wyoh.  They were going to grab some food before this all happened.  Perhaps he should do the same?

"I am really sorry about this, I've told him off and he won't attack you again."

Buko practically tripped over his own feet as he swung his body around.

"We'd all better get out of here soon and my name is Aquarius. What's your names?"

Buko turned to share a look with his friend.  Her expression of disbelief matched his own as countless thoughts washed up to the surface at the same time.  Surprise at the swimmer talking down a threehorn.  Anger at the threehorn.  And relief for their very lives.  In the end his response was terse, but not unkind to the swimmer.

"I am Buko, son of Granger," he said gesturing at himself, "And what that thing attacked is my friend, Wyoh."
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on September 17, 2018, 04:49:40 PM
The swimmer’s words hit Rinen harder than a massive group of boulders crushing his body to pieces. Had he actually heard what he thought? Had… had the swimmer completely replicated the fastrunner’s accusations towards him and wished him to be eaten by a sharptooth? And had he actually repeated the cursed omnivore’s claims that they had actually helped him earlier? What the hell was going on? Rinen even thought about hitting the swimmer with his leg in anger but decided against it at the very last moment.

The threehorn suddenly realized that the depth of the smaller dinosaur’s loathing hurt him far more than it should have, not least because he had been genuinely relieved by the appearance of a supposedly friendly face after all that had happened. But now he was faced with horrible insults and claims that seemed to make no sense at all. He panted in utter shock and even fear as the swimmer concluded his speech which was soon followed by the answers of the fastrunners. Especially one comment caught his ear and not because of its flattering tone.

“And what that thing attacked is my friend, Wyoh.” A thing? That’s what the child killer thought of him? For a fleeting moment, the threehorn felt the utter rage return into him but before anything else happened, he wanted to get some explanations. After a few, forced gasps, he spoke to the swimmer, deciding to ignore the omnivores for long enough to find out what was going on.

“W… what are you saying? I… I saw the fastrunners follow my struggles back then before they turned their back on me and left me there! How did that help me in any damned meaningful way? I could have accepted even that but… they have no right to act like nothing had happened at all and then even insult me like that… unless I’m wrong again as I’ve always been. Please… just tell me what happened between you three and about your “help”. I don’t even know what to believe anymore.” Rinen said as he forced his gaze away from the swimmer into the distant horizon, trying to at least begin to calm down and think reasonably. He owed as much to himself and to the swimmer.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Horizon on September 18, 2018, 01:45:34 PM
Orsur couldn't believe his luck.

Somehow he'd missed it during his trek: a long, winding stream that lay just below him. No more drinking from puddles, no more licking the dew off the grass, finally he could have a real drink again.

But he remained cautious. The source of the splashing was clear to him now. A motley collection of dinosaurs was splashing about in the stream. Strangers. Farwalkers. He felt his sail flush and backed down, hoping not to draw any unwanted attention with his brightly-colored feature.

Dividing them should be easy enough, he thought to himself. They were already at each other's throats. The Threehorn in particular seemed quite volatile. Typical Farwalkers. Given time, he knew, they would tear each other apart. He knew he should hang back and wait for the usual outcome to take its course, but that was hardly an option. He looked down, studying the tip of the sharp thumb spike that was just beginning to grow. He could take them.

He had to.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on September 22, 2018, 08:52:53 AM
A quite sigh of relief came from Aquarius when he heard the Threehorn asking him but the tone of voice hit him on a much deeper level, it was clear that he was going through a very rough time in the emotional sense. Although Aquarius had not known this Threehorn for long he was sure that some event had caused this Threehorn much torment, he had come to this conclusion from two signs. One, was that the Threehorn was alone and didn't appear to have a herd and the second reason was how he had treated Aquarius, sure they had gotten off to a rough start but over the short time that they had been together both parties seemed to become more mutual and respective towards one another which was not something that Aquarius ever expected from the average Threehorn after his previous encounter with them.

The fact that no normal Threehorn would ever act this way when put in the same postition as this particular Threehorn and the fact that he had often been emotional which was something no Threehorn generally showed only rienforced the fact that something very personal was bothering him. Nevertheless, the fact that the Threehorn was now starting to approach the situation rationally made Aquarius glad that he was at least willing to try and sort things out without butting heads with anyone. 

Aquarius took a breath and said "When we got out of range of the Sharptooth both the Fast Runner's yelled out and tried to distract that big brute from you and it did distract him, slightly. Also after you jumped off the cliff I told them to help you but they had exhausted themselves and they said that if we helped you we'd give away your position to the Sharptooth and that he'd get you. So they did help you and you should be grateful for that cause they might have just saved you" The young Swimmer knew he was probably painting the Fast Runners in a brighter light then in reality but at the moment he just wanted to concentrate on diffusing this tense situation.

Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on September 23, 2018, 04:48:13 PM
The frown on the threehorn’s face deepened by the second as he looked at the swimmer tell his story. He was somewhat happy to see that the swimmer had calmed down as quickly as he had and initially, he had hoped for a real, believable explanation. However, as soon as the smaller dinosaur mentioned the fact that the two had quite simply left him on his own despite the swimmer’s pleas suddenly seemed to shut everything else away from the boy’s mind. He kept his face calm even after his companion had stopped speaking but inside, he was seething. Oh, a fastrunner had the courage to shout at a sharptooth? What a damn act of heroism!

The fact that the fastrunners owed him absolutely nothing lingered at the back of his mind but so did the female’s reaction. She could have defended her actions but no, she was too busy trying to make him feel guilty! And the fact that the swimmer accused him of his attack without hearing what led to it annoyed Rinen to no end but he could see it was no use arguing about that point anymore. All that mattered was to get some kind of closure to this farce, hopefully without a fight. The threehorn saw the concern on Aquarius’ face rise again as the larger dinosaur started to breath slowly and prepare to speak.

“They did that much, did they? Well, what a relief!” Rinen snapped in anger before turning his gaze at the two fastrunners who were still lingering on the other side of the river.

“So I should be grateful to you two crying at a sharptooth from a distance and believe it actually bought me any real time?! It really takes some bravery for a fastrunner to do that to a cursed sharptooth! If only you had shown even more of it earlier instead of the pitiful insults you gave me, coward!” Rinen cried at the female fastrunner, not really even knowing what he wished to achieve with his words. He knew his relationship with the fastrunners was beyond redemption, not that he even wanted otherwise, but if the swimmer truly wished to side with the omnivores after this scene, then good riddance! Deep down, Rinen knew he was only hurting himself further but that voice of reason was drowned under a well of swirling despair and pain.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on September 24, 2018, 08:43:38 PM
Wyoh snorted. What a jerk! All she had done was tell him she was glad he wasn't dead, and he had yelled at her! And then, tried to kill her! And now he was yelling at her again! She had been kicked at and chased off by others of her own kind over food before, and that she could understand. She could even understand sharpteeth, to an extent- everyone was hungry. But to try to kill someone, just because he was mad? She turned her back on the flat-teeth across the river. Well, it served her right for trying to say something nice to a Threehorn. She should have just run on sight- it was stupid not to. Threehorns were violent by nature.

"I'm not getting anywhere near that... that thing ever again!" She shouted over her shoulder, drying feathers puffing a bit more elegantly than they had before.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on September 30, 2018, 09:03:33 PM
Buko nearly kicked himself for being naive enough to feel a hint of hope at the swimmer's prior words.  It was indeed foolish to expect different behavior from a threehorn who had been ungrateful for their help and even harmed his friend.  And why was he hoping for a reconciliation with the threehorn anyway.

He fixed the threehorn with an icy glare before sighing and glancing at the swimmer. 

"You are free to choose your own companion... or companions, Aquarius.  But we will not travel with that."

Buko hesitated for a moment his back leg extended behind him in something between a stretch and preparation for a sprint.  It was a not so veiled hint that he would not mind the swimmer going with them if he chose.  But one way or another there would be a parting of the ways here.

He agreed with Wyoh; the threehorn had showed its true character here.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on October 09, 2018, 11:31:04 PM
Aquarius was struck in the heart by Buko's question. The ramifications were broad and very personal to the young Swimmer for one he was being forced to choose between the two kinds he distrusted the most and yet both parties had proved to him that they could be given some trust but he felt obliged to help the Threehorn cause even if he didn't want to admit it he had helped him and Aquarius still believed he owed the Threehorn for the Sharptooth incident.

But there was another implication which was indirectly touched on. Travel companions, but where would they be traveling too? The beaten up Swimmer knew that he couldn't afford to go it alone with his injuries but where did everyone else want to go? What was a Swimmer lost and alone in the wilderness supposed to do? Aquarius desired only one thing and that was to get back to his family, he didn't know if they survived but his young naïve mind still clung to the believe that if he had survived then surely his family had too. That was why he waited in the cave for so long, he had been so convinced that his family would find him but nothing had ever shown up, now he was only started to open up to the terrible thought that he really could be all that's left.

Aquarius sighed, his tail slumped and he sat down and looked at the ground with an expression that was of fear, sadness and indecision. He was to young and he didn't know what to do. There was so much emotions running through him and he struggled to keep them in check, he did manage a sniff and looked up to see all eyes on him. He felt that all he could do was follow his original plan. "I just want to go home but The Great Wave washed my home and family away, now I don't know where they are, I want to find the place I got swept from and find them. Where are all you guys going?" said Aquarius, his voice was filled with the same emotions that were jangling in his head like a howling tempest.   
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on October 13, 2018, 04:50:28 PM
The swimmer’s sudden change of mood and the wave of sadness washing over his companion made the entire scene change in front of Rinen’s eyes. One second, he was preparing for another fight with the fastrunners even if he knew he had no way of reaching them anymore, the next he was seeing the emotional resignation of the only dinosaur who had shown him any understanding in a long, long time. The atmosphere of anger and tension seemed to lift away along with the sight of the cursed fastrunners. Part of it was due to his liking of the swimmer but indeed, it also brought his own hopeless situation to his mind. He still had nowhere to go and for a moment, he remembered the newfound sense of meaning hearing of the swimmer’s struggles had brought him earlier.

Rinen shook his head in an effort to clear his thoughts. He still yearned to settle his score with the omnivores but for the moment, he could only see himself as another mindless brute he had learned to regard his fellow children as during his time with his old herd as he looked at the mental exhaustion of his companion. A wave of guilt washed over Rinen, not in the least because of his actions, but because of the effects they had for the swimmer. In this moment, Rinen saw the depth of the disappointment the other boy carried towards him and that realization killed Rinen’s will to hold up his antagonistic stance completely. To anyone else but the threehorn himself, it was clear his mask of confidence had dropped. Where only seconds before had stood an antagonistic, enraged threehorn, now there remained only a lonely, lost and fearful child. His voice was silent and sorrowful as he spoke.

“I’ve got nowhere to go, sw… Aquarius. I have no herd, no friends, nothing. I had hoped to search for some, any place better than this one and that’s what I’m still going to do. But… but if this is the last time we meet, I’d like you to know that my name is Rinen.” He said, only barely swallowing his sobs before they could be noticed. No matter what Aquarius would decide, Rinen would accept it gracefully. If the swimmer would be another companion he’d lose due to his mistakes in this world, the threehorn knew that fact would serve him very well after all that had happened.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on October 29, 2018, 01:26:13 AM
Buko watched the sudden shift in the two leaf-eaters with more than a little surprise.  This surprise soon turned into regret, however, as he saw the deep turmoil his proposal had wrought upon the innocent swimmer.  Though Buko had no love for the threehorn, Rinen's reaction showed that he did care for his swimmer companion.  It also showed to the fastrunner that the swimmer and threehorn were orphans like himself.  Even if the swimmer was unwilling to accept that his family were probably swept away into the eternal sleep of the Great Beyond, to Buko the implications were obvious.

And having experienced the loss of his own father and siblings due to the uncaring fate of this world he was not about to leave Aquarius alone.  Even if that meant tolerating the insufferable oaf of a threehorn.

He looked towards Wyoh as if to ask permission as he spoke.

"We... were trying to find greener lands.  Someplace with food and shelter.  Perhaps... perhaps if we find someplace like that then we can find wherever you were washed away from.  Do... um..."

Granger, no!"

The other fastrunner stood over the broken body of the other male.  His beak dripping with blood as the female cowered.

"Dad!"


Buko shook his head to force back the memories from the destruction of his family.  "....Do you remember what the place looked like?  Where you last saw them?"
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on November 09, 2018, 12:18:45 AM
Wyoh's indignation fizzled at the Swimmer's tired plea. His soft sincerity brought to mind images of her lost brother, and her heart ached for him, but the pain in her chest was enough to keep her anger seething beneath the surface. It was no surprise that she balked visibly at Buko's sudden concessions. She answered his questioning look with a huff of breath and a gruff shrug. She would follow them, of course- what else could she do? But she wasn't willing to admit that to herself just yet.

The tallcrest turned and walked a few paces along the bank, settling down to preen her abused feathers. Let them say whatever they wanted, she wasn't going to waste her breath.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on November 20, 2018, 03:14:21 AM
"Looks like I hit them all hard Aquarius thought. He could see it in everyone's faces. Pain and hardship and sympathy in each of them, it seemed that he was not the only one who suffered but he knew not what they had suffered but what Rinen had said was something he never expected. He had actually called him by his name where as before he always referred to him by his kind, this change in attitude, the fact that they both knew each other seemed to forebode are more extended contact with each other that would not be broken here. Then there was the matter of Buko's words, they presented what Aquarius wanted to have a chance to go back and find his family but would this matter conflict with everyone's current goal of finding food and shelter?

Common sense dictated that the area his family was in would probably be unrecognisable and would be devoid of both shelter and food which would only cause more trouble for everyone. "Would I even find them if I went back? The thought made him shiver, even if his family had survived they had no reason to believe that he had and if the area was devoid of food and shelter then there was no reason to stay there. Aquarius clutched his heart as he came to the realisation that it was to late to find his family. Even if they survived they would long have moved away and searching for them in a dangerous, barren land would probably just get him killed. For now his priorities was the same as the others and maybe finding some healing plants for his injuries.   

"What does it matter where I used to live?" said Aquarius sadly looking at his feet. "My family is probably long gone, I am still up for travelling with you all but I'm tired and hurt but I-we need food and shelter and it doesn't look like we will have much to eat here." He gestured to the tree stars which were rather brown even after such a storm, it was a reminder that the drought was still affecting this area and there was also that Sharptooth that could be nearby. Aquarius felt safer the further away he was from a Sharptooth. "If we are all looking for the same things then I am up to travelling with you all" he said looking at Rinen, Buko and Wyoh and hoping that they'd all be reasonable.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on November 21, 2018, 04:40:29 PM
Aquarius’ words brought a mixture of relief and annoyance to Rinen’s mind. Of course, he was beyond happy that the swimmer still hadn’t turned his back on him but… to go on with the fastrunners? Even if the threehorn accepted that idea himself, how well would a group whose members hate each other work together? Did he have any reason to trust that the fastrunners wouldn’t betray him the moment he turned his gaze away?

Even now, especially the face of the female omnivore made his blood boil and if he were alone with her, he wouldn’t let this issue rest. In the back of his mind, the boy knew that he couldn’t go on alone in this wasteland and the prospect of having a companion, even a friend, with him would be worth standing those cursed baby killers for at least a while. If that’s where this meeting would eventually lead, that is. Rinen sighed as he prepared to trade some of his principles away in order to save his pride and probably his life. He first looked at Aquarius but then he moved to speak to the fastrunners.

“That’s what I had hoped too. I just hope things can be that way again.” He then turned to the distant omnivores and with great efforts, managed to turn his growl into a somewhat constrained call.

“As for you two, I hate the idea of suffering your faces any longer but Aquarius has a point. If you want to ever get away from here alive, a threehorn’s help might be just what you need! I don’t know why but the swimmer seems to trust you and because of that, if you keep your cursed crap to yourself, I might just do the same!” Rinen shuddered as he spoke, feeling as if his voice belonged to someone else. Those weren’t the words he had thought or expected to hear himself say but there they were. He had given up more to the fastrunners than he had ever expected. Now, the decision was in their hands.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on November 22, 2018, 02:32:03 AM
Upon hearing the statements of both the swimmer and the threehorn Buko felt that he had a much clearer view of where they stood.  They were all on their own in this unforgiving place and each of them had their weaknesses.  For both he and Wyoh that was the inability to effectively fight a larger adversary if their speed failed them, and for the threehorn it was his lack of speed and an effective sniffer to spot threats.  Their best chance, as absurd as it sounded, might be to combine their strengths in the hopes that it would overshadow their faults.  He had no objections in the case of Aquarius, but as for the threehorn...

Buko turned towards Wyoh, her irritation clearly visible in her features.  This was certainly going to be a hard sale.  Reluctantly he walked over to his traveling companion and raised a hand in a 'give me a moment' gesture towards the swimmer in the hopes that he would tell the arrogant threehorn to give them a moment.

"Well... I am not thrilled about the threehorn either, but I do know that if it comes to a fight he might be helpful.  We are on our own out here..." Buko began more than a little unsure of himself. "Perhaps we could scout ahead... a good distance away... and help them with our sniffers and eyes... and the leaf-eaters can help us by watching the rear?"

He paused for a moment to take stock of his words.  Truth be told, logical plan or not, he had no right to ask this of Wyoh as the threehorn had wronged her.  It was not the fastrunner way to force a friend to make peace with an adversary.  There was only one right way to handle this.  No matter the eventual cost to their chances of staying alive.

He took a deep breath. 

"This is your call, Wyoh.  I will follow your lead on this."
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on December 03, 2018, 12:11:25 AM
Wyoh knew what he was going to ask her. She continued to focus solely on arranging her feathers, and pretended not to notice as he walked over. She listened as he started to speak, and as his words continued, her preening slowed until she was completely still, her mind beginning to turn in new directions. He had given the decision to her, for both of them. Why?

It forced her into a role of responsibility. All at once, the situation took on a new light- if she chose poorly now, and something bad were to happen to him, it would be her fault. She rose to her feet, shifting uncomfortably as her tired legs complained. She looked across the river at the leaf-eaters, then back at Buko. “Okay, fine. But it that threehorn kills me, it’s your fault.” She huffed. At least she could throw a bit of the responsibility back at him.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on December 03, 2018, 01:11:51 AM
Buko took a deep breath at Wyoh's pronouncement.  It was obvious that his proposal was carried, but that his traveling companion was not thrilled about the arrangement.  Though considering what they had just been through it was probably the best outcome that the small group could have hoped for.

He then turned around towards his (for now) companions.  "Alright, we will keep our sniffers and eyes to the wind... and you can hold the rear. Our best bet will be to follow this stream and to see if it leads to something wider.  Where there is water there usually is food."

Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on December 06, 2018, 04:41:58 PM
The sudden change in the fastrunner’s tone caught Rinen off guard, the threehorn not expecting him or his companion to agree to his proposition at all. At first, he was even disappointed by it as he had partially wished that he should never again to meet those two for as long as he lived. His face turned into a frown but as he saw the look in Aquarius’ eyes, he realized that he had no real reason to complain. With any luck, he wouldn’t have to face the world again at least yet. And even better, those child killers would probably stay a good distance away from him. And if the bright-colored male was right, the search for green food wouldn’t have to be a long one and then, he’d get rid of those bastards forever. He took a brief sigh before raising his gaze at the other boy.

“That sounds good enough to me, if you stay far enough ahead of me, that is. Hopefully we’ll find some better lands soon as I doubt either us agrees to this willingly.” The threehorn said extremely dryly, seeing that the omnivores shared at least this sentiment with him. He then turned at Aquarius and let his eyebrows fall a bit as he spoke to the swimmer.

“Well, it seems they were at least somewhat willing to listen to reason. I’m ready to go if you are.” He said as he prepared mentally for what was to come. He wouldn’t forget the fastrunners’ antics or their reference to him as a “thing” easily and inside, the threehorn knew it wasn’t a given he could restrain himself in the days to come. But for his own and for Aquarius’ sake, Rinen hoped those two wouldn’t test his nerves anytime soon.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on December 21, 2018, 07:58:40 PM
Aquarius couldn't have been more glad at the moment that everyone was willing to co-operate, they had all been fighting for to long and after Aquarius's initial run in with Rinen he was not in the mood for more battles. He gave a smile but as he took his foot step forward he almost fell, he gave a grimace as he looked at all the wounds he still had. Though he hated to admit it, he was hardly in a condition to walk at the moment with his legs bruised and scratched and his more serious wounds in his abdomen. However the thing that terrified Aquarius the most was the fact that some of his wounds was starting to show signs of infection.

Without some kind of treatment Aquarius would have a very hard time just staying alive. Most kinds his age didn't even know what the signs of an infection were but thanks to his two scars Aquarius not only knew the signs but had felt them to and he was not keen on reliving the pain but without his mother and father to treat him he didn't know what to do. "Well I can't walk well, I could ride Buko again?" He thought to himself. Normally he'd not want to show that he was a puny little Swimmer but this was an exception. Aquarius would not get far on his two feet and he knew it.


Once again Aquarius swallowed his reply. "Can I ride on one of you!?" he called out. "I can barely walk!" His question was for everyone but he was hoping that one of the Fast Runners would let him ride on their backs not out of spite for Rinen but simply cause they were much faster then Rinen and would have a better chance of escaping danger should it arise while Rinen was dare Aquarius think it "A bit to chubby to run fast" However if he was rejected by Buko and Wyoh he would make do riding on Rinen's back. 
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on December 23, 2018, 12:52:58 PM
Buko sighed inwardly as he looked between the swimmer and the threehorn, hoping beyond hope that leaving the threehorn off to himself in the back of their little makeshift herd would not lead to a repeat of today's drama. And as the swimmer seemed to be a moderating influence...

"Perhaps, um, we can take turns carrying you?  That way no one gets a sore back."  He glanced back and forth at the still miffed Wyoh and the (from his point of view anyway) always antagonistic threehorn, "...but I don't mind doing it!" He added just in case.

He then leaned down to let the swimmer up, deciding to keep any misgivings to himself. I'm giving back rides to food and making truces to angry, boneheaded threehorns.  Dad, I bet you are watching this from somewhere and laughing.  Or calling me an idiot.  Probably both.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on January 05, 2019, 02:02:39 PM
Lizzie had long since ceased to cry when the Night Circle had reached its highest position on the night sky but as expected she had not been able to find any rest nor had her crying and thinking improved her mood any. The only thing that made her feel a little less terrible than usual was the fact that she was no longer alone.

"It's my time to sleep now huh?"

Slowly, she trotted back to where the flyer was sleeping. She didn't even have to wake her up since the flyer jolted up from her slumber the moment she had arrived at their designated sleeping spot for the night, barren and unprotected as it was.

"It's been quiet... good night," was all Lizzie managed to say in a downcast voice before she curled herself up as best as possible on the hard ground while the flyer reached for a perch high up on the nearby, dead tree, hoping that sleep would overcome her sooner than later. Since she hadn't been sleeping at all the night before, and since she'd been walking a long distance, it was a lot easier than usual that night... Soon, only the slow rhythm of her chest rising and falling and the quiet sound of her breath escaping from her nostrils indicated that Lizzie was alive. She had fallen asleep.

[Finally continuing. Also 7000th post lol]
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on January 08, 2019, 07:45:23 AM
Samara looked up to the sky, sleep was far from her mind right now as she pondered the last few days. Everything changed and not for the better. Who would remember her if she became weak and got eaten by a sharptooth, no one except for the longneck peacefully sleeping below her. She was not made for this, she realized, not made for the horrors of this world that was driven by primordial instincts. Why should she try, sure, if this mysterious place that she and the longneck were looking for actually existed, what then? What would become of her? She saw no future for herself besides the nightmare that they were in now.

The nearby creaking of dead trees brought her out of her depressive thoughts and adrenaline coursed through her body, her live-or-die instincts were still very much active, despite not wanting to continue. There was no sound except for the creaking of nearby dead trees and the soft, almost non-hearable sounds of the longneck sleeping below her.

It would not be bad, she realized, if this was the last thing I see, to experience. But she had made a promise, one that she wanted to keep, she was growing tired though, not of her lack of sleep, but of life. Yes, she thought while leaning back against the tree and growing a sad smile, this would not be so bad at all.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on January 12, 2019, 06:13:54 AM
Drowsily, Lizzie opened her eyes. The first rays of the Bright Circle were tickling her nose, the cold of the night fast on the retreat to make way for the unbearable heat of the day. Lizzie couldn't say that she'd slept enough nor that she felt like she'd rested at all but she was used to this insomniac feeling. Frankly, this had been one of the better nights; at least she did get to sleep at night and not during the day when the heat made most attempts to sleep futile ones.

Reluctantly, she stretched her stiff extremities and got to her feet. She would have to get moving while the temperature was still nice. Lizzie was about to get moving when she remembered that her journey was no longer a solitary one. Above her on the dead tree, the longneck spotted her flyer comrade, looking in the opposite direction, apparently fixated on a point far beyond her field of vision. Awkwardly, she cleared her throat to get the flyer's attention.

"Uhm, I am awake. Sh-should we get going?"
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on January 15, 2019, 04:37:33 PM
A look of slight suspicion formed on the threehorn’s face as he heard the fastrunner’s words but in the end, he wasn’t too badly taken back by them. The omnivore could well carry Aquarius for a while as that would give the threehorn finally some time alone, something he knew he needed desperately. And later on, he’d likely earn another chance to find common understanding with the swimmer. The expression on his round face relaxed a bit as he looked at the fastrunner and spoke in a cold but not outright hostile voice.

“Fine. We’ll take turns, fastrunner. But now, let’s get on the move. The sooner we find any place better than this, the sooner I’ll finally get rid of you for good.” The threehorn said, gesturing for the omnivore to start walking. He soon headed after the halftooth, giving a brief snort in the process. This meeting had been one big disaster from the beginning and he would regret meeting the omnivores for the rest of this long march. But for now, he had avoided being left all alone out here, a fact that even after everything created a flicker of warmth deep within the boy. Maybe there was hope for him to survive in this world after all.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on January 20, 2019, 03:32:24 AM
Several days later:

Well, crap.

If Buko were to be honest he had no idea what to expect exactly with his latest turn at the vanguard of the group.  They had traveled for several days against the harsh scenery of the barrens around them, often tasting dust liberated from the desolate surroundings by the harsh winds that seemed to take no notice of their sufferings.  The small stream, however, provided them with water and, with difficulty enough food for their needs.  The limited greenery by the welcome water source was more than enough for the swimmer, but only enough to keep the threehorn at an acceptable level of grumbling.  The few fish that could be found, on the other hand, was only enough to keep the hunger pains away from Buko and Wyoh.  In any case though it was enough.  All four of them were alive which, considering what they had been facing, was saying a lot.

But staring into the depths of a massive chasm was not something that Buko thought that they would ever face.  The fact that the small stream now emptied via a tall waterfall into the darkness was only confirmed by his ears.  Their only source of food, water, and hope ended here. 

Or did it?

Buko followed the massive crack in the Earth with curious eyes as he stared to the west.  There was something not quite right here.  If the water in the stream was now entering this massive chasm then he should smell moisture from an unseen lake down below.  But that was not what he was smelling.  No, rather it was what he heard that interested him: the water down below was still flowing.

He scurried to his right and then to his left to determine the direction.  As the sound disappeared when he moved right and grew stronger when he moved left, he had only one clear conclusion - the water was flowing to the west so the crevice was deeper in that direction.  But if they moved east...

He sighed at the realization of what this meant.

The unhappy duty of informing them of their situation now fell upon him, as did the sad fact that they had only two choices.  They could either go east and follow the crevice in the hope that it finally ended as the declining depth indicated, risking starvation if he was wrong, or they could go back the way that they came with all of the risks that entailed.

It was then that he heard the familiar clicking of Wyoh's footsteps.  He held up a hand to let her know not to sprint forward lest the cusp of the crevice be too unstable.

"The water down there is flowing west, which means the crevice is deeper that way.  You think we should head east to see if this crap ends at some point?" he turned around to see her face to face, "The other option is to go back and hope nothing has been following us."
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on January 20, 2019, 04:07:51 PM
The sound of the Longneck's voice below her snapped Samara out of her thoughts and she rapidly looked around just to see that the sun was already rising. Luckily nothing happened while she was not paying attention to her surroundings, which was a first. She never could really remove the tension that her body has had since the night her parents were-

Samara shook her head, now was not the time pondering on things long gone. She had a task to do, she had promised so she could not break that now. Looking down to the longneck below her she noticed that the longneck was looking at her and that the longneck was quite tired. She knew that the longneck asked if she was ready to continue with their journey but the thoughts during last night came back to her. Would there be anything out there? Would she live long enough for her to see it, or would she be crushed with despair when they realized that there was nothing out there anymore. The more she thought about it, the less she wanted to find out.

Shifting her focus back to the longneck below her, she prepared a reply, but hesitated, why does she continue, what is keeping her here and not somewhere in a ditch where she would meet the same lonely end? She shook her head.

"Yeah, let's go."
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on January 22, 2019, 08:13:08 AM
Aside from short breaks, Lizzie and the flyer continued to trekk on, always making sure that the distant ocean remained in sight. The terrain didn't change at all and the Bright Circle was as unrelentless as always. When it finally descended after a long, exhausting day, they still hadn't found anything to eat or drink - and yet again there weren't any secured places to stay the night. Remembering how things had been going the previous day, Lizzie felt a little apprehensive about suggesting to call it a day in open terrain yet again but what other choice did she have?

"At least there are a few rocks here and there, we should just sleep on them and hope they will hide us from curious eyes..."

It was a gamble but, considering the rather low likelihood of being discovered by a sharptooth, it was a gamble she was willing to take. Lizzie hadn't slept properly in several days; it was taking its heavy toll on her. The girl knew that on this night she would fall asleep as soon as her eyes closed and she could tell that the flyer wouldn't be up to a night watch so she didn't even suggest taking turns when she called the clumsy flyer to return to the ground. They hadn't exchanged any more words than absolutely necessary throughout the day and it was no different now. Lizzie curled herself up in a little depression on the hard rock and so did the flyer. Soon, they were both asleep...
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on February 02, 2019, 10:20:49 AM
Samara's sleep was not peaceful, not even close to it. Screams filled the air, wet noises sounded around her and fluid splattered around her. The surroundings were dark yet tinted with a scarlet-red. Samara's vision blurred after she heard the familiar screams around her, she fell on her knees and sobbed, trying to curl into herself. The screams began to get louder and she realized that her own screams were mixed into them. The predatorial roars echoed loudly around her while she began to panic, her survival instincts were going into overdrive as they tried to escape from the ensuing torment.

Samara was shaking and twitching uncontrollably from fear, she felt an unimaginable pain start to form in her chest as her heart just could not process the amount of fear she was experiencing. She suddenly felt the pain burst before everything began to feel numb and the darkness was slowly getting replaced by a blinding white. Samara felt something warm cover her, reminiscent of how her parents used to cover her when she was scared before she was engulfed by the empty whiteness.

She lurched forward and emptied her stomach to the ground next to her, her heart was beating mildly and she could feel the adrenaline course through her veins, eyes rapidly darting around the clearing they were in. The peaceful feeling she just experienced was gone and she was craving for it again. When was the last time she felt so at peace, so happy? Her arms gave out under her and she fell in the pile full of bile she had made. She didn't want to continue like this anymore, in a constant fear of safety, of home. They were getting nowhere after all, they had been traveling for days, maybe even a couple of weeks and they were not getting any closer to this fabled 'safe haven' the longneck spoke of.

Speaking of the longneck, Samara looked to her side to see that the longneck was still sleeping, not particularly happy nor peaceful but having a better dream than she had despite laying on an uncomfortable surface. She shook her head, this was it, she was going to end it tonight, she didn't want to continue anymore. She had seen whatever the world wanted her to experience, it was time to rest eternally now.

She thought about how she wanted to end it, maybe with a sharpened stick if there were any not yet fully burnt. Starting to search around for any sticks she froze when she heard a noise behind her, slowly turning around she saw that the longneck was wide awake, and looking at her with a concerned expression.

Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on February 02, 2019, 11:07:15 AM
Lizzie awoke from her rather event- and dreamless slumber when screams and the distinct sound of body fluids hitting the ground not far from where she was resting rang through the cold night air.

"The flyer again? Did she have another bad sleeps tory?" Lizzie was too tired to bother looking, remaining as she was. However, perhaps by some random sensation, Lizzie soon decided to turn around just in case the little flyer needed help. A rather poor and disgusting view greeted her.

"Yes, she did throw up and she must have fallen right in... Poor flyer..." It was the pity, however slight it was given the indifference which so often haunted her, which ultimately made her move.

"Hey flyer, are you alright?" It was a honestly stupid question but Lizzie wasn't gifted at communication, not anymore. Just what was troubling her?
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on February 09, 2019, 01:04:32 AM
The past days of awkward trudging through the wasteland had done little to raise Wyoh's spirits. If there was one thing she could be glad of, it was that the conflict in the group seemed to have reached a low point. This was, however, merely the product of shared misery; after the daily march and struggle for food, there was no energy left to fight one another. Each day had dawned alike, hot and cloudless, the stream of time blending together in a haze of misery. She did her best to ignore the blistering wear of the bone-dry earth against her feet as they chased down mile after mile.

But then, the monotony broke. Buko lifted his hand in warning, and she slowed to a stop as she came up alongside him. Blinking down into the chasm that had opened out before them, it took her a moment to organize her thoughts well enough to respond to his question. Head east, or turn around? It was hardly a choice. She shrugged. "Let's go east." Though there was the certainty of food behind them, it was a feeble supply that would not last them long. They were probably dead either way, but heading into the unknown meant that maybe, just maybe, she would get to eat something other than a fish before she died. She had developed a distaste for the slimy, bony things, and the tiny dent they put in her hunger was hardly worth the trouble of catching them.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on February 16, 2019, 09:24:50 AM
"Hey flyer, are you alright?"

Samara quickly turned around to see the Longneck walk towards her with a concerned expression on her face. Samara's heart was beating quickly due to the scare the longneck gave her. Annoyance rose up from within her, why was this longneck wasting her time, she wanted to find a stick with which she could end it fast and the longneck was just holding her up.

"Yeah, I'm alright, just had a bad dream."

This was a lie, Samara knew that, she was not alright, even now she could slowly feel the urge to end herself grow bigger and bigger. There was no changing her mind now.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on February 16, 2019, 10:46:11 AM
"Yeah, I'm alright, just had a bad dream."

Lizzie tilted her head, observing the flyer intently as she listened to her words. Words that didn't convince her in the slightest. Lizzie had had enough sleep stories to tell that it took more than a common nightmare for someone to throw up from the terror. The flyer's troubles were obvious to her and although she couldn't really care for the flyer on an emotional level, she could still relate.

"You don't have to pretend, you know?" the longneck spoke with a heavy sigh as she looked down on the poor flyer covered in her own vomit. There wasn't even anything around to clean herself. "We might be strangers to each other, only travelling together for convenience and mutual protection, but we are stuck in the same rotten log. You can talk to me if something's on your mind, you know? I will probably understand... for each day I'm struggling too. Bad feelings... they are like... like a neverending abyss dragging you down, and down... and down..." Did the flyer have her own abyss of terrible feelings and memories which she'd rather just forget? Lizzie could tell that it was something like that and a quick glance at the flyer revealed that her words had reached her...
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on February 16, 2019, 04:48:29 PM
The threehorn panted severely as he struggled to move forward, his entire body crying out for some, any nourishment as the little bits of green food he and his companions had barely even put a dent on his crying hunger which seemed to be growing worse by the minute. He listened to his own belly roaring like a sharptooth but he had thus far tried to fight against complaining about what he knew was inevitable. He was the largest dinosaur among the small group and it was only natural he would suffer the worst about the lack of food.

He knew Aquarius, who was riding him this time, was also hungry but his situation seemed to be less acute than the threehorn’s, a fact Rinen was at least somewhat relieved about. On the other hand, the threehorn had tried to keep the fastrunners out of his mind during this long trek and he had managed to stay relatively calm during the few occasions he had been forced to speak with them. However, he looked at the omnivores tiredly as they stopped still a few longneck lengths before him. He snorted slightly before he spoke to Aquarius.

“Hmph. I wonder what’s up with them this time. Hopefully they’re not wasting precious time for nothing.” He said before he concentrated his attention to try to hear what the two were talking about. He still believed they were up to no good but he still wanted to know if they were speaking of anything of worth. Rinen could only hear the word “east” of the female’s brief answer and he could already tell they were speaking about where to go next. He sighed again deeply, trying not to cause another scene with the halfteeth with his next words.

“Hey, you two! Even if you go ahead of us two, you still don’t have the right to choose directions for all of us! Now, what’s the matter?” He asked, determined to make sure the omnivores wouldn’t decide something he would be forced to pay for in the future.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on February 17, 2019, 11:58:38 AM
Buko could only click his beak in annoyance at the sudden interruption.  Of all the times to be interrupted by horns-for-brains...  He did not speak, however, as much as he merely gestured at the somewhat hidden chasm that lay ahead of them.

"The water is flowing that way, which means the hole is deeper that way.  So we can either go to where it is shallower and hope to get around this... or we can go back the way we came."

As Buko said this he looked towards the swimmer's small physique on the threehorn and felt a pang of concern.  Wherever they all decided to go they had better find food soon.
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Post by: The Lone Dragon on February 17, 2019, 08:01:19 PM
Aquarius perked up at hearing what Buko said and he could see the crack clearly enough. He was hungry but that was not as high on his list of priority's as his more pressing concern. His only wound left. Over the days Aquarius managed to recover from his minor injuries but the stab in his abdomen had taken longer to heal and was currently going through the early stages of infection. Aquarius remembered what his mother had told him about infection.

"Aquarius, infection can be a killer greater then most, if you have hurt yourself badly then it means you can be infected and become sick. You can always tell if a wound is infected by the unnatural colour and bad smell, if that ever happens to you then you must tell me straight away to I can stop you getting to sick"

The wound was covered by a leaf bandage which was in need of changing but there was nothing to replace it with and Aquarius knew nothing of healing herbs, nor were there any around anyway. He had kept the knowledge about his infection to himself though, he didn't trust his companions fully, he couldn't be sure if he would just be discarded as a hindrance if they found out so he kept his mouth shut.

Aquarius jumped off Rinen's back and walked to the edge of the crack and looked down and dropped a nearby stone, he lost sight of the stone very quickly within the dark crack but after a surprisingly long wait he heard the splash of the pebble in the water. Aquarius backed away quickly with a grimace, he was always skittish around hieghts. Looking at the other options; the directions of east and west, he didn't feel reassured. The land was reletively flat and dry with a few hills sprouted out every now and again there was a dead tree nearby with lots of overhanging vines tangling up it's trunk, hanging from it's branches and snaking along the ground but it had no green food on it.

Aquarius sighed and looked across the chasm and cursing these blasted obstacles angrily. He'd probably go with whatever the Fast Runners decided but as he looked out across the crack and into the distance he saw or mabye imagined which he really hoped was not the case but was there the biggenings of a desolate forest on the horizon? Aquarius eyes widened, he had found his hope and goal! A forest meant food, water, shelter and possible salvation from his infection. They had to get there!

Aquarius looked at the debating Fast Runners, they were thinking of going around the crack and go east but there was no knowing where they would be by then nor did they know when the crack would end if it did indeed end. "No, we go across!" shouted Aquarius to the surprise of all his companions. To him, it was the only option. For him, it was do or die. 
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Post by: rhombus on February 18, 2019, 03:27:34 PM
Buko blinked with befuddlement at the swimmer's exclamation.  "Across?  Not even Wyoh could jump over this if she had a running start."

He did not notice what the swimmer had seen: the desolate tree with numerous long vines.
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Post by: The Lone Dragon on February 21, 2019, 07:49:43 PM
Aquarius blinked at Buko's reply. "Jump, really? None of us can jump that!"

Aquarius walked behind the group in the direction of the tree and pointed at it. "We can use those vines to swing across. If we tie the vines around Rinen and swing him across then the rest of us can get across" said Aquarius, he sounded eager to try out his idea. "Besides, I think I see a forest over the crack, going over is quicker then going around"
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Post by: jorrdy12 on February 27, 2019, 09:16:18 AM
"We might be strangers to each other, only travelling together for convenience and mutual protection, but we are stuck in the same rotten log. You can talk to me-"

Samara did not bother listening any longer to the longneck behind her. Couldn't the longneck see that she just wanted the pain to end? She had seen enough of whatever the world wanted to show her. Samara knew that these thoughts were not healthy but she couldn't bring herself to care anymore, she was done with it. With life and everything in it. The stench of vomit made her want to throw up again but she managed to hold it in.

"-for each day I'm struggling too. bad feelings... they are like... like a never-ending abyss dragging you down, and down... and down..."

Samara slightly flinched, she had forgotten that she was not the only one that did not have a happy story the last couple of weeks,  This was not going to deter her however, her plans came up in her mind again, tonight. She was going to end it tonight.

Wondering what she should tell the longneck, who she realized, was looking at her with a slight expression of disgust from the vomit on her body she knew that the longneck would not let her go that easily so she might as well tell the longneck of her plans and apologize as well, apologize for the fact that the longneck would have to continue the journey on her own.

"....Fine, the problem is.. I don't want to continue anymore I-" here she hesitated, would she be able to say it? Would she be able to say that she wanted to end her own life, be so selfish? "-I want to end it. My life, I mean, for weeks my dreams have nothing but nightmares and I just can't continue like this. Wondering every day if this is the last, trying-" the words kept coming out and she could not hold them back anymore, the words she had kept bottled up for so long were finally bursting out. "-to be brave, trying to put a confident front knowing that the journey we are taking will probably end up in our death, I can't take it anymore so please. Please let me continue with this and end it, please!" she was crying, she realized, crying for it all to end. She could not see what the longneck's reaction was, but she hoped that the longneck would just grant her wish...
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on March 01, 2019, 03:39:13 AM
Lizzie had expected many things but what the little flyer was just telling her shocked her for a moment. Lizzie didn't want to admit it - she too had spent a lot of time alone thinking about death and the very point of life in the state that she was living it. Lizzie didn't know why she was still there, pushing on her tired legs. Maybe she lacked the courage to take her life or maybe she was simply too frightened of death? Or perhaps she was just stupid enough to keep believing in impossible hopes? Either way, the longneck could understand the flyer's sentiments and her reasoning but nevertheless it created a foul taste in her mouth for more than one reason.

"I-is that really true?" she said stuttering, looking at the flyer with pity and concern but also empathy and regret. "D-do you really... w-want to kill... yourself?"

Lizzie could see the heartfelt tears glimmering in her eyes which had a strangely empty expression. There was little doubt that she was serious about it and it worried her greatly. Granted, she was being selfish to try changing her mind, however that wasn't her only motivation. She had successfully managed to keep going regardless of her feelings, regardless of her past, regardless of her pain. She was familiar with these emotions and accepted them as normal and unavoidable. Also, she guessed, she didn't want to admit that her existence was without a purpose. Unlikely as it was, she still believed in a better life and killing herself would prevent her from ever having a chance to have a good life after all. If only she could make the flyer see that, maybe she could save a life and keep herself company?
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on March 01, 2019, 07:13:55 AM
"- D-do you really... w-want to kill... yourself?"

Samara breathed in deeply, this was it. This was the point she had been waiting for, once she answers yes then the longneck will leave her alone. She would finally be able to end it all. A small smile grew on her face at that thought, she would finally be able to be at peace!

"Yes. I just don't want to live in this hell anymore. I-" she deeply breathed in again, a slight hiccup being the only indicator that she was in fact, sad. "-just want to be at peace. I've had enough." some tears began to fall from her eyes.

"I've had enough of hoping in something that might not exist."
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Post by: Sovereign on March 01, 2019, 04:31:15 PM
Aquarius’ words hit Rinen like a falling sky rock, not having expected to hear those words from him. The threehorn’s eyes flashed open as he thought about what he had just heard while he almost unconsciously looked at the chasm, his heart jumping into his throat immediately. Without further thoughts, he turned at his friend and snapped at him in a harsher voice than he had even aimed for.

“What? If you think I’ll jump out there supported only by those vines just to help you and those fastrunners across, you’ll have a surprise comi…” He said before he heard a loud growl from his round belly which made him cringe immediately. He couldn’t hide just how weak the lack of food had made him. The boy realized in disgust that his legs trembled, trying to fight the utter exhaustion. Inside, Rinen knew that he wouldn’t last long without food and if there was a way for him to get it anytime soon, he would willingly take it. He cleared his throat as he looked at Aquarius’ disappointed expression before he spoke again.

“I mean… it might be worth a shot. We have no better options, anyway.”
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on March 06, 2019, 09:20:43 AM
The flyer's confirmation of her plans shook Lizzie quite deeply. She didn't want her to die, she wanted to help her for as much her selfishness as an emotion she couldn't place.

"Flyer, I..." she hesitated. "I think you should think about it more carefully. You mustn't throw away your life, it's so... Think about it..." The longneck sighed. "Right now we're both deeply in shit; we're both alone, without a family, without food or water, without a home, without protection. Each day could be the last and life is but one big harassment. I totally understand you for I feel no different. How many times have I cried, collapsed or even given up on my hopes and dreams, how many times have I been haunted by the terrible thing that happened to me in the past..." Lizzie could go on forever if she wanted to but she had to get her point across.

"Flyer, what if, say, you do as you say and kill yourself. I keep going and find a better place, survive, find friends or a herd? I might make it to adulthood and have a family one day? Rest assured, I don't want this shit life to continue but if I kill myself I'll never be able to tell if I might have made it after all. I think you shouldn't... Shouldn't do it. "

Had she been able to convince the flyer to rethink her decision?
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on March 06, 2019, 10:18:31 AM
"Flyer, what if, say, you do as you say and kill yourself. I keep going and find a better place, survive, find friends or a herd? I might make it to adulthood and have a family one day? Rest assured, I don't want this shit life to continue but if I kill myself I'll never be able to tell if I might have made it after all."

Samara knew that the longneck was right. If she ended it here then she would never know if there was indeed a safe haven for everyone out in this wasteland. The longneck probably still had some family or relatives left that she could return to once she reached the safe haven. She had no one anymore as they were all killed when she was fleeing.

"You might still have some relatives left if you arrive at the safe haven. I have no one and no one would want to take me in as well. Why would they? I'm just a flyer." The words about how she was pointless were not said, but were conveyed nonetheless. "I have made up my mind and there's no changing it. I'm sick of living a life where the destination could be a farce."

With that said, Samara turned around to walk back and find a sharp stick to end it with, her eyes holding a strangely determined glint to them.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on March 07, 2019, 09:03:37 AM
Lizzie's heart sank.

"So she is really serious about it... Is there nothing else I can say to her to change her mind? I... I don't want to be alone again and... I don't want her to end like this..." Lizzie observed the small flyer as she searched the area for something to use as a tool to inflict damage on herself. No matter how long she puzzled about it, the longneck couldn't find any other arguments to sway the flyer's mind. Sadly, her head hanging low, she joined the flyer in her task though the landscape was barren, flat and dusty...
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: jorrdy12 on April 02, 2019, 05:34:49 AM
It was quiet. No sound escaping from the flyer nor the longneck as they searched throughout the barren landscape for a stick that could finish it. The air was heavy with regret and solemn determination as they traveled. No words were needed to convey what they were feeling, words couldn't explain what Samara was feeling either way. She lost track of how long they were searching for feeling like it was barely a minute yet when they stopped it dawned upon them how long they had been searching for; the bright circle was already moving down under the horizon and shadows were beginning to get longer.

Samara was beginning to get angry, why did the world have to torture her like this, why couldn't it simply grant a stick which they could end it with, couldn't the world see that she was tired of living, tired of having to fall and shakingly stand back up? She was tired of running, tired of cowering she just wanted peace, safe somewhere where there was no famine, no danger of being hunted and a place where she could be held lovingly without having them ripped away again. Yet this... this world ripped that all away, demolished everything she held dear and then watched as she suffered and cried.

She grabbed a stick that was laying on the ground and threw it away in anger, watching as it turned to dust halfway through the journey to the ground. She could feel the worried look the longneck was giving her and ignored it, she didn't need the pity the longneck was giving her it would only make her feel worse for attempting to end it. They would not find a sturdy and sharp enough stick if the area didn't change, but she didn't want to wait that long, maybe the Longneck would help her? The longneck should be strong enough to end her, but would she do that to the Longneck? She knew that the longneck was tearing up inside from her decision and did not want to worsen it, but she just wanted to escape once more.

She steeled her heart and prepared herself to say the words without shaking or hesitating. "C-can you perhaps..." she trailed off, still doubting her decision, would she ask the longneck to end her, could she do that to her? She shook her head, she could feel the gaze of the longneck on her and continued, "Can you end me.... please? If we continue on like this, we'll have no stick that's sturdy and sharp enough and I can feel that you're tearing yourself up inside as well, why not get this over with?"

Samara breathed out, there, she had said it and from the look in the Longneck’s eye, she knew that it had her hard. She hid a wince, she knew that it would not be easy for the Longneck to make that choice but she just wanted to get it over with.

Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on April 02, 2019, 10:09:43 AM
Lizzie sighed. They had been searching for hours on their morbid quest to find a tool for the female flyer to use, causing a lethal injury that would erase her life forever. No stick, not even a rock could be found in the desolate landscape and it was beginning to emotionally wear her out.

It was evening and she was about to break under the depressive mood that lingered everywhere when the flyer suddenly stopped and piped up with uncertain words.

"Can you end me... please?"

Lizzie felt her tormented heart sink very low in her stomach.

"End... you?" Critically, she scanned the flyer with her sad eyes. There were no signs of doubts, no lingering uncertainties, no regrets. Only a subdued, pleading expression and the physically visible pain of being alive and under mental torture and Lizzie could relate. The flyer sought to be freed from the pain of life and, morbid as it was, after spending these hours with her, fruitlessly helping her in her final quest, Lizzie's former resentments had been wiped from her mind. In the end, all she desired was to help her in spite of her own stubborn resentment of death, her reckless fight against all odds of survival and hope, and in spite of the damage she'd have to take to her already crumbled mental health. The return to her previous lonely life was only the top of the mountain. How could she live with the knowledge of killing somebody, of ending the life of another dinosaur? How could she deal with the guilt? Even if it would happen with the flyer's consent, how could she live on with her blood all over her? Would she have to endure the regrets of the flyer? Wherever dead dinosaurs traveled, she was certain that they could still observe the alive. Maybe one day the flyer would come back to haunt her for killing her? No matter how much she pondered about it, Lizzie couldn't really find an answer.

"How am I supposed to do this anyway? I... don't want her to be in any more pain." What was the best way to end a life? Undoubtedly, it had to be quick and foolproof. The longneck didn't really know much about vital spots, only that the neck was very vulnerable. Maybe she should snap her neck? Her large size also allowed her to use her weight to crush the fragile flyer under her feet. She reckoned, either method was rather safe when it came to killing her, however what method should she use in the end?

"A-are you really sure about this?" she inquired just to make sure that the girl really meant it. "I... I still don't want you to go but... I also want to help you so..." She gulped, a single tear firming in the corner of her eyes. "You can c-count on me. If this is what you desire, I will send you off. Don't really know how but... I will..."

With each word, Lizzie broke down a little more inside. If there was one thing granted it was a subscription to nightmares for a long time to come... And yet she didn't falter.

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Post by: jorrdy12 on April 02, 2019, 10:30:44 AM
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"You can c-count on me. If this is what you desire, I will send you off. Don't really know how but... I will..."

Samara felt a twisted sense of satisfaction once she heard this. The longneck was willing to grant her wish, despite knowing that she might never sleep normally again? She felt her heart rise, it was finally time, she could finally go and would not have to worry about whether she would live to see another day or whether she could find food to survive.

"C-can you crush my neck? I heard it was the least painful and I want to see the sky one last time before heading off." Samara felt sad, despite the fact that she would finally get peace, she was leaving the longneck alone. She just wanted to be selfish for something only she had control over though. She just hoped that the longneck would be able to live with what she did, eventually.
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Post by: Ducky123 on April 02, 2019, 11:41:25 AM
"C-can you crush my neck? I heard it was the least painful and I want to see the sky one last time before heading off."

Lizzie sighed. The flyer was indeed serious and there was now no going back. As if shouldering the weight of a fully grown tree, she slowly approached the flyer.

"Fine, let's - let's get it over with then..." she said in a shaky voice. Stepping on the flyer's neck should indeed snap it without effort. She only hoped that it'd work.
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Post by: jorrdy12 on April 02, 2019, 11:51:53 AM
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"Fine, let's - let's get it over with then..."

Samara felt a smile grow on her face and felt the longnecks foot touch her neck. While she was lying down she thought about all that she had experienced, could her family be proud of what she had accomplished in her short life? Feeling the foot give a bit of pressure on her neck made her realize how fragile her neck actually was, a simple twitch would be enough to end it.
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Post by: Ducky123 on April 02, 2019, 12:11:13 PM
Lizzie gently positioned her right front foot on the flyer's neck as she laid down on the dusty ground. What a terrible place to die but they couldn't be picky, she reckoned. Carefully, she tested the endurance of the flyer's neck which was only as thick as the tip of her tail. Already half of her weight would snap it beyond repair but Lizzie would use everything she had to ensure the kill would be clean and free of pain and suffering.

The moment had come at last. Solemnly, Lizzie took a last glance at the flyer who finally wore a content expression, eyes closed, beak forming a weak smile. Come to think of it, wasn't that the first time she'd seen her smile at all? She could hardly call her a friend, she supposed, but she was the closest to a friend she had ever known, a siblings aside. She was about to kill that dinosaur without even knowing a name to remember. It was time to speak her last words.

"Flyer, I shall end your life as you've requested but before I do, may I ask for your name?" the longneck said with solemn formality. "I will remember you even if we've only known each other briefly. My name is Lizzie, I hope you'll be happy wherever you go from here..."
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Post by: jorrdy12 on April 02, 2019, 12:21:50 PM
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"Flyer, I shall end your life as you've requested but before I do, may I ask for your name? I will remember you even if we've only known each other briefly. My name is Lizzie, I hope you'll be happy wherever you go from here...

Samara knew that she had a content smile on her face and that the longneck could see it. She was surprised, however, that the longne- no Lizzie wanted to know her name, what should it matter, she was a nobody, someone not important. She humored the longneck though,

"I am Samara and... thank you, for helping me with this."

Samara closed her eyes, felt the pressure increase before everything turned dark, darker than anything she had ever seen before and a rush of warmth enveloped her, which felt like wings covering her before she lost all senses and her body ceased to breath with only a single thought running across her mind... Thank you, Lizzie, for being the only friend I had in this life and I hope that you will be able to live with this eventually....
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on April 02, 2019, 12:49:40 PM
Aquarius walked behind the group in the direction of the tree and pointed at it. "We can use those vines to swing across. If we tie the vines around Rinen and swing him across then the rest of us can get across" said Aquarius, he sounded eager to try out his idea. "Besides, I think I see a forest over the crack, going over is quicker then going around"

Buko paused for a moment as he considered the swimmer's words.  True, using vines to get across was much more reasonable than trying to jump across... but the vines... was there any guarantee that they would hold their weight?  Especially in the case of the threehorn?

He walked over to the edge of the chasm once more and squinted at the horizon.  Sure enough the swimmer had seen something that Wyog and Buko had not due to them being lost in consternation at their obstacle: the tell-tale green outline of a distant forest.  If they could survive the travel over the chasm then they would be in a much better position.

Much better than dying out here.

Buko allowed himself the slightest hint of a smirk.  "What do you think, Wyoh?  Ready to try one more dangerous plan?"
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on April 08, 2019, 12:02:21 AM
Wyoh tried to focus on the light bickering that had sprung up between her companions, but the ache of hunger and fatigue left her feeling drowsy and distracted. Something about using vines to swinging across the gorge, almost certain death, a distant forest on the other side. She sighed. It was hard to work up strong feelings one way or the other, so she thought about it in terms of survival, and it seemed to her that they'd certainly die of hunger or thirst before they could find a section of the chasm narrow enough to cross in any other way.

Wyoh snorted at Buko's remark, smiling in spite of herself. "I guess it's worth a try. How are we going to tie the vines?"
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Post by: Sovereign on April 10, 2019, 04:47:58 PM
The longer the threehorn looked into the crack, the sicker he started to feel in his stomach. Even the thought of being swung down there with only those vines preventing him from falling to his death… The threehorn started unconsciously to walk away from the cliff until he suddenly realized what he was doing. No matter how badly he wanted to do so, the boy couldn’t help but realize that his cursed cowardice was again getting the best of him. He had lost so much due to it and he simply didn’t want to show weakness to the fastrunners after everything that had happened. And besides, he was as good as dead from hunger if he ran away from this effort now. Not able to hide his anguish and fear, he suddenly snapped at the fastrunner.

“Why not tie them around my horn while you’re at it? Put the vines behind my forelegs and in front of my hindlegs and make sure you won’t screw it up!” Rinen said, annoyed at such a question. Inside, he hoped the omnivore wouldn’t make a big number of his answer as he had no will to fight right now. He softened his expression slightly in order to calm the situation down and not to give the fastrunners any extra motivation to get rid of him in this easiest of ways.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on May 09, 2019, 08:18:54 AM
Several hours later, Lizzie finally collapsed behind a group of boulders, the sounds of bones cracking and the sensation of them giving in under the pressure of her weight lingering with relentless intensity. It was already in the middle of the night when she was finally tired enough to rest and cry herself into a long but uneasy sleep...
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Post by: DarkWolf91 on May 26, 2019, 12:44:46 PM
Wyoh had become accustomed to Rinen's harsh tone, and was far too tired to respond with the same kind of anger. She shrugged and walked over to the tree, tugging on a few of the vines to test their stability. They seemed strong enough, but a sense of unease settled in her stomach. The threehorn was a lot heavier than any of them. If this worked they'd have a clear path to the other side, but if it didn't... she couldn't help glancing into the abyss that stretched out before them, the extreme height of the drop making her feel nauseous. She didn't envy Rinen at all.

"I... I guess we should get this over with." She stated, dragging the end of a long vine over to begin the work of tying the harness.
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Post by: rhombus on May 26, 2019, 07:26:18 PM
Buko nodded in acquiescence as he grabbed a vine and gave the threehorn a look.  "Good luck."

You are going to need it.
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Post by: Sovereign on May 29, 2019, 04:59:17 PM
A very odd expression rose to Rinen’s face as he returned the omnivore’s brief look. It wasn’t fully that of fear nor of annoyance towards the other dinosaur. Rather, it was that of extreme uncertainty and resignation as the vines were being tied around his body. Now, he couldn’t turn around anymore. His only path forward would go through the gaping gorge. The only comforting thought inside the boy was all of the future struggles and disappointments that he’d never have to go through if his life came to an end today. He finally ended his nearly scare and he answered to the omnivore in a meek voice that the latter would have associated with anyone else but the threehorn.

“Th… thank you, I guess. But I’ll have the best chance if… if I just… jump myself.” He said, knowing that even now he would generate more power to his effort than all of his companions combined. He backtracked slowly, feeling as the vines slowly tightened around him, praying that they wouldn’t fail him now. He closed his eyes for a second and exhaled deeply before he finally forced himself to move. It wasn’t long before he reached the edge of the gorge and felt himself dropping into the endless abyss.

For a while, panic started to rise within Rinen as he dropped downwards freely. If the next thing he’d hear was a loud snap, it’d be all over… However, it never came. Suddenly, Rinen felt the vines halt his drop even if the threehorn could see them getting dangerously stretched. To his luck, his momentum caused him to head towards the opposing edge of the gorge quickly and for a fleeting while, Rinen couldn’t believe his luck. He was going to do it! Soon enough, he’d be on solid ground again! For the first time in his life, he’d have succeeded in something!

The boy let out a sigh of relief as he felt his paws get a weak hold of the gorge’s edge. A wide smile appeared on his face as he looked at his salvation, starting to pull himself closer towards the edge… which turned out to be a terrible mistake. That spot suddenly gave in under Rinen’s paw and the boy was sent back towards the heart of the gorge.

Rinen’s eyes widened in fear as he felt himself getting swung forward, the vines nearly releasing him from their hold. A wave of fear flushed over him as he tried to get hold of something, anything… and soon, he felt himself hanging from a large rock sticking out of the wall before him. The threehorn cringed as he hanged over the nothingness, kept up by nothing but the rock and the vines. Rinen would have wanted to cry but even then, he had only one way to go: forward.

Slowly, he started to pull himself towards the wall, cursing the weight of his plump belly pulling himself downward. However, soon enough he got closer to the wall and he was able to start the climb back towards the edge… a second after second after second passed as Rinen slowly crept upwards, letting out a sigh of relief as he finally pulled himself up from the gorge, not able to believe he had actually succeeded. He was still alive and he had actually proven he was worth something! Rinen could hardly hide his happiness as he tied the vines around another huge rock and cried to his companions.

“Come on, then! It’s not like you can stay there, either!” He cried, not able to hide his smugness at the fact that he wouldn’t have to climb over the gorge again. Besides, his success had already made this the best day he could remember, enabling the threehorn’s heart to swell with pride for the first time in his short life.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on May 29, 2019, 05:12:22 PM
Buko let out a breath he had no idea he had been holding as the threehorn's proud cry echoed across the gorge. Part of him expected this to end horribly, but to see the most risky transverse of the gorge end in success made his morale improve significantly. Now there was the small matter of him and the others going across without dying.

Buko swallowed.  And the nervousness was back again.

With shaking claws he approached one of the vines and allowed the others to tie it around his abdomen.  Even with the other vines providing a bridge of sorts he would not risk his life with a mere foothold on the vines.  It was only when Wyoh tied them with a firm tug that he allowed himself to view the task ahead of him.  Before he proceeded across the uninviting vine-bridge across the chasm he looked back one more time to his companions.

"Already got yours tied, Wyoh?  I'm not running back here again," he allowed himself to laugh weakly, "And do you want to go with me or Wyoh, Aquarius?"
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on May 30, 2019, 10:56:07 PM
Aquarius gave a triumphant cheer when he saw Rinen on the other side. His idea worked! There was hope for them yet! However they still needed to cross. Buko was preparing himself to go next and in response to his question Aquarius walked over to the taller Fast Runner. "I'll go with Wyoh" Aquarius said as he climbed up and onto her back. Aquarius was not looking forward to going across that dark pit. Heights terrified the young Swimmer. He found it unnatural for a Swimmer to be up so high when they should not be above ground but in or underwater so if he could put off going over the chasm a little longer then he would. "Talk about being stuck in the worst place for a Swimmer" Aquarius thought as he looked over the chasm and the single vine going across and had another idea. "Hey Buko when you get across could you tie your vine next to Rinen's? It'll make a bridge for Wyoh and I to cross" he asked the blue Fast Runner. 
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: rhombus on May 31, 2019, 08:42:55 PM
Buko nodded solemnly as the swimmer's intentions before again looking at the abyss that lay before him.  His words, when they came, were barely a whisper.  "Yes, that is a good idea..."

Somehow, against all the odds, the threehorn had made the charge and survived to stand on the other side, but that did little to calm the small half-tooth's racing heart.  Walking on bluffs and cliffs was always a tricky business even among experienced fastrunners, and he could not claim to be that.  Worst of all were the repercussions if he failed here.  If he dropped and the vine snapped it would not be a matter of scraped knees or even a serious bleed... he would be a flat-runner.

He looked at his vine again and gave it a slight tug before carefully pacing to make sure it had the necessary reach.  It was only when he had checked this to his satisfaction that he examined Rinen's vine.

"Alright, Rinen, I am going to jump where your vine is that way I can grab it and walk across if this goes badly!" He watched as the threehorn hunkered down for that eventuality, "Here goes nothing!"

The fastrunner hurled his body headlong into his sprint as the chasm grew near.  With each footstep the safety of the ground grew scarce and the threat of looming disaster grew nearer.  But in these final moments before he leapt none of that mattered.  He was relying purely on instinct now and that would determine his fate.

He leapt.

Terror gripped him as the blackness of the void reached out from under him.  His ears could only captured the sound of rushing air as the walls of the other side of the chasm approached him with the tantilizing possibility of a handhold and the safety of the other side.  But that was when a realization hit him like a boulder.

He was falling too fast.

Panic gripped him again as he reached out at the other side desperately in a futile attempt to reach safety.  Had he not had a vine tied to him then this would be the end... had he only had a vine tied then he might survive the desperate climb back the way he came... but he had something else at this moment which his feet seemed to remember before his brain.

Rinen's vine.

His right foot landed on Rinen's vine suddenly bringing his leap back into an awkward sprint... and then his left foot did the same as his momentum went from a dive into a headlong leap into the safety of the other side of the chasm.  He had never been so glad to land beak-first in the dust.

"...could have gone a bit better."
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on June 02, 2019, 04:39:47 PM
That sight would have amused the threehorn nearly without an end if it weren’t for his continuing distaste for the fastrunner. After a few seconds of conflict deep within himself, he finally allowed a brief grin to his face as he walked beside the halftooth who was still lying in the ground. His voice was a mocking one but this time there was practically no malice within his tone.

“You didn’t do quite as well as one would have thought judging from your and your companion’s bravado, Buko. But I guess I should be glad you didn’t fall down there.” He said while rolling his eyes in amusement. He then turned to look at the other side of the gorge, yelling at the fastrunner whom he despised far more than the bright-colored male.

“It’s your turn, Wyoh! I won’t say what kind of outcome I’ll wish for you, though!” He cried, the mere sight of the omnivore filling him with distinct bitterness. He then snorted slightly as he turned around from the edge, sitting to wait for the next show.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Anagnos on June 26, 2019, 03:39:06 AM
Despair filled the young hidden runner as he continued his amble through the desolate landscape. Nyero moved his gaze around frantically in trepidation, anticipating the shadows to jump at him whenever he turned his back to them. Fortunately, that was only delusions his mind made up, but even so, it would be foolish to let one's guard down for even a second. His entire life had been turned upside-down few days ago and he was still having a hard time trying to come to terms with it.

When he closed his eyes, he could still envision the sight before him and hear his parents' pleas for him to run and never look back. He had been rooted to the ground in terror. Only a loud roar from one of the sharpteeth had finally roused him awake, and he ran faster than ever before in his life. Cutting those thoughts off, he resumed his task to discover any potential sanctuary among this hellish landscape. Memoirs about the past only brought a great deal of discomfort, so Nyero opted to sever those sentiments from his mind.

However, it was easier said than done. Those visions would probably never leave his mind. They would more likely accompany him for the rest of his life. Nyero found himself in a small river that continued for miles. His eyesight was not good enough to depict where it began and ended from his current position. Gulping some of the water down his throat, it brought a soothing sensation and managed to lift up his spirits fractionally.

After a while, he had filled himself up and was ready to resume his trek once more. Nyero surmised that a chance like this would hardly accede again, so it was best to take all advantage of it while he still could. While thirst would no longer be a hinder, he had barely been able to find any eligible nourishment. He had been forced to eat only small patches of green food and furthermore, small critters. Not an ideal nutrition for his kind, but it was all he had available right now.

Well, no time like the present. Nyero stood up and carried on with his travel to the unknown.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: DarkWolf91 on July 08, 2019, 11:33:01 AM
Wyoh nodded at Buko's question, pulling at the knot around her middle to prove to herself that it was really secure. She barely registered Aquarius' weight as he climbed onto her back, her heart pounding in her ears as Buko geared up to take the leap. At last, the moment came. She stepped lightly toward the edge, wringing her claws- everything seemed to slow down as he sailed through the air, and for a desperate moment it looked as if he was going to lose momentum and swing back towards the near side of the gorge. But his foot caught Rinen's vine at the last second, and a mad sprint saw him safely to the edge.

Wyoh gave a brief cheer, her body sagging with relief. She had begun to consider Buko her only ally in this desperate situation and she wasn’t sure how she would have been able to cope with losing him, particularly with Rinen stubbornly clinging to his hostility. And as she thought it, the threehorn wasted no time in resuming such antagonisms. She snorted derisively and glanced at the small swimmer on her back. "I guess that means he hates me more than he likes you, huh?" She chuckled a little, though more out of nerves than humor. It was time to start the ordeal.

The fastrunner took a moment to consider how best to proceed- start with a jump as Buko had done, or take a slower approach? The slower approach seemed safer, both for her and Aquarius who risked falling off of her back at any sudden movement. She took in the slack in her own vine and inched over to the start of the makeshift bridge as it left the safety of the rocky ledge. “I’m gonna try not to fall, but… hold on tight.” She advised Aquarius. She could be reasonably sure that she wouldn’t plummet to the bottom of the gorge with her safety line, but it seemed there would be no such assurance for Aquarius.

After a steadying breath she looped the slack of her vine around her arm, and slid her foot out over the lower bridging vine. She crouched down to lower her center of balance, taking the higher vine in her free hand, and before she had time to stop herself she was inching forward above the open air. The first moments were agonizing; every accidental glance downward hit her with another wave of nausea. The vines creaked and swayed terribly beneath her, and there was more than one instance in which she had to freeze and grip both vines to keep from toppling over, heart pounding furiously at every near miss.

About halfway through she discovered that she could pull her safety vine taut and lean against it a little to give herself some illusion of security. It didn’t make the bridge any easier to navigate, but it helped to calm her shaking nerves, and she wasn’t as bad off as she might have been when she finally reached the other side. When her feet touched solid ground she walked as far as she could from the ledge before untying her safety line in a sort of daze. She sat down heavily, taking deep breaths, and waited for her lightheadedness to subside.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: The Lone Dragon on July 30, 2019, 10:17:10 PM
Aquarius took a deep, shaking breath and held onto Wyoh's back as tightly as he could. He didn't have any vine so his safety was entirely dependent on his own hold on Wyoh's back. He didn't dare think of the worst case scenario, he'd already suffered a great fall when The Great Wave tossed him like a rock into these barren lands. He remembered the tumbling, the sense of disorientation, the pain, the helplessness and the breath that he had held. He didn't want to go through that again!

As Wyoh started crossing the bridge Aquarius kept his head in a stiff forward position, looking over to the over side of the crack where Buko and Rinen waited safely. The little Swimmer felt a little reassurance that his plan so far had worked and if the vines held so far all Wyoh would have to do is keep her balance while he kept his grip.

The vines rocked precariously as Wyoh reached the most unstable part of the structure; the centre. The fastrunner wobbled and grabbed the vines tightly and swerved to the right. This sudden movement caught Aquarius off guard and he almost lost his grip but a sudden wobble to the left put Aquarius back on centre of Wyoh's back. Aquarius tightened his grip on the fast runner, holding on for dear life. 

Aquarius was trembling like mad through fear and it took a lot of conscious effort to stop himself from having an 'accident' which would do him any favours but as Wyoh passed over the last of the vines and onto the other side Aquarius released the breath he wasn't aware he'd been holding. He slid onto his back, panting. It was only after a minute of blissful relief that Aquarius realised that his idea had worked, they had all gotten across.

"Haha! We did it! We got across! I can't believe that actually worked!" The little Swimmer held his arms up triumphantly, a bright smile crossing his beak. He had a chance now, they all had a chance and it was all thanks to his idea! Aquarius laughed out loud but his short fit of mirth didn't help him keep hold of Wyoh's back and he fell off onto the ground, the hit wasn't hard but it he had landed right on his infected wound and gave a loud hiss and short cry as he doubled over holding onto his side, trying desperately to keep his tears at bay and his wound concealed. 
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Sovereign on September 09, 2019, 04:40:51 PM
The threehorn hardly noticed the breath he was holding as he looked at the fastrunner and the swimmer gliding through the endless gorge, all of his thoughts focused on their survival. Or rather, the swimmer’s. Even now, the threehorn held no sympathy for the fastrunner but the thought of losing Aquarius… well, he wouldn’t get any older with the omnivores without his only real friend. He eyed Buko with a suspicious look, even now not able to escape the fact that both of them were both rooting for the same duo’s survival. The thought that he agreed even that much with the other boy was an ominous one for him.

It was only when the female fastrunner dropped in front of him that Rinen managed to take a deep breath. They had all indeed done it! For a moment, the sight of Wyoh lying in front of him was like a sleep story for Rinen as not only had they averted a horrifying disaster but they had also earned themselves a better shot at ever surviving through this. Rinen couldn’t keep the smile off his face when he quickly approached the swimmer, only his threehorn customs preventing him from showing his delight even more clearly.

“Thank goodness you made it, Aquarius! I… I had already thought it was all over for you! But thank you so much for speaking your mind because… because now we have at least some direction to go to. It’s getting difficult to keep track of just how much I owe you if you go on like this.” He said, suddenly noticing the swimmer’s pain. His smile died down somewhat as he saw his friend’s struggles but on the other hand, he knew just how agonizing the old wound was for the smaller dinosaur. Knowing Aquarius wasn’t in any danger, the threehorn turned to look at Wyoh weakly. This time there was not one hint of malice or disdain in his voice though there wasn’t an ember of warmth or appreciation in it either.

“I guess even you can do something somewhat alright if you have some smarter than you showing you what to do. That’s more than I would have given you a short time ago.” He said, those words being the friendliest he could muster at this point.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on September 21, 2019, 07:37:25 AM
Lizzie had hardly slept for the last few days. Her eyes were sacking, red and crusted from crying. Randomly during her journey, she would just break down out of nowhere and convulse in her pity and as soon as she found any sleep (usually because her exhaustion made her pass out), nightmares would haunt her without mercy.

She couldn't forget Samara, the only friend she had ever had, the only living creature she had spoken to within several months. She had killed the flyer at her request but it left a deep dent in her already shattered soul. Lizzie was no stranger to sadness and despair but never had it been this hard to endure her own life, her loneliness. Only a few days ago she had thought she finally wouldn't have to wander this cruel world all on her own again but... Here she was, alone and vulnerable, broken beyond fixing.

The company she had found was supposed to be an improvement of her miserable life but, in the end, it had only made everything worse. So much worse... Perhaps, Lizzie thought as she once more found herself lying awake at night, wailing freely into the dust that was covering the rocky ground here, not one tear leaving her eyes for she was facing severe exsiccation. Perhaps it was better to be alone after all. At least no one could hurt her anymore than she was hurt already. At least no one could make her life any more miserable, providing her with hope only to crush it like the neck of a...

Lizzie howled in pain as the memory of the sensation that cracking the feeble bones had left her with once again resurfaced, making her feel horribly nauseous though of course her stomach was too empty to even retch. The mere thought of her lifeless body rotting somewhere in this cursed desert was just too twisted... Hadn't she just talked to her a few days ago? How could life stop so suddenly? It was just too cruel. This whole world she was living in was just too bloody cruel for a poor orphan like her...

At this moment, Lizzie sincerely wanted to die. Every part of her weak body was revolting furiously against her very existence but she was simply too stubborn to give in to the temptation. Suicide was what had caused this turn for the worst to begin with so how could she walk the same path that the flyer had walked? Some part of her grimly fought to carry on and if just to prove to that stupid flyer who had caused her so much pain that there was something out there worth living for.

And also those fools who had discarded her existence as too weak to be allowed to be alive... Lizzie desperately wanted to show them that she would never give up and find a life while helping others even if it caused her more problems to carry with her. She wasn't doing too well, admittedly, but at least she was still alive, still struggling, still surviving and denying the temptation that the luring claws of death were presenting to her at every stage of her cursed life.

Yes, That's the kind of dinosaur Lizzie was. A hopeless soul who was too stubborn for her own good, trying to find something that probably didn't even exist anymore in this dying world...

She didn't even have any idea how to find what she was looking for or what it even was but, just like the countless times she had collapsed into a heap of misery, she eventually sobered up and continued walking regardless of how tired and weak she felt. Earlier that day, she had been able to spot a distant river and a geological feature that was too far away to see what it really was but the closer Lizzie got the more she reckoned that it would hardly be any better than the flat wasteland she had been traveling...
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Anagnos on September 21, 2019, 10:18:50 AM
A tiresome sigh escaped from the young hidden runner’s muzzle, unable to keep his boredom from resurfacing. Nyero slumped down onto a rock and threw his hands up in clear frustration over the recent developments in his life that had completely exhausted him to the brink. He couldn’t stop the scowl from emerging on his face as he knew deep down that he was the only one to blame for his issues, no matter how much he would have liked to believe otherwise, the notion was firmly rooted into his mind and it wouldn’t leave not in any way.

He could feel his tiredness inside him, slowly but deliberately draining him of the will to live and keep on going like before, which was just another problem into his already growing misery with not being able to accomplish much of anything worthwhile in the span of two days. During the day he could hardly make any beneficial progress with finding a new land to call home now that he had left his previous one behind him. During the night he was plagued with vivid scenes of his family being slaughtered so mercilessly right in front of him. He could still see the image inside his mind as his father’s head was crushed by the massive jaws of one of the sharpteeth and hear the desperate cries of his mother and siblings, whom were quite literally later stamped while he was still watching.

Nyero shook his head, trying to make the horrific sights disappear from his mind, to no avail. They would always be rooted in his mind and no amount of willpower would ever change that fact. It was something he would just have to learn with to the best of his ability. His father had always lectured about the importance of knowing when to flee and when to fight, even if his kind weren’t exactly made for killing, they still made do with what they had and used their skills to surpass any possible obstacles they might have ever faced. But no one would survive out here long if they were by themselves, especially a young child like him would have almost to no chance of making it out here without help from others.

And yet no matter how hard he looked, he still couldn’t find one trace of a hint that there were others nearby his current location, so it looked like he was doomed to face the cruel and unforgiving world all by himself in the end. The sigh that eventually escaped from his lips was resigned and weary, signalling the end of deliberate effort and the start of a passive deterioration. It was a sigh so quiet that it went unnoticed by the hidden runner himself, the sound and its movement dissipated out into the vastness of the world and made no effect at all. And at that moment Nyero knew that he had well and truly given up on life. He had no desire to continue keeping up this pointless façade which believed that one day everything would be better once more. It was time to face the truth, his life was not going to get better at all. Not now, not ever.

Nyero had been so self-conscious with only focusing on his own hardship to take any notice of faint sobs emitting from somewhere near his position, but once he finally focused on the present again, he could at last hear those faint, but sad sobs hailing from somewhere nearby him. It was more than crying, it was the kind of desolate sobbing that comes from a person drained of all hope. He rose up and began to follow the desperate cries, regardless of any possible threats to his life completely erased from his mind. Now his only intention was to figure out whom this strange individual could be, it was nagging his mind to find out the truth and to sedate his curious young mind.

After a while, he came across a sight that not only took him completely by surprise as it was the first time he had actually seen someone else in this hellish landscape, but that the sobbing dinosaur was a longneck that appeared to be around his age. Or so Nyero surmised, as he wasn’t exactly an expert in figuring out other’s ages, therefore being completely blind in figuring out the logneck’s age by just merely looking at her features.

The other thing that took him by surprise was the fact how sad she seemed to look when she sobbed uncontrollably in front of him. She hadn’t obviously yet noticed his arrival, otherwise she would most likely had ceased in her weeping to take notice of the hidden runner whom had just invaded her personal space, even if that was unwittingly done. The more he looked at the weeping longneck the more he wished he could somehow help her, but wasn’t exactly sure how to out of fear for making things even worse than they already were. Even so, he could not just stand idly by and watch her suffer like this… he had to do something, anything to help this unfortunate soul. Nyero took a deep breath, and opened his mouth to address her, making sure that his tone of voice wasn’t too intimidating to the longneck.

’’Hey… are you okay?’’
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: StardustSoldier on September 22, 2019, 06:12:49 PM
Sheeba wandered through the dense forest, lost in thought. He was momentarily pulled from his thoughts when the bushy feathers on his head brushed against a low-hanging branch. He looked up at the tall tree, hoping to see some berries or something else scrumptious that might be growing from the branches. Unfortunately, the tree in question was rather barren. His bright yellow belly gave a loud growl as he rubbed it. Food had proven to be scarce around these parts. He scanned the other nearby trees and bushes, but they too appeared to be literally fruitless.

Disappointed, he moved on. He sure hoped he could find something to eat soon. In the meantime, he tried not to think about how hungry he was. He hummed a cheerful tune as he continued on, although it was only a mask for the slowly-growing apprehension he felt deep down. The forest was massive, with no end in sight, and so many of the trees looked the same. It was difficult to tell if he was making any sort of progress at all. And still no food to be seen anywhere. Surely he wasn’t fated to die here… was he?

After perhaps another half-hour of aimless wandering, Sheeba came upon an encouraging sight at last. Nothing resembling food, sadly, but it still got his adrenaline going. Footprints in the dirt, and fresh ones at that. They formed a clear trail. He couldn’t tell what species it was, but it hardly mattered. It was a sign of other life. He was not alone here after all. Eagerly he bounded after the footprints, curious to discover who they belonged to. And with any luck, whoever it was would have food with them.

It didn’t take much longer until the footprints led him to not one, but two other dinosaurs! A longneck and a hidden runner. His heart leapt for joy. He’d been on his own for so long. To finally meet a couple potential new friends was beyond exciting. Maybe they could find a berry bush nearby and then they could all eat yummy berries together.

It was only when Sheeba noticed their faces – the tear-streaked expression of the longneck, and the deeply worried expression of the hidden runner – that his eager smile began to fade.
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Ducky123 on October 10, 2019, 07:15:29 AM
A little walk and a short nap later, which had been interrupted once again by a nasty sleepstory, Lizzie found herself back on the floor, sobbing and feeling awfully miserable, lost in her depression so severely that she wouldn't have heard a herd of longnecks coming, not to mention sharpteeth. Likewise, she didn't notice the hidden runner approach her until he had spoken for the second time.

"Hey... are you okay?"

When the longneck finally took note of the newcomer, she jerked up in shock, her eyes opened wide, her body ready to flee. The creature was a hidden runner, probably a juvenile but still big enough to hurt her with those claws. However, Lizzie quickly realized that the hidden runner, a kind that ate meat, plants and eggs alike, didn't seem to consider her a possible meal but rather something to be pitied. Lizzie blinked her eyes to remove the tears blurring her vision. Observing the newcomer closely, she could not spot any I'll-intent at least. Nevertheless, Lizzie didn't want any company, didn't want to see anyone ever again because everyone she had ever known only discarded her to break her heart, even that old longneck who couldn't let her join the herd... It was an endless circle of suffering which only isolation would be able to break. Therefore, her answer was much more rude than was probably wise, given the fact that she was dealing with something that had class equipped.

"No, I'm not okay, goodbye," she snapped, turning around to leave but, immediately, some part of her put a brake on her legs and she stopped as soon as she started walking. No matter how much it hurt to be dumped by others, wasn't being lonely any better?
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: Anagnos on October 24, 2019, 11:08:15 AM
Nyero wasn’t exactly certain on what the longneck’s reply would be to his earlier comment, but he certainly didn’t expect her to react with a chagrined kind of way. Of course that much was to be expected, as Nyero could surmise with a brief overlook that she wasn’t exactly right in terms of emotional well-being – and he had likely just made it worse with his remark.

He watched as the young longneck began to move away from the scene, only to stop in her tracks almost immediately. Her legs seemed rooted to the spot, but at the same time Nyero could sense some of that previous uneasiness her entire complexion had radiated moment ago. Something inside Nyero snapped at that moment and he wished nothing more than to intertwine his arms around her in an attempt to ease her frantic mind. But since he had no idea how she would react to that, it was better to play this one safely – his father’s words echoed in his mind; it never was a good idea to trust a stranger to the fullest extent and drop your guard in an unsafe environment.

When the interminable silence became too much to bear, Nyero finally found his voice once more and promptly addressed the young longneck, still careful to keep a comparative distance between them in case she decided to react with anger. ''Look, I didn’t mean to scare you. I heard someone cry and I couldn’t just stand there and let someone suffer like that. If you don’t mean any harm, then I promise to you that the feeling is mutual.''

Nyero didn’t receive an immediate answer from the longneck. He was actually starting to contemplate if she had even heard him speak in the first place. Emotions were, no doubt, particularly high right now for the both of them. Therefore, it wouldn’t be impossible that she simply had not heard his words of comfort – or at least an attempt of that. He wasn’t quite the most supportive when it came to providing solace. Rather than let the unbearable silence reign over them anew, he decided to plainly just introduce himself officially to the longneck.

''My name is Nyero. What is yours, longneck?''
Title: Re: LBT roleplay in the style of the original movie!
Post by: StardustSoldier on December 06, 2019, 02:15:23 PM
Sheeba stood in silence and watched the scene slowly unfold in front of him. He was touched by the display of kindness the hidden runner, Nyero, had shown. Sheeba had been about to step forward and introduce himself as well. Instead he hesitated. The longneck remained very clearly distraught. Although Sheeba could only guess as to what she was upset about, her distress was evident all the same. It would probably take more than simple kindness to cheer her up. But... what?

Within seconds Sheeba thought up a solution, one that he was certain would prove effective. After all, who didn't love berries? To actually find some, on the other hand... now that might be a problem. Still, he was resolved to do the best he could. He disengaged from the scene and scoured the nearby area, looking high and looking low. Throughout the day he'd already done so much searching for berries, or any sort of food for that matter, and to no avail. He was immensely worried it would be the same result now.

But as it happened, he was in luck! He soon came across a large bush with some appetizing berries on it. It was then that hunger overcame his senses and he was unable to resist the temptation to gobble down a few of the berries for himself. Okay, a lot of them, actually. But then he plucked off some more berries, as many as he could comfortably carry, and brought them back to where the hidden runner and the longneck were.

With a wide grin, he approached them, and held out his berry-covered hands.