LBT: A Life-saving Journey

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #160 on:** December 03, 2007, 04:21:23 PM

Cyrix couldn't shake the feeling they were being followed, and he stopped just long enough to take a quick look around, and not seeing anything threating he turned back to the trial ahead. 'I must be getting paranoid to think someone is following me.....but my instincts haven't been wrong before, perhaps I should check it out.' the rainbow face said to himself.

He turned to the gang and said "I need you young ones to stay here for a moment, I think I forgot something." Knowing he was lying, and he had everything including his sick nephew tied to his back.

Nimrod · **Reply #161 on:** December 03, 2007, 04:22:36 PM

That¥s strange, I have the feeling, somebody would follow us, Cera said with a look around, but I can¥t see anyone.

Kor · **Reply #162 on:** December 03, 2007, 05:57:02 PM

Diver looks at Cyrix saying, "Ok, hurry back and be careful of sharptooths." She said.

Mim was keeping the look out for sharpteeth, a lifelong habit from living outside the great valley. She half crouched in her place of concealment. It looks like the group had stopped and the rainbowface went off. She could just see them, but could not hear what they were saying. Perhaps they were stopping to rest. Those in the valley may not be use to walking or running long distances, she thought to herself. Perhaps he went off to get some food for the others while they rested. That would save time since they could rest and eat at the same time. She thought to herself.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #163 on:** December 03, 2007, 06:06:33 PM

Cyrix was still looking around and was using his nose to sniff out the elusive prey...now mind you Cyrix's sense of smell was laughably weak compaired to his nephew's but it was certainly strong enough to pick up a scent he recognized "Another rainbow face, but I thought I was the only one in the valley? Oh well, time to draw..."

He took several more sniffs of the air and was surprised 'HER?!' "Well this is new...time to make force her out of hiding!" he said at a whisper so as not to startle her...whoever her...was.

Kor · **Reply #164 on:** December 03, 2007, 06:14:25 PM

Min continued to rest in her concealment keeping an eye on the group of resting young ones and looking around now and then as she kept watch. Quite a diverse group , she thought to herself. She knew her sense of smell was useless compared to a sharptooth so she relied mainly on her sight and hearing to keep watch, using her sense of smell only as a secondary thing. She listened for any out of the ordinary sound, and also to the regular pattern or sounds the various animals and wind blown plants and trees made. Over her experience she noticed one way to be alert to danger is the animals fell silent or suddenly started to call out an alarm or run off.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #165 on:** December 03, 2007, 09:43:43 PM

Lucky for Cyrix, while it had taken him months, many many months to find his nephew...he had learned to track prey and silently evade predators in the mysterious beyond. As such he was a master of stealth, nothing would hear him coming unless he wanted it to...and he usually didn't make a sound, and this was the very same case with the female rainbow face, whom he was now standing directly behind, but was unsure of how to get her attention without scaring her...

'Oh well...live and learn!' he thought as he reached a hand out and pulled at Mim's tail

Kor · **Reply #166 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:39:02 PM

At the touch to her tail Mim jumped with a cry of alarm and surprise. She grasp a branch and threw one leg over it in a much practiced move. Only after this and when she was half way to getting herself onto the branch did she think to look down to see what had grasp her tail. She wasn't fully feeling the flight or fight response since there was no sharptooth grown nor a painful touch like a bite or claw, but she had been startled in a not small way.

She hung with one leg over the branch and part of her chest before she looked down.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #167 on:** December 04, 2007, 12:56:43 AM

Cyrix chuckled at the site of Mim climbing the tree branch. He then decided to extend a hand so to speak. "Hello there, if I may ask who are you, and why are you following our herd of travelers?" He then smiled, as the night circles light shined through the trees, he could just make out her face, and he just smiled.

Kor · **Reply #168 on:** December 04, 2007, 02:09:49 AM

Mim looked down and seeing it was the rainbowface from the group got down onto the ground. She took a deep breath to help calm herself more from being startled before she continued.

"I'm Mim. I saw the group of you and those many young ones and sure you would need help decided to follow and help without being seen. I've been living pretty much on my own outside what some call the great valley for around half my life and was unsure of all of your groups experience in living out there."

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #169 on:** December 04, 2007, 08:45:20 AM

"Hello Mim, my name is Cyrix, and it is a pleasure to meet you. However if my nephew were awake, we would all have something in common. If you wish to join us you may...as it is I don't completely trust that Onyx fellow, but I have to hope we get to where we need to be before it's too late."

As the last word left his lips, he began to feel sad, with his nephew still tied to his back Cyrix looked back towards the group of children, and said "We have to keep moving...." he then looked up at Mim once more and said "Please come with us."

Kor · **Reply #170 on:** December 04, 2007, 12:04:14 PM

Mim nodded smiling at the offer, "Thanks, I would like to join you. It would be more safe for us to be together since we can keep an eye on the young ones. And have more people to talk to." She said. Glad she would not have to spend the whole journey going where ever they were going in hiding. "So where are you going anyway?"

Diver, seeing it may take a bit of time had decided to lay down on top of the four footer she was on top of and get in some resting. She was careful to not fall asleep.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #171 on:** December 04, 2007, 04:36:35 PM

"I'm glad to hear that, now let's get a move on...I hate to keep the little one's waiting, and my nephew has very little time left....I don't want to lose him." said Cyrix making sure to keep his voice as clam and monotoned as possible to hide the fear that was in his heart.

Kor · **Reply #172 on:** December 04, 2007, 04:44:11 PM

Mim nodded, "I understand and agree. Maybe it's best if you go first. It may startle or frighten them if I suddenly appear with no explanation, even if I did said hi." She said waving towards where they group was with one hand. She was thinking to herself that Cyrix as nice to look at, handsome even. She was glad there was a fellow rainbowface here.

Nimrod · **Reply #173 on:** December 04, 2007, 04:49:08 PM

Cera noticed that Cyrix comes back,... with a second rainbowface! Am I seeing double or...?She closed her eyes, than after a while she opened them again. And her eyes didn¥t want to play her a joke. It was a second rainbow face. Ducky woke up from a deep sleep on Ceras back. She noticed with a sleepy look the two rainbowfaces. ooh, I am seeing two rainbowfaces, wasn¥t there just Cyrix? She asked in a half-sleep. No, you are right ducky, there are two rainbowfaces. But who is the other one?

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #174 on:** December 04, 2007, 05:07:31 PM

Cyrix smiled at the children, and said "This is a new friend of mine...she will be traveling with us to help Longtail get better, her name is Mim and I'm sure she will be a valuable asset to our group." 'Not to mention she is kinda cute, and those eyes...' Cyrix blinked and said to himself 'Where did that thought come from? Oh well we have to keep moving.'

Kor · **Reply #175 on:** December 04, 2007, 05:11:18 PM

Mim waves saying in a friendly voice. "Hello."

Diver woke up from hearing the voices and was surprised at seeing two rainbowfaces. Was this what he had forgotten and needed to go back and get. She didn't recall there being 2 rainbowfaces in the valley.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #176 on:** December 04, 2007, 05:46:11 PM

Longtail suddenly gasped for air and moaned in pain...and Cyrix heart ached in response...he hated hearing his nephew who he was so close to in so much pain, all caused by a poisonous sky puffy.

Kor · **Reply #177 on:** December 04, 2007, 06:54:48 PM

Mim looked at Longtail, "We should get where we're going. You sure other plants can't at least releave what he is suffering?" She said, looking from Longtail to Cyrix.

"And maybe he needs to eat or drink water." Diver said.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #178 on:** December 04, 2007, 07:19:03 PM

"I would love to give some water, but we are already too far up the mountain pass to go back down and get some...and if we give him food, he may not keep it down....and I really don't want him feeling any sicker than he is already. Let's just keep moving to the Land of Mists." said Cyrix with a sigh of despair, he didn't know what to do except to keep moving forward as he used to with the herd he traveled with before coming to the valley.

Kor · **Reply #179 on:** December 04, 2007, 07:37:46 PM

Mim nods, "The land of mists, I heard some longneck farwalkers I traveled with for a time talk about that. It was them who told me how to find the great valley," Mim said, "They mentioned how something called a nightflower would cure any sickness a longneck had. I can see curing many related diseases." She continued, leaving off some of what she was going to say.

Diver nodded, "Maybe it is best. There may be lots of water and food in the land of mists." She said.