Styracus grinned. "We move NOW!" he shouted.
His herd cheered, a loud roar that was heard through out the valley.
Theta, a heavily built, solid black Swimmer brandished his weapon, a stone knife. The black blade gleamed in the sun. "Now, let's have some fun."
A thin female Fast Runner, whooped as she brandished her weapon, a thin but deadly stone tipped spear.
Another Swimmer brandished his weapon, a stone ax.
Styracus's herd gradually proceeded to the exit of Claw Valley.
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Ducky's mother and two another Swimmers were patrolling an area near the outskirts of the valley.
"Someone's present." one of the Swimmers said. He readied his weapon, a stone ax
As he finished his sentence; a large rock hurtled from bushes and knocked the Swimmer out.
The other Swimmer dodged another large rock thrown at him and charged into the bushes with his stone tipped spear at the ready.
Ducky's mother followed, brandishing her twin sticks.
There, they encountered 3 sickleclaws, one wielding a stone tipped spear and the other 2 fighting with their bare hands.
The other Swimmer attacked the spear wielding sickleclaw. He parried a jab from his enemy and retaliated with a short thrust which the sickleclaw dodged. The Swimmer narrowly avoided a jab to the stomach but the sickleclaw was not so lucky. The Swimmer managed to graze the sickleclaw's leg causing it to flinch.
As it flinched, the Swimmer aimed another thrust at its stomach, which caused a shallow stab wound. The sickleclaw aimed a desperate jab at the Swimmer's stomach which the Swimmer tried to dodge but not well enough. The stone head penetrated the Swimmer's skin and left a shallow stab wound.
The Swimmer swore as be blocked another thrust from the sickleclaw and retaliated with a powerful thrust to the stomach that the sickleclaw didn't parry in time; the stone spearhead buried itself into the sickleclaw's stomach. The Swimmer pushed the spear even deeper into the sickleclaw and then pulled it out, leaving his fatally injured opponent on the ground.
Ducky's mother, who had just finished knocking out one of the sickleclaws turned to her partner. "Look out!"
The Swimmer turned around but it was too late, the other sickleclaw, who had seized the stone ax from the unconscious Swimmer, struck him in the head, severely injuring him. As he fell, the sickleclaw hacked at him until he died.
Ducky's mother looked at the ax wielding sickleclaw who decided then decided to attack her.
The sickleclaw reared back to take a swing at her, but she blocked the blow with one of her sticks, catching the ax just below the head. Almost, simultaneously, she swept upward with the other stick, catching the sickleclaw in the groin.
The sickleclaw flinched and prepared for another blow, this time to her arms. Ducky's mother quickly dodged the blow and retaliated with powerful swing to the ribs.
The sickleclaw grunted as the blow landed. Ducky's mother then closed in on the sickleclaw and smashed the butt of her right hand stick into the sickleclaw's right shoulder.
The sickleclaw swore as the bone crushing blow landed. It dropped its weapon and tried to slash Ducky's mother with its free hand. But she parried it and forced the sickleclaw to the ground where she snapped its neck using the sticks for leverage.
(OOC - Sorry for the bizarre characterization of Ducky's mother
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