Land Before Time: Twilight Valley

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #220 on:** February 08, 2009, 06:23:02 PM

Longtail shot Lori an amused glare and spoke up.
"So you saying you can out run him if you had to?"

Drake · **Reply #221 on:** February 08, 2009, 06:46:18 PM

Lori watched the clubtail lumber off and laughed. "Are you saying I can't?"

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #222 on:** February 08, 2009, 07:03:12 PM

Longtail laughed.
"I don't know, I'd have to see it to believe it after all!"

Drake · **Reply #223 on:** February 08, 2009, 07:12:06 PM

Lori snorted and turned away. "Well, you can forget it, cause I'm not dumb enough to cross a clubtail, no matter how slow they are."

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #224 on:** February 08, 2009, 07:17:52 PM

Longtail grinned and wanted to say a comment along the lines of scardy egg, but thought it would be better to keep such comments to himself.
"Alright, it's your choice Lori." He said with a smile

Serris · **Reply #225 on:** February 09, 2009, 12:06:21 AM

"Ah forget about Mr. Clubtail." Deimos said. "His armor makes him almost impervious to attack but also makes him kinda stupid."

Strut chuckled a little at Deimos's wisecrack.

"Hey, Longtail, Kit, Dante, Misty I'm currently forming a squad to patrol whatever part of the Great Valley we get assigned to. I need some more dinosaurs and I would be happy if your could join me." Littlefoot said.

"I will fight alongside Littlefoot." Deimos said.

"Strut, what about you?"

"Uh no thanks. I'll help defend the Feeding Grounds. Lots of rocks there for me to throw at invading dinosaurs." Strut replied.

Drake · **Reply #226 on:** February 09, 2009, 12:13:17 AM

Lori glanced over at Strut and seemed to study the egg stealer. She wondered why he had volunteered to fight for the Valley when he had only just joined the populace. She supposed it was his way of showing his loyalty to those that might look upon him with suspicion.

Kit12 · **Reply #227 on:** February 09, 2009, 01:40:39 AM

"Sure thing Littlefoot" Kit said. "Yeah" Misty shrugged, "why not...uh not to sound flippant, you guys know I already said I'd help out".

"Yeah" Kit smiled, "we know. So who should take direction do you think, Littlefoot?" Kit next asked.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #228 on:** February 09, 2009, 02:53:00 AM

Longtail smiled brightly and he couldn't help but nod his head at Littlefoots request.
"Oh yes! Count me in! Just tell me where to fly, and I'll be there." Longtail didn't want to admit it, but he was trying to prove himself to the valley elders that he could follow directions and do things right....after all he was still a half sharptooth and he knew that some of the valley residents didn't truly trust him.

Serris · **Reply #229 on:** February 10, 2009, 01:09:36 AM

Littlefoot grinned. "Okay, Longtail." He then turned to Grandpa Longneck. "Grandpa, where do you want us to patrol?"

"Well, I'd suggest the Bubbling Muds. There hasn't been a patrol there in a while." Grandpa Longneck said.

"Okay, guys we are heading to the Bubbling Muds. I'll show the way." Littlefoot said.

Drake · **Reply #230 on:** February 10, 2009, 01:30:35 AM

"I'll come with you," Lori said though her only reason to accompany them was to stay in the group so she wouldn't be mistaken for an enemy sharptooth. She wondered briefly how young the enemy sharpteeth could be.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #231 on:** February 10, 2009, 02:37:49 AM

Longtail nodded his head at Littlefoot and took to the sky, but stayed low enough that he could see his friends, but high enough that he'd be able to surprise any sharpteeth that might be nearby.

Kit12 · **Reply #232 on:** February 10, 2009, 12:59:40 PM

Misty followed along with the main group and Kit flapped up to fly about where Longtail was too. She glanced to see where Petrie was and was somewhat relieved he wasn't too close since the last thing she wanted was for him, her cousin that she looked up to as well as had tried to look out for when they were younger, to hear what she had to say, but she felt she had to voice it and...Longtail might not take it the wrong way...

"i--oh gosh I'm almost ashamed to say this, but, as fully behind the whole Valley as I am...it's ok to be more than a bit scared right now...right?" the young flyer couldn't help but ask. "I mean, a full on attack of Sharpteeth, for our Valley". She shook her head, "I just shouldn't think about it too much".

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #233 on:** February 10, 2009, 02:24:58 PM

Longtail turned to face Kit as he heard her question. He thought about an answer that would help her, and finally he just settled on the truth.
"To be....scared, is nothing to be upset about. Its natural..even some of the grown-ups get scared sometimes....but, I'm more worried about...me." his voice was shallow when he finished his sentence, but deep down inside, he was terrified.

Serris · **Reply #234 on:** February 10, 2009, 09:11:05 PM

Strut and Ms. Swimmer were heading to the Feeding Grounds. Ms. Swimmer had her trademark dual sticks.

"So what made you come here?" Ms. Swimmer asked.

"I needed to get away from my brother; he's always beating me. He once tried to throw me off a cliff for eating green food."

"Well, you're safe here."

After several minutes, they arrived at the Feeding Grounds. Strut's eyes brightened as he saw a Sweet Bubble tree laden with the fruit; then a forlorn expression came across his face as he realized that he couldn't reach them.

Strut's eyes fell on a rock near the tree. He picked up the rock, took aim at a thin branch and threw his rock. The rock struck the branch and cracked it. He grabbed another rock and threw it at the same branch which then fell to the ground.

Strut grabbed the branch and handed a few Tree Sweets to Ms. Swimmer. "Want some?"

"Thanks! You know, with aim like yours it doesn't matter if you can't fight at close quarters." Ms. Swimmer replied, placing one stick across her back, accepting the fruit and eating it.

"I guess you're good at close quarters combat?" Strut said, his mouth full of the sweet fruit.

"Yep, though I fight with sticks. Spears and stone knives are so very, very crude." Ms. Swimmer replied airily.

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"Well, we're here." Littlefoot said.

Deimos looked around. "Lori, stay by me. Misty, stay with me, Ducky and Nod. Longtail, Petrie Kit fly at low level and alert us if you see anything. And if you have a weapon, get it out now."

As Deimos finished speaking, he grabbed a heavy tree branch from the ground.

"Hey, Deimos, I thought you always used a spear or a stone knife?" Hyp asked. He had kept his stick from before, when he had attacked the invading sickleclaw.

"I use whatever's there. I forgot to get a weapon from Mr. Bigmouth. He's making a few stone tipped spears right now or so I heard."

(OOC - if anyone wants to start a battle now I can have the 2 interlopers get caught by the group.)

Drake · **Reply #235 on:** February 11, 2009, 12:15:40 AM

Lori glanced around, suddenly cautious. She had almost forgotten about the sharptooth that had attacked them previously.

"Will they really be so far into the Valley?" she asked Deimos.

Serris · **Reply #236 on:** February 15, 2009, 02:28:41 AM

Deimos looked at Lori. "It is possible. We must be on guard." As he said those words, a stone tipped spear flew through the air and landed at his feet.

"We're under attack!" Deimos shouted. He dropped his tree branch, pulled the spear out of the ground, brandished it and looked around.

He heard rustling from one of the bushes.

"They're here. Kit, Misty, Lori, Longtail, Hyp, Deimos, all ready for combat?" Littlefoot asked.

Hyp readied his stick. "Ready."

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #237 on:** February 15, 2009, 03:11:25 AM

Longtail immediately raised his wings and dropped to the ground. He then spread his wings and took a fighting stance. "Are you kidding Littlefoot? I was hatched ready!" His right eye changing color once again, as he let out a small roar challenging whoever it was in the bushes.

Drake · **Reply #238 on:** February 15, 2009, 03:16:44 AM

Lori gulped as she slid behind Deimos. "Be careful, they could have more of those stick things."

Kit12 · **Reply #239 on:** February 15, 2009, 11:39:28 AM

"Don't worry" Misty answered Lori, getting braced for whatever might come her way, she turned her body sideways a best help add cover for the sharptooth who had already said she wasn't part of this war.

It might have seemed like giving the enemy a blindside to hit, but then egg nappers like Misty were always so quick that she'd used this tactic against sharpteeth many a time just to get them rushing for her flanks and then darted aside to allow them to hit their own heads on a rock or something.

"Don't forget this, as extra help since they got them too" Kit flapped by and handed Misty her sharp stick she must have dropped.

As Kit flapped over to be closer to where Littlefoot and Longtail were, she noticed a tree nearby with more than a few stickers on it and the branches didn't look terribly strong.

"I wonder..." she flapped over to test pulling it back and found she could bend one or two branches in the direction of the bushes. She smiled, that could prove useful...

(OOC: You said we could go ahead with the interlopers? I'm only slightly using them anyway)

As one of intruders leapt from the bush, drawn by Longtail's call and how it just urked him, Kit let the branch loose and two of the stickers hit him on the nose.

"Hey it worked" she sounded surprised herself. Yet prepared to either dart in or pull back another branch as she knew his response to this would be swift