Land Before Time: Twilight Valley

Serris · **Reply #300 on:** February 28, 2009, 01:06:21 AM

Chomper shook his head. "Nope. I stay here with Ruby. Mr parents are on an island out in the Big Water."

"I'm not sure if I even WANT to see my parents." Deimos said.

Drake · **Reply #301 on:** February 28, 2009, 01:13:21 AM

Lori sighed and glanced away, feeling a little regret for having asked. As she looked around the valley, she decided it would have made a nice home, but it only seemed it would be that way for the leafeaters and her parents might not be allowed to stay here, even if she could find them.

Kit12 · **Reply #302 on:** February 28, 2009, 01:59:12 AM

As if Misty needed the “Ripeness of a tree sweet” as flatteeth said (icing on the cake) of Demios’ offer, it helped nontheless and she nodded. “Sure, I should probably get good at fishing if I stay here” she said.

As they reached the stream, she knelt by a spot and watched the fish swim around. Slowly she tried to capture one but it swam too quickly. “Drat” she sighed, eggs never moved…she tried again, with about the same success.

As she sighed again, Misty noticed something off to the side in the water, a leaf with what she now remembered were fish eggs on it. “I wonder…”, she plucked it and deposited only the eggs in her mouth…then grimaced horribly.

She swallowed yet then took in gulps of water, “Funny, you’d think it’d be the same thing” she said, “but…not at all”.

“Oh well, it’ll do in a pinch I guess” Misty went back to trying to catch one of the fish. She this time managed to flip on onto shore and next began chasing it about as it flopped this way and that. “Hey, hold still” she cried.

She had just caught the wiggling thing as she heard Lori’s question. “Sadly I haven’t had a family for a while now” she said, “but I’ve sort of got use to that…you ok?” she next asked, seeing Lori’s look.

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Kit had planned on accompanying Littlefoot and the others, yet as she flapped out she spotted her dad just staring into space beyond the Great Valley wall it seemed. She flapped over, “Ya ok dad?”. Her dad, Tylr, snapped out of his spacing. “Huh? Oh yeah, I was just…uh scouting or something”.

The ëor something’ gave him away and Kit just smiled. “Ok, but beyond just scouting, what are you doing?” she looked curious again as she landed near him on the tree he’d found.

Tylr smiled, “Oh, it sounds silly I know, but I was family pondering again; ya know even after this long I lament that your mom had to be taken from us a bit before your hatch date and never made it to the Great Valley, war torn that it may be now”.

Kit smiled sadly, “Yeah, same here, but you do pretty good telling me about her…um, care to do some more of it?” she asked. Tylr smiled, “Well sure, ok, as I’ve told you many times before, her name was Violet, and that was kinda odd since your brown coloring is almost the spitting image of her; she had only one other sibling, an older brother, Trip, and it was when we were all kids and your Uncle Cree bumped into Trip and didn’t say sorry that I first met her…”.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #303 on:** February 28, 2009, 03:58:23 AM

Longtail had taken Struts advice and gone to find Deimos but before he got the chance he noticed Kit and Tylr sitting on the valley wall and he decided to see if they were okay. As he flapped up to the wall to join them he sighed, as he heard the mention of family, however he also hoped they wouldn't notice his sour disposition to the topic at hand.
"Hi Kit, Hello Mr. Tylr, how are two doing?" he asked sincerely.

Kit12 · **Reply #304 on:** February 28, 2009, 11:47:37 AM

Tylr paused his story to smile at Longtail. "Hello Longtail, we're good" he said.

"Yeah, now that there gets to be at least a small time of peace after that last attack" Kit said with a little bit of a sigh, "Now if it would just last; you seem to be doing better" she smiled, "do you feel any better?".

Drake · **Reply #305 on:** February 28, 2009, 02:26:51 PM

"I'm fine," Lori replied with a heavy sigh. Her frown and forlorn look still remained as she stared at the valley walls.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #306 on:** February 28, 2009, 04:37:10 PM

Longtail smiled as he answered.
"I'm not hurting anymore...at least not on the outside." he then frowned and asked a question.
"What do you do...when you miss someone, you have no real memory of...except their death?" he sighed and tried not to look as sad as he felt.

Kit12 · **Reply #307 on:** February 28, 2009, 09:34:09 PM

Misty nodded, taking Lori's answer as fact even if she could tell the sharptooth looked like it wasn't true; still she didn't know how to just up and a pry into private matter such as whatever was bugging Lori, so she turned to the river once more.

"I'd offer to catch you a fish" she said, "but you're probably really good at it and I'd just insult you, huh?" she asked with a smile, "I'll try anyway". She bent to see if she could catch some more fish for either Lori and herself or...just whatever with however she could catch.

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Tylr had known there was something behind Longtail's mood. He frowned at the serious question though.

"Well that is a hard one" he admitted.

"Sometimes even with enough of a past history, how they died is still hard to get past" Tylr replied from personal experience, "but...clinging to whatever good memories you are able to remember is what's helped me...even if I admit I'm not good at it myself; from what they tell me of the Circle of Life we do get to see them again though, though I also know that doesn't help right now" Tylr looked down as well himself.

"Yeah" Kit nodded, "I didn't even get to meet my mom and I miss her enough without that, though...". She glanced to both her dad and Longtail unsurely, "I...I really am not sure if there's anything to this, but..." she turned to Longtail, "have you ever heard of, or are you familiar with...them being in your dreams?" she asked Longtail.

Drake · **Reply #308 on:** February 28, 2009, 09:43:31 PM

"I've tried fishing," Lori said. "I can hunt down bugs, lizards, and small fuzzy things easily enough though."

She smirked, remembering how her parents had always praised her ability to hunt. Her uncle always said they only did that because she was their kid and her hunting abilities weren't anything spectacular. She had learned that her uncle didn't really mean half of the things he said and just seemed to like to get on people's nerves for some reason.

She watched Misty bending over the water, secretly hoping the next fish she caught would be as amusing as the one she had previously.

Serris · **Reply #309 on:** March 01, 2009, 12:26:19 AM

Deimos swatted another fish out of the water. He ate it and sat on a rock. "Hey Lori, Misty are you done? And you could use a spear to catch the fish."

Chomper caught a frog by the stream and ate it.

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Theta, Hasta and their forces were camped out on a oasis in the Mysterious Beyond.

A fire was burning in the middle of the oasis.

Some of the dinosaurs were sparring with each other and some were engaging in some target practice.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #310 on:** March 01, 2009, 02:24:26 AM

Longtail shed a tear after hearing what Kit and Tylr had to say, and then he blinked as he thought about Kits question and then he slowly nodded his head.
"Y-yeah...I do know of something like that...sometimes I even hear my mothers voice when I'm awake...although I can never understand why." He began to sob quietly but he also said, "I have...other memories of her, but the one that I remember even when I don't want to is watching her die...and it hurts so much..."

Kit12 · **Reply #311 on:** March 01, 2009, 01:00:42 PM

"Oh, right, sorry, this whole using weapons thing is still new" Misty said, she nonetheless had two more fish to being over, and figured this would do her.

"Yeah, I'm good though" she said.

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Tylr was hardly this impulsive before, but with the shared emotions of the three of them, and with his own tears pooled and also falling a bit he reached out and gently have Longtail a hug, "Yeah...those scenes just hardly ever seem to go away" he admitted quietly.

Kit glanced aside, trying to recall if the voice she'd heard in her dreams had ever been heard before by her...yeah, once or twice she thought...or maybe that was just remembering.

With proof from Longtail that it was possible though, she felt more sad somehow and her own tears fell.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #312 on:** March 01, 2009, 10:09:50 PM

As Longtail felt Tylr embrace him in the hug, he only cried harder. He didn't think it would feel this bad. He did however look over to Kit for a moment, and thinking on his feet wrapped his tail around her and brought her into the hug as well.
Longtail then looked to the sky with tears falling from his eyes and he thought he heard someone speaking...

'Your friends are your family little one, let them help you.'

Longtail wasn't sure if he was right or not, but he believed the voice anyway and smiled.

Serris · **Reply #313 on:** March 02, 2009, 02:03:49 AM

Deimos chuckled. "Well Misty, most dinosaurs I've met don't use weapons. The Great Valley dinos and the Claw Valley dinos seem to be the exception. Though I have met a few Far-Walkers, mostly Swimmers, who do use weaponry. Well, anyone up for some sparring?"

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Ozzie was waiting outside the Great Valley walls when a stone throwing knife slashed through the air, narrowly missing his chest, and shattered against the cliffs.

He quickly ran back to his cave before he could be hit with more projectiles.

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Mr. Bigmouth was clutching his stone ax as he crouched behind a tree. He was cursing himself for rejecting the offer of guards.

3 enemy dinosaurs entered the grove: a black sickleclaw; a grey Runner armed with a stone war hammer, no more than a wedge shaped rock tied onto the end of a heavy branch; and a green sickleclaw armed with a tree branch he had studded with flakes of sharp rock.

Kit12 · **Reply #314 on:** March 02, 2009, 02:45:20 AM

"Um...I don't know, maybe I'll practice against a tree that doesn't mind when you hurt it before I'm more sure of my aim" Misty said with a small smile, moving off to a nearby tree to try out, at very slow speeds and semi-close distance, her rock thrower.

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Kit smiled at Longtail's including her in the hug too. When the moment had passed and Tylr let up, he smiled, "You know the reason everyone around here's fighting so hard to protect the Great Valley is because we're an extended herd or community; and so we're here for you too" he pointed out, "even Mr. Clubtail when he doesn't show it has to like some of us".

Kit gave a small smile, "Well someone should really tell him that".

Tylr smiled thoughtfully again, "Hey if I could handle your Uncle Cree, I can handle him" he said, before sighing, "and on that and other such notes, I am a firm believer, once a member of a herd always a member so..." he broke off yet then continued turning to Kit, "that goes society debt payers and...loners as well" he said.

Kit gave a small smile.

"Well, who's up for more upbeat discussions and or activities" Tylr smiled. Kit gave a small laugh, "as long as it's not a patrol that has to remind me of the war again, I'm up for mostly anything".

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #315 on:** March 02, 2009, 04:37:24 AM

Longtail wiped his eyes with his tail after the hug had been broken. He then gave a wide smile and asked, "Well...could we get some food...all this remembering has made me kinda hungry." he then giggled at the thought of food.

Kit12 · **Reply #316 on:** March 02, 2009, 12:16:45 PM

"Sounds good" Kit said with a smile, "since I didn't eat anything even before we had to go looking for Misty and all that".

Tylr smiled as he flapped up, "Come on, we can go see if Mr. Threehorn is guarding the tree sweets tree again or if it's up for grabbing a few".

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #317 on:** March 02, 2009, 02:54:51 PM

Longtail laughed.
"Knowing him, he's going to guard those tree sweets until they fall from the tree during the cold time!"

Serris · **Reply #318 on:** March 02, 2009, 03:11:52 PM

"Okay, I'll be heading back to the Feeding Grounds." Deimos said. "Wait, that take that rock thrower to Mr. Bigmouth; he might be able to make it better or come up with other projectiles for you to use."

With that said, Deimos left Misty alone to practice.

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At the Feeding Grounds, Strut was using a rock to knock down a few treestars.

Ducky looked at Strut. "Strut does not need to fight at close quarters. He does not, he does not."

Nod chuckled. "Well, we don't have to worry about him hitting us either. I'm pretty sure he can probably take down an enemy flyer."

"Let's hope we don't have to do that." Littlefoot added. He had eaten his pile of treestars already.

Kit12 · **Reply #319 on:** March 02, 2009, 04:55:53 PM

"Yeah, one would think he'd get bored and want to do something else" Kit commented.

When they reached the treesweets tree though, Mr. Threehorn wasn't anywhere to be found.

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Misty took aim yet again, standing a bit further back, and then smacked the tree yet again with the rock thrower she'd built for herself, letting Deimos take the other one with him.

She smiled, "Ok...maybe I've got a handle on this".