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Post by ishi on Jul 19, 2008 13:03:23 GMT -5
There she sat, high up on a dead tree in the middle of the Outlands. Mach was waiting for something, but she didn't know what, or even why. Something seemed... Awfully silent about the lush, green lands bordering her desolate home. Mach also sensed that something else was in this empty, dead land... Something better than a steady food supply... Speaking of which, she had been stealing food from the Pride Lands recently, because there was no food at all in this wasteland...
With that, Mach flew off into the Pride Lands to get more food.
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Post by ishi on Jul 21, 2008 13:19:27 GMT -5
The sky was very calm that day. Not a cloud was in the sky, and Mach was bound to be discovered. But it was a risk she had to take or suffer from starvation. Then, above the border between the two regions was another bird, flying into the Pride Lands. "Another exile, perhaps." Mach thought. She began hunting him, staying above him, and when the time was right she dove in for the kill- and hit directly. Then, midair, the bird retaliated, and a fierce dogfight between the two commenced. The two birds were equal, so it was a matter of strategy of who would win. Though, the other bird was smaller than Mach, so she had a size advantage. But the little falcon was FAST. The battle was completely even. A talon for a talon and a feather for a feather. Mach then called out, "Want to call it a draw?"
Breathing heavily, the falcon said "It seems I have found my match. Yes, lets land, and talk..."
Shortly after landing, Mach asked, "So, what is your name, little one?"
"I am Talon..." He replied. "Yourself?"
"My name is Mach. I was exiled as a child... And I believe your entire race is exiled for their quote "destructive behavior"?"
"Yes, that is why..." Talon said. "So why were you heading towards the Pride Lands?"
"To get food... There is none in the Outlands..."
"Likewise. Let us hunt together..."
With that, the two raptors flew off into the Pride Lands, searching for food, unaware of the danger that was approaching them...
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Post by ishi on Aug 20, 2008 18:41:44 GMT -5
Talon found his mark, dove steeply at it, accelerating to an extreme velocity to hit her target. A "SMACK" sound was made as the falcon hit her mark- a gazelle, alone for some reason. Right as talon was about to dig his beak into it, he was hit by something- A lioness, on the hunt, who had been stalking the raptors from below, waiting for them. Mach was halfway through her dive when this happened, and she quickly changed speed and stance, started falling toward the desperate fight between the two predators, then landed sharply and dug her claws into the feline. She abruptly dug her beak into the lioness's neck, thus killing it.
"We need to get out of here- NOW." Mach commanded.
"Alright, let's go!" Talon replied.
They had killed a lion, (two in Mach's experience) and intruded on the Pridelands, both of which were reasonable causes for execution- They would have to stay in the Outlands- for the rest of their lives. But one element remained: they did not know who the killers were, but the markings from their beaks would probably give them away-
There wasn't much to do but hope. Which wasn't much, considering all they had was nothing.
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