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 Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:10 pm
The hiss of the geysers was like music, the occasional bone movements adding to the whistle with bell-like clanks. Schatz patrolled through the hiss and clatter, enjoying the sound. The graveyard was home, it was beautiful to her, it was like a paradise. Animals came here to die... And the hyenas came here to live. And a group of lions, but she prefered to not think of the filthy beasts. Her right eye twitched just a bit, remembering the cub that had blinded it, and a growl escaped. With an angry sound, she smacked a near by skull away, watching the little jackal skull bounce and clatter down a boney slope.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:13 pm
Was he brave, or was he stupid? Veshengo wasn't sure which he was, for the graveyard scared the living s**t out of him. The little wild dog warily walked through, ears flicking here and there. Night had returned to the lands again, and it'd been weeks since his cousin had been taken. Now... He braved the lands of the hyenas, wanting to save her from certain doom. His fur twitched a bit and he jumped as a geyser roared right next to him. The glow from them illuminated the area enough for him to see where he was going... And to avoid the massive cracks in the ground. But the stench of death hindered him, as he was unused to it. Swallowing, he pressed on and climbed a ridge.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:19 pm
There was an intruder in the lands... She could smell them, smell their fear... A grin spread across the bone-marked hyena's face as she turned and loped towards it. So he had come to get the female, had he? A cackle errupted at the very thought. Such a stupid little dog! Climbing her way to the top of a massive elephant skull, she looked around with her one good eye. It seemed what you lacked made what you had better, and with one eye blind, the other was forced to get better at seeing. It didn't take long for her to find him, the moving flashes of white giving him away. Another cackle, and she took off.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:33 pm
He heard the hyena, and shuddered. The memories of being shaken and bitten... They weren't too nice, and still fresh. Quite suddenly, he stepped wrong and went tumbling down a slope of bones. Yelping and letting out barks of pain, he soon stumbled to a halt at the bottom, bone clattering around him. A groan escaped, then a yelp as a bone hit him. Shaking his fur off, he looked up... And felt his heart sink with fear. There stood the same hyena, tail curled up to show off the white underside, white mane and bone markings reflecting the green glow of the geysers. Veshengo couldn't help but leave a puddle before he scrambled away.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:35 pm
The hyena cackled again, then went jumping down the slope of bones. Practiced at it, she moved without much effort, and soon made the ground. "Run, run, run, little wild dog! You intrude... I'm gonna KILL you!" Another cackle rang out, bouncing off bones and rocks. Sniffing the ground, mostly for show, she quickly chased after. His fear was strong enough to smell, and it didn't take her long to chase down the dog. Opening her jaws wide, she sank her teeth into his tale and yanked.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:37 pm
Howling in pain, Veshengo turned and tried to swat the hyena's nose. But he was a wild dog, far smaller than the hyena. He struggled mightily, landing more than a few kicks. One to the eye made the hyena let go, and he ran past, heading back to get out of the graveyard. It was spooky, he had poor footing... And the hyenas were deadly. Scrambling up the bones, he did his best to make ground, any ground. The angry sounds of the hyena behind him spurred him on, and he was soon over the top and going down the other side... In much the same manner as he went down the side prior.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:42 pm
Practically roaring, Schatz chased after the wild dog. She paused long enough to watch him tumble down the bones, then took off after him. Towards the Graveyard's edge, she tackled the dog and viciously grabbed him by the skin on his back, shaking and trying to rip him apart. Blood filled her mouth and the smell of it filled her nose, bringing out a blood lust in her. If this dog lived to tell the tail of facing a hyena twice... She WOULD hunt him down and kill him for setting paw in the territory again.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:03 pm
Veshengo had no choice but to fight back, biting where he could, trying to scratch. His thick coat offered some protection, but not enough. The teeth in his back was painful, and the paws striking him added pain. Baring his teeth, he did the only thing he could think of - He sank them into the hyena's leg, trying to get her to let go. A growl errupted from his throat, and for the first time in his life, he began to try and injure and maim. It was his turn to feel blood fill his mouth as he yanked and tore off a bit of skin. Not flesh, but still pretty nasty.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:05 pm
Schatz let go of the dog's back suddenly, practically howling in pain. As skin left flesh, she backed away, eyeing the dog wildly. Oh, she WOULD kill him... But not now. She wasn't stupid - She wasn't going to keep fighting the dog. Turning tail, she ran back into the bone yard. tail curled and showing the white underside still. As the night pressed in, she let out angry whoops.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:06 pm
The dog shuddered, then turned and slowly walked towards the watering hole. She was gone... Ticdat was gone, and he was never going to save her. Finding a spot, he curled up and trembled, feeling... Beaten, defeated... A shuddering sigh escaped and he dropped the bit of skin and fur still clenched in his maw. Licking the scratch wounds, he did his best to go to sleep, to get some rest... And not have nightmares of his cousin's loss.
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