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Post by EbonyPatriot on Oct 13, 2004 16:28:27 GMT -5
A Bald Eagle soars high in the blue, the wind whistling through his velvety feathers; the snow coloring of his head and tail contrasting with the dark chocolate of his body and wings. His yellow eyes gleam as they catch a movement of black beneath. Smiling, the Eagle starts his descent. -------
A strange creature stalks through the woods, long neck reared in swan fashion. He is an Alaskan Troodon, a type of dinosaur; and his name is EbonyPatriot. His kind ruled this area when all of the mighty mammals were little rat-like creatures; it is their instincts that leads him now through this forest.
EbonyPatriot raises his head as he sees a flash of tawny brown in the tail of his large sky-blue eye. He turns, only to see nothing. Heart still thumping, the Troodon continues nervously on.
"Hello, EbonyPatriot," says a deep, gravelly voice suddenly, making the Troodon jump. The dinosaur whirls to see a Bald Eagle sitting on a branch near-by.
"How do you know my name?" asks EbonyPatriot suspiciously, stepping closer.
"I am not an Eagle. I am a Spirit of a man. My name is Sitka," answers the Eagle gently.
The Troodon nods. "Oh I see. Like Aniu, the mother of Balto. Do you know who Balto is?"
The Eagle bows his head. "Ah yes, Balto has helped me out; and I helped him in return. Of course, his Time is different then ours here. In case you’re wondering, I take this form to lead my brothers Kenai and Denahi. "
"I see..." replies the Troodon, already losing interest.
"Tell me, EP, why are you here?" asks Sitka, cocking his head.
"I thought you were an all knowing Spirit," grins EbonyPatriot. "Seriously though, it's hard to explain. I have to fight Tazer and-"
"Ah yes, the wolverine. You will find all the help you need here. There are many animals in this land. Maybe you'll meet them, maybe you won't. There is Nikiski the bear, who lost his brother to hunters. Ken'ichi the bear cub, who lost his whole family. Kia, the she-bear who lost her parents. Spectrum, the fox-boy anthro…” lectures Sitka.
"Tell me," interrupts EbonyPatriot. "Is the death of family members a theme here?" The Troodon shudders as Sitka turns his fierce yellow eyes upon him; but then the Eagle's yellow beak turns up in a gentle smile.
"You might say that. And now I must leave you. Good luck," says the Bald Eagle, rising into the air.
"Live long and prosper." The Troodon watches until the raptor is gone, and turns to leave. He hasn't gone five feet, however, when his sharp owl's ears catch the sound of something heavy pushing its way through the bush straight at him, breathing the heavy breathing of a large animal. EbonyPatriot bristles fearfully; every hair on his body rising until he looks like twice his size. Teeth and talons bared, EbonyPatriot waits, heart pounding, as the thing enters the clearing…<br>
OOC: All right folks, this is my first attempt at role-playing (so please correct me if I did anything wrong) ;D Please join in *Wags tail happily*
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Post by Ken'ichi on Oct 13, 2004 17:32:53 GMT -5
OOC: Wow! That's pretty good for a first time! Hope you don't mind me joining in as an anthro!
BIC: A black figure on two feet, tattered in long blue jeans and a black sleeveless shirt, grey fingerless gloves clothing his hands, a brown belt around his waist, a crystal necklace around his neck, and a scar starting from his right cheek down under his shirt to his chest is seen walking through some bushes and some trees with a blue and black backpack on his back.
'I can't believe I'm back here again.' the black bear anthro thought to himself.
He's been walking through the forest for a few days now, not knowing where to go, in an adventure you can call it. He stops in a clearing and sets his backpack down next to a log, sits down and gives off a sigh. He's been walking for hours now without any rest, and his legs are killing him.
'Alright Ken'ichi, where to now?' He thought to himself, revealing his name.
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Post by Nikiski on Oct 13, 2004 17:55:50 GMT -5
OOC~ Great job there, EP! I like your post!
BIC~
A bear lies there, resting, as any normal bear will do during this sunny and hot weather.
His name is Nikiski, and his adopted brother, Ken'ichi had left for an advanture for some time now.
"Hm..." Nikiski moarns and twiches. After a few minutes of "struggling," he finally gets up on his feet.
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Post by EbonyPatriot on Oct 13, 2004 21:06:37 GMT -5
OOC: Oh no, I don't mind what you come in as Ken'ichi. Glad you guys think I did good! But please, tell me when I make a mistake. BIC: EbonyPatriot's sharp catch the footfalls of the creature. It is a biped; too large for a bird but too light for a true bear. Puzzled, he walks forward silently, using his large eyes to see from a safe distance. His cat's-pupils dilate and his jaw drops. For there stands a strange creature, a bear with a body set up like a man's. A muscle in EbonyPatriot's face twitches. This is wrong... all wrong... he thinks. Fervently he remembers how he heard of humanzees- creatures with human fathers and chimpanzee mothers- what that what had happened here, only with a bear instead of a chimp? But no, it can’t be that- bears share very few genes with humans. EbonyPatriot circles softly, smelling and staring. He has nothing against humans; but this creature violates the animal barriers! How can he trust this beast? Who is he? What is he? Before the Troodon can figure out the riddle that sits in front of him, he hears the sounds of a bear coming, his breath coming in the manner of a young adult. His slowly flattening coat rises again as he whirls to face the bear.
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Post by Ken'ichi on Oct 13, 2004 21:47:32 GMT -5
OOC: No errors EP, you're doing pretty good!
BIC: Ken'ichi gives another sigh as he thinks about what he's doing. Going off aimlessly and leaving his big brother, Nikiski, alone with nothing to do. Not to mention all the trouble this bear anthro got himself into a few days ago, getting into a fight with some humans when he saved a bear. That fight left Ken'ichi with a cut on his left arm which is still fresh and can be torn open, still some bloodstains on his left arm, he didn't bothered in treating the wound though.
Another danger he almost avoided was when hiking the mountain not far from here, barely avoided making contacts with some mountain tigers.
'Aaah, what am I doing?' Ken'ichi asked himself in his mind.
Indeed, what is he doing? He wanted an adventure, he got one. He wanted to make a difference between humans and animals, all he has done was rescuing animals from humans and making them more aware of his presence. It'll only be a matter of time before the humans go into a hunt to find and kill this anthro down. Another reason to keep moving...
Ken'ichi stands up and stretches his legs, then taps his feet on the ground while he cracks his knuckles. He's getting ready to get moving again...But right when he goes to get his backpack, he can't help but notice some strange movement and faint noises coming from somewhere. Using his sniffing attributes from his bear blood and instincts, he begins to sniff, catching the scent of a very unfamiliar animal in the prowl. 'What the...'
Ken'ichi follows the scent to a bush a pretty long distance. He gets closer, but slowly, as not to scare whatever it's in the bush...
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Post by EbonyPatriot on Oct 14, 2004 15:48:56 GMT -5
OOC: Shh! Don't jinx me. ;D
BIC: EbonyPatriot's heart is thumping so fast by now he is certain the strange animal can hear. His chest springs up and down in terror. The thing moved carefully, as though it didn't want to scare him- hah, too late for that!
The creature's advance seems terribly slow to dinosaur, as though it was taunting him...
The Troodon can't stand it anymore. He lunges out of the bushes, fangs exposed and a threatening sound that was half hiss, half snarl erupted from his vocal cords. EbonyPatriot is prepared to fight to the death.
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Post by Ken'ichi on Oct 14, 2004 15:55:52 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry XD
BIC: Slowly, Ken'ichi advances to the bushes to see just what animal is either stalking or hiding from him. And just when he was inches from checking, this strange creature jumps out with a threatening hiss. Ken'ichi falls back from the scare and rolls out of the way before whatever the creature is could hurt him. He stands up and eyes the creature which he has never seen before in his life.
"Whoa, settle down! I'm not going to hurt you." Ken'ichi assures the creature.
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Post by EbonyPatriot on Oct 14, 2004 18:09:59 GMT -5
EbonyPatriot scoffs- just how stupid does thing think he is? "Yeah right, like I'm going to fall for that, you hybrid freak!! Stay away from me and I'll leave you alone. Attack me and I'll fight back!!"
The Troodon bristles fiercely, quick temper rising due the fact that the bear-thing was still blocking his path. "Leave me alone! I have to find some orphaned bear cub named Ken'ichi and a bear called Nikiski," snarls the Troodon, desperate to remember the names. "I have to find them so get out of my way!!"
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Post by Ken'ichi on Oct 14, 2004 18:16:19 GMT -5
Ken'ichi blinks and raises his eyebrow when this creature reveals that he's looking for him and his big brother, though he meant an orphaned bear cub. The creature doesn't know that he's actually glaring at the orphaned bear cub he's looking for.
"Wait a minute..." Ken'ichi begins as he drops his guard. "Why...That's me. My name is Ken'ichi! And Nikiski is my big brother." He pauses and gets closer to the creature. "But...How did you know my name?"
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Post by EbonyPatriot on Oct 14, 2004 18:22:30 GMT -5
EbonyPatriot springs backwards, not trusting the stranger so close; still, the Troodon's lips descend a little at the same time. "But... But you can be Ken'ichi. You're... you're some kind of human-bear hybrid. And... And you're wearing clothes like some kind of human. Humans need clothes, but not us," he stammers.
EbonyPatriot cocks his head from left to right. "But Sitka told me about Ken'ichi and Nikiski. Wha- what ARE you?"
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Post by Ken'ichi on Oct 14, 2004 18:31:25 GMT -5
Ken'ichi gives an assuring smile, trying to show that he brings no harm. He kneels down from a distance from the creature, knowing he'll not let him come any closer.
"It's true, my name is Ken'ichi. I'm an Anthropomorphic, an anthro for short. Anthros are animals that have inherited human characteristics, like clothes and walking on two legs."
The creature still looks unsure, so Ken'ichi tries to convince the creature the truth. "And yeah, I am an orphaned bear cub, it's just that I had an accident with some mysterious force and was granted with this form."
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Post by EbonyPatriot on Oct 14, 2004 19:03:53 GMT -5
"Why can't you get changed back?" asks EbonyPatriot. He is starting to calm; although the scars on Ken'ichi keep the dinosaur from becoming completely relaxed. "Why wouldn't you want to become a true bear again?"
Realizing that what he had just said might be taken as an insult, the Troodon switches his attention. "My, that's quite a large scar on your face. You must be a fierce and powerful fighter, able to get wounds that deep and live." And all the more reason for me to not trust you he thinks to himself.
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Post by Ken'ichi on Oct 14, 2004 19:42:30 GMT -5
Ken'ichi chuckles a bit as he rubs his right cheek where his scar is as the creature asks about it. "I got this scar almost two years ago, so I guess it was a lucky survival. I'm not sure about a fierce and powerful fighter, but I am pretty good and tend to do get fierce if things get any ruff."
Ken'ichi stops and thinks about his question about him wanting to change back to his original feral form.
"And yeah, I CAN change back." He says with a smirk.
Ken'ichi closes his eyes and his body almost immediatly is sorrounded by a read aura, thanks to his prism piece and ol' friend gave him. His body then glows red and his figure slowly shrinks down to a small figure on four legs. Then the glow dies down, and all that's left is a normal black bear cub with only a crystal necklace dangling around his neck. The cub opens his eyes, letting his ruby red eyes flicker as the power of Reversal dies down to rest.
Ken'ichi smirks as he sits down in his original feral form. "By the way, I never caught your name."
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Post by EbonyPatriot on Oct 14, 2004 19:53:01 GMT -5
EbonyPatriot finally relaxes completely, though still slightly confused. "My name is EbonyPatriot, or EP for short. I am an Alaskan Troodon, a type of dinosaur. I am here to fight Tazer the Wolverine. He's bigger and nastier then most Wolverines. He also has a large pack behind him, and he is out to kill all of the wolves and bears. That's why I'm here." The Troodon pauses, and then asks: "Why you help me? You and the Nikiski and all of your friends?"
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Post by Ken'ichi on Oct 14, 2004 20:05:27 GMT -5
'EbonyPatriot...EP...' Ken'ichi rehearsed EP's name in his mind.
Ken'ichi is kind of surprised that a dinosaur would be all the way in this area, though he did asked for help to fight this wolverine who he called Tazer and his pack. 'But why does his pack want to kill off all the wolves and bears?' He thought to himself.
"Heh, yeah, of course I'll help you." Ken'ichi replies with a smile. "And if you want to meet Nikiski, I can take you to him, I know where he lives."
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