Chapter One

"I want to build a greenhouse," was the first thing Feldspar said to her early that morning. ((So early, in fact, that the younger sun had yet to crest the horizon.)) The only other people were maybe Sam and definitely Amber. The colony's newest whelp had way too much energy, in Onyx's incredibly correct opinion. Apparently, this early was the perfect time to start a construction project. "The others say you're the one with the most experience in these lands," Feldspar explain...

Onyx lowered her nose to the ground, squinting at the imprints in the sand. Supposedly they were the tracks of some animal that had recently passed through here. But the imprints were so shallow and ill-defined that Onyx had no guess what that some animal could have been. It may as well have been a particularly heavy bug. A part of her couldn't help but feel like this was shaping up to be a fool's errand. She and Diorite had marched all over the desert in search of prey, and s...

The suns were steadily marching their way through the sky when Onyx slipped from the shade of the canyon. ((Immediately the suns' warmth dropped heavily on her back and the sand tried its best to scorch her paws)). But she had since grown used to both sensations and disregarded them without a thought. Besides, her mind found itself wandering elsewhere today. Onyx glanced towards the suns' position, then to her watch to double check. From the looks of it she was right on time. Sure eno...

If a project could be considered cursed before it started, this colony may just be it. Most of the structures remained unbuilt. A good chunk of the colonists were yet to arrive. And worst of all- the scientist assigned to them was apparently caught up in a big scandal, leaving DPIP to scramble to find a solution or replacement. Which meant that Onyx, somehow the oldest one here, was suddenly in charge. She did not sign up for this. Ok, ok, first thing's first; build a shelter. ...

Kielo, the defacto leader of the small colony known as Dendan, looked over her small group. Tarin and Firelight had their packs ready and were prepared to pick up any decent items they found during their outing. Of the welps only Tuli and Talvi were coming with them, the others would stay behind with Brrr babysitting, as he was nearing his age of adulthood. Lohi was out on her own foraging expedition and was away for the day. Tuli and Talvi, were coming along to gain a little more expe...

The purple-tinted sky was heavy with thick clouds as Imiria made her way up the narrow passageway located in the north-east of the deep onyx mountains that are known in the Rekes region of Xiunus. Every now and again the wind whipped up and howled around the belemoid, warning of the typical storms that brewed in this tropical region during Mid-Geshem. Heading through the passageway, pads brushing the cool damp stone beneath her claws, Imiria looked around as the...

Kielo stepped from the large dome which served as their colonies main hub and looked up at the sky. Pale streaks of lavender brightened the expanse above and a light breeze was blowing. It was a good day, she thought, to welcome their researcher to the colony. She looked around the main area. There were still empty D.P.I.P crates around waiting to be carted off, but most things had been put away. Their science station was set up in a smaller dome and looked pretty spiffy, if she did sa...

Mid geshem in L'hatzif was a struggle. Bloo found this out pretty quickly, and briefly wondered if he should just return to Mireh or Issiq instead of trying to find a home along the swamps and fungal trees. He had just strarted to get used to the terrain of the region, finding his way trough it and navigating to foraging and sleeping spots, when the floods hit.   It changed the terrain completely, and made Bloo thank the stars that he hadn't tried to set up a permanen...

Empress awkwardly filtered trough boxes and crates in the storage room. She had asked Bloo for supplies for the research station ages ago, and Bloo has reassured her that they must still have some equipment stashed where they put their other DPIP-provided resources. She wasn't sure why the Belemoid hadn't mentioned it before, but she supposed late was better than never.   "There's so much stuff here." Gideon said, wiping...

Morgain was walking trough the Fungal forest, hapilly chatting with his friend Carus as he walked. The two had been out to do a survey of the surrounding edible mushrooms, to ensure that there would be enough foragables around to sustain the colony, as well as local wildlife. Nathalia had already made a trip around the forest once, but had asked for the two belemoids to double check her work.   Carus had complained at first, but eventually Morgain had pointed out that...