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Two whelps stared at the native, probing her with questions about her way of life, her cheetah-striped pelt, anything they could think of. Polly, a bright green tark'ee, quite looked lik a parrot out in the desert. While Crushclaw, a deep-red belemoid with crackling claws, may have well been a fire elemental straight from a voclano. Both of their colors contrasted highly against the soft, tan sand surrounding them. Kukiemba eyed them nervously, realizing consciously that there was no harm in ...
Pestering Pups
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Sharkbait couldn't ask, 'is everyone okay?'–because they were too far underwater. But the belemoid paddled around, helmet strapped tight around his neck, as he checked on the gear of the other three explorers. As the colonist with the most experience with living, gathering, and traveling underwater, he felt it his duty to keep the other three safe. Jushio's eyes were shut and his body curled as he allowed the weight of his form to pull him deeper into the dark. Ai...
[Comm] I'm Blue (Da Ba Dee)
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((One of the suns was higher than the other, obscured by the peaks. As a result, about half the cliff sides threw long, dark shadows, while the rest of the rocky terrain was sunny. The bones of giant, ancient beasts poked from the ground, a reminder that this land was built with time and pain. But the three hunters weren't here to unearth the memories of the past, just investigating the small caverns and crevices along the mountains–where there, the natives said, huldah could be found.))...
The Hungry Queen - Part 2
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Shenzi had been out for a hunt, and she'd left Polly behind with Van Callis to watch over her. It was a long trek–one all the way to Rekes, with some hunters from another colony. "Don't worry," Van Callis gave a gleeful smile, "I know where we can still have some fun–and beat the loneliness." Although he was the far more shy type himself, heck, even the idea of big parties made him feel nervous, Shenzi had told him that Polly was an aspiring bard–so what could go wrong? "Really?" The gr...
Celebration Crashers!
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Content Warning: Hunting, animal death (Mid)

[Gift] The Hungry King - Part 2
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((The heat was sweltering, fully drying the mouths of the xiunari moments after they took a sip of water. The sunlight super heated their pelts until they felt like they were wearing heated blankets, and pierced their vision with the harsh light. Crumbling ruins in the distance, their sandstone roofs long fallen in, offered no respite, either. Only the occasional wind barely brought cool air, but brought with each a disproportionate flurry of micro-sand.)) Skritch, Shenzi, and Akira ...
The Hungry Princess - Part 1
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"Alright, are we all ready?" Mordo'kai was a strong leader, a man who worked well to push along the party without coming off as strict or aggressive. Karl'eem and Shenzi gathered their stone picks, while Ma'groth–the only other belemoid–grabbed one for himself, and another for Mordo'kai. "Oh, don't you worry," he gave a deep laugh, "I've got climbing gear, too. I always come prepared." He gestured to the harness that criss-crossed through his tan fur, as well as the large hitchik...
[MINE : Comm] Mindful Mining
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"There–" Shenzi's quiet voice and body gestured to the jungle ahead of them. ((A clearing stood between the mushroom trees, the sky darkened by the canopies above and the criss-crossing of vines. Still, some rays of light managed to warm the ground, sprouting small berry bushes. They'd be trampled by something–something still here. Oinking nukap rubbed their noses along the ground, digging up fresh roots and mushrooms to munch on.)) Fortunately for them, she, Akira, and Sharkbait weren't ...
Some Scared Snake's Sneaky Slithering
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((It was hot, even this close to the shoreline. Polly's soft yellow paws scraped against the hard, compacted sandstone. A small, white butterfly tickled her nose, and as it fluttered into the blue sky, the tark'ee chased after it. She raced up a small mountain of pebbles, breaking to a height above the flowing sand dunes. She swatted at the insect, and as it fluttered away, gave a pained, "Awh!"–but then she noticed something else. Among the scattered golden tufts of wheatgrass growing on t...
Peril On The Plains
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((The island would've been the perfect vacation getaway–the coral reefs at the edge of the shoreline, the tall coconut trees, and the sparkling shells washing ashore. Too bad it was raining, the fluffy grey clouds above unleashing a constant drip of cold drops. Jushio shivered a bit, feeling far from the warm sun of the highlands of Mireh. Sharkbait stood empathetically beside him, staring off at the two saltwater tsabhua, Aisling and Brennegan, as they splashed in the tidepools.)) ...
[Comm] Cool Beach Days
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A full year after Akira had visited the impromptu college set up for islanders, he had returned–this time, as a professor. Not only had he hit the books, reading two a day, but he'd also grown much larger in that time–about ten feet worth! ((The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the stage was ready-built. Benches were set in rows across the sandy beach, and a wood arbor had been raised that offered some protection from the hot sun. The crabs were a mild concern, however...
Six Legs Or Four?
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Content Warning: Hunting, stabbing, death, snakes (All mild)

The Hungry Prince - Part 3
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Shenzi, a tsabhua with a hyena-marked pelt and Citrus, a dazzling iridescent aquatic kukuri, were off on the adventure of a lifetime. You just hadn't gotten to see any of it–but it was awe-inspiring, actually. They'd traversed into an ancient temple hidden deep within the L'Hatzif jungle, dodged floor-step traps laced with poison arrows, and also fought an army of undead mummies. Despite Citrus' apparent disinterest in getting her claws dirty, her massive horns could deal some seri...
Ruins & Relics
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"My back huuurts," Skritch complained, putting his hands on his rump and puffing his chest out until his spine made a number of satisfying crunches. "We haven't even walked that far yet," Shenzi pointed out with an awkward shrug. The sand was warm and made satisfying crunches underneath her toes. "Do you remember when we lived in the ocean?" Sharkbait gave an awkward chuckle, one that was filled with post-irony but also a bit of humble nostalgia. "Yeah… I wish we were back there, som...
Desert Striders
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For hours, the two tsabhua and single belemoid had been camped at the edge of grassy boulders, staring at an overgrown dirt patch leading to a rusted sewer grate. In all the time they'd been watching from afar, the horizontal door had not so much as even creaked in the wind. A cobbled wall kept the grate up against the back of an overgrown knoll. Occasionally, a brown-pelted jaebo relishing in the sun would stick a tongue out at Shenzi, making her furious that she couldn't be hunting instead....
Rustlin' Up Rumors
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((The night was so dark that the exploration team had been struggling to get through the brush – slapping themselves in the faces with ferns and stumbling around in the pitch-black. You couldn't have told the tsabhua from the kukuri, their forms all-black down to only their voices and blinking eyes. All until a bright light had filtered through the distance. "This way," March Hare had breathed,...
City Of Lights (✧)
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Although feeding the queen would've been enough for Skritch, and the prince's reward had been generous, the starving royal family necessitated more food. Still, they hadn't brought back the meaty hojenst steak requested by the stern old king, nor the leaping jaebo wanted by the princess. "Which do we hunt first?" Skritch tapped his chin, considering the options—bunny stew wasn't so awful of an idea. Hivoo, a slate tsabhua, regarded him with a gracious smile. "It doesn't matt...
[Gift] The Hungry King - Part 1
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"Pest control!" Resounded the powerful voice of Thylla, the black tsabhua with a large tan underbelly. She carried an oversized net over her shoulder, a byproduct of the fishing industry that she'd snagged from next to some old shed or country store. "Free huldah cleaning!" Hivoo called out, cupping her hands around her maw to try to project the sound of her voice further across the flat, muddy bay. She was Tylla's helper who, like her, originated from the colony of Tsidal. "...
[Gift] The Hungry Queen - Part 1
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When they'd discovered a lost whelp in Mireh, none of the Sea-Cucumbers Colony had ever raised a child before. Nobody knew how old Skritch was, or even if he was truly from this planet, while Sharkbait and Shenzi were both newly aged adults. Nevertheless, ever since they'd discovered Polly, the bright green parakeet tark'ee, it had been their duty to care for her–in many ways, bringing their fractured and distrusting colony together. After their submarine crashed in Mireh, and their ...
Meaning Of Life
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((The lake of visions was unusually quiet, with the ravine empty of its common troves of travelers. Although now the sky was setting into a deep pink, the colonists were in the hottest months of shemesh, a season akin to summer. The water shimmered with the pale light of the sky overhead, a rare solace in the vast dunes of the Issiq desert. Surrounded by sandy beaches and the rising, multi-colored geologic formations of the ravine, it made a pristine location to hunt – When it wasn't crowde...
[Gift] The Hungry Prince - Part 2
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