wombat9966
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Skadu
Skadu was not having a good day. First he had been knocked down at the edge of the city by the earthquake and forced to turn back to his hut with all the meat he had planned to sell.
Second, after making it back he had decided to go out on another hunt to at least make up for today's loss. He needed some new feathers for some arrows he was making anyhow and the Preenjaw bird had the best feathers to use as flights, as well as long tail feathers the artisans loved to have for decorations, strong small bones that could be turned into needles and the meat was very tender too.
Skadu set off for the grove of wild Guava trees near the old cities training grounds. There was a large flock of Preenjaw's that gathered there every night at this time of year to eat the ripening fruit. He would kill three or four, just enough to let him gather plenty of flight feathers for his arrows.
He got to the clearing several hours early and selected his tree. Climbing into it's crown he set up a small net trap around a large cluster of the fruit. Once several birds were in it all he had to do was jerk on the rope and the bag like net would seal shut on both ends, then it was a matter of killing the birds quickly before they damaged their feathers. Skadu moved higher into the crown, concealing himself in the shadows of a small yet sturdy branch cluster and settled in to wait.
He woke from his cat nap fully awake and alert. Judging by the position of the sun he still had an hour to go to sunset so why had his body awakened him. Without moving his body he scanned his surroundings. His eyes could detect nothing wrong, everything looked normal. Trees swaying in the wind, grass rippling below, dust being blown around out in the clearing. His nose brought the usual scents in. Fresh vegetation, rotting wood the smell of the fruit all around him. His ears swiveled as they picked up the sounds of a healthy forest. The calls of far of beast's, the wind blowing through the tree tops, and the sound of the small stream on the other side of the clearing. Skadu was puzzled for about ten seconds before it hit him. Where was everything? He had been here several hours now so the wildlife couldn't be reacting to him, so why was everything hiding.
Ten minutes later he got his answer as the first of the Tigrans began to file into the clearing below. They looked like they had been in a fight with many sporting injuries, some serious but all exhausted. They spread out and quickly secured the area, doing a reasonable job of it as well. After another twenty minutes a larger force arrived with a lot of civilians mixed in with it. This one set about making a camp, digging up old supplies from hidden Cache's and using the tents they contained to protect the civilians they had with them.
Skadu stayed hidden and watched as over the next few hours stragglers continued to stroll in. Sometimes alone but most times leading groups of civilians. Finally after another hour a large force arrived with lots of civilians and to his surprise the queen as well. Well this promised to be interesting at least. Perhaps he would stay hidden for now and find out what was going on at least.
Skadu was not having a good day. First he had been knocked down at the edge of the city by the earthquake and forced to turn back to his hut with all the meat he had planned to sell.
Second, after making it back he had decided to go out on another hunt to at least make up for today's loss. He needed some new feathers for some arrows he was making anyhow and the Preenjaw bird had the best feathers to use as flights, as well as long tail feathers the artisans loved to have for decorations, strong small bones that could be turned into needles and the meat was very tender too.
Skadu set off for the grove of wild Guava trees near the old cities training grounds. There was a large flock of Preenjaw's that gathered there every night at this time of year to eat the ripening fruit. He would kill three or four, just enough to let him gather plenty of flight feathers for his arrows.
He got to the clearing several hours early and selected his tree. Climbing into it's crown he set up a small net trap around a large cluster of the fruit. Once several birds were in it all he had to do was jerk on the rope and the bag like net would seal shut on both ends, then it was a matter of killing the birds quickly before they damaged their feathers. Skadu moved higher into the crown, concealing himself in the shadows of a small yet sturdy branch cluster and settled in to wait.
He woke from his cat nap fully awake and alert. Judging by the position of the sun he still had an hour to go to sunset so why had his body awakened him. Without moving his body he scanned his surroundings. His eyes could detect nothing wrong, everything looked normal. Trees swaying in the wind, grass rippling below, dust being blown around out in the clearing. His nose brought the usual scents in. Fresh vegetation, rotting wood the smell of the fruit all around him. His ears swiveled as they picked up the sounds of a healthy forest. The calls of far of beast's, the wind blowing through the tree tops, and the sound of the small stream on the other side of the clearing. Skadu was puzzled for about ten seconds before it hit him. Where was everything? He had been here several hours now so the wildlife couldn't be reacting to him, so why was everything hiding.
Ten minutes later he got his answer as the first of the Tigrans began to file into the clearing below. They looked like they had been in a fight with many sporting injuries, some serious but all exhausted. They spread out and quickly secured the area, doing a reasonable job of it as well. After another twenty minutes a larger force arrived with a lot of civilians mixed in with it. This one set about making a camp, digging up old supplies from hidden Cache's and using the tents they contained to protect the civilians they had with them.
Skadu stayed hidden and watched as over the next few hours stragglers continued to stroll in. Sometimes alone but most times leading groups of civilians. Finally after another hour a large force arrived with lots of civilians and to his surprise the queen as well. Well this promised to be interesting at least. Perhaps he would stay hidden for now and find out what was going on at least.
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