the beasts in the forest (open)

[thedookienut]

Samuel regreted shouting at Shadow, the moment Shadow began to walk towards him. He tried in vain to shuffle backwards, though he found it uncreasingly difficult to move with only one foot. He cursed as pain seered through him, causing his whole body to shake. His eyes filled with fear as Shadow grabbed him and slammed him to the ground, causing him to yell in pain again. He watched as, what it seemed, Shadow had been about to end his life.

The moment the sun creeped from the horizon, Samuel let out a quiet breath. He remained on the ground, still in shock from the attack.

"What just happened?" He muttered, looking over to Damien.

((I agree with Shadow. If Derek returns, just let him jump back in as if he was there all the time.))

[Omio]

Ki had exhausted himself after a last desperate attack, and had backed off, unable to do much more as the shadow did as it willed until the run rose - he squeaked as it went off; zipping right past him, in fact. "EEK!" And then silence - then Samuel speaking. Ki responded by raising himself from the ground with his tail, looking around. After having looked around for a few seconds, the small furrball skipped over to Samuel and began to lick at his wound, cleaning it. His tail flicked about as he was doing this on occasion, it being used as balance.

[WolfEnchantress]

As the sun crept over the horizon, the Shadow shreiked and sped away. Damien hit the ground hard on his back, the air bursting from his lungs in a woosh of air. He broke into a fit of coughing, and took a moment to begin breathing normally agin, feeling his bruised ribs. The cute squirrel-rodent began licking wounds, and Samuel, like the rest of them, seemed somewhat discoordinated.

"I'm..I'm not really sure..." he mumbled in response to Samuel. Who..What was that? Some kind of shadow demon, it seemed like. That was only the second time he had ever fely like he was actually going to die, and the only time he'd ever felt so..helpless, so weak. It frightened him, and angered him at the same time.

He leaned in to inspect the red fluffball, who seemed fairly tired but not hurt. "It doesn't look like Fuzzy is hurt. What about your leg? And the rest of you?" He asked, watching the fuzzball in case it was going to collapse or had a broken leg or something.

((Yeah, I agree. If he doesn't, jus act like he disappeared or something. Either way if he comes back he can join again.))

[Derek Corrigan]

Talon growled loudly, and shakes violently. As if he was frozen for some time. Whipping his head around he scanned the surrounds. "What, kind of magic was that!?" He demanded, He looked over at the two people he was with earlier, growling lowly "None of you said you where mages, or wizards!" A Shadowy haze started to form from the opening of Talon's nostrils, which he flared.

((Sorry guys. didn't check my trash e-mail until today, hope this helps.))

[Omio]

Ki heard the dragon outright snap, and squeaked - high-pitched and loudly with an "EEEK!" - before he curled tightly in a ball, shivering in fear. A rather quiet, quivering, low-toned, constant squeak could be heard if you were close to him; Samuel might've barely heard it.

(( Thanks for coming back, Derek - I thought you went outright dead. ))

[thedookienut]

Samuel groaned, streatching and rolling his shoulders. The sunlight beamed down from behind the trees, forcing Samuel to sqwint, much to his annoyance. He pushed himself up, wincing.

He stared in shock at the large dragon they were traveling with, qwivering with fear.
"We're not mages, or wizards..." He muttered, his eyes locked on to the strange smoke that drifted from the dragon's nostrils.



((Yay! Derek's back! Welcome back!))

[WolfEnchantress]

Damien jumped at the Dragon's voice. Derek, or now Talon, glared at them, a smoke that was strangely like the Shadow's drifting from his nostrils. He seemed unharmed.

"Wizards? Magic? You think that was us?" He demanded. "Look at us! If we had done it, would we look like this?" He gently reached over and touched the red fuzzball reassuringly. It had curled up into a tight, shivering ball. He stroked it's head, hoping to calm it.

"If it was any of us, it was you," He said accusingly to Derek...Talon. "That smoke coming from you is exactly like the Shadow's. And why did it only attack us, even though you were right there, a perfect target? And even if it wasn't, you could have helped us."
In the back of his mind he remembered the massive Dragon being frozen in place once the Shadow showed up, but he shook his head, just wantin to know what was going on.


((Yay! Welcome again, Derek! Glad you're back!))

[Derek Corrigan]

Talon snapped his jaws, and growled again. Damien mentioning a shadow demon made, Talon loosened up slightly. "What do you mean, Shadow's?" He snapped looking deep into the forest, He growled again. "I just want to know why I was frozen in place, in a different time. If it wasn't you two, or that...that...fuzzball," his eyes shifted between the three. "Then it has to have been something else."

A Few minutes later, there was a sharp scream, in the middle of a dark mass of shadow's. The scream with a mixture of Human and Dragon. Suddenly the screaming stopped and Derek stumbled forwards hitting the ground. Trying to push himself up, he slumped and hit the ground again. His eyes wide open, staring at his pouch. Which was next to a tree a few yards away.

[wompy]

wommpy stepped into the darkest part of the forest, no sunlight shone. monsters walked near him on both sides, he was escorted forward by two goblins. They were ugly beasts, the both had bruises and scars that were given to them from wompy days earlier. when they stopped, he bowed and looked up seeing the shadow, "master how good it is to see you." "ah yes wompy, i see you have made some gold." "did you do as i told you, but of course i did master i destroyed half a town and got that band of renegades to hate me." "haha good good, then tonight we strike, grab any mount you desire."

[thedookienut]

Samuel watched, fearing for his life. He flinched as Derek screamed and Talon disappeared. He stared, completely taken over by shock, and unsure of what was going on. He saw Derek collapsing from out of the shadows, looking in pain.

"Are you okay?" He asked, unsure if he should ask such a question. The answer seemed pretty obvious but still Samual thought to ask it, just to be safe.

[Derek Corrigan]

Derek clinched his jaws tightly before speaking in a near Human, yet, Dragon like voice. "Go get my pouch, get that purple vial you saw me drink a yesterday." With what little strength he had left he pushed himself in a upright sitting position, yet he didn't take his eyes off the pouch. For, the purple liquid in the vial was his life line. His, stimulate. The stabilizer until he got to a town to eat, and it was running low.

Derek broke his gaze off the pouch for a quick second and looked at Samuel, who still looked shocked. "Get it, now!" Derek said again, his gaze returning back to the pouch.

[Omio]

Ki wasn't shocked; hearing the dragon's command (and doing this mostly out of fear), the little puffball rolled over to the pouch, and grabbed the vial with its tail, scurrying over to Samuel, making sure it had a firm and secure grip on the vial. "K...Ke-ki!" It stuttered when it tried to spoke, that being the only thing showing its fear.

(( That reminds me, I have to draw this character when I get the chance. ))

[thedookienut]

Samuel followed Derek's gaze to the pouch and tried to nod, still overcome by shock. It wasn't until Derek shouted again and Ki hurried to him with the vial. He took it from the creature's long bushy tail and pushed himself to his feet, cursing as his foot twinged. He limped forwards, too scared to ask questions. The last few minutes had been a complete shock. Strange and surreal. But then again, the whole week had been odd.

He handed Derek the vial, stumbling back as he passed it to him.

[Derek Corrigan]

Everything was in Slow motion, for Derek. To him it looked like the vial was falling out of Samuel's hand. So, Derek literally snatched it out of the air, quick. He fumbled with the top, trying to open it. Minutes later he managed to pull the cork out and he downed the purple liquid.

Clinching his teeth, he growled and his eyes flashed. Then he fell backwards, laying on his back, eyes wide open. His quick breathing slowed down. "Thank you.." He said sighing lightly, his voice back to normal.

He closed his eyes and laid there. After a few minutes he sat quickly and looked at the group. "Tell me about this...shadow...thing you encountered while I was....Frozen."

[WolfEnchantress]

Damien stared as Talon changes back to Derek in a mass of shadows. In normal circumstances he would have grabbed his sword, stood at defense. But these were not normal conditions. He was so exhausted standing seemed impossible at the moment, let alone weilding a sword.
He took a deep breath, gasping as his briused ribs stretched out, watching as Derek downed the purple vial that Ki had fetched. So the fuzzball could understand peole.
A moment later Derek asked about the shadow-thing.

"It was..well, human shaped, kind of, but seemed to be made of a mass of shadows that were under his control. It could be cut easily, but regenerated just as fast," He said, trying to remember every detail. The events of the last few days seemes fuzzy, yet strangely clear. Now everything seemed silent. No shadows, no explosions, no screaming. He only hoped it could last, at least a little while.