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Post by Sukosh on Mar 24, 2006 19:25:46 GMT -5
Rising her head sharply, Sukosh strained her ears for the direction of approach, then crouched low and spat out a high, fiercly hot wall of flame around herself. I reached up and covered over her like a dome, a wall of protection that made her mouth hang open from the heat. She had to be careful though, if she allowed it to be much hotter the plant-life would suffer.
The flames bathed over her, flickering in harsh intensity and allowing for a moment where she could recognize the three forms. With a single soft spoken work the intensity of the wall lessoned perceptibly. She got a good look at them then, and with a snort put out the wall entirely. Stretching languidly, she eyed each of them and waited for news.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 23, 2006 17:36:01 GMT -5
*munches col chicken and waits patently for a chance to jump back in*
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 19, 2006 3:40:00 GMT -5
Sukosh didn't like the idea of little Ali going off on her own to see to this trouble, whatever it was, but knew better than to try and interfere. Her plates would more than betray them. Frowning dangerously, she turned her eyes to this highstrung male that Nayena had brought to her. She was all business now, and there was to be no messing around.
"I want you to follow her, rather she be willing or not. I don't now much about Ali, or you for that matter, but I do know that it's always better to have two sets of eyes and ears on the watch as opposed to one. I can watch for trouble from here."
With that she leveled her gaze to where Nayena had flown off to and where Ali now headed. She had no way of knowing how Tailenar would react, but it honestly didn't matter. She had said what was to be said; what he did was beyond her.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 17, 2006 14:23:19 GMT -5
Curious, Sukosh lifted her head in an unconciously battle ready stance, a part of her expecting another raid. Sniffin lightly, she tilted her head at the small flyer and nodded silently. There was no way to tell what could be waiting for them, so she didn't want to alert it of their presence until neccisary; i.e., until her plates gave them away.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 16, 2006 1:04:10 GMT -5
"Ah, it's good to know your name, little one," Sukosh said with a warm smile at this bird who was obviously more than she seemed. "Since you liked my little trick with fire, perhaps you'd like to hear of the swords? We use our flames for the heat and our claws, just here on the tips of our wings, for shaping them. For hands our tongues come in handy, but I am afraid the ones we make, while fine and sturdy, are far from what would be considered normal sized. That and the fact that grip and hilt are made of the same material as the blade; to work with anything other than metle would be fuitle."
"But now," she added as she studied the other two, "I'm afraid I know nothing to say to such a grand introduction. I am rather new at this going out business, so if you could be so kind to help me?" She looked at everyone while she said this, though hey eyes took on a certain imploring aspect as they lingered over this liger. She was not sensing friendliness radiating from him, and Sukosh did so want her first expidition as a friend to be a success.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 15, 2006 9:58:03 GMT -5
Now that was quite a history. She'd never heard of a black devil before, but she did love the speach pattern of this odd little creature. The poor dear had shared her loss though, and for that she sorry. "My mother had laid 17 eggs," Sukosh said in a voice she'd learned to adapt and control. It was wavering, quivery, siderailing most creatures into a different topic as it bent around itself and changed pitch and tone. "Three of them hatched after the raid. My mother didn't make it. I had two brothers until the second raid, when Rogned was captured then killed. I still think in terms of 'brothers' at times, since this last one happened but months ago. But this land," she added as her voice made a turn of volume and pattern. "I have never seen a place quite like it. Or anything quite like the friends I'm making."
With that she turned her gaze to the now approaching raven's friend. He didn't seem to like her so very much, but that was usally rectified once a creature spent time with her. "Well, little raven, what have you brought back? He is rather adgitaded, don't you think?" Smiling once more she tilted her head to the hostile male and turned her full attention to him for the moment. "Well now, since my little fowl friend can't explain, what could have you in such a dander? Nice sword, by the way. My father once forged one very simular to it. It was given to some sort of fea that promised to watch over our nests after the first raid." She paused for a moment, thinking, then let out a wry little chuckle. "Come to think of it, I don't know what happened to him. Such is life, eh?"
She was, by now, beginning to relax so with a contented little sigh she pressed her wings to the groung once more, with a good bit of hollow scrapings, and tucked her feet under her so her long tail could rest on the ground. Once she got her wings back to her sides it was what could be seen as the equivalent of leaning back against a tree. Since she had no front legs though, it did look rather akward.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 14, 2006 14:57:53 GMT -5
Sukosh, slightly stunned by this wonderous little creature, offered another of her fiersome smiles and nodded her head in placment of a bow. "Well, I don't know just how great I am, but my name is Sukosh. I do like your name, Ali. May I ask, when do you learn to fly?"
As a dragon the flight of others greatly intriuged her. When her clan were born they were pushed off the edge of their cliff dwelling cave home as soon as the egg was shed. They used the fall to pump up their wings, and once full they would soar overhead until they made their first kill. Live began instantly for them, with no unneccisary breaks. She knew others, however, did wait some before they started to fend for themselves. She only stayed with her parents because they acted as security. Once she was large enough she'd go out on her own as well. But others depended on thier parents, and these creatures greatly interested her.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 14, 2006 12:55:09 GMT -5
"Oh, now I didn't want to scare her off," Sukosh commented in her soft, flickering, warmly encompassing voice. "I just don't want to be tickled either." Unable to take the shifting much longer, she swung her head back and gently blew at the creature, causing it to scamper back up to the base of her wings. That was better; at least it didn't tickle.
"There now, that solves that," she commented, and smiled at the three guests. "Now all that's needed is proper introductions. I would leave them to my little raven friend, but I'm afraid that doesn't look too likely." chuckling, she winked at the little black bird and carefully shifted her wings so the squirrel could lay in the hollow of her shoulders. There was the usual harsh, hollow rasping, but with all the exitment she hardly noticed herself.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 14, 2006 0:16:43 GMT -5
OOC| Hi, welcome, thanks for joining in, and all that Jazz!! Also, if this has been here for a while I'm sorry, I have been checking but the sidebar in the main always said that another had been responded to instead.
BIC| Oh, well the raven returns! And she brings with her a friend, apparently. And just who was this, circling overhead? So many new creatures to see.
"Now then, what do you make of the lot," Sukosh asked of the tiny reddish squirrel that was honestly starting to doze from being so soothed. "I see cause for welcome," she said after a moment's pause, almost as if the small mammal had answered.
"I see you have many friends,' she commented to the fowl, and then snorted lightly up at the winged beast that flew overhead. "There is plenty of room you know, as long as I keep my wings in. My father, even, could land here."
Grinning at that thought, Sukosh shifted her weight just enough to press her wingtips to the ground once more. That her father would ever go outside his own realm was a laughable concept indeed. He did, however, make a point to teach his hatchlings manners enough for when they themselves wandered, and she also knew that it was rude to remain seated and not aknowledge the presence of a guest. So she swayed up to her feet, lifting her tail in the air as she stood erect and kept careful note of the squirrel's agrivation at her roughly scraping plates.
"Well now," Sukosh noted as the strangers came closer. "I would think that if you, small one, would bring others you should know my name. I am Sukosh." Then, just for fun, she did a bit more sculpting, imitating in almost perfect detail the flying creature that circled lower and lower. There were a few minor details that went awry at first, but those were quickly corrected. Sukosh did love fire. But a small hic of surprise when the squirrel started awake and ran back down to her spine caused the flames to shrivel and double up into her mouth again, making her cough comically before laughing at herself. "Oh, such a beginner's mistake! I feel foolish, but such is life. Now then, new friends, do any of you know how to get this little creature to stop tickling me? She happens to be resting at a juncture of plates, and I'm quite worried that I may harm her if I give in to the giggles that threaten me."
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 13, 2006 0:02:12 GMT -5
Well now, more movement in the brush. This was, indeed, turning into a most eventful day. Lifting her head so that she might look all around her, Sukosh wondered just what her brother Glork would say about things. No doubt he'd caution her to be on alert for enemies, or critsize her for leaving home in the first place. But to Sukosh being the youngest simply meant having to be the bravest as well. Just because you were small was no reason to let others look down at you.
"What would my little raven friend have to say about this noise, I wonder?" she pondered aloud as her tail was swept once more against her side. "I'm pretty sure the little one would have something to say. If she could, that is."
The squirrel reappeared during her musing, her voice having had its natural effect, and with a begnin smile she let it scamper up behind the crest of spikes that circled around her head. "Careful now," she cautioned it in a soft, sweet, warmly flickering voice. "One of those are as big as you yourself are. Now then, let us see what there is to see."
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 12, 2006 19:03:46 GMT -5
Sukosh sent the little raven off with a small rumbling growl, somewhat saddened at her departure. With a smoky sigh she settled back down and waited patiently for someone else to come along. She really did need to make more friends.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 12, 2006 16:13:07 GMT -5
"Ah, a fan," Sukosh mused playfully. "Well, if nothing else it didn't frighten you. Though you do seem to be in a bit of an upset over something. I wonder what that could be?"
Shifting, she moved her wieght fully on her legs, lifting the tail that had acted as a stopper before into the air for balance. If the bold little bird was upset over something she had best be ready for it.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 12, 2006 1:14:24 GMT -5
Now she was simply curious about this bold little bird. It had been amusing before, but now she was forced to think about this fowl's fixation on her.
"Do you know, if you wanted to study something I could give you plenty to look at," she mused with a little tilt of her head. "I wonder if fire scares you? I have a talented tongue, my brothers are always jealous about the shapes I can make."
Then, as if to prove it, she let out a very small flame that wavered momentarily before melting into the form of, what else, a raven. It seemed to be in mid-flight, seeing as how the wings moved steadily, and when it turned its head small, life-like feathers ruffled on its neck. It was, indeed, very realistic.
The image was spoiled though as a squirrel scampered up her leg, having mistaken her for some large stone, and causing her to giggle so that her little flame stuttered out. "Well now," Sukosh scolded in an extremely playful tone as she swung her head around to blink slowly at the small mammal, "see what you've done? You went and spoiled my little illusion for my new raven friend. But I suppose you were scared of having your home burned down?"
She gave a little rumbling chuckle here, causing the previously frozen squirrel to dash back down her leg and into a nearby tree. "Come, come," she said rather reproachfully, "You can't think I'm all that bad? You know," she added as she turned those fiery emerald eyes back to the branch dwelling bird, "this little creature's starting to remind me of my brother, Glork. All he does is criticize as well, though it just makes me better. It's funny, really, since he's frustrated that he's finding less and less wrong with my sculpting."
Winking, she turned her head back to the sky for a moment and watched as the birds circled lower and then fell below the tree line. The pack had apparently had it's fill and had taken what it could carry back to the den for the pups. The excitement was dying down, but the boldly curious raven had by now caught her interest so it was nothing she was particularly sorry for. If nothing else it was odd for a naturally wild animal to accept the rasping of her plates and wings (which were nothing more than giant sized plates themselves--good thing they were all hollow) with so little upset. This, indeed, was a creature worth noting.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 11, 2006 22:03:26 GMT -5
"Well you are a curious little creature," Sukosh murmured as her blazing emerald eyes followed the little raven. "Different, I think, from the ones at home. You have something different in your eyes."
Yawning, she shifted her weight and pressed the spiked tips of her dexterous wings against the ground to leverage herself back up. With a little hiccup she gathered her only pair of legs under her, the back pair, and folded her wings back against her sides as she straightened up. She had to smile though when she saw the long, dead streak of scorched grass her sneeze had brought on. It revealed her four dagger like teeth, and when she stood the sharp trail of similar knives that flowed down her spine could be seen as well.
Her body plates rasping like bone dragged over stone, Sukosh lifter her head to the raven and gave it a close study. When she was standing the little fowl wasn't that far above her head; she honestly thought she might have been able to stretch out her thick, trunk-like neck and sniff at it.
"Well just what are you so exited about?" she quired with no real hope for an answer. "Lord knows you're a welcome relief from my nap though. You know, you'd think a big, white, plated dragon would be hard to miss? Ha! So I had hoped."
Chuckling to herself she shook her head a little bit and added in an undertone, "Ah, Sukosh, talking to the little birds." the truth was, she loved the sound of her voice. Soft and flickering like the flames she so loved to create and manipulate, it was perfect for singing or just lulling a frightened critter into security. There were times when she wondered if she spoke aloud not out of boredom or curiosity, but instead out of vanity. It was quite possible; the large, harshly rasping plates that covered her instead of scales, the wings that grew from her shoulders instead of legs, the sleek, triangle shaped head could not be considered attractive. Fierce, powerful, even ugly in some way, but certainly not attractive. Her voice was her best feature, something that that usually got creatures to come to her and trust her instead of scaring them off.
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Post by Sukosh on Mar 11, 2006 14:36:15 GMT -5
OOC| Hi, thanks for jumping in! BIC| Sukosh lifted her head in a slow, sleepy manner as the soft beat of wings grew louder. She lifted her head enough to show her spiked nose and the crest of horns that circled around her head to her jaw. "What an odd little fowl," she commented as the creature took interest in her. Her voice, quite unlike the harsh rasping of her body plates, was very soft and flickered like fire. Snorting the smell of death out of her nose she tilted her head to where the bay of wolves announced their victory. The pack would eat well tonight. Sighing, smoke billowing softly from her four toothed mouth, she turned her sharp emerald eyes once more to the raven before setting her head back on her wing. This time, however, the emerald cast a stark contrast to the soft white of her plates, almost like a snow covered hill with small tufts of spring grass on it. Sukosh figured she might as well be comfortable while she waited.
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