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Post by Baraka on Jul 16, 2007 20:35:23 GMT
*The darkness begins to lift in Baraka's mind. He looks around, taking in his surroundings. He is at the edge of a small clearing with nothing but forest in all directions. His eyes are drawn to a small campfire in the middle, with a band of vermin surrounding it.
Great...
Then every thing that happened comes back to him.
A hike... an attack... being dragged through the forest, then knocked out...
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Post by laceleaf on Jul 16, 2007 23:04:17 GMT
*Hermes opens his eyes, and groans. She had a massive headache, it felt as if her head had split open. As her blurred vision begins to clear, she takes in her surroundings. Vermin were around the campfire, and a squirrel she vaugely knew was lying next to her. She made to get up, but realised that ropes bound her down.*
Oh great,
*She closed her eyes, wincing at the pain, and tried to think of an escape plan.*
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Post by Gerfried and Pippin on Jul 17, 2007 1:26:10 GMT
*As the nearby fire lets out a particularly loud crack, Pippin awakens with a start to look at her surroundings with bewilderment. The first thing she notes is the dirt caked on her feathers. That'll take a while to clean off, she muses for a bit before spotting something besides the all-encompassing trees* *Upon seeing a group of vermin camped right nearby, she sees that dirt isn't her only concern. Her first plan is to fly away as quickly as possible. In her attempt to stand up, spread her wings and escape, the kite notices that her wings and legs have been tied together. Instead of making her exit, she falls with a thump and a small indignant grumble deep in her throat, almost landing on another creature in the process. Immediately next to her is a hare, and she's tied up, too, from the looks of it. There are some other creatures as well, but Pippin wastes no time in wondering just how sharp she's been keeping her beak lately.*
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Post by Strongpaw on Jul 17, 2007 1:50:53 GMT
OOC: Terraggon told me to join so here I come
BIC:*Strongpaw the hare had also fallen a victim to the vermin attack, he couldn´t remember any more than the others could. Looking around he notices his captive companions. A sad look begins to spread on the hare´s bloodcaked, scratched face. He pulls as hard as he can on the ropes which keep him imprisioned but he soon discovers it´s useless. Noticing the vermin for the first time, Strongpaw´s sad look turns into a glare full of hate. If he was free he would kill them, but he wasn´t, so he would try to talk to his fellow prisioners for an escape plan. He only recognised one face: Baraka, he had been on several missions with the squirrel. he had seen the rest around Terralux but he didn´t know their names. Stretching out as much as he can the hare tryes to reach Baraka, he might be a powerful ally if escape is to be done.* Hey, do you know how we jolly well arrived here, wot?
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Jul 17, 2007 8:29:35 GMT
*A large rat wanders up, and gives Strongpaw a look of contempt.* No talking, *It whines nastily, before settling down close by with a lazy expression.*
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Post by Baraka on Jul 17, 2007 13:22:49 GMT
*The squirrel looks at Strongpaw, then gestures with his head at the rat. He shrugs and continues surveying the area.*
If we had a distraction...
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Post by Strongpaw on Jul 17, 2007 14:59:22 GMT
*The hare understands what Baraka is saying but he can´t think of anything, if only they had an ally which wasn´t imprisioned. Strongpaw tryes to signal Baraka that he understands. Suddenly the hare notices the Red Kite which is nearby. The bird has a sharp beak which might cut through the ropes while one of the others distracts the guards. Jokes, insults or questions might do the distracting farely well. When Strongpaw thinks up this plan he tryes to signal it to the squirrel by using his head and pointing at the kite´s beak.*
OOC: thanks for pointing that out Baraka, I already fixed it.
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Post by Baraka on Jul 17, 2007 16:12:14 GMT
OOC: Strongpaw, if you're tied to a tree, how can you use hand signals. You saw how I communicated.
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Post by laceleaf on Jul 17, 2007 21:44:14 GMT
*Laceleaf looked over, and saw Hermes tied next to her, still knocked out. She also sees Strogpaw's signals, and understands. She desparately tries to signal her understanding.*
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Post by Strongpaw on Jul 20, 2007 15:37:43 GMT
*Strongpaw sees that laceleaf also understands, he gives a friendly grin, and nods as if saying, the more prisioners who escape the better. Then he notices that the kite is closer to laceleaf and he tryes to signal her to talk to the bird. she might tell the bird the plan, and the bird might help them.*
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Post by Gerfried and Pippin on Jul 20, 2007 16:26:11 GMT
*Seeing Strongpaw's motions, Pippin looks to both hares and acknowledges them with a nod. She then makes a small, almost inaudible snap of her beak to Laceleaf to show that she is free to move it even though she is otherwise powerless.*
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Post by Baraka on Jul 21, 2007 0:12:11 GMT
*Baraka begins gesturing frantically ath the vermin near the fire.
What about them?
He looks around. Then his eye catches on a pile of weapons; their weapons. He begins trying to draw his comrades' attention toward them.*
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Post by laceleaf on Jul 21, 2007 3:57:21 GMT
*Laceleaf sees Hermes the owl open one eye. Laceleaf tries to send her the message, but was spotted by a big rat, branishing a spear.* Either yew stop yer wigglin' or I'll 'ave to use this spear to stop yew m'self, yew usless rabbit. *The rat delivers a rough kick to her leg,and walks back to the fire, chuckling. Feeling the white-hot pain searing up her leg, and the anger mounting inside of her for being called a 'usless rabit' she hates their hopeless situation even more.* The cowards... If they wern't, they would let us stand up and fight them. If only I wasn't tied up here, then I'd... Oh, sitting here thinking of revenge won't get us free. Might as well do what I can. *Checking that the vermin were looking in the other direction, she tries to signal to the kite.*
*Hermes opened one eye, looked around at her friends and comrades, and instantly figured out what had happened. In a flash, she was struggling with the bongs, but to no avail. Some ferrets came over and tied her down more.*Great... *Her eye caught on the glitter of firelight on the pile of weapons.* If only we could get to thoes weapons...
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Post by Strongpaw on Jul 21, 2007 16:04:54 GMT
*Strongpaw knows hare´s are the fastest in the group so he tryes to signal laceleaf by using his ears to point that when Pippin cuts through the ropes she should join him, in a run for the weapons. That way they would get the weapons before the vermin, and they would bring some to each of the escapers. When he has finished he looks to see if everyone understands the plan. But soon a new idea is forming in his head: What if they capture the leader, that way the rest won´t follow them on their escape because they will fear the death of their leader. This will gain atleast two minutes of advantage to escape. He doesn´t signal this yet because he thinks it might not be a good idea, but it will always be a possibility.*
OOC:Thanks Engel I tryed to fix it, please feel free to point out any other errors.
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Post by Engel on Jul 21, 2007 22:49:04 GMT
OOC: Strongpaw, I am not trying to be mean or overstep my bounds. But I feel like I really need to point something out at this point.
Good RPing is, at its heart, good writing. And while good writing can certainly make the reader work, it should never make the reader struggle to imagine what exactly is happening in a scene. You say that you're signaling to the other creatures in your group without use of your paws or voice. How? This is a tremendous opportunity for you to explore ways of describing body language, and I'd really like to see what you can do.
If you could, I'd like you to go back to your last post and rewrite it, describing in greater detail just what Strongpaw is doing in his attempts to convey his thoughts. This leaves, of course, the chance that the others will misinterpret what you're getting at -- but isn't that exactly the sort of thing that happens in real life?
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