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Post by Soli on Jun 2, 2015 21:23:22 GMT -5
If looks could kill. If they could kill.
When azure eyes locked onto Bru's, he felt an icy chill run from his nose to his tail. The fighting exploded so suddenly, the male that suddenly lunged at him being held back by another. He couldn't move, his paws glued to where he stood, frozen in terror. What happened? Why was it happening? His young mind could think of nothing but why.
Only when his mother and Reno stepped in and Kucha's urging did he turn and flee, puffed up as much as his fur could allow. Claws dug into the ground as his instincts kicked in, to get away and hide.
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Post by Blair on Jun 2, 2015 21:30:56 GMT -5
Phone reply . Plz excuse typos. Once she realized that these creatures were friendly, Kaisa settled down a bit. She looked up in wonder as they greeted her mother in turn. However, she caught site of the scarred lion and a chill ran down her spine, ears pinned to her skull, and eyes went wide. She wondered what had happened to him and what could leave such gruesome scarring. It frightened her, honestly, but she reminded herself that he was a friend. Mother's friend. However, violence soon erupted from the male and she ducked under Rajari in pure fear. Kaisa watched with wide eyes as others rose to stop him immediately. "M-Mom?" Her voice was shaky and filled with fear, she had never seen such violent actions up close before. It had looked as if he meant to kill one of them if not all. Who was it, though? She connected the dots and saw that he was looking directly at Vitalis! She turned to see that Ten had run off, and she wondered if she should do that too. Next, she watched Kucha and Vitalis flee, too. But mother would protect them, right? Kaisa looked up to see that Rajari was staying still, not even lifting a paw against the male. Her heart sank and she started to back away, she had to run too. She bolted after Tenebrous, her back turned to Rajari as she finally tried to shield the remaining cubs. E D I T E D
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Post by TheWG on Jun 2, 2015 21:52:41 GMT -5
Brutus wasn't planning to stop for anything. Not a roar, not even a body in his way. All he saw that that hellion that harmed his beloved, that scarred his face and bruised his heart for good.
And he was going to kill him.
Casket shrieked in the background as he saw the cubs dart out from under her, trying to warn Rajari of their leave- but it was too late. Brutus noticed faster as he had his eyes solely on that cub, and took a swerve right past Reno and Rajari. He leaped into the air and came down hard on the two cubs that had started out after Tenebrous.
At this point, he was so disoriented in his hallucination that he couldn't even tell which one he was grabbing, or that he'd missed the one he was after completely. His claws latched onto the closest one, and drug it under his maw to sink his teeth into it's head. He had grabbed Kucha.
The healer yowled and charged as he saw Brutus begin to maul the poor cub, leaping onto his back from behind- but he was damned determined to keep a hold on the helpless cub. But Casket used desperate measures- and he began to tear at Brutus' ear. Finally the large male released his death grip, letting the cub flop to the ground as he turned on to Casket, the two males barreling into a roll of screaming again. Brutus had blood painted all over his maw, and it was clear that he was very far gone from reality now- not even separating poor Casket from his onslaught. His own best friend.
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Post by Jason on Jun 2, 2015 22:14:48 GMT -5
Dion had been having another fit, and the large, scarred healer of La Morte had taken to pinning the younger male down mainly so the dark Donovan did hurt himself again. The fit had finally passed and the dark male got up and stared at Victor before staggering off to collapse in his own den. The cold brute watched after Dion for a few moments before taking his own path to find Casket. He picked his scroll with the easy words so he could teach the other healer to read and began to scent him out. Othello was out hunting, thus Victor was unable to communicate. But he did want to give what he had made to his... Friend.
He was on a ridge, overlooking the event when he saw the events suddenly change. His breath hitched in his chest as he saw Casket step into the line of fire. A soft sound escaped him as Brutus and Casket clashed and he dropped the scroll from his jaw. "Aaaah...." And as Casket was tossed to the side, the cool, collected part of his mind was pushed to the side in the favor of a rising wave of aggression. What was happening clicked in his head and the dark face twisted in a silent snarl. In his adolescence, he had expressed in violence. Thus, that was what he had been groomed for by his fathers. Only later in life had he realized that what he loved most was the opposite. The same overwhelming passion that made him such an incredible healer, obsessed with saving lives, could be put into bloddier pursuits. He charged down, swift as he could, not agile, but good in a straight line at least. The snarl came from him as he neared. Not fast enough... He was pushing his limits in the sprint as the cub was grasped by the disfigured feline. Then Casket was in again. Don't kill. He was trying to keep some degree of reason in his head.
This was different than the battle when Meurtrier had attacked. Someone he cared for was being harmed. Thus, there was no warning, no time to stop Victor, not that he would have listened. It would be like screaming at a freight train before it crash through the car on its track. It was inevitable, as it would take a serious blow to knock him off his path, and he was committed. The stride turned into a lunge at the very last second and his body stream lined, claws outstretched to slam straight into Brutus, fairly precise in his aim. They would both go tumbling, Victor likely pulling the other into something that looked like a hug, except for the fact that it looked like he was trying to strangle the other... He simply wanted to knock him out. He would release the second Brutus went limp or the other got free... And would be back at the challenger in seconds.
Forgot to mention that Victor's body temperature would have dropped to a bit below freezing. Just means touching him feels weird.
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Post by OnyxOryx on Jun 2, 2015 22:41:59 GMT -5
Kucha Kain-Caliver The cub was caught. He yowled in fear. The irony that this was his own father would be lost on the poor thing. Fangs clamped hard on his head and claws tugged him in closer. He hissed and yowled as he tried to get way. Terrified and in pain. A fang punctured an eye. Nose torn. Muzzle broken. The large male was so much stronger than him. He quickly became limp in Brutus' maw. And then limp on the ground. Badly injured. Dead? How could Kucha survive that. But Casket saved him. He had pulled the beast off him just before Bru couldcrush his skull entirely. Rajari Kain-Donovan Rajari snarled as Kucha was grabbed. Eyes wide with pain and fear. Brutus no! She unlocked and charged to her young's aid. She didn't want to leave her daughter in the open however. The poor thing was /terrified/. She called out for Reno to keep her safe. She had to stop Brutus from killing their son! "Brutus!!! Brutus stop! Kucha is yours!" She yowled as she aimed to plow into he and Casket. But Victor beat her to it. Another yowl escaped her. Now she feared Victor was going to kill Brutus! No.. No no no. This couldn't be happening.. She swatted Victor as he went by her. Not hard, it was mostly out of reflex. Her emotions vomiting all over the place within her. "Victor don't! Don't kill him!" She wailed as she retreated back to her seemingly deceased cub. Kucha..? She nudged the little baby. He didn't move. She wanted to cry but she was jut too distressed to cry. All she could do was curl around her cub and try to clean the blood. Make him comfortable. But she had to make sure the others were okay. Kisa was back there. Everest? Where was Everest? With Kisa? Vitalis.. was he hit too? Tenebrous? "Vitalis? Tenebrous.. Everest?"
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Post by katluver458 on Jun 3, 2015 23:00:55 GMT -5
Philia Kain-Donovan, Everest Donovan-IdenAll Hell broke loose in that moment when the damaged male got a closer look at the little mites. Peace was shattered, thin as glass -- Brutus attacked, cubs scattered. Reno jumped into the fray to stop him, followed by Casket, Kaian, and then Victor from somewhere else while Casey and Cyber watched on. What? What was going on?! Philia was too struck to move, much like Rajari, helpless to do anything to break up the quarreling males. Figuring it was best to let her brothers find a way to calm him or knock him out one or the other, whichever came first, her sister's desperate voice cut through the noise. His? That poor thing Brute grabbed was HIS cub?!
Oh.
Oh gods no!
Scrambling over to her sister, Philia nudged the limp mound of cub once as well, rough, but gently enough to try and hopefully get a reaction. Come on, move little one! "Keep licking, Raj! Good, good! Reno will take care of this, and then Victor can look at him! Don't give up!" She demanded, brows knit in frustration, not wanting her sister to go into shock and lose herself in the chaos of the moment. All of these cubs, no matter who's sire they were (Because that could be the only reason why the normally passive Brutus would go into such a rage) were her nieces and nephews, and she did not wish to see any of them dead. Looking about as Rajari started rattling off the names of her other children, the rest that vanished into the bush, she waited anxiously, watching to see movement in the grass...
But Everest absolutely refused to emerge, even at her mother's call. Like the rest of her littermates, after the loud warning roar and then the fighting started, she too darted from the safety of her mother's belly to go hide in much thicker shelter, even though her blue fur would stick out against the green grass and gray rocks like a sore paw. Blue, b l u e. Blue, not red. That seemed to be the only correlation in this whole mess that poor Everest could understand, the only difference between she and her two other odd siblings out of the bunch, eyes wide, frozen in fear as the terrifying, massive male dealt heavy damage to Kucha. Her brother. She whimpered, trying to back up further under cover, ears pinned to her skull until the danger passed. It wasn't safe to come out. Not yet.
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Post by drifter on Jun 5, 2015 8:47:59 GMT -5
Tenebrous Kain - Iden
Tenebrous was pressed as close to the ground as he could get. He stared wide eyed and helpless as he witnessed the scary male maul his brother. How was that fair? What had Kuchu done? "I want to go home." He whined pathetically. They weren't safe here. That was blatantly obvious now. There was no way mother would keep them here right? They weren't welcome... How could they be when they were being mauled?! For all Tenebrous knew, his brother was dead. He watched him die and it injured the purity of his innocent soul. He had heard his mother calling but he never answered, nor did he reveal himself. And he wouldn't. Not on that day. It would take more than a lot of coaxing to get him out. Or he'd have to be dragged out kicking and screaming. Because he would refuse to stay here. Not while that monster was here. Not while he was in danger. This was not his home. Never would he call this new place home. And never would he call these new faces family..
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Post by LAD on Jun 5, 2015 15:22:53 GMT -5
Reno II, Casey, Cyber, Kaian, Ulani, Diezel, Danika, Colton
Raius
Fear had pulled harshly at Raius - he was one of the only ones whom had not darted about. Fear froze him. Out in the open in the middle of it all. Reno would have lunged at Brutus had it not been for Rajari's asking him to check the cubs and he whirled in his spot to face Kucha and Raius - only to realize Kucha had run after the others too. And Raius... Raius at least, out in the open or not, would have to be reached through Reno as the male leaned down, hovering protectively over him. But mere seconds after - he realized whom had stopped Brutus from harshly attacking a cub. Casket. The male was a healer! Not a fighter! Fear tugged at his heart and it was then that Cyber leaped forward. But another, much larger creature was faster. Victor. Cyber's lunge halted the first moment his paws hit the ground but his snarl remained in place. It was going too far. Brutus had lost his mind.
Casey however was torn. She knew Reno wanted her to stay out of the fight but... That was her brother! Her jaw clenched and instead she opted for screaming Brutus' name, hoping to get through to him if even the slightest. Even if in her heart, she knew if Rajari hadn't gotten through, nor Casket, she wouldn't hold a toe to them. Until Victor showed up. Victor wouldn't harm another member, but she knew he was there to help. He was the largest - and hopefully he'd manage to stop Brutus.
really crappy I'm sorry I couldn't settle for something
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Post by Blair on Jun 5, 2015 16:15:28 GMT -5
Kaisa Caliver-Kain
As Kaisa went after Kucha and the rest, she stopped dead in her tracks as the scarred male snatched Kucha up. She practically had front row seats to the whole ordeal. She watched helplessly as her brother struggled,"K-k-k-k-" She choked on her words, voice barely above a whisper as she watched on in terror. She shrank back, afraid she may be next. When Kucha stopped struggling, her heart sank- had he died? Tears welled in her eyes, her vision blurred, but through it all she could see figures going after Brutus again.
She heard her mother's voice, telling Brutus to stop because Kucha was his. His? As in.. the father? The young cub's thoughts were so jumbled she wasn't sure if she had heard right. If that were the case, how could he attack Kucha? How could he attack any of them? Rajari's voice called out another name: Victor, who was now upon Brutus. Rajari's words shocked her somewhat. Don't kill him? Why not? He hurt Kucha! For no reason! As far as Kaisa knew, the disfigured male was an enemy to her and her family.
She whined, seeing Rajari and another femme approach Kucha's motionless body. She wanted to go too, but she was too scared to go froward. All she could do was shrink back to the safety of Reno where Raius was. Each step she took was shaky and uncertain, tears streaming down her cheeks.
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Post by Soli on Jun 5, 2015 16:25:25 GMT -5
It all happened so quickly, that Vitalis barely even noticed his brother was snatched up. All he felt was the rake of claws across his body as he ran, tumbling like a rag doll before scrambling to his feet and tearing through the grass. He had looked back to see the male mauling his brother, jaws over a tiny head. That was almost his head. His head. He kept running until the sounds of the lions fighting was not as loud, and so he could not see what became of his brother. His right eye was blinded by blood from a nick above his eye, but luckily that wound was shallow and would heal. The claws tore through his fur and skin along his back, even ensnaring some down from his wings, marring the young limb. He would survive, despite the bleeding. He would survive, but at what cost?
Trembling he recalled the events that happened seconds before. The male looked at him. Charged at him. Kucha nudged him away. He ran with Kucha. He was hurt, but Kucha was caught. He squeezed his left eye shut, the adrenaline leaving his system. His injuries began to hurt, and all he could do was cry. His mothers words did not reach him, nothing could at the moment.
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Post by TheWG on Jun 5, 2015 17:17:46 GMT -5
"Brutus!!! Brutus stop! Kucha is yours!"
He heard Rajari's voice in the back of his mind, like a hushed whisper aside from the chaos as a large presence wrapped it's wicked arms around his throat. He kicked wildly, sputtering and trying to claw the arms that held him hostage. His violent kicking quickly turned into panic as he could no longer gasp in air and struggled even more violently, so much so that one of his legs became dislocated in the fray, and the other one severly stressed from the fight it put up. But after a short time, his legs could go no more... The world was going black, and Brutus's legs sunk slowly as his consciousness slipped from him.
The last thing he thought of was Rajari... Before he went completely limp. His body would flop on the ground as Victor dropped him, and the angle would break his other stressed leg.
Casket was heaving from his encounter, sitting hunched and panting as he tried to get his bearings back. Blood was oozing from a few minor cuts, but his injuries weren't as bad as they could have been...
If Victor hadn't come when he did.
Who knows how many others would have been injured before Brutus was taken down. It was hard to stop a raging beast, especially one that isn't even in his own mind... But they did, and with only one casualty. His forest green eyes searched for the body, quickly finding it surrounded by a circle of members looking it over. Eagerness ate at him, and he knew that despite the incredible odds that the cub had probably died- he needed to be sure.
"Victor." He started, rising quickly to his feet and locking eyes with the much larger male. In them there was overwhelming appreciation for what he'd done (and he would surely praise him more later for his timeliness), but by now he was sure that words were not as needed between them, and Victor would be well aware that this situation needed to be handled quickly. "I can't possible carry Brutus... I need you to take him back to camp. Lock him away in a den. For his own safety as well as ours... There's no telling how he will react when he awakens" Not that he himself knew how exactly to "lock him away", but he knew Victor had his ways of making things happen... He was the best fit to get the job done quickly. They'd have to look over the Caliver's injuries later... In fact, they'd have to give him a whole evaluation. But Casket had a pretty good idea already of what cause Brutus's sudden snap.
"I'll get the cub. I'll be bringing him back to the camp immediately." He announced, louder now for others to hear as he rushed toward the bleeding body, not hesitating to move people out of his way to get to the cub that needed his aid. He gently pressed against Rajari as she licked her child, trying to get a better look at what he was dealing with. "Let me look at him, Raj... I need room." He mewed, but as a soft command that would grow if not heeded right away.
When he got a better look at the cub, he breathed a sigh of relief to himself. Not as much of one as he would want, but a good sign nonetheless. A glimmer of hope. "There's a lot of blood, but no arteries severed." He spoke aloud, taking the cub in his paws ready to take him in his maw after everyone heard him. There was a stubborn look of determination on his face, he wanted this cub to live. "We need to head back to camp now, where I have my herbs. We can save him."
Huddled against his other siblings in the bush, he shivered horribly at what he had just witnessed. Tears of fear began to fall from his yellow eyes, hoping to whatever force there was that his brother wasn't dead.
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Post by Jason on Jun 5, 2015 20:49:32 GMT -5
Victor was incredibly focused on what he was doing with Brutus, tuning most everything else out, aware that if he was just a tad too long, Brutus could have brain damage, paralysis, or end up dead. He ignored as the smaller one's claws scored deep gashes along his forelegs and paws. But he did not flinch as his foul blood was spilt. The black, thick ichor came from his body, ice crystals forming as it exited his body, filling the air with the scent of crypts and brimstone. The second Brutus stopped struggling and became, he flung his arms loose and ended up on his paws, standing slightly over Brutus. A black paw went to the other's neck, checking the pulse. He gave a light nod, but looked over to the cub then Casket. He watched and slowly grabbed Brutus and heaved the unconscious male onto his shoulders, feeling the injuries he had either directly or otherwise inflicted as he moved him. More than he had intended, but it was the downside to his size.
Victor walked in behind Casket for a moment and then backed off, picking up on the faintest signs of life. He then jogged off with Brutus on his back and toward the healer's den. He went in and picked off the first den that was for patients and gently laid the other in the bed and sealed the entrance with huge pillars of ice. A paw could be reached through but little else. Then he prepped a spot in his own area with wrappings and moss to clean and set the injuries, as well as rummaging for what he would need to encourage healing. He was quick. He then grabbed dried poppy pods and began to pry the latex from it to mix a potent pain killer.
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Post by OnyxOryx on Jun 5, 2015 22:42:29 GMT -5
Rajari Kain-Donovan Rajari growled in frustration. Her cubs weren't coming out. Philia was trying to help but was too close, Victor was strangling her mate.. This was a giant mess. She trued to tune everything out. She didn't know that Vitalis got hurt too. Or that he possibly ran right out of the Arelth boundaries. All she could do was frantically lick her battered cub. She watched Bru go limp and her heart stopped. His leg broke, the way he fell it had to. She was so scared.. But did they let her have a moment to process everything? No. She snarled at the words lock him up. But Voctor didn't wait. He took HER mate and ran off to gods knows where. She was fuming at this. She didn't even get to SEE him before all hell broke lose. Now he was gone? "Victor!" She snarled in anger. But that anger was redirected to Casket. Who was trying to take Kucha for help. But she didn't see help. She saw another male attempting to scoop up her cub. She roared and lashed out at him violently. Her claws aimed for his eyes. She was feral. She had to protect her cubs. She had no idea where most of her cubs were. More ran then she initially thought. This all went so horribly wrong....
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Post by Reeku on Jun 6, 2015 6:37:11 GMT -5
She had been watching the whole scene from the skies. Bright yellow eyes had been locked on Brutus like an eagle. If Victor hadn't managed to intervene when he did Athena would have dived the male from the sky, though she was still debating whether she should or not Victor seemed to have him handled well.
Everything was going wrong here, now that Brutus had been stopped. The cubs however were all scattered everywhere, so while they checked on the injured one Athena finally landed down on the scene with a soft thud turning in a circle so taht when she spoke she would look at everyone.
"Quick! gather the cubs and give them to Rajari now they should not be away from there mother!"she yelled there was almost a commanding tone to her voice something that was very odd to hear from her. This serious situation required it for the time being. Athena then began to jog around the scene scanning the area to watch for any cubs that had wandered to far out of reach.
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Post by katluver458 on Jun 7, 2015 1:05:38 GMT -5
Philia Kain-Donovan, Everest Donovan-IdenPhilia was certainly the last person that was going to be any help here -- As things finally started to wrap up and calm down between the brunt bodies and brute force being thrown around, the chaos dropped from an eleven to a ten at least. Still, she jumped back like a rabbit as her sister lashed out blindly at Casket when he came to investigate the damage on little Kucha. Ironic, he could possibly end up with injuries as grave as his father's, by his own hand. "Rajari! Stop! You're NOT helping anything!" She growled, though it came out more as a whine. "We don't need a healer injured too when he needs to save your son and your mate!" She reminded, even as Athena appeared and offered better structure and order to the situation than what Reno or even Cyber were giving. How was their other sister so calm about this, even if she too was prickling with frustration?!
At least the King was able to save the lone, shellshocked cub from his littermate's devastating fate.
Shaking herself off, Phi did as told by her suprising sister and started to sniff the frightened little bundles out. There was...Seven, right? And with Kucha unconscious and Raius in her brother's care, that left five that still needed to be found and gathered, returned to the safety of their mother so she could settle down and get her head screwed back on straight. Ah, there was one. Everest, even if she didn't know her name. "Hey hey, shh..." She purred softly, voice like the whisper on the wind to soothe her terrified niece when she flinched and made to dart away again.
"I'm your Aunt Philly, your mama's sister. That bad male is going away now, see?" She pointed with her nose before the cub could bolt, off the distance where Brutus was being taken away until he could get some sense slapped into him, too. "He's not going to hurt you anymore. I won't let him, me or my brother." She promised, watching the tiny blue cub slowly start to relax, hesitantly, even if her eyes were still wide as moons. God, it hurt her heart. "But I'll need you to come with me now, okay? Your mama wants you, to make sure you're safe." The 'princess' explained, but didn't dare scoop her up to carry her, for fear of sending her into shock of being tossed about and near ripped to shreds as well, instead merely nosing her along by the rump slowly, gently until they came to a stop at Raja's paws, taking a step back again out of self-defense as Everest ran forward to hide in her mother's fur again.
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