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 Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:42 pm
A devilish glint touched Jericho's golden eyes.
"Better hang on tight then."
That was all the warning he gave. After saying it, he just held onto Shehk tightly before tucking in his wings and leaned back. It started off slowly as he lost momentum, but then he began to plummet headfirst towards the ground. It might have seemed like they were going to crash land into the dirt hard but he spread his wings at the last moment to pull them out of the dive; racing them back up towards the sky.
The dragon beat his wings down powerfully, not wanting to lose speed as he aimed them towards their destination At some point, he tucked his wings back in and did a barrel roll, turning himself into a sort of dragon-bullet before finally letting himself just glide for a little while.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:50 pm
"Uh oh...."
She didn't need any more warning than that as her grip around his shoulders tightened and then - then they seemed to plummet. If he'd been trying to get that shocked rise out of her it had worked as she actually gripped tighter and tighter the closer the ground seemed to get. However, her fear reaction was soothed the second he raced back up into the sky.
It was only then she actually closed her eyes, just taking in the feeling of the wind whipping through her hair - it felt even more amazing than she'd been thinking it would. Hell, even the view had been. She'd probably have developed wing envy if she thought about it too hard.
The barrel roll earned a joyous laugh from the Pricolici.
"Y'know, if anybody else was doing this with me in tow, I'd feel a lot more nervous."
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:55 pm
Jericho continued to move quickly through the air, though without any further dips and rolls just yet. It was hard to talk when doing that after all. But, the ground was still racing below them.
"Well, I am pretty good with flight," he grinned before spinning them through the air one more time. After that, he began to slow down. They were just about there now. It wasn't the Weeping woods, but another forest near the school. Once he had slowed down enough, he began to carefully bring them down towards the earth, trying not too land too hard.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:58 pm
She made a point to hold as still as she could as he started his descent towards the ground, eyes darting all around to take in all of the scenery she still could from their altitude. The ground seemed much less exciting the closer up they got to it to her.
"I'd say you are." she praised, "Because that was definitely fun." she grinned as she spoke.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:01 pm
When they had touched down, Jericho went ahead and let go of Shehk so she could stand. He stood by though, just in case her legs were a bit shaky from the rush.
"Flight is a pretty damn awesome thing. I take it you enjoy it too now, hm?" he chuckled before stretching his wings out from that little work out.
Relaxing them again, he looked around to get his bearings, then grinned once more.
"Anyway, we're not too far off from where we need to be. Just over this way," he said while motioning her to follow.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:05 pm
Her legs were nearly jelly when she touched the ground again, but she remained standing, just breaking down into a fit of excited laughter, tail wagging - it probably would have during flight if she hadn't been telling it not to just in case. Never knew if a wagging tail could cause a problem, after all.
"Yes I do." she answered, "That was more than I thought it would be and just..." More giddy noises followed that. "Might want to be careful, I might have just gotten addicted and I'll start harassing you for more of that." she teased, moving to follow along after him, picking up her step to catch up with him.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:11 pm
"Keep that up and we might need to pester Mal, Riley, and Christof into seeing if we could get you some artificial wings," Jericho chuckled. Well.. actually. If she really wanted they could probably craft a hang glider of sorts... Though she would have to jump off of the highest school building for it to do much good.
The walk was pretty short through the shady woods, so before long, they came upon a wooden crate. The sound of many little scritchy noises could be heard from inside. Over all, the box had a pecular scent to it that Shehk probably recognized.
After all, she had spent some time chasing these little rodents in the past...
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:19 pm
Shehk laughed. "Might not be as much fun, though." she sighed, almost seeming sad about that. "Dunno if I could do a barrel roll, after all." She laughed at the idea of her trying to do that on her own, tail continuing to wag as she walked along with him.
Still, the wooden crate that had been left in the woods seemed to pique her curiosity as the Pricolici walked over to it, ears perked up as she seemed to become alert and almost twitchy, running her hands over the crate. Sniff. Sniffsniffsniffsniff.....?
SNIFFSNIFFSNIFFSNIFFSNIFF!!
Sniff?
SNIFF!!
Her tail was wagging the entire time she investigated it, scratching the outside of the crate and making a keening noise.
"There's food in this!" she said, looking over to Jericho, eyes wide, excited. Ghoul or not, her canine side could always be appealed to with the right type of food.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:38 pm
Jericho watched as Shehk examined the box, grinning as she seemed to be rather interested with its contents. In fact, she appeared to be really excited. This was a good sign.
"Yes," he started while patting the top of the crate, "Live food for that matter too. But you know, personally I find a hunt to be more satisfying than just buying something. What about you?"
He waited for her reply eagerly. His own wings were flexing a bit as if he was about to get ready for something as well.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:42 pm
"I....don't think I've ever bought food..." she admitted. "I don't think I'd get out as much as I do if I wasn't doing my own hunting." Shehk seemed to be trying to figure out how to open the crate - perhaps out of excited impatience and squirrels.
"Did you go round them up?" she asked, tail actually going as far as to leave it's own glowing after image with how fast it was wagging (FEAR effects were fun when the territories weren't limiting them).
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:47 pm
That answer seemed to satisfy Jericho even more. Grinning, he tapped on the top of the crate, causing a number of hurried scritches and skittering inside. He also seemed to be amused with the way her tail was going right about now. Damn that thing could move fast!
"I did! Wasn't easy gathering them up without hurting them. But I have at least a dozen in here," he said before chuckling, "I hope that's enough. So. Are you ready then?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:51 pm
The sound of the scritches was getting Shehk all degrees of riled up as she practically was set beside herself with anticipation, scratching at the box and actually barking at the noise inside of it before making a keening noise, looking up at Jericho with puppy dog eyes.
"Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes."
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:59 pm
Jericho didn't wait much longer there as she was giving him the puppy eyes right now. And so he dug his claws into the side of the crate before ripping off the side. Immediately, the dozen or so squirrels inside burst on out, into what they thought would be freedom.
"LET THE HUNT BEGIN!" he roared before bounding off after them.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:05 pm
And as the squirrels went running to freedom, Shehk didn't even wait to go running after them, all four paws hitting the ground in a moment as she shifted into her lupine form to give chase. Trees weren't as much of a problem as they could have been - she'd run through trees blind.
If she was willing to pay attention to their existence as she seemed to tunnel vision on her first target - which was an unfortunate victim of speedy Pricolici. Shehk had fun herding it around for a couple of minutes, whining when it skittered up a tree to get away from her before she snapped her head around, eyes catching another skittering form.
She was all over, to say the least, bolting after any skittering squirrel that got too close, barking happily.
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:12 pm
Jericho could have gone dragon... but catching squirrels in his true form was... Well. Let's just say he'd probably end up overkilling them. So he remained in his student form, running through the trees after the flighty rodents with Shehk. When one ran up a tree, he went right up after it. Wings were handy like that. The little squirrel let out a squeak, trying to weave on through the branches to get away from him, but he did what he could to continue his pursuit.
At some point, the furry one decided to take a leap of faith, jumping down from the tree towards the forest floor.
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