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He avoided the elephants thrashing, by a margin. Weaving in and out of the giant leathery feet he darted off to one side. He yelled to the others in hope that they could lead it back to the muddy trail. It had been one of the original ideas that they hoped would work in their favour. After he had attacked the elephant he hoped it would follow its attackers out of frustration more than anything, and ran back to the muddy trail quickly, but made it clear enough for the beast to see him.

((Sorry, If the previously injured can't roll, please disregard this! <3 ))

He was under an angry elephant. He was UNDER an angry ELEPHANT. They wanted him to run away? Suuuure. Anything to get out from under the violently thrasing beast. He darted between the thing's back legs, with no real intent of drawing it's attention- until it stepped on his tail. He swung around hissing, slashing at it's knee almost automatically.

Oh.

"Er... Ahaha, my tail, sorry, you see- RUN AWAY, RIGHT." He spun around, injured appendage tucked between his legs as he scampered for the trail - the trail out of there.

((LOL OH /reads sorry I had rolled to dodge the tree and ended up under the elephant! I posted at the bottom of the last page though haha I hope this is ok))

No sooner had the order been called out than Margulis took to the open ground, weaving back and forth around the debris as she made her way back down the path that would lead them to the mud. All they had to do now was hope that their plan worked, and that none of them got stuck in the process. She forced herself forward as the ground became softer, finally spinning around to face back toward the battleground as her paws began to sink into the muck. She needed to keep them moving, so as she held her breath she paced back and forth, watching for an opening to strike the beast down.

Shari remembered the plan as Veru yelled back down the trail. She took off as fast as her feet would carry her. It was time to see how well the elephants footing was in the mud. Perhaps this would be his downfall!

It was plenty for Spaki to avoid getting hit by all the elephant's attacks. He wasn't abnormally slow for a lion, but being a bit more agile would definitely have come in handy at time like this; he mostly relied ons strength. Still, for most part he had managed to avoid damage, being bumped aside not too painfully once or twice, and not being hit by any of the trees or branches.

He ran off when the others went to take the beast to the mud. Mud was quite different than sand, it sucked you in rather than just giving way, and was far more slippery. For a larger lion like Spaki it definitely had a dramatically slowing effect, no matter how used he was to unsteady ground. But at least the elephant seemed to be suffering more.

Unfortunately, when he went in to attack, he made a mistake. He wasn't exactly sure what it had been, but it must have been a mistake, because otherwise he wouldn't have been struck. Next thing Spaki knew he was in the mud a few feet away from his target, his head ringing. At least the ground was softer here, and he hadn't been flung into a tree or anything. He growled loudly in frustration, and scrambled to regain his footing in the mud, preparing himself to try again. But being hit by an elephant wasn't something you just bounced back from in seconds! He managed to get up and paced to the side, deciding not to risk another ill-timed attack.

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Kimaji felt largely useless here. She could only crouch, pathetically, next to the cheetah and watch as the world turned into fighting and crashing and flying as some were tossed like dolls. Admittedly, she was rather frozen in fear, and simply couldn't bring herself to move until the group had managed to distract the elephant and distance it from the cheetah and, consequently, herself. "This is an emergency." She told no one in particular, looking at the cheetah, then watching as the others got further and further.

"We need heeeelp..." She sniffed, and circled around to sit by the cheetah's head, nudging her and placing the root and feather down. "Can you hear me? You need to chew on this." She was thinking this cheetah wasn't in condition to be chewing anything, but it was worth a shot. She bit off a smaller piece of root and placed in near the injured cat's mouth. "You must be in a lot of pain and it'll help!" Maybe she should g call the healers, personally. But now Hel was off, too, and she didn't want to leave this cheetah alone.

Pam had failed his initial attacked but he had quickly followed after the others who were trying to distract the elephant. They got the beast‘s attention and led the creature to muddy ground so he supposed they had been successful. But tired muscles and aching ribs were not a good combination when one was trying to run, especially when you added the unsteady ground to the equation.

There were whelps, grunts and screams around him that told him that others had been caught by the elephant and Pam turned to face the beast right before he was thrown out of the way again. He rolled and slid through the mud and returned to his paws much quicker this time, though his gleaming white coat was now muddy brown from head to tail.

As the elephant went on a rampage, Mura glanced back to see where she was compared to him. That was a mistake. She stumbled and an instant later she felt herself getting struck with the trunk. Her body fell to the side. The whole right side of her body ached. She just allowed herself to lay down, at least for a moment. In a little bit she would try and help again. Hopefully being more useful this time.