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 Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:57 am
Moni nodded and stayed on his back, watching from over his shoulder. All of the wolves seemed on edge, and Moni was more than a little afraid of the looks wolves gave him specifically. One came forward and growled, also snarling for a moment. Moni realized that it was talking to Fryma.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:10 am
Fryma imitated the snarling and growling for about five minutes before the wolf dipped its head and turned, howling Fryma's verdict to the entire den. Fryma backed out of the den, only turning to run back to his home when they were ten feet away. "Now we must go help a jaguar mother find her cub. Apparently, the cub was playing outside the nest and disappeared."
((I hope I'm not messing up a typical nature spirit. I'm sort of making it up as I go with no prior knowledge on them.))
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:21 am
((Well, I'm not sure if jaguars have nests.... more like dens, but you've got the basic idea right ^^))
Moni nodded, smiling as they arrived at the sight and got down. He noticed small paw prints and watched them until they disappeared... like the cub had been lifted. His heart sank. 'I think I know where the cub is.' He wrote solemnly. He checked and the racks had been covered, wiped away. He recognized how though. It was how hunters usually covered their tracks.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:28 am
Fryma nodded. He had noticed the tracks and their unusual disappearance as well. "So do I. The hard part will be telling the mother jaguar." He walked into the den sadly. The mother jaguar and her cubs all whimpered and moaned at the spirit's news.
((Okay. ^^))
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:32 am
Moni walked in with him. Hunters after such a small cub. Of course, his village was the only one by this forest but- He got an idea. He tapped Fryma's shoulder and pulled him outside, writing rapidly. 'It was probably taken to my village. They wouldn't have killed the cub yet because they'd be more valuable as adults, which means that there's still time to get the cub back! I can go back and get them and then bring them back to their family.' He looked up at Fryma, smiling hopefully. 'It has to work.'
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:42 am
Fryma thought for a minute, then nodded. "Let us tell the mother your plan. Then, I will escort you to the village. I hate to leave my forest, but I would hate even more for something to happen to you while you are alone."
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:48 am
Moni nodded, letting him talk to the mother, who nuzzled Moni gratefully at the idea. Moni petted her head before they headed to the village, walking out and biting his lip. Hopefully, this would be over quickly... without a massacre. He soon found out that the jaguar was being kept in plain view at the town square, probably as proof that someone besides moni had gone in and come out alive. He saw how the jaguar whimpered, and rock were thrown at it. Moni ran to the cage, the stones hitting him instead as he got the cub out, petting it soothingly. Apparently, she had caught the scent of her mother on Moni and calmed. "Hey! But that animal back!" Moni frowned and turned, shaking his head. He used a stick to write. 'I'm taking her back to her mother.' He wrote, and the man growled. "It's mine now, so put it back in the cage!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:00 am
"You have no claims on this young child," Fryma told the hunter, indicating the cub. "She belongs with her mother. It is too young to be away from her. To put such a defenseless creature at your mercy is pure evil. Surrender her now."
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:09 am
The hunter clenched his fists, but didn't try to stop Moni, who carried the cub over to Fryma, petting her. They went back and took the jaguar cub home to her family, smiling.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:11 am
Fryma smiled as the cub tumbled head over tail to join it's brothers and sisters. "That was brave thing you did, Moni. I'm sure the jaguar family appreciates it, too."
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:20 am
Moni blushed a little. He was glad to help out. 'Thanks.' He wrote, hugging Fryma happily. Appreciation from anyone other than his mother was still new to him.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:31 am
Fryma kissed his hair. "You're a kind person, young one. I wish all humans were like you." The contact was broken a moment later as the cub they had rescued pounced playfully on the edge of Fryma's robe with an excited "rowr".
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:09 am
Moni smiled and watched the cub play with the edge of the robe, kneeling to pet her soft fur. ((urg... parents forcing me outside, bbl))
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:18 am
The cub swatted and bit at his hand, still playing. "Careful, Moni. She is still a wild animal. She can still do harm, accidental or not," Fryma warned. He watched them play for a little while longer before slipping away and getting some lunch for Moni and himself.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:22 am
Moni smiled, ignoring the small scratches on his hands that he got from playing with the cub. They wouldn't get him infected or anything, and they didn't hurt. When Fryma came back, Moni was on his back with the jaguar cub resting smugly on his chest, her tail waving lazily while Moni smiled.
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