[PRP] When Lightening Strikes

[Kesmi]

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[Kesmi]

Cloudy, it was very cloudy. He liked it when it was cloudy and he could hunt in the shadows, only his red pigmented feathers giving him away in the lushness of the forests. Head low and feathers folded to not make a sound, the male Gryph stepped carefully through the bushes. His wings gave a flick to his sides as his ears pivoted forwards. Something became of interest!

Those bloody colored eyes stared forward, the sounds came from a thicket not too far a head. The soft cry of a young animal had perked up this predator's hunting instincts. He needed whatever was making that sound! Beak clicking together as he moved, talons gouged holes in the soft earth beneath them. He had to think of a way to spook whatever it was within the thicket, get it out into the open! His mind was a race with idea, he took the most straight out one.

CHARGE!

Hind hooves pound at the ground as talons raked through the thicket to drive a young doe and her fawn into the open. The fawn still wet and wobbly on its legs. Easy prey! Bursting into the open the predator took to the air in a flurry of feathers, those hungry eyes watching the two dart, the mother faster then her own fawn. With his wings pulled in close to his body, he dove knocking the fawn off its own hooves.

Talons gouging into the fawns tender side, Checkmate lowered his head to feast on the warm carcass. Not thinking that he might have company this evening, he was too preoccupied by gorging on the fawn, thinking the mother might just be next..

Kamiki

 

[Kamiki]

Kamiki's Teepee

Unbeknownst to Checkmate, a massive hawk was lurking in the canopy of the trees near the thicket. The branch she was on creaked and strained under her weight, for Shangukeidi was several times larger than a normal hawk, more akin to a condor or eagle. Her claws here sharp and nearly draconic, clinging to the branch, splintering under her clutch. With her raptor eyes, she had been watching the mother deer struggle to give birth, waiting for the right chance to swoop in and carry off her fawn.

But then in a crash, there was another form - another Soquili - who swept him and took her target. Her eyes flashed with rage; like lightning going off in the hollow of her skull. She let out an eagle's screech and unfurled her wings, taking to the air. She wanted to further inspect this interloper.

kesmi

 

[Kesmi]

He gorged on the small deer carcass as his ears flicked as something cried in the distance and the sounds of wings in the air. Clicking his beak together blood coating it from eating. Those bloody red eyes searched the skies for whatever it was that had made the sound. With the darkness and clouds it was hard to see anything. Placing a taloned foot on what was left of his meal, Checkmate searched. Something was near, he could feel it in his tail feathers and they were sticking out just about straight behind him.

His hears laid back when something laid out against the blackness, it was dark, but those colorful markings started to stand out. The creature was high, perhaps too high to make out what it was, but Checkmate was unsettled. He could say it was his predatory instinct that was setting off the little alarms in the back of his head. Others would say it was something else, he wasn't sure why he felt this way, had something actually come to steal his meal? He could only stand there watching whatever flew over head, talons digging into whatever laid beneath them, he was ready for anything. Well, perhaps not what was to come..

Kamiki

 

[Kamiki]

Kamiki's Teepee

The large hawk circled overhead, not unlike a buzzard. The creature that was feasting on her quarry didn't run away, so more advance measures would be needed. She twisted her body and flew high into the air; before going into a dizzying dive. Her figure went blurry, and by the time she hit the ground; she had morphed into her full Soquili-sized form.

She spread her wings and caught the air to keep her fall to the ground from being fatal. She still landed hard, dirt and grass spraying up like water at the force of her landing. But when the dist settled she was standing close to the interloper, her eyes flashing in the night with a fury and rage behind them.

kesmi

 

[Kamiki]

kesmi

I'm going to marking this RP as closed. If you want to continue, please please please let me know via PM or AIM and I'd love to continue. I'm just taking it off my "active" RP list who I won't be checking it otherwise.

 

[Kesmi]

Kamiki

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Beak clicking together, Checkmate watched as something dove to the ground, it was large, really large bird of prey. Feathers fanning out at his sides, Checkmate waited for the dust to clear to reveal his intruder. Those bloody colored eyes watched as a mare stepped out of the dust and towards him. Hackles rose as he puffed up to look bigger than he already was. Nostrils flared to inhale the scent of the mare. There was the scent and taste of danger all around, it was thick in the air. But Checkmate backed not away from his kill. It was his and he wasn't about to share it with anyone, not even this mare who appeared from the clouds above.

Feather plumage flattened itself back as he advanced a step or two towards the mare. taking in the bright markings against her own black coat and the pelt that laid from nose to tail. Skinwalker. He had heard little of these creatures, but it scared him not. He was his own predator and would take one on in the effort to keep what was his own. Snorting at the mare, his talons raking the ground leaving gaping wounds in the soil, he watched. Ever watched. Waiting for her to make the first move...

He did have a little civility in that animalistic brain.