T R A P P E D. - Accepting

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Moka chuckled a bit as she looked at her friend. She now realized that she was somewhat like Aerix when put inder pressure, just go and lay down somewhere is what they both seemed to think. Moka then walked over to Raveria and nuzzled her in a friendly way. ''I wont be mad if you choose to stay here, I will be ok. Since I am already hurt your gut must tell you that at some point maybe Aerix will be hurt and you need to be there for him. If you do want to stay then just promise that you wont forget me ok?'' She said offering a small smile. ''Now hurry and decide, I smell someone coming and they dont smell friendly. If you want to stay say it now and Aerix can tie you back onto your leash so you wont get in trouble.'' She then tensed as she looked at the door where the person would emerge from and discover them who knows how long from then. Could be the next few seconds or maybe not at all.

[tweek;]

|| Toto ||
He was barely running now - basically just slinking along, low to the ground. The stampeding creatures weren't really anywhere near him. They were distracted by the others. Eventually, he stopped entirely and half-turned, his thin limbs still cracking. Wincing a little, he glanced up at Seraphin. "I can't see anyone! Should I-.. Should I go back?" He called out to her, his tail squirming around behind him. Realising it was a little hard for her to hear him from his position, he focused hard on his panther genes - not that it would make a difference, he was just hoping it would - and leaped up to sink his claws into a tree. Dragging himself up the trunk, he found a lower branch that was rather thick and crept along it for a second.
Glancing up higher, he saw a few more that seemed to be able to support his weight and so he hoisted himself up further. Soon, he was close to the canopy and peering up at Seraph. That was better. "I.. I can take down the herd. It wouldn't be too hard.." Toto knew this for a fact and decided he was definitely going to head back, whether Seraph thought it was a good idea or not. "You can either stay here in this exact tree or come back with me. I can track my scent back to this tree, if you stay here." He informed her, with a cheeky grin. The next few minutes were going to be.. pretty fun for the hybrid, to be honest. He hadn't really killed anything since that one scientist back at the lab.
"I'll be back soon." He nearly laughed before pretty much falling down a few branches and leaping down onto the ground. He hissed under his breath. He'd been smacked around by that tree a little, but it was no big deal. He pushed his claws further out of their sheaths and dug them into the earth, before shoving himself forward and rushing through the foliage. He tracked his own scent back to where he'd first escaped from the dangerous area. He climbed up into a low tree and watched as the herd of.. woah, he had no idea what they were. Bulls? Buffalo? For a moment, that buffalo word really seemed as if it were made up. Huffing, Toto forced himself to forget about that for the moment and instead direct his attention on how to get down and stop this stupid herd from killing everyone. Slinking his way back down the tree, he crept along the ground and through the underbrush, entirely hidden from the weak vision of the stampede. Up ahead, he could only just make out the occasional sob and some voice.
Silently, he prayed that everyone was either over in that area or up in the air - then, with a loud snarl, he leaped out of the foliage with his arms stretched out in front of him. His claws raked down the side of one of the cow-like creatures, but before anything could happen, they were already gone. From the corner of his eye, he watched it start to fall and topple onto some of the other herd members. Another creature came his way to avoid the collision he'd caused, almost ramming right into him. He managed to leap up and curl in on himself, successfully landing on the head of the beast. It roared and tossed it's skull about, but he had a firm grip on its horns now. With a wild grin, he quickly manoeuvred himself around until he was on its back, paws still holding onto the horns. He barked menacingly at the other stampeding animals behind him, which freaked out and attempted to disperse. He watched them slam into eachother clumsily before turning and sinking his canines into the back of his beast's neck - his panther side was over the moon right now!
Although it would have been easier for his wolf side to take down creatures in a herd like this, he would have needed a pack for backup. Whereas, his panther side was extremely ready and preferred hunting alone. He pushed with his paw that was still gripping the left horn and the creature's head lolled to the side. It was bucking and throwing itself about so much that it didn't bother righting its course. Instead, it rushed head-first into the rest of the stampede, effectively knocking over a few and slowing many more down. The creatures were crying out in confusion now and Toto knew he was starting to make a bit of a difference. He'd managed to at least slow down or scatter a hefty portion of the creatures on the side of the stampede. They were all starting to veer away from the right side, where he'd heard the sobs and saw the flashes of light. From what he could remember, the tree he hoped Seraphin had stayed at was over in that direction as well.
So.. he figured everyone was fairly safe, unless someone had flown over and hid on the left side when the mayhem broke out. Then they would have the stampede coming right for them. Tearing his teeth out of the back of the beast's neck, he leaped off of it and returned to the underbrush momentarily. He was really out of breath now and the stitches in his sides were undeniable. Although his instincts were extremely useful, his frail body wasn't really cut out for such tasks. "Guess I just gotta.. build up m-muscle.." He coughed, trying to ignore the slight wheezing of his breath.

[Alright.. So.. I sorta confused myself with this. Here's what happened, basically..
The herd is running forward: ↑
So Toto came back and attacked them from the right side: ↑ ← Toto
Then the herd started going this way: ↖ (north-west or kinda veering from the straight path to a more lefty way)
Basically, the herd is heading in that direction now, away from everyone. Yay.]

[exixst]

Aerix

Even though Moka was being very open to either choice, Aerix was not. It wasn't that he didn't want them here because of some silly reason, it was just that, from what he'd witnessed, there was no form of good treatment for hybrids, unless you were trained to kill them. And, yet again, that was starting to not bother him. "Someone's coming?" He murmured, repeating Moka's words as he looked back to the door. "Go, Moka, now!" He ordered urgently. "You need to be out of sight if someone comes by." He said as he rolled himself onto the ground, trying to get into an awkward position that didn't look so fake and planned out. "Raveria, if you're going, you need to run, too. Don't worry, if anything bad happens to me, then I can handle it. I think you two should stick together; you work well together, and can fight side by side without any worries of any betrayal." He muttered with a grimace. "Go, now!"

Seraphin

For a while, she stayed put on the tree that Toto had told her to stay at. But from there she couldn't see much, and could only hear things. And although her hearing was pretty keen when she absolutely needed to be, it wasn't as reliable as seeing it with her own eyes. For the time that she stayed at the tree in an obedient manner, she twitched, often letting herself climb around the one tree clumsily while trying to not fall, just because she couldn't sit still, sometimes with a nervous whimper coming from her throat. The hybrid wanted to leave the tree so badly and go looking for him, but no longer knew which path he'd taken, as it was very possible he'd made an intricate route to follow. This was discouraging, as he could easily show up just moments after she'd leave, and then they'd be separated and confused.
She didn't think taking on the entire heard was a good idea. If Mason, someone who was a fairly large male, was running away from them, then could Toto really figure out how to take care of them? She wasn't really sure, as she'd never seen Toto fighting or anything. She knew that looks could be deceiving, but by how much?
Seraph wasn't able to sit still very well, and often fell from the branches and landed hard on ones below it, as she wasn't really watching where she was going. She wasn't designed to be in trees, honestly. Though she was just a little more than half-Phoenix, that didn't seem to help her with her balance skills at all. Apparently, the Cerberus DNA that filled up 35% of her total DNA amount had obliterated the ability to perch correctly. Or maybe it was just her jumpy nerves that were screwing with her balance abilities. Still, nonetheless, it didn't really matter what the reason was when she spilled off a branch, and hit the ground with a sharp huff as the breath was blown out of her unprepared lungs. "I hate trees..." She snarled, sitting up slowly while her tail curled around her knees that she set herself on. I should go find him. What if he's hurt? Okay, I'll count to sixty... and then I'll go. That sounds fair. A nice compromise, right? At least I tried to wait... "One... two... three... four..." Seraph counted quietly, rocking back and forth, occasionally slowing down as she had to remember which number came next, as she hadn't been to school in a long time.

[Victorian Kyuubi]

Raveria stood up and turned as she smelled something coming. a low growl slipped from her throat as she moved stand a few feet in front of both Moka and Aerix. a plan had begun to form in her mind as she shifted to her human form, and hid both her tail and ears. maybe if she looked looked like one the humans she could get into places she couldnt as a hbrid. she glanced at Aerix and Moka" play along.. ive a got a plan to stall them so they wont take us back to the cells..... " she told them" itll give us time to get out of here without them knowing what are our true intentions are..and i know i should be in my animal form, but if i act like one of them, i can hopefully get into rooms i couldnt if not hiding my true self.."she explained

[-.-Murr-.-]

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Name: Jessica Lexington
Age ● Seventeen
Gender ● Female
Species ● 40% Basilisk; 20% Human
10% Sea Serpent; 30% Wolf
Current Form ● Human
Mood ● In pain
Location ● Forest
With ● A group of strangers

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It was painfully hard to hear what the girl near me was saying over the sound of hooves beating the ground. My vision worsened as I tried to sit myself up, I looked to see a nearby wildebeest that had been brought down. I blinked, squinting, trying to see past my blurry vision. There was what seemed a large cat-like being infront of me who seemed to motion for me to get on its back. I struggled to move, the pain in my leg was absolute agony. Not only had it been wounded once, but twice, made deeper by a wildebeests sharp horn. The life was bleeding out of me but I was determined to fight for as long as I could. I looked to see what appeared to be a group wildebeests heading in our direction and I moved as quickly as I could to get on the big-cats back.

[flightoftheowl]

Bailey
[Female/15/75% Phoenix, 25% Human/Face Hair Eyes Phoenix Form/Form: Phoenix/Tagged: Jessica]

(If it doesn't work, she sets herself on fire again and starts applying serious burns to wildebeests!)

I saw that she couldn't even really hear me through the haze of pain that must have been clouding her mind. She could die this way! I realized. It was time to put niceties aside and just do it, as Nike once said. I let one of my tears fall upon her leg, the tear that could heal any creature, even venom that could not be healed by anything else. There was a hiss as it impacted, and I watched as the wound closed up, leaving a white scar, and soon even that faded. I didn't realize I had been holding my breath until I let it out. The hooves seemed to be getting... louder? I gasped as I realized the whole herd was coming our way! I shrieked, flying up, but hovering right over Jessica. I slashed the faces of the first wildebeests, wincing as I did so, and stabbed my beak at the faces of others. I hated doing this, but I had to ignore that for now! I had to ignore the somewhat tiredness from the fire display, too. I kept slashing and stabbing, hating myself as I did so, and yet I continued. Was the herd parting around us?

[chromatic.]

Mason got up off the ground as he felt the girl climb on then watced the other heal her with what seems like tears. So she is a phoenix? Just how am I suppose to kill her!? Gosh the scientists dont think anything through he thought growling to himself. It seemed like most of the herd was being driven off but he did not want to wait fr them to come back. ''Lets go Bailey before they come back. An you just rest Jessica.'' he said looking at the girl on his back with a feline grin almost predatory but it also had a hint of kindness in it. Once he looked around her suddenly jumped off from his standing position into a running stride. He didnt really know where to go so he just followed Seraphin's scent to lead them to wherever she was.



Moka sighed and started to back away. " I am pretty sure that they will know that you arent on of them Raveria, they have seen you in you human form.'' she explained frowning a bit. ''No more procrastinating Raveria its time to choose and do it quick. Who do you want to come with me or Aerix?!'' she asked in a desperate way as she not only wanted to know but also the smell of another was getting closer and she would not like to be caught off her leash and with Aerix wound visible that matches her claws. She did not want anymore trouble since she was on everybody's kill list.

[exixst]

Seraphin

"Thirty-two... Thirty-three... fiftyeightfiftyninesixty!" Seraph finished quickly, skipping over a large portion of numbers on purpose as her patience was dwindling. Immediately she jumped to her feet, not even hesitating the spread her wings. But, just as she was about to take off, the corner of her eyes caught a moving figure. It wasn't she sound of hooves stamping that belonged to those wildebeests, but instead matched that of more of a mammal with soft paws, such as a cat or dog. She stopped, tucking her wings back in, first assuming it was Toto who was returning, as she remembered him saying he'd 'be back soon', whatever his definition of 'soon' was. "Tot-!" She stopped mid exclamation as she realized that the creature running closer in the distance wasn't Toto. In fact, she didn't recognize it at all, as she hadn't seen Mason's animal form yet. All she could tell it that it was a large creature, definitely bigger than a wolf or panther. And it had something on its back, too, which looked a lot like the size of a person. Although Seraph had exceptional eyesight when it came to picking out small movements, she still didn't recognize those faces up ahead.
Wary of the approaching 'newcomer', her ears slicked back, and a growl of warning came from her throat, accompanied with a slight curling of her tail. Growling wasn't something she normally did. She couldn't really make bird calls, either, even though she was more than half-Phoenix. So, this noise she made was instinctive enough to where it happened without her thinking about it, but it definitely didn't quite sound quite realistic, and wasn't nearly as threatening as that of a real animal. Honestly, it might scare a robin or something. But what didn't scare a robin?

Aerix

Aerix rolled his eyes, stressed by the situation. "It's probably my dad; he said he'd be checking up on us soon." He muttered, a curl of his upper lip showing some annoyance. He loved his dad, as always, but currently was not a good time for a father-to-son-heart-to-heart-chat. Of course, he had no idea who it really was, and only had a general idea. But he didn't really have time to ponder the possibilities. "Just go already!" He ordered through gritted teeth. "Your plan is too risky, Raveria. They know your face if you've been here before - I'm almost certain. And they've seen you in the Dome. They've been watching you. I can guarantee they'll recognize you. And, if not, they'll wonder how you got here in the first place!" He said, trying his best to convince her to go. "Just go with Moka, now! Please, just do it, and let me handle this." The pain in his leg was quite bothersome, actually. Moka may have been fairly gentle when tearing through his skin with her claws, but man, it hurt. He hadn't expected it to be so painful. "I know how to deal with these people. You don't. I can figure it out."

[Victorian Kyuubi]

Raveria looked at them both and sighed as she rubbed the side of her neck. She looked at the ground a bit. She knew she'd never win with both of them but she was NOT going leave Aerix to fend off whoever was coming. As the smell of someone coming got stronger, She soon recognized the scent of who it was and growled angrily" oh no.... not you again..." She muttered to herself and bit her lip" I guess with you two I cant seem win this choice.... and I think only a handful of people seen my human form.... or my animal or anthro form...." She said" but...." She paused and bit her lip as she rubbed her neck" God dang it....I hate when I get cornered like this... makes me feel all awkward and stuff.."

[tweek;]

|| Toto ||
He hung around for a while longer, pushing and pushing at the herd until they were all pretty much avoiding his location and veering off. When he was satisfied that they weren't going to turn around and rush back towards him, Toto pivoted and started rushing back to the tree he had left Seraphin at. He hadn't seen her around while he'd been attacking the herd, but that didn't mean she wasn't flying about. Tracking his own scent, he made it half way back to the tree when the scent of two other creatures mixed with his own. One of them was that confusing scent that didn't make any sense. The suspicious all-cat-no-dog odour of Mason. The other was that crazy mixture of the girl in the underbrush, who had been nervous to expose herself. Toto huffed and pushed onwards, his bones creaking with the effort and his breath coming at a faster and more shallow pace. He started to slow down when he noticed an odd coloured creature up ahead that was racing in the same direction. There was something on it's back, too. From the scent trail, he could tell that it was Mason - but he'd have never guessed if he'd had a useless sense of smell. The creature was much bigger than an african wild dog or a caracal could ever hope to be. It was approximately the same size as a panther, with long gangly limbs and a thick panther-like tail, too. Toto was so confused, but nevertheless, he stayed a fair few meters behind the hybrid to simply observe. As he watched, he realised it was pretty much confirmed that Mason had been lying about the african wild dog genes. His lips pulled down into a frown but he didn't have much time to think over the reason behind the lie - his ears perked right up at the sound of a soft growl. Toto slowed right down, glancing ahead a little to search for whoever had made the threatening noise. Luckily, it was just Seraphin. She seemed spooked by Mason and whoever was on his back, but she hadn't yet noticed he was bringing up the rear. "Seraph!" He called, slowing down and pushing off the ground so he could run on just his back legs. His bones snapped loudly and he very nearly doubled over in pain, but managed to catch himself and merely show the pain of his movements with a fierce grimace. "Are you alright?" He asked her as he reached the trunk of the tree she was lowly perched in. "And.. uh, I guess.. don't stress about the.. huge packhorse creature.. It's Mason and.. um, I think it's that girl that was afraid to show herself before the stampede showed up." Her scent matched, but he'd never actually seen the hybrid, so he couldn't be sure. Although his approach was entirely peaceful, without realising, he'd practically just rushed right up to his friend with a face covered in blood. Scratching at the stampeding animals had splattered him with blood droplets, but biting down on one of the beasts necks had caused red blood to coat Toto's bottom jaw and leak from his chin to his collar bones. His hair was messy and his clothes were even more dusty and shredded than usual. All of this was unknown to the wolf/panther hybrid.