Those With Feathers Flock Togethe [Joint Training / NDE / R]

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Big and mean, and oh so green, the Hollow let out yet another howl as it's intended meal began to head towards it. While, initially, the stupid creature had been intending to swim out to meet Nesr and Umaroth on their island, it seemed it wasn't going to have to do that at all! Nesr was flying out to meet it! The Hollow howled yet again, slamming on of its lower arms under the surface of the lake as the eagle flew to meet him. When close enough, the Hollow ripped what looked to be a mud dripping rock out of the ground. With a gleeful look in its eyes, the Hollow suddenly threw the rock at Nesr! But it didn't count on her being so much faster than it was, so its throw missed entirely! It was rewarded with being smashed in the face by Nesrs stick, causing it to back up in pain.

The rock, though, soared a pretty good distance. Umaroth stood on his island, arms crossed against his chest as he watched the two go at it. His blue eyes shifted to the oncoming projectile, and in a blur of motion it was suddenly shattered into a million pieces. His tail flicked itself, shaking off the discomfort from the hit. He was more curious in seeing just what Nesr could do. He wasn't telling her something he'd noticed about the Hollow, intending to let this be a learning experience for her. Actually there was a lot he wasn't telling her...but again it was all for the avian Beast to learn and grow. Why did he care? When did he start caring about other Beasts exactly? He didn't know, but why the hell did it matter?

The Hollow rubbed its mask, glaring daggers at Nesr as it retreated from the water it was standing in. Letting out a slobbery howl, the beast jumped backwards, landing a top the tree line...somehow, and beating its chest once more. Sucking its chest in, the Hollow then regurgitated some kind of clear, horrid smelling, liquid right at Nesr. What would happen when she was hit? Well that was the question wasn't it? Umaroth narrowed his eyes as he watched, tail flicking itself anxiously. He wanted to join the fight but restrained himself. This was Nesr's test. Not his chore. He wanted to see just how strong Nesr was.

[Nesr]

Nesr was able to fly up at this huge beast. She had never truly seen anything like this before. It was so weird, she really had no idea how to deal with it. Especially when she saw the huge rock hurtling at her. She kept going at her full speed and managed to avoid the huge boulder that was flying towards her. She wouldn't look back to see what would happen with Naga, but she figured he could take care of himself.

When her hit connected, she would fly back slightly, trying to keep some distance from the huge behemoth thing. When the strike didn't seem to damage the mask, she was slightly sad, but knew that the fight would be too easy if she just killed it with one strike. It rubbed its mask and then jumped up to the top of the tree line. Her eyes got wider as she saw what had just happened. What?!

She had never seen anything that big jump up into trees like that before, which changed what she was going to do. Once it landed, she would start to fly up to the tops of the trees. She hadn't done much fighting in the air, but she figured that fighting up here would give her an advantage, since she was much more maneuverable in the air. She squawked at it before she saw it take a deep breath in.

Being confused, she was slightly moving before she saw something form in its mouth. She stared and started to move as fast as she could to the right in trying to avoid this weird stream of whatever it was going out of his mouth. She would keep moving, trying to go around and stop when she reached the back of his head. Once she did, she would lift her staff high above her head and slam down hard on the mask, hoping to crack it.

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Hit after hit caused the Hollow to further grow enraged. How could it let this stupid bird make such a fool of it? The pretty feathered creature dodged the fluid the Hollow spewed from its mouth with ease, further causing the rage inside of it to bubble forth. It was hungry. So very hungry. It just wanted something to eat. Anything to eat. Hissing and snarling, the Hollow watched as the avian Beast Clan suddenly flew behind him. He was expecting another attack. The Hollow may have been weak, but it still possessed a natural fighting instinct. However, compared to the raw power that a Beast-Clan possessed, even at their lower levels, it was horribly unbalanced. A Hollows strength was access to its abilities, even at their basest form, but Beast-Clan had ridiculous levels of strength and speed on the opposite end. What good was its spit attack if it couldn't hit Nesr to begin with?

The Hollow spun, to try and get a hit in on Nesr, when her staff came down like the reapers scythe itself. Ever heard a head cracked by a bat? Was essentially that sound. The white material that the Mask was composed of cracked and shattered, spraying dark blood in the air as the Hollow fell limply to its side. Umaroth, standing on his island, blinked. He could tell that it had been a weak Hollow. It wasn't like Santa Ajora. Didn't give off the same presence that one did. The reptile was pleased though. Despite having never fought a Hollow, the avian Beast did rather well for herself. Granted the Hollow had been horribly weak, but that was how the natural world worked. Something weaker attacked something stronger. He felt the tips of his lips tug into a smirk for a second, before he leapt off of his island with his strength.

Nesr would have herself a few moments to celebrate her victory, before Umaroth came crashing down atop the corpse of the Hollow producing a sickening crunch sound inside it. "Nesr did good." Umaroth commented, his blue eyes flashing with satisfaction for her. "The world is dangerous. This one was weak. Very weak. But, even weak, could still have been dangerous. Naga wanted to see how strong Nesr was. She is strong. Strong is good. The strong live and the weak-" He motioned to the Hollow with a flick of his snout "-don't." Stepping off of the Hollow, Umaroth closed the distance between them. The bird would be stared at by the lizard for a few moments, his head tilting one way for a moment as he seemed to be contemplating something as he seemed to search her own eyes.

"I've decided. I want you-" Umaroth began, his lips curving into a toothy grin "-to stay with Naga." He finished the sentence, removing any confusion of what he meant by that first part. Turning to look at the Hollow, Umaroth smacked the corpse with his tail to send the oversized ape rolling back into the trees. "Nesr is nice to be around. Naga feels relaxed with her. Naga feels we can grow together. Become stronger, smarter, find a place we and others like us can belong." the reptile said, returning his blue eyes to Nesr. "There are dangers out there far worse than that one. Dangers Naga feels not ready for if they return. Dangers...that Naga thinks will endanger them.." Umaroth said softly, his gaze turning the village on the furthest edge of the lake.

"Nesr no longer need to be alone. Stay with Naga. Grow with Naga. We can, will, find others like us." Umaroth wanted Nesr. Spending this time with her, getting to know her bit by bit, her stupid facial expressions that made him laugh silently, talking to her about fish...Umaroth was beginning to wonder if this was what the humans meant by calling someone a friend. He didn't want Nesr to leave. If she stayed with him, fought with him, survived with him, then things would be better. As Umaroths days went on he felt the loneliness of not being around others like him. Did Nesr feel that too? If she did, then perhaps the offer to remain with Naga at his lake, or if they needed to move, would appeal to her. There was strength in numbers, after all. "What does Nesr say?"

[Nesr]

Nesr smacked the back of the Hollow's head as hard as she could. Hoping that this hit would be it, she saw a crack. Her hit landed hard and loud and when she saw the mask start to crack, she half smiled. She wanted to hit it again for good measure, but while she was rearing back to hit it again, it sprayed out this horrible black blood from where she had originally hit it. She was still close to the Hollow, so some of the blood hit her front.

She looked down at herself and sneered at how gross she looked now as she noticed that the Hollow had already fallen down, dead. She landed down next to it and kicked it with her taloned foot lightly, just to double check that it was actually dead. It didn't move back, so she must have killed it. SHE KILLED IT! She cawed loudly, raising her arms in the air as she started to dance around the body (imagine the huge bird woman doing the running man).

When she heard crashing from the treetops, she jumped back out of instinct, not knowing what in the hell would be coming down that way. He landed in the Hollow and the noise was gross sounding. Nesr made a note to never try to land in them, the sound was just ew. It seemed like Naga was impressed with her abilities, saying that she did well. Nesr smiled, or tried to smile, at the praise from the other Beast-Clansman.

It seemed that Naga wanted to test Nesr and see how strong she was. She puffed out her blood-covered chest at that. Nesr was strong and it seemed that Naga finally realized that. It seemed that this Hollow was fairly weak, but then again the weak die to the strong, which is what just happened right now. Naga walked closer to her and since Nesr was still hovering in the air from the noise, she landed in front of him, giving him a bit of space to talk.

He said that he wanted her, Nesr immediately blushed. He wanted her? But, they were two different species! She didn't think that something like that would work. Then again, Naga was a nice guy and treated her well, much better than most other people had that she had encountered. Before her thought train went anything farther along, he said to stay with him. She blushed harder.

Stay with him?!?! He was moving WAY too fast for her! They barely knew each other. They still needed to get to know each other better, she still had all her stuff to go through, she didn't want to live on the island, so that would have to change. She half listened to what he said, staring into his eyes while she thought more on what she thought he wanted, a relationship with her.

It wasn't until he said finding others like them and make a place they could belong. Nesr deflated slightly. It seemed that the world was far more dangerous than Nesr thought it was if there were more monsters out there like that one and ones that were stronger than him. It's true that Nesr didn't like being alone, but being with him would make her life definitely more interesting. "Nesr agree! Stay with Naga! Though, Nesr want to live in tree not island."

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97 Paragraphs = 485 TP.

485 CTP for Nesr
485 TTP for Umaroth