The locals had a thing about people upsetting the delicate, tranquil nature of the rainforest. Usually because this involved the opposite of tranquility, the trees and animals they were in usual accord with changing the terrain, attacking without discrimination--offenders and their erstwhile, horned defenders alike--quite aside from the rampant, wasteful destruction of resources outsiders seemed keen on. So when one of the Hornless breached the escape tunnel from the creche on top of this, naturally the gathering warriors were beyond simply having a "thing" about visitors.
Below ground, the SuElders, those lucky enough to have been gifted by the earth to have four horns, coaxed dirt and roots aside to reveal the lower curve of the tunnel. Four armed guards followed as the SuElders moved in,
"His essence is red," one of the interior defenders commented in the native tongue, prodding the sticky substance on the Hornless's backside that should have been the green of life--or at least pale yellow, like their young. "The Elder will wish a sampling."
The SuElder who held the Hornless's right arm shook her head fervently. "If you knew what was good for you, two-horn, you would not presume to know the Elder's desires."
Things were not so simple in the encampment these days, and the first Hornless would be pitched face-down into a rickety cage of mud and sticks and vine, awaiting a fate the lesser-horned could no longer predict with certainty.
Topside, a few had witnessed more than destruction from the Hornless--they had a magic that would displease the Elder. Displeasing the Elder was tantamount to death, but when the strangers could throw them across the forest and seemed to be busy enough fending off the terrain, those few had planned to keep quiet about the affair, until an opening presented itself. Instead, they'd pick off a few of the less able-bodied ones while their brethren moved outward from the encampment to combat an inferno beyond.
A contingent of warriors armed with bows and a more vicious collection of barbed arrows at the ready surrounded the standing stranger who had attempted to further the incursion into the creche with an assault of rocks--of all things. "Hornless. You must await judgment." One with three horns spoke as he fired an arrow toward her feet. A look of glee covered his face, and the lesser, two-horned warriors exchanged a surprisingly grim look, then followed his lead to avoid the opening that presented itself and to take only the dark-haired stranger into custody.
It was too much to resist for Answer, a barely-a-warrior with one-and-a-half horns and far too much curiosity for his own well-being. No one expected him to follow orders, anyway. He took a chance on a much-needed burst of prestige as the others in his squad prodded and attempted to wrangle away a particularly hairy specimen of Hornless. She, along with her conspirator below, would await judgment at the encampment. He shrugged the bow from his shoulder--rarely used as he was barely-a-warrior and therefore unfit to defend home. Using its ornate tip to touch the dark one on the ground...an even HAIRIER stranger...he grinned. Perhaps he could coax a vine to assist in this precious bounty. The Elder would be quite impressed.
Below ground, the SuElders, those lucky enough to have been gifted by the earth to have four horns, coaxed dirt and roots aside to reveal the lower curve of the tunnel. Four armed guards followed as the SuElders moved in,
"His essence is red," one of the interior defenders commented in the native tongue, prodding the sticky substance on the Hornless's backside that should have been the green of life--or at least pale yellow, like their young. "The Elder will wish a sampling."
The SuElder who held the Hornless's right arm shook her head fervently. "If you knew what was good for you, two-horn, you would not presume to know the Elder's desires."
Things were not so simple in the encampment these days, and the first Hornless would be pitched face-down into a rickety cage of mud and sticks and vine, awaiting a fate the lesser-horned could no longer predict with certainty.
Topside, a few had witnessed more than destruction from the Hornless--they had a magic that would displease the Elder. Displeasing the Elder was tantamount to death, but when the strangers could throw them across the forest and seemed to be busy enough fending off the terrain, those few had planned to keep quiet about the affair, until an opening presented itself. Instead, they'd pick off a few of the less able-bodied ones while their brethren moved outward from the encampment to combat an inferno beyond.
A contingent of warriors armed with bows and a more vicious collection of barbed arrows at the ready surrounded the standing stranger who had attempted to further the incursion into the creche with an assault of rocks--of all things. "Hornless. You must await judgment." One with three horns spoke as he fired an arrow toward her feet. A look of glee covered his face, and the lesser, two-horned warriors exchanged a surprisingly grim look, then followed his lead to avoid the opening that presented itself and to take only the dark-haired stranger into custody.
It was too much to resist for Answer, a barely-a-warrior with one-and-a-half horns and far too much curiosity for his own well-being. No one expected him to follow orders, anyway. He took a chance on a much-needed burst of prestige as the others in his squad prodded and attempted to wrangle away a particularly hairy specimen of Hornless. She, along with her conspirator below, would await judgment at the encampment. He shrugged the bow from his shoulder--rarely used as he was barely-a-warrior and therefore unfit to defend home. Using its ornate tip to touch the dark one on the ground...an even HAIRIER stranger...he grinned. Perhaps he could coax a vine to assist in this precious bounty. The Elder would be quite impressed.
Dreams come in a size too big so we can grow into them.
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