credit to nat of adoxography.

credit to nat of adoxography.

credit to nat of adoxography.

What a lovely little area you've found! You know what happens when you penetrate a very hard-to-get-to hideout, though? You disturb the wildlife.

Leaves start showering down as the canopy above you comes alive with a series of nervous chitters and screeches. The smaller creatures are scurrying away, but the larger ones aren't so keen on abandoning their home. Just as you look up, several things swoop down at you, talons bared.

Congratulations, you've discovered a Vesper den.

Wyn watched as Ezra had a little stand off with the fluffy any, and her brow arched in response. The stranger girl was actually trying to dominate over Talwyn’s little friends and it amused her to no end. Gosh! What a weird girl she was, wasn’t she? First trying to stab talwyn in the face and then trying to intimidate little ants that meant her no harm. She remembered the last person she saw that the little fluffballs had touched, and he had gone all loopy. Loopy enough that even crazy Talwyn had noticed the change. It didn’t take long though, before he became aggressive and then, then he was gone. She hadn’t seen him in a while, and seeing how she knew that the budgies ate all the big guys around her little home, it didn’t take much for her to guess what happened. Oh Well. He was mean to her anyways, and intruded in her home when she didn’t want him there.

The screeches had caught the crazy girl off guard. Her eyes widening, but not with panic, with a strange enthusiasm as she glanced upwards to the darkness. The thing about Wyn was, she had a bond with animals. With all creatures. How else could she have a hawk that she could silently communicate with, or a wolf that thought of her as Alpha, and only her. To be fair, she had grown up in woods surrounded by only animals, so maybe it was because she was slightly like Tarzan. Brilliant blue eyes studied the sound as another screech filled the air, and before she could really get a good glimpse, Ezra was bringing her back to reality as a Vesper landed behind Era. What could she do? They always came in pairs, or groups, and only one was on the ground and was after her new friend that she had to protect.

Eyes flashed behind Ezra then to the sky before she raised up her arm, and brought it down snapping then booked it. Barely escaping as another Vesper grounded near them. She ran past, ignoring as the talons reached for her and grabbed Ezra’s hand in a firm grip. ”Run” Was her comment just as her hawk came soaring out of nowhere and his small frame shot past them to dive just over the Vesper’s head. It was just enough attention, just enough of a distraction to give them a heads up. Panic rose through her at that moment, hoping that her hawk friend would be okay. Hoping he could out fly the Vesper that had suddenly appeared and chased him up into the sky. Hoping that she didn’t make a mistake calling him down from the treetops to save some stranger.

She booked it, pulling at Ezra’s hand but not letting go, running through the bush and ignoring as the branches whipped across her knees. Across her arms. Across her face. Twisting. Turning. Running. Bare feet silently scrambling behind them before the screech could be heard. They needed to hide. They needed to hide and real fast because no one could out run a Vesper. The best chance they had was that the barrage of trees would keep the Vesper from being able to fly high above them easily. She turned, Twisted around trees in a zig zag and what seemed to make no sense - pulling Ezra behind her and hoping the girl didn’t fall. ”You have to jump, okay? You Have too or you wont make it.” She was yelling it behind her, hoping the girl could hear her through what felt like her heart beating in her chest.

And then suddenly the ground dipped drastically down. What was once flat surface dropped in a steep hill, down into what looked like pure shrubberies. And Talwyn leapt without hesitation, her hand letting go of Ezra’s just before until she landed on the slope and rolled and bumped down the hill and into the shrubs which completely blocked out the night sky. But the shrubs were not just prickle shrubs, they were a roof, and underneath the openness of forest floor opened up just enough that one could lay down flat. The shrubs above completely blocking out their view from the Vesper, and better yet the scent permeating from the bushes would mask their scent.

Her breathing was erratic, and her eyes glancing around before she started to smile a big grin ear to ear. Thank god Collie was there, because Talwyn had no idea where she had been going. ”See. I protect you.”

Talwyn was the most insane adrenaline junky one could ever meet. Risk. Adventure. It all built what made her happy. The feeling of her heart in her throat, and her breathing raspy, the feel of the scrapes and bruises that were already forming – All of it – What a rush! What excitement! That is what life was all about, after all, wasn’t it? Not sitting in front of a television (whatever that is – she never seen one) or doing a 9-5 job. It was running and playing and doing everything and anything your thoughts and dreams could possibly come up with. It was freedom. Her heart was still pounding as suddenly a tarnished Ezra put her hand over Talwyn’s mouth to try to silence her breathing.

Wide eyes watched above, trying to peering through the trees to get a glimpse of the Vespers that were obviously circling above. They could do one of two things, wait it out, or move on. She could hear Collie telling her to stay still. To just wait, and the Vespers would get bored and move on. She could hear her just ot the right of her, but Wyn did what she did best and ignored her. With a large smile she pulled Ezra’s hand away from her mouth. “Common kid, let’s go-“ Her voice was quiet, but you could see her eyes sparkling in excitement before she began to crawl as low as possible to try to avoid the prickles that were pointed down towards them.

She remained silent until they reached the edge of the field of bushes.. The slight shadows of Vespers could not be seen anymore, could not be heard. Although when could you ever hear them? With the den being farther away now, it was doubtful they were travelling to go that far from their den. Without warning Talwyn pulled Ezra with her out of the bush and she jumped upwards to stand finally. Her arms stretching high in the air as she looked around before grinning from ear to ear

”That was perfect! Did you see your face when you jumped? I didn’t think you would! I thought for sure you were toast on bread” Yeah her sayings never made quite sense. As she spoke her laughter seemed to echo out, and not a sign of the Vespers were around. Abruptly she turned and ran back towards her new friend, her arms wrapped around Ezra's neck, arms hanging loose before she pressed a quick kiss to her cheek and then before Ezra could stab her or something, she pulled away and spread her arms over her head and twirled again in the fresh air. ”I told you you were my adventure friend! And I told you I would protect you Oh wow! Did you see the size of their wings? So beautiful!”

Do you have any idea where we are?

What a silly question to ask, they were in the forest! Talwyn watched Ezra, wondering if the girl may have a screw loose. How could one be lost when they were where they were? Why did it matter where they were, when everywhere was new anyways? But then Ezra was calling her her friend, and Talwyn’s doubts on her sanity vanished instantly(Because apparently being friends with talwyn meant she was sane. Because that makes sense.) Her face lit up, and she spun to face a tree, tilting her chin to look up. Climb a tree? Well that was definitely an idea! Perhaps they could get a closer look at the world they were in, or see if any Vespers were near. Talwyn wishes she could see them from above, instead of always being below them, because normally that meant she was running for her life.

Exhilarating!

The girl instantly jumped up, and began to climb the opposite side of Ezra, but on the same tree. The problem being, Talwyn could climb any tree imagineable. She did live in a forest for the first 20 something years of her life. She would pause and glance at Ezra with a smile, then continue upwards feverously. “Higher. The higher we get, the more certain you can be that you are where you are meant to be.” basically meaning they would be able to get their bearings straight. Although, if anything, Talwyn could just call Zip and he would lead them back. Zip. Her brows drew together, face tilting upwards to watch where they were heading.

She hadn’t seen him since the Vespers. Normally it wouldn’t be this long before he returned. Normally he would be back by then. Maybe being higher will help Wyn too. She hopped up to another branch, her foot hitting a thin part and it snapped off. With pure body strength she caught herself, immediately pulling herself up on a larger branch and looking down as the stick bounced off of Ezra’s back. Her eyes were wide, but not in fear, more like thrill as she looked how far they had come. ”You have got to look down, look how high we are!” Because apparently she had never heard of the whole ‘never look down’ quote before. She remained balancing with her arms holding her up, and one foot next to her hand.