Albeon got compelled to return to Polaris to perhaps find anything remaining from when it got attacked by a giant crystal spider, well supposedly it was attacking although he was more and more uncertain if it ever intended to bring harm unprovoked as time went on. Pulsing his wings in a fast rhythmic pattern, hasty to where he wishes to go; maybe he could use Hindsight on The Spire or something to get a clue again. If he went any faster could as well break a sound wave with his speed if it wasn't for how he straightened upwards and swooped his wings in front his face with an echoing clap as loud as thunder to take an abrupt stop midair.

Holy hell, what in the ever loving hell is this scent here in Polaris? Smells like a subtle scent of carrion but damn what it is emanating is a terrible one. Albeon did not miss such irony on a corvid such as himself complaining about decay; he much-preferred fruit and berries anyway so maybe it is not too ironic.

Damnit, he can't concentrate on his want for using Hindsight with this smell, for some reason, it's giving him an overwhelming dread with each horrid whiff reaching his nostrils. Curiosity and trepidation have his mind wrapped around their metaphorical finger right now he needs to find and possibly rid this scent's source as it was such a pain he has much more pressing matters to deal with and he hates how this scent is enough to distract him.

Sullen he flies around to find it; still, he is no canine or feline so his 'sense of smell' is not exactly a special one. This smell was like it was everywhere, with the same level of stink, like it was air or a cloud, so he sure takes his sweet time attempting to search to no avail.

Damn, he does not have time for this.

Tags: @Blackberry
Side Notes: N/A

"Hey Yours Truly Albeon Speaking."

And that's a good thing...
It means there's hope and potential in one's Future.

Blackberry was leading her children into Polaris. She wasn't sure which of them had stayed in the Tunnel nor which of them had followed. This was their first lesson to them - to make their own decisions. If she was going to force them to go wherever she wanted, then they would never grow. But, of course, Blackberry preferred that they did stay with her or stay in the tunnel and watch over their home. Maybe clean away the carrion and rotted food that had built up from all of their meals.

She had not forgotten her quest for vengeance, no. It had just been put on hold. But now, the children were hatched or adopted and were ready for their first fight. Huckleberry had already had theirs, but they still had so much to learn. This would be good practice and, if they happened to find another one that was to be punished, even better. Also, it would be fun.

She heard the flapping of wings and looked up, her eyes widening at the sight of the scarf. Familiar, something probed in the back of her memory. She had seen this bird before. She didn't know where, she didn't know how, but before hell, she had met him somtime. But...he had been there as well! Had she done smething to provoke him to be so cruel? Had she hurt him enough that he would hurt her so terribly, as all the others had? But he had been there, in Hell, torturing her as she died and lived at the same time.

Her eyes glared daggers at the bird and she whipped towards her family. "You see that bird up there?!" she screeched. "That is your first target. We shall bring it down and spill its blood. Your first battle, children. The first to draw its blood will have first pick of food and sleeping space for the week!"


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"Lock the doors and close the blinds"
We're going for a ride.

tags: @Blueberry @Kitaka @Jayberry @Elderberry
notes:

Baneberry followed her mama, she wanted to make her proud. From the day she was hatched, she learned valuable lessons about family, loyalty, and glorius battle. And now was her chance to prove herself. She grinned, looking to her mama.

"I'll do it mama!" She told Blackberry, then looked to the scarfed crow. She flapped her wings to try and reach the crow where it flew, but they failed her. Maybe it was because of her young age. Maybe it was because she had not been taught. WHo knew? So instead, she yelled.

"Get down here crow! I wanna ask you something!" She called out, a plan already in her mind.

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"You only get what you grieve."

Tags: @Albeon
Notes: here

The hyena pup's long, dark legs seemed to get longer every day. She still carried herself with the same, lumbering careless of youth, but her muscles were beginning to tone. Kitaka relished the feeling of strength, feeling certain in herself.
Mother had said that they would be training today, so she was wanted to her best. As always, Kit wanted to impress Blackberry. The thought of actually competing with her siblings had never really occurred to her. They played, sure, but it was still simple and innocent. The hybrids were only just starting to really grow into their...unique forms.

Kitaka's head snapped up, all thoughts of her siblings banished for as long as Blackberry spoke. Well, the goose actually shrieked, but that was fairly normal for her. The hyena's dark gaze flicked up to the bird that her Mother indicated, and then over to Baneberry whenever they tried to lift into the air. When that failed, her sister called out to the bird, summoning it over.

Uncertain of Baneberry's plan, the hyena skirted away from her and the others. Kit headed straight for the nearest grouping of rocks, hoping to take cover and prepare a stealth attack.

@albeon @jayberry @elderberry

It's near, Albeon can tell he's getting warmer, and every second he does, his dread gets ever so worse than before as it makes his chest tighten; it makes him tempted to stop this search now and go to The Spire already. With each flap, and getting closer he was like a moth to a flame, and he found himself more tempted to locate this source as he gets closer even though his instinct is saying, no, more like screaming at him on how something is wrong and for him to get the hell out. His nerves seem to give him a sense regarding how this is a bad idea, more so when his hearing registered a voice from afar; he can't decipher their words though.

It was subtle, but Albeon could discern some raspy voice, sounding like it belongs to a throat which has gotten wrecked beyond belief from using too much Fire Magick or something. Still, it seemed pissed, and although he can't make out whatever their words were, they made Albeon involuntarily shudder.

Another voice came, much less raspy still made his dread worse though annoyed him a little too especially after he could perceive flapping wings sound brief as it was though, he wishes there weren't so many distractions it was irritating.

What the fu-? What the hell? Who in the hell is yelling or more explicitly yelling at him out of nowhere? He gives his surroundings a few glances around until he found who was yelling at him. It was calling him a crow, and if he weren't so confused and wary of this Gembound right now as to why they're calling out to him, he would've acted like a smartass and correct them on how he's a raven, not a crow. Still, ask him something? Okkayyyy...

"Why can't you ask me now? I can hear you just fine up here," he managed to have his voice raised enough for it to be audible but it was casual as he wasn't yelling or anything. Yeah hell, no is he flying down to them, he's OK here, this is already weird how they are yelling at him a complete stranger, demanding his attention, and wanting to ask something. How they are ordering him to come down is plain suspicious.

Doesn't help how he has a sensation how something seems to be watching him either yeah he's staying up here thank you very much.

Tags: @Blackberry @Baneberry @Kitaka @Elderberry @Jayberry

Side Notes: N/A

"Hey Yours Truly Albeon Speaking."

And that's a good thing...

It means there's hope and potential in one's Future.

Huckleberry had followed behind Mama chatting with the other, more social then he had ever been in a long time. He moved between them, catching conversation with each in turn, asking about adventures they'd had or stories they had made up, retelling the story of their first fight over and over again. He couldn't stop, he was so proud. And he wanted to talk, maybe just hearing his own voice or some other reason.

When Mama began to speak, he fell silent and listened with wide eyes. Attack? Why were they attacking the bird? It was just innocently floating around up there. But Mama had said to attack so they should attack, right? And she wanted first pick of food and sleeping space! She wanted the best stuff! Yes, wasn't that a good enough reason?

No, she still felt bad and watched as their siblings began to get ready for the attack. They simply sat there and watched with interest before they clicked and leaped to their feet, ears high and eyes shining. "I'll get it down, Mama! Just watch!" He turned and focused on the bird and tried to call forth his powerful lightning, but nothing came except a small spark that danced across the surface of his fur. Immediately, he snarled at the bird, completely offended. "Hey, why did you have to make me fail my spell? How rude! I'll get you back for that one, I will I will!"

Blackberry watched as her children readied, attempting to knock the bird out of the air. But they all failed and she grew angrier and angrier. What were they worth if they couldn't even knock a bird out of the sky?! No, that wasn't good. She loved her children very much. But they needed much more training, much more practice if they were to become great fighters, as she was. She hissed as she stepped forward, crouching, spreading her wings, before leaping into the air.

It had been a long time since she had flown. Probably not since she had been through Hell. He wings were weaker, the feathers different, not made for anything but gliding. But still, they were wings. She managed to lift herself into the air, although it was slow and straining. She glared up at the raven in the sky, her eyes blazing with fury. "YOU!! Come down, coward! Face up to me, Blackberry, the Terror of the Caves! Face up to what you have done to me!!" She looked down at her children. "What are you waiting for?! Knock him down!"


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"Lock the doors and close the blinds"
We're going for a ride.

tags: @Baneberry @Kitaka @Albeon
notes:

When Mama and the others had left, Jayberry had been asleep. She'd been quick to discover that her Magic could create beds of mushrooms that were soft and comfortable to sleep on, and discovered she rather liked sleeping.

It was the sudden silence that had woken her. The wolf pup had lifted her head, blinking blearily, only to find herself all alone. She'd been quick to sniff the air, discovering Mama's familiar scent, as well as her siblings. Once she was certain she had a lock on it, she'd been quick to follow it, bounding down the tunnel to Polaris.

She found her Mama, Baneberry and Huckleberry surrounding a bird in the air. It seemed they were trying to get it down, and were having trouble. Looking around, she could make out Kitaka hidden away. The wolf pup loped into the fray, bristling and trying to make herself look as intimidating as she could, as she called out "Hey! Come down here!"

For a moment, her eyes seemed to gleam, not yellow, but a fierce, blood red, as her eyes locked with the bird's.

"Speech looks like this."
Thoughts look like this.

Bane looked to her mama and Huckle. "Shhhh. I'm gonna trick himto come down here." She whispered as quietly as she could, then looked back up at the black bird. "Can you teach me to fly!? I wanna learn!" She called up, trying not to lether anger at her family show. They were being rather stupid, the bird would just fly away if it knew they wanted to attack it.

Baneberry gave a few flaps of her large wings just to demonstrate that she needed help. She needed to be able to trick the raven, that she thought was a crow, she needed to make this easy.

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"You only get what you grieve."

Tags: @Blackberry @Albeon @Jayberry @Huckleberry
Notes: here

Huckleberry's quills flared up hostily at Mama's anger. "We're trying, Mama, trying hard! Look, all the way up there, that's far! Far far far!" But then she was gone, flying all the way up there. Mama was awesome, but also scary. Trust Mama.

Jayberry's eyes turned strange and she wondered what she was doing. Magic? Hmph! She wouldn't upstage her! She would be the one to get the bird down! "Watch this! I'll get him down!"

He stood proudly and gave his wings a strong flap as magic surged through his gem. There was a small crackled before a strong burst of lightning shot from her body. She reeled back as dizziness slapped her across the face and all of her hairs stood on end, but it was worth it! That was a good cast!

@Kitaka