Havoc dawdles back to the Stumphouse, returning 'home' after a morning spent wandering the beach. They struggle to really think of the Stumphouse as their home, but… It's not exactly like they've got other options. In any case, they'd like to get off their feet at least for a little while, so it's nice to have somewhere she can do so, she supposes. Closer to the building, they spot a yellow stump watching a planter box like a hawk, propped upright by resting their folded arms against the edge of the box; in turn, they use their arms as a chin rest.
"A watched pot never boils, y'know," She casually notes as she passes the other stump; now that they're closer, they're now pretty sure they recognise him. Facavrach, she thinks? Another kid who lives at the Stumphouse.
"Good thing this isn't a pot, then," Facavrach replies tersely, not pulling his dark grey gaze from the soil right in front of his nose.
Havoc stares blankly at him for a moment, stopping in her tracks. "…I mean, I'm pretty
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Sparrow aimlessly makes her way through the campsite with a bag beneath one arm, paying just barely enough attention to her surroundings not to crash into anything- or anyone. Dandelion flutters along behind the folk, chittering indignantly at her; evidently, she's offended by the pace Sparrow's setting, which makes her shoulder an unsteady perch.
"Soon, girl," She mutters to the mobbit, struggling to keep her voice level in spite of her blend of rage and Azalhai knows what other emotions threatening to boil over. Suncrest has been lying to her, on purpose, for at least a whole year, and she can't even begin to think of how to process it; all she knows is she needs to get away from all these other folk.
She doesn't have time to deal with this right now. That blighted feliwyrm is trudging closer and closer to Deadman's Cove with every passing minute, Sparrow can't be worrying about why Suncrest lied, what he thinks of her, whether he ever cared about her anywhere near as
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"I cannot believe they've thrown us in a pit," Slate grumbles in disbelief, pacing the earthen border of his prison, hoping he can find even one patch of wall that seems remotely climbable. "I mean, we didn't even do anything!"
"Slate, we're total strangers here," Moss sighs, having opted to lay down in the shade; the pit has no roof, but its walls provide at least some protection from the sun… for now. "The dinosaurs of Atlantis have no way to know if we mean well or not. They're probably just… I don't know, trying to figure out what our deal is, I guess?"
Slate huffs as he finishes his perimeter check, slumping down to sit next to his feathered friend. He hadn't found even one weak spot in the walls, dashing any hopes of escape… Not that an escape would be feasible right now anyway, not with the euplocephalus guards patrolling the edges of the dungeon pit from above.
"We're just trying to figure out what their deal is too, though…" He mutters. "Not exactly like there's no
[PA] Tough Nut To Crack by fuzzysherbet, literature
Literature
[PA] Tough Nut To Crack
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Holding a coconut in his claws, Pomegranate awkwardly adjusts the positioning of a piece of driftwood with his foot. This twisted, broken branch seems perfect for the task at hand; the damaged end is sharp, so all the green oviraptor has to do is make sure it's pointing skyward, hold it firmly in place against the damp sand, and he should be good to go. Once he's happy with the wooden spike's angle, Pomegranate carefully lines his coconut up with the point. He takes a deep breath, and raises the hard-shelled fruit above up, before slamming it down on the driftwood… an act that does absolutely nothing, except for breaking off the pointed end of the branch.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Pomegranate squawks indignantly, looking down at the now blunt and useless piece of driftwood.
"Hey, you alright over there?" A familiar voice calls out, sounding legitimately concerned. He looks over at the voice's owner, who turns out to be Slate; one of two cryolophosaurus he's been
TW: Recollections of injuries and implied deaths
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Sparrow trudges along the soot-stained riverbank, her shovel balanced in her tail and along her shoulder, with Dandelion perched half asleep on the opposite one. A deep exhaustion settled into her bones at least a day ago, and she just… needs to rest her arms. So many heart flowers in need of locating and collecting… The avian folk is no stranger to retrieving the dead, but she’s never had to do so on a scale quite like this before. The most she’s done before now is dig up the blooms of adventurers whose luck ran out on an expedition. Never in her worst nightmares would Sparrow have imagined she’d be sifting through the aftermath of a Great Tree’s destruction.
Of course, she hadn’t been searching by herself; the predators may be staying well away for now, but to assume there’s no chance that could change at a moment’s notice would be like playing with fire, and she’s had quite enough of that for the time being. But, she’d