Closed A Crash Landing

[Xiani]

'I hate flying over flat areas...' Xiani thinks to herself, beating her wings hard to make any progress against the headwind. For hours now she has been chasing the dim lights of campfires on the horizon, using her keen night vision to locate the intriguing city from far above. It is unlike any other city she has seen - though even that number is small as she spent the first few months of her Pilgrimage wandering through the dense forest surrounding her tribal land - with strange, small habitations and four legged creatures wandering in packs.

Finally, she can take it no longer. She experiences the clenching, adrenaline-riddled feeling of her wings locking up and her body beginning a steep dive toward the earth. The impact jars her, but only slightly as her senses have all but gone numb from exhaustion - she feels a sharp pain in her right pinion joint, probably a sprain. After stopping finally on a gentle hillside, she rolls onto her stomach and coughs harshly, only adding to the shaking that makes her arms unsteady as they support her. With a feral growl, she attempts to slash at the unforgiving earth, but only unbalances herself and sends herself falling once more onto her side.

Unable to move any further, she lays there on her side, trembling. The dense fog of sleep begins to envelop her as it always does as the sun begins to crest the horizon she had been chasing. Listening for any that may near by, she finally gathers the strength to dig a small hollow out of the side of the hill, just enough to disguise her presence as she weaves grass over the small hole, fingers fumbling and creating a weak, loose weave that barely blocks any of the new son. Curling up on herself, she lets out a supersonic whistle that descends into a subsonic rumble, meant to alert any other Zith in the area that she is there, and means no harm. 'If only all will leave me be as I...' Sleep overwhelms her.

[Ember Watergrove]

Despite Ember's hurt foot, she decided today was a good day to explore the Sea of Grass yet again. Ignoring the pain in her foot, she cautiously creeps through the tall grass and sneaks through the snaky environment, wincing as she went. However, she heard something else. An unrustling of grass, to Ember's ear, meant that something new had come to the Sea. Could this mean another victim to the Sea? Curious, Ember looked to the source of the crash and saw something she had never seen before in her life.

A strange creature had landed, and it looked rather painfully as well. Ember guessed it was a female, and even more curious, crept closer at the creature. She had silky black fur with copper knees. Her bat wings looked fearsome and scary, but Ember didn't really care. As far as she was concerned, all creatures were welcome, for that is part of the Drykan culture. It wasn't until Ember foolishly took a chance and stroked the creature's wings that its name suddenly came to her: Zith.

[Xiani]

I have decided not to start in Endrykas. Sorry.