Summer 60, 518
8th Bell
The Outskirts of Tailyn’s Parrot Preserve
If Tai were questioned about it, she would swear up and down that these damn monkeys had a vendetta against her. Despite her frequent attempts to scare them away, and despite the fact that she had managed to kill the occasional one (despite furious attempts to kill LITERALLY all of them), she still kept finding the damn things all over her five acres. Why?! What could those dumb animals possibly be doing lingering in her part of the jungle?! Sure she had tons of fruit trees here, but that wasn’t anything special. There were fruit trees everywhere! This was Syka!
Tai was woken up in the morning by a cacophony of noise. The screeches of furious monkeys mingled with the screams of furious parrots and even Blue on her usual perch at Tai’s bedside was hopping mad from the noise. Tai threw her clothes on and charged out of her door, bow in hand, quiver over her shoulder, snarling into the chaos.
It was like a turf war! Monkeys rattled bird cages and flung fruit at the ground below in fury. Wild parrots, no doubt furious at their food source’s home being attacked, dive bombed howling monkeys. From inside their cages, Tai’s angry parrots shrieked and clawed at the monkeys through the walls of their cages. Wasting no time, Tai strung an arrow into her bow, aimed at a monkey clinging to the side of her cage, and fired a single arrow. The arrow sailed artfully through the air and sunk into the monkey’s abdomen. The creature screamed in pain and released the cage, falling to the ground below and pawing furiously at the wound in its belly, screeching all the while. The monkeys fled into the trees, letting out screeches of fear as they escaped into the jungle.
“Why do you petchers keep coming back?!” Tai snarled up at them. The woman crossed the short distance from her deck to the wounded monkey and strung another arrow, this time aiming it point blank at the creature’s face. Before the monkey could react, the second arrow sunk straight into its eye. It stopped its thrashing and quickly fell still. Tai looked up to see her wild parrots hot in pursuit of the fleeing animals, their beaks slicing into the backs of their heads, their tails, and anything else the birds could reach.
Tai felt a sudden heavy weight on her shoulder. She turned to see Blue, bristling with indignation, feathers fluffed in a furious huff. Tai knew the look in her companion’s eyes. The bird was out for blood, just like her wild compatriots were. If Tai weren’t so furious, she might be able to appreciate the fact that somehow she had begun the slow process of training wild attack parrots. Well, it was one way to keep the area safe anyways. But it wasn’t enough.
“Alright buddy,” Tai said, patting her furious bird on the top of the head. “You ready to kill some petching monkeys?”
Blue let out a low, deep croak. “Kill,” she agreed, then let out a harsh laugh. Tai couldn’t agree any more.
“Lets do this,” she said fiercely, and started out into the surrounding jungle towards the screams and screeches of parrots and monkeys.
(Words, 540)
8th Bell
The Outskirts of Tailyn’s Parrot Preserve
If Tai were questioned about it, she would swear up and down that these damn monkeys had a vendetta against her. Despite her frequent attempts to scare them away, and despite the fact that she had managed to kill the occasional one (despite furious attempts to kill LITERALLY all of them), she still kept finding the damn things all over her five acres. Why?! What could those dumb animals possibly be doing lingering in her part of the jungle?! Sure she had tons of fruit trees here, but that wasn’t anything special. There were fruit trees everywhere! This was Syka!
Tai was woken up in the morning by a cacophony of noise. The screeches of furious monkeys mingled with the screams of furious parrots and even Blue on her usual perch at Tai’s bedside was hopping mad from the noise. Tai threw her clothes on and charged out of her door, bow in hand, quiver over her shoulder, snarling into the chaos.
It was like a turf war! Monkeys rattled bird cages and flung fruit at the ground below in fury. Wild parrots, no doubt furious at their food source’s home being attacked, dive bombed howling monkeys. From inside their cages, Tai’s angry parrots shrieked and clawed at the monkeys through the walls of their cages. Wasting no time, Tai strung an arrow into her bow, aimed at a monkey clinging to the side of her cage, and fired a single arrow. The arrow sailed artfully through the air and sunk into the monkey’s abdomen. The creature screamed in pain and released the cage, falling to the ground below and pawing furiously at the wound in its belly, screeching all the while. The monkeys fled into the trees, letting out screeches of fear as they escaped into the jungle.
“Why do you petchers keep coming back?!” Tai snarled up at them. The woman crossed the short distance from her deck to the wounded monkey and strung another arrow, this time aiming it point blank at the creature’s face. Before the monkey could react, the second arrow sunk straight into its eye. It stopped its thrashing and quickly fell still. Tai looked up to see her wild parrots hot in pursuit of the fleeing animals, their beaks slicing into the backs of their heads, their tails, and anything else the birds could reach.
Tai felt a sudden heavy weight on her shoulder. She turned to see Blue, bristling with indignation, feathers fluffed in a furious huff. Tai knew the look in her companion’s eyes. The bird was out for blood, just like her wild compatriots were. If Tai weren’t so furious, she might be able to appreciate the fact that somehow she had begun the slow process of training wild attack parrots. Well, it was one way to keep the area safe anyways. But it wasn’t enough.
“Alright buddy,” Tai said, patting her furious bird on the top of the head. “You ready to kill some petching monkeys?”
Blue let out a low, deep croak. “Kill,” she agreed, then let out a harsh laugh. Tai couldn’t agree any more.
“Lets do this,” she said fiercely, and started out into the surrounding jungle towards the screams and screeches of parrots and monkeys.
(Words, 540)