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Welcome to Isla Sorna: Be the Raptor Quest

Do You Want to be Male or Female?

  • Male

    Votes: 14 37.8%

  • Female

    Votes: 6 16.2%

  • Let the Roll Decide

    Votes: 17 45.9%
  • Total voters
    37
  • Poll closed .
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My reasoning was poorly explained in my last post, probably because I had to run off and do something else. Let me try again.

I am assuming that a 'chirp' is a friendly/neutral form of communication between raptors, and can mean almost anything depending on tone, volume, context, and accompanying body language. Therefore, if the concept of "gratitude" exists within raptor "society," we ought to be able to communicate it. And if this is a fellow pack member who has saved us out of benevolence , then just running off without even acknowledging the guy seems rude.

Then again, perhaps I am projecting too much of my human self into the character. This is literally my first time roleplaying anywhere, ever, so you can expect me to make a few slip-ups when it comes to keeping in-character.

Mind you, there is another reason to chirp at the mysterious shadowy maybe-savior: his response (or lack thereof) will tell us a lot about what exactly his attitude towards us is, and clue us in as to whether he is even part of our pack at all. The fact that we cannot see his coloring really, really worries me.
 
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Voting is Now Closed. If I could please have someone tally the votes, it would be much appreciated.

Next Chapter should be out sometime later tomorrow. Now, a picture from dA for Jurassic Park...
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Vote tally:
##### 3.21
[X] Go and seek Mother
No. of votes: 8
Kerfirou, Lazurman, Smugraptor, Night_stalker, EVA-Saiyajin, Oh I am slain!, igfry, KnightDisciple

[X] Put yourself between this larger being and your companions
No. of votes: 3
Jonnoda, NavySeel, A Nation's Virtue

[X] Chirp at what you assume is Mother's pack member
No. of votes: 1
veekie

[X] Chirp at what you assume is Mother's pack member
-[X] Prepare self to flee, just in case
No. of votes: 1
AlliteRaptor
 
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Chapter 1:4
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    Tag, Your It
    Soundtrack: We Are One from the Lion King 2

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    Having tired yourself of gazing into the eyes of the larger being, you decide to just leave it alone and go seek out Mother. The larger being looks like Mother, smells similar enough to Mother, and acts enough like Mother to be assumed to be one of Mother's pack, so you assume it is and as such that it is relatively safe. You twist and turn your head around in the tall grass, attempting to get a glimpse of Mother. Unable to see anything beyond the tall grass, you huff to yourself and look back at your two companions. The dull, dark grey male is lazing about, seemingly uninterested in everything around it beyond sleep. The smaller, bright blue-Gray male, however, is looking around for Mother, much like you are.

    Noticing that your gaze is on him, the smaller male looks at you curiously while cocking his head. Slowly, he bobs and chirps at you. You blink, surprised, then bob your head in turn. The blue-gray male bops you with his snout in a playful manner before running in the direction of the nest for a Mother's length, then turns around and looks at you as if asking why you aren't chasing him. Deciding to play, you chase him in a game of pursuit towards the nest. You manage to speed up enough to briefly nip the tip of his tail. He manages to swiftly turn and almost nip you back, only missing you due to your foresight allowing you to dodge by a quill.

    You manage to get a Mother's length and a half away from your playful sibling before he manages to catch up and nibble you in turn. You and your more brightly coloured comrade's entertaining game of prey-chase and pursuit eventually devolves into a match of play-fighting as you get closer to Mother and the nest. Flopping from pinning him on his back to him pinning you on your side, you and your playful sibling end up rolling into Mother. Immediately, both you and your blue-gray sibling straighten yourselves by untangling yourselves from each other and look up to Mother.

    Mother herself is currently looking back the way you came, at the larger being that you were with earlier. Apparently, the larger being took it upon themself to carry the slightly larger napping sibling you left behind. Chirping at this larger being, you watch as it rests your sibling into the nest before lowering its head to Mother. Mother trills to it and rubs her snout alongside the larger being's for a moment before turning back to the nest. You blink in surprise as the body of one of the Jade-hunters lays limply across one of the sides of the nest, partially torn into already. You and your more active sibling carefully climb across the nest and the three remaining unbroken All-They-Have-Ever-Knowns, to reach the body.

    As soon as you reach the body, you leap on top of it. Your sibling wanders over to look the creature in its not-right eyes. You pierce the hide of the creature a few times, and examine the lack of response. You lunge and tear into the arm of the limp opponent. It continues to not respond to your quite vicious attack, if you say so yourself. Bored of being ignored, you turn your attention away from the offensive thing and twist your gaze towards Mother. She is looking down at the three remaining All-They-Have-Ever-Knowns and speaks soft-nothings to them. Slowly, you notice, one of the All-They-Have-Ever-Knowns crack. Unsure of what to do, you...

    Choose Two

    [X] Decide to curl up by Mother and rest.
    [X] Munch on the unresponsive Jade-hunter.
    [X] Wander up to the hatching All-They-Have-Ever-Knowns.
    [X] Reinitiate play with your more active sibling.
    [X] Look around for your other siblings.
    [X] Examine the other larger beings in the clearing.
    [X] Write-In Option

    QM: Voting ends Saturday June 27, 2015 at 1:00pm (EST). Sorry for all the delays, I've had a busy week.
     
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    • [X] Decide to curl up by Mother and rest.
    [X] Munch on the unresponsive Jade-hunter.
     
    [X] Examine the other larger beings in the clearing
    [X] Reinitiate play with your more active siblings

    Anyone else curious about those moulds of dirt that were in the clearing that he said that we could of investigated last week. Just noticed that he mentioned them briefly after rereading what we have done so far. Also hoping that we grow fast, I really do not want to be targeted by Compys for long.
     
    [X] Wander up to the hatching All-They-Have-Ever-Knowns.
    [X] Look around for your other siblings.
     
    [X] Munch on the unresponsive Jade-hunter.
    [X] Wander up to the hatching All-They-Have-Ever-Knowns.
     
    [X] Munch on the unresponsive Jade-hunter.
    [X] Examine the other larger beings in the clearing.

    I take it this is going to be based on the two most popular choices?
     
    [X] Examine the other larger beings in the clearing
    [X] Reinitiate play with your more active siblings
     
    [X] Munch on the unresponsive Jade-hunter.
    [X] Reinitiate play with your more active siblings
     
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