[Trade] Dangerous Endeavors ( Adventure )

Dangerous Endeavors ( Adventure )

Writing by: Lil Monster

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Word count: 1,200

Dino’s Included: Moss (4016)

The sun beat down as the island warmed in the hot summer days with most dinosaurs out and about lively exploring the vast island they called home and one of them who was out enjoying the weather was Moss, a feathered Alberto who was taking advantage of it the most that he could. Although he was feeling adventurous and in the more dangerous areas of the island which he was on his way to right now. He didn’t let his size limit him on where he was going and on his earlier outings he had spotted a broken down building whose doors were just open enough to slide in, it would be a tight fit but he would make it work. Just finding the place in the overgrown plant life was making it difficult as it got stuck to his feathers making him have to stop and unstuck himself before continuing on. 

“Ack… always too hard to get to the cooler places on the island especially when you're bigger” he mumbled to himself before moving his tail around a branch, he was getting closer and by the time he ducked and moved he spotted the door he had come across on his other adventures. “Ah there it is, now just to get through it” he added before looking at the large door that was attached to a broken down building, it was a large human structure he was taught about when he was a hatchling and he was used to them too since he grew up around the old dead City so this was no challenge even if the dangers came with it, which in most cases happened due to the dead city rotting away over the years.

“Now just to get in here and explore what’s inside” Moss said to himself as he shoved his head between the small gap and pushed starting to crack open the door, little did he know the terrain around the area was going to get a lot dangerous due to the area he was in being overgrown by the jungle.  The overgrowth was making it a lot harsh to navigate but Moss didn’t seem to have issues but eventually it was getting thicker and thicker the deeper he went in with large vines all hanging from the trees and broken building.

“I didn’t think the overgrowth was going to be this bad, it’s making it a bit harsher than usual” Moss said, taking a step back while he narrowed his eyes trying to figure out the best way to get past the harsh terrain. The door wasn’t budging and he was starting to get tripped up but carefully caught himself as he backed out backwards before spotting a large log that was from a fallen tree, he could use it to get on top of the building and away from all the vines and overgrown plant life. He tried to stick away from the overgrowth and using the log could help him but after looking at it a few more times he decided to explore elsewhere due to the rough time he was having to navigate the terrains.

The dead city had many different terrains and Moss was well adapted too and that included the various broken down buildings causing large obstacles to get over along with dangerous pot holes in the road and found himself further down the road from where he first started exploring and finally he came to a large hole in the road that was a tad deep, with even looking down gave Moss’s stomach a turn when he looked down. The pot holes were usually from falling structure causing deep holes and now Moss needed to find a way around as he wanted to explore further in but this was going to be a challenge as he had never seen one this large before.

“Well this is going to be a lot harder then I thought , what’s the best way to go and do this” he said looking around and giving a sigh, he would have to go inside the pot hole and climb out which wasn’t the easiest but he had a strong feeling he could do it, besides it couldn’t be that hard. Moss shook out his feathers and got himself ready as he carefully used his claws to dig into the side of the pot hole which he used his tail to balance himself out , but ultimately he slide causing him to slide down and almost losing his footing but he caught himself and laughed now looking up once he was situated at the bottom.

“All this loose rubble is going to make this difficult” he mumbled to himself moving his feet around in the loose rubble but if he was careful he just had to plant his feet into the sides of the large hole as it was slanted and he would be able to get up safely. The young Alberto was used to all the harsh terrain and didn’t have issues normally in which the pot hole was much larger but he just had to be confident, so he was ready as he stepped forwards and planted his feet in making sure his balance was set before proceeding to the next step as rubble fell past him making the feathers on his back shudder.

With each step getting harder and harder , Moss used his weight to his advantage and hurled himself up the steep slope almost losing balance due to the amount of rubble that fell down past his feet, he was almost there just a few more pushes and careful footing placement. “Remind me just to go around another way” he huffed to himself finally getting his lower jaw step up on the upper part of the road as he scrunched himself up and with a big push of his back legs, rolled onto the road with a loud thump as he let out a sigh of relief.

“Well that was a work out, I thought for sure I’d fall back down” he said, getting to his feet and shaking off the dust and rubble that clung to his feathers. Finally away from the edge he looked back and gave a toothy grin “ no hard terrain will keep me from exploring” he added before puffing out his crest in confidence, most dinosaurs would struggle and opt to find another way but Moss loved the more challenging terrain his home offered so being a bit more keen to travel through it and besides it was nothing he had dealt with before even as a young hatchling.  

“Well, it seems like I need to explore more. The sun is still out and why put a stop to it there for today” he said to himself as he looked around and headed off the road he had been following. The island had many more other biomes that would pose a challenge then what he was used too and Moss was one who was keen to explore more than one place so he wasn’t going to stop at one pot hole that was deeper than usual and with that the young albertosaurs was keen to keep going as he hummed to himself and was prepared for more strictly terrain that the island had to offer.