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6751: Tony

The soft footfalls that barely stirred the forest floor were steady and measured, careful to avoid the trip hazards of thick roots and tangles of brambles. With a firm tug, the Pachycephalsaurus ripped the bramble branches from the path he had made and tossed them into the depths of the shrubs. He tapped the dirt down with his feet just to be safe before looking back down the trail, over a fallen log.  “Alright, fo...

As they were picking the last of the goodies from the table, Tony felt something warm rest on his shoulder. He looked back with his mouth stuffed guiltily with sweet leaves and saw a large scaled Iggy covered in scars. He was so tall that Tony had to tilt his head up to see his face. "The queen is ready for you," the Iggy said solemnly, like he was delivering the most important news of his life. Tony fought to swallow...

The central court of Atlantis loomed high over the trees and the sight of it added some spring to the Euoplos' steps. They were leading their posse of surface dwellers back down to the court for one simple reason; both were determined that these hard workers received some kind of reward. It took some convincing to bring the three of them back down into the dome but the promise of rewards and all the food they could eat was enough to bribe them. They knew Tony wa...

Korppi stuck her head fully into the bag and twitched her crests against the fabric to prop it open. "Nope," she said, "No more seeds, we're done!"  "Not quite done," Tony reminded her, ignoring the sharp glares from the Cryo siblings, "Just the watering left and you can head back to the dome." "We can head back to the dome," sh...

The first light of morning couldn't reach the sleeping dinosaurs in the highlands of Isla Kela. The cave, as well as blocking the wind, blocked the light until well into the late morning, seeping through the opening in the rock like it was trying to sneak up on them. The light on the other side of Talos' eyelids was enough to rouse him, pulling him from sleep to blink blearily in the weak light. Rising from the ground, his joints protested after being stiffened ...

The court had been… decent hosts. Or at least, that was the nicest thing Apis could call them. She had been less than thrilled with the treatment she had gotten so far- shoved in a cage, interroaged by giant herbivores and much smaller ones with armor, and then shoved out this gate on a mission to gather rare herbs. The cryolophosaurus grumped, nosing at the bag strapped to her hip. Her two other companions seemed less than thrilled- a green utahraptor with sh...

As the bag of seeds began to grow lighter, the sunlight grew paler until it was dipping in and out of the clouds along the horizon. Soon, the Euoplos were squinting in an unfamiliar darkness as they tried to navigate their planting. Their paws were stiff with both the cold and fatigue and progress had slowed to a disappointing pace at this stage. As the sunlight left, so did the scarce warmth they had been relying on all day to keep them going, it was like the c...

The work of planting continued for a while in silence. Korppi and Talos seemed to have come to the end of their questions, or they were rattled enough by the previous answers to avoid asking any more. Drift kept looking over her shoulder to the two Euoplos, hoping to catch them talking to each other or showing any kind of interest in the land around them but both were keeping their heads down and working. It made her feel a little bit annoyed, she loved her home...

Talos and Korppi were somehow pulled away from their prime directive of planting by the promise of knowledge from their native guides. The concept of seasons where their plants might be able to grow had thrown them for a loop and now they were eager to absorb any scrap of knowledge they could in order to improve the chances of the Queen's orders. They couldn't imagine returning to Atlantis to tell Queen Rhys that her only plan to save the Atlanteans was going to...

"Okay! We're here!" Brook announced cheerfully to the assembled Atlantean planting group. They had two Euoplos with them in the form of  Talos and Korppi, who both collapsed at the first indication that the journey was over. Their short legs with a lifetime of wandering around the flat ground of the Dome were burning with the effort of climbing into the highlands of Isla Kela. This was where Brook and his sister Drift lived, above the forest in the frequently s...