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Fire was common this time of year, but it never made it any less dangerous. Out on the plains, Kaiwi had seen a buzzard drop a flaming stick into the grass to flush out small creatures to eat. Now, four days later, the fire was reaching the edge of the Dead City and a gathering of volunteers had assembled along the boundary to plan for the worst. Kaiwi had raised the alarm immediately but it had taken time to mobilise the cooperative citizens of the city togethe...

Wet footprints followed the striped raptor through the labs as he quietly padded through the halls. It was all new and he had to sit down frequently, his lungs short of breath and his legs aching. He remembered so little of life before, he wasn't sure if this was normal but something felt wrong about it. He tripped over a set of bones on the floor and lay there, staring ahead for a while before sitting himself up. The bones smelled strange, and they were shiny l...

Adolescence, the burgeoning emergence of hormones and increased appetites and the sudden change in how others perceive you. Roseate had been a ghost for most of his youth, slipping between different territories and not making waves wherever he decided to hunt. He had noticed now that when he encountered the owners of these territories now they were less likely to just let him walk by unchallenged. As he grew close to his full size and his dimorphic markings had ...

Petrichor couldn't help but stop and stare at the deep green canopy overhead as she walked in Callahan's headstrong wake. Isla Kela had been a distant memory for the smooth raptor, not particularly unpleasant but far enough away that she was uncertain about any welcome home reception she would receive. Her feet trod the forest ground like clockwork, like she had done it a thousand times before, and she probably had done at some point. Callahan was still the one ...

Food was hard to come by when you were a turkey sized carnivore with the caloric intake of a large family of bears. Roseate was barely taller than the savannah grass he roamed in but still had to seek his own food to nourish his growing body, lest he be struck by the rickets! Or something of the sort, the craftsmaster had been at the tail end of a lengthy rant at that point and Roseate had been tuning him out for a while. Still,the point remained salient, no foo...

The skies over Isla Kela were a deep grey with the thick plumes of clouds lining them in lockstep rows that blotted out all light from the supposedly full moon. Cassia paced nervously as he looked upwards, internally cursing the sky for ruining his plans before they had even begun. Atlantis was a strangely oppressive environment and he was glad he had decided to take Wollemia to the surface for this; he just wished for better timing. As he awkwardly kicked the d...

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...

sOnya clicked her left toe claw against the marble floor of the court's main hall in annoyance. She had been staring at the tapestries hanging on the walls for far too long now and her feathers were itching with the urge to run. There were two exits, one leading into the supposed court of the queen and the other back out to the banquet hall. She could still hear the rumbling of conversation from the latter, the assembled guests still picking at the remains of th...

While unguarded, the treasury of Atlantis still had its defences in the form of its solid metal walls, double metal doors and a large lock bolting said doors shut. The plants pried jealously at the minute gaps in the metal, like they were furious to be denied entrance to any part of their domain. Every inch of Atlantis was covered in their mutant plant life, crawling into every kind of habitat that the dome supported. Still, for who knows how many years, the vau...

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...

The waterways of Atlantis were just as choked with plant life as the rest of the dome. Thick walls of river grass blocked everything but water, obscuring whatever lay ahead. Tortie had been treading water for a while now, too anxious to poke her head through and see what waited on the other side. Making it down into the dome had been the easy part, shockingly, just sliding down along the smooth metal ramp into the grass and fleeing into the river when she got th...

Morning on the island of Pera was always a time to be welcomed. The sun coming over the horizon lit up the scorched ashlands and shone light into the darkest corners where unknown dangers stalked overnight. Morning on Pera was like a long sigh of relief after eight hours of holding your breath. The three Styras lined up at the edge of the coast shuffled idly as the waves pushed and pulled against the beach. Now they had more daylight; they had fallen out of thei...

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 ...

When Tom arrived at the dense forests surrounding the mountains of Isla Kela, he immediately forgot why he was there. While normally a diligent young Iguanodon, pleased to serve Queen Rhys in whatever way she demanded, something had caught his attention and refused to let go. As he tipped his head back to sniff the air, the smell came stronger on a lazy breeze that wove between the trees. Something sweet was waiting for him in the forest, and he would not ignore...