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Post by atalanazhyra on Dec 21, 2005 23:41:40 GMT
Atalana nodded at Phoenix. "Thank you." She was a little worried about Ashen; where was he? But she didn't question Phoenix's reasons. She set about clearing away one side of the nest so she could make it bigger. She set the large branches carefully in a large circle, nodding in satisfaction. Then she began weaving the twigs between the big sticks. Lily walked over to Atalana, who was busy making the nest bigger. "Can I help?" Atalana kept one eye on Tiger Lily as she came over to watch. When she asked to help, Atalana nodded. She picked up and bunch of grass and laid at at Lily's feet. "You can put that inside the nest to make it softer. It helps if you kind of stick it in between the sticks, like this." She showed Lily how to do it. "Okay," Lily said, happy to be able to do something. She started working on the nest, filling in the cracks and making the nest soft and warm.
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Post by bethany on Dec 22, 2005 11:48:06 GMT
Phoenix smiled as she watched Atalana and Lily work on the nest. It was now easier for her to do something without having to rush to a cring hatchling all the time. Atalana is a big help"Would you like something to eat Atalana? Lily?"Love blinked her eyes as she woke up from sleeping and Animus bumped into his mother and squeeked they were hungy but she would wait for Atalanas answer before rushing off just in case she got something to big to eat.
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Post by atalanazhyra on Dec 23, 2005 5:56:36 GMT
Atalana weaved the last twig in between the branches and turned to Phoenix. "Sure," she replied. She had been so busy with the nest and helping Lily she hadn't noticed how hungry she was. Lily dropped the grass in her beak with a happy squawk. "Yay! Food!"
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Post by bethany on Dec 23, 2005 11:55:06 GMT
"OK hold on"Phoenix went to the mouth of the cave and spread her wings. She pushed off with her back paws and sprang into the air. She hovered on the wind then started flapping gently. She went over the forest looking for clearings and deer or elk. Phoenix continued looking and found a small herd of resting deer. She took aim at a large doe and dived then swopped up scattering the animals. She sunk her claws into the does neck feeling its spine break and it falling limp. She carried it back to the cave and it fell to the floor"There you go"
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Post by atalanazhyra on Dec 23, 2005 22:01:23 GMT
"Mmmm." Atalana licked her lips (or beak). She walked over to the dead deer, her talons clicking on the cave floor, and dug her beak into the meat. Lily squeaked loudly and dove on top of the deer and began eating.
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Post by bethany on Dec 24, 2005 22:14:49 GMT
Animus pounced on a peice of meat and tore it apart with joy. Love sat in the nest waiting for everybody to eat before she ate. Phoenix looked over to Love and tilted her head. She walked up to Love and picked her up then carried her over to a peice of meat and set her down softly. Love looked up at her mother and smiled(If they can)The took the peice of meat and chewed on it. Phoenix looked outside then flew off and found Ashen"You have enough yet?!"She landed beside him and put her paw on his chest but didn't push him down. Ashen squacked as her paw came down on his chest"Yes mother I have please take me back!"He looked up at her with sad eyes. Phoenix took off her paw and picked him up. She then launched herslef into the air and flew back to the cave. Phoenix landed and walked to the nest. She shook and Ashen fell into the nest. Phoenix went over to the deer and ripped off a peice of meat then threw ot at Ashen and he caught it eating it hungrily.
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Post by atalanazhyra on Dec 24, 2005 22:56:28 GMT
Atalana looked sideways at Phoenix as she returned with Ashen, a piece of meat dangling from her beak. She wanted to ask where he had been, what had happened, but decided against it. It was between Phoenix and Ashen, and besides, she didn't want to bring it up in front of the other hatchlings. Lily squeaked and tore off a small chunk of meat and brought it over to Ashen. She tore it in half and took one half of it for herself, leaving the other half for Ashen. She didn't need to know where he had been; just so long as he was back now. She gave one of his head feathers a friendly nip.
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Post by bethany on Dec 25, 2005 1:42:13 GMT
Ashen screamed and bit at her hissing. Phoenix quickly turned around and he stopped in mid attack. She placed a large paw on his chest. Her eyes were like daggers as she stared down at him"Stop it!"She took the paw of his chest and he took a deep breath. Phoenix went back to the kill and ate a peice of meat she had torn off.
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Post by atalanazhyra on Dec 27, 2005 1:00:21 GMT
Atalana watched curiously. "Hmmm...I wonder what that was all about," she said quietly to herself, then kept eating. Lily looked at her brother with hurt in her eyes. All she had done was try to welcome him back. She took her piece of meat and moved off a little way to eat it.
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Post by bethany on Dec 27, 2005 1:13:17 GMT
Ashen clicked his beak and laid down in the nest looking towards the back wall of the cave. Phoenix ate quietly ignoring him. Love watched as everything happened and then looked at Phoenix. Love sat down and started to preen her feathers as silence filled the cave.
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Post by atalanazhyra on Dec 28, 2005 0:13:27 GMT
Atalana clacked her beak to get all the scraps off and sat awkwardly in the silent cave. Lily finished eating and walked over to the nest. She curled up inside it and quickly fell asleep.
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Post by bethany on Dec 28, 2005 3:59:28 GMT
Ashen snapped his beak and moved to the far side of the nest. Phoenix yawned and cleaned off her beak. She went to the nest and laid down inside of it. She kept Ashen on the one side and Lily, Love, and Animus on the other.
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Post by atalanazhyra on Dec 29, 2005 5:46:05 GMT
Atalana scraped her beak against the ground to clean it and walked over to the nest, curling up near the edge. True, it was bigger now, but they would still be a little squished if they were all in it. Lily opened her beak wide in a yawn that turned into a squeak. She got up and lay down on Atalana's side. She nuzzled her beak into Atalana's soft fur and quickly fell asleep.
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