tansy was trapped in another nightmare this time it was about killing diamond at the time she was conflicted even though he killed someone he was still underage a kid like them.
her nightmare was terrifying diamond's burnt corpse shambling after her ashes shooting out of his mouth every time he gets close but the smell was more horrible then anything exactly like it was when the bastard fried even though shed been running for what seemed like days he was always right behind her burping up ashes at her .
finally she stopped and turned around saying I'm sorry okay I should've spoke up I know we could have locked you up or put you to work or something I'm really sorry diamond stopped black tears falling down his pallid face and collapsed in a pile of ashes .
congratulations you have faced your fears +75 nightmare points +45 exp.
tansy woke up annoyed that she didn't know whether or not she was gonna get a good nights sleep or have to face another nightmare.
she checks her stats the 45 exp wasn't enough to lvl but now she has 135 nightmare points
so she summoned the six eared lynx and a skeleton scout leaving 100 nightmare points.
she names the lynx bonkers and the skelly she names him chewtoy cause she thought it would be funny.
she has chewtoy scout the area around the bloodtail clan territory for resources and potential threats.
she keeps bonkers close intending to use its powerful ears as warning system in case danger is nearby.
interestingly enough as soon as she unlocked chewtoy her map function was activated with a little skull icon signifying his location areas of the map showing resources as he moves through it.
bonkers rubs up against her side begging for attention she reaches over taking the time to scratching him behind each of his six ears having to be extra careful cause of her long claws.
so far in the surrounding area there was dentena a small mining town populated by thousends of tiny omnivorous humanoid hamsters called the peltratten that while small can be compared to piranhas in fact if not for love of all things mechanical they could be classified as unintelligent monsters.
not even the smallest sign that humans even exist on this planet even though she had her sloth family and her nightmare summons she was still lonely she kept thinking about naeus it was just like her to get shot after he went through all the trouble of saving her.
besides dentena there is not much else around the area accept a series of interconnected caves populated by these weird superfast bat-dog creatures that are like someone gave a weiner dog demon wings and put cocaine in its veins instead of blood.
her sloth family was mostly asleep except for the food bearers lead by her mother. they carried teardrop shaped baskets on their backs and came every morning before the rest of the clan wakes up baskets laden with various mushrooms strange insects and poisonous berry's so far her favorite was a blue squirrel sized Caterpillar that her mom sometimes found Called a forianto apparently she was the only one in the tribe who could stomach them but to her they tasted kinda like bacon.
the only problem was she was too different then her siblings bigger and faster and weirder it's not that they mistreated her in fact they kept their distance so much so that it was like she did not even have siblings.
only the chubby little runt of the litter spent any time at all with her his red fur a much lighter shade he had a pattern of small white dots encircling his right eye.
so since her clan didn't really have names she started calling him patch.
she would frequently share food with him because their siblings didn't leave him much food and besides her mom and the nightmare summons he was her only real companion.
because of the way it worked in the tribe she didn't even know who in the clan her father was. Apparently conceiving a litter is difficult and the female takes multiple partners to increase the chances so her father could be anyone in the whole clan.
as if sensing he was in her thoughts patch slowly sauntered over always eager to have the first crack at the gathered food patch waddled over to tansys side just as the weird garbled cry the gatherers made to signify their return.
the returning clan members were haggard and caked with dried mud only her mother still carried her basket from what I gather they were attacked by wrathful wing dogs
and most of the team sacrificed their baskets to get away.
the little food they have left is split between the youngest clan members tansy gives her share to patch before she communicates with chewtoy through the system
asking the skeleton scout to gather some roots and vegetables on the way back.
the red tailed mana sloth is faster than a normal sloth by a small margin but the gathering team still takes the better part of the day collecting food so when tansy come back from meeting chewtoy a basket laden with food the clan members were shocked it was like she went around the corner and magically summoned food but they are grateful nonetheless.
even though she managed to get her people some food tansy was worried those weird dog things were expanding their territory if this continues it wont be long before they overtake her clan.
but she also knew it wouldn't go well if her tribe confronted the wing dogs so she did the only thing she could do she lead by example she started digging and soon patch her mother and many of the tribe soon joined her and after what seemed like an eternity they had dug a number of trenches into the ground around the hill that hid tribes many burrows .
it would offer meager protection against the wing dogs aerial attacks but it was not enough she would face her fears once again tonight and hopefully summon something strong enough to protect her tribe then again I can always overwhelm them with numbers I think I'll split the difference between quantity&qualitie if I can.
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it's two years since naeus started his new life living among giants and he found himself wanting a name more and more as time went by tired of being called my child or boy and even worse wizard spawn they jeered at him throwing giant beples a boulder sized fruit the giants favor and even though he manages to dodge quite a few before one connects the soft pulpy fruit bursting upon contact pining him to the floor under a huge pile of mushy fruit.
instead of helping him they just laugh and throw more fruit while screaming obscenities about his dirty human blood until finally he cant breath anymore and he passes out .
when he wakes up hes naked and being shielded by his mothers monolithic body
he heard one of the village elders speak saying he is a threat as if you couldn't tell from our injured children and the destruction of the village if not execution than banishment .
naeus was extremely confused he didnt know what happened or why they wanted to kill or banish him he lifted his head to look around and saw the destruction around five or six buildings in complete ruin and a giant groove dug into the ground where they used to be.
in the Middle of the crater hunched over him his mother shielded him from the villagers abuse her statuesque form covered in bruises and pulpy mess from the fruit they were throwing.
at least wait until his name day his mother begged them
the elders whispered among themselves before addressing her .
they said she was once a prominent member of the village so out respect for her late father they'll allow it but they dont want that calamity she calls a son to interact with the villagers'
if he keeps his distance he can stay but he must leave on his name day.
his mom bows her head before picking him up and carrying him off.
after a long walk she takes him to a massive waterfall so they can wash away all the sticky fruit mess.
having to bathe with my mother was something I was used to
the giants used the waterfall for washing but naeus was too small so he had to wash up in his mothers hand I mean unless he wanted to drown .
as she held him up to the waterfall she apologized for the villagers behavior
and said he would have to start training if he was going to survive banishment on his name day.