Udyr and Moons Shadow part two

[Andre]

(This takes place during the events of the FG game session from Tues July 19th , right after Udyr meets up with the other heroes and they all bed down for the night afterwards )

1500 human refugees... 1500 HUMAN REFUGEES ! And only 1400 of them worth anything.

Udyr snorted to himself , shifting from one side to the other to make himself more comfortable.. he was still getting used to the bear form - he'd only been able to assume it for less than a week now.. the fur and layers of fat were a gift from nature - he could barely feel the biting cold chilll of the near-winter night winds even this high up in the mountains.... he'd made sure to take the form of the bear out of sight of the others , especially those soft city folk - 1400 of them - all tentatively trying to tell him " thank you " only to fall silent when the big man turned and scowled at them... he'd healed one after another of them with the gift of Habbakuk, an entire line of them, while Zane and his idiot friends - except Draug , the only one of the "heroes" worth anything at all, he doubted Draug was an idiot - had been off gods-knew-where.... 1400 soft city folk calling him a priest, murmuring in wonder.... BAH ! If they'd worshipped Habbakuk from the start they probably wouldn't have been in this position to begin with - the gods of light, Habbakuk among them, would have returned to the world earlier .. the city folk wouldn't have been caught with their pants down their legs as the dragonarmies - led by the Queen of the dark gods herself apparently - steamrollered over them ... perhaps they would have produced more druids , maybe even the rangers .. warrior-priests of nature - Olodak had told him about ... but no, damn city folk hadn't bothered to come to their senses until it was too late. And now HE had to work like a demon to take care of the whole lot of them - far too much effort, especially for a bunch of fools. That's why he'd tried to sleep far from the others - last thing he wanted was to be pestered by a bunch of soft city folk trying to thank him and disturbing his rest.

At least there were about a hundred of the barbarian plainsmen travelling with them too ... THEY were worthy of respect, lived among nature, respected nature... even if the damn fools worshipped the wrong thing .. " ancestor spirits" indeed.. though from talking with them they'd been quietly asking Zane about the true gods.. Habbakuk , Chislev, Branchala ... after seeing Zane at work, walking among the soft city folk, closing their wounds with a touch ... apparently that damn fool bird-man Rin was a priest nowadays too, healing others through the use of divine magics as well ... though Udyr couldn't imagine which god would be foolish enough to take that feathered fool for a servant.

He'd seen a few familiar faces from the Que-Kiri tribe among the refugees ... but not the one he'd been wondering about... Udyr began to doze off.. then his ears perked up again as his nose caught a scent. He cautiously opened his eyes just a crack.

She crept quietly past him, arrow nocked in her bow ... no doubt trying not to wake what she regarded as a sleeping bear.... She was perhaps 10 feet away from him , far from being out of sight of Udyr yet... she didn't seem to be aware he was looking at her yet.. she was dragging a deer behind her , food for the refugees no doubt...



(Udyr you probably remember this stuff but if not see

whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=forumroleplay&action=display&thread=823

for when you first met her )

[pirateking]

(was thnking about her, thought i heard her name in the FG session )

Udyr opens both his eyes, lets out a yawn then slowly raises up to his front paws, facing directly at Moons Shadow. He sits there looking directly at her for a moment, then in an instant, shifts back to his normal form, siiting with his legs crossed.

Udyr rubs his eyes with his thumb and index finger, then places his hands on his knees. "Still worshipping your ancestors? No doubt you thank them for that kill." He motions his head toward the deer.

"Thats not nearly enough to feed all of them... damn city-folk have no clue how to take care of themselves out here..."

[Andre]

" What .. HOW ? " Moons Shadow's eyes practically bulge out of their sockets .. she drops her deer her mouth gaping wide open as she stares at Udyr.. " Udyr ? UDYR ? ! ? HOW did you --- ? ! ? "

[pirateking]

Udyr gives a half smirk at Moons Shadow.

"You once asked me, what miracles does the Blue Phoenix provide me. This is one of them. Habbakuk has returned, and he has rewarded me for my faithfulness."

Udyr stands up slowly, walks over to Moons Shadow, lifts up the deer placing it on his shoulders. Udyr then places his hand on her shoulder, Moons Shadow can feel warmth radiate through-out her body from his hand. (Endure Elements)

"That should keep you warm tonight, another gift from the Blue Phoenix."

Udyr begins to walk back to the refugee camp carrying the deer. "Don't just stand there."

[Andre]

Moons Shadow closes her mouth , understanding visibly drawing it's way across her lovely features " You are a priest now - a TRUE priest ... many of us gave up worshipping our ancestors when we saw what the other priests, Zane and Rin the child-bird could do ... I am happy for you Udyr .... a bear " she chuckles.... " That suits you..." She watches him begin to start back towards the refugee camp - a somewhat long walk, at least five minutes worth, given how far Udyr has positioned himself apart from the others to get some well deserved peace and quiet.. a grin comes across her features.. " Not YET Udyr of Habbakuk, not yet ! " With the grin still on her face she runs towards him and launches herself through the air at him in an attempt to tackle him.

(Udyr I'll let you decide if you allow yourself to be tackled - if you decide you want to pin her or something or make her eat the snow and ice on the ground you can feel free to narrate that too in your reply if you like )

[pirateking]

Udyr turns around just in time for Moons Shadow to plow into him. Off balanced because of the deer he was carrying, he falls back into the snow. Udyr quickly grabs hold of her and rolls over pinning her to the ground. He puts his forhead right up to hers.

"So, how have you been this last year?"

Udyr stands ups pulling Moons Shadow up from the ground.

[Andre]

" Do your brains turn to fur as well as your skin priest of Habbakuk ? " scoffs Moons Shadow " You should have stayed on the ground , it would have been easier that way - small talk later" Grabbing Udyr's animal-fur shirt she pulls him towards her

(unless Udyr objects for some strange reason )

her back already up against a nearby cliff wall (lots of those in the mountainous region Udyr and Moons Shadow are in).. with deft, quick fingers she begins to unlace his clothing.

[pirateking]

With less than deft and quick fingers, Udyr begins to nearly rip the clothes from Moons Shadows body.

With a smirk, "The ground it is." Udyr grabs her and pulls her down on top of him.

[Andre]

(one passionate encounter later)

Moons Shadow sighs in satisfaction snuggling up to Udyr.. then shivers. " I have no fur to protect me from the snow and ice on the ground bear-priest" Moons Shadow says with a smile " We should go back to camp now, find a tent or lean-to ... " she traces a finger down the fur-like hair on his chest in the same way she did a year ago when they last met. " I haven't laid with anyone since you bear-priest.... I only bed warriors ... and after you... every other warrior didn't seem as strong.. as powerful... you were the only one who ever beat me in a fight-not-to-kill... I have thought of you often since then... " Her large blue eyes are sincere as she looks into Udyr's own ... full of passion and something deeper as well - it's obvious she means every word she says, that each and every word is heart felt. She holds his gaze a moment longer with her own then drops her eyes again laying her head on his chest.

" The city folk are soft ... it is much work to care for them" Moons Shadow sounds exasperated ... " We can care for ourselves well enough but watching over them as well is.. difficult.. still.. I look at the faces of their children... I would not like to see their little ones starve.. I would not like to see ANY of them starve ... but they should have learned to take better care of themselves ... they spent so much time trading with each other in these "cities" of theirs that they forgot how to fend for themselves.

" And there is one other thing that brings us all together .. the dragonarmies." She shudders in Udyr's arms. " I have fought wild animals before Udyr - the ones that try to eat us , like .. bears for example " she chuckles poking him in the ribs , reminding him of the fact that he turns into one himself. " And I have won, in single combat, myself against the great beast.. but these DRAGONS ... our weapons did nothing.. they bounced off their scales as if the things were made of rock.. they opened their mouths and clouds of fire came out so large that hundred of warriors died screaming in flames.. I can still smell their flesh burning, their hair ... those things took apart a warrior with a single swipe of their huge claws... and then there are the dragon-men who ride with them... when you stick some of them with a spear they turn to stone, trapping the spear inside.. others burst into pieces killing you even as you kill them - or they melt, turn into a green wind .. if the wind gets inside you , you die... even when you kill them it seems as if you cannot win...

" There are very few of the plainsmen left free and alive Udyr... most of us have either been killed.. or taken alive by the dragonarmies like my other plainsmen brothers and sisters were before the others freed us- forced to work for the dragonarmies, to mine their thrice-damned metal "ore" .... " Her voice grows thick with sorrow as she snuggles even closer to Udyr.. then she makes an obvious and visible effort to calm herself - trying to stay the strong warrior maiden in Udyr's eyes. " I am glad.. you are here now bear-priest.. these past days have been.. hard... "

[pirateking]

"We should get back to camp... there are people in need of the food you have brought."

Udyr sits up.

"The dragonarmies... I have see the destruction they can bring but Habbakuk has given me power, power I will use to stop the dragonarmies' reign of destruction. If you believe in the the Blue Phoenix, you and your people will have the power to defeat the dragonarmies too."

Udyr strokes Moons-Shadow's cheek, then stands up holding his hand out.

"Come, let us go now."

[Andre]

Moons Shadow holds Udyr's hand , gripping it tightly.. for the first time ever since he's met her she looks uncertain.. there's fear in her eyes.

" Do you truly believe so bear priest?" she asks him quietly.. " There were tens of thousands of the dragonarmy soldiers .. and their dragons... we are but one hundred plainsmen and a handful of warriors.. you are a MIGHTY warrior no doubt, this much I already know... " a slight smile crosses her face , a reference to when Udyr defeated her in hand-to-hand combat a year ago - but the smile vanishes as quickly as it appears " But.. do you really think .. we can defeat them?" She continues to grip Udyr's hand hard, eyes looking deep into Udyr's own as if hanging on his every word. She's seen hundreds of her people die in flames by dragon-breath, fought nightmare dragon-men that kill you even as they die ... someone it's not surprising that even someone as fierce as Moons Shadow likes to be would need even more reassurance given the situation...

(not to say Udyr did a bad job RP'ing in reply 8 above that was great ! She's just REALLY freaked out .. and though Udyr would have no way of knowing this since he just joined up with the PC's , he's the only one she's shown this vunerable side of herself to )

[pirateking]

"Yes, I do believe this to be so. Habbakuk has given me many great powers, and he gives those faithfull to him powers as well."

Udyr closes his fist tight, then opens its a small ball of fire sits in his palm(Produce Flame). He then throws it off into the air as another ball of fire appears again, udyr closes his fist and the ball disappears. He then looks up to the sky his arms out, he looks back down, then out to a spot a few yards away as he throws his hand out palm open a bolt of lightning strikes the ground, he turns to another spot repeating this action as another bolt of lightning strikes(Call Lightning).

Udyr then looks at Moons Shadow.

"With the Blue Phoenix's help, I can command the elements. He has entrusted me with powers far greater than you realize. The dragonarmies will be defeated, their destruction put to an end."

[Andre]

Moons Shadow's eyes widen as she looks on ... she nods slowly " So we're not without hope " a slow smile spreads over her face.. " Thank you for that bear-priest - for giving me hope."

Her arm around his waist (unless Udyr objects for some strange reason ) she walks with him back into camp as they drag the deer along behind them.

(did you want to keep going with this forum RP thread Udyr or end it here ? Either way is fine with me )

[pirateking]

(It's cool to end it here. Though wouldnt mind more encounters with her tho. ;D)

[Andre]

(Ok cool great RP'ing as always, 50 XP and 50 RP for Udyr - liked how he used the d20 druid spells for the RP'ing purposes to in order to reassure Moons Shadow,show her the gift of Habbakuk very nice )