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As I enter Trapper's Paradise silence falls heavy on the rooms, more often than not I am tripping over fellow rangers, Snacther practicing his Camouflage, BossDori crafting arrows and bows. Tonight was different, I silently move room to room looking for my Kin, and arrow tagged to the entrance of the circle holds a note \\ |---------------------------------------------------| \ \\ | Poachers spotted South Wilderness! | \ \\ | All Rangers assemble at Rotah | \ ====| Bring arrows! Lots! |==== ====| ~Tsirl |==== // | } / // | } / // VVVVvvvvvvvvvvvVVVVVVVVVvvvvvvvvvvvvvvVVVVVVvvvvvvvv} / Wasting no time I grabbed my bow and quiver from my bedroom and headed for the Trappers exit. As my foot hit the outside air I could smell acrid smoke wafting on the wind, voices of many men were off in the distance to the east, a faint glow was illuminating the sky. The poachers came back, the one poacher I let go must've rounded the rest of the poacher group together for an attack on our home. I kneel down trying to think of what to do, my recently acquired beast laid down at my side gruffing and growling. I hastily scribbled a note asking for the aide of the others rangers, tied the note to the beasts collar, took his face in my hands "Listen here pup, I need you to find the others, our home depends on you" with a snarl and a yip he took off south-wards. Hustling back inside I head back to my nook, grab a bag and stuff supplies into the bag to save my home. At the entrance way to Trappers I place some pit traps on either side of the door way, blind traps in the middle, hoping to blind the poachers and have them stumble into the traps, on each side of the river I line it with snare traps to slow them down lowering their ac. with poison traps to consume their health and make them weak. To make our last stand, I put sleep traps and death traps to the entrance of the Ranger Circle, I would lay them a top each other as to be most effective. Knowing my brethren they will use the secret entrance as it is closest to them. As I tie off the last trap the voices beckon outside the door. Knowing I still have to bide time I make as much sound as I can to stop their advances "C'mon out RaNgErS" one says, inflecting the word rangers. "Yea, get out here for what you done to our people!" another shouts, "If you don't come out, we're going to come in!" my voice catches in my throat and I croak out "W-we're going to defend our home and lands to the death!" as I slip over the traps to the circle a loud thud sounds as the door is wretched from its hinges. Trap after trap sounds off, followed by a groans, gurgles and cut-off screams. "Wha, I can't see" "Poison! I've been poisoned!" "My eyes!" Silence....I know there are some alive, and a number of them too, I can hear them shuffling their boots feeling for more traps. As the shuffles draw closer death traps snap shut just on the other side of the door. I back away slowly with bow in hand, arrow at the ready. Rangers stream through the back door, intent in their eyes, and determination covering their faces. As the poachers breach the door chaos ensues, arrows fly...daggers un-sheath and *DARKNESS* as I come to my senses Brine stands over me "You missed the best part dude, should have seen how many I killed, oh you, you got knocked out or something" she shoots at me with a wicked grin. "Good thing you used that trapping knowledge I showed you, if there was more we might not have stood a chance" as I learned later I took out the majority of the poachers, the last dozen breached the door and I got knocked out somehow. With all the knowledge I have attained, I saved our home. ~Nay | |