Orion's Fall 0321's Gallery

((Hidden from the burning sun by an overhanging shelf of rock, Orion, Marchus, and Sagitta made a plan. They had arrived early in the morning, before dawn and well before the day could warm into its full Issiq heat, but they had not found a single one of their intended prey.)) Now late afternoon, the trio had grown tired and frustrated after checking every source of water in the region. Plenty of animals were spotted, but none were nukap, which the picky aerobic royals had specifically req...

Four tsabhua gathered at the edge of the water. ((The flooded hallway was normally dark, but in all the activity, someone had placed a portable floodlight pointing at the still, ominous water. It was colder in the second ring than the first, but just as humid, giving the air a clammy feeling that clung to the fur of the group.)) Nauxha had accompanied Orion and Sea as part of the assistance agreement between the two colonies, but Nazig had already been present when they arrived, contemplating...

A russian-colored belemoid and an appaloosa-marked tsabhua were both standing and admiring ((the large glass building that stood in front of them. Imiria and Orion had arrived at one of the large glasshouses that existed in Mireh, for their task of helping with the planting and taking care of all the seedlings that existed in the controlled habitat. Despite Mireh being quite a fertile area with lots of berries and fruits, it didn't mean that everything grew well there. Imiria continued to adm...

Orion tapped her claw into the grassy path below her paws, as she impatiently waited - the tsabhua was waiting for a native belemoid known as Sandquill. Orion had not met this native before, at least that she could recall, but it was apparently a necessary part of her training to become a farmer. Something about the colony wanting her to have official training, even though she had been farming for Wayward Station for a while now. However, even if Orion grumbled about it, she would never go ag...

One sun was in the sky, and while it was early by Xiunus standards the tsabhua were rousing themselves, relighting fires and sorting out breakfast.  The three colonists were travel-worn and knew the routine already.  Dawnbreaker set about getting food while Cygnus packed up their sleeping blankets.  Kukimbia watched them, munching on berries she had in a bowl.  Orion, who usually helped with the morning proceedings, was instead suspiciously checking over the...

Orion sighed as she leaned against a nearby wall of rock.  The two whelps she was watching over had scampered off again, climbing one of the striated formations to play on its wind-smoothed surface.  They took any hint of climbable rock as a challenge, as if there weren’t cool vantage points in Mireh!  The pair were probably going to disturb something’s nest and get bit at this rate.  Still, standing in the shade was nice.  Even in Kerah, Issiq was hot....

The temporary camp was busy on the chilly Kerah morning.  A party departed to search for food, but six tsabhua remained, milling about as they determined what to do.  Dawnbreaker and Orion wrestled, trying to push each other around, while Snowdance told Skylark about his visit to the river.  Yannikuf stood off to the side, awkward in this colony that was not his.  A brown tsab nodded to him, then stepped confidently to the head of the group.  “Yayaloc tol...