//Sometime in the night, our ship must have been attacked by raiders or pirates, for the next thing i remeber is hearing screams of terror wake me from my sleep. I remeber it being dark, yet lit with fire, and in the confusion, we had abandoned ship. The next thing we knew, was waking at dawn on some forsaken beach...//
(Torens point of view. Each week i will write up a review of the last week. So this is where we will start! the refugee ship was attacked, and the remaining survivors have been shippwrecked on a nearby island.)
(please let me know once your here by simply saying "here" in the comments so we can get started when enough people arrive)

(Hola amigos!)

Here and ready to roll! (Or 'role': we will be 'role'-playing after all... hahah... sorry I'm a little over-excited right now. XD)

(Comment from beyond the ds as I am leaving, you guys can start withought me, I was just now told we were visiting a grave)

(Whaley here! :D Sorry I'm kinda late to the introductions! cx)

(Just so everybody knows, I am removing Raven's spider eyes since a centaur should not have any animal features on their upper half.
Also, I am thinking about changing his age to an early 16: I had originally wanted him to look as young as possible so that he might actually be approachable despite the spider section of his body,but now I feel like he needs to be old enough to look like a mature person and not a lost child.)

(No probs Fade, just write that in his refs comments, and Hi WhaleFanatic! were just about ready to start!)

(Ill join whenever we get back, shouldnt take more than an hour
Just pretend sirius is like, kod for the rest of the time)

The sunlight burned Torens eyes as he gained consioussness. rolling over he coughed and choaked on the sea water, clentching sand in his fists. His head hurt, but overall he didnt feel injured. Slowly got to his feet and waded out of the shallows to look around.

Raven groaned as consciousness returned to him. A throbbing headache immediately sprung up, and his lungs burned from inhaling salt water. Slowly he sat up, supported by eight bony spider legs, and realized that his cloak had managed to stay wrapped around him throughout the chaos. He ran sandy fingers through his hair as he strived to remember the events that led him to being washed up an a remote island.

(I'll be deleting the old comments as we go)
Toren looked around the white sands, pieces of debree washed up on shore, but beyond that, the sea was empty and desolate. Behind him, a forest or jungle of sorts. with his mind becoming clear, Toren glanced down both ways of the shore and figured if he had survived, surely there were others whom might have drifted here with the currents. He began to stumble along the beach in search of survivors.

Memories of the shipwreck suddenly returned to him, and he shuddered from the intensity of the attack. He then realized how cold he was from nearly drowning in the ocean and now cocooned in a soppy wet cloak. He forced his body to suppress his shivering, but couldn't prevent his exhaustion.

(Haha thats ok! im a bit out of it too!)
Toren continued to stumble through the sands, shaking the sand from his hair, ears, and off his horns. As became more aware of his surrounding he noticed the gem in is chest was showing, and quickly fumbled with his jacket to cover it. Then something in the dictance caught his, it seemed to be a figure of someone, with the light reflecting off its limbs.

Raven finally decided to stand up and survey his surroundings. He rose to his feet cautiously at first, but was relieved to find that his balance was easily supported by his eight legs.
Glancing around, Raven discovered that he stood upon a white, sandy beach that bordered the tropical forest looming behind him. The sun glared down at him blindingly, but he welcomed the warmth that it provided.
Survival instincts kicking in, Raven began to head inland, where he assumed would be food and perhaps fresh water to quench his sudden thirst.

(Sorry if my replies might sound weird or lacking right now, I cannot seem to concentrate on what I am typing out T-T)

(No probs @Fade, the first RP is always hard because we have to introduce characters and what not.)
Toren noticed the figure now coming in his direction. He quickly made sure his gem was hidden and then cautiously continued forward, a bit unsure as to wether this figure was friend or foe. As he came more into view, Toren noticed the odd apendages of the figure, as well as the pointed ears. //An elf perhaps?// He thought,

Raven trekked through the sand at a progressive pace, not bothering to keep his
spider legs within the small dome that his cloak created on the belief that no others were on the island to see him. Fortunately, his long and abndantly-numbered limbs allowed travel over yielding surfaces such as sand to be extremely smooth and non-toiling.
However, Raven paused when he spotted a dark silhouette in the corner of his eye, and he instinctively tucked his legs beneath his cloak. 'Survivors of the shipwreck?' he pondered.

Fiacail, a shapeshifter hailing from Vale's main northern island, had remained in his strap-toothed whale form all night after hearing from his foster tribe that a ship was travelling to the kingdom, harboring stowaways, as well as an invaluable relic. His hot-headedness instinctively lured him more to the artifact (roll credits! XD) than the beings on board oblivious to the crew. However, that scenario altered itself at midnight when an amber glow skittered across the inky swells before him, followed closely by haunting, piercing screams. He pumped his flukes to propel himself nearer to the vessel at an invigorated pace, shifting his concerns to those aboard, particularly those who snuck onto the ship,perhaps,he then figured,in search of freedom. As he had approached,his stomach sank like a boulder as he noticed that the immense seacraft was too splintered to uphold itself,bursting almost entirely in flame.(This is sort of a fill in, as I didn't include his reasons for tagging along.)

"Are you a survivor of the refugee ship?" Toren asked the man infront of him, stopping a short distance away. //I guess in this situation it really dosn't matter. If he is a foe, i could kill him and fly away from here, still keeping my other identity a secret. but if he is friend, then theres a possibility that others might have survived the wreckage.// Toren thought as he examined the figure infront of him, looking at his odd apendages in wonder.

(Goodness glaciers, sorry this is taking so long. :T)

(No probs @Whale, the first RP will probs move fairly slowly until the we all get more into it.)

( @Whaley I had wondered where you had gone off to! But no wonder you took so long - your writing style is so impressive! As well as everybody else's! I feel even more obligated to make my own replies sound better now TuT)

(Your writing is great @Fade! dont worry about it! i keep missing letters or words in my scentences!)
Toren relaxed at the stranges crack in his voices // he's obviously a little nervous // Realising he was not a threat, Toren replyed with a gentle head nod.

Raven strained his eyes towards the person in the distance, unsure if he was willing to confront the stranger or not. After a moment of hesitation, he decided to leave him or her up to the task of approaching him, and he retreated to the forest instead. Deducting that the stranger would be desperate to find another survivor of the shipwreck, he slunk behind a tall plant, intending for the person to pass by unaware of his presence so that he could get a good glimpse of them. That is, if they followed him. Raven could care less.

( @KJumper: That's a relief x)
@Raksha: If you step up your game, then I will be pressured into making my comments sound better too ToT It's always so awkward and tense at the beginning of an RP, huh? 'XD)

"no, not yet." Toren replyed, rubing the back of his neck. "you would be the first...which means, there are probably others." Toren then walked past the stranger in search of anyone else. /it would have been easier if he was a foe.../ Toren sighed to himself. /guess i wont be flying out of here, oh well./

Before completely abandoning the disastrous scene, as he feared it would be futile to linger, for, after echolocating, he verified that there were no survivors. But some determined force deep inside him caused his clicks to ring out once more, his heart quickening at his findings: seven signatures indicating life, each with a faint murmur of a heartbeat. They had a chance if they were quickly taken ashore the nearest isle. Signaling his foster pod, he started nudging them closer to the surface, wary as to not let them drown. Fiacail grew desperate, worrying his marine family wouldn't arrive soon enough. He was growing exhausted, when...
'Fiacail/land calf, we/the Tohora are here!' The dulcet voice of Ngaio, his adopted mother, assured him. Suddenly, the pod was at his flanks, as well as in front of him, each black-and-white marine mammal taking responsibility of a survivor, their unified destination an island that was close by, one they knew well.

"Toren" He replyed, "Toren Drake Shale. And you?" Toren glanced over his shoulder, noting the distance that this person was keeping. //If i had wanted to attack you i would have by now// He shrugged.

(I hope you all don't mind my method of filling plot holes... xp)

(YUSS! It's the Cetacean Nation, mon! XD)

Raven ascertained that the stranger was following him when he peeked through the gaps in his cover. As the survivor came nearer, he noted that it was a female, and had strikingly bright orange hair, although it looked more like feathers than hair.

Raven would have taken more time to appraise the girl's appearance, but an airy hiss beside him brought his attention to the forest floor, where a bright green serpent was coiling up in preperation to strike him. Panicked, Raven yelped and stumbled from his cover, his legs flailing. He froze as he came to his senses, but it was too late. His face reddened when he realized the awkward position that he was in.

Toren chuckled to himself as he watched Dorian attempt to relax. Then he took a notice to his limbs, the sand obviously bothering them. "I dont mean to be rude, but whats with your arms and legs?" Toren pointed out, as they continued along the beach, but before giving Dorian a chance to answer, his ears perked up to yelp in the distance.

( @Allure, i posted a pic just previous to this one with RP entries and times, i would check there, it is under the same tag as this)

(And ah sorry @Whale i did not notice you last comment! of couse its fine! as long as it all fits in , :) )

Toren took note of Dorians limping, slightly concerned, but continued to hurry towards the yelp. At least if he got there before Dorian, he could position himself between him and the threat, afterall, he cant loose the only other ally he had in this place. Upon reaching the yelps destination, Toren was suprised to find a bright feather haired girl and what looked to be a flipped over centaur of sorts...

Raven didn't speak for a long moment, unable to find the words to explain himself. His mind raced as his eyes darted over the girl in front of him. //I can't run back into the forest now,// he thought in a rising panic. //I don't want to look like a coward, and she would eventually run into me again anyways, since we're both stuck here. She also now knows that I was intentionally hiding myself from her. How can she trust me now? I can't even greet her like this. I don't even care to give her my name though. I don't need anybody's company; I can manage on my own. But I can't just run off on her. It's cowardly and pathetic. But I was also hiding from her. That was cowardly.// Raven forced himself to stop thinking circularly and approached her in the most humble way he could. "I'm sorry for planning on ambushing you," he said, his head bowing deeply in a gesture of apology.

(no probs lol)

Before the rosy tinge of dawn spilled over the horizon did they succeed in their task, pushing the unconscious gently inward just so in order for them to tenderly brush against the white sand (and so that Fiacail's loved ones wouldn't run themselves aground, for, unlike him, they couldn't better suit themselves to terrain devoid of the sea). Fiacail recalled surprisingly well the appearance of whom he'd rescued. She'd had hair that was the hue of brilliant flames of which was surprisingly soft. Bidding the tribe a farewell squeak in their tongue, he decided to remain on the island with the survivors, for they were currently in a vulnerable state (and he was curious of their plight). Still drenched, he managed to at least revert to his anthro form, taking cover behind a large stone, crouched. He smirked bittersweetly to himself. "They won't know that it is I they must direct their gratitude," he whispered. Shaking his head slowly, rising from his postion, he added, "So it goes..."

(Anything further I add to the story will henceforth be in the present.)

(sounds good @Whale!)
Toren just glanced at each of the figues as Dorian slid beind him, Then began chuckling to himself at the increasingly odd situation, despite the grevious cercumstances. /How do a cautios feather haired girl, a spider centaur, a limbles shy 'elf' and a 'currently secret' dragon wind up together/

( @Kole# Yeah, in a nutshell. XD)

Raven opened his mouth to share his reasons for hiding, but stopped when two humans - or rather, humanoid beings - came running up to them. Remembering that he still wore his cloak, he tucked his legs inside it, even though it was obvious that everybody had sen them. Raven took their arrival as a chance to escape explaining his choice of actions, despite how guilty he felt about doing it. "Hello," he replied to the one who had spoken first.

Now was definitly not the time to laugh, but Toren simply could not help it. "hello to you too!" Toren calmed himself from laughter, "are you two Survivors?"

( @Kole#: okie dokie!)

( @Kole# alrighty! also we will probs go on for a while longer, but then imma have to tap out. Ill probs post another info page/reminder sometime this week for next week.)

Raven nodded slowly, wary of the three strangers and confused by the horned man's sudden outburst. Naturally, he avoided adding to the conversation, and instead quietly stared at the newcomers. //What have I gotten myself into?// he groaned inwardly. //Too many strangers, and too much attention. How am I even supposed to get back to land?// Raven could picture the island as a prison and nothing else at the moment.

Fiacail had dried off enough at this point to subconciously take on his human state entirely. Ah, finally, he thought in silent relief. Crusted salt clung to his skin. Lifting his self-modified goggles to his aquamarine eyes, he was slightly taken aback to see that the beach was stark of all but waves that lapped pristinely along the shoreline. "And I suppose I am no longer needed..." he muttered, folding his arms across his chest, allowing his eyewear to fall to its usual resting spot about his neck. Suddenly, he jumped as a miniscule pebble cascaded from a ledge that towered above him. Glancing upward, he immediately adjusted the focus of his goggles as he heard muffled voices.

"Now, whoever could that be..."

"Were both survivors as well," Toren glanced the two."Im Toren, and the one behind me is Dorian. We dont mean any harm. simply looking for other survivors. You havn't seen any others have you? or any debree or supplies we could use that might have washed ashore?"

(I'll be right back! I need to eat supper!)

"Alright, well... i suppose the group of us is stuck here for the time being. Im going to contine down the beach a little ways. just to make sure we have not missed anything. perhaps you two could check for fresh water and supplies? We will then have to find a way off of this island." //Yea, becase i cant risk flying everone off and expose my identity// Toren thought to himself. "If any of you can think up ideas or have a way off that would be good."

(FINALLY BACK YAAAY)

(Sorry, deleted my comment:it was a little off. xP See you in a bit then, Whaley!)

(Hey pedro!)

Sirius had awoken, his sight a bit strange. He got up, his clothing full of sand. All he remembered was a very strange occurance and that the ship wrecked.
He could see but idmediatly took notice to missing one of his eyeballs.
He looked around the area only to find nothing.
He looked around him in more detail now, he was in a strange place, on a beach right next to a jungle. He didn't know much about the world outside of Escade, but it was an interesting place.

(We ended up going to a furniture store for a whole hour, ugggh)

(I'm back!)
Fiacail shuddered as he heard footfalls approaching his general direction, though unexpectedly.

(Hiya, pedro!)

(Ah @Pedro! your back! haha oh man!)
Toren watched curiously as Dorian took apart his legs. Dragons being slightly enamoured with shiny things, then shook his head "sounds good" he replied to Adara. "Ill be back in a few moments, i though i saw something floating near the shoreline, a little ways back."

Sirius had a solution for finding his eye and just covered one. He could see through his other eye, it was still on shore but somewhere else, there was a group of people in the distance. Hopefully someone would rescue his eyeball before the tide came in.

Raven stood awkwardly, tempted to complain about being bossed around but held back to avoid further emberrassment upon himself. Seeing that an introduction had not been requested of him, he turned towards the shore without a word to search for whatever it was that the faun had wanted him to retrieve. //Why should I even bother to help?// he contemplated as he glided upon the surface of the sandy flat. //Maybe I can pretend to get lost, and head off on my own? It's not like they can't manage without me...//

Sirius decided to pull out a telescope from his poncho's pocket. He looked into various directions to find where to go for his eye. Checking between his missing eye's view and his telescope.
Eventually finding a general direction to go he started walking forward.

(ikr? XD I had actually been planning out how Raven would react if he were the one to find it...)

(Just do it
someone needs to find a random coyote eye,
I think by the end everyone will have found his eyes at least once)

Toren made his way back down the beach after the group had departed to an add group of seagulls who were circling overhead. Something was floating just off shore... something. Suddenly Toren realised what it was, a body. perhaps alive, but he wasnt sure. in a dash he rushed out into the water and grabed it, pulling to shore what appeared to be a man, wearing a Vale kingdom pendent around his neck.

(I was just about to and then saw that Fade might so i didnt lol)

No, he figured. It sounded more like... scuttling. My, that's certainly one giant crab if I've ever heard one, he thought uneasily. His lungs turned to ice as he finally mustered courage to turn in the direction of the noise. He tried supressing a scream as an enormous wolf spider with the upper half of a lad unknowingly crept sulkily his way, but ultimately failed.

(Fiacail has arachnophobia...XD He's likely to get over it as time wears on.)

(Whaley: Oh dear... then I shall apologize to Fiacail ahead of time XD)

"T-thank - you" The man, who Toren suspected did not have much longer to live, quietly said. Toren dragged him onto the beach. He wasnt sure whether he should call help over from the others or not. "P-please... you must-.. get this t-to the king..." The dying man asked.
"Just hold on a moment" Toren picked up the man and rushed towards where the others were making camp.
(Perhaps we should end it here for tonight?)

Raven's heart about leaped out of his chest when a sudden shriek cracked through the air from an unknown direction. He froze, taking moment to right himself from the shock, then glanced around to discover a very pale person some distance off. Raven felt fairly offended and annoyed at the stranger's reaction. //Does he even have consideration for others' feelings?// he thought dryly.

Sirius eventually got the general area of where his eye is. He managed to get a distinct smell from the jungle. He followed it to see a red headed girl and, an elf? He was unsure but aproached them casually. "Umm Hello, hmm, guess I'm not the only survivor."

(Feel free to end it whenever you'd like. It seems that most are tired after all... *cough cough* XD)

(Awww man, just when I got to be involved D:)

(Its getting fairly late now here, and i still have some stuff to work on. and yeaaa, the intro to an RP is quite time consuming until we all get more into it and the plot starts up.)

(Aww sorry pedro!!! you only just arrived!)

(Ill probably post an info/reminder page during the week before next satuday.)

(I'm perfectly fine right now, it's only 7 pm, and can go until well, tomorow)

(Oh well, that's life
at least I enjoyed one fun RP today hehe)

(Haha, I guess so. xP And it's pretty difficult to get things started when there are so many characters to be introduced...)

Noticing he had startled the unusual centaur, he clasped his hands over his mouth, albeit a bit too soon. His heart then stood still upon realizing he'd caught the spider-boy's attention. No no no, do not come any nearer, he silently prayed, his fear overtaking him.

(Aw, okay then. cx This was quite fun thus far! Bye, guys!)

(yea we will probs end here then for today! [and yup i think Raksha fell asleep lol] So yup, we started off fairly slow, but once we have the whole gang together, our plot started, and the journey begining it should pick up from there! just like any good book, ;) )

(It was an honor to roleplay with all of you! I will be greatly anticipating the next roleplaying date! x))

(Going to be fun considering I made Sirius to be a trickster character of sorts :)
Nyehehe)

(Raksha: No problem, I was just joking with you x) Studying all day has tired me out too... T-T)

(Or sneaks them onto peoples' food XD)

(He usually just ends up juggling them, and yes, hiding them in food)

(My dad knew a guy with a glass eye that would make it drop out into his food while on dates; he would then casually wash it off in his drink, stick it back in his head, and proceed to eating... he is single to this day. XD)

(Yeah, I bet his pranking skillz are eye-poppingly intense... XD That was one of many terrible puns that had to be made. G'night, folks!

(See ya everyone!)

( @Fady... Hmm, I wonder why. cx)

(Literally thats Sirius
have a good time everyone
may you not experience any crummy junctures)