Zardj'Tali's Quest

The Bacon's charge was completely halted with Zardj'tali sustaining only a tiny bit of damage which she could easily shrug off, on the other hand she would hold onto the charging monster and prevent it from running away just in time for Zardyaya to stab it in the throat with one of her claws. It would let out a pained squeal as blood would begin to trickle from it's throat wound the damage piling up fairly quickly and it's owner would see that it needed help and try to assist his poor pet. He would lash out at Zardj'tali with his sickle hoping to land a blow on her arm to get her grip to weaken and thus let go of Bacon or cause her to have to let go of Bacon to dodge. Meanwhile McRib would be goaded into bashing her head against a tree being dazed a bit from the collision while her tail would leak blood from the parting gifts Zardeggy left her.

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Zardj'tali was confident in the little group, they were handling the piggies rather easily. They were nice and plump too, food for lizards after. Big tall one, who knows. Maybe tasty too. But she was singled out too. Piggy was after her, now big one was after her too. So she knew what to do. If she was target, Eggy and Yaya be good. She used her tail to lash at the human's arm, at least aiming to push the swing aside, but trying to lead him towards striking his own animal.

Zardeggy would lean out of their glide and going for the human again, leaping up on to their back and giving them the same treatment as the piggy; claws digging as deep as they can in to their back, hands in the back of their shoulder blades.

Zardj'tali would manage to partially redirect the blow but the blade would cut into her tail a bit, but fortunately she had enough force to have the sickle pierce into Bacon's hide. Not to take an opportunity laying down Zardyaya would launch her own attack at the bloody stamp pig wounding it further which would cause it to start to squeal in fear as it knew with these wounds it would soon die. This would cause the farmer to scream in anger and then try to attack Zardj'tali again however Zardeggy would swoop from above and land on his neck before bringing him down to the floor which was far easier than doing so to the Stamp Piglet. He would fall to the ground and try to get back up but considering Zardeggy was just as large as he was he wouldn't be able get up as easily.

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All three lizard were prepared. The man was dangerous. "Zardeggy did it!" Zardj'tali said only to have Zardyaya understand. With them knocked down, Zardj'tali got her tail around the man's throat and squeezed. This had worked so much for her before, of course she would use it against such a more deadly target. Zardeggy held up on the man's back, claws digging in to their back keeping them down. And Zardyaya was making sure that the dying pigs weren't going to turn back on them whilst their master was being choked out.

Zardj'tali would finish the farmer by strangling the life out of him with her tail resulting in both of the Stamp Piglets letting out a cry before charging at her, fortunately in the case of Bacon Zardyaya was in the way and thus would get tackled whereas McRib would turn around and keep running towards her in order to tackle her with everything it had. Zardeggy however wouldn't get in the way instead leaping up as she wasn't a fan of getting hurt for someone else and she knew that the Stamp Piglets were on their last legs. As a result as the Stamp Piglet came closer she would swoop down on it again and finish it off. "Dibsssssss on thissss one. Zardeggy said standing on top of it so as to use it's bulk for a leaping point in case they needed her to step in to deal with the last Stamp Piglet

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Unwinding her tail Zardj'tali was turning to finish the piggies off, feeling a little more rage at her new friend being hurt by the piggy. She likewise knew the piggy was on it's last legs, and just made use of that. Leaving the large body she dove on the remaining piggy, helping Zardyaya in fending it off without being hurt too much herself, finding the wounds and aiming to cut deeper in to them, rather than making the wounds larger. Even if the Lizardfolk were able to recover with a little time, she still didn't like seeing her companions hurt. "Eggy can has that one if help take back to burrow."

They would make short work of the final Stamp piglet and Zardeggy would nod before stepping off of the Stamp Piglet to try and drag it back home. It was a good hunt and each of them now had something to eat, as she assumed that Zardj'tali was going to want the tasty looking humanoid one, though she would of loved to take a bite out of that one too she shouldn't be greedy. If they all decided to head home then that would be the end of the hunt, though if Zardj'tali decided to stay then she would find that Zardeggy was going to head home regardless as she wasn't looking to keep hunting after such an eventful time.

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"Never eat one these before." Zardj'tali looked to the man, finding the best place to grab them and pull them along. Along with sating her curiousity and picking up the spikey tool. A personal trophy. "We go home. Zardeggy can have piece too when home. Zardj'tali's treat."

[Ending hunt]

With Zardyaya and Zardtenor, Zardjtali led them out from their burrow, and back along the trail she had already passed down. This was only going to be a short hunt in her mind so not needing to worry about finding the route home was best. "My wish could have heard voice if ZardGrammy say pretty voice. You hunt go bad?" She had to carefully pick her words that Tenor could answer. "Zardyaya good hunt. I think I good hunt too. Kill many foods with tail. Strong tail we had. Help good." As she talked quietly, she left Zardyaya to be the forward look out.

Zardj'tali and her group would walk under they would stumble upon a pair of Stamp Hogs in a precarious position as one of them was humping the other one would wild abandon, the one who was being mounted would has some drool leaking from it's mouth as it's eyes were slightly glazed but it seemed as if they were enjoying themselves at the very least. Still it would be over with little fanfare it seemed as if their reproduction didn't take that long and both of them would snort before rubbing against each other's sides. Fortunately the Lizardkin hadn't been noticed yet but would they want to hunt these things they did look rather robust and could probably feed them for a whole day each given their size.

(You can control Zardyaya & Zardtenor for this fight)

More piggies it seemed, Zardjtali and Zardyaya knew how to deal with those. They didn't know how experienced exactly that Zardtenor would be. The 'leader' of them motioned and turner hunched low. With claws drawn the carefully stepped forwards as a trio, and finished by telling Zardyaya to go around. It took a second but Yaya did understand it, and walked a little away. Once in position, the two experienced with Hogs lizards dove at one each. Zardjtali took the one who had been on top, whilst Yaya was on the receiver. "Zardtenor help Zardyaya!" Jtali called out, winding her tail around the thick neck and squeezing as tightly as she could. Zardyaya meanwhile went for their own method in stabbing nails in to her own target to bleed them out. Zardtenor joined her in using their claws to slash the back of that pigs legs to hobble it whilst they took it down.

The Lizardkin would rush forward with their plan of attack though only Zardj'tali would manage to get the drop on her target as the other one would tackle the Zardyaya before getting one of it's legs cut by Zardtenor's claws. As for Zardj'tali this Stamp Hog would begin to run around trying to get the Lizardkin off of it's back for a bit before deciding to just roll over. It was larger than the Lizardkin and thus it could just press it's bulk on her to forcibly free itself if she didn't jump off before then. It seemed that these piggy's were a though tougher than the ones they had encountered in the morning and that was saying something as Stamp Piglets were a hardy type of monster already, so their adult versions would only be that much stockier.

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Zardj'tali had done it before, so she just focused on her gut whilst being rolled over. Her goal just being to harden her skin again to not be hurt by the Pig rolling on top of her. But this meant she also used that momentum and weight, she let the Stamp Pig impale itself on her claws, and curling to hook in to them. She had learned from doing this previously, but the pigs were fatty enough to know how to get a good grip on it, and if anything she could prevent this one doing much when she had it lifted off of it's legs, with any wriggling causing it to be hurt more.

The pairing of Zardyaya and Zardtenor weren't as experienced as a pair, but Zardyaya still knew some of the Stamp Pigs from earlier, even if this one seemed more vicious. Clearly taming the pigs weakened them, or so it seemed. "Zardtenor work with me," Together the two aimed to continue, taking swipe at another leg each to slash, and follow up with a tail swipe at that same damaged spot for that bit more of an insult.

Being that the claws of the lizardkin weren't one to play around against the stamp hog whom toyed with zardj'tali would feel the claw enter pass its skin and let out a squeal before using its wait to complete the steamroll and force the claw out of its back. it would obviously want to get the others to work together but they seemed in a bit of a pinch.

the stamp hog who the zards thought were getting it legs would press on shifting its body weigh just a bit to instead receive the cut from one and the other would collapse head on with it. the stamp hog that had its leg cut off would squeal then charge at the back its relative just charged head on with albeit its charge would be as strong.

Zardjtali was confident in her own abilities, at least in keeping one of the Stamps occupied. And grappling was just one such skill she was getting ok at. She dove for the Stamp again, throwing all her weight behind it to tackle, dig her claws in, and make use of her Topple skill to get it down again, and getting her tail back around it's throat to Choke it out.

Zards Yaya and Tenor were working together against the other, taking chances to swipe with claw and tail to keep it off balance. Yaya was already hurt so she was much more cautious and retreating after each swipe.

Digging her claws into the body of the body of the stomp hog mad him squeal, since it wasn’t expecting to have the card dig it’s claws into it once more, but that was alright since it had something planned to deal with this annoying card. It would roll over on its back again but this time would be a bit different since the czars tightly and firmly held onto its neck their could’ve been a chance that it would eventually run out of air.

The HoF who was able to retain both of its legs seem that its partner was in some kinda of trouble since it didn’t roll over after dropping it weight onto the zard but they both were in a similar situation as it was whomever stopped breathing first lost but the hog was at a disadvantage. The four legged hog would charge at one of the two other zard in an attempt to knock it back.

Zardj'tali was being fought with her own game, but she had her confidence. She had done this several times, she had choked out a number of prey including human and Myconid. A silly piggy would fall all the same. She was experienced in using her tail to choke, and she had hardened her scales to aid in not making her quite as squishy and harder to squeeze of air. She needed to thank ZardGrammy for gifting her this ability when it had worked so well for her so far. She was still feeling the pressure, but it was lessened. And still, she dug in her claws, and the squeezed her tail tighter, and tighter.

The two others were doing their work ganging up on the Stamp. Zardyaya, already slight injured, was staying back and Zardtenor was aiming just to help keep her safe too. Zardj'tali did say the Zards were stronger together, it was their turn. And so they would lash out with their tail, striking at the charging hog's head to disrupt their charge, to veer them off to one side so the two were able to dodge that much easier.

The Stamp Hog was trying it's best to take in as much air as it could as it's health was slowly trickling down due to the constant choking from it's smaller assailant still, it knew in its might that it could outlast her. Still it was odd she was a lot more hard than it expected usually things were all squishy when it pressed it's bulk on them but in this case it figured that like one of those bugs she would eventually crack and all of her mushy stuff would spill out all around it. Meanwhile with the other Stamp Hog it was trying to give as good as it could get and would charge forward albeit being steered this way or that way until it hit a tree. It would be dazed for a brief amount of time as a result but as it's brain rebooted it was trying to figure out how to kill these annoying things if a normal tackle didn't work maybe a reckless one would.

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Zardj'tali felt she was getting weaker the longer this went on, the damn piggy being too fat to crush it's wind pipe properly. It was a useful skill, but one that clearly didn't work every time. She needed a new strategy now. One that Zardyaya was already in on. Leaving Zardtenor to be aware of the charging Stamp, Yaya had moved on over and jabbed a claw right in to the throat of the Stamp Pig while it was busy trying to crush J'tali. Tenor had followed the charging Pig to the tree taking it's 'slash and backstep' tactic to heart, if it wanted to charge then Tenor was going to make sure it was slower and limping.

Zardj'tali was right in that she was gradually getting weaker although her Rock-Scale did turn this fight into a much more even battle, but Zardyaya's assistance would come into play causing it to squirm as blood would start to ooze from it's pierced throat. Now with two Lizardkin attacking it, it would fully roll over before trying to stumble off hoping the speed of movement would be enough to throw Zardj'tali off of it.Meanwhile with Zardtenor the other stamp Hog's leg would be slashed causing it to wake up out of it's daze and turn around as he stepped back and it would squeal angrily before vaulting forward much faster than before as it utilized reckless tackle. It would collide into Zardtenor and both of them would feel the effect of the much more brutal collision, Still despite that it seemed that the Lizardkin were winning this exchange, which was why the arrival of the Jade Horned Horse was so unfortunate.

It would enter by simply trotting in without a care in the world and spotting the group of Lizardkin hunting the Stamp Hogs and it would merely stomp a hoof against the ground in annoyance which would cause both of the Stamp Hogs to squeal in fright as they hadn't expected that they would run into it during their nightly romp. The Jade Horned Horse would tilt it's head all three of it's jade horns glinting in the moonlight as it processed the situation and waited, for what? Who know.

NORTH BOSS ENCOUNTERED: JADE HORNED HORSE:

Just like the Pigs, the Lizards were also stunned by the appearance of the equine. But the confusion was honestly to their benefit. Zardtj'tali rushed over to her companions' side and just grabbed them to turn them around for a split second, continuing to run. And the two of them got the message. They needed to flee. This would be a powerful prey, and their horns looked cool. But they wouldn't look so cool impaling any of the Lizards. So the three of them just ran.

Zardj'tali would do such a thing though as the three of them ran away it would seem that she would trip on something causing her to fall down and both Zardtenor as well as Zardyaya looking back at her before looking at each other. Clearly a decision was to be made do they ditch her to save themselves, does one of them sacrifice themselves to stall to buy her time to escape or do they both give up their chances of getting away to stick around to find another opportunity to escape. Meanwhile The Jade Horned Horse would move, one moment it was standing still then next moment it's horns were impaled into the Stamp Hog Zardtenor & Zardyaya were originally fighting. Surprisingly the Stamp Hog was still alive if barely as it seemed the Jade Horse had purposely not aimed for it's vitals to prolong it's suffering especially considering it raised it up in the air like a trophy.

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Zardjtali felt her heart racing as she hit the ground, not watching where she was going. She glanced back, it seemed she had a moment still with the beast stabbing a hog. She locked eyes with the other two and threw a hand forwards. "Go home! I be home soon!" She told them, didn't want them to worry, she wanted them home safe. Once sending them off, it was time to activate the Rock Scale again as she stood. Defend herself if she needed. Ensure her family got home safely.

Both of them would manage to run ahead, while the Jade Horse would flick it's head causing the impaled Stamp Hog to fly forward and impact Zardyoshi causing her to be thrown off her feet and probably would of hurt her more if not for her Rock Scale being active and her being ready to block. The Jade Horse would notice the other Stamp Hog squealing before trying to charge at it, which would cause it to snort before lifting both hooves before stomping down on it's skull as it was about to reach it crushing it and spraying blood everywhere. The Stamp Hog that was thrown would barely cling to life after just an impact and the Jade Horse would stomp it's backfoot with another snort as it seemed annoyed that it got blood over it's hooves

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Zardjtali huffed as she stood, Rock Scale feeling like it could be saying her life. But she sent her friends home, and she was determined to join them. So forgetting the dying Pig that was thrown at her, she made a break for home. She realised watching that she should not have messed with the beast even with her friends, she had no chance alone but to run.

(Exit)