open Occult in the Swamps

[Umbreon 569]

Sabellah

 

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Sabel growls, starting to spread her wings but flinching as she remembers the hard way that one of them was injured.  She settles with glaring at Skuldaf instead.  "Golbez flew out into the swamp when he saw YOUR flare to make sure nopony was hurt.  Golbez jumped back down into the basement to make sure those monsters didn't manage to take anypony else after the stallion was grabbed."  Sabel's voice drops a little, her voice practically dripping from her beak.

 

"And Golbez is a lot nicer than I am.  Say one more word about how 'evil' he is, and I'll be seeing how much of a pacifist you really are.  You keep complaining about how bad griffons are, yet you're the monster who left him to fend for himself with those THINGS roaming the halls.  You want to compare him to King Sombra?  Sombra was a pony!  And you're no better!"  

 

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She huffs and turns her attention back to Wish.  Her feathers were still on end, but her tone was calmer addressing the mare.  "C'mon Wish, the quicker we can find Mirror the quicker we can get back and make sure Golbez is alright...  If Skuldaf wants to leave friends to fend for themselves, he can be fish food for all I care."

 

 

 

Murlocs

 

Curse the masked one!  Why did he call them to hunt on land?  It was slow going, and they had to stop every so often to re-hydrate.  They had at least managed to catch some of the scattered ponies already; ones who seemingly worked at the pony building.  Each capture gave them new strength, but also made the hunt more difficult to organize...  There was less prey with each capture.

 

The momentum wouldn't last forever; they had to make as much use of it as they could.  The one sent to the docks should reach there soon - then the pack would grow stronger...

[Hive King 2,001]

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Skuldaf's temper was hard to raise, but it had just flared. 

"Do not talk to me of evil ponies or evil gryphons!" Skuldaf roared, screaming for the first time since their encounter. "I've felt both, the sting of gryphon claws tearing flesh away" Skuldaf snarled, his horn crackling. "I've felt needles of evil ponies as they destroyed my identity" Skuldaf hissed, pawing at the ground. "I don't leave friends to fend for themselves, but Golbez is not my friend! I will not risk your safety for the sake of one stupid, dirty chicken!" Skuldaf yelled, walking backward. He would not leave Sabellah, she was his friend, but he would stay back, for both of their sakes

[SwigglySwiggly 358]

Everything seems calm and quiet, Swiggly was about to doze off. The sudden sound of hoofsetps snapped Swiggly out of his rest.

A pony in uniform stood beside Swiggly, the mare seemed impatient and panicked. Swiggly sat there wide eyed, an awkward silence grew around Swiggly, he couldn't tell if the other pony also noticed the silence between them. Swiggly shuffled away from the mare and tried to relax again. 

"awkward........."

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

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"Don't you dare talk you my friend like that!" Wish shouted shrilly - stepping forward with foolish defiance and pointing a hoof at the larger pony for the second time. Already stressed and too scared to be any more fearful, she scowled determinedly.

 

"Scribe always told me that Unicorns were horrible - that they didn't care about anyone other than themselves... I guess you're the kind he meant because he certainly didn't mean ponies like Mirror!"

 

She lectured, almost hysterically.

 

"Should I leave you to die? By Celestia, I should! You're just a bully who needs to pull you're head out of your plot and get over yourself! What next, you'll leave me behind because there were earth ponies who did cruel things in the past? You don't even know what friendship is!"

 

Stopping for breath, and to wish her brother was there to help, she stopped advancing and glared at him for a moment longer.

 

"So don't you dare talk to my friends like that! Stay away from me - we've got enough to worry about without you turning on us next!" She looked to Sabel, shaking with the adrenaline surging through her system. "I'm going to find Mirror, go find your friend."

 

Turning sharply, the mare stormed after the faint trail with a disregard for stealth. Mirror - that was who mattered now. The blood meant that somepony was hurt and it was leading her right towards their rooms...

[Hive King 2,001]

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"By all means, do leave me to die, my life matters little" Skuldaf muttered, still skulking after Sabellah and Wish. He would protect them, he trusted them. Skuldaf hung back though, in range that he could interfere if necessary but far away enough that he wasn't intruding on them

[Umbreon 569]

Sabellah

 

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Sabel walks alongside Wish, still angry but not as much as she'd been before.  Seeing the mare take her side like that had helped, reminded her she still had friends here...  And as worried as she was about Golbez, she couldn't leave one friend alone to go find the other.  "Golbez...  Can take care of himself for a little bit...  He's tough.  And if Mirror is hurt too bad, somepony might need to carry her...  No offence Wish, but I'm bigger than you are.  And the sooner we can find her, the sooner we can all get back in a group.  Safety in numbers, right?"

 

She kept her eyes peeled for the drops of blood - she had quite a bit of experience hunting, so following the trail wasn't too difficult.  It almost seemed as though whoever had left the blood had been unaware they were bleeding...  Which didn't exactly bode well to the griffoness, but she kept that bit to herself.  No point in making her friend worry over what might be nothing.  

 

@@SilverHeart,

 

As they neared the guest rooms, they actually stumbled upon the source of the blood to Sabel's surprise.  The mare seemed...  Well, she seemed to be fine, other than having seemingly lost something.  She decides to let Wish go first - she hadn't actually met this 'Mirror', but Wish seemed to be friends with her.  She didn't want to spook the pony if she knew what was out there...  Better to let a friend approach.

 

 

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Murloc

 

@@SwigglySwiggly,

 

More employees started to show up near the docks - first a couple more, and then a few more, until there were easily a half dozen scared ponies on the pier with Swiggly.  Some of them were muttering quietly to each other, their voices near a panic.  "Wh-Where is the ferry?  It should be here soon, right?  Will those things come out here?  Why is this happening?"

 

All of this was overheard from the creature in the murky water below the dock.  Stupid ponies - they couldn't possibly hope to escape by the water.  This was their domain - THIS was why the masked one had called them to hunt here!  To prevent escapes...  The ponies could survive if they stuck to the land, but as soon as they tried to flee like cowards they would be easy prey...

 

The time to strike was now.  The creature launched itself towards the underside of the pier, lashing out with a sharp claw.  The wooden boards offered little resistance to its scaled arm as it lunged forward to grab one of the ponies - it heard others scream as it dragged its victim back down through the broken dock and towards the water.  It took a moment to look at its victim - a mare in some kind of uniform - before dragging her below the water's surface.  It had to be quick - there was still more prey to take...

 

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Savoba

 

Deeper within the swamp, Savoba was pacing about his lair.  He was watching through the eyes of the creatures he'd summoned via a large cauldron, the bubbling liquid inside giving off the only light in the hollow space.  "No, no no...  Dis not be what Savoba ordered!  Dey supposed ta feed Savoba's powah, not de fishes!  Savoba gonna have ta punish dem all once morning comes...  'Tupid creatahs, Savoba beginin' ta see why dey so easy ta control..."

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

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Wish looked around as she approached her friend cautiously: still trembling slightly from the events that had taken place. She took a breath to steady her nerves and felt the strap of the knife weighing down her neck uncomfortably as she stretched a hoof out towards the hooded unicorn - stopping just short of touching her.

"Mirror?" She asked tentatively. They needed to go - find somewhere safe but... right then, her friends wellbeing was the only important thing on her mind. "What happened? Are you okay?"

[SilverHeart 741]

(OOC: So how many pages ago was it that Mirror actually interacted with anyone??)

 

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"Huh?" Mirror mumbled as she looked up from her bags, looking curiously at Wish. The hooded mare stared at Wish trying to make sense of why her new friend was concerned for her. It took a little less than a second for Mirror's face to contort into a silent scream as she quickly pulled the hood down to hide her face. "W-Wish-I-didn't-hear-you!" Mirror stuttered quickly as she clenched her eyes shut, as if doing so would provide a second defense against anyone seeing her scars.

[Mickey Taker 347]

"If it's alright with you I'm going to need to pop into my room for a moment, I have few a certain things in there I think might prove useful to our current predicament, all I need is just five minutes to myself and then...where'd he go?", it only just occurred to Golbez that Skuldaf was no longer following him, how long was he left talking to himself for?, "Oh for the love of..can't I turn my back for one minute without -"

*THUMP"

Golbez stopped in his tracks as he looked up at the ceiling where he assumed the loud noise had come from.

As he stood there it slowly dawned on him the predicament he found himself in, he was alone, in a dark hotel with Celestia knows what probably lurking about the corridors.

His mouth was dry and he could actually hear the thump-thump-thumping of his own heart beating rapidly in his chest, he looked both ways of the corridor,"Time I wasn't here I think," nervously the griffon gulped as he quietly pressed on to his own room.

 

Golbez sighed deeply as he reached for his door key he had kept within his wing, hastily making his way inside he just about almost closes the door again before leaning his head out again, looking both ways on either side of the corridor to make sure no-one was watching, nothing...."Good, I only need a mere moment", he finally closes the door.

 

 

Golbez drew a quick breath as he locked the door firmly, rapping his talon against the door to test it before turning his back on it.
"If those walking fish suppers think they can come here and start scaring the flanks off my friends they can think again, I'll make them think twice before crossing me," he couldn't help but smirk as he pulled his suitcase from under his bed.
Placing the suitcase on the bed he opened it immediately and began sorting through his belongings and putting on certen clothing as he found them, one of his white shirts, a red cummerbund that went around the waist, and a black bow-tie, he also took out his tuxedo and top hat as well as a variety of other belongings he might need.
He rubbed the back of his neck as he looked at the rest of his belongings before closing the case, "Darn, I'm gonna have to come back for the rest of this another time."
Golbez gazed around the room before flipping the case upside down, and slid a claw either side of it, a firm 'click' could be heard as the suitcase opened up in two , reveling several secret compartments on the underside and showing the very secrets to Golbez's career a s a magician.
Golbez rubbed his chin as he browsed through the various props and tricks at his disposal, first reaching out for a small red box, opening it careful revealed two rings designed to look like dragons with their jaws wide open that would curl around the wearer's...in this case, claw with their entire bodies, Golbez slipped the rings on both his index claws and tested both as he pressed his thumb claws against the sides of the ring, he smirked as he observed both rings emitting a tiny flame from the dragon's open jaws.
Next, the magician reached out and picked up two red and black woolen bags, each tied up at the end in the ribbon knot, undoing the red bag Golbez reaches in and would take out what appears to be a tiny red pill, he nods to himself as he drops the pill back in the bag and ties it up again, placing both bags to one side.
"One more trick I think should do it....ah-HA!, been looking for an excuse to use these," Golbez held between his thumb and foretalon what appeared to be a remarkably small firework, no bigger than his own claws, to anyone else this firework would possibly appear to be weak and pathetic, But Golbez couldn't help but chuckle fiendishly as he held the tiny explosive in his talon.

 

 

Eventually, Golbez's door once again opens, as he steps out now wearing his infamous Magician's costume.

The Griffon Magician's costume would consist of a typical tail style black tuxedo complete with a white shirt, top hat, a red cummerbund (a broad sash type belt), a black cape with a red silk underlay and a black bow tie.

Raising a talon to his hat, Golbez removes it from his head as he gives it a quick inspection with one eye, giving it a quick dust off before placing it back.

He wouldn't admit it, but he honestly felt considerably more confident wearing his suit as he begun his search for the other ponies in the hotel, and...hopefully, his friends,"Right then...."

Edited January 8, 2014 by Sparx

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@SilverHeart,

 

 

It kind of makes sense for her though, don't you think?

 

 

Wish felt her heart miss a beat as she froze up. She had been able to see that something was wrong from a distance, but when the mare had looked up at her...

 

She had led a fairly isolated life: the farm was safe. It was out if the way and the few ponies living nearby were always caring and careful... even out on her own she had been fortunate enough to never see anything worse than a sprain.

 

Considering this, her reaction might have been justified.

 

She didn't scream - maybe she was in shock, or maybe she knew that doing so would only distress her friend further... she wasn't capable of thinking straight. She just gasped - the beautiful high of the adrenalin draining from her system in a moment. She hadn't been fast or strong or smart enough: something had gotten through - gotten to Mirror and it was all her fault!

 

She didn't so much 'compose herself' as she 'forced herself to act as naturally as possible to avoid panicking the unicorn' as she opened her mouth a few times in an attempt to form words.

 

"I-It's okay. We... we need to go, get to s-s-safety..."

 

No... she couldn't do it. Couldn't just pretend that everything was fine when it wasn't...

 

"Oh Celestia... Mirror, what happened?"

[SwigglySwiggly 358]

  Murloc   @SwigglySwiggly,   More employees started to show up near the docks - first a couple more, and then a few more, until there were easily a half dozen scared ponies on the pier with Swiggly.  Some of them were muttering quietly to each other, their voices near a panic.  "Wh-Where is the ferry?  It should be here soon, right?  Will those things come out here?  Why is this happening?"   All of this was overheard from the creature in the murky water below the dock.  Stupid ponies - they couldn't possibly hope to escape by the water.  This was their domain - THIS was why the masked one had called them to hunt here!  To prevent escapes...  The ponies could survive if they stuck to the land, but as soon as they tried to flee like cowards they would be easy prey...   The time to strike was now.  The creature launched itself towards the underside of the pier, lashing out with a sharp claw.  The wooden boards offered little resistance to its scaled arm as it lunged forward to grab one of the ponies - it heard others scream as it dragged its victim back down through the broken dock and towards the water.  It took a moment to look at its victim - a mare in some kind of uniform - before dragging her below the water's surface.  It had to be quick - there was still more prey to take...

 

 

Swiggly stared wide eyed at the river below him, then he stared at the other hotel employees. Swiggly stood up and backed away from the edge of the pier, he opened his saddlebag and levitated out a packet of chocolate and ripped it open

"here fishy fish fishy..." he levitated the piece of chocolate above the water, occasionally shaking it or moving it around.

Edited January 9, 2014 by SwigglySwiggly

[SilverHeart 741]

(OOC: Oh it makes perfect sense. Except for Wish and Twila, Mirror wasn't supposed to be socializing at all for like a week.)

 

The gasping sound from Wish murdered any remaining hope of keeping anypony from seeing her scars. With her head dropped and shoulders slumped Mirror spoke quietly, "I...I...got burned in a fire when I was younger:..th-that's all. Please , I don't want to talk about it anymore...." Mirror raised her head so she could measure Wish's reaction from the safety of her hood.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@SilverHeart,

 

"B-But..."

 

Wish took another moment to once again fail to collect her thoughts. That didn't make any sense, how had she missed it before? Had the fish things even reached her?

 

"B-but you're bleeding...?" She stammered. "And I heard a noise and... oh no, we need to get out of here."

 

The mare swallowed hard at the recurring thought of the mer-creatures savagely dragging the late Manager to his watery grave. Reaching up, she tugged the tip of her friends hood down - obscuring her face further and gave a very forced smile. Whatever made her feel better.

 

"I need to get something from my room - but then we've got to get somewhere safe, quickly."

[SilverHeart 741]

@@SilverHeart,

 

"B-But..."

 

Wish took another moment to once again fail to collect her thoughts. That didn't make any sense, how had she missed it before? Had the fish things even reached her?

 

"B-but you're bleeding...?" She stammered. "And I heard a noise and... oh no, we need to get out of here."

 

The mare swallowed hard at the recurring thought of the mer-creatures savagely dragging the late Manager to his watery grave. Reaching up, she tugged the tip of her friends hood down - obscuring her face further and gave a very forced smile. Whatever made her feel better.

 

"I need to get something from my room - but then we've got to get somewhere safe, quickly."

Mirror's heart sank as Wish pulled the hood down over her face. Did her only friend not even want to look at her? No, that couldn't be right. Wish was nicer than that...wasn't she? She had probably meant it as a kind gesture...still...for whatever reason it hurt. Wish was still acting off....even before she had seen her.

 

"Wish...what's going on? You're...um...acting weird." Mirror asked.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@SilverHeart,

 

Shaking her head, Wish tried to explain what had happened but the words just wouldn't form in her mouth - recalling recent events made her feel sick in the pit of her stomach.

 

She looked blankly down at her hooves and clenched her eyes closed, took a breath and tried something a little simpler. Something a little less emotional.

 

"We've got to go... right now. There's... something." She blurted out. "Thank Celestia you're okay... I thought we were too late.when I saw blood..."

Edited January 9, 2014 by Cinderscribe

[SilverHeart 741]

@@SilverHeart,

 

Shaking her head, Wish tried to explain what had happened but the words just wouldn't form in her mouth - recalling recent events made her feel sick in the pit of her stomach.

 

She looked blankly down at her hooves and clenched her eyes closed, took a breath and tried something a little simpler. Something a little less emotional.

 

"We've got to go... right now. There's... something." She blurted out. "Thank Celestia you're okay... I thought we were too late.when I saw blood..."

Mirror blushed, when was the last time somepony worried about her without being paid to? "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to make you worry. Are you okay?" Wish seemed troubled. Unsure of what else she could do to help her friend Mirror pulled her into a loose hug. This was awkward.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@@SilverHeart,

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'This is... not really a great time for this....'

 

Given the situation, as much as Wish appreciated the sentiment, it wasn't helping them get to safety. She patted the other pony on the back reassuringly - just how her brother had used to comfort her when she had seemed distressed - and smiled weakly, but genuinely.

 

"Come on, we can't stay here... " She urged again - stepping away and motioning towards the Griffon. "This is Sabel - she's nice, I need to grab something from my room, then we need to go!"

[Umbreon 569]

Sabellah

 

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Sabel had actually started to wander a short distance down the hall by this point, feeling uncomfortable standing still the way they were.  She lifts her wing, the one that wasn't hurt, in greeting when she hears her name.  Before turning back to join the others she glances around the corner, down one of the halls...

 

...And freezes when she sees a bulbous head step into the hallway.  It was soon followed by the rest of the scaly creature, and it seemed to stop to sniff at the air.  Sabel quickly pulls her head back around the corner, running back to the others while trying to stay as quiet as she can.  Seeing Wish opening the door to her room, the griffoness quickly pushes her and Mirror through the door before turning to grab Skuldaf and drag him inside.  Despite what she'd said earlier, she wasn't so cold hearted as to leave him outside with that...  thing.

 

She brings a talon to her beak, gesturing for quiet as she pushes the door shut and braces her body against it.  Her voice is a whisper when she speaks up, "One of those...  Things...  Is in the next hall over.  Get what you need to grab quick!"

 

 

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Murlocs

 

It didn't like this building the ponies had built - far too dry, and the hard floor was painful to walk on.  But it had to admit that it made for interesting hunting...  It just would have all been better had it been underwater.  The creature sniffed at the air again - it was getting closer to prey.  It could smell the fear...  And now, there was a hint of blood in the air.  The creature croaked with delight - it wasn't quite the same as the scent of blood in the water, but if enough of it was spilled it could start a feeding frenzy all the same...

 

@@SwigglySwiggly,

 

The creature at the docks was distracted for a second by the floating...  Thing...  Over the water, but it didn't hold its attention long.  The water below it was starting to bubble - that was a good sign, their new sister would be joining the hunt soon.  It could hear a voice in its head - the masked one, complaining about how they were hunting.  It gurgled in contempt, but had no choice but to change its tactic...  The masked one was certainly trying to make their hunt more difficult...

 

This time when the monster launched itself towards the pier, it broke through completely and began to drag itself onto the wooden dock.  It lunged forward to swipe at the nearest pony before it could run - another of the employees.  Grabbing the pony tightly it simply held onto it, uncertain of what to do without being allowed to drag it into the water.  The creature turned its gaze towards the other ponies and hissed loudly, fins along the side of its head fanning out to make it appear larger.  The smell of fear was thick in the air.  And it could hear the panicking ponies in uniform shouting a familiar word.  Run. 

[Hive King 2,001]

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"What is that thing?"Skuldaf asked, following Sabellah. He didn't sound panicky, another result of his training and birth. Still, seeing the unidentified creature was unnerving. A creaure that was unknown to Skuldaf was nearly unheard of, he knew nearly every animal 

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

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Wish proceeded to hurry about the room, gathering the few important items which she hadn't brought out into the swamp with her: sentimental things she was terrified of losing or damaging.

 

The small collection of letters that her brother had sent her was the first thing to be tucked into her saddlebags - followed by the map marking her search across Equestria so far and a strip of red cloth. Finally, a length of rope - far shorter and thinner than the one she had left out in the swamp, and quite unsuitable to safely hold the weight of a pony.

 

This was it: everything she had ever aspired to was coming together. She clenched her jaw and nodded that she was ready.

 

"Whats next?" She whispered uncertainly as she turned back to her two friends and Skuldaf.

Edited January 9, 2014 by Cinderscribe

[Umbreon 569]

Sabellah

 

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Sabel was still against the door, as if holding it closed.  She had the side of her head against the wood, listening.  The sound of wet footsteps could have been heard for a little bit in the hall outside, but they seemed to have passed.  She lets out a sigh of relief before turning her attention back to the ponies.

 

"I think it's gone.  I don't know any other ways to get out of this room, so we'll have to-"  Whatever she'd been about to say is cut off by the splintering of wood as part of the door behind her head explodes inward, a scaly and clawed hand shoved through the sudden hole.  Before the griffoness can react the arm curls back around her neck, pulling her into a makeshift choke hold against the door.  The only real bright side of this was that from this stance the claws couldn't reach her, but they dug into the door under her beak all the same.

 

Sabel lets out a sound somewhere between a wounded bird of prey and a caged lion, all that she's able to do before the monster tightens its grip and she starts to struggle for air.  She tries to bring a talon up to the arm around her neck, scratching at the scaled appendage.   

[Hive King 2,001]

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Skuldaf blinked but did not move. Sabellah could handle herself....he hoped. But he would not, no, could not, use violence, it would reactivate the killing instincts he wished to suppress. Please let her be strong enough to break free. Skuldaf closed his eyes, stepping back to give her room to fight

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

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"Someone do something!" Whimpered the mare, taking a slow step backwards - away from the struggle as she looked left and right. Why wasn't the thug doing something? He should be helping! So much for his hollow claim of friendship - Wish knew he was going to let them all down.

 

But she wasn't.

 

Never let anypony push you around...' He had told her the last time they had spoken face to face - grinning and tussling her mane. 'You stand up and show them that your not going to take it!'

 

Perhaps it wasn't completely relevant to this particular situation... but carrying her families things, she wasn't going to forget who she was.

 

Scowling, she pulled the knife clumsily from its sheath and grasped it in her mouth before charging - completely without knowledge of how to correctly use the weapon - towards the exposed limb reaching through the door - swinging in a wide, stabbing motion as she did.

Edited January 9, 2014 by Cinderscribe

[Umbreon 569]

Sabellah & The Murloc

 

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It hadn't expected this - this sharp, stabbing pain in its arm!  They weren't supposed to fight back!  They were prey, they were supposed to accept that!  Unsure of how to react the creature on the other side of the door croaks in pain, its hold loosening somewhat out of reaction to the knife piercing its arm...

 

Sabel gasped for breath as the hold around her neck loosened, quickly sinking her talons into the arm and bringing her sharp beak down onto it as hard as she could from that position.  The thing on the other side of the door croaked again, and the arm began to thrash as it attempted to draw it back from the door.  

 

As it rips back, the door comes completely out of the frame.  Sabel finds herself going with it, as her talons are still dug into the creature's arm, her eyes widening slightly in shock.  These things were a lot stronger than they looked!  The monster shakes its arm, as though trying to dislodge the griffoness, and she manages to scrape the claws of one of her hind legs right across one of the creature's bulbous eyes.

 

She's finally released as the creature falls backwards, its arm still stuck through the now destroyed door.  It hisses at them loudly, the fins along the side of its head fanning outwards as it does.  It wasn't sure what it should do - it had never been hurt like this by something smaller than it.  Vision was blurry - the feathered beast had blinded one of its eyes...  But it couldn't retreat from these little beasts, the pack would never take it back if it did.  With another croak the creature used its free hand to finish the job of shattering the door, keeping its distance but appearing as though it could charge again soon.   

 

Sabel was busy gasping in air thankfully, stepping back to stand next to Wish.  "Thanks...  Really saved my flank there..."  The griffoness glares at the fish creature and spreads her wings to try and appear larger, hoping to intimidate it as she asks the ponies "I don't suppose anyone has an idea on what to do here, do they!?"

[Hive King 2,001]

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"We could talk to it, see if it is reasonable" Skudlaf suggested, thinking of all the options that didn't involve fighting. "But unless there is no choice, I will not fight" Skuldaf informed taking another step back. He had to stay peaceful, he just had to