It was a brief moment between the darkening of the white place and the opening of the body's eyes once more, to see the view descending from the branch on which he lay down and to the shore and the collection of many stones which together, is called a 'city'.
From the thoughts that pass and recapture myself, I manage that even though I was not physically harmed by the body's struggle against the giant creature, the body is still harmed by it and it reflects on me - among the injuries to my legs and parts of my body, some of which were missing feathers, this is particularly noticeable.
"So far, we've been going in the direction the gecko directed us and now, it seems that if we continue in that direction, I think we'll reach the city," the human said as he hovered in front of his field of vision and looked back at me moments later:
"That why I let you decide - what to do now?"
[Do you think I know what's better for us to do?!] I tweeted at him.
"Mmm... yes! You are the one who controls the body, and what to do. I can tell here and there, but this is not something I want to risk now - to run into the unknown again." He said this while his face fell. Something suddenly changed in him:
"When we faced this monster, we were able to hold on and separate our (obvious) differences and we were able to survive. It gave me a feeling and how I see you now... I understand now that there are things that were determined that way, even if I don't want it."
He went down to the floor and started towards me, looking at me:
"If all the things I've been through so far - you're not as stupid as you seem" his face turned again, but upwards, as if he accepted our situation. But I don't take his words:
[You're not stupid enough either, hollow tree] I chirped back at him before walking past him, walking to the invisible barrier and looking at the surroundings beyond. But the human kept talking while I was trying to think of what to do:
"If anything I thought would happen to me, especially after I die and arrive in this 'prison' and find out that a self-aware chicken is in charge of this 'prison', I'm sure I'll go crazy"
[But you are already one]
"Of course! You've blown my mind, until now I think I'm one of you! Trapped inside a body like this, with the possibility of another death of mine or worse - trapped here forever! I'd rather kill myself than have that happen, which turns out to be impossible in this square! " His voice thundered around the place, with a hiss of rage emanating from him, as if he had tried this before, but after moments of thunderous silence, his voice began to slowly fade:
"But, even in a foreign environment like here, what's beyond and everything, I just don't know what to say. You... it seems like you're not excited about it, about all this and the situation. What's written there is quite consistent with how you behave, but with the speech barrier broken With our choices, it's only truer with the record about the body we're trapped in. It's still hard to think of you as a strange flightless bird, but more like me...”
[What are you tweeting about here? I've always been me] I tweeted in front of him in the middle of conversations that turned into long and tedious courtship calls:
[I remember being on one of the beaches in front of my home forest before I started looking among the golden sands for something to eat and.. and...] I stopped my tweeting when I realized something disturbing that I hadn't thought of before and he brought it up: I don't remember how I got here. I don't remember behaving like this compared to now or how I even understand things that didn't even exist compared to here.
What happened to me?
"I think you've started to pick up on something. I don't think it's a good time to delve into that perception"
He told me as if he understood my line of thought. I quickly sobered up before I could see outside, and not far from what looked like a white line dividing the thinned green areas, there was a movement of many shapes, led by the hogs we met earlier. Among them were these large otters of those shapes that now from a distance look small compared to the orderly pile of stones and huge in comparison. In these moments, I came to a decision. Without tweeting anything, I commanded the body to move away from the place.
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At those moments, the body began to gently rise and move towards the base of the branch and began to gently descend on the trunk. Moments after touching the ground from which the tree grew, the body turned and began to descend the hill, in the opposite direction from the view. The human immediately took this in and said nothing except for one sentence:
"Excellent choice"
He sat down in the front, facing the invisible barrier and the view that shows in front of us. I only thought about a few things - find something to eat, find something to drink, survive, and understand what I'm doing here. As the day progressed and among the trees that stood around us, while the body's legs were still recovering, we happened to come across a field on which there were arches in bright and beautiful colors. As we approached the field that spread out under the trees, something fierce popped out at them. When the body came closer to see, it clarified to me that it reminded me of berries. In one taste, its sweet taste began to be felt on my tongue. Information filled the invisible barrier, but I did not concentrate on the register. Instead, I continued to collect them and continue to let the flavor flow. This is a familiar taste but the appearance is different from what I know. Without paying attention, I closed my eyes to enjoy the taste that I had not been able to feel for a long time, but the human, who was quiet and also enjoying the taste of the berries until now, suddenly began to float, I also opened my eyes:
"Be ready" is all he said to me before he pointed his hands in the direction of the thicket. Out of them came a small group of large creatures walking on six limbs and a noble body. A sight that surprised me, but the human, who even told me to be ready, unlike previous times, was not frightened by their presence.
Information began to float the next time the field of view was filled with more captions, but this time they were also different:
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Morzergerd
Six-limbed plant-eating creatures with a body built for running that usually walk with small groups consisting of a harem of women headed by a large male that impresses with shiny blue plates that can move and open them to alert other males and impress females.
They are common in many forests close to the tropics or coasts. They are hunted for their meat and for their shiny plates which are used as jewelry.
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"So they are the deer of this world"
[I have no idea what a deer is]
I said at this time the herd of these creatures went deeper into the field of berries and they too began to gather them. Up close you could see how the dark plates on their bodies are green-brown and blend in nicely with the surrounding vegetation. As the herd progressed deeper, next to us, a large one of a different and exotic blue color began to grow.
"This is probably the male," said the human while he still signals me to be on the defensive, while he sees how he looks at the whole environment and makes eye contact with us. We both looked at each other for a few moments, but the male turned his head and lowered it to also pick from the berries that were scattered around, along with the rest of the herd, ignoring our presence.
The human began to lower his arms and began to speak:
"They don't seem to be interested in us. That's good"
The body continued to collect the berries until we reached the feeling of satiety, while we should watch these noble creatures like us, feeding on the abundance of berries we happened to encounter. With no reason to stay still, the human began to speak:
"Maybe we'll try to collect some of the berries for later? I don't think I know how exactly... no hands..."
He backed away from the idea as quickly as he said it. In my line of thought, I commanded the body to move away from the place to look for a source of water - to continue to survive in this place. The body moved away from the place until a loud sound that sounded like falling stones, echoed behind us. At my command, the body turned backward and we could see how one of the members of the herd began to convulse while standing not before collapsing on the bushes, causing the rest of the herd, including the male, to start running and fleeing the place and developing into chaos. I could feel how their running shook the ground beneath me, even though I wasn't there.
The herd was swallowed back into the forest leaving behind the one that collapsed. I could no longer see him move. But the human began to float quickly to the wall of information and with it, he symbolizes for me to quickly decide what to do. He was acting exactly like the moment we faced the monster earlier. He understands that only I can decide what to do.
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Name: ----
Title: Heir of Vyu'argani
Species: Druidism Raphus cucullatus (Druid dodo bird)
Age: (29 days) - Young | (70% growth)
HP: 34% | Stamina: 67% | Karma: -5
Abilities: Tweet | Climb | Run | Universal Translation | Info | Animism |Survive
Growth option path: The one with the forest, More Unknows possible paths
General information:
It is a moderately flightless bird. They are mostly herbivores that eat fruits, seeds, and roots but are also able to eat and crack mollusks, crustaceans, and fish when the opportunity arises.
Their large and powerful beaks are capable of causing quite a bit of damage and are adapted to the food they eat, but they will more often than not choose to flee rather than fight, even though they have no natural fear.
This is a bird that does not exist in this world and should not exist. There is nothing like her in this world.
Some say that they can understand their surroundings better than anything else, but this is not proven or disproved, it can be seen that sometimes their feathers change according to their mood and the state of the environment in which they live.
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