Tell which one you would like to do.

(idk i guess the top one?)

*Rose follows Swallowtail back to the cave. Skipper is still watching the hives and the skies*

Rose: what did you see?

Swallowtail: one of the hives.. couldn’t remember which one. I’ve lost my sense of direction.

Hyacinth- be careful skipper!

Skipper: I am. (Is the opening at the top of the crater more of a skylight or is it not sealed at all?)

(it's not sealed at all)
Hyacinth- *watches skipper carefully*

*Skipper checks behind him to see if any hivewings are coming from the opposite direction, his position made it somewhat difficult, but he didn’t see anyone. He almost fell and extended his wings instinctively, you could see them above the crater wall for several seconds before he folded them again*

Skipper: *grunting as he hit the wall while he was holding himself up with one talon* I don’t think I see anyone.

(What’s the relative location of the crater?)

Rose: come back down. You’re going to hurt yourself.

Skipper: someone has to check our surroundings periodically.

Rose: you can fly back up when you’re ready.

Hyacinth- yeah.
(its nearby Tsetse hive and kinda near the sharp mountainy area but beetle lake isn't too far away)

(I’m gonna need to look at the world map again lol, I’ll do that in a sec)

Skipper: alright, fine. *he drops from the ledge and flies down*

Rose: thank you.

(lol)
Hyacinth- I can help keep watch as well.

Rose: I hope no one saw your wings.

Skipper: not a dragon in sight, so I think I’m ok. There is a nearby forest we could flee too.

Rose; too dangerous, they don’t seem to be expecting dragons to go here. *afraid to say underground incase wasp was listening* Actually that could be a good idea, hiding in the mountains.

Swallowtail: NOT AGAI— *voice switches over to Queen Wasp’s* Thank you for telling me where to find everyone. The rest of your pathetic tribes that rightfully belong to me shall be under my control in a matter of days. *meanwhile, Swallowtail is clawing at his head, he’s already drawing blood, Rose has to restrain him, and decides it’s best to just push him against the floor and keep him there* QUIT MISBEHAVING YOU INSOLENT TRAITOR!— *Voice changing back, still scratching himself, Skipper decides to use silk to make his claws stick to the ground* GET. OUT. OF. MY. BRAIN.

Skipper: please don’t tell me you do this all of the time.

Swallowtail: *Queen Wasp’s voice again, even more irritated* you are not the only one who’s annoyed with this! *His voice changes back* she can feel the pain, It’s effective. *looks like Queen Wasp is letting him go, he’s stopped trying to scratch himself and he’s breathing heavily.*

Rose: Clearly not. I don’t want to make Skipper cover you in silk every time she takes over you. I guess you can scrap the idea of hiding in the mountains.

Skipper: why didn’t we kill him?

Rose: because I think that’s what I think Queen Wasp wants at this point. If he can make a cure for the breath of evil infection, she might lose her power.

Skipper: well we’ve just made it even harder to steal lab equipment.

Hyacinth- yeah...

Rose: you probably know them better than me. I was lost for a few years, when I finally found the exit that was safe this silkwing just rushed in, warning me that the hivewings were invading and the leafwings joined Queen Wasp. I figured it was probably best to stay in the caves then. Food was a real pain to get.

*a lion was dropped inside the cave on the ledge*

Swallowtail: guys did it land in the cave? *outside, he must have had his blindfold on, in fact, you saw it. He was grabbing onto the ledge of the cave facing you*

Skipper: yeah!

Swallowtail: I’ll see if I can find some more. I also have a few seeds, maybe rose could use her leaf speak to—

Rose: the silkwings can learn to eat meat. *she wasn’t in the mood to talk about that right now*

Swallowtail: oh well, just in case then, I have them. Real pain to steal from one of the greenhouses right now. I’ll be right back to see if I can find something else.

*Swallowtail was gone again*

Rose: that was nice of him to think about you guys though.

Skipper: the more food we have, the better. Besides, we can’t just keep sending him out there.

Rose: those seeds would never survive without light anyways.

Hyacinth- yeah...it is interesting how you managed to get a hivewing to...care about another dragon besides each other.

Skipper: we didn’t. He showed up like that.

Rose: actually we grabbed him thinking he was dead when he was unconscious.

Skipper: eh, when he woke up he was like that. Not nearly as talkative though.

Hyacinth- huh interesting

Skipper: I was surprised too. I half expected him to attack us immediately. It’s a good thing we never told him about the—

Rose: and you’re not telling this dragon either.

Skipper; … anyway, no idea how hard he got hit in the head if he was willing to trust us over Wasp or his own tribe.

Rose: I guess only Pantala know’s what that poor dragonet’s been through.

Hyacinth- yeah...do you guys want any berries? I got a few of them.

Skipper: you should save them. I’ll wait till I’m hungry.

Rose: .. I’ll eat the meat Swallowtail just brought. Just don’t let those be wasted though.

Skipper: we could try growing them with your leaf speak though, like he suggested.

Rose: I’m not going to try to modify a plant to not intake sunlight right now, I’m not even sure that’s possible. They probably won’t live long down here if I tried anyway.

Hyacinth- yeah...plants need sunlight...I know where a caved in part of the caves are where there are plants growing in it.

Skipper: is it safe?

Rose: if the hivewings patrol that area and see food growing that wasn’t there before, they’re going to think something’s up. In any case, yeah, I can try to accelerate their growth.

*The Hivewing came back. Two dead Zebra’s were dragged into the cave. After that, he dragged the lion further back into the cave with the Zebra’s. He quickly put on his blindfold*

Swallowtail: what’s going on?

Rose: I might use the seeds you brought after all.

Swallowtail: I don’t know what plant these are for, so be careful. Hopefully nothing bad, I stole them from a greenhouse.

Hyacinth- I'm sure it isnt too dangerous...at least if it was in the green house

Rose: they’re more likely to check here if there are fake dragons outside. Better to make them guess which way we went if they do end up going to our last position.

Hyacinth- yeah, I can do that very quickly.

Skipper: we’re saying we shouldn’t do that.

*While you were talking, Rose looked at the sky and pulled you into the cave quickly so you wouldn’t be seen. Just seconds later, part of the patrol flew over, they had a bad angle on the cave entrance you were standing in, but they were able to see inside the crater. No one appeared to be looking down for now. The joint Hivewing-Leafwing patrol was heading for the hills.*

Rose: … go. Go go go!

Hyacinth- thank you for pulling me in the cave.

Rose: you can thank me later, let’s make sure they don’t know where we are. Further in, let’s go.

*Skipper picks up the dead Breath of Evil plant Swallowtail left on the ground and begins to run further into the cave, Rose takes the rear incase she needs to fight, even though Swallowtail is still on her back*

Hyacinth- how far down below do you want to go? the caves go on for a long time around pantala.

Rose: far enough. I know that, I’ve been here for a while. It’s a pain trying to bargain with the scavengers for food because they either run or throw stuff at you. Usually both. I avoid them as much as I can. I lost my way and I only remembered where a few entrances were. Now I try to remember as much as I can, every unsafe exit, every pitfall, every settlement. Even after 2 years I haven’t found my way back into the Jungle.

Hyacinth- really? I know the way to the jungle from here.

Rose: I was almost there when the silkwing in front of you was coming from the opposite direction telling me not to go to the jungle.

Skipper: I missed my chance to evacuate with the group, so I did the next best thing and found a cave entrance.

Hyacinth- I see...why did you tell rose not to go into the jungle?

Skipper: I escaped from Jewel hive to find my friend who had fled the hive earlier. I knew she would go down into the caves for her metamorphosis. Unfortunately I couldn’t follow her when she escaped was because I didn’t have my wings then. When I didn’t find her, I figured she would be hiding in the jungle or already returned to a hive or find her sister at bloodworm. I went to bloodworm first only to join a group of silkwings that were fleeing to the jungle. I didn’t see her among them I thought she was already in the jungle, I looked all over for her. I saw some of the leafwing’s with those white eyes the hivewings usually get when Queen Wasp controls them and I knew I couldn’t make it back to the group, so I hid in the first cave I found and bumped into Rose.

Rose: I.. didn’t know that’s what you were going through.

Swallowtail: *he finally answered to something* was her name Jade by any chance?

*the silkwing looked at him, somewhat surprise*

Skipper: you saw her?!

Swallowtail: I helped her, Autumn, and a leafwing catch up to the group fleeing Pantala. I knew Autumn from Bloodworm hive.

Skipper: … Thank you for helping her, it means a lot to me. *his expression was both relieved and somewhat depressed*

Rose: why were you beaten?

Swallowtail: I stayed behind because it was too dangerous for me to go with them. Some hivewings found me and I fought back in the caves. I don’t know why they left me to die there.

Hyacinth- maybe because there was something more important they had to deal with.

Swallowtail: like finding every other sane dragon that wasn’t infected yet.

Skipper: they were probably angry you helped my friend out. Again, thank you.

Rose: they probably thought he was dead until he woke up.

Swallowtail: I wished they still thought that. *he’s still being carried, he stops talking again*

Hyacinth- yeah...

Rose: I think here is a good spot to rest.

*you come across a large room with multiple different escape routes, you’ll always have several options if a Hivewing were to enter the cavern with you*

Skipper: at least we’ll always have several escape routes.

Hyacinth- yeah and it is pretty easy to lose a hivewing in here.

*Skipper and Rose set down the food they were carrying. Skipper turns to help Swallowtail off Rose’s back since he can’t see*

Rose: we’ll figure something out in the morning. I don’t think they’ll catch us.

Hyacinth- I can stay up while you guys sleep. like night watch.

Skipper: I’ve got it.

Rose: are you sure?

Skipper: I’m not that tired.

Hyacinth- mhm just wait a couple hours then we will see if you are tired. heh.

(Should this go in the subreddit?)

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ye))

(There’s also this I’m not sure I should try lmao. I haven’t actually written anything besides a role play in forever. I don’t think I’ll do it, maybe here if someone has there own challenge lol.)

(that sounds cool, I know a prompt maybe. or a few idk :> )

(Lol, idk if I’ll do it or not. It’ll involve writing on the subreddit I think.)

(ye true)

Swallowtail: let’s find another exit and see if it can get us somewhere safer. If I can work in secret somewhere where I can see, it will help if I try to make a cure for the Breath of Evil. Then again, we don’t even have lab supplies or equipment yet.

Skipper: how about a safe hiding spot now, and we can steal the lab equipment later. It won’t do us any good if we get caught immediately.

Rose: it might be too much to get it all in one run, even with the four of us. It might be better to find somewhere safe with light first.

Hyacinth- better safe then sorry.

Swallowtail: exactly. It would be very bad if you all got infected as well.

Rose: alright, let’s rest here for another hour and then move out.

(How large are dragons typically?)

(i mean it depends but i guess on the scale of scavengers to dragons ration they are the size of like 5-6 story building? idk)

(sounds like it, I wish we had an exact scaling ratio)

*you all eat the prey Swallowtail had caught a few days earlier*

Skipper: … so, where are we going?

Swallowtail: don’t say it in front of me, I’ll just follow you. *he covers his ears*

(ye lol)
Hyacinth- hmmm where should we go?

Skipper: I guess maybe to one of the eastern islands?

Rose: I don’t think this particular cave system connects that far. There might be another entrance to a new cave system near one of the lakes, but like I said, I haven’t seen much sunlight, and every time I’ve seen an exit, it was near a hive. I didn’t want the guards to see me exit the caves and I jeopardize my whole tribe. I could get us near Bloodworm or Jewel hive, but we’ll have to find a new cave system, unless our new friend knows more than I do. It’s likely I haven’t discovered something yet or missed a cave while being lost.

Hyacinth-...there is one cave system that connects too all the other cave systems but its a kind of cramped cave...

Rose: I might not be able to fit if you find it cramped.

Hyacinth- yeah...that was the issue...

Rose: I’m not going to grow a tree here, it would give our position away very quickly. If I only grew the food they might not notice it.

Skipper: true…

Rose: I think I’ve found the seed. *she hands one of the seeds to Swallowtail*

Swallowtail: … could you accelerate its growth? As long as it’s not in the ground it should be ok.

Rose: are you sure?

Swallowtail: try it.

Rose: …

*Skipper places some dirt in Swallowtail’s paw where he out the seed and backs up to your position*

Rose: alright.. if you insist.

*Rose accelerates the growth, the breath of evil grows from the seed and then she stops it while it’s still small*

Swallowtail: … is it the-

Rose: Breath of Evil. We need to get rid of it.

Swallowtail: … could you potentially alter it so it dies quicker, like, right now?

Rose: I could try.

Swallowtail: I can use it to see if I can create an antidote. I’ll need some lab equipment though.

Skipper; it’s too dangerous to enter any hives right now!

Rose: be quiet, they can hear us from outside of the cave now.

Skipper: sorry.

Swallowtail: I don’t want to throw this in the ocean incase it adapts to the salt water. Killing the Breath of Evil now is our best option.

Rose: I agree, I’ll try. *she attempts to use her leafspeak to get the plant to kill itself*

Hyacinth- hmmmm...maybe there's another plant that will take that plant kver and kill it and drain it's resources

Swallowtail: hopefully. I was going to see if Rose could help make a cure for the plant.

Rose: what are you thinking of doing? Even if we had the equipment to make the cure and somehow successfully produced one, how are we going to distribute it? It’s not like Queen Wasp won’t know where you are, and if we try, we’ll immediately be taken over.

Skipper: … a needle like injection might work as long as Swallowtail isn’t controlled.

Swallowtail: I’ll test it on myself before I test it on other dragons to make sure it works first.

Skipper: are you crazy? What if you die from it?

Swallowtail: then you would have lost nothing but another mouth to feed and a link that Queen Wasp can use to track you.

Rose: .. I won’t let that happen. Not again. Those other hivewings? Sure, I’m willing to sacrifice a few for the greater good of them all, but not you. *Swallowtail hit a nerve there, her expression changed to some sort of mixture between anger, fear, and sadness, you thought you saw a tear. She quickly regained her composure afterwards*

Skipper: Swallowtail, don’t do that. We’ll find a way that doesn’t harm any dragon.

Swallowtail: there’s only one way to know if the medicine would work, you have your test subject, and I’m infected. The best I can do is bring you food and hope Queen Wasp doesn’t take over while the blindfold’s off.

Rose: you’ve proven you can resist most of her control, you’re stronger than the other hivewings.

Swallowtail: that’s only because I was brought under the mind control later. I hated it. Everyone else has had it since they’ve hatched, they’ve known no other way. I hate the Queen’s voice being in my head and I’m willing to do almost anything to make it stop.

Rose: just don’t kill yourself over it. I wouldn’t want to see that. I’m sure your friends wouldn’t want to know you were dead.

Skipper: look, we can get a test subject. Besides, that’s only if we get the equipment for that. *trying to change the subject. He wanted to try to be helpful*

Swallowtail: maybe I could steal some stuff on my next run.

Skipper: you’ll just get captured.

*the short lived breath of evil plant finally begins to wither and die*

Skipper: nice job Rose.

Rose: that took too damn long.

Swallowtail: it’s dead?

Rose: I think so.

*Swallowtail sets it on the ground in the cave carefully so it it can’t take root*

Hyacinth- hmmm

Swallowtail: is there anyone in the sky right now? *gathering the safe seeds and placing them in a smaller bag*

Skipper no, but no clue about around the crater though.

*Swallowtail lifts up his blindfold for one eye. He starts squinting in the light. With his eyes closed he flies to the cavern roof and grabs hold to the edge of the crater wall to keep himself from falling, he’s watching the skies so he can move while not being seen*

Skipper: how about I keep a lookout?

Swallowtail: sure. Tell me when I have a clear path to the hives.

*Skipper flies up to take Swallowtail’s place, Swallowtail slowly descends while putting his blindfold back on properly.*

Hyacinth- interesting...they seem to be a decent team together.

Rose: they have each other’s backs when it counts. I’m more worried about what happens if Wasp takes over Swallowtail’s mind. I haven’t seen that happen yet.

Hyacinth- yeah...I'm a little concerned about that as well.

*Swallowtail’s landing doesn’t go to well due to the blind fold. At least he’s getting the hang of flying with a blindfold. He gingerly makes his way back to the cave*

Rose: .. I’ll go watch him, just make sure Skipper’s alright. I can see him from the cave I think, but just to be sure. If he needs help, come get me.

Hyacinth- alright

Rose: .. if you really want revenge, you’ll get your chance. This isn’t it. Don’t push our help away from us.

Skipper: I won’t.

…

Skipper: don’t you want revenge for everything the hivewings have done?

Rose: I won’t answer that. *the leafwing looks outside the cave towards the water. Her expression is hidden*

Hyacinth- *gets a little closer*

*the leafwing and silkwing walk away from the entrance and find something to hide behind while they wait for the hivewing*

…

Skipper: I’m mad about how the hivewings are treating silkwings in other hives… we have it pretty good at Jewel Hive.

Rose: so I’m told.

Skipper: … I still don’t trust him.

Rose: … I don’t either, but he’s willing to trust us, so I’m giving him a chance. He’s healing quite well for dragonet who was beaten that badly.

*the both see you now*

Skipper: oh… uh.. hello. *seems like he’s embarrassed from talking bout all of the revenge stuff in earshot of you*

*Rose facepalms*

Hyacinth- you guys are a lot louder then you realize huh?

Skipper: I guess I’m not used to hiding that much.

Rose: you could say that. I’ve been alone down here for years, it’s nice to have someone to talk too.

Hyacinth- huh interesting...but yeah I can hear you from the next cave down pretty much.

Rose: yeah, we’re probably scaring the scavengers and attracting attention.

Skipper: I don’t think Queen Wasp is searching the caves just yet.

Hyacinth- yet. I'm always prepared and trust me I know the caves just like leafwings know the trees.

Skipper: how long have you been here?

Hyacinth- quite a while

Skipper: that’s great!

Hyacinth- yeah it is great.

*Rose and Swallowtail are being more cautious*

Rose: are you sure no patrols go near there?

Hyacinth- yes I am very sure. I've been there multiple times and it has flowers but there never appears to be anyone who has an interest in the area...

Rose: …

Skipper: sounds perfect.

Hyacinth- yeah! *continues walking*

*they follow you, Swallowtail being the most cautious out of all of you, they stay close to Rose and holds onto her to guide him. Rose is being cautious herself. Skipper, however, isn’t.*

Hyacinth- *goes through and opening in the cave and when they got out there was a big hole full of plants* (the big hole is kinda like a crater)

Rose: … *trying to find if anything is dangerous with her leafspeak*

Skipper: how did we not know this place existed?

Hyacinth- I'm not sure...I think its because these plants blend in with the Savannah i guess.

(Sure, is it alright if Skipper’s name might be changed in the future? It’s just a place holder for right now.)

*the odd trio continues making their way towards a cave entrance, the Hivewing has their eyes closed. The Hivewing seems to be complaining about not having his blindfold*

(ye sure. should I add a new character or keep it with bloodworm?)

(I believe Bloodworm went with Sumac and Maple to Pyhrria, but you can bring them back, whatever you want.)

(i can use my silkwing oc names hyacinth."
Hyacinth- hmmm

(Ok)

???: look, I lost my last one. Can you please make me another blindfold?

?????: why do you want the blindfold anyway? You won’t be able to see!

???: look, just let me have a blindfold and we don’t have to find out, ok?

????: *the larger leafwing was getting tired of the conversation* it’s probably to deter Queen Wasp from using him to spy on us. She’ll still probably be able to hear us, it she won’t know where she’ll be going.

?????: alright, fine. *he begins weaving the blindfold.*

Hyacinth- *follows them but from a relatively safe distance*

???: thank you.

?????: you aren’t even going to need it once you get out there.

???: I will if you want me to return. I can’t just lead her straight to the entrance.

????: you’ll still need to know when you are close.

?????: look, it’s just food. It shouldn’t take too long.

???: you over estimate my hunting abilities. I’ll try, just give me an hour and I’ll get as much as I can.

*now their all standing in the cave entrance. The Hivewing opens his eyes, he has to squint in the sunlight for a moment to let his eyes adjust*

????: Good luck out there Swallowtail. We’ll be waiting.

*Swallowtail nods. He lifts off as soon as his eyes adjust to the light. He’s quicker than he looks.*

Hyacinth- oh wow.... interesting

????: skipper, can I talk to you for a second?

*the silkwing spoke again*

Skipper: yeah..?

????: why are you being so hard on Swallowtail and fighting with him on everything?

Skipper: I’m.. not sure really, Rose. I think I’m just used to the hivewings treating me terribly.. so much that I tried to have this as a little revenge..

Rose: that poor dragonet is already scared out of his mind. He’s almost been killed in battle, he risked running from the hives only to be beaten and left for dead by his own tribe. More than that he wants to help us.

Skipper: I know..

Rose: then try being nicer to him. I don’t want you two fighting.

Hyacinth- poor hivewing...

*Skipper steps forward into the crater, Rose tries to stop him but fails*

Skipper: I think it’s safe at least…

Hyacinth- yeah! *Walks into the crater and looks at a few flowers*

*Rose hesitantly watches the sky, using her leafspeak still to find any dangerous plants*

Skipper: *following you* hey wait up.

*Swallowtail stayed by Rose*

Swallowtail: is something wrong?

Rose: you can never be too careful.

Hyacinth- I call this place the crater of hidden beauty.

*Rose feels something sinister is lurking in one of the seeds Swallowtail brought you.. she gets a very bad feeling, she tells Swallowtail but doesn’t alert you two*

Rose: it appears safe enough. *whispering to Swallowtail* one of the seeds you brought me is potentially dangerous.

Swallowtail: oh, do you want me to—

Skipper: thanks Rose!

Hyacinth- yeah thank you.

Rose: no problem!

Swallowtail: which seed?

*Rose has to to carefully examine them, she stays by the Hivewing to figure out which seed is the bad one, their dumped onto the cave floor so the two of them could sort through them*

Hyacinth- so skipper do you want to know anything about the crater of hidden beauty? I know a lot about it

Skipper: what grows here exactly? Can we plant anything here? Could we potentially hide a tree here? How did you know this existed? How did it—

Rose: Slow down there Skipper. Swallowtail and I have a problem.

Skipper: what is it?

Swallowtail: she thinks some of the seeds I brought could be dangerous. If they are I’m sorry, I took what I found.

Skipper: … it’s nice you were thinking of me, it’s fine if we can’t use them. We’ll just hopefully have better luck next time.

Rose: be careful when you explore here, make sure you don’t get caught by hivewings or anyone else under Wasp’s control.

*Skipper nods and turns back to you*

Hyacinth- you can plant i guess pretty much anything here, and i found this place when i got lost from one of the hives and ive just been living here ever since. and it could be possible to hide a tree here but im not completely sure.

*Skipper unfurled his antenna and began patrolling the room.*

Rose: he’s stubborn, as usual, might as well make yourself comfortable.

Hyacinth- alright then. *curls up in a little corner area*

*Skipper patrols the area long after everyone falls asleep, Rose wakes up to him tapping her*

Skipper: hey Rose? Do you want to keep watch?

Rose: sure.

*She stands up for her shift and Skipper lies down, he immediately falls asleep*

Hyacinth- *rolls over while being asleep*

*After a little while, Swallowtail got up for some reason, then lied back down, he heard Rose walking back towards him*

Swallowtail: what time is it?

Rose: if the sun’s down, I don’t think it’s up yet, why are you up?

Swallowtail: … I don’t really know *he lied. He was used to getting up early so he could steal food from a warehouse or store in the hives*.

Rose: hmm.. *gives him a skeptical expression, but then she realizes she can’t see him* alright then. *she shrugged, Swallowtial tried to go back to sleep.*

Hyacinth- *wakes up* hm?

Rose: it’s nothing, go back to sleep.

Hyacinth- oh ok then...*goes back to sleep*

*Rose wakes everyone up when it’s morning, or at least when she thinks it’s morning. You still have the prey that swallowtail had caught earlier*

Rose: hope it’s not too late for any of you.

Hyacinth- no its fine by me.

Skipper: guess we’ll have to fly for a portion of the trip.

[end]

(nicee)

(ty)

(ye)

Swallowtail: why would she do that if she could use me to find everyone first?

Skipper: actually that’s also a good point.

Rose: you said you might be able to make a cure.

Swallowtail: that doesn’t mean there is one. I can try but we might not find it in time.

Rose: well, a chance is still a chance.

Hyacinth- there's always a chance

Swallowtail: *sighing* again, I’ll need to steal lab equipment from one of the hives. I’ll take a shift to get a better look at the hive.

Rose: not in the condition you’re in.

Skipper: I can go, so can Hyacinth—

Rose: no. Someone needs to patch up Swallowtail, and I can’t exactly weave silk. You should stay with Swallowtail and make sure he’s okay. Besides, I’ll fair far better in a fight than either you or him right now.

Skipper: I.. fine.

*Rose flies up to scout Tsetse Hive. Skipper sighs and begins weaving bandages for Swallowtail. The Hivewing had cut himself up pretty good. He had blood all on the top of his head and face, he nearly gouged out his eyes on accident. His snout had several cuts that looked pretty bad as well. There were long lacerations on his arms and he’s lucky they weren’t bleeding too much because if they were, he would have definitely died from bleeding out.*

Skipper: next time this happens, could you avoid hurting yourself? You’ll save us the trouble of having to bandage you again and you’ll save yourself your energy and strength.

Swallowtail: I’ll try… I just—

Skipper: not try. You will stop hurting yourself. Eventually you’ll get to a point where you’ll kill yourself over this if you don’t.

*Swallowtail didn’t answer, he knew Skipper was right. He was bound to kill himself eventually. He focused on his breathing and try to calm himself down.

Hyacinth- I can watch around the cave entrance. *Stands and looks at the sky*

*You see Rose at the top of the crater now. She lies low, hoping not to be seen. She doesn’t move, not even her tail moved. She kept looking in the direction of Tsetse hive*

Skipper: … Swallowtail, I’m curious as to how you got your name.

Swallowtail: erm.. I don’t really want to talk about it.

Skipper: come on. For me? *applies some of the bandages he’s just finished weaving on Swallowtail’s head. Now most of it is covered*

Swallowtail: no. *he clearly felt uncomfortable around that subject*

Skipper: alright then. *he starts weaving bandages for his arms, there was no good way to bandage his snout because other wise Swallowtail couldn’t talk.*

Hyacinth- *began helping make some bandages*

*Rose comes back down*

Rose: there’s a patrol headed this way, we need to hide. I’ll carry Swallowtail.

Skipper: hang on. *applying another bandage to Swallowtail’s right arm.* alright. Let’s go.

*Rose quickly gathers the seeds and places them in a bag. She carries Swallowtail on her back. She also carries the lion he caught. Skipper carries one of the zebras he caught. He drags the other one*

Hyacinth- you guys go ahead...I can distract them by making some plants look like a dragon.

Skipper: I don’t think that’s a good idea. *Whispering so Swallowtail doesn’t hear* There is a good chance they’ll just fly over. They don’t know exactly where we are.

Rose: hm… that may give away our position.

Hyacinth- true...but what if they do come here?

Swallowtail: I don’t know, I’ve seen some pretty nasty stuff in there. *he’s been to the greenhouse filled with Breath of Evil, mostly on accident, he strayed away from his field trip to Wasp hive*

Skipper: well it can’t be a dragon trap or another dragon eating plant if that’s what you’re talking about.

Hyacinth- yeah thats what I meant but there are plenty of dangerous plants for sure.

Swallowtail: well if it hasn’t decomposed yet… *he starts looking through his bag, the blindfold isn’t helping*

Skipper: what are you looking for?

Rose: whatever it is, it better be dead, I don’t care if it’s a plant.

*Swallowtail eventually finds what he’s looking for, a very dead sample of the breath of evil, Rose instinctively took a step backward when she recognized it*

Rose: where did you get that?

Swallowtail: I wandered into one of the greenhouses at Wasp Hive and they were growing this. I’m not sure if there are other greenhouses with it, but I wouldn’t put it past her to have them.

Skipper: what? What is it?

Rose: something that will make you suffer a worse fate than being slowly digested by a carnivorous plant. Luckily it’s dead. Put it away.

*he does he puts it away*

Hyacinth- thats an odd plant...very intriguing as well and it looks kinda angry to be honest...

Skipper: Rose, what is—

*Rose just glared at him in a “we’ll talk about this later” way*

Skipper: nevermind.

Rose: let’s go see if we can use the seeds he brought. *she grabbed the two zebra carcasses and Skipper grabbed the dead lion*

Hyacinth- alright! *begins walking through the caves*

*the rest of the group follows you. Swallowtail holds onto Rose so he can be guided through the tunnels*

Hyacinth- *continues walking and checks the walls occasionally*

Skipper: where is this place near? Are there any hives within sight or are hey far away?

Hyacinth- the hives are pretty far away and there aren't many patrols that come by.