Crest of the Stars: A shining light of hope?

[Dracos]

A blast of fire briefly scattered the angry chickens...

A single squawk stopped them.  It was the chicken from earlier, a cut on the side of his head from the rock and a little general cap on his head, two dozen chickens behind him.


o/~ Do you hear the chickens sing?o/~
o/~ Singing a song of angry hens? o/~

A number of chickens rang out, beating skillfully on tiny snare drums as the lead chicken gestured forward.


o/~ It is the music of a chickens o/~
o/~ who will not be hit again! o/~]

The lead chicken adjusted his cap, clucking noisily, chickens nodding along and then beginning to form a pillar of chickens.


o/~When the beating of your heart, o/~
o/~ Echos the beating of the drum, o/~
o/~ There's a pecking about to start, o/~
o/~ when tomorrow comes o/~

Dozens of others pecked angrily at the bottom of the tree, causing it to quiver as the pillar slowly grew, chicken after chicken hopping on top of each other.


o/~ Will join in our crusade?o/~
o/~Who will be strong and stand with me?o/~
o/~Up the tree, is there a girl you'd like to peck?o/~

The pillar was getting quite high as she could see the top chicken in it.  A big angry one.  Who promptly started pecking her as he got in range.  Ow, that hurt!  The chickens below clucked together in victory.


o/~ Do you hear the chickens sing?o/~
o/~Singing a song of angry hens? o/~
o/~ It is the music of a chickens o/~
o/~ who will not be hit again. o/~
o/~ When the beating of your heart o/~
o/~ echoes the beating of the drums. o/~
o/~ There is a pecking about to start. o/~
o/~ When tomorrow comes... o/~

The tree swayed somewhat dangerously now as the chicken sqwacked and kept pecking.

Dracos

[Zenthor]

Jade was really too bewildered to do anything but push up against the trunk and hold onto the nearest branches tightly as the tree swayed back and forth due to the pecking.  She looked down at the ground once more.  If she had to, could she jump down from where she was?

[Dracos]

Yeah, but her legs would be angry at her in the morning.

Dracos

[Zenthor]

Crap.  No escaping.  Time to solve all her problems through violence!

She kicked at the chicken to attempt to knock it off the tree, then tried to light the center of the pillar of chickens on fire.  Wouldn't stop the swaying but it'd solve part of the problem.

[Dracos]

Mmm...well, the pillar quickly and angrily recovered, but by the smell of things, there'd be some nice roast chickens down there.

Dracos

[Zenthor]

Jade wiped the sweat from her forehead and during this breif interlude, and slowly began to climb down the tree, at least to the point where she could easily jump down.  Damn, where did all those chickens come from?

[Dracos]

The chicken general clucked loudly as several of the chickens promptly started pecking her.

Dracos

[Dracos]

And jade moves to hitchhiking...

Dracos