Searching for the intruder

After a while walking in the woods, Zula tried to search for the track where the intruder have left. She slightly felt worried because she wasn't sure was it a good idea to search for the intruder alone since she's too shy to ask the other student. If she does encounter the intruder, she hoped that he or she wasn't a dangerous person and will not pose a threat to Zula, since she wanted to avoid using violence against the intruder.

((I bet that if Everly knew one of the students went in search the intruder alone, she'll probably give Zula detention :p ))

Lizzie floated in and out of trees aimlessly - she had no tracking skills whatsoever but had decided to give it a go anyway. It wasnt her style to just sit back while something interesting was happening... So she had decided to take a quick peek around...
She was floating so as to make as little noise as possible... and seing as Lizzie is amazingly clumsy she still managed to rustle a few twigs here and there... although not enough *She hopes* to get her noticed. Either way - if this person was dangerous she wasnt too worried... she could handle herself perfectly fine thank you very much, no matter what her height...

(( Hope you dont mind - but i didnt think there was any point starting a new topic for Lizzie when she could see Zula again! ))

Zerda decided to take a small break away from the room since he and his friend Valentin had been working so hard. He smiled at his leg as it felt much better than before from his little inncident with Val. Stretching for a moment he thought of the intruder that Everly had mentioned at dinner and he frowned. The last thing he wanted was for the intruder to be dangerous and a possible death sentence upon meeting. Even with these thoughts in his head he couldn't help, but feel the urge to find the man and question him. Besides if the man wasn't there to kill, slash, torture, burn the castle or eat all the supplies of food, then they could be friends! The thought made his smile a bit as he began walking deeper into the forest. Suddenly he heard foot steps and he slowly walked towards them with curiouity leading him. Could this be the intruder? Would he be friend or foe? Why did he have curves like a woman? Oh it was a woman, not a man! He thought if had seen her at the table or not, but once the chocolate dessert hit his mouth all the surroundings melted away. He smiled and slowly made his way up to her and smiled, "May I taste you miss?" He asked not thinking if she was going to be startled or not. He was just so used to determining if people were friends or not by tasting them.

((YAY! Here they meet! Just how will it turn out though? XD also he ran into Zula, I didn't notice you posted after her Elizabeth ))

After hearing about the intruder that evening, Owen had returned to his dorm to transform into a more appropiate form. No doubt the intruder would be more imtimidated of a massive hulking lizard than a young teenage kid. It was difficult navigating around the seemingly tiny corridors, but he eventually made it outside without attracting attention. He was pretty sure nobody in the academy had seen his lizard form before, and if they had, he'd have more than one reason to be freaked out.

Opting to look in the forest - the obvious choice of search - he planned on quietly sneaking through to ambush the intruder...
CRRRCKTH!
Aw crap. He looked down to realise he'd snapped a plethora of twigs under one foot. Stealth probably wasn't the best option then.

As he peered through the low hanging branches, he noticed the presence of other students in the forest, no doubt on the exact same mission. Two of them seemed a little less than focused on the goal though - were they flirting?! Not to mention there was some sort of floating girl somewhere. Deciding to keep a moderately low profile, he tried to shift around them, making about as much noise as an avalanche with his steps.

Half surprised and startled at the boy who suddenly approach her. She didn't know there was someone behind her, which caught her off guard.
"T-taste? W-what you meant by that?" She felt that it was a strange way of approaching her but she didn't really liked the idea he asking.
CRRRCKTH!
Zula moved her attention to the sound of broken twigs. "W-Who's there?!" Worried, she hoped that it wasn't the intruder.

((I don't mind xD and the more the merrier~ ))

Lizzie leapt back, did she just hear voices? She began to wonder if maybe there were more than one intruder when she heard a loud 'crack' from nearby. She slipped through a gap in the trees and perched high on a branch - staring down in awe at the giant lizard below.
She instinctively covered her body in a shield, quite thin but ready to thicken instantly if she was noticed. Her shields are completely see through, they make no sound and you would never notice there was a shield unless you walked into it - but even then it all depended on Lizzie... She chooses who it affects.
It was then that she noticed two more people just a small distance away, she couldn't see what they looked like but they were probably the voices she heard earlier, she stayed put to watch what would happen...

"Me," Owen flatly stated in reply to the girl. He couldn't be bothered scraping up an introduction for them, not when he could do that later. He didn't reveal himself to them, however, instead, he sought to look for something to defend himself with.

Sighting a log lodged halfway into the mud, he grabbed it and yanked it out, summoning all of his strength. To test its weight, he swung it around in the air a few times, feeling satisfied that if anybody tried to ambush him, he'd be fully prepared to crack a few of their ribs. "Bring it on..." he whispered under his breath, tightening the grip on his log. He suspiciously eyed the two students through the branches, but he was unable to pinpoint the location of the remaining one.

"T-then show yourself, friend or foe," said Zula, her voice seems to have a hint of fear. She wasn't really prepared to fight because her intention was only to look for the remaining tracks left by the intruder. And she's not familiar with this new voice she heard, the voice does not belong to Ndale, Lunie, Sebastian, Ludolf, Odaura and not even the green haired male (Aesis), this voice belong to a complete stranger.

After hearing about the intruder that morning, Lyrica took to the sky as soon as she could. She would have preferred some company during her search, but she had yet to meet any of her fellow students. The sparrow let out a small sigh as she soared within Heron Forest- gracefully moving between the trees before her.
It hadn't been long before something caught her eye- something moving on the forest floor. Quickly she dived down to ambush who she believed to be an intruder. Yet, something had happened. Perhaps it was because of a slight nervous feeling inside her. She had no clue just how dangerous this person could be. She lost her concentration for a split second- causing her to collide right into a tree.
From there it all went down hill. The collision greatly disoriented her, everything seemed to be spinning as she fell. She tried and tried to recover- flapping her wings as fast as she could. Yet, this only helped to soften her landing on the rough forest ground. Lyrica landed on her back close to the group. Somehow, she found the strength to raise her arm up and say with a shaking voice and pathetic smile "I-Intruders.... I'm t-taking you in~"

((Hope you all don't mind me jumping in~ ;u; ))

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] "W-" Upon another stranger (Lyrica) made her appearance, this time Zula jumped back with a surprised look, completely forgotten the tension she had a second ago.
On closer inspection, this new stranger doesn't look threatening at all, Zula slowly approach her and held out her hand to help her up. "I'm not the intruder here-" Zula noticed some faint imprints of bare human feet not far from them, the more closer she look they seem to be heading toward northwest. "Hey, isn't that look like foot prints?" Zula pointed out.

(( Im gonna reply as soon as Zerda has - dont wanna leave him behind! ))

Zerda almost wanted to run away when he noticed all of the people coming from the multiple directions, but instead he hid behind Zula. Looking up at her as she questioned the people around her, he smiled and hugged tightly onto her leg. He was happy that she was standing her ground in front of these strangers. To his surprise none of these people were the intruder, or so they said. Though he still didn't quite trust them he let them speak and approach the two of them. Listening to them he stayed quiet and to them all and nodded along to their words, before noticeing what Zula said. He looked down at the foot steps and crawled down next to them. Sniffing them he shook his head, "This scent matches none of us, and as far as I know no one has come from this direction, right?" He asked as he looked around at all of the people.

((Sorry it took me so long guys, been pretty busy))

Owen peered around, noticing how it had suddenly became rather crowded. Were all these people here to look for the intruder? Relieved he would not be alone, he stepped closer towards the others. Looking at Zerda, he gave a slight shrug. "How should I know?" he replied tartly, setting the log by his side to lean on. "I'm just followin' everyone else..." From the bored look on his face, it was easy to tell that he wasn't at all invested in the whole situation. In fact, he seemed to find looking at his rather blunt claws more interesting.

"So everyone from Lillegard?" Zula asked although she might knew the answer. She knew none of these new strangers but feel slightly relived that it wasn't the intruder, whatever he or she looks like.
"I think no one came from that direction, uh-" Zula answered the boy behind her, she turn toward him. ""What's your name?" As far as Zula know, he haven't introduce himself to her yet.

Still looking at the tracks, she wondered where does this intruder heading to.

((Gonna wait till you guys reply and will move to Field ))

Lizzie jumped down from the tree, none of these people were the intruder. She landed near the other students and gave a smile, "Hi there" Was all she said before joining the group and taking a quick glance at the foot prints...

(( just quick ))

((Wrong one! oh well, just pretend its Lizzie))

Looking up at Zula, Zerda found himself smiling a little. He stood strait before her and nodded his head gently, "My name is Zerda Vulpes of the Fennec Fox Clan, of the Sahara Desert. Its nice to meet you all!" He said with a grin on his face. He would taste them all one day soon and with that thought in mind he laughed a little. He had hoped that his little laugh would't raise any suspicion of any sort and if that was the case, he would rather be alone...okay he wouldn't. Infact he favored the warm company that Zula had presented and she just didn't seem the one to harm unless had been harmed. With another smile to the others his tail wrapped around his body and hugged him tight, "What about you all? Whats your names?" Usually Zerda was not this out going, but he couldn't help himself today.

"Nice to meet you, Zerda." Said Zula, she extend her hand toward him for a handshake. "I'm Zula Clefhoof."

When another person landed near them, Zula seems to recognize her. "I remember you," said Zula. "We met once at the Library remember? What your name?"

Owen rolled his eyes as the others began standing around introducing theirselves. Didn't they have slightly more important things to do, like stopping some devlish fiend? He wasn't keen on taking the lead however - he'd wait however long these guys wanted to wait. "I'm Owen," he mumbled, not caring whether they'd caught his voice or not. "I don't always look like this..."

Still leaning on the log with one hand, he looked around some more. He noticed some snapped branches, but thought it nothing out of the ordinary. Bored, he began scraping his name in capital letters onto the base of the log with his claw. No one else could claim it now.

"Oh, yeah - Im Lizzie" She smiled at Zerda warmly, and turned to Owen - "What do you usually look like?" Her eyebrows pulled together. She just couldnt imagine him as a human. "How many of us are there?" her eyes slowly made their way around the group before stopping on Owen to watch him carve something into the tree near him.

Zerda smiled as everyone started to introduce themselves and he took Zula's hand and shook it firmly. Taking a moment to listen to everyone he then found himself becoming more worried about where that man was, he could have even been watching them at this very moment. Looking at the ground one last time he decided he was going to go ahead. He hoped someone would join him but either way he wanted to find this man. He slowly stepped away from the group and started his way northwest, and he seemed to realize what Everly had mentioned. This man was very good at hiding and staying out of ones view, but anyone could be careless. Taking a little time he sniffed around hoping to get some scent that could help him find the man.

((going off onto own topic in Heron Forest))

"Well...I guess that's everything," said Zula, after shaking hands with Zerda. "Better find this intruder before things get worse... gotta go then." Zula went to another direction towards Field.

((okay, going to feild now)