[free]: Cry For Help (1/20)

You fast-forward time to about 500 years before the notails arrive on Taiaptor. It is currently the year 237, in the twilight years of the Hope era. Very little about Taiaptor has changed in the 237 years that have passed, other than aftiks now living in slightly larger packs.

[Fortuna rolls a 10-sided dice. A 10 is rolled.]

You zoom in on a random patch of forest. It takes you a bit, but eventually you spot a quartet of aftiks hiding in the bushes, closing in on what appears to be a small flock of sharp-beaked birds, appearing to... graze? Can birds graze? While you're pondering it, all four aftiks suddenly dart out, throwing themselves at one of the birds. The rest of the flock panics, and begins to flee.

[Fortuna rolls 4 20-sided die. A 9, 17, 11, and 4 are rolled.]

One of the aftiks grabs onto the bird's tail, while another grabs the legs. A third lands directly where the neck meets the back, and the last misses entirely, skidding onto the ground. The aftik clinging to the bird's neck quickly breaks it, ceasing the bird's struggling. The aftik who missed their attack, beige and orange in coloration, streaks off after the retreating bird flock. The aftik who killed the bird, this one being tan and dark green, growled, and dashed off in hot pursuit. The smallest of the four aftiks, one of lavender and dark purple who'd grabbed onto the tail, squawked in surprise.

????: Olive, wait! Don't try to stop her!

But the small aftik's cries landed on deaf earholes, as Olive continued to run after the orange aftik.