Tarnish took a little trip to the mainland with Worc in tow. He'd promised not to go too far this time and contended himself to wander along the Sea's Plain, playing in the sand and stalking the seagulls. He kept an eye on the tide and otherwise busied himself hunting for clams. Every so often a spurt of water would shoot up where he was walking and then he would immediately get to digging. He was so focused on what he was doing that he didn't see the dark form of a black bear wandering down the beach. Unlike its cousins up north in the colder climates there was less of a need to hibernate here for the bear. It had emerged from its winter den with one focus, finding food, a nice feast before another long nap and the pup was just too good an appetizer to pass up. The bear charged and Tarnish looked up at the sound of large paw steps only to shriek and dive under the roots of the nearest cypress tree. If Worc hadn't been there and dove down pecking and clawing at the bear's face he'd have been a goner.

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"Tarnation! Siduri had been following her brother, sneaking, creeping, practicing her stealth. It was a good thing too, since she would be able to help him out with his little bear problem. As her brother ducked beneath the cypress roots, Siduri crowed his name, trying to get the bears attention. There was little fear in the girl. She had killed a giant snake, a tiger and the wolf that had tried to attack them. Raiders always came out on top. It was known.

Sid raced up behind the bear and sank her sharp little puppy teeth into its heel. "Get away from him, you brigand!" Which sounded most likely like garbled gook since she was yelling with her mouth full. Still, it was the principle of the thing. No one beat up her brother except for her!

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Tarnish sprinted and wove, just narrowly avoiding the bear as he dove down beneath some tree roots. Shitballs that thing was fast! No one told him bears were that bloody fast. He heard Siduri call out and his ears flicked up. He twisted around, blinking the dirt from his eyes all the while realizing he was starting to get too big to pull this off. Siduri bit at the bears heels and in a moment it had whipped around to try and attack her. This was far from his first bear and so he knew immediately what to do, this time with more violence than he'd previously been capable of. Tarnish launched himself from the shadows of the roots and flew onto the bear's back. It roared and stood, but his claws sank in deep as he wedged his way between its shoulder blades, inching further up near its neck as it tried once more to reach him before falling back to all fours. The minute it struck ground Tar's head snaked forward latching onto one of the ears and as he shook his head back and forth in a violent twist, blood spattered the ground before the ear detached entirely.


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Eep! The bear spun around in an attempt to bite her and Siduri did a little skippy, bouncing to the side so that she could avoid the bite. Its attention was stolen from her again as Tarnish jumped up and bit in return. It suited Sid just fine. Now that her brother was situated up top, she could do some damage down below.

Again she skirted around the side of the bear, this time attacking the thick, meaty haunch of the ursine. Teeth bit into muscle and the bear groaned in pain, the leg buckling a bit as Siduri gave it a wicked charlie horse.

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The bear gave a mighty twist and roar of pain, and before Tarnish could get another bite or anchor himself down further he was thrown from the bear, landing hard on the dirt. "Ow!" Ughhhh… he stumbled to his feet, his head spinning. His vision kept darkening and there were little white dots dancing across his vision. Thankfully, between his attack and that of his sister, the bear didn't seem quite as keen. Still, they weren't done yet. The bear whirled on Siduri. At the same time, Worc dove down out of the sky, beak bared like an arrow as the bird pecked sharply at the bear's butt, biting onto the tail and pulling. Eventually, the irritation became too much and the bear started to retreat. Tarnish sat down heavily, "Ughhh…"


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Another eep crept from the girl as the bear pulled and swung her around. The force of the swing made her lose hold and Sid went cartwheeling across the plain, thudding hard into one of the many trees with an audible OOF. The girl sat up and groaned, shaking her head and blinking hard. Thankfully her brother's bird came down and pecked the bear into submission. The thing tucked tail and ran. "Well that wasn't very fun," Sid muttered, raising one paw to rub at the growing bump on her noggin where she'd hit the tree. Stupid bears.

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