Avatar: {Hybrid and Alien]

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Layontsin was strangely endeared by the offering that the skyperson has given her.

Even more when such gift was a small group of blue flowers that were held in a solid circular object. Her attention was focused back on the flowers, remembering Asim watching them when she brought him to the Tree of Voices and seeing them in his memories. They were beautiful like she recalled, and were not torn from their stem like some others would do. Her mind was focused on this so much that she wasn't paying attention to Asim's words while they walked. "Sorry. Can you say that again?" Layontsin asked, taking her eyes off from the flowers and focusing back to Asim. The skyperson looked up at her, nodding as he started again. "As I said, you and I, as well as my friends, will make a storytelling of how we met the Anurai clan. And we have to make it right. So, Rai'uk told me to practice with you." Asim explained to her. "How we met?" Layontsin echoed, sounding confused. "Yeah. Of course. When we first met when you tried to kill me." Asim said, making Layontsin tense up. The idea of reenacting how she was about to kill Asim when they first encountered each other seemed like a good idea, but now that she thought about it...it made her feel queasy. "I don't think the children will like me being seen like that." Layontsin said in a worried tone. "Don't worry. It will be a storytelling, not truly trying to kill me. It's....whats the na'vi word for that thing..." Asim said, at the last part muttering something to himself in his language as he scratched his hair. He stopped in his tracks as he thought for a moment, making his friend Mikhail and Layontsin stop as well. "Ah. Right. 'Pretend'. Fake acting." Asim said, his fingers rubbing against each other and making a snapping noise. Layontsin understood what he said, but still didn't quite made her sure of it. "I don't know..." Layontsin said, rubbing her crest plates. "Don't worry. I'll show you." Asim said with a smile, reaching out and tugging one of the anthro thanator's arms with a hand.

They reached a wide clearing near the clan village, which Asim thought it was a good place to 'practice' for the storytelling. "Okay...remember how you first saw me and attacked me?" Asim asked. "Yes....I...took you down from the trees." Layontsin said, her gaze turning up to the nearest trees surrounding them as she placed the flowers down. "Okay. Go climb there and hide yourself. I will be down here" Asim said as he took some steps back. Layontsin understood and went to climb up a random tree of picking, going up until she reached the branches and perched herself there. From up there, she saw Mikhail step away until he was totally separate from his friend. Asim now reached to his back, where his neck was, and pulled up what looked like the black war mask that his friends used once during the Ash clan attack. But it wasn't entirely black now, Layontsin noticed, as some marks have been visibly painted over the clear reflective part. The marking was that of the Anurai clan that the clan leader gave him, and...a scary looking-face. This face included four downward lines, two on each side, to represent eyes, and a jagged mouth to represent sharp teeth. On the back were small black feathers, almost like a crest that imitated a thanator's to give it a more menacing look. In all honesty Layontsin was amazed by how Asim had imitated the Anurai clan spirit with his mask. "Alright. Now we act." Asim said as he started to walk around, seeming as if he had lost where Layontsin was located but still kept his guard up. Immediately, Layontsin got the same feeling when she first laid eyes on him, and her predatory instinct started to kick in again.

So, she leapt down and tackled Asim when he had his back turned away from her.

Layontsin pounced on Asim and pinned him down, giving out her loud and fierce roar. Asim just laid there below her, turning his head to the side to look up at her and nod vigorously. "Yes. That's it. Now for the escape." Asim said as he struggled to break free from Layontsin's grasp. She had him pinned by the shoulders, which let his hands move freely as he reached and pulled out his metal knife. Instead of giving her a slice, he moved it and jabbed the tip of the blade on her arm. This caused her to flinch and pull her arm away from him, which caused Asim to break free and slip out from Layontsin's grasp. Now Asim got up and faced her a short distance, knife held in front of him as he pulled out his small weapon. Layontsin tensed up and braced herself for what was about to come next, but then she felt several somethings land on her skin like if someone were throwing her berries. The things that landed on her were orange dots, like paint, that smeared her skin. Then she remembered seeing the skypeople use this to demonstrate how their weapons worked. Now she gained more courage and gave out another roar at Asim, holding her spear out as Asim prepared for the following attack. The skyperson then placed his weapon back and then thrusted his fist forwards, a metal vine coming out from his wrist and wrapping around one of Layontsin's arms. Remembering how it went before, the anthro thanator gave a snarl, with a smile, and pulled Asim towards her. The skyperson struggled to pull back, but eventually let himself be pulled as he had his knife out again. Though, like it happened before, she swung her two arms from one side and swatted him with them. Asim flinched when he was swattted, and then Layontsin turned around quickly to bring her tail around and knock him away. Asim fell to the ground as his metal wire detached, getting up slowly as he recovered from such hit. Then, as she remembered how it went, Layontsin brought her spear again and hit Asim with its blunt side. Only this time she restrained herself from actually hitting him hard, and lightly tapped the top of Asim's head with it.

When that happened, Asim tensed up as he began limping around with his head swinging side to side dramatically...before eventually flopping down on the ground.

The anthro thanator sighed as she saw him lying on the ground 'defeated', later walking over to reach and nudge him. "Asim? Are you alright? Did I hit you too hard?" Layontsin asked the skyperson, picking him up with all four hands. There was no reply until he started to slowly move and use his hands to take off his large mask. He was revealed to be wearing a bright smile and beginning to laugh a little. Then some sort of clapping sound was heard from the side, and Layontsin noticed Mikhail sitting comfortably on a log and clapping his hands as he liked the act they have played. "Well done." Mikhail complimented them, smiling as he got up from his place. "I agree. You were amazing." Asim said as he made Layontsin focus on him again. "I was?" Layontsin asked, quills and crest plates expanding. She felt unexpectedly accomplished by the affirmation that the two skypeople gave her. "You did good. Now the next part will be you carrying me to the clan village. I think Rai'uk and Unil'tingai know how things went." Asim said as he got up on his own and brushed off the leaves that got stuck on his body. "Alright then" Layontsin said as she picked Asim back up, seeing that suddenly he got confused. "Wait, not now! When we make the storytelling." Asim said as he tensed up when Layontsin hoisted his small body up with all four arms. Mikhail was heard hiding his face to cover his laughter, as well as his body noticed to be turned around. "You said we were practicing, right? I still want to practice until we get there." Layontsin said to Asim, flashing her sharp teeth in a sly smile as she held him in her large arms. The sides of Asim's white face began to turn a small amount of red in color, him looking to the side as he made a pouting expression. However, he eventually gave a sigh and then nodded as he gave up in protest. "Fine. You can carry me. This still doesn't feel like how you brought me there." Asim said as he stopped struggling in the anthro thanator's hold and giving her a small smile. "Very well" Layontsin said in a pleased manner as she began to walk in the direction of the village, Mikhail following the anthro thanator from the side. Then she stopped when she remembered something important. "Ah. The flowers" Layontsin said as she went over to where she placed them, picked them up with one hand, and resumed her walk back to the village.

While carrying Asim, Layontsin smiled as she felt his warmth close to her chest. Not planning to ever let go or separate from him.