He liked what little he knew of their culture, based on how strong their prey was, that was how much they valued them. Interesting.. It wasn't primitive, it was a different way... Much different than humans.
"And what.. Would I call you in my tongue?"
English
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[i][u]"thar'n-da s' yin'tekai. It means strength and honour be to you."[/u][/i]
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He nods. "Thank you." He stared at her with a serious face.
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[i][u]"I will reach into my ship, and awaken the beast."[/u][/i]
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He nods. "So if I kill it..."
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[i][u]"you earn the title of young blood, a title of honour."[/u][/i]
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He nods. "And I win you..." He smirks. "Gives me a lot of motivation..."
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[i][u]"You will need it if you ever hope to survive. Find the clearing to the north. Wait there until you hear the warrior horn. Then, you will know your trial has begun."[/u][/i]
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He nods. Immediately he sets off, his abilities allowing him to slip through the shadows, teleporting. This allowed him to go much faster than normal and reached the clearing soon after. "Alright... So now we wait.." He sits, closing his eyes, and meditating.
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The Huntress stepped into her ship, reaching into an area full of cages. One of the cages was particular, in that it was more like a cryogenic cell. Inside of it, the prey... the most challenging, most rewarding game. The Xenomorph. She activated the cage, that began thawing it out. An electrical fence grid was turned on in the jungle area around them, making sure the alien would not escape. As it awoke, Than-Guan observed it, invisible. Already, the monster had picked up the scent of a potential prey, it's instincts had kicked in... it immediately ran out of the ship, into the forest. The war horn was rang. The hunt was on.
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His eyes snapped open. "He comes." Slowly he stands, his powers waiting to pick up any life form that was large. The way Than-Guan had described it it wasn't nearly as advanced, more primitive, but just as dangerous.
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The creature raced through the jungle, tracking the man's scent. It was almost as tall as the Huntress, and was stronger and faster than Eric. He was in for quite the challenge.
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He would enjoy it. He could sense it. It was moving, fast. "He's fast I see... Hm... Probably about as tall as Than-Guan..." Eric snorts.
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It had already reached him. It "watched" him from a tree, blades coming out of it's arms.
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Eric could feel it, close. His senses began honing in. He gathered black flame in his hand. Any minute he would have a direct location- [i]there![/i] He spun around and launched the fire ball, a tree exploded.
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Wrong tree. By the time he had taken his aim, the Alien had leapt into another tree, and was now closing in. It launched itself onto Eric, stabbing him with his blades.
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Eric disappeared in a puff of black smoke, reappearing in the air behind the alien, and he launched another black ball of flame. "Surprise!"
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The Alien's long, razor sharp tail stabbed Eric as he re-appeared, piercing through him with ease, from one end to the other.
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Luckily it only hit him in the shoulder. Quickly he teleported off of it, bleeding. The wound quickly healed as he strafed through the bushes. "That hurt."
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The brushes couldn't save him from the Xenomorph's acute sense of smell. It tracked him through the jungle, relentlessly.
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It wouldn't give up. "Relentless." Ryan backed up, he could sense it getting closer.
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Their chase continued in the jungle. From the trees, The Huntress watched the hunt unfurl before her very eyes, an entertaining spectacle.
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Ryan prepared another flame. He then did something strange. He divided. The second copy of him smelled exactly like him. They stood apart, but in the same clearing.
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[spoiler]*Eric[/spoiler] Any other being would have been fooled. But the alien knew... it had sensed Eric's blood after stabbing him with it's tail. It could tell which one of them had it's essence in their bloodstream. The alien zeroed in on the real Eric, rapidly.
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The secondary one zoned in as well. "This thing is smart." He said. The copy pursued the Alien.
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The copy suddenly lost sight of the Alien. It was as if it just had disappeared.