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Skydracgrrl · 01-27-2004, 02:40 PM

Sive gave a delighted laugh at Markul's new appearance and then gasped, remembering why she was in a hurry. "I'm not really headed anywhere, I just wander from place to place. And what do you mean by intentions?" she asked her newfound companion as they hurried to the outskirts of the town. "And I already told you, it's not a trick!" the strange creature pouted slightly, her one good eye looking slightly hurt that Markul hadn't remembered her saying that.

Suddenly, a medium-sized explosion of fur and feathers zoomed past Sive and started to attack Markul's face, making angry chittering and screeching noises. "Lark, Lark, stop! It's alright, he's not... it's alright! Markul's my friend!" Sive shouted anxiously, gathering the fuming bundle into her hands. The quivering thing gathered in the girl's hands resembled a kitten except in place of a cat-head it had a head of a bird, and a pair of feathered wings sprouted from its back, which were currently held away from its body in an obviously threatening gesture. "This is Lark, my friend. He's a Roller-songgryphon," Sive commented, petting her feathered friend's head soothingly.

The bird-head sported a somewhat large, curved, black-coloured beak, and the small black strip over "Lark"'s eyes made it seem that the songgryphon was glaring at Markul. Its head is a powderblue, and the feathers slowly give way to fur of the same shade down its chest and stomach. Its back consists of chestnut-coloured fur, and near its rump the colouring changes to a blue-purple shade, with the tip of Lark's tail ending in a turqoise-white with two black spots on opposite sides of the lashing appendage. The wings have the same strange, brilliant purple-blue on the shoulders, then give way to powderblue for half of the wing, and the bottom half is a dark black. Overall, the creature was as beautiful and strange as its owner, Sive.

"Lark" seemed to finally be settling down, and after uttering a few more harsh "Kri"s, proceeded to preen its wings with its beak, pointedly ignoring Markul's presence. "Sorry about Lark's behaviour, he's just very overprotective of me," Sive appologized, taking out a cloth and dabbing at the few scratches that Markul now sported on his face.

Krii the small songgryphon grated in what seemed to be a smug, affirmative tone.

"I had agreed to check on him at this time, to make sure he was okay, and that's why I was in such a hurry. He doesn't like to come into the towns with me for some reason," the girl explained while she continued to fix Markul's cuts.

Krii carrakk Lark commented harshly.

"I don't draw that much attention! And I'm sure they've seen plenty of songgryphons before," Sive retorted. "Right?" she looked at Markul for support with wide, hopeful eyes.

ooc- Hehe, where would a strange person be without her equally as strange animal companion?

If you are interested in seeing a picture, I used a European Roller to make up the bird parts of "Lark," and modeled it after a picture in The Birdlife of Britain & Europe by Peter Hayman and Philip Burton. My mom's a birder, so I had a large amount of bird books at my disposal

Here's 2 images of the European Roller. The second one shows a better example of the colouring of the cat-tail.
http://en.arocha.org/images/shared/158l.jpeg
http://my.ort.org.il/holon/birds/as1p1.jpg
And here's a picture of what a generic songgryphon looks like [img]smile.gif[/img]
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/s...phons.gif.html
http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database...=53663&genre=2
http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database...=53662&genre=2
Keep in mind that Lark will be a little larger because he is part European Roller, not part Chickadee or some other tiny songbird.

[ 01-27-2004, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: Skydracgrrl ]

01-27-2004, 02:40 PM	#103
Skydracgrrl Silver Dragon Join Date: June 21, 2001 Location: Oakton, VA (summer) Boston, MA (...not summer...) Age: 38 Posts: 1,652	Sive gave a delighted laugh at Markul's new appearance and then gasped, remembering why she was in a hurry. "I'm not really headed anywhere, I just wander from place to place. And what do you mean by intentions?" she asked her newfound companion as they hurried to the outskirts of the town. "And I already told you, it's not a trick!" the strange creature pouted slightly, her one good eye looking slightly hurt that Markul hadn't remembered her saying that. Suddenly, a medium-sized explosion of fur and feathers zoomed past Sive and started to attack Markul's face, making angry chittering and screeching noises. "Lark, Lark, stop! It's alright, he's not... it's alright! Markul's my friend!" Sive shouted anxiously, gathering the fuming bundle into her hands. The quivering thing gathered in the girl's hands resembled a kitten except in place of a cat-head it had a head of a bird, and a pair of feathered wings sprouted from its back, which were currently held away from its body in an obviously threatening gesture. "This is Lark, my friend. He's a Roller-songgryphon," Sive commented, petting her feathered friend's head soothingly. The bird-head sported a somewhat large, curved, black-coloured beak, and the small black strip over "Lark"'s eyes made it seem that the songgryphon was glaring at Markul. Its head is a powderblue, and the feathers slowly give way to fur of the same shade down its chest and stomach. Its back consists of chestnut-coloured fur, and near its rump the colouring changes to a blue-purple shade, with the tip of Lark's tail ending in a turqoise-white with two black spots on opposite sides of the lashing appendage. The wings have the same strange, brilliant purple-blue on the shoulders, then give way to powderblue for half of the wing, and the bottom half is a dark black. Overall, the creature was as beautiful and strange as its owner, Sive. "Lark" seemed to finally be settling down, and after uttering a few more harsh "Kri"s, proceeded to preen its wings with its beak, pointedly ignoring Markul's presence. "Sorry about Lark's behaviour, he's just very overprotective of me," Sive appologized, taking out a cloth and dabbing at the few scratches that Markul now sported on his face. Krii the small songgryphon grated in what seemed to be a smug, affirmative tone. "I had agreed to check on him at this time, to make sure he was okay, and that's why I was in such a hurry. He doesn't like to come into the towns with me for some reason," the girl explained while she continued to fix Markul's cuts. Krii carrakk Lark commented harshly. "I don't draw that much attention! And I'm sure they've seen plenty of songgryphons before," Sive retorted. "Right?" she looked at Markul for support with wide, hopeful eyes. ooc- Hehe, where would a strange person be without her equally as strange animal companion? If you are interested in seeing a picture, I used a European Roller to make up the bird parts of "Lark," and modeled it after a picture in The Birdlife of Britain & Europe by Peter Hayman and Philip Burton. My mom's a birder, so I had a large amount of bird books at my disposal Here's 2 images of the European Roller. The second one shows a better example of the colouring of the cat-tail. http://en.arocha.org/images/shared/158l.jpeg http://my.ort.org.il/holon/birds/as1p1.jpg And here's a picture of what a generic songgryphon looks like [img]smile.gif[/img] http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/s...phons.gif.html http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database...=53663&genre=2 http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database...=53662&genre=2 Keep in mind that Lark will be a little larger because he is part European Roller, not part Chickadee or some other tiny songbird. [ 01-27-2004, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: Skydracgrrl ]