The Collapse

[Nyasi]

Dawn and Dusk exchanged a glance in awe. They stared at eachother for a second, then Dawn suddenly said, "I wish it could be that diverse here." It was as if the two had a short conversation without saying anything at all. "I don't know, you might be right..." she shrugged, acting as if her brother had said something that he hadn't.
"Of course," Dusk said, "We'll never know untill we defeat those Kremlings." He turned back toward the direction they were headed.

[KingKovu44]

Cheng nodded. "And maybe, just maybe, we'll find some additional help along the way," he said. He then began to think of Mei, his beloved wife before snapping back to the present. "Be warned, Crocodile Isle has varying terrains, from volcanic pools of lava to swamps to dark areas that are supposedly haunted by the spirits of dead Kremlings," he warned.

[Nyasi]

"Hah!" Dawn burst out. "Like that'll stop me! I can get through anything." she leaped into a dead sprint with the horse's gait, speeding forward through the forest and leaping over logs and rocks quite nimbley. Dusk rolled his eyes.
"Dawn, get back here!" he yelled. Soon enough, his light-footed sister appeared, trotting along with the usual, bouncy deer gait. "Stop being such a show off all the time."

[KingKovu44]

Cheng chuckled. "Is she always like that?" he asked.

[Nyasi]

"Unfortunately, yes." Dusk said. "I keep telling her she'll kill herself blazing off like that, but she won't listen."
"Well that's because you're a huge pessimist and I just like having fun, unlike certain unnamed bucks!" Dawn retorted lightly.

[KingKovu44]

Cheng was amused. "All right you two, enough. We must focus on getting to the fishing village if we are to get to our ultimate destination," he stated.

[Nyasi]

"Okay," Dawn let out an overdramatic sigh - which was obviously for show - then calmed down a bit. "You know, if you want to, we can move faster. The sooner we get there, the better, right?"
Dusk nodded, seeming a bit surprised he agreed with his sister. He knew he had a good deal of power, though, and cool run hard and long if he needed to.

[KingKovu44]

Cheng nodded. "Very well, let's speed up a bit. You'll know we're almost there when you start smelling sea salt in the air," he stated.

[Nyasi]

Dawn nodded, excited to smell the new scent. She knew water, but not saltwater. Dusk, too, couldn't help but feel eager, because he had a longing for discovery that he had pushed down for a long time. But now, since he had the chance for that discovery and to help save his home, he saw no reason to keep surpressing the urge to travel.

[changa]

Mhuni woke in the savannah, after a long nap. There weren't many healthy, natural places to go, after what the Kremlings had done. She was in the last of those places: Pride Rock. But she knew she couldn't stay much longer. The Pridelands would be polluted and built over until it was no longer recognizable as anything. She bade her home good-bye and set off.