As you followed Devan to his village, the forest seemed to get quite all of a sudden.
Devan stops and crouches down, motioning for you to follow. As soon as you had,
something big came crashing through the brush. On the path ahead appeared an
enourmous grizzly bear. It turned and saw the two of you and began to rush at you in
a charge. Devan stood and threw his spear, the sharpened stick slicing through the
bear's left back leg. The bear roared in pain and only charged faster. You and Devan
dodged off the path, the bear in close pursuit. Devan quickly rolled away and climbed
a tree, but you tripped on a root and fell to the ground. You tried to get back up, but
your ankle seared in pain making you dry heave. The bear caught up and hit you with
its paw, the claws making a large gash in your shoulder. The grizzly stood up, ready to
attack, you closed your eyes and waited for death.
BAAAAAM!!!!!
A gunshot ripped through the air above you. You opened your eyes to see the bear's
headless body fall to the ground.
"Rusttail!" Devan called out in joy.
Looking towards where the shot had come from, you saw another anthro otter standing
on a small bump. He was tall and thin, he appeared to be quite old, but in very good
shape. His fur was brown all over, except for a rust red hue on his tail. His long hair
was grey and drawn into two ponytails on either side with a single feather stuck in the
top. He also wore a necklace (this one with a blue gem) and he had similar markings
to Devan on his arm, only in red paint. In his hands was a gun with a large but short
barrel. It looked as if it could blow up a tank!
"Come back to village," he said in very rough English,"And bring friend."