Sorry humans...eh fans...I know I haven't talked in a while. Feeling a little down lately due to the recent storms up here, reminds me of something. Anyhow, I hope people understand me better from reading that chapter of my school day's. Anyhow....I made myself a geographical error. You see, I didn't end up in Africa...yet. I'm in India, not Africa. Can you blame me!? I don't have a human world map. And I could hardly remember Dango's exact words. Anyhow, also I change formats halve way through this part. I'm kind of having a debate of whether to do this book in script or the other format. Hmm...since I can't decide, I want you guy's to just tell me in the reviews. By means of thought, I don't meet the one of my "dangerous humans" yet. Other than those people in the trailer.....jeez, they could have eaten me. Uh....anyway, I don't want any flames of any kind. I'm trying to remember this. And no, I'm not that good in languages so don't go on me for that! Anyhow, go ahead... -Randall
Natives and Rainforest
I remembered something as I heard the sound of the waves, my eyes closed. It was a nice feeling. I felt relaxed. I seem to be relaxed always when I'm near water that that doesn't want to kill me. Oh it felt good....up until I was shook awake by Dango. I opened my eyes and saw it was still morning but the boat was gone.
Me: What happen?
Dango: The boat left...we should be looking for my girl or a town....
Oh yeah....I forgot. Maybe I should tell him I really wanted to get back home....I'll bring him along while we look...for his girl.
Me: Ok, but first lets find a door out of here...
Me: I mean we can probably visit a couple doors in the company of mine...
He seemed to want to tell me something but switched.
Dango: Ok...
I was happy he agreed. I got off the rock I was comfortably resting on, and began looking at the surroundings. Hmm...fascinating. I stayed there for a second.
Me: Dango...
Me: Do you know anything about Africa?
I knew my question seemed like one any human would answer, but then again I didn't know.
Me: I mean like what lives here....anything?
Dango: Only that there are a couple animals here....and a couple other things...
Dango: I can only remember them if I sees'em...
Dangerous? Com on...I could handle anything.....then again....
Me: I can handle it...
He nodded to me and we both headed into the forest....
*
We stayed beside each other as we walked. Trees, plants, and various elements of which I had never seen were around. I had never been out of a city, barely able to see anything like this....it was amazing. I could hear some animal call, but knew exactly what it was....a monkey. We had been taught about them in school. Anyhow...I halted once, making Dango stop a little ahead of me. I went over to the nearest tree and placed my hands and feet on it and started climbing. About halfway I could hear Dango calling me from below.
Dango: What are you doing!?
I stopped and looked down. I wanted to make sure he didn't think I was abandoning him.
Me: I'm just checking our bearings! See where a town is if possible.
I could see him nod at me, telling me to go on. I headed up and could see the branches that held up the leaves of the tree's top. I went up to the highest and strongest branch I could find and got onto it. I started up, my feet clanged to the branch. I moved the branches and sets of leaf patches from the top away from me. I gasped at seeing what I saw. The sun was high in the sky, a gentle breeze flying by. Trees of fruit covering th plain, and moving in direction of the wind. A couple hills were hear and there. Not much of a description but I've never seen anything like a rainforest. At first I was amazed but then shook my head to get the revenge on who ruined my life. I came back into reality. How was I gonna get out of here!?
I looked down with my eyes onto the grass field created by the tops of trees. My eyes were hurt. I never noticed it up till now. I guess those clunks on the head did more than a cut. I rubbed my eyes, not caring at the moment. Something finally caught my eye in the distance. I could see smoke coming from some trees.
Me: A town!
It had to be a chimney or something! We were saved! I quickly crawled down and I could see Dango with his back against the tree as I came down onto my feet.
Me: We can go home! There's a town nearby!
I was so happy I could finally get home! Without delay, we went off deeper into the forest.
*
I could see me and Dango matched speed as we came closer to our destination. We passed by a small river, my feet and tail getting a fast sensation of the cool water, different from the ocean's water. But as we got close, I slowed down, sticking out my forked tongue and smelled something.
Me: Can you smell that?
Dango slowed as well. He did the same and looked over at me with a nod.
We came to some trees, the smoke seeming to hide behind it. We cleared them out of the way. We both were shocked, my fronds were poked up with what I saw. We found a town alright....but one that was on fire!
In a clearing where trees had been cut down, stood small dome shaped buildings, seeming to be made out of natural elements. The buildings themselves were on fire! It was if the town had been attacked! Dango then told me to duck. I did and peered through the small grass to see humans lined up near what appeared to be a river of some sort....must have been the one we passed. The humans seemed hardly clothed but didn't matter at the point as they passed what seemed to be...what was the material again.....oh yes...clay, clay pots filled with water and passed it onto the fire on the small buildings.
Dango: Indians there mate...
Indians? India......makes sense. I made the connection myself.
Me: Indians?
Dango: I don't know much...but they're...uh...
I looked back at them.
Me: They're like the primitive version of a normal human...
He seemed to agree.
(Ok, this is the time I change the format's. I may be doing this depending on how much discussion is taken place. So please don't get confused on the different formats, Sean just showed me how to do it, I haven't written much of any kind of "story" in school, especially one about me. Anyhow, format changes here)
I could tell on Dango's face that he knew he wanted to help them. I honestly didn't want to go in to help in the fire. But I gulped knowing what Dango would say, and he did.
"We got to help them douse that!" Dango told be right at my side. Was he crazy!? Us go out there!? We could be skewered! Or ripped to pieces!
I also didn't like the idea of going into flames, being a snake I could dehydrate easily if surrounded by fire. Still...I had this feeling inside me. Maybe it was what set Flailer to want and help humans. This was a home....home for what only seemed like a few humans.....outcasts maybe. Was I really going to stand here and let another lose their home like I did? Showing goodness in my heart, I decided to help......
"Ok Dango...We'll help them....but I'm....only doing it because they might know where a city is so we can get out of here!" I said in my own voice of agitation. I tried to hide my good intentions, as I've been doing for a couple years......
He nodded to me and got the closest containments he could then came up to me with a couple clay pots about the size of my head. I then looked up at the side tree and saw it bent near the flames on the houses, and I got an idea. "They probably won't see us in trees, and we won't have to get surround by flames so we'll clime up there" I said making him look up. He agreed as I went to the river, away from the humans, carrying two clay pots. I filled them with the flowing water passing the small pebbles. I went over to the tree, seeing Dango pass by me with one pot to get water in it, and I started climbing the tree. It was a little tough, but I was thankful that my limbs were strong then. I then went near the bent edge of the tree. I hesitated a bit, but then threw the pot's containments onto the fire on top of the houses. I continued the process with Dango about who knows how many times....
*
After a couple minutes, the flames subsided. The home's roofs were wrecked, but they still were stable, some weren't even touched by the fire. Me and Dango were at the top of the tree trunk. Perspiration on both our foreheads. Mine was covered in perspiration, I knew the flames heat would get to us. I was a little out of breath from the fear of slipping off into the fire. Oh...I'm not imagining that image! I wiped the sweat off my face and fronds with my tops hands and turned to Dango, who had his claws in the trunk to keep on.
"Well.....are....you happy?!" I said with a little anger to Dango. He just nodded to me as I looked back on the village. He gave me a pat on the back as if I did something good. I did....it felt good inside, finally....something I completed that helped someone after this while. Building that machine for Waternoose almost gave me this feeling, until I found out it was just a pawn plan.
*
We both slowly climbed down. My arms down at my side, those things were heavy....I guess the humans had allot of experience. We both sighed in relieve and took a breath of fresh air, now fresh air as it was ashy and smoky from the fire. That is until I heard a sound like a small tingle. I looked up a little bit and saw pointy, gagged edged, piece of stone tied to something. I looked up more to see it was attached to a wooden stick. tied to it were two round green....I think I saw some in the trees...I think its some kind of fruit maybe. I looked up to see four humans having spears pointed at us....yeah....that's what they were. Spears?!
I hesitated with a yelp, joined by Dango, and placed my hands up as if I were arrested, never have been thank you very much. Dango followed with the same thing. One signaled us to go past them into the village. We hesitated, but we needed to follow. We did as told and went in, spears right behind us. We stopped a couple feet away from the window, our hands down. The spear humans could catch us if we ran, and the groups of other Indians were around. I knew what was coming at whispered to Dango.
"Dango.....even through this is your fault," I began, ignoring the smug face he gave me, " I liked the time we spent together..." I said.
Aww jeez" I was getting all mushy and everything. Well, we were going to die anyway! But I stopped speaking when I saw another Indian come out from behind some of the houses. He wore a hat with feathers around it poking out, and a cape that seemed to be made out of cloth. As he came closer, I noticed....Ick...that the hat over his face was actually....a bird head carved out! I was gonna throw up thinking I would be a mask like that! But then I noticed two....necklaces...in his hands.
In his right hand was one with sea shells. The shells with it were white with iridescent black on its inside. On his left hands was one with teeth They seemed to be shinned pretty well, but I'm not sure what they came from. I'd rather have my teeth in my mouth! He then stopped in front of us.
"Must be da knob...oh...uh the chief..." Dango whispered to me. Jeez....the head of this village!
The chief then told something in an unknown language to the other villagers. I didn't get it. Did Dango?
"What's he saying?!" I asked. "I don't know" He told me with a hesitated face.
The chief then held out his right hand and signaled Dango to lower his head. What!? Was he gonna cut him from his head?! I was going to do something, but then remembered the spears. I then saw the Indian place the shell necklace on Dango, as it was now hanging around his neck. He then looked at me with a smile. Was it....some kind of offering?
The chief then signaled me the same. I hesitated. Was I being tricked? Were we being tricked. I decided to go along with it and lowered my head. the chief then moved the necklace over my fronds and around my neck and then backed away. I looked at it. Teeth wasn't something you could just walk into a store and buy I thought.
"Uhh...thanks?" Was all I could say. "What's going on?" I asked to Dango. "I think they're thanking us for helping them, don't breeze up Randall, were gonna be fine" Dango said, in his own words again. I then got tired of figuring out what they were saying because the chief was talking to some nearby Indians. "Maybe we should communicate" I said. "Ok...burl" he said. Oh Monstropolis why didn't I study languages...
He moved forward and turned to the chief. "We come in peace?" He said. I hit my forehead, below my fronds. Was he thinking it would actually work? That' when I saw another Indian come out from another hut not far away. This one had fur on his back, yellow and black, He came to the chief, talking that strange language again. Then he came over to is, I was thinking he was gonna tell us that language....boy, was I surprised!
He moved his lips. "W....We.....thank...you" he said! I was amazed, my fronds on edge! All these humans talking some language and here's this one talking normal. But then my amazement went down. This one must be some kind of translator for the group. I decided to take over.
"Uh yeah....listen...we....are...looking...for a city" I said slowly, thinking he might not understand if I spoke too fast. He didn't answer, he seemed to think. "What's with this guy?" I asked Dango. "I don't know Randall....I think they think were sacred animals or something...a bunch of gazobs if you ask me" Dango said, folding his arms. Hmph...must have got his accent back. The fur human then came back over to us.
"W...we wish....you...to...stay for night as much thanks....then you can return to the jungle" He said, I felt like I was in a play or something. "Stay!?" I said. I turned Dango around so we could speak alone. I took my tail in my bottom left hand to avoid getting it...cut off. "Dango we can't stay!" I shouted at him. "What's the point in not? Besides, they could squeak to us about where a city is" He told me. He was right....maybe we could stay. After all...they are thanking us. Maybe we could find a city and get out of here tomorrow. I decided why not. "Well....ok...fine...but if I die, I'll haunt your ghost after Sullivan and Wazowski!" I warned him. He nodded and we turned to the chief and translator and told them we would stay.
"We shall...celebrate your stay...." The translator said. A celebration for us just helping them? Hmph....maybe this won't be so bad.....then again....
I know what your thinking....Randall? You stayed with Indians? Well...let me tell you, they do tell us where there is a place to get out of here. Besides.....its not like I had a choice. Of course I later found out what "tribe" these Indians were. They're called the Austrics. Just a little info there. I won't be updating for a while through, but I hope this holds you guy's off for a bit. You may think I might get killed by these....Indians....but hey....how can I be dead if I'm writing this!? But let me just tell you that I'm going to lose Dango and be chased by poachers. But hey! I might be going home soon! Get me revenge! Ha ha!...Still.....poor Dango.....