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[ponchaka]

Outside in the forest tribal drums pound, though there is no one to be seen.

Don. Don don. Don don.Those of you who are observant or just plain sensitive to that kind of thing may notice the wind shifting in the general vicinity of your lower shins. It is now at the backs of the Patapon warriors, guiding their spear and arrows to their target, the

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[shoeless_ed]

The warriors who have come back to the bar are going to find Ed and Ein paying a visit to the village. Ed is carrying a pair of small bongo drums under one arm.

"Hiiiiii, Little Eyeball People!" Ed says, waving with her free hand.

[ponchaka]

It is the Giant, and the Great Dragon! The children all swarm out to greet the two while the adults take a moment out of their work, be it farming in the metal basin full of soil brought in from the Land of Trees that Touch the Sky or tending to the clipping of the Tree of Life that they brought from the homeland, which now sits in a tall, narrow basin of smooth, transparent stone, also full of soil from the Land of Trees that Touch the Sky

[shoeless_ed]

Ed is happy to sing along! "Pon pon pon! Pon pata pon! Payaya paya payaya!"

Although she came along to show the Patapons something, It takes a bit for Ed to get around to it, since she's distracted by the singalong. "Pon pon pata...oh! Ed forgot! She has someone she wants to introduce to you, Little Eyeball People!"

[ponchaka]

All the little Patapons glance at each other and giggle, a high pitched, musical sound. The giant is silly; those are two different songs! Then it switches back to what is presumably it's flat, mixed up sounding language. They can't understand a word it's saying, but it looks like its getting ready to do something. All of the Patapons in the village stop to look expectantly at the giant.

[i_was_death]

Methos has been settled down at the bar for quite a while, and when the demon rabbit gets carried in and (from a distance, anyway) seems to start carving itself into chunks, it bears investigation.

The Immortal approaches with no small amount of caution, and when he gets close enough to spot the Patapons, well.

With mild surprise: "Huh."

[ponchaka]

The triumphant hunting party makes its way through the Land of Many Suns. Though they have been here for quite some time, they still have yet to grow accustomed to the black sky. How can the sky be so dark when there are so many suns shining so brightly?

One of the Kibapon Scouts, sitting astride the lead horse of the wagon train, spots the giant watching them from a distance and shouts a warning to the rest of the party.

"Chaka pon pu du!"

Is this one friendly too? Or is it looking to steal their catch?

[i_was_death]

Fortunately, Methos does not make a habit of snacking on the demon rabbits, and knows better to mess around (even if they aren't even half his size).

Raising both hands, he offers up a highly amused smile.

"Easy goes. I'm not after you, or anything you've got."

... So maybe he isn't sure that they speak English, but hopefully his tone is enough to indicate his good faith.

[ponchaka]

High above, the Giant raises its hands. The hunting party is in disagreement as to whether it's rearing to attack or showing them that it has no weapons. One side argues that something that large needs no weapons, when it could crush them all with a finger, while the other says that it sounds friendly enough, speaking in that strange language of the Giants, and that must mean it's not hostile.

One Yumipon mentions that it might be a good idea to decide what to do soon because if it is going to attack they should prepare instead of arguing amongst themselves or they might be in real trouble. Its warning is promptly ignored.