VALE

He had always wondered at the power of birds, floating up high on a blue backdrop, sitting on invisible air currents only they could feel. A few downward strokes of their wings and their little bodies were soaring even higher, black beady eyes seeing all that went on. Although sometimes the insistent chirping got too much he still admired their power and flight ability. Occasionally he would pick up a feather that had fallen to the ground, forgotten by its owner. Large brown flight feathers of a hawk, oily black feathers of a crow shinning blue and green in the sun, soft white down of a dove, the bright blue tail feather of a kingfisher. He had gathered a rather nice collection of new and old feathers, some full and shinning others tattered broken but none of it mattered they all went into the pile. His creation would be grand! The best costume of the whole tournament!

Excitement grew deep in his belly as he worked on arranging his collection of feathers in a particular order. Once they had all been laid out in two large roughly shaped triangles, Vale went to the nearest tree and set to work attacking it with his horn. Small chips of bark and wood flew in every direction catching in his mane and covering his face, but Vale was determined hacking away until he hit jackpot. Sap dripped from the large gash in the trunk and he hurried to find something to catch it in, a large piece of bark caught his eye and he grabbed it between his lips letting it fill slowly with the sticky red liquid. Satisfied that he had collected enough Vale very carefully carried it back to his feathers pouring, with what he thought was very delicate precision, the sap across the two triangle gluing them all in place.

Now to wait for it to dry, but something else was missing, something important…ah a mask! What was a costume without a mask? Hmmm he thought What to use…what to use… He needed something that would cover his face but not hinder his sight and be easy to carve. The bark he had used to carry the sap would be perfect, again with delicate precision he put his horn to the wood cracking off two of the sides in an indented half-moon shape, those would be for his eyes. Next using some of the left over sap Vale attached two pieces of harder bark in a point at the end that would serve as a beak. Perfect! He was almost done, now to just attach his costume to himself and he was ready for battle. He grinned in anticipation.

The sky was clear and blue no clouds were visible and the sun shone down calmly, perfect weather for a fight. He stood in field of green, the grass barely reaching higher than his hooves, his opponent opposite him. Good he thought, nothing for him to trip over or avoid. He assessed the two before him, unsure of who or what their costume was meant to be (Vale has no idea about super villains) but it was bright and festive and he had to give them props for dressing up (his was better of course) But now was not the time for admiring his style choice, the battle was on! A mist had crept up about his hooves and for a moment he was confused, was the deer doing this? How? And now he had lost sight of his opponent, the unicorn disappearing from his line of view, he knew he shouldn't made his eye holes bigger! A force slammed into him and a searing pain ripped through the side of his neck, hot red blood pooled at his feet. So the bastard had got one on him, touché. But now it was his turn, he shook his head to try and clear his mind of the cloud of pain, time for some payback. Lowering his horn and ran hard and fast, straight for the others chest as he had been previously to Vale, at the last minute the black turned pivoting quickly on his hindquarters and lashing out with deadly force, hoping to disorientate and attempting to crush his opponents shoulder with his hooves, Vale hoped he wouldn't miss.

Words::713 Attacks::1/2 Vs::Biru
Costume:: Vale is dressed as a bird!! Not any particular one, just a bird. He has made two "wings" out of mismatched feathers that are tied onto his back with some string, they reach about half down his back and hang around his belly. He has a mask made out of bark, hacked off part of the sides for his eyes (which clearly he didn't make big enough) and a crude looking "beak" is attached at the end. Feathers and sap and bits of bark all cling to his mane, tail and face, he looks a bit ridiculous but it's the though that counts. xD
Tag::@[Biru]