Robert
*The bear let out an angry groan of sorts as Ivy got to its upper back. She looked around, seeing the wound. Should she stab it there and make the pain worse or... Before she could think much more the beast began to fall backwards, trying to squash her. She stabbed the bear in the back and used that to push herself off and jump out of the way. She didn't land gracefully though, crashing onto her back. The wind getting knocked out of her she let out a 'oof' sound. The panda bear meanwhile cried out as the dagger sunk deeper in. Ivy tried to push herself backwards with her legs, but she wasn't very successful as she was still recovering from the fall. The panda bear began to try and swing towards her, getting quite close as she desperately tried to move back.*
Jerry
"Leave her alone!"*Juna yelped at the Panda, readjusting her hold on her staff and swatting the bear across its muzzle with it. There were times like these where she wished she was better prepared, but she could only really hoped that angry animal would leave them be. Surely it was just whatever this Kepen disease was that was making it act this way. Her ears shifted back at the sound of her bird squawking, turning her head in time to see Juniper run off into the dark forest. No! She wanted to yell to the young bird. Who knew what predators were around here? Conflicted in staying or running off after her, Juna turned towards her Jackal. Jace growled at the Panda, nipping at its side whenever he could find an opening.*"Get her Jace!"*Juna said to the jackal. Jace looked at the Canifor in hearing his name, seemingly confused. Juna gestured out in the direction that Juniper ran in.*"Go! Find her!"*There was probably only two words he understood out of that command, but nevertheless, he eventually turned and retreated out into the woods in similar direction to where Juniper ran in.*
Robert
*The panda bear groaned again as Juna hit their muzzle and began to pound the ground, shaking the earth with it. Ivy began to try and get on her feet but fell back down as the earth shook. She growled of sorts and got out her dart gun. Taking a breath in she shot a dart into the pandas injured side. It seemingly growled as the dart hit. The poison wouldn't do much at all but slightly numb the pain in the pandas side, she hoped it would maybe help it calm down. Getting up she held her hands out in front of her and slowly backed up as the panda looked at both of them, still angry but confused on why it was in less pain.* "Go! Go away!!"
Jerry
*Juna wasn't sure what had happened in the split moment her attention was captured by her companions. She soon turned back around, taking a a few steps away from the bear and copying similar to what Ivy was doing. She held her staff more defensively in front of her, though she could sense the aggression partially fading.*"Please go."*She murmured alongside Ivy, knowing the bear probably didn't understand them. Juna wished she had that gift like other people did.*"We're don't want to fight you."
Robert
*The panda bear swatted the dart out and began to try and swing at its back to get the dagger out. Ivy watched in dismay, knowing she'd probably have to help the beast for it to go. Frowning she began to walk towards it, keeping her hands out. The bear watched her but kept swatting at the dagger.* "I'm going to do something stupid!!" *She ran towards the bear and grabbed the dagger out, while simultaneously letting a small burst of fire onto the wound. The bear groaned and swatted at her, pushing her hard into some bamboo. Once again the wind was knocked out of her and she groaned. The beast then stood on its two back legs and let out a loud call and began to move into the forest but it didn't leave before it left a nice big pile of poop in camp. (Lol) As Ivy untangled herself from the bamboo she looked at the poop in dismay.* "Greattt.."
Jerry
*Juna froze for a short moment as Ivy retrieved the dagger only for the panda to raise up on its hind legs. Even the single swipe was enough force to cause the thin, yet hard stalk of bamboo to quiver at Ivy's impact. Juna could only imagine what it could do at full force. The tense moment seemed to drag on forever in her eyes, but soon enough the bear had walked off and with it, Juna's arms grew more lax despite the little gift it left behind. Was that the beast they had warned her about? A bear of black and white? Only now did she notice her heart thrumming in her chest from the encounter, though that wasn't important for now. She glanced over towards Ivy, asking:*"Are you okay...?"
Robert
*She grunted as she got up, looking pretty peeved.* "Just bruised... I don't know why I did that... Pretty stupid..." *She cleaned the dagger off on a nearby bamboo stalk and put it away and went to grab the dart the panda had thrown off. It's needle was broken however so it was worthless. She sighed and threw it back on the ground.* "Damn that Panda..." *Scrunching her nose the smell of the poop filled the air.*
Jerry
"Pan... Da...?"*She questioned in a tone of confusion as if the word was foreign to her. Juna turned her head in the direction it had gone in.*"Is that what it's called...? Is it... Okay now...?"*Juna didn't like the idea of the panda suddenly coming back to make another attack on the pair, hopefully it was doing better now, but she hardly knew what the thing was, much less what it would do.*
Robert
*She looked to her, still pretty peeved.* "You really aren't from around here are you... Yeah that was a panda. Much bigger then it usually is though. The normal ones are three times smaller and only attack if your an ass to them.." *She looked at the pile of poop* "That poop is also huge!! What the ****!" *She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.* "It shouldn't come back... It's pretty pissed but I think it's more likely to go after whoever gave it the other wound... Or maybe just eat or sleep... I don't know." *She kicked the ground.* "Stupid disease..."
Jerry
*No wonder it seemed so huge. Juna shuddered at the thought, however, part of her was relieved they didn't always come that large. Though it still made her partially curious, contrasting Ivy's annoyance to it. She kept staring down the way it had gone before finally turning back to her.*"Does the disease effect all animals...?"*She decided to ask.*"Do you... Know where it comes from...?"
Robert
*She put her hands on her hips and grimaced a little.* "As far as I've seen... All wild animals can get it... But I'm not a scientist..." *She began to go through her pouch for a pain killer.* "Where it comes from? The land itself... It's growing from the land... Plants even get it... Some believe it's to keep intruders out..." *She looked to Juna* "You aren't here to do anything bad are you? You may have drawn the panda to us if so..." *Finding the pain killer she popped the cork off and downed it. Tensing at the taste she shook.* "The nature spirits could also just be mad at me for leaving... Who knows."
Jerry
"Nature spirits..."*Juna murmured, part of her thinking to the angry spirits that had constantly tormented her just at the edge of her vision. Always posing as another or leaving an ominous feeling in her. She was fortunate to not see any since she's been here, but it still left her queasy at the thought. Her ears suddenly perked up, realization occurring to her as she remembered her two animals that had ran off into the forest.*"Jace!"*She suddenly called out, ears twitching idly in waiting for some sign of the Jackal. A few minutes passed. Not even a hint of the Jackal being nearby.*"Juniper!"*She decided to call out next, less confident in the bird returning at the sound of her name. Once more the Canifor waited, but still there was no sign of their return.*"Strange..."*She said after several minutes had passed.*"Jace usually comes anytime he hears me call for him..."
Robert
"That is not good..." *She began to set off where she was yelling* "Shall we look for them?" *She began to climb a bamboo stalk to get a high ground and look around.* "Hopefully they didn't go too far..." *She looked around to see if there was any visible sign of them. She gripped the bamboo quite tightly as she was still in pain but was trying to ignore it.*