Freefall!

[Ziskara]

At the last possible moment she snapped her wings out, the muscles quivering with the effort. The wings were nearly wrenched from their sockets, but she was pulled from her sharp dive, and with one more flap, she righted herself. Her feet dropped to the level of the grass for a moment, the blades whipping against her claws. Her back and wings ached, but the exhilarating and terrifying drop was worth it. Amateur fliers could not perform such a dive. It took skill to time the dive, power behind the wings, and a good deal of determination.

Vata skimmed along, flying low to the ground. Her orange scales were bright in the late morning light. She was an average size for a charizard, but thinner than most, with oversized wings. The fire at the tip of her tail swirled and flickered, but despite the air rushing past, it stayed alight. Her green eyes danced with excitement, the adrenalin of her flight still making her heart pound faster.

A cluster of large rocks came into view, and she banked, coming in toward them. When she reached the uppermost rock, she backwinged, then grabbed it with her claws, adding to the collection of scrapes in the rock's surface already. Stretching her wings, she arched her spine, then settled into a comfortable position on the rock, enjoying the combined heat of the warmed stone and the sun. She dozed, frequently checking the savannah around her, looking for prey, predator, or anything else of interest.

[Clif]

((Hope you don't mind me hoppin' in ))

Far above the ground another charizard materialized out of what looked to be small grains of black sand, his form swiftly becoming definite as he continued to fly at a leisurely pace above the fairly flat plains. ~Damn…I’m never going to get used to that…~he groaned, placing one claw over his eyes as his blurred vision began to stabilize. Upon regaining his sight, the black-scaled dragon gave a quick overview of the land, ~Great…flat, calm and no cover. I bet I’m not gonna be alone here too…at least the sandstorms kept me hidden.~

Sighing to himself, the ‘zard closed his wings just after climbing in altitude slightly, soon after tilting his body downward in order to begin his decent. As he began to pick up speed towards the ground, he smirked darkly upon seeing a family of six stantler on the ground, ~Well…I am hungry…might as well cause a little chaos on my way in. I’m gonna have to play it safe from here on though…~ The speed of the charizard had built up quite a bit from his decent, his wings only opening partially to guide his body.

Upon nearing the family, he singled out one large male who appeared to be the father, unaware of the descending dragon. By the time any of the six saw the shadow of the charizard, it was too late to move. Putting his clawed feet out in front of him, he impacted the targeted stantler full force; all the others seemed to have been robbed of their sight temporarily, not obscured but literally blinded and unable to see at the point of impact. When the other five’s eyes came to, they saw the black charizard standing over the broken body of their father and mate. The charizard stayed calm with a straight face, “Before anger or sorrow overcomes you, I’d recommend that you leave now before I decide to send the rest of you with him,” he grunted. Slowly, as what he said reached the others, the rest of the family turned to run in confusion and stunned sorrow, unable to comprehend what had just happened from the oddity of the occurrence. ~Good. I’ll be sure to get them when I need them though…~ he thought, turning to begin ripping into his meal.

[Ziskara]

((Wouldn't've made the topic if I didn't want to roleplay ))

Vata missed the arrival of the new charizard, but noticed when the pokémon dropped to feed upon a stantler. She raised her head to look over at the scene, debating whether to go over. Eventually curiosity won out and she stood up, stretching out, then jumped into the air. New pokémon, especially not like this one, were rare around here. Even if the other reptile weren't inclined to be friendly, the encounter would have to be more interesting than sunning herself.

She flew leisurely over, and when she finally landed a few metres away from him, the rest of the herd were long gone, and she could smell the meat from where she was. This charizard was entirely jet black apart from the flame upon his tail. She wasn't sure of his age or status, but he was larger than her, so she made sure to position herself in a non-threatening way, yet not entirely submissive. She called out from a while away, not wanting to appear suddenly. Predators at a kill should be treated with caution, ever pokémon knew that.

"Hello there, black Charizard. I mean no harm, nor to steal your kill."

[Clif]

The black charizard heard Vata's wings beating as she neared in range, paying little attention; he simply assumed that she would ignore him and pass on by, since charizard alone generally stayed that way and refused to interact unless upon aggression or defensive instinct.

When she landed, the 'zard expected somewhat of a questioning greeting as to why he was here and other annoying things he didn't want to be asked. As she called out to him, he was pleasantly surprised as to how she reacted to him -- oddities generally weren't received well when coming down to first impressions. Looking up from his food, the unknown charizard burned away the blood on his maw, and claws to make himself look semi-presentable to the other 'zard.

He smiled coolly at the female, the smile expressing very little emotion; honestly surprised that a female was out here all alone without family or protection, in cases he had seen in his past females didn't separate from colonies as much as this one did, to a point where she was in an area where charizard normally didn't take residence.

Taking a couple steps towards her he too stopped, still a comfortable distance away, "Well, thank you for the warning. I do appreciate it when I don't get blindsided by a newcomer." Calmly, he began to walk over to Vata to inspect her, keeping out of her personal space, but close enough so they didn't have to call out to one another.

Having already taken note of her shorter stature than his, the black 'zard noted the abnormally large wings and tilted his head to the side in curiosity, but voicing nothing. "I know you didn't come here for any free meal, but feel free to take a share of it -- I've almost had my fill and I'd rather the rest not go to waste," he said, knowing that he had skipped an introduction. Although he did want to know the female's name, he'd rather not disclose his for the time being.

[Ziskara]

((Sorry about my posts being constantly shorter than yours ))

Vata nodded to his comment about blindsiding. Some pokémon just didn’t seem to understand that issue, and she was fairly sure that the last one that had blindsided her had been eaten.

As the other pokémon came closer, she mentally made note of the fact that he was not shiny, as she had briefly thought earlier, as shiny charizard were not black all over their bodies. Other than that though, he was a normal size for a charizard.

“I appreciate the generosity.” She said simply, then took a few steps toward the stantler. “My name is Vata. I live a little way over there.” She pointed her head toward the rock outcrop she’d come from, feeling an introduction was necessary, if she was to be eating the food he had hunted. She got closer again to the stantler. It occurred to her that this was an unusually large stantler for these parts, and she briefly wondered why the other charizard had not taken a smaller or weaker pokemon. But she leant down and took a bite anyway.

[Clif]

((Don't worry about it ^_^ as long as it's a good post I don't care about the length!))

Obsidian eyes scrolled over to the female’s mentioned abode before realizing she had introduced herself. Not exactly wanting to give out his name to the newcomer, he hesitated before he opened his mouth to speak. “No problem, take as much as you need,” he began, sticking to not giving his name out. “Ahh, I was about to ask where would a graceful ‘zard like you would make a home out here considering its pretty much just grass and flatland out here – didn’t see that over there when I first got here,” his compliment was sincere and polite, not dwelling upon it as if to assert his opinion of her. “Considering this is quite the unorthodox place for one of us to make a home, what made you decide to settle out here? Another charizard was the last thing I expected to find while staying here for a while.”