Lyla

Lyla is a bird who has made a name for herself with her relentless hunt for food and her cruel methods. She is a big glutton with an ornery attitude, a big contrast with the rest of her family with slight exception of her father.

Story

A Silly Dare

Lyla was minding her own business one day when a trio of cats decided to use her for a dare. One of the cats went up to her and hugged her as part of the dare. Lyla promptly swallowed him after feigning a pleased countenance. Soon after, she swallowed the cat’s two other friends.

The buzzard ordered the cats to give her stomach rubs from inside if they wish to be spit back out. They all complied except for one cat, Davy. The other two were let out while Davy remained inside, though after some begging and a promise to feed Lyla for the rest of his days, he was let out as well, but kept captive by the bird.

Snack Attack

Davy would spend about a month fetching Lyla prey until one night, he would find that a vole that he had fed her was still alive and calling out for help. Davy would reach in and grab the vole from Lyla's guts, though he managed to wake her up and nearly lost his leg to her sharp beak. Davy pulled out the vole without Lyla noticing, but the bird tied him up to the tree branch. When she went back to sleep, the vole promised Davy he would return with an army.

After another day of feeding the buzzard, Lyla was subsequently attacked by the army of voles, though it was a short lived battle, as the bird devoured every last one. Guessing that Davy had conducted the attack, Lyla went in after him, but was staggered when the voles coordinated an attack from within her gizzard. Lyla fell hard into the ground so that her talons sunk into the earth. Davy took this opportunity to escape once and for all, and the buzzard soon grew sick enough to vomit out all the voles.

Personality

Lyla cares little for the plight of others and rather revels in it. She is a cruel bird with an unpleasant attitude and a disdain for kindness, believing one should take every means possible to survive and enjoy their own life, rather than living to help others.

Despite these rebellious traits, Lyla secretly carries respect for members of her family as well as Remus, a heron that chases after her trying to get her to change her ways. She is not a bird completely devoid of appreciation and dignity. She also carries respect for strong predators, taking notes from watching their methods, though she does hate Aspen, the buzzard considering him a competitor.

Forte/Skills

The ornery raptor carries great mobility and coordination in flight despite her size. In fact, all the extra fat on her has strengthened those skills. Lyla has a particular fondness for diving down on prey, snatching them up quickly and unexpectedly and stuffing them into her gizzard with little effort. She can also continue flying when bloated, which says a lot of her upper body strength.

Her ability to resist attacks, more notably her resistance to insect stings, allows Lyla to eat creatures that other predators wouldn't dare mess with. Lyla's stomach acids are actually quite viscous, like a fine sludge. This slime is sticky and does a great job bogging down prey so that they don't struggle as much.