Home of The Apes

Reboot Planet of The Apes Role Playing and discussion Blog

[apehome]

Hello fellow PoTA fans!

Since it’s been a while and I’ve now seen the new movie, here’s a few quick updates to this blog: 🦍🦧

This RolePlay/discussion blog is based on these movies/books: 📺📚

- Rise of The Planet of The Apes

- Firestorm book

- Dawn of The Planet of The Apes (movie and novelization)

- Revelations book

- War for The Planet of The Apes (movie and novelization)

- Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes

- Comics based on the reboot series

On here, I do:

- Role plays

- Discussion threads

- Headcanons or thoughts

- Answer asks

What’s Allowed: ✅

- Violence, murder, blood, gore, spoilers to any of the movies (including Kingdom), any themes explored in the reboot movies (war, betrayal, trauma, redemption, survival, abuse/torture, etc)

- OC’s and OC x Canon characters

- Shippings from the movies or made up shippings

What’s NOT Allowed: 🚫

- Sexual themes of any kind

- Real-life political themes (unless it’s based on the reality of the reboot series-such as status inequality (Kingdom), distrust of government (Rise/Dawn), body autonomy (Rise), quarantine/pandemic themes (A113, Rise/Dawn), animal cruelty (Rise), etc)

This will likely be added to later. Thanks for reading! 😊

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Revisiting my ‘The King’s Shadows’ one shot and decided to explore Athena (and Proxy)‘a children’s characters for a bit here.

⚠️Tw for mentions of physical and mental abuse below! In this AU, Proxy thinks of his children as tools rather than individuals; useful to ensure apes ‘evolve’ and learn from humans and continue his rule but he doesn’t necessarily like or even love them like a father should. ⚠️

From oldest to youngest!:

Farah: Farah is known by many names in the Coastal Clan; Farah the Fearless, Farah the Furious, the angry princess, and so on. Like her brothers and sister, Trevathan taught her about human technology and how to read books from an early age but unlike her siblings, Farah quite enjoyed reading. Her favorites including the works of Vonnegut and George Orwell.

It was her love of reading that turned Farah against her father. As she grew, she questioned all of Proxy’s laws and later started questioning the ‘Proximus Caesar version of’ Caesar’s teachings before realizing her father likely lied or made some of it up.

Outspoken and rebellious, she began openly questioning her father in front of other apes and captured clans. Creating an awkward and uncomfortable scene with him. To loyal followers of Proximus Caesar, she was just a defiant teenager. To those who personally felt Proxy’s wrath, they feared for her safety.

But Proximus won’t kill his children. Not so publicly anyway. His punishment of choice was always to lock them away with Athena, isolating them from the light, from other apes, and especially their books.

She’s fiercely protective of her mother and siblings, having witnessed so many beatings and verbal abuse directed at them from her father. Although Athena stopped fighting years ago, Farah never stopped looking and waiting for an opportunity to escape and get away from the coast.

In another life, she and Mae would probably be allies as they both hate Proximus Caesar albeit for different reasons.

Albus: Despite being the second oldest, Albus is the most timid of Proxy’s children. Actively avoids confrontation and refusing to fight or even so much as hold a weapon, most think of him as weak and cowardly but in actuality he shares the same attitude about their father as Farah.

In his case, Albus asks too many questions for Proxy’s liking. Always wanting to know more from Trevathan and wording his questions to his father in a way he hopes would please him but meeting only angry lectures and being talked down at instead. At some point, he gave up asking and started looking for answers himself. Finding a few human artifacts here and there.

The thing no one understands about Albus is he can and will fight if he absolutely has to. What Proxy and his followers take as weakness or cowardice is actually a level of restraint that most simply don’t have.

He’d probably become a member of the Order of Caesar or Raka’s student if they ever met.

Nero (formally named ‘Felix’): Easily and almost certainly Proxy’s least favorite child, Nero always gets the short end of the stick. As he’s the only child with green eyes, Proximus was convinced he wasn’t his son when he was born (which isn’t even possible given how isolated Athena was). It took Trevathan explaining the concept of genetics to convince him otherwise. The green eye confusion would later serve as a foreshadow for how he’d treat him from then on.

Proximus was controlling and abusive towards all his children but Nero got the worst of it; torn ears, scars from when Proxy hit or threw something at him. He’s even known to walk with a slight limp from a broken leg that never healed properly.

As such, Nero is more cynical and bitter than his brothers and sisters. He doesn’t ask for much, just a blanket and something to eat, he chooses not to hope or want anything more than that because he doesn’t see the point of it. Because he was born after Athena gave up trying to escape, Nero resented her for not doing anything to stop Proximus from harming him or his siblings. Not realizing of course that his mother was too mentally broken and isolated to intervene even if she tried.

It is very possible that Albus and Nero were both sent to go hunt for more apes and for Mae with Sylva and Lighting (this taking place after The King’s Shadows). Proximus treating it as a way to ‘toughen up’ his sons while Sylva and Lighting taking it as an opportunity to find out what had happened to Athena (Albus being hesitant to then but Nero dropping a few hints here and there). This also made Nero technically the youngest scout by the way!

This means Albus and Nero might have been there when Eagle Clan was raided OR when Noa and Mae were captured. In either case, Albus and Nero didn’t participate but they likely did watch it go down from afar. For them it confirmed two things: Their father’s influence over his followers can reach beyond the coast and, as long as he’s alive, no one can be trusted. Not even their mother’s ‘friends’.

Orchid: In contrast to her older siblings, Orchid is probably the only child Proxy actually likes. Though this is mainly because she’s quiet and lets him ramble on about ‘the vault, evolution, apes learning from humans, what humans used to be able to do, yadda yadda yadda!’. But Orchid ignores her father and stares out of the window all day, day dreaming about what could be beyond the coast.

Because she spent most of her life isolated and locked away with her mother, Orchid is shy, reserved and never leaves her mother’s side but also longs to go outside and explore and play. Later, after the events in Kingdom, she becomes much more curious and lively, happy to run and climb for hours.

The only thing Orchid fears is her father and the dark. This is because she’d often be locked in a small space away from her mother and siblings when Proximus yelled at them and beat them. Forcing her to hear it and imagine the worst was happening to them.

Although Proximus never directly harmed Orchid (she was the only child who he never yelled at or raised his hand at), she learned to fear him. Seeing him as more of a boogie man than as her father.

Julia and Arlo: And finally the twins! Because these two are basically newborn babies at this time, I don’t have much info on their characters yet. They love being held, scared of rushing water, and like to play with flowers and bugs. That’s pretty much it lol!

I’m terrible with ages for apes (math doesn’t math!) so here’s an example for their ages: Farah, Albus and Nero are close to Noa’s age (so in ape years, Farah 19, Albus 17, and Nero 14. Orchid would be 3).

- Side note, I changed Felix’s name to Nero because I headcanon now that Proximus would name (all or most of) his children after Roman history character. Sorry for the confusion! 😅

Art, OC’s and The King’s Shadows are (c) Me!

[apehome]

KoTPoTA RP Idea: Zombie Apocalypse

Based on a dream I had (and further conversation with an anon!).

A new virus emerged decades ago but this one affects humans and apes. It’s origins are unknown but apes and intelligent humans all call it the same name: zombies.

They roam in hordes, rarely ever alone and are always hungry. They eat their victims alive…Tear them apart with their teeth…But that’s not the end of it. Anyone they eat turns into zombies themselves.

They are mindless killers that cannot be stopped, not with spears and arrows anyhow. In the coast, Proximus is desperate to open the vault as he believes it may hold the key to destroying the zombie threat once and for all.

Or, at the very least, better weapons for the apes to protect themselves.

As part of this goal, Proximus orders his followers to kidnap other ape clans. Believing he could protect them if they became his…Building his own kingdom in the process.

Mae understands this goal, but she still can’t let him get into the vault or take whatever’s inside it. It’s a choice between ending the zombie virus or saving what’s left of the human race.

Meanwhile, Noa is trapped between a rock and scary place. He never wanted to join the vary apes that killed his father and kidnapped his clan, but having never seen so many zombies before he doesn’t have much of a choice.

TLDR: Noa, Raka, Mae, Sylva and Lightning fight a zombie horde instead of encountering the humans at the lake and have to fight them before entering Proxy’s kingdom.

[apehome]

Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes OC: Athena! (reposted from my main blog; I forgot how I used to introduce my OC’s on here so I’m just jumping in lol)

Name: Athena

Age: Adult

Species: Bonobo

Sex: Female

Status: Alive

Family: Proximus Caesar (Former husband(forced marriage)), Farah, Orchid, Julia (daughters), Albus, Felix, and Arlo (sons)

Allies: Noa, Soona, Anaya, Dar, Raka (depends on use but also Sylva and Lightning)

Enemies: Proximus Caesar, humans (depends on use but also Mae)

Appears in: The King’s Shadows https://archiveofourown.org/works/56893177

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Personality: Athena was Sylva and Lightning’s childhood friend but their friendship was purposefully destroyed by Proximus Caesar when he forced Athena to marry him and had her isolated from her friends. She attempted to escape once but was betrayed by Sylva and Lightning when she tried to convince them to come with her. She had six children with Proximus and while she loves all of them, she and her children fear and hate Proximus for all that he stands for.

By extension, Athena also hates Caesar’s teachings and is highly distrustful of humans-this is made worse later after Mae causes the explosion in front of the vault. She doesn’t hate humans, but she thinks they are inherently selfish and anything they do they do to benefit themselves.

She and Sylva and Lightning grew up together and were very close (much like Noa, Soona, and Anaya) so their betrayal by taking her back to Proximus after her escape attempt broke all trust and confidence she had in them. She was also deeply hurt and saddened to see how brutal Sylva became as Proximus’ follower and that Lightning went along with it. Despite this, she still cared about them and was heartbroken when they both died.

Athena later joins Eagle Clan with her children, happily throwing away all ties to Proximus’ kingdom for a new life. Ultimately, Athena just wants to be free and her children to live happy lives somewhere safe.

Edit cause I forgot!: Somewhere in the back of my mind, there’s an AU where Sylva and Lightning survived and left the coast for a new life with Athena and her children somewhere far away. Their friendship with Athena rekindled and restored and her children seeing Sylva and Lightning as their uncles.

[apehome]

Hi ya! This blog still alive? Just wondering cause I’m gonna be eventually back in the planet of the ape muse upon watching the new film 🤣

Hello! I might have to make some updates on this blog since it’s been a while but yes it’s still alive!

I’m with you, I’m going to include Kingdom one here once I see the movie. Until then, I’m happy to do rp’s for Rise, Firestorm, Dawn, Revelations, or War.

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rb if you’d wipe all pedophiles off this earth

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It’s sad that there are only 13k notes on this..m

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put this on all 3 of my blogs

[thatwitchrpblog]

_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

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rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

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and so it have been done.

after theire leader had decided,

the apes did as they told!

caesar had spoken and so everyone listend to him and do theire duty!

the apes had indeed something that would come close to a prison....

they were forced to come up with this after kobas rebellion!

he had quite a few apes that would follow him whiutout even asking or question him,

and some of these followers just wouldnt turn from him even after caesar took his rightfull place as leader back,

and started to lead the apes again!

so the young soldier had to find himself in exectly one of those cage that were built to hold those rebellious ape prisoners.

they were always near the guard quatiers of the gorillaz since they pretty much guard the whole place to keep it safe,

and also patroul around there hidden home to make sure everyone was fine in theire hiding spot.

thats one reason the young man couldnt even think of breaking out,

or running away even if he would wake up in time.

since there was always at least one ape to watch him,

and others always near,

but caesars orders left him also tied up!

having his hand tied together,

and leaving him completly unarmed since they had already searched him,

and taking away every weapon he might have carried and everything that could have been dangerous,

how should he break free then?!

there was no way he could escape this cage just like that.

also they would know if the human would wake up,

they will be informed by tge guards right away!

actually they had indeed foumd a hidden knife the human was carring,

good they noticed that bevore ge was taken care of by some of the midwive apes,

and getting his wound treattet by them.

coulndt risk to get those apes hurt just because he hid a weapon...

the human didnt wake up yet,

even later in the evening when the sun beginn to set,

and the day slowly got to its end.

almost every evening the apes gathered together at the end of a long day,

and sit together in the main caven.

rocket just joined this his mate tiker,

and sit with her together like the others apes.

like usual they were sitting along with theire leade caesar and his wife cornelia,

just like theire son blue eyes and cornelius.

just like maurice did as well,

since he was also one of caesars closest friends....

the older chimpanzee got already rid of the blood on his fur,

and cleaned the mess the human left on him up.

looking around in the hall,

and letting his view drift off a little to you could tell that the events of today still were on his mind.

[apehome]

Luca, Winter and the other apes had returned earlier with the report that they found no other humans around. Not a single trace. This meant the young soldier really was out here on his own...Which only added to the growing suspichian in the council. 

Blue Eyes felt it every where. Even though they were safe and the human was heavily guarded, the entire colony felt tense. Like they were all waiting for something to go wrong. 

His parents were both silent, not sighning to each other but Blue Eyes could see the same tired look in his father’s eyes and saw his mother touch his shoulder a couple of times. Ever since this war started, he’s become more and more aware of how much stress his father was under...And he was seeing it build with each day. 

He glanced at Maurice and Rocket’s way, wondering if they were stressed about the day’s events as much as his father was. 

Or maybe they were concerned for his father...Like Blue Eyes was.

Was it really the human’s presence that troubled his father?

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the human presence was pretty much the reason that troubled all of them!

seensing this uneased feeling everywhere,

the whole colony was filled with that tense!

rocket let out a deep growl,

taking a deep breath and sigh at that heavy feeling that layed over this evening,

and making everyone feel uncomfortable for these late hours of the day.

this was new for everyone!

having a human in the middle of theire comfort zone,

in the middle of theire home in wich they are hiding,

and should at least feel safe!

since they didnt know yet how this is going to end,

and what will happen it was no suprise most of the apes coulnd feel like this right now.

not knowing what the human will do as soon as hes awake,

what he would be like,

if he is going to be agressive ,

all these questions whitout answers and just having no chance to know until it will be...

the older chimp thought about how he was still just a boy,

how dankerous could a young man lioe he be?!

but he was still a soldier,

serving in the army,

they have to assume he is still dangerous!

looking in maurice way,

and turning his glaze to him he started signing:

'what are your thoughts about the soldier?

thinking hard about why he is here...

whitout his own kind"

rocket noticed blue eyed looking in theire direction,

having his eyes fixed on them!

the older chimp turned his look at his way,

giving the young prince a little smile of comforting to sooth his worried look on the face,

frowning in heavy thought

'being worried?!

i understand,

me too...

dont be too much.

your father knows what he does.

we are all here to support him,

and have his back'

he signed at blue eyes

[apehome]

Blue Eyes, at a loss for words, simply nodded at Rocket’s words. 

Regardles of why that human was out here on his own, Blue Eyes knew his father could protect the colony. He faced worse foes than the lone soldier, this was probably nothing compared to the day he freed all the apes. 

But the thought remained in his mind. If that soldier didn’t come with reinforcements, why did he come at all?

Maurice had remianed silent until now. Frowning in deep thought. The young human...Reminded him so much of Alex, Malcolm’s son, for some reason...But he also felt like he shouldn’t trust him either. Whose to say he didn’t come here to spy on them? What if he was part of some plan the Colonel had?

“He doesn’t appear dangerous.” He signed. “But we cannot trust him until we know for sure...It could be a trap.”

What Maurice left out in his signs was his relief that Caesar was leader and not Koba. Now was not the time nor the place to bring up the treacherous ape but Maurice knew if Koba had survived and was leader when this human came, he would have killed the human first and ask questions later. 

An act that would have been both unnecassary and reckless...Not to mention a terrible fate for the young human...Despite the war and the tension all around them, Maurice didn’t want harm to come to that human...Well, not unless it was for good reason.

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rocket agreed with maurice,

he was indeed right about what he let him know about koba.

if koba would still lead them,

and be theire leader in these days the young man would have been killed the second they found him and spotted him in the woods!

this war would be way more bloody and voilent,

and would have spilled a lot of innocent and needless blood that could have been spared!

for the fate of the young boy it would have been awful,

no need to say it would have not endet good for the young mans fortune to came along the ape if koba would have been still here with them!

the older chimpanzee signed after letting out a deep growl in thoughts,

and taking a deep breath:

'i know!

we need to talk to him first,

question him about what he does around here...

i hope we will understand better after that'

yet they still had to wait for the human to wake up,

and finally open his eyes again!

it was unsure for now when or if the human would wake up,

so all they could do for the moment would be to wait in patience!

even tho everyone was acking for answers,

and wanted to know what happend!

for once rocket gave the young prince a well-meanted pat on the shoulder,

wanting to comfort him,

and making him feel better with his worriys that probably everyone had,

and shared that feeling with them...

for the evening getting late,

and the day came more and more to its end,

the chimpanzee found himself thinking about talking to caesar,

and catched himself of the idea from seeking a talk with him after finishing a meal with his mate tinker,

and eating dinner with her!

for now he didnt wanted to trouble theire great leader even more who was drowning in thought and seems to get lost in them...

caesar really seems to have a hard time by all the thoughts in his head.

having to take care of the whole colony,

and every ape in it!

the decision he made today might come out as wrong,

and could cost many apes theire live,

and have theire kind harmed once again....

he face a bitter burden by being theire leader!

[apehome]

Caesar was able to keep his composure until dinner was over and the apes gradually went back to their nests. As soon as he felt he could go, he left. Retreating into his family’s cavern. Hoping no one would follow. He needed to be alone, for just a little while.

His cavern barely offered the solitude he wanted, however. A familiar, slightly hunched ape stood in front of the waterfall. Staring at him with his one good eye. 

Koba!

Caesar blinked and he was gone. 

It made sense that Koba’s ghost would haunt him like this. He was the one who killed him...His honorary brother...His best friend...

But there were days when Caesar saw his reflection in the river and swore he saw Koba instead or times where he’d feel so angry. Ready to give in and let the rage out. 

Let it out, on humans and on all the apes who betrayed him. Kill them. Torture them. Make them suffer before they died..

Though as soon as he felt that feeling, it would melt away into horror at the thought of doing such things...And then into despair at what has become of him and of his apes.

...This war has taken so much away from them...

Feeling tears burn his eyes, Caesar blinked. Letting them stain his cheeks. He was about to let the crushing weight on his shoulders break him when he suddenly heard something. 

Slow, hesitant footsteps. 

Feeling a jolt of anger and adrenaline, he whriled around. “Go away!” He comanded. Not yelling like he usually did but loud enough to reach whoever this was.

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but at the head of the caven,

and through the large opening to it cornelia appeard in the cave entrance!

stepping out of the shadows from the passages that leaded to theire family caven,

and into the dimmed light in it she had a soft smile on her face,

smooth and understanding after she faced his growl in anger and wrath,

knowing that he musst deal with great struggle right now...

cornelia musst have been looking for her husband,

and searched out for him after caesar left quite soon from his usual!

she knew that he had been under a big pressure today,

stressed out from the burdens he have to carry,

and handle mostly by his own.

especially today with the unexpected desicions he had to face about the future from this young soldier.

deciding over him to live and being saved by the apes as he was clearly in need,

or let him die out in de woods wasnt really a decision to be made.

but taking all this risk of having this soldier here,

in theire hide-out,

in theire secret keept home...

it wasnt something her husband had to deal with every day and on a regular base!

thinking about the consequenses that could come with all of this...

but she knew caesar would probably always have a soft spot for humans in his heart,

and never really turn cold-hearted against them.

she understand that,

after everything he had told her about his past,

and what she learned from him in all this year,

she coulndz be more understanding in the way he sees humans.

knowing that he would never forgett his duty for his own kind,

keeping the apes safe,

and carring for them in theire safety and health,

he would never forgett about that!

not to mention that cornelia herself come along the more friendly sides of humans as well,

and knowing that they also could be kind.

remembering ellie,

the woman who helped cornelia as she struggled with her health and was in great need as her health getting worse...

she would probably never forgett that woman,

and neither would caesar!

she came side to side with him,

as she came over to her husband and carefully sit beside him.

she wanted to comfort him,

make him feel safe,

safe with her to know that he could drop the stong face he wear,

knwoing that he could be weak at her side.

as if she couldnt clearly see his trouble,

and all the doubt he had inside him!

but there wasnt much she could actually do for him to make it easier,

to make his thoughts disapear and to carry his burden with him.

she could just be with him,

let him know that she always be by his side,

no matter what...

[apehome]

Caesar’s rage blew out like a candle stick. The calm and loving face of his wife staring back at him. His beautiful Cornelia. 

Shaking, he turned away from her. No matter how much he knew she loved him, he could never look her in the eye without feeling like he was disappointing her as a husband and leader. Like he couldn’t be the strong king he tried so hard to be. 

He didn’t bother to cover up the sob that broke free. She had already seen him crumble and fall apart like this. She knew all about this weak side of him. She always came to his side, like she was right now. Her touch, her smile and her nuzzles promised comfort, understanding and love...All things Caesar was greatful for but never sure if he deserved them. 

“I’m sorry.” He signed when she sat down beside him. “...I’m so weak.”

Caesar loved his wife and sons and his colony with all his heart. He never regretted freeing them. He missed his old life with Will, Caroline and Charles, but he never regretted choosing his people over them. 

But there were times that he felt so weak and so hopless, that he wished he could give up. That the stakes weren’t as high as they were now. 

More than anything else though, he wished this war never happened...And that he didn’t have to kill Koba.

[thatwitchrpblog]

cornelia watched her beloved husband sign,

carefully having her eyes fixed at his big hands and watching with caution over the fingers of his not wanting to miss anything he would probably tell her,

or wanted to talk a about!

she treasured his words,

every single one of them were precious to her.

especially since they dont get as half as enough time to talk about such emotional thing,

and how they actually feel deep down inside of them,

as they would need...

caesar had his dutys to do,

and take responsibility!

mostly all over the day and it wasnt unlikely for him to be busy all over the day long,

from the beginning to end.

it has gotten even worse since this war...

cornelia took caesars hands in her own,

holding his big hands softly and with a loving touch,

her eyes finally meet the ones of her husband,

as they share a look.

her soft eyes only having the intention to calm his watery eyes,

already a little red from his sob before!

carefully she shook her head now,

bevore she shated signing herself with wariness,

being very aware of her words by trying to find the right ones:

'no...

you are not!

you are so strong,

you are strong enough for all of us.

you always has been!

how can you be this strong,

if you wouldnt allow yourself to be weak at some point...

its okey!

it is okey to feel like this...'

she stoped for a moment,

pausing bevore she gestured further with her hands

'apes dont need a leader who is perfect,

someone who is always right...

apes need a leader who is like them!

being sad,

or being scared....

doesnt make you less of the great leader you are.

the great husband,

or a great father....

you did right today.

and all the other days.

you took us where we are right now!

apes are scared of the war,

they fear the war.

many died,

but many are safe too...

because of you.

and apes fear the humand they bring today...

still you did right.

who are we to decide who lives,

and who dies?!

if we do that,

do like them would have done with someone like us,

we are not better than them..."

cornelias hands had gotten pretty fast,

and she gesture pretty wild by now as she signed.

much like talking herself in rage!

cornelia wasnt actually some who talked much,

or even signed that much,

but she just coulnt bear to se her loving husband like this!

doupting and questioning himself...

[apehome]

Cornelia’s words reminded him why he fell in love with her. Not because of her beauty or her wisdom, but because of this. It never mattered to Cornelia if he was strong or had doubts. She loved him and saw the strength within him even if he didn’t feel it. 

“But what if I can’t protect the apes?...Or you and our sons?...Than what am I?” Tears falling freely as he signed. Only Cornelia can see him like this.

Caesar felt like he already knew the answer to that. Nothing. He would be absolutely nothing without his beloved wife, his sons, his friends and his apes. As hard as it was to have made the choice to kill Koba, he still had all of them. 

Even when Red, and the rest of Koba’s followers, turned against him and joined the AO soldiers, Caesar still had his family. Since the day this war started, he had them. 

They were the one thing that kept him sane, focused. Prevented him from falling apart completley. 

If he lost them...There’d be nothing left for him.

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the ape woman only shook her head softly after she tool a deep breath,

and breat out to calm herself for the moment and find her peace again.

making sure she was calm and quiet herself,

so she could calm him!

carefully she raised her hands again,

with the intention to start signing more soothe this time and much more eased then before:

'no...

you will always protect the apes.

protect our family.

i know you will!

times are hard right now,

its not easy for sure....

but remember,

all of us had faced bad times before!

we still mafe it.

and we will made it this time as well!'

she raised from his side now,

standing up she came bevore him,

and settlte down right in feont of caesar this time to face him.

she cupped caesars face in her heand with and gentle touch,

holding him tender before she leaned into him to touch caesars forehead with her own.

leaning her heads together like this,

they shared a moment...

taking this moment just for the two of them,

forgetting the trubble and the issues of the the world.

they found strengh in each other in the very rare minutes likes this,

the few privat moments they had together...

opening her eyes again,

after she closed them before she softly let her fingers run agains his face,

carres his cheeks with a light touch on her fingers.

as they broke apart,

she gestured to caesar and signed to him:

'rest now...

the day was long,

and hard.

we might all need some rest'

[apehome]

Caesar was still trembling but not so much now. The warmth of her eyes, of her touch. Her love surrounding him, acting as a shield to all his worries. He sighed as he let the safe feeling wash over him.

He was, and always was, his most strongest when he was with her. The few times he got to be with Cornelia, he cherished and anxouisly awaited for the next time he got to spend time with her again.

He had already decided that when the war was over and when the day came where he could step down as king so Blue Eyes could take over, he’d spend every day with Cornelia. Grow older with her, watch their son rule. Maybe have grandchildren someday, if Blue Eyes and Lake decided on having any children. 

If he couldn’t be with her all the time now, he would make up for it when this nightmare ended. 

Until then, he would fight for their safety and protect the apes...And she’ll be waiting. 

Caesar leaned in closer to her and planted a kiss on her cheek before looking her in the eyes. “I love you.” He whispered. Despite his face still wet with tears, he was smiling.

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cornelia smiled at her husband,

and just coulndt help but smile as she hears his raspy voice,

deep and rough as it was.

hearing him talk to her was still something special!

even after all these years,

after all this time!

cornelia had already left the San Bruno Primate Shelter,

and wasnt there anymore when caesar heroically freed the apes from this terrible shelter.

so she didnt hear him during his first powerfull speech to the apes,

more like his first words to them!

but when she heard him talk the first time,

later on after all of this,

she insrantly enyojed hearing his voice!

she smiled softly at those memories,

as she catched herself daydreaming for the moment....

the ape woman signged to her husband,

and gestured back to him:

'i love you too!"

she looked him in the eyes for the moment,

taking in his presence and his view,

just like his the warmth of his breath!

she sighed then,

knowing that thenmomemts are so rare,

and the little time they had together like this are so small.

but she knew he had his dutys and all these responsibilities he had to take care of!

thats why she signed to him again:

"now lets rest...

you will need some rest as well!

you'll need your stregnth.

cornelius is with blue eyes,

you dont need to worry!

and blue eyes was still with lake,

when i left"

[apehome]

You don’t need to worry. That’s what Cornelia told him everynight, wheather it be about their sons, the colony or about himself. She meant it as in he needed to relax. To beathe and let go. Even for just a moment.

He wasn’t good at it though. Of course I do. 

It was always right about now in their talks that he’d realize how drained he was. A full day of worry, of dreading the absoulte worse and wondering who or how many of his people die or how badly injured they’ll get, left him exauhsted by nightfall.

The relief he felt from his wife’s reassurences were always followed by a deep, tired feeling. Not just physically, but mentally too. As if his whole being craved sleep. 

With a tired sigh, Caesae laid down in their nest, feeling Cornelia’s comforting hand on his shoulder.

He gazed up at her. Those beautiful eyes. Cornelia might not have spoken much, preferring sighining to speaking, but her voice was like a warm blanket to him. Covering him up in a loving, protective shield. Giving him hope.

“I don’t know...What I’d do...Without you.” He whispered, ready for sleep to take him.

He’d worry about the human in the morning.

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the human would indeed continue to cause some worries, not only for caesar and the great leader of the apes,

but for the apes in general as well.

it was a distress for sure to just have him here,

and being aware of his presence.

all apes could possibly feel this tense!

the war was still going on and continued,

so humans were more than ever a symbol for hate and misery,

and stand for nothing than pain.

for most of the apes here had already experience terrible things trough humans,

so going trough these horrible actions again that the war brings,

made it even worse.

but apes are together strong!

thats what keept them all going and let them go further.

knowing that they are strong together.

still,

especially for the children that were forced to grow up in this situation and pressured to have to go trough all this at such a young age doesnt have it easy to understand all of this....

but the next two days turned out suprisingly peacefull.

at least what you could have call peace at these times!

there were no new attact from the human soldiers,

so that they didnt have to put up with any new battles.

it could possibly be a peacefull moment before the storm,

before a very big attack that would come over them like a rolling storm so none of the apes let down their guardedness or lost their caution...

but at least they could take a little breath at this time!

at least a little,

also not everyone could.

especially caesar, their great ape leade might have a hard time and still struggled finding any peace.

especially since the human still had not woken up yet!

since nearly two days he hadnt woken up!

since his wounds were treaten,

and the widwives took care of his injuries he soon had stoppes bleading and so at least they could have prevent the further blood loss.

but he musst have been truly exhausted and worn out,

thinking about how long he musst have been out there alone, and why he even was out there alone,

just like how long had he have to deal with his wounds...

he was sleeping all this time,

he wasnt dead for sure!

he was breathing and his breath already had improved and got stronger.

a lot better that to the time they found him in the woods!

it was the second day that finally something happend!

it was shortly after breakfast time,

the apes already had finished their meals to wich the gathered together and eat.

some of them had already left the brrakfast and went to do their chores,

while some of them were still eating.

an early morning,

freezing cold because of the morning fog and the fresh breeze causing it to go misty outside their caven.

inside their hidden place in the main caven it wasnt much warmer.

it happens to be one of the gorilla guards under lucas commando that came up to caesar!

he seems to be very serious,

a stern look on his face.

signing he let the ape king know,

that the human soldier had woken up.

he was awake

even tho a little off his mind....

[apehome]

Caesar’s blood ran cold as soon as the gorila informed him of the news. Part of him had been hoping that the human would die from his wounds or from exhaustion, just so it would be easier for the apes to move forawrd. 

But it seemed fate had other plans.

~~~~

Dolly had been among the apes who were there when the human stirred. She stayed in the chamber with him-along with Luca, to keep him from escaping. Her green eyes never leaving him for a second

Why were you out there? She wondered, a question the entire colony had on their minds. Except most of the apes, if not all of them, believed or suspected the human was a spy or was part of a bigger plan by the soldiers. But Dolly wasn’t so convinvinced. 

She was just as suspichous of the human as the others but not ready to call him her enemy just yet. Humans like Malcolm, Ellie, and Alex still have to exsit somewhere.

In the meantime, it would be a waste of time and energy to spill uncalled for resentment at a human who did her no wrong-other than, perhaps, be part of the Colonel’s army.

[thatwitchrpblog]

_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

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rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

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and so it have been done.

after theire leader had decided,

the apes did as they told!

caesar had spoken and so everyone listend to him and do theire duty!

the apes had indeed something that would come close to a prison....

they were forced to come up with this after kobas rebellion!

he had quite a few apes that would follow him whiutout even asking or question him,

and some of these followers just wouldnt turn from him even after caesar took his rightfull place as leader back,

and started to lead the apes again!

so the young soldier had to find himself in exectly one of those cage that were built to hold those rebellious ape prisoners.

they were always near the guard quatiers of the gorillaz since they pretty much guard the whole place to keep it safe,

and also patroul around there hidden home to make sure everyone was fine in theire hiding spot.

thats one reason the young man couldnt even think of breaking out,

or running away even if he would wake up in time.

since there was always at least one ape to watch him,

and others always near,

but caesars orders left him also tied up!

having his hand tied together,

and leaving him completly unarmed since they had already searched him,

and taking away every weapon he might have carried and everything that could have been dangerous,

how should he break free then?!

there was no way he could escape this cage just like that.

also they would know if the human would wake up,

they will be informed by tge guards right away!

actually they had indeed foumd a hidden knife the human was carring,

good they noticed that bevore ge was taken care of by some of the midwive apes,

and getting his wound treattet by them.

coulndt risk to get those apes hurt just because he hid a weapon...

the human didnt wake up yet,

even later in the evening when the sun beginn to set,

and the day slowly got to its end.

almost every evening the apes gathered together at the end of a long day,

and sit together in the main caven.

rocket just joined this his mate tiker,

and sit with her together like the others apes.

like usual they were sitting along with theire leade caesar and his wife cornelia,

just like theire son blue eyes and cornelius.

just like maurice did as well,

since he was also one of caesars closest friends....

the older chimpanzee got already rid of the blood on his fur,

and cleaned the mess the human left on him up.

looking around in the hall,

and letting his view drift off a little to you could tell that the events of today still were on his mind.

[apehome]

Luca, Winter and the other apes had returned earlier with the report that they found no other humans around. Not a single trace. This meant the young soldier really was out here on his own...Which only added to the growing suspichian in the council. 

Blue Eyes felt it every where. Even though they were safe and the human was heavily guarded, the entire colony felt tense. Like they were all waiting for something to go wrong. 

His parents were both silent, not sighning to each other but Blue Eyes could see the same tired look in his father’s eyes and saw his mother touch his shoulder a couple of times. Ever since this war started, he’s become more and more aware of how much stress his father was under...And he was seeing it build with each day. 

He glanced at Maurice and Rocket’s way, wondering if they were stressed about the day’s events as much as his father was. 

Or maybe they were concerned for his father...Like Blue Eyes was.

Was it really the human’s presence that troubled his father?

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the human presence was pretty much the reason that troubled all of them!

seensing this uneased feeling everywhere,

the whole colony was filled with that tense!

rocket let out a deep growl,

taking a deep breath and sigh at that heavy feeling that layed over this evening,

and making everyone feel uncomfortable for these late hours of the day.

this was new for everyone!

having a human in the middle of theire comfort zone,

in the middle of theire home in wich they are hiding,

and should at least feel safe!

since they didnt know yet how this is going to end,

and what will happen it was no suprise most of the apes coulnd feel like this right now.

not knowing what the human will do as soon as hes awake,

what he would be like,

if he is going to be agressive ,

all these questions whitout answers and just having no chance to know until it will be...

the older chimp thought about how he was still just a boy,

how dankerous could a young man lioe he be?!

but he was still a soldier,

serving in the army,

they have to assume he is still dangerous!

looking in maurice way,

and turning his glaze to him he started signing:

'what are your thoughts about the soldier?

thinking hard about why he is here...

whitout his own kind"

rocket noticed blue eyed looking in theire direction,

having his eyes fixed on them!

the older chimp turned his look at his way,

giving the young prince a little smile of comforting to sooth his worried look on the face,

frowning in heavy thought

'being worried?!

i understand,

me too...

dont be too much.

your father knows what he does.

we are all here to support him,

and have his back'

he signed at blue eyes

[apehome]

Blue Eyes, at a loss for words, simply nodded at Rocket’s words. 

Regardles of why that human was out here on his own, Blue Eyes knew his father could protect the colony. He faced worse foes than the lone soldier, this was probably nothing compared to the day he freed all the apes. 

But the thought remained in his mind. If that soldier didn’t come with reinforcements, why did he come at all?

Maurice had remianed silent until now. Frowning in deep thought. The young human...Reminded him so much of Alex, Malcolm’s son, for some reason...But he also felt like he shouldn’t trust him either. Whose to say he didn’t come here to spy on them? What if he was part of some plan the Colonel had?

“He doesn’t appear dangerous.” He signed. “But we cannot trust him until we know for sure...It could be a trap.”

What Maurice left out in his signs was his relief that Caesar was leader and not Koba. Now was not the time nor the place to bring up the treacherous ape but Maurice knew if Koba had survived and was leader when this human came, he would have killed the human first and ask questions later. 

An act that would have been both unnecassary and reckless...Not to mention a terrible fate for the young human...Despite the war and the tension all around them, Maurice didn’t want harm to come to that human...Well, not unless it was for good reason.

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rocket agreed with maurice,

he was indeed right about what he let him know about koba.

if koba would still lead them,

and be theire leader in these days the young man would have been killed the second they found him and spotted him in the woods!

this war would be way more bloody and voilent,

and would have spilled a lot of innocent and needless blood that could have been spared!

for the fate of the young boy it would have been awful,

no need to say it would have not endet good for the young mans fortune to came along the ape if koba would have been still here with them!

the older chimpanzee signed after letting out a deep growl in thoughts,

and taking a deep breath:

'i know!

we need to talk to him first,

question him about what he does around here...

i hope we will understand better after that'

yet they still had to wait for the human to wake up,

and finally open his eyes again!

it was unsure for now when or if the human would wake up,

so all they could do for the moment would be to wait in patience!

even tho everyone was acking for answers,

and wanted to know what happend!

for once rocket gave the young prince a well-meanted pat on the shoulder,

wanting to comfort him,

and making him feel better with his worriys that probably everyone had,

and shared that feeling with them...

for the evening getting late,

and the day came more and more to its end,

the chimpanzee found himself thinking about talking to caesar,

and catched himself of the idea from seeking a talk with him after finishing a meal with his mate tinker,

and eating dinner with her!

for now he didnt wanted to trouble theire great leader even more who was drowning in thought and seems to get lost in them...

caesar really seems to have a hard time by all the thoughts in his head.

having to take care of the whole colony,

and every ape in it!

the decision he made today might come out as wrong,

and could cost many apes theire live,

and have theire kind harmed once again....

he face a bitter burden by being theire leader!

[apehome]

Caesar was able to keep his composure until dinner was over and the apes gradually went back to their nests. As soon as he felt he could go, he left. Retreating into his family’s cavern. Hoping no one would follow. He needed to be alone, for just a little while.

His cavern barely offered the solitude he wanted, however. A familiar, slightly hunched ape stood in front of the waterfall. Staring at him with his one good eye. 

Koba!

Caesar blinked and he was gone. 

It made sense that Koba’s ghost would haunt him like this. He was the one who killed him...His honorary brother...His best friend...

But there were days when Caesar saw his reflection in the river and swore he saw Koba instead or times where he’d feel so angry. Ready to give in and let the rage out. 

Let it out, on humans and on all the apes who betrayed him. Kill them. Torture them. Make them suffer before they died..

Though as soon as he felt that feeling, it would melt away into horror at the thought of doing such things...And then into despair at what has become of him and of his apes.

...This war has taken so much away from them...

Feeling tears burn his eyes, Caesar blinked. Letting them stain his cheeks. He was about to let the crushing weight on his shoulders break him when he suddenly heard something. 

Slow, hesitant footsteps. 

Feeling a jolt of anger and adrenaline, he whriled around. “Go away!” He comanded. Not yelling like he usually did but loud enough to reach whoever this was.

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but at the head of the caven,

and through the large opening to it cornelia appeard in the cave entrance!

stepping out of the shadows from the passages that leaded to theire family caven,

and into the dimmed light in it she had a soft smile on her face,

smooth and understanding after she faced his growl in anger and wrath,

knowing that he musst deal with great struggle right now...

cornelia musst have been looking for her husband,

and searched out for him after caesar left quite soon from his usual!

she knew that he had been under a big pressure today,

stressed out from the burdens he have to carry,

and handle mostly by his own.

especially today with the unexpected desicions he had to face about the future from this young soldier.

deciding over him to live and being saved by the apes as he was clearly in need,

or let him die out in de woods wasnt really a decision to be made.

but taking all this risk of having this soldier here,

in theire hide-out,

in theire secret keept home...

it wasnt something her husband had to deal with every day and on a regular base!

thinking about the consequenses that could come with all of this...

but she knew caesar would probably always have a soft spot for humans in his heart,

and never really turn cold-hearted against them.

she understand that,

after everything he had told her about his past,

and what she learned from him in all this year,

she coulndz be more understanding in the way he sees humans.

knowing that he would never forgett his duty for his own kind,

keeping the apes safe,

and carring for them in theire safety and health,

he would never forgett about that!

not to mention that cornelia herself come along the more friendly sides of humans as well,

and knowing that they also could be kind.

remembering ellie,

the woman who helped cornelia as she struggled with her health and was in great need as her health getting worse...

she would probably never forgett that woman,

and neither would caesar!

she came side to side with him,

as she came over to her husband and carefully sit beside him.

she wanted to comfort him,

make him feel safe,

safe with her to know that he could drop the stong face he wear,

knwoing that he could be weak at her side.

as if she couldnt clearly see his trouble,

and all the doubt he had inside him!

but there wasnt much she could actually do for him to make it easier,

to make his thoughts disapear and to carry his burden with him.

she could just be with him,

let him know that she always be by his side,

no matter what...

[apehome]

Caesar’s rage blew out like a candle stick. The calm and loving face of his wife staring back at him. His beautiful Cornelia. 

Shaking, he turned away from her. No matter how much he knew she loved him, he could never look her in the eye without feeling like he was disappointing her as a husband and leader. Like he couldn’t be the strong king he tried so hard to be. 

He didn’t bother to cover up the sob that broke free. She had already seen him crumble and fall apart like this. She knew all about this weak side of him. She always came to his side, like she was right now. Her touch, her smile and her nuzzles promised comfort, understanding and love...All things Caesar was greatful for but never sure if he deserved them. 

“I’m sorry.” He signed when she sat down beside him. “...I’m so weak.”

Caesar loved his wife and sons and his colony with all his heart. He never regretted freeing them. He missed his old life with Will, Caroline and Charles, but he never regretted choosing his people over them. 

But there were times that he felt so weak and so hopless, that he wished he could give up. That the stakes weren’t as high as they were now. 

More than anything else though, he wished this war never happened...And that he didn’t have to kill Koba.

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cornelia watched her beloved husband sign,

carefully having her eyes fixed at his big hands and watching with caution over the fingers of his not wanting to miss anything he would probably tell her,

or wanted to talk a about!

she treasured his words,

every single one of them were precious to her.

especially since they dont get as half as enough time to talk about such emotional thing,

and how they actually feel deep down inside of them,

as they would need...

caesar had his dutys to do,

and take responsibility!

mostly all over the day and it wasnt unlikely for him to be busy all over the day long,

from the beginning to end.

it has gotten even worse since this war...

cornelia took caesars hands in her own,

holding his big hands softly and with a loving touch,

her eyes finally meet the ones of her husband,

as they share a look.

her soft eyes only having the intention to calm his watery eyes,

already a little red from his sob before!

carefully she shook her head now,

bevore she shated signing herself with wariness,

being very aware of her words by trying to find the right ones:

'no...

you are not!

you are so strong,

you are strong enough for all of us.

you always has been!

how can you be this strong,

if you wouldnt allow yourself to be weak at some point...

its okey!

it is okey to feel like this...'

she stoped for a moment,

pausing bevore she gestured further with her hands

'apes dont need a leader who is perfect,

someone who is always right...

apes need a leader who is like them!

being sad,

or being scared....

doesnt make you less of the great leader you are.

the great husband,

or a great father....

you did right today.

and all the other days.

you took us where we are right now!

apes are scared of the war,

they fear the war.

many died,

but many are safe too...

because of you.

and apes fear the humand they bring today...

still you did right.

who are we to decide who lives,

and who dies?!

if we do that,

do like them would have done with someone like us,

we are not better than them..."

cornelias hands had gotten pretty fast,

and she gesture pretty wild by now as she signed.

much like talking herself in rage!

cornelia wasnt actually some who talked much,

or even signed that much,

but she just coulnt bear to se her loving husband like this!

doupting and questioning himself...

[apehome]

Cornelia’s words reminded him why he fell in love with her. Not because of her beauty or her wisdom, but because of this. It never mattered to Cornelia if he was strong or had doubts. She loved him and saw the strength within him even if he didn’t feel it. 

“But what if I can’t protect the apes?...Or you and our sons?...Than what am I?” Tears falling freely as he signed. Only Cornelia can see him like this.

Caesar felt like he already knew the answer to that. Nothing. He would be absolutely nothing without his beloved wife, his sons, his friends and his apes. As hard as it was to have made the choice to kill Koba, he still had all of them. 

Even when Red, and the rest of Koba’s followers, turned against him and joined the AO soldiers, Caesar still had his family. Since the day this war started, he had them. 

They were the one thing that kept him sane, focused. Prevented him from falling apart completley. 

If he lost them...There’d be nothing left for him.

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the ape woman only shook her head softly after she tool a deep breath,

and breat out to calm herself for the moment and find her peace again.

making sure she was calm and quiet herself,

so she could calm him!

carefully she raised her hands again,

with the intention to start signing more soothe this time and much more eased then before:

'no...

you will always protect the apes.

protect our family.

i know you will!

times are hard right now,

its not easy for sure....

but remember,

all of us had faced bad times before!

we still mafe it.

and we will made it this time as well!'

she raised from his side now,

standing up she came bevore him,

and settlte down right in feont of caesar this time to face him.

she cupped caesars face in her heand with and gentle touch,

holding him tender before she leaned into him to touch caesars forehead with her own.

leaning her heads together like this,

they shared a moment...

taking this moment just for the two of them,

forgetting the trubble and the issues of the the world.

they found strengh in each other in the very rare minutes likes this,

the few privat moments they had together...

opening her eyes again,

after she closed them before she softly let her fingers run agains his face,

carres his cheeks with a light touch on her fingers.

as they broke apart,

she gestured to caesar and signed to him:

'rest now...

the day was long,

and hard.

we might all need some rest'

[apehome]

Caesar was still trembling but not so much now. The warmth of her eyes, of her touch. Her love surrounding him, acting as a shield to all his worries. He sighed as he let the safe feeling wash over him.

He was, and always was, his most strongest when he was with her. The few times he got to be with Cornelia, he cherished and anxouisly awaited for the next time he got to spend time with her again.

He had already decided that when the war was over and when the day came where he could step down as king so Blue Eyes could take over, he’d spend every day with Cornelia. Grow older with her, watch their son rule. Maybe have grandchildren someday, if Blue Eyes and Lake decided on having any children. 

If he couldn’t be with her all the time now, he would make up for it when this nightmare ended. 

Until then, he would fight for their safety and protect the apes...And she’ll be waiting. 

Caesar leaned in closer to her and planted a kiss on her cheek before looking her in the eyes. “I love you.” He whispered. Despite his face still wet with tears, he was smiling.

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cornelia smiled at her husband,

and just coulndt help but smile as she hears his raspy voice,

deep and rough as it was.

hearing him talk to her was still something special!

even after all these years,

after all this time!

cornelia had already left the San Bruno Primate Shelter,

and wasnt there anymore when caesar heroically freed the apes from this terrible shelter.

so she didnt hear him during his first powerfull speech to the apes,

more like his first words to them!

but when she heard him talk the first time,

later on after all of this,

she insrantly enyojed hearing his voice!

she smiled softly at those memories,

as she catched herself daydreaming for the moment....

the ape woman signged to her husband,

and gestured back to him:

'i love you too!"

she looked him in the eyes for the moment,

taking in his presence and his view,

just like his the warmth of his breath!

she sighed then,

knowing that thenmomemts are so rare,

and the little time they had together like this are so small.

but she knew he had his dutys and all these responsibilities he had to take care of!

thats why she signed to him again:

"now lets rest...

you will need some rest as well!

you'll need your stregnth.

cornelius is with blue eyes,

you dont need to worry!

and blue eyes was still with lake,

when i left"

[apehome]

You don’t need to worry. That’s what Cornelia told him everynight, wheather it be about their sons, the colony or about himself. She meant it as in he needed to relax. To beathe and let go. Even for just a moment.

He wasn’t good at it though. Of course I do. 

It was always right about now in their talks that he’d realize how drained he was. A full day of worry, of dreading the absoulte worse and wondering who or how many of his people die or how badly injured they’ll get, left him exauhsted by nightfall.

The relief he felt from his wife’s reassurences were always followed by a deep, tired feeling. Not just physically, but mentally too. As if his whole being craved sleep. 

With a tired sigh, Caesae laid down in their nest, feeling Cornelia’s comforting hand on his shoulder.

He gazed up at her. Those beautiful eyes. Cornelia might not have spoken much, preferring sighining to speaking, but her voice was like a warm blanket to him. Covering him up in a loving, protective shield. Giving him hope.

“I don’t know...What I’d do...Without you.” He whispered, ready for sleep to take him.

He’d worry about the human in the morning.

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_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

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rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

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and so it have been done.

after theire leader had decided,

the apes did as they told!

caesar had spoken and so everyone listend to him and do theire duty!

the apes had indeed something that would come close to a prison....

they were forced to come up with this after kobas rebellion!

he had quite a few apes that would follow him whiutout even asking or question him,

and some of these followers just wouldnt turn from him even after caesar took his rightfull place as leader back,

and started to lead the apes again!

so the young soldier had to find himself in exectly one of those cage that were built to hold those rebellious ape prisoners.

they were always near the guard quatiers of the gorillaz since they pretty much guard the whole place to keep it safe,

and also patroul around there hidden home to make sure everyone was fine in theire hiding spot.

thats one reason the young man couldnt even think of breaking out,

or running away even if he would wake up in time.

since there was always at least one ape to watch him,

and others always near,

but caesars orders left him also tied up!

having his hand tied together,

and leaving him completly unarmed since they had already searched him,

and taking away every weapon he might have carried and everything that could have been dangerous,

how should he break free then?!

there was no way he could escape this cage just like that.

also they would know if the human would wake up,

they will be informed by tge guards right away!

actually they had indeed foumd a hidden knife the human was carring,

good they noticed that bevore ge was taken care of by some of the midwive apes,

and getting his wound treattet by them.

coulndt risk to get those apes hurt just because he hid a weapon...

the human didnt wake up yet,

even later in the evening when the sun beginn to set,

and the day slowly got to its end.

almost every evening the apes gathered together at the end of a long day,

and sit together in the main caven.

rocket just joined this his mate tiker,

and sit with her together like the others apes.

like usual they were sitting along with theire leade caesar and his wife cornelia,

just like theire son blue eyes and cornelius.

just like maurice did as well,

since he was also one of caesars closest friends....

the older chimpanzee got already rid of the blood on his fur,

and cleaned the mess the human left on him up.

looking around in the hall,

and letting his view drift off a little to you could tell that the events of today still were on his mind.

[apehome]

Luca, Winter and the other apes had returned earlier with the report that they found no other humans around. Not a single trace. This meant the young soldier really was out here on his own...Which only added to the growing suspichian in the council. 

Blue Eyes felt it every where. Even though they were safe and the human was heavily guarded, the entire colony felt tense. Like they were all waiting for something to go wrong. 

His parents were both silent, not sighning to each other but Blue Eyes could see the same tired look in his father’s eyes and saw his mother touch his shoulder a couple of times. Ever since this war started, he’s become more and more aware of how much stress his father was under...And he was seeing it build with each day. 

He glanced at Maurice and Rocket’s way, wondering if they were stressed about the day’s events as much as his father was. 

Or maybe they were concerned for his father...Like Blue Eyes was.

Was it really the human’s presence that troubled his father?

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the human presence was pretty much the reason that troubled all of them!

seensing this uneased feeling everywhere,

the whole colony was filled with that tense!

rocket let out a deep growl,

taking a deep breath and sigh at that heavy feeling that layed over this evening,

and making everyone feel uncomfortable for these late hours of the day.

this was new for everyone!

having a human in the middle of theire comfort zone,

in the middle of theire home in wich they are hiding,

and should at least feel safe!

since they didnt know yet how this is going to end,

and what will happen it was no suprise most of the apes coulnd feel like this right now.

not knowing what the human will do as soon as hes awake,

what he would be like,

if he is going to be agressive ,

all these questions whitout answers and just having no chance to know until it will be...

the older chimp thought about how he was still just a boy,

how dankerous could a young man lioe he be?!

but he was still a soldier,

serving in the army,

they have to assume he is still dangerous!

looking in maurice way,

and turning his glaze to him he started signing:

'what are your thoughts about the soldier?

thinking hard about why he is here...

whitout his own kind"

rocket noticed blue eyed looking in theire direction,

having his eyes fixed on them!

the older chimp turned his look at his way,

giving the young prince a little smile of comforting to sooth his worried look on the face,

frowning in heavy thought

'being worried?!

i understand,

me too...

dont be too much.

your father knows what he does.

we are all here to support him,

and have his back'

he signed at blue eyes

[apehome]

Blue Eyes, at a loss for words, simply nodded at Rocket’s words. 

Regardles of why that human was out here on his own, Blue Eyes knew his father could protect the colony. He faced worse foes than the lone soldier, this was probably nothing compared to the day he freed all the apes. 

But the thought remained in his mind. If that soldier didn’t come with reinforcements, why did he come at all?

Maurice had remianed silent until now. Frowning in deep thought. The young human...Reminded him so much of Alex, Malcolm’s son, for some reason...But he also felt like he shouldn’t trust him either. Whose to say he didn’t come here to spy on them? What if he was part of some plan the Colonel had?

“He doesn’t appear dangerous.” He signed. “But we cannot trust him until we know for sure...It could be a trap.”

What Maurice left out in his signs was his relief that Caesar was leader and not Koba. Now was not the time nor the place to bring up the treacherous ape but Maurice knew if Koba had survived and was leader when this human came, he would have killed the human first and ask questions later. 

An act that would have been both unnecassary and reckless...Not to mention a terrible fate for the young human...Despite the war and the tension all around them, Maurice didn’t want harm to come to that human...Well, not unless it was for good reason.

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rocket agreed with maurice,

he was indeed right about what he let him know about koba.

if koba would still lead them,

and be theire leader in these days the young man would have been killed the second they found him and spotted him in the woods!

this war would be way more bloody and voilent,

and would have spilled a lot of innocent and needless blood that could have been spared!

for the fate of the young boy it would have been awful,

no need to say it would have not endet good for the young mans fortune to came along the ape if koba would have been still here with them!

the older chimpanzee signed after letting out a deep growl in thoughts,

and taking a deep breath:

'i know!

we need to talk to him first,

question him about what he does around here...

i hope we will understand better after that'

yet they still had to wait for the human to wake up,

and finally open his eyes again!

it was unsure for now when or if the human would wake up,

so all they could do for the moment would be to wait in patience!

even tho everyone was acking for answers,

and wanted to know what happend!

for once rocket gave the young prince a well-meanted pat on the shoulder,

wanting to comfort him,

and making him feel better with his worriys that probably everyone had,

and shared that feeling with them...

for the evening getting late,

and the day came more and more to its end,

the chimpanzee found himself thinking about talking to caesar,

and catched himself of the idea from seeking a talk with him after finishing a meal with his mate tinker,

and eating dinner with her!

for now he didnt wanted to trouble theire great leader even more who was drowning in thought and seems to get lost in them...

caesar really seems to have a hard time by all the thoughts in his head.

having to take care of the whole colony,

and every ape in it!

the decision he made today might come out as wrong,

and could cost many apes theire live,

and have theire kind harmed once again....

he face a bitter burden by being theire leader!

[apehome]

Caesar was able to keep his composure until dinner was over and the apes gradually went back to their nests. As soon as he felt he could go, he left. Retreating into his family’s cavern. Hoping no one would follow. He needed to be alone, for just a little while.

His cavern barely offered the solitude he wanted, however. A familiar, slightly hunched ape stood in front of the waterfall. Staring at him with his one good eye. 

Koba!

Caesar blinked and he was gone. 

It made sense that Koba’s ghost would haunt him like this. He was the one who killed him...His honorary brother...His best friend...

But there were days when Caesar saw his reflection in the river and swore he saw Koba instead or times where he’d feel so angry. Ready to give in and let the rage out. 

Let it out, on humans and on all the apes who betrayed him. Kill them. Torture them. Make them suffer before they died..

Though as soon as he felt that feeling, it would melt away into horror at the thought of doing such things...And then into despair at what has become of him and of his apes.

...This war has taken so much away from them...

Feeling tears burn his eyes, Caesar blinked. Letting them stain his cheeks. He was about to let the crushing weight on his shoulders break him when he suddenly heard something. 

Slow, hesitant footsteps. 

Feeling a jolt of anger and adrenaline, he whriled around. “Go away!” He comanded. Not yelling like he usually did but loud enough to reach whoever this was.

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but at the head of the caven,

and through the large opening to it cornelia appeard in the cave entrance!

stepping out of the shadows from the passages that leaded to theire family caven,

and into the dimmed light in it she had a soft smile on her face,

smooth and understanding after she faced his growl in anger and wrath,

knowing that he musst deal with great struggle right now...

cornelia musst have been looking for her husband,

and searched out for him after caesar left quite soon from his usual!

she knew that he had been under a big pressure today,

stressed out from the burdens he have to carry,

and handle mostly by his own.

especially today with the unexpected desicions he had to face about the future from this young soldier.

deciding over him to live and being saved by the apes as he was clearly in need,

or let him die out in de woods wasnt really a decision to be made.

but taking all this risk of having this soldier here,

in theire hide-out,

in theire secret keept home...

it wasnt something her husband had to deal with every day and on a regular base!

thinking about the consequenses that could come with all of this...

but she knew caesar would probably always have a soft spot for humans in his heart,

and never really turn cold-hearted against them.

she understand that,

after everything he had told her about his past,

and what she learned from him in all this year,

she coulndz be more understanding in the way he sees humans.

knowing that he would never forgett his duty for his own kind,

keeping the apes safe,

and carring for them in theire safety and health,

he would never forgett about that!

not to mention that cornelia herself come along the more friendly sides of humans as well,

and knowing that they also could be kind.

remembering ellie,

the woman who helped cornelia as she struggled with her health and was in great need as her health getting worse...

she would probably never forgett that woman,

and neither would caesar!

she came side to side with him,

as she came over to her husband and carefully sit beside him.

she wanted to comfort him,

make him feel safe,

safe with her to know that he could drop the stong face he wear,

knwoing that he could be weak at her side.

as if she couldnt clearly see his trouble,

and all the doubt he had inside him!

but there wasnt much she could actually do for him to make it easier,

to make his thoughts disapear and to carry his burden with him.

she could just be with him,

let him know that she always be by his side,

no matter what...

[apehome]

Caesar’s rage blew out like a candle stick. The calm and loving face of his wife staring back at him. His beautiful Cornelia. 

Shaking, he turned away from her. No matter how much he knew she loved him, he could never look her in the eye without feeling like he was disappointing her as a husband and leader. Like he couldn’t be the strong king he tried so hard to be. 

He didn’t bother to cover up the sob that broke free. She had already seen him crumble and fall apart like this. She knew all about this weak side of him. She always came to his side, like she was right now. Her touch, her smile and her nuzzles promised comfort, understanding and love...All things Caesar was greatful for but never sure if he deserved them. 

“I’m sorry.” He signed when she sat down beside him. “...I’m so weak.”

Caesar loved his wife and sons and his colony with all his heart. He never regretted freeing them. He missed his old life with Will, Caroline and Charles, but he never regretted choosing his people over them. 

But there were times that he felt so weak and so hopless, that he wished he could give up. That the stakes weren’t as high as they were now. 

More than anything else though, he wished this war never happened...And that he didn’t have to kill Koba.

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cornelia watched her beloved husband sign,

carefully having her eyes fixed at his big hands and watching with caution over the fingers of his not wanting to miss anything he would probably tell her,

or wanted to talk a about!

she treasured his words,

every single one of them were precious to her.

especially since they dont get as half as enough time to talk about such emotional thing,

and how they actually feel deep down inside of them,

as they would need...

caesar had his dutys to do,

and take responsibility!

mostly all over the day and it wasnt unlikely for him to be busy all over the day long,

from the beginning to end.

it has gotten even worse since this war...

cornelia took caesars hands in her own,

holding his big hands softly and with a loving touch,

her eyes finally meet the ones of her husband,

as they share a look.

her soft eyes only having the intention to calm his watery eyes,

already a little red from his sob before!

carefully she shook her head now,

bevore she shated signing herself with wariness,

being very aware of her words by trying to find the right ones:

'no...

you are not!

you are so strong,

you are strong enough for all of us.

you always has been!

how can you be this strong,

if you wouldnt allow yourself to be weak at some point...

its okey!

it is okey to feel like this...'

she stoped for a moment,

pausing bevore she gestured further with her hands

'apes dont need a leader who is perfect,

someone who is always right...

apes need a leader who is like them!

being sad,

or being scared....

doesnt make you less of the great leader you are.

the great husband,

or a great father....

you did right today.

and all the other days.

you took us where we are right now!

apes are scared of the war,

they fear the war.

many died,

but many are safe too...

because of you.

and apes fear the humand they bring today...

still you did right.

who are we to decide who lives,

and who dies?!

if we do that,

do like them would have done with someone like us,

we are not better than them..."

cornelias hands had gotten pretty fast,

and she gesture pretty wild by now as she signed.

much like talking herself in rage!

cornelia wasnt actually some who talked much,

or even signed that much,

but she just coulnt bear to se her loving husband like this!

doupting and questioning himself...

[apehome]

Cornelia’s words reminded him why he fell in love with her. Not because of her beauty or her wisdom, but because of this. It never mattered to Cornelia if he was strong or had doubts. She loved him and saw the strength within him even if he didn’t feel it. 

“But what if I can’t protect the apes?...Or you and our sons?...Than what am I?” Tears falling freely as he signed. Only Cornelia can see him like this.

Caesar felt like he already knew the answer to that. Nothing. He would be absolutely nothing without his beloved wife, his sons, his friends and his apes. As hard as it was to have made the choice to kill Koba, he still had all of them. 

Even when Red, and the rest of Koba’s followers, turned against him and joined the AO soldiers, Caesar still had his family. Since the day this war started, he had them. 

They were the one thing that kept him sane, focused. Prevented him from falling apart completley. 

If he lost them...There’d be nothing left for him.

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the ape woman only shook her head softly after she tool a deep breath,

and breat out to calm herself for the moment and find her peace again.

making sure she was calm and quiet herself,

so she could calm him!

carefully she raised her hands again,

with the intention to start signing more soothe this time and much more eased then before:

'no...

you will always protect the apes.

protect our family.

i know you will!

times are hard right now,

its not easy for sure....

but remember,

all of us had faced bad times before!

we still mafe it.

and we will made it this time as well!'

she raised from his side now,

standing up she came bevore him,

and settlte down right in feont of caesar this time to face him.

she cupped caesars face in her heand with and gentle touch,

holding him tender before she leaned into him to touch caesars forehead with her own.

leaning her heads together like this,

they shared a moment...

taking this moment just for the two of them,

forgetting the trubble and the issues of the the world.

they found strengh in each other in the very rare minutes likes this,

the few privat moments they had together...

opening her eyes again,

after she closed them before she softly let her fingers run agains his face,

carres his cheeks with a light touch on her fingers.

as they broke apart,

she gestured to caesar and signed to him:

'rest now...

the day was long,

and hard.

we might all need some rest'

[apehome]

Caesar was still trembling but not so much now. The warmth of her eyes, of her touch. Her love surrounding him, acting as a shield to all his worries. He sighed as he let the safe feeling wash over him.

He was, and always was, his most strongest when he was with her. The few times he got to be with Cornelia, he cherished and anxouisly awaited for the next time he got to spend time with her again.

He had already decided that when the war was over and when the day came where he could step down as king so Blue Eyes could take over, he’d spend every day with Cornelia. Grow older with her, watch their son rule. Maybe have grandchildren someday, if Blue Eyes and Lake decided on having any children. 

If he couldn’t be with her all the time now, he would make up for it when this nightmare ended. 

Until then, he would fight for their safety and protect the apes...And she’ll be waiting. 

Caesar leaned in closer to her and planted a kiss on her cheek before looking her in the eyes. “I love you.” He whispered. Despite his face still wet with tears, he was smiling.

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_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

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rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

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and so it have been done.

after theire leader had decided,

the apes did as they told!

caesar had spoken and so everyone listend to him and do theire duty!

the apes had indeed something that would come close to a prison....

they were forced to come up with this after kobas rebellion!

he had quite a few apes that would follow him whiutout even asking or question him,

and some of these followers just wouldnt turn from him even after caesar took his rightfull place as leader back,

and started to lead the apes again!

so the young soldier had to find himself in exectly one of those cage that were built to hold those rebellious ape prisoners.

they were always near the guard quatiers of the gorillaz since they pretty much guard the whole place to keep it safe,

and also patroul around there hidden home to make sure everyone was fine in theire hiding spot.

thats one reason the young man couldnt even think of breaking out,

or running away even if he would wake up in time.

since there was always at least one ape to watch him,

and others always near,

but caesars orders left him also tied up!

having his hand tied together,

and leaving him completly unarmed since they had already searched him,

and taking away every weapon he might have carried and everything that could have been dangerous,

how should he break free then?!

there was no way he could escape this cage just like that.

also they would know if the human would wake up,

they will be informed by tge guards right away!

actually they had indeed foumd a hidden knife the human was carring,

good they noticed that bevore ge was taken care of by some of the midwive apes,

and getting his wound treattet by them.

coulndt risk to get those apes hurt just because he hid a weapon...

the human didnt wake up yet,

even later in the evening when the sun beginn to set,

and the day slowly got to its end.

almost every evening the apes gathered together at the end of a long day,

and sit together in the main caven.

rocket just joined this his mate tiker,

and sit with her together like the others apes.

like usual they were sitting along with theire leade caesar and his wife cornelia,

just like theire son blue eyes and cornelius.

just like maurice did as well,

since he was also one of caesars closest friends....

the older chimpanzee got already rid of the blood on his fur,

and cleaned the mess the human left on him up.

looking around in the hall,

and letting his view drift off a little to you could tell that the events of today still were on his mind.

[apehome]

Luca, Winter and the other apes had returned earlier with the report that they found no other humans around. Not a single trace. This meant the young soldier really was out here on his own...Which only added to the growing suspichian in the council. 

Blue Eyes felt it every where. Even though they were safe and the human was heavily guarded, the entire colony felt tense. Like they were all waiting for something to go wrong. 

His parents were both silent, not sighning to each other but Blue Eyes could see the same tired look in his father’s eyes and saw his mother touch his shoulder a couple of times. Ever since this war started, he’s become more and more aware of how much stress his father was under...And he was seeing it build with each day. 

He glanced at Maurice and Rocket’s way, wondering if they were stressed about the day’s events as much as his father was. 

Or maybe they were concerned for his father...Like Blue Eyes was.

Was it really the human’s presence that troubled his father?

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the human presence was pretty much the reason that troubled all of them!

seensing this uneased feeling everywhere,

the whole colony was filled with that tense!

rocket let out a deep growl,

taking a deep breath and sigh at that heavy feeling that layed over this evening,

and making everyone feel uncomfortable for these late hours of the day.

this was new for everyone!

having a human in the middle of theire comfort zone,

in the middle of theire home in wich they are hiding,

and should at least feel safe!

since they didnt know yet how this is going to end,

and what will happen it was no suprise most of the apes coulnd feel like this right now.

not knowing what the human will do as soon as hes awake,

what he would be like,

if he is going to be agressive ,

all these questions whitout answers and just having no chance to know until it will be...

the older chimp thought about how he was still just a boy,

how dankerous could a young man lioe he be?!

but he was still a soldier,

serving in the army,

they have to assume he is still dangerous!

looking in maurice way,

and turning his glaze to him he started signing:

'what are your thoughts about the soldier?

thinking hard about why he is here...

whitout his own kind"

rocket noticed blue eyed looking in theire direction,

having his eyes fixed on them!

the older chimp turned his look at his way,

giving the young prince a little smile of comforting to sooth his worried look on the face,

frowning in heavy thought

'being worried?!

i understand,

me too...

dont be too much.

your father knows what he does.

we are all here to support him,

and have his back'

he signed at blue eyes

[apehome]

Blue Eyes, at a loss for words, simply nodded at Rocket’s words. 

Regardles of why that human was out here on his own, Blue Eyes knew his father could protect the colony. He faced worse foes than the lone soldier, this was probably nothing compared to the day he freed all the apes. 

But the thought remained in his mind. If that soldier didn’t come with reinforcements, why did he come at all?

Maurice had remianed silent until now. Frowning in deep thought. The young human...Reminded him so much of Alex, Malcolm’s son, for some reason...But he also felt like he shouldn’t trust him either. Whose to say he didn’t come here to spy on them? What if he was part of some plan the Colonel had?

“He doesn’t appear dangerous.” He signed. “But we cannot trust him until we know for sure...It could be a trap.”

What Maurice left out in his signs was his relief that Caesar was leader and not Koba. Now was not the time nor the place to bring up the treacherous ape but Maurice knew if Koba had survived and was leader when this human came, he would have killed the human first and ask questions later. 

An act that would have been both unnecassary and reckless...Not to mention a terrible fate for the young human...Despite the war and the tension all around them, Maurice didn’t want harm to come to that human...Well, not unless it was for good reason.

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rocket agreed with maurice,

he was indeed right about what he let him know about koba.

if koba would still lead them,

and be theire leader in these days the young man would have been killed the second they found him and spotted him in the woods!

this war would be way more bloody and voilent,

and would have spilled a lot of innocent and needless blood that could have been spared!

for the fate of the young boy it would have been awful,

no need to say it would have not endet good for the young mans fortune to came along the ape if koba would have been still here with them!

the older chimpanzee signed after letting out a deep growl in thoughts,

and taking a deep breath:

'i know!

we need to talk to him first,

question him about what he does around here...

i hope we will understand better after that'

yet they still had to wait for the human to wake up,

and finally open his eyes again!

it was unsure for now when or if the human would wake up,

so all they could do for the moment would be to wait in patience!

even tho everyone was acking for answers,

and wanted to know what happend!

for once rocket gave the young prince a well-meanted pat on the shoulder,

wanting to comfort him,

and making him feel better with his worriys that probably everyone had,

and shared that feeling with them...

for the evening getting late,

and the day came more and more to its end,

the chimpanzee found himself thinking about talking to caesar,

and catched himself of the idea from seeking a talk with him after finishing a meal with his mate tinker,

and eating dinner with her!

for now he didnt wanted to trouble theire great leader even more who was drowning in thought and seems to get lost in them...

caesar really seems to have a hard time by all the thoughts in his head.

having to take care of the whole colony,

and every ape in it!

the decision he made today might come out as wrong,

and could cost many apes theire live,

and have theire kind harmed once again....

he face a bitter burden by being theire leader!

[apehome]

Caesar was able to keep his composure until dinner was over and the apes gradually went back to their nests. As soon as he felt he could go, he left. Retreating into his family’s cavern. Hoping no one would follow. He needed to be alone, for just a little while.

His cavern barely offered the solitude he wanted, however. A familiar, slightly hunched ape stood in front of the waterfall. Staring at him with his one good eye. 

Koba!

Caesar blinked and he was gone. 

It made sense that Koba’s ghost would haunt him like this. He was the one who killed him...His honorary brother...His best friend...

But there were days when Caesar saw his reflection in the river and swore he saw Koba instead or times where he’d feel so angry. Ready to give in and let the rage out. 

Let it out, on humans and on all the apes who betrayed him. Kill them. Torture them. Make them suffer before they died..

Though as soon as he felt that feeling, it would melt away into horror at the thought of doing such things...And then into despair at what has become of him and of his apes.

...This war has taken so much away from them...

Feeling tears burn his eyes, Caesar blinked. Letting them stain his cheeks. He was about to let the crushing weight on his shoulders break him when he suddenly heard something. 

Slow, hesitant footsteps. 

Feeling a jolt of anger and adrenaline, he whriled around. “Go away!” He comanded. Not yelling like he usually did but loud enough to reach whoever this was.

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but at the head of the caven,

and through the large opening to it cornelia appeard in the cave entrance!

stepping out of the shadows from the passages that leaded to theire family caven,

and into the dimmed light in it she had a soft smile on her face,

smooth and understanding after she faced his growl in anger and wrath,

knowing that he musst deal with great struggle right now...

cornelia musst have been looking for her husband,

and searched out for him after caesar left quite soon from his usual!

she knew that he had been under a big pressure today,

stressed out from the burdens he have to carry,

and handle mostly by his own.

especially today with the unexpected desicions he had to face about the future from this young soldier.

deciding over him to live and being saved by the apes as he was clearly in need,

or let him die out in de woods wasnt really a decision to be made.

but taking all this risk of having this soldier here,

in theire hide-out,

in theire secret keept home...

it wasnt something her husband had to deal with every day and on a regular base!

thinking about the consequenses that could come with all of this...

but she knew caesar would probably always have a soft spot for humans in his heart,

and never really turn cold-hearted against them.

she understand that,

after everything he had told her about his past,

and what she learned from him in all this year,

she coulndz be more understanding in the way he sees humans.

knowing that he would never forgett his duty for his own kind,

keeping the apes safe,

and carring for them in theire safety and health,

he would never forgett about that!

not to mention that cornelia herself come along the more friendly sides of humans as well,

and knowing that they also could be kind.

remembering ellie,

the woman who helped cornelia as she struggled with her health and was in great need as her health getting worse...

she would probably never forgett that woman,

and neither would caesar!

she came side to side with him,

as she came over to her husband and carefully sit beside him.

she wanted to comfort him,

make him feel safe,

safe with her to know that he could drop the stong face he wear,

knwoing that he could be weak at her side.

as if she couldnt clearly see his trouble,

and all the doubt he had inside him!

but there wasnt much she could actually do for him to make it easier,

to make his thoughts disapear and to carry his burden with him.

she could just be with him,

let him know that she always be by his side,

no matter what...

[apehome]

Caesar’s rage blew out like a candle stick. The calm and loving face of his wife staring back at him. His beautiful Cornelia. 

Shaking, he turned away from her. No matter how much he knew she loved him, he could never look her in the eye without feeling like he was disappointing her as a husband and leader. Like he couldn’t be the strong king he tried so hard to be. 

He didn’t bother to cover up the sob that broke free. She had already seen him crumble and fall apart like this. She knew all about this weak side of him. She always came to his side, like she was right now. Her touch, her smile and her nuzzles promised comfort, understanding and love...All things Caesar was greatful for but never sure if he deserved them. 

“I’m sorry.” He signed when she sat down beside him. “...I’m so weak.”

Caesar loved his wife and sons and his colony with all his heart. He never regretted freeing them. He missed his old life with Will, Caroline and Charles, but he never regretted choosing his people over them. 

But there were times that he felt so weak and so hopless, that he wished he could give up. That the stakes weren’t as high as they were now. 

More than anything else though, he wished this war never happened...And that he didn’t have to kill Koba.

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cornelia watched her beloved husband sign,

carefully having her eyes fixed at his big hands and watching with caution over the fingers of his not wanting to miss anything he would probably tell her,

or wanted to talk a about!

she treasured his words,

every single one of them were precious to her.

especially since they dont get as half as enough time to talk about such emotional thing,

and how they actually feel deep down inside of them,

as they would need...

caesar had his dutys to do,

and take responsibility!

mostly all over the day and it wasnt unlikely for him to be busy all over the day long,

from the beginning to end.

it has gotten even worse since this war...

cornelia took caesars hands in her own,

holding his big hands softly and with a loving touch,

her eyes finally meet the ones of her husband,

as they share a look.

her soft eyes only having the intention to calm his watery eyes,

already a little red from his sob before!

carefully she shook her head now,

bevore she shated signing herself with wariness,

being very aware of her words by trying to find the right ones:

'no...

you are not!

you are so strong,

you are strong enough for all of us.

you always has been!

how can you be this strong,

if you wouldnt allow yourself to be weak at some point...

its okey!

it is okey to feel like this...'

she stoped for a moment,

pausing bevore she gestured further with her hands

'apes dont need a leader who is perfect,

someone who is always right...

apes need a leader who is like them!

being sad,

or being scared....

doesnt make you less of the great leader you are.

the great husband,

or a great father....

you did right today.

and all the other days.

you took us where we are right now!

apes are scared of the war,

they fear the war.

many died,

but many are safe too...

because of you.

and apes fear the humand they bring today...

still you did right.

who are we to decide who lives,

and who dies?!

if we do that,

do like them would have done with someone like us,

we are not better than them..."

cornelias hands had gotten pretty fast,

and she gesture pretty wild by now as she signed.

much like talking herself in rage!

cornelia wasnt actually some who talked much,

or even signed that much,

but she just coulnt bear to se her loving husband like this!

doupting and questioning himself...

[apehome]

Cornelia’s words reminded him why he fell in love with her. Not because of her beauty or her wisdom, but because of this. It never mattered to Cornelia if he was strong or had doubts. She loved him and saw the strength within him even if he didn’t feel it. 

“But what if I can’t protect the apes?...Or you and our sons?...Than what am I?” Tears falling freely as he signed. Only Cornelia can see him like this.

Caesar felt like he already knew the answer to that. Nothing. He would be absolutely nothing without his beloved wife, his sons, his friends and his apes. As hard as it was to have made the choice to kill Koba, he still had all of them. 

Even when Red, and the rest of Koba’s followers, turned against him and joined the AO soldiers, Caesar still had his family. Since the day this war started, he had them. 

They were the one thing that kept him sane, focused. Prevented him from falling apart completley. 

If he lost them...There’d be nothing left for him.

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_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

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rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

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and so it have been done.

after theire leader had decided,

the apes did as they told!

caesar had spoken and so everyone listend to him and do theire duty!

the apes had indeed something that would come close to a prison....

they were forced to come up with this after kobas rebellion!

he had quite a few apes that would follow him whiutout even asking or question him,

and some of these followers just wouldnt turn from him even after caesar took his rightfull place as leader back,

and started to lead the apes again!

so the young soldier had to find himself in exectly one of those cage that were built to hold those rebellious ape prisoners.

they were always near the guard quatiers of the gorillaz since they pretty much guard the whole place to keep it safe,

and also patroul around there hidden home to make sure everyone was fine in theire hiding spot.

thats one reason the young man couldnt even think of breaking out,

or running away even if he would wake up in time.

since there was always at least one ape to watch him,

and others always near,

but caesars orders left him also tied up!

having his hand tied together,

and leaving him completly unarmed since they had already searched him,

and taking away every weapon he might have carried and everything that could have been dangerous,

how should he break free then?!

there was no way he could escape this cage just like that.

also they would know if the human would wake up,

they will be informed by tge guards right away!

actually they had indeed foumd a hidden knife the human was carring,

good they noticed that bevore ge was taken care of by some of the midwive apes,

and getting his wound treattet by them.

coulndt risk to get those apes hurt just because he hid a weapon...

the human didnt wake up yet,

even later in the evening when the sun beginn to set,

and the day slowly got to its end.

almost every evening the apes gathered together at the end of a long day,

and sit together in the main caven.

rocket just joined this his mate tiker,

and sit with her together like the others apes.

like usual they were sitting along with theire leade caesar and his wife cornelia,

just like theire son blue eyes and cornelius.

just like maurice did as well,

since he was also one of caesars closest friends....

the older chimpanzee got already rid of the blood on his fur,

and cleaned the mess the human left on him up.

looking around in the hall,

and letting his view drift off a little to you could tell that the events of today still were on his mind.

[apehome]

Luca, Winter and the other apes had returned earlier with the report that they found no other humans around. Not a single trace. This meant the young soldier really was out here on his own...Which only added to the growing suspichian in the council. 

Blue Eyes felt it every where. Even though they were safe and the human was heavily guarded, the entire colony felt tense. Like they were all waiting for something to go wrong. 

His parents were both silent, not sighning to each other but Blue Eyes could see the same tired look in his father’s eyes and saw his mother touch his shoulder a couple of times. Ever since this war started, he’s become more and more aware of how much stress his father was under...And he was seeing it build with each day. 

He glanced at Maurice and Rocket’s way, wondering if they were stressed about the day’s events as much as his father was. 

Or maybe they were concerned for his father...Like Blue Eyes was.

Was it really the human’s presence that troubled his father?

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the human presence was pretty much the reason that troubled all of them!

seensing this uneased feeling everywhere,

the whole colony was filled with that tense!

rocket let out a deep growl,

taking a deep breath and sigh at that heavy feeling that layed over this evening,

and making everyone feel uncomfortable for these late hours of the day.

this was new for everyone!

having a human in the middle of theire comfort zone,

in the middle of theire home in wich they are hiding,

and should at least feel safe!

since they didnt know yet how this is going to end,

and what will happen it was no suprise most of the apes coulnd feel like this right now.

not knowing what the human will do as soon as hes awake,

what he would be like,

if he is going to be agressive ,

all these questions whitout answers and just having no chance to know until it will be...

the older chimp thought about how he was still just a boy,

how dankerous could a young man lioe he be?!

but he was still a soldier,

serving in the army,

they have to assume he is still dangerous!

looking in maurice way,

and turning his glaze to him he started signing:

'what are your thoughts about the soldier?

thinking hard about why he is here...

whitout his own kind"

rocket noticed blue eyed looking in theire direction,

having his eyes fixed on them!

the older chimp turned his look at his way,

giving the young prince a little smile of comforting to sooth his worried look on the face,

frowning in heavy thought

'being worried?!

i understand,

me too...

dont be too much.

your father knows what he does.

we are all here to support him,

and have his back'

he signed at blue eyes

[apehome]

Blue Eyes, at a loss for words, simply nodded at Rocket’s words. 

Regardles of why that human was out here on his own, Blue Eyes knew his father could protect the colony. He faced worse foes than the lone soldier, this was probably nothing compared to the day he freed all the apes. 

But the thought remained in his mind. If that soldier didn’t come with reinforcements, why did he come at all?

Maurice had remianed silent until now. Frowning in deep thought. The young human...Reminded him so much of Alex, Malcolm’s son, for some reason...But he also felt like he shouldn’t trust him either. Whose to say he didn’t come here to spy on them? What if he was part of some plan the Colonel had?

“He doesn’t appear dangerous.” He signed. “But we cannot trust him until we know for sure...It could be a trap.”

What Maurice left out in his signs was his relief that Caesar was leader and not Koba. Now was not the time nor the place to bring up the treacherous ape but Maurice knew if Koba had survived and was leader when this human came, he would have killed the human first and ask questions later. 

An act that would have been both unnecassary and reckless...Not to mention a terrible fate for the young human...Despite the war and the tension all around them, Maurice didn’t want harm to come to that human...Well, not unless it was for good reason.

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rocket agreed with maurice,

he was indeed right about what he let him know about koba.

if koba would still lead them,

and be theire leader in these days the young man would have been killed the second they found him and spotted him in the woods!

this war would be way more bloody and voilent,

and would have spilled a lot of innocent and needless blood that could have been spared!

for the fate of the young boy it would have been awful,

no need to say it would have not endet good for the young mans fortune to came along the ape if koba would have been still here with them!

the older chimpanzee signed after letting out a deep growl in thoughts,

and taking a deep breath:

'i know!

we need to talk to him first,

question him about what he does around here...

i hope we will understand better after that'

yet they still had to wait for the human to wake up,

and finally open his eyes again!

it was unsure for now when or if the human would wake up,

so all they could do for the moment would be to wait in patience!

even tho everyone was acking for answers,

and wanted to know what happend!

for once rocket gave the young prince a well-meanted pat on the shoulder,

wanting to comfort him,

and making him feel better with his worriys that probably everyone had,

and shared that feeling with them...

for the evening getting late,

and the day came more and more to its end,

the chimpanzee found himself thinking about talking to caesar,

and catched himself of the idea from seeking a talk with him after finishing a meal with his mate tinker,

and eating dinner with her!

for now he didnt wanted to trouble theire great leader even more who was drowning in thought and seems to get lost in them...

caesar really seems to have a hard time by all the thoughts in his head.

having to take care of the whole colony,

and every ape in it!

the decision he made today might come out as wrong,

and could cost many apes theire live,

and have theire kind harmed once again....

he face a bitter burden by being theire leader!

[apehome]

Caesar was able to keep his composure until dinner was over and the apes gradually went back to their nests. As soon as he felt he could go, he left. Retreating into his family’s cavern. Hoping no one would follow. He needed to be alone, for just a little while.

His cavern barely offered the solitude he wanted, however. A familiar, slightly hunched ape stood in front of the waterfall. Staring at him with his one good eye. 

Koba!

Caesar blinked and he was gone. 

It made sense that Koba’s ghost would haunt him like this. He was the one who killed him...His honorary brother...His best friend...

But there were days when Caesar saw his reflection in the river and swore he saw Koba instead or times where he’d feel so angry. Ready to give in and let the rage out. 

Let it out, on humans and on all the apes who betrayed him. Kill them. Torture them. Make them suffer before they died..

Though as soon as he felt that feeling, it would melt away into horror at the thought of doing such things...And then into despair at what has become of him and of his apes.

...This war has taken so much away from them...

Feeling tears burn his eyes, Caesar blinked. Letting them stain his cheeks. He was about to let the crushing weight on his shoulders break him when he suddenly heard something. 

Slow, hesitant footsteps. 

Feeling a jolt of anger and adrenaline, he whriled around. “Go away!” He comanded. Not yelling like he usually did but loud enough to reach whoever this was.

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but at the head of the caven,

and through the large opening to it cornelia appeard in the cave entrance!

stepping out of the shadows from the passages that leaded to theire family caven,

and into the dimmed light in it she had a soft smile on her face,

smooth and understanding after she faced his growl in anger and wrath,

knowing that he musst deal with great struggle right now...

cornelia musst have been looking for her husband,

and searched out for him after caesar left quite soon from his usual!

she knew that he had been under a big pressure today,

stressed out from the burdens he have to carry,

and handle mostly by his own.

especially today with the unexpected desicions he had to face about the future from this young soldier.

deciding over him to live and being saved by the apes as he was clearly in need,

or let him die out in de woods wasnt really a decision to be made.

but taking all this risk of having this soldier here,

in theire hide-out,

in theire secret keept home...

it wasnt something her husband had to deal with every day and on a regular base!

thinking about the consequenses that could come with all of this...

but she knew caesar would probably always have a soft spot for humans in his heart,

and never really turn cold-hearted against them.

she understand that,

after everything he had told her about his past,

and what she learned from him in all this year,

she coulndz be more understanding in the way he sees humans.

knowing that he would never forgett his duty for his own kind,

keeping the apes safe,

and carring for them in theire safety and health,

he would never forgett about that!

not to mention that cornelia herself come along the more friendly sides of humans as well,

and knowing that they also could be kind.

remembering ellie,

the woman who helped cornelia as she struggled with her health and was in great need as her health getting worse...

she would probably never forgett that woman,

and neither would caesar!

she came side to side with him,

as she came over to her husband and carefully sit beside him.

she wanted to comfort him,

make him feel safe,

safe with her to know that he could drop the stong face he wear,

knwoing that he could be weak at her side.

as if she couldnt clearly see his trouble,

and all the doubt he had inside him!

but there wasnt much she could actually do for him to make it easier,

to make his thoughts disapear and to carry his burden with him.

she could just be with him,

let him know that she always be by his side,

no matter what...

[apehome]

Caesar’s rage blew out like a candle stick. The calm and loving face of his wife staring back at him. His beautiful Cornelia. 

Shaking, he turned away from her. No matter how much he knew she loved him, he could never look her in the eye without feeling like he was disappointing her as a husband and leader. Like he couldn’t be the strong king he tried so hard to be. 

He didn’t bother to cover up the sob that broke free. She had already seen him crumble and fall apart like this. She knew all about this weak side of him. She always came to his side, like she was right now. Her touch, her smile and her nuzzles promised comfort, understanding and love...All things Caesar was greatful for but never sure if he deserved them. 

“I’m sorry.” He signed when she sat down beside him. “...I’m so weak.”

Caesar loved his wife and sons and his colony with all his heart. He never regretted freeing them. He missed his old life with Will, Caroline and Charles, but he never regretted choosing his people over them. 

But there were times that he felt so weak and so hopless, that he wished he could give up. That the stakes weren’t as high as they were now. 

More than anything else though, he wished this war never happened...And that he didn’t have to kill Koba.

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_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

[thatwitchrpblog]

rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

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and so it have been done.

after theire leader had decided,

the apes did as they told!

caesar had spoken and so everyone listend to him and do theire duty!

the apes had indeed something that would come close to a prison....

they were forced to come up with this after kobas rebellion!

he had quite a few apes that would follow him whiutout even asking or question him,

and some of these followers just wouldnt turn from him even after caesar took his rightfull place as leader back,

and started to lead the apes again!

so the young soldier had to find himself in exectly one of those cage that were built to hold those rebellious ape prisoners.

they were always near the guard quatiers of the gorillaz since they pretty much guard the whole place to keep it safe,

and also patroul around there hidden home to make sure everyone was fine in theire hiding spot.

thats one reason the young man couldnt even think of breaking out,

or running away even if he would wake up in time.

since there was always at least one ape to watch him,

and others always near,

but caesars orders left him also tied up!

having his hand tied together,

and leaving him completly unarmed since they had already searched him,

and taking away every weapon he might have carried and everything that could have been dangerous,

how should he break free then?!

there was no way he could escape this cage just like that.

also they would know if the human would wake up,

they will be informed by tge guards right away!

actually they had indeed foumd a hidden knife the human was carring,

good they noticed that bevore ge was taken care of by some of the midwive apes,

and getting his wound treattet by them.

coulndt risk to get those apes hurt just because he hid a weapon...

the human didnt wake up yet,

even later in the evening when the sun beginn to set,

and the day slowly got to its end.

almost every evening the apes gathered together at the end of a long day,

and sit together in the main caven.

rocket just joined this his mate tiker,

and sit with her together like the others apes.

like usual they were sitting along with theire leade caesar and his wife cornelia,

just like theire son blue eyes and cornelius.

just like maurice did as well,

since he was also one of caesars closest friends....

the older chimpanzee got already rid of the blood on his fur,

and cleaned the mess the human left on him up.

looking around in the hall,

and letting his view drift off a little to you could tell that the events of today still were on his mind.

[apehome]

Luca, Winter and the other apes had returned earlier with the report that they found no other humans around. Not a single trace. This meant the young soldier really was out here on his own...Which only added to the growing suspichian in the council. 

Blue Eyes felt it every where. Even though they were safe and the human was heavily guarded, the entire colony felt tense. Like they were all waiting for something to go wrong. 

His parents were both silent, not sighning to each other but Blue Eyes could see the same tired look in his father’s eyes and saw his mother touch his shoulder a couple of times. Ever since this war started, he’s become more and more aware of how much stress his father was under...And he was seeing it build with each day. 

He glanced at Maurice and Rocket’s way, wondering if they were stressed about the day’s events as much as his father was. 

Or maybe they were concerned for his father...Like Blue Eyes was.

Was it really the human’s presence that troubled his father?

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the human presence was pretty much the reason that troubled all of them!

seensing this uneased feeling everywhere,

the whole colony was filled with that tense!

rocket let out a deep growl,

taking a deep breath and sigh at that heavy feeling that layed over this evening,

and making everyone feel uncomfortable for these late hours of the day.

this was new for everyone!

having a human in the middle of theire comfort zone,

in the middle of theire home in wich they are hiding,

and should at least feel safe!

since they didnt know yet how this is going to end,

and what will happen it was no suprise most of the apes coulnd feel like this right now.

not knowing what the human will do as soon as hes awake,

what he would be like,

if he is going to be agressive ,

all these questions whitout answers and just having no chance to know until it will be...

the older chimp thought about how he was still just a boy,

how dankerous could a young man lioe he be?!

but he was still a soldier,

serving in the army,

they have to assume he is still dangerous!

looking in maurice way,

and turning his glaze to him he started signing:

'what are your thoughts about the soldier?

thinking hard about why he is here...

whitout his own kind"

rocket noticed blue eyed looking in theire direction,

having his eyes fixed on them!

the older chimp turned his look at his way,

giving the young prince a little smile of comforting to sooth his worried look on the face,

frowning in heavy thought

'being worried?!

i understand,

me too...

dont be too much.

your father knows what he does.

we are all here to support him,

and have his back'

he signed at blue eyes

[apehome]

Blue Eyes, at a loss for words, simply nodded at Rocket’s words. 

Regardles of why that human was out here on his own, Blue Eyes knew his father could protect the colony. He faced worse foes than the lone soldier, this was probably nothing compared to the day he freed all the apes. 

But the thought remained in his mind. If that soldier didn’t come with reinforcements, why did he come at all?

Maurice had remianed silent until now. Frowning in deep thought. The young human...Reminded him so much of Alex, Malcolm’s son, for some reason...But he also felt like he shouldn’t trust him either. Whose to say he didn’t come here to spy on them? What if he was part of some plan the Colonel had?

“He doesn’t appear dangerous.” He signed. “But we cannot trust him until we know for sure...It could be a trap.”

What Maurice left out in his signs was his relief that Caesar was leader and not Koba. Now was not the time nor the place to bring up the treacherous ape but Maurice knew if Koba had survived and was leader when this human came, he would have killed the human first and ask questions later. 

An act that would have been both unnecassary and reckless...Not to mention a terrible fate for the young human...Despite the war and the tension all around them, Maurice didn’t want harm to come to that human...Well, not unless it was for good reason.

[thatwitchrpblog]

rocket agreed with maurice,

he was indeed right about what he let him know about koba.

if koba would still lead them,

and be theire leader in these days the young man would have been killed the second they found him and spotted him in the woods!

this war would be way more bloody and voilent,

and would have spilled a lot of innocent and needless blood that could have been spared!

for the fate of the young boy it would have been awful,

no need to say it would have not endet good for the young mans fortune to came along the ape if koba would have been still here with them!

the older chimpanzee signed after letting out a deep growl in thoughts,

and taking a deep breath:

'i know!

we need to talk to him first,

question him about what he does around here...

i hope we will understand better after that'

yet they still had to wait for the human to wake up,

and finally open his eyes again!

it was unsure for now when or if the human would wake up,

so all they could do for the moment would be to wait in patience!

even tho everyone was acking for answers,

and wanted to know what happend!

for once rocket gave the young prince a well-meanted pat on the shoulder,

wanting to comfort him,

and making him feel better with his worriys that probably everyone had,

and shared that feeling with them...

for the evening getting late,

and the day came more and more to its end,

the chimpanzee found himself thinking about talking to caesar,

and catched himself of the idea from seeking a talk with him after finishing a meal with his mate tinker,

and eating dinner with her!

for now he didnt wanted to trouble theire great leader even more who was drowning in thought and seems to get lost in them...

caesar really seems to have a hard time by all the thoughts in his head.

having to take care of the whole colony,

and every ape in it!

the decision he made today might come out as wrong,

and could cost many apes theire live,

and have theire kind harmed once again....

he face a bitter burden by being theire leader!

[apehome]

Caesar was able to keep his composure until dinner was over and the apes gradually went back to their nests. As soon as he felt he could go, he left. Retreating into his family’s cavern. Hoping no one would follow. He needed to be alone, for just a little while.

His cavern barely offered the solitude he wanted, however. A familiar, slightly hunched ape stood in front of the waterfall. Staring at him with his one good eye. 

Koba!

Caesar blinked and he was gone. 

It made sense that Koba’s ghost would haunt him like this. He was the one who killed him...His honorary brother...His best friend...

But there were days when Caesar saw his reflection in the river and swore he saw Koba instead or times where he’d feel so angry. Ready to give in and let the rage out. 

Let it out, on humans and on all the apes who betrayed him. Kill them. Torture them. Make them suffer before they died..

Though as soon as he felt that feeling, it would melt away into horror at the thought of doing such things...And then into despair at what has become of him and of his apes.

...This war has taken so much away from them...

Feeling tears burn his eyes, Caesar blinked. Letting them stain his cheeks. He was about to let the crushing weight on his shoulders break him when he suddenly heard something. 

Slow, hesitant footsteps. 

Feeling a jolt of anger and adrenaline, he whriled around. “Go away!” He comanded. Not yelling like he usually did but loud enough to reach whoever this was.

[thatwitchrpblog]

_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

[thatwitchrpblog]

it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

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rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

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and so it have been done.

after theire leader had decided,

the apes did as they told!

caesar had spoken and so everyone listend to him and do theire duty!

the apes had indeed something that would come close to a prison....

they were forced to come up with this after kobas rebellion!

he had quite a few apes that would follow him whiutout even asking or question him,

and some of these followers just wouldnt turn from him even after caesar took his rightfull place as leader back,

and started to lead the apes again!

so the young soldier had to find himself in exectly one of those cage that were built to hold those rebellious ape prisoners.

they were always near the guard quatiers of the gorillaz since they pretty much guard the whole place to keep it safe,

and also patroul around there hidden home to make sure everyone was fine in theire hiding spot.

thats one reason the young man couldnt even think of breaking out,

or running away even if he would wake up in time.

since there was always at least one ape to watch him,

and others always near,

but caesars orders left him also tied up!

having his hand tied together,

and leaving him completly unarmed since they had already searched him,

and taking away every weapon he might have carried and everything that could have been dangerous,

how should he break free then?!

there was no way he could escape this cage just like that.

also they would know if the human would wake up,

they will be informed by tge guards right away!

actually they had indeed foumd a hidden knife the human was carring,

good they noticed that bevore ge was taken care of by some of the midwive apes,

and getting his wound treattet by them.

coulndt risk to get those apes hurt just because he hid a weapon...

the human didnt wake up yet,

even later in the evening when the sun beginn to set,

and the day slowly got to its end.

almost every evening the apes gathered together at the end of a long day,

and sit together in the main caven.

rocket just joined this his mate tiker,

and sit with her together like the others apes.

like usual they were sitting along with theire leade caesar and his wife cornelia,

just like theire son blue eyes and cornelius.

just like maurice did as well,

since he was also one of caesars closest friends....

the older chimpanzee got already rid of the blood on his fur,

and cleaned the mess the human left on him up.

looking around in the hall,

and letting his view drift off a little to you could tell that the events of today still were on his mind.

[apehome]

Luca, Winter and the other apes had returned earlier with the report that they found no other humans around. Not a single trace. This meant the young soldier really was out here on his own...Which only added to the growing suspichian in the council. 

Blue Eyes felt it every where. Even though they were safe and the human was heavily guarded, the entire colony felt tense. Like they were all waiting for something to go wrong. 

His parents were both silent, not sighning to each other but Blue Eyes could see the same tired look in his father’s eyes and saw his mother touch his shoulder a couple of times. Ever since this war started, he’s become more and more aware of how much stress his father was under...And he was seeing it build with each day. 

He glanced at Maurice and Rocket’s way, wondering if they were stressed about the day’s events as much as his father was. 

Or maybe they were concerned for his father...Like Blue Eyes was.

Was it really the human’s presence that troubled his father?

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the human presence was pretty much the reason that troubled all of them!

seensing this uneased feeling everywhere,

the whole colony was filled with that tense!

rocket let out a deep growl,

taking a deep breath and sigh at that heavy feeling that layed over this evening,

and making everyone feel uncomfortable for these late hours of the day.

this was new for everyone!

having a human in the middle of theire comfort zone,

in the middle of theire home in wich they are hiding,

and should at least feel safe!

since they didnt know yet how this is going to end,

and what will happen it was no suprise most of the apes coulnd feel like this right now.

not knowing what the human will do as soon as hes awake,

what he would be like,

if he is going to be agressive ,

all these questions whitout answers and just having no chance to know until it will be...

the older chimp thought about how he was still just a boy,

how dankerous could a young man lioe he be?!

but he was still a soldier,

serving in the army,

they have to assume he is still dangerous!

looking in maurice way,

and turning his glaze to him he started signing:

'what are your thoughts about the soldier?

thinking hard about why he is here...

whitout his own kind"

rocket noticed blue eyed looking in theire direction,

having his eyes fixed on them!

the older chimp turned his look at his way,

giving the young prince a little smile of comforting to sooth his worried look on the face,

frowning in heavy thought

'being worried?!

i understand,

me too...

dont be too much.

your father knows what he does.

we are all here to support him,

and have his back'

he signed at blue eyes

[apehome]

Blue Eyes, at a loss for words, simply nodded at Rocket’s words. 

Regardles of why that human was out here on his own, Blue Eyes knew his father could protect the colony. He faced worse foes than the lone soldier, this was probably nothing compared to the day he freed all the apes. 

But the thought remained in his mind. If that soldier didn’t come with reinforcements, why did he come at all?

Maurice had remianed silent until now. Frowning in deep thought. The young human...Reminded him so much of Alex, Malcolm’s son, for some reason...But he also felt like he shouldn’t trust him either. Whose to say he didn’t come here to spy on them? What if he was part of some plan the Colonel had?

“He doesn’t appear dangerous.” He signed. “But we cannot trust him until we know for sure...It could be a trap.”

What Maurice left out in his signs was his relief that Caesar was leader and not Koba. Now was not the time nor the place to bring up the treacherous ape but Maurice knew if Koba had survived and was leader when this human came, he would have killed the human first and ask questions later. 

An act that would have been both unnecassary and reckless...Not to mention a terrible fate for the young human...Despite the war and the tension all around them, Maurice didn’t want harm to come to that human...Well, not unless it was for good reason.

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_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

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rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

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and so it have been done.

after theire leader had decided,

the apes did as they told!

caesar had spoken and so everyone listend to him and do theire duty!

the apes had indeed something that would come close to a prison....

they were forced to come up with this after kobas rebellion!

he had quite a few apes that would follow him whiutout even asking or question him,

and some of these followers just wouldnt turn from him even after caesar took his rightfull place as leader back,

and started to lead the apes again!

so the young soldier had to find himself in exectly one of those cage that were built to hold those rebellious ape prisoners.

they were always near the guard quatiers of the gorillaz since they pretty much guard the whole place to keep it safe,

and also patroul around there hidden home to make sure everyone was fine in theire hiding spot.

thats one reason the young man couldnt even think of breaking out,

or running away even if he would wake up in time.

since there was always at least one ape to watch him,

and others always near,

but caesars orders left him also tied up!

having his hand tied together,

and leaving him completly unarmed since they had already searched him,

and taking away every weapon he might have carried and everything that could have been dangerous,

how should he break free then?!

there was no way he could escape this cage just like that.

also they would know if the human would wake up,

they will be informed by tge guards right away!

actually they had indeed foumd a hidden knife the human was carring,

good they noticed that bevore ge was taken care of by some of the midwive apes,

and getting his wound treattet by them.

coulndt risk to get those apes hurt just because he hid a weapon...

the human didnt wake up yet,

even later in the evening when the sun beginn to set,

and the day slowly got to its end.

almost every evening the apes gathered together at the end of a long day,

and sit together in the main caven.

rocket just joined this his mate tiker,

and sit with her together like the others apes.

like usual they were sitting along with theire leade caesar and his wife cornelia,

just like theire son blue eyes and cornelius.

just like maurice did as well,

since he was also one of caesars closest friends....

the older chimpanzee got already rid of the blood on his fur,

and cleaned the mess the human left on him up.

looking around in the hall,

and letting his view drift off a little to you could tell that the events of today still were on his mind.

[apehome]

Luca, Winter and the other apes had returned earlier with the report that they found no other humans around. Not a single trace. This meant the young soldier really was out here on his own...Which only added to the growing suspichian in the council. 

Blue Eyes felt it every where. Even though they were safe and the human was heavily guarded, the entire colony felt tense. Like they were all waiting for something to go wrong. 

His parents were both silent, not sighning to each other but Blue Eyes could see the same tired look in his father’s eyes and saw his mother touch his shoulder a couple of times. Ever since this war started, he’s become more and more aware of how much stress his father was under...And he was seeing it build with each day. 

He glanced at Maurice and Rocket’s way, wondering if they were stressed about the day’s events as much as his father was. 

Or maybe they were concerned for his father...Like Blue Eyes was.

Was it really the human’s presence that troubled his father?

[thatwitchrpblog]

_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

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rocket needed to speack to caesar as soon as possible,

to talk with him about what happend and how it have been going out there.

hoping everything was going well out in the woods,

his thought stayed with luca and winter who are still out there.

hopefully they wouldn't run into other soldiers!

but rocket actually doubt that.

he didnt think the two gorillas would meet anyone else in the forest.

they didnt found fresh footprints anywhere near by,

no flattened grass or moss,

or fallen leaves stamped into the muddy forest ground.

the more the older chimpanzee thought about the,

the more grow the idea inside his head that this young boy actually left into the forest all by himself!

why would he do that?!

why would he have done this,

if he was already injured at the time?

he would have seeked out to other humans normally!

asking for help by his own kind!

the older chimp wondered about this,

and actually questioned the whole situation a lot.

but even if his thought were with luca and the young winter,

he still hated to disturbe caesar.

knowing the pressure on his long time friend shoulders,

and all the weight he has to carry with him.

rocket wouldnt like to disturb his friends privacy by seeking out to him in his home and family nest!

by all the noises and the loud sounds from the other apes while rocket reached the main cave behind the waterfall in their secret hideout theire great leader was soon alerted...

the chimp layed the lifeless looking body down for the moment,

and gently put the young man to the ground in the main caven,

both of them smeared in blood now!

looking up,

and raising his view his eyes meet caesar.

looking serious,

he also noticed the scowled look on his leaders face as he glared at the human rocket brought here.

caesar looking down to the young human,

rocket greated him respectfull,

and showed him the respect he deserced bevore he started signing:

'a human...

soldier!

he is just a boy...'

he started to explain,

and begann to sign further:

'we found him out in the woods!

all by himself,

no one else seems to be there.

luca and winter are still out there!

they took some of the younger apes with them,

looking for other soldiers.

making sure there arent more out in the forest hiding'

rocket eyes brushed over to the young prince,

as he looked over to him they both shared a look!

blue eyes really improved on himself,

and made his way over the time.

he wasnt a rebellious teen anymore,

he already grew up to a young adult.

being much more serious now,

and taking his responsibility serious!

the older chimp spend a lot of time lately with the prince,

since they are planning to go on a long journey together,

and will travel for quite some time soon!

rocket gave blue eyes a look of comfort,

wanting to calm him.down since his face turned into a curious and worried expression:

'dont worry,

not my blood'

he stated then,

and making clear that he wasnt hurt at all,

or injured in any way:

"he is wounded...

badly wounded!

a gun,

he musst be shot with a bullet.

he will need treatment very quickly...'

signed the chimpanzee!

[apehome]

Blue Eyes glanced from Rocket, to the human. Staring at the bleeding wound. That’s a lot of blood...

Without thinking about it, he turned to his father. “Maybe we Should have mother and the midwives look at him. Otherwise he’ll die and we’ll never know where he came from.”

Blue Eyes knew he didn’t have to say that to convince his father to help the human but he felt he had to. After all the death and loss the ape colony had to endure, there was no way they’d allow an injured human in their home unless it were for a good reason.

Caesar, of course, had no plans of sendig the unconsious human back out into the forest. With the amount of blood loss he was suffering from, he’ll die for sure if they didn’t do something. 

But he could not ignore the danger this human posed. 

The war had forced Caesar to keep his compassion for human in check. Much more so than he had previously. If this soldier was going to get the aide of the apes, it would not be without certain restrictions. 

“Isolate him.” He finally said. “Tie him up. Do not. Leave him. Alone ever.” He eyed the human’s face. Thinking about Alex, Malcolm’s son, despite the situtation at hand. “Apes heal him. Then...We question him.” 

[thatwitchrpblog]

_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

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rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”

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it was quick decidet to not let the human boy die out here!

even tho it wasnt really a question,

there wasn't anything to decide.

that was just not what they are doing,

it didnt fit theire idea of morality.

theire ethics didnt actually involve revenge or the satisfaction of hurting the humans for what the've done to the apes!

yes they have done terrible very wrong things to them,

in the past just like as now...

but the apes didnt wanted that war,

they never were looking forward to it.

they wanted peace!

peace for theire ape family,

wich envolved every member of their tribe,

for the own loved ones and mates!

and they have wanted peace for every ape that has already fallen in this war,

and every member they had lost to this terrible fight.

caesar made this very clear,

and always stand behind this belifes!

and he was right doing so,

rocket never doupted that or questioning this.

if they wanted peace they had to show them they wanted peace!

but evem if they had done so in the past,

they had always been turned down no matter what they have done.

so of course they had to protect theire people!

they had to fight to make sure theire kind would be safe!

there might be indeed humans that would deserve death,

more than anything even tho the apes would never just kill them forcefully,

or on a brutall way to please themself like the human soldier they deal with would do.

so they would not let this boy die here!

caesar would also not approve that,

and acting against their leader wasnt something anyone here would have in mind!

rocket would take the young man back to the ape colony himself,

carrying the young one back since he could obiously not walk by himself!

he had the man picked up and removed from the ground,

laying on his shoulders to carry him.

he would clearly need treatment for his wounded leg first,

taking care of the deep injury he tool from a gun shot.

the bullet might be still in his leg,

that happend quite often to wounded apes as well.

when they got shot,

and get treatment afterwards the bullets often remind in their bodys,

and need to be removed first.

the older chimp first talked to luca and the young winter about him informing the other apes about the situation out here,

and explaining what happen on theire patrol in the forest.

he wished them good luck,

and wanted them to stay safe,

before the chimp took off!

letting half of the group of young adult apes behind to assist both of the big gorillas,

not letting them complety on their own,

to manage it with only both of them,

he took the others back to theire colony as well.

back at theire home theire arrival sure got the other apes by suprise.

and uneased suprise for sure,

by bringing a human all the way into theire home,

and theire hiding spot!

[apehome]

When the apes first saw Rocket approach, they thought another attack had happened and one of their apes was hurt. But when Rocket entered the cave behined the waterfall, they realized he had brought a human back!

Apes shrieked and jumped back. Some grabbed a weapon and pointed it at the unconcouis human. But no one dared to make a move towards Rocket and the human. No one prevented him from entering or going deeper into the caverns either. 

Only one ape could make sense of this...

Caesar was in his family’s nest. Heavily reflecting on the events leading up to the war and every death and betrayl in-between. When the sounds of hooting and screatching reached his ears.

Expecting the worst, he made his way to the main cavern, finding all the apes gathered around Rocket. 

Blue Eyes was already there. Glancing between his honarary uncle and his father. A look of confusion on his face.

Maurice, who was closest to Rocket, had his eyes fixed on something. 

Blood? Is he hurt?

Caesar came closer, slowly begining to realize it wasn’t Rocket that was bleeding...And it was no ape he was carrying either. 

A human...A soldier...

The scowel stayed on Caesar’s face, though his eyes portrayed a different emotion. Despite all that humans have done to the apes, some part of him still held on to his compassion for them...Will. Never forget Will or Malcolm

“What. Happened?” He asked, turning to Rocket.

[thatwitchrpblog]

_I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY_

Setting in War of the Planet of the Apes

-Ape Oc's included

-Human Oc's included

Planet of the Apes Rp with

@apehome :")

the pain pierced into his body!

it literally stab its way right through him, making sure it would reach every last corner of his body,

and not leaving any part untouched.

this sharp pain...

an unbearable feeling,

yet he had to bear it!

there was no way out of it right now,

how was he suppose to make it stop?!

still,

making this stop was the only thought that would come to his mind at the moment,

he couldn't think of anything else!

if it only wouldnt hurt so bad...

if the pain wouldnt be that awful maybe he would get his mind together and actually think of something usefull,

something that would help him!

his eyes scanned the area around him,

looking each way and every direction to make sure he wouldn't miss anything...

he keept looking around,

while his eyes slowly started to get tired,

heavy...

this sleepy feeling rested heavyly on his eyelids,

forcing them more and more down,

acking for them to shut down!

this wasn't good.

this was very bad.

he started to get even more nervous,

and panicking more and more by every second!

on top of that his vision slowly got blurry,

he couldn't see clear anymore.

with hazy eyes he blinked a few times,

and pressed his eyes shut for once or twice,

desperatly hoping to get a clear look again!

a thousands thoughts raced through his mind ,

all at once and mixed up,

there was a totall mess in his head

-come on,

come on man...

calm down!

damn it...

if i lose conscious now,

i...-

he narrowed his brows in pain,

as a stinging feeling made his face frown

"argh..."

he let go of a quiet growl,

while he continued to press his hands as hard as he could possibly do with the rest of his power on his wounded leg wich just wouldn't stop bleeding.

it continued to bleed,

even tho the young man coverd the deep injury with his hands.

finally he decided to tie his belt back around the upper side of his leg,

and pull it tight around his leg.

he already had it tied up,

and put it back now after he had to loosen it to give his leg a little bit more blood again since it started to get numb,

and he noticed that he lose feelings in it...

he cried out in pain,

and tried to muffle his hurtfull yelp down,

while he rammed his fist into the muddy forestground and smalled his hand in the dead leaves on the ground around him,

before he'd fell back into the tall tree he had leand on!

he had broke down near in the forest behind the golden gate brige,

in the large forest behind the abonded city on the other side of the brige.

years ago this was the place everything started,

everything today had its beginning right here...

ironically it might end here,

maybe this was the end,

at the place where everything had begun!

the young man lost a lot of blood,

and slowly everything turned black and begin to get dark...

[apehome]

The forest was no longer the safe and seculded home they used to know. Death, betrayl, loss and the ever preasent threat of the humans had transformed the land. Tainting the grass with blood and carrying the gunfire and shrieks of murdered apes in the trees. 

The apes had also changed drastically. The children who used to play all day now never left the side of their mothers. Many lost loved ones and friends to the humans attcks. Teenage and young adult males were suddenly thrust into training and battling alongside the apes army...

All in the name revenge...Koba’s revenge.

Though most of the apes were hidden, a select few had to patrol and guard the area. Waiting and watching for any signs of the soldiers. Today’s patrol was led by Luca, who was closely followed behined by his future successor, Winter.

As they turned a corner, Winter gasped suddenly which prompted Luca to hold his gun up...Only to quickly realize the white-furred gorilla had meerly walked into a spider-web instead.

He watched as the young gorilla swatted at his face as he let the gun fall to his side. At least some things never change. He thought.

Once assured that the web, and it’s eight legged creator gone, Winter gave Luca an apologeticand submissive look. Feeling like he had, yet again, made a fool of himself in front of the leader of the Gorilla Guard.

Luca was just about to sign something, when the hoots of some of the apes caught his ears.

They found something. 

He motioned for Winter to follow him before running off into the direction of their fellow apes calling. Winter hesitated before doing so. 

[thatwitchrpblog]

rocket tried to calm the younger apes,

making sure they wont get too unsettled or too worried,

but they are already pretty heated up about theire unexpected discovering!

still,

rocket did his best to make sure non of the younger fellow apes he took of with,

and wanderd around on patrol would do something stupid,

whitout thinking first.

on his opinion this younger males should not be out here!

they are just too young,

barely climed dowm from theire mothers back and let go of theire fur and are already pushed into theire dutys of serving the ape army in any way,

and helping them in any form they possibly could.

and these young ones are out of here today with rocket far away from home,

and out of the hiding spot of the apes to learn something out here with the older ape.

training the younger apes was an important need these days,

even tho they shouldn't be forced into this necessity.

of course he knew it should not be this way,

every one knew it shouldnt be like this.

but rocket always stands loyal to caesar!

his now long time friend,

even they were enemys a long time ago...

but that was long gone,

and not the right place to think about now!

who would have thought that tgey would devolpe such a friendship,

and gain such respect and trust for each other.

the older chimpanzee knew all too well how much this situation pained his great leader too!

he was forced to make such a desicion that leaded into this for tge younger apes.

no easy desicion for sure.

but on these days they had too,

and the older ape took his duty very serious.

rocket tool care of these young oney,

just like luca had to watch a young winter for this day,

and keep an eye on them.

he wouldnt dare for them getting hurt!

better keep both eyes on the younger members of their big ape family...

rocket liftet his gaze,

and as he looked up he could already see the big dark groilla luca joining theire little group with the younger winter hot on the heels of the older gorilla.

the chimpanzee turned to the two gorilla guards with a small smile of relief on his face,

glad to have them with them.

he had already lowerd his gun,

and hold them down,

so now he could sign to them quickly to explain what just happend,

and let no.questions open:

'luca,

winter...

great to have you two here!

we just found something,

you should see yourself'

as he finished signing to them,

the older chimpanzee turned around and step aside,

to show them what exactly he was talking about.

they had found a human!

a human male,

in the middle of the forest,

and alone out here!

why would he be alone out in the forest?!

after all,

he looked quite young!

also he didnt look like a soldier,

since he wasnt wearing a uniform or a helmet,

he didnt even carried a visible weapon,

or a gun!

the young man was simply dressed in dark pants,

and a lighter t-shirt...

seems almost like he was not even meant to be out here,

with not being fully dressed,

or at least dressed for this weather.

it was already late fall,

and it got colder with every day,

like it was meant to be in this season.

apes are protected by their fur of course,

not really freezing too much in this cold...

at least not as much as the humans do.

the young man was unconscious,

not awake.

on the first look you could have thought he was already dead,

but he wasnt!

he was still alive,

but clearly injured!

laying in on the forest ground,

in mudd and leaved that coverd the ground,

he was bearly breathing....

still,

for the younger apes around them being afraid wasnt suprising.

they never really meet any other humans than brutall soldiers,

with the only desire to hurt and kill them.

the soldiers they knew are corrupted,

not care murdering all of the apes,

desperately wanting to whipe them all out...

the older chimapnzee faced the dark gorilla again,

and meet his gaze before signing to him again:

'i dont think he is dead,

he is injured but still alive!

for the moment at least...'

[apehome]

Luca gave the unconcious human a hard glare. He didn’t appear to have a gun on him but that didn’t mean he was unarmed. Soldiers that didn’t carry guns sometimes carried knives or arrows or something worse than that. He didn’t want to take any chances if that were the case with this human. 

The human did indeed look young. Not child young but more like the middle ground between teenager and young adult. Much like most of the younger apes here with them. 

What was he doing here? Luca had never seen any of the soldiers venturing into the forest on their own before and certinally not like this. He leaned in closer to the human and sniffed him. Alive, like Rocket said. Is he faking? He wondered before seeing the bleeding gunshot wound.

That could not be faked.

Wait, what’s that?

Luca grabbed the human’s chin rather roughly and moved it to the side. His eyes darkened at the familiar AO marking he saw on his cheek.

Winter was hiding behined the older gorilla, waiting and fearing that the human would jump at them at any moment. Though he held his gun tightly in his hand, he wasn’t sure if he’d actually use it before running away. 

“What do we do with him?” He finally signed as soon as Luca removed his hand from the human.

Luca frowned, though more at the situation than at Winter. “There might be more soldoers around. We should spread out and search.” Glancing back at the still unconcouis human, he added. “And take him back as prisoner. He might know what the humans are planing.”