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Post by Flamey on May 25, 2008 20:12:18 GMT -5
"Yeah, pretty much." Cloud grinned, before taking a bite into the mouse. "Where do you think we should look next?" he asked, after he swallowed another bite. Pretty soon he finished the mouse and burried the bones. He lay down in a confortable position to rest. [/center][/size]
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Post by Fallentear || on Jun 6, 2008 18:29:12 GMT -5
Chester put his paw down, swiping his pink tongue around his lips. "Hmmm..." Came his soft hum of thought as he looked around, "Well, I suppose we could look on that rise over there. I can smell water, so there's gotta be a stream nearby." [/color][/center]
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Post by Flamey on Jun 10, 2008 4:57:10 GMT -5
Cloud nodded. Reluctantly, he stood up from his comfortable position and headed off towards the scents of the water, his paws noisily scraping the ground beneath him, leaving a few claw mark. [/size][/center]
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Post by Fallentear || on Jun 11, 2008 1:18:40 GMT -5
Chester reached the top of the rise and looked down the other side, breathless. He'd stumbled upon a great display of natural beauty, protected from prying eyes by natural rises on either side of the creek, which actually made it more of a ravine. Before him tall, thin birch trees stretched down the slope, their emerald leaves reflecting sunlight as much as the sparkling clear water at the base of the hill. Medium length grass, reaching about halfway up his legs and in stunning shades of green, covered the entire area, hanging over the lip of the earth by the waterside, some even dragging in the current. Startled birds fluttered from their perches, their shrill cries bursting into the silence like foghorns during a silent night. Chester froze, eyes widening.
"There is no way..." He meowed slowly in disbelief, "That somebody else hasn't found this already." He began to pad down the hillock past skinny, pale trunks that couldn't possibly hold any sort of den big enough for him. There were no burrows evident in the grass, although there were a few rocks dotting the top of the ravine, across the river and to their left..."I wonder if there are any adders in there..." He meowed, eyeing the gray splotches among all the green warily. This was too good to be true, and after the last incident he didn't want to go poking his noses into anything too quickly.
Turning to Cloud, he asked, "What do you think? Safer just not to look, or too good of an opportunity to pass up?" His features were all radiating pure excitement, but he was evidently trying to contain it, as if telling himself not to get his hopes up. [/color][/center]
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Post by Flamey on Jun 12, 2008 8:48:53 GMT -5
Cloud stopped just behind Chester, nearly bumping into him. He curiously peered from the left to see the sight ahead. He looked on, stunned. Chester was right. There was no way nobody could have found this yet. He silently marveled at the beauty of his surroundings when Chester's voice broke through his thoughts. "Lets take a look around first." he said, hiding the slightest amount of envy from his voice, though he hoped that no one found the place yet, so that his friend would have somewhere to stay. After all, he was the one who convinced Chester to leave his home in the first place. [/size][/center]
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Post by Fallentear || on Jun 16, 2008 2:40:04 GMT -5
Chester nodded, padding down towards the creek further. He looked over the edge and at his reflection in the creek. Bending down, he sniffed the water warily and pulled back, startled, after his nose touched the water. He hadn't expected the strong, cold current that the river had at it's surface! Tail twitching, he looked back at the water for a while, seeing fat silver shapes flitting around like underwater birds beneath the surface. [/color][/blockquote]
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Post by Flamey on Jun 17, 2008 7:38:40 GMT -5
Cloud approached the creek himself and curiously dipped the end of his tail into the water. The coldness of it shocked him. He quickly pulled it out, sending dozens of ripples through the water and disturbing some fish that were swimming under. He turned back and peered at his reflection on the surface of the water. It seemed like an ideal place to live in. [/size][/center]
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Post by Fallentear || on Jun 24, 2008 2:43:17 GMT -5
Chester's head followed a flitting silver body, eyes wide and tailtip twitching animatedly. In a flash, his paw shot out towards it, but the fish easily avoiced him. The large former kittypet lost his balance, and his face turned to dismay as he toppled over and crashed through the surface of the water with a loud splash. After a few moments of wildly flailing limbs, he returned to the surface and gasped loudly, both because the water was so incredibly cold, and out of surprise. He realized that he was swimming, and paddled around a bit before he reached a slightly bigger incline where his paws could touch the ground. He stood there, neck deep in water, the fur on his face hanging down comically. He sighed, looking towards the shore with a look of mock exasperation on his face. "Why can't I do anything gracefully?" He meowed with a slow grin. [/color][/center]
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Post by Flamey on Jun 25, 2008 8:35:22 GMT -5
"That seemed pretty graceful to me." Cloud returned the grin. He dipped a paw into the cold water. With a swift movement, he scooped out a fish, which landed a few feet away from the water. Its lay there, dancing around, trying to find its way back into the water. He grabbed it with his jaw and crushed its neck with his teeth. The fish squirmed once more before hanging limp in his jaw. He let the fish fall to the ground, sending a few drops of blood into the air, before licking his maw clean. [/center][/size]
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Post by Fallentear || on Jun 26, 2008 0:51:08 GMT -5
Chester watched Cloud hunt a fish deftly with admiration showing in his eyes. Looking down at the water, he decided to have another go at fishing, dispite his disastrous first attempt. Bunching his forelegs beneath him, his rump wiggling excitedly in the air, he leaped from his little island and flopped into the water. He surfaced again, floundering back to his little sandbar with a wildly squirming fish clamped tightly in his jaws. He bit down hard, but the slippery thing didn't seem to want to die just yet, and it was putting up quite a fight. Not wanting to take the chance of swimming back to shore to drop it and speak, he cried around it, "Rye cart run!" His sentence was mangled by the shimmering silver creature impaled on his fangs, and he couldn't but giggle at the new sentence that had come forth. [/color][/center]
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Post by Flamey on Jun 27, 2008 10:16:19 GMT -5
Cloud chuckled. Chester always seemed to amuse him. He padded over, leaving the fish on the ground, blood pooling around it. "That was a nice catch. Need some help?" he offered, though he wasn't quite sure what he could really do to help. [/size][/center]
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Post by Fallentear || on Jun 27, 2008 15:50:46 GMT -5
Chester took another flying leap into the water, paddling furiously to reach the bank again. Dripping wet, he heaved himself out with his forepaws and stood there for a moment before shaking off the clinging droplets. The fish clamped tight in his jowls wasn't struggling as much, but it was clearly still alive by the gills that were lifting as it's mouth opened to gulp desperately at the air. Crunching down, he lowered the body to the ground and placed a steadying paw on the slimy body to brace it. He loosened his hold and then moved more towards the base of the neck where he bit down with full force, snapping the thin bones within the prey, killing it finally. Looking up at Cloud with a bit of blood staining the corner of his mouth, he grinned proudly. "I caught a fish!" He triumphantly stated again, more clearly this time though because his catch wasn't in his mouth. [/color][/center]
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Post by Flamey on Jun 28, 2008 10:11:24 GMT -5
"That was a nice catch." Cloud repeated. He walked over to his prey. The blood had stopped flowing, but it left a rusty scent in the air. He picked it up and held it tightly in his jaw. He walked over to some shade that a tree cast onto the ground and lay down. The ground in the shade was much cooler than the heated ground around it. Contentedly, he took a bite out of the fish, swallowing it after a few chews. [/size][/center]
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Post by Fallentear || on Jun 30, 2008 3:10:58 GMT -5
With a grin, Chester meowed, "Thanks!" He hastily grabbed his fish and was quick to move over to the shade with Cloud. He voraciously ate the fish, and nearly choked when he tried to swallow a bone. He slowed down, using a forepaw to paw aside a bone every now and then. After an exceptionally large bite, he swallowed and looked around. "It would be really great to live here...oh gosh I hope that doesn't jynx it." He smiled thoughtfully, his eyes unfocused and looking out over the river. Than he bent and took another bite, a small one that he chewed carefully. [/color][/blockquote]
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Post by Flamey on Jul 1, 2008 8:23:29 GMT -5
Cloud nodded. He finished off the fish with a few quick bites, licking his maw clean afterwards. "This could be your new home." he said. The light from the sun had dimmed a little. The ground beneath him wasn't as hot anymore. It was time to do a little exploring. He flicked his tail at Chester, signaling for him to follow. [/center]
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