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Post by Amber on Aug 3, 2009 18:57:38 GMT -5
Stallionclaw bounded along in the neutral territory, ears perked, alert, and eyes narrowed slightly. His claws were unsheathed as he tread, careful but fast, after a rabbit. He tripped suddenly, falling forward and grunting in surprise; his would-be catch tore off at top speed as he stood, grumbling.
He had followed it this far..why quit now? Starting his run with a long leap, he broke into a sprint after the little creature and parted his jaws wide in a battle yowl. It was like he thought it was an enemy, instead of the harmless prey animal it truly was.
The young tom pounced and struck at the rabbit's spine, claws out to tear at it's flesh. Stallionclaw's eyes were wild with a sick joy. He kneaded the still living animal with his claws, like a kitten, but he was neither gentle nor tender. His paws gleefully ripped long chunks of meat off of the rabbit while it still breathed. It died there, terribly, in his paws and he chuckled.
His thirst for blood was unquenchable lately. It was like he was a different cat. Stallionclaw suddenly sucked in a rapid breath, eyes wide as the moon. He stepped back in horror, and then whirled around, hearing another cat. |
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Post by Crystal/Nokoli on Aug 3, 2009 19:07:15 GMT -5
Crystalgaze blinked, trying to tear her eyes off of the poor rabbit, as she walked into the neutral territory. She winced a little, when the other turned around at him. She turned a wary eye to him, and tensed up a little, waiting on what to do next.
Her tail flicked about, she clawed at the ground a little in nervousness. She decided she would speak. "Umh...was I interrupting anything...?" She paused, expecting the other to give his name. She also expected him to lash out at her, for her being at that spot at the wrong time.
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Post by Amber on Aug 3, 2009 19:16:18 GMT -5
Stallionclaw would have blushed if he could. Ears falling back against his skull and pinning themselves down apologetically, he shook his head quickly. "No. Er..." Trailing off and at a loss for words, the tom-cat frowned and shifted his gaze to his paws. While his attention was seemingly on his own front limbs, he opened his mouth in the slightest so he could take in the scent of the she-cat.
BlazeClan. Well, at least she wasn't a loner, defending her territory. But that did pose the question; why was she here? Stallionclaw slowly looked upwards, tilting his head slightly. "Who are you?" he mumbled, eyes shining with the curiousity of a kit.
His tail flicked once and then swept itself around to curl about his front paws as he sat down on the nearly bare ground. He pawed at it absently with a foreleg, eyes still focused on Crystalgaze. There certainly wasn't very much grass around here - no wonder no Clan had claimed it. |
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Post by Crystal/Nokoli on Aug 3, 2009 19:26:04 GMT -5
Crystalgaze smiled lightly, at his ears falling flat against his skull. She tilted her head, when the tom looked at his paws. No doubt, he was probably taking in her scent.
She blinked a little, turning her head upright. "I am Crystalgaze, who are you?" She blinked innocently at him. Her tail in response curled around her two back paws, the white tip contrasting with her black. She pawed a little, then calmly stopped.
(OOC: Sorry that the ending is a little random, I lost my Dea muse lol.)
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Post by Jaysong :D on Aug 3, 2009 20:37:50 GMT -5
Another cat padded up to join them."Hello,"mewed the delicate white she-cat known as Frostleaf.She looked first at the she-cat,then at the tom,and then at the mutilated rabbit.Her ears pinned back with embarassment."Umm,I didn't mean to just barge in,"she mumbled."Sorry if I'm intruding."
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Post by Amber on Aug 3, 2009 22:29:54 GMT -5
"Stallionclaw," he meowed akwardly to the first she-cat before turning to the newest approacher. His ears perked as he listened to her statement. "Nah," came the reply, "Not any more than her." He jerked his head in the direction of Crystalgaze. "And if either of you are wondering about the rabbit...I'm not sure what got into me." He shrugged, as if it was nothing. "Haven't you had an off day before?"
His fur was still standing on end from his first shock when the BlazeClanner she-cat approached, and now he attempted to flatten it. Claws sheathing self-conciously, he let himself sink into a relaxed laying position, tail lashing back in forth and showing his annoyance had not completely ebbed away.
"And what brings you two Clan cats out here? I was hunting the rabbit..I have an excuse. But you..?" His gaze was amused. |
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Post by Jaysong :D on Aug 4, 2009 9:37:57 GMT -5
"Oh,no reason.I just wanted a quiet place to think.I'm in a bad mood,and I didn't want to take it out on anyone,and cats kept bugging me in the Icicle Caverns,wich is my normal place when I want to be alone."Frostleaf answered."So I came here to go for a walk alone."
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Post by Crystal/Nokoli on Aug 4, 2009 17:02:51 GMT -5
Crystalgaze stretched her paw a little, feeling like she has been gone for years. "Ehee..." She laughed sheepishly, when Stallionclaw said "more than her".
"I've had lost of those days, myself. Sorry if I sound rude, or something, but I've never killed a rabbit in that way. Sorry." Her ears flattened, and she looked away. Then she smelled the she-cat, and she quickly snapped her head in that direction. "o-ohi.."
"I got lost in thought, and I lost my way from my campsite. Poor daddy, he must be getting lots of mini-heart attacks from me." At this, she laughed, not looking at all sorry. I am glad that cats don't blush, IkindathinkImighthaveacrushonhim... Even her thoughts jumbled together, and she pawed a little at the ground and stared down.
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Post by Amber on Aug 4, 2009 17:12:23 GMT -5
Stallionclaw shot the black she-cat a little smile, ears perking up. Whiskers twitching in amusement at her explanation, he got to his paws and then yawned. A short silence ensued. "Isn't your father Noblefire?" he mewed suddenly to Crystalgaze, a mischevious grin flickering onto his muzzle. "When I was a kit it was the elder's favorite thing to talk about - the story about you as a kit sneaking into the Gathering, I mean."
He tried to stop the oncoming giggle fit and failed, laughter echoing down the hill. |
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Post by Crystal/Nokoli on Aug 4, 2009 17:26:31 GMT -5
Crystalgaze blinked a little, then narrowed her eyes. "So what if I am?" She growled a little. She tried to speak again, before she felt a maw on the back of her neck. "Wh-?!"
Dea bit down on Crystalgaze's neck hard, savoring the satisfying 'crunch' it made.The collar on his neck jingled, as he laughed softly. For he couldn't talk, or laugh over a whisper.
He backed up a little, his mouth dripping in blood. He turned to him, his purple claw gleaming in the orange sun. He kicked the bloody body over, and he took the spot of the scared female.
"Hmm..." He looked at the body, it looked a little like himself, but...he didn't have the white ear tips or tail, and his fur was long. And he was quiet small, too. He smiled a little, thinking of what his brother would say.
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Post by Amber on Aug 4, 2009 17:37:49 GMT -5
Stallionclaw was frozen in shock and horror for a heartbeat before he yowled in fury, jumping towards Dea and closing his teeth around the smaller cat's neck. He shook his head around, flinging him away. It wasn't a brutal attack and it would probably only stun the murderer, but that was what Stallionclaw wanted. As he was granted precious time he raced to Crystalgaze's side, mouth agape and ears pinned against his head.
"Cr-Crystalgaze?" he murmured, but he could sense that she was probably dead, or too near death to respond. Then, although he had only known the she-cat for a moment, he buried his muzzle into her fur and murmured an apology.
As he spun around to face Dea, he tested his claws in the earth and then sprang, slashing in his direction. |
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Post by Crystal/Nokoli on Aug 4, 2009 17:46:59 GMT -5
"I...l..l... l...ove y-" Crystalgaze started, but she died before she could finish.
Dea, paralyzed for seconds, stayed on the ground. He inhaled sharply, standing up when he wasn't paralyzed.
He growled, as much as he could, and ran head on to meet Stallionclaw in battle. He didn't defend himself, not flinching when the attack landed. He then lashed out with his paw that had the unnatural, purple claw.
(OOC: now we need to wait for teh other person <3)
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Post by Jaysong :D on Aug 4, 2009 19:57:04 GMT -5
Frostleaf stared down at Crystalgaze's body in shock.What the heck had happened?Shaking herself from the momentary paralization,she bit down on the newcomer's tail as hard as she could.She scratched and clawed and bit any part of the cat she could reach.She had hardly known Crystalgaze,but she knew she had to avenge her death.
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Post by Amber on Aug 4, 2009 20:06:44 GMT -5
Stallionclaw tried to dip his head to Frostleaf, but the action cost him dearly. As his attention wavered, the purple artificial claw struck him. It tore at his throat, literally ripping part of it out. The tomcat screeched in pain, but it was muffled, as he was having trouble speaking. He tried to calm himself, but the fact his breathing was getting more difficult did not help.
He reared up on his hind legs as he roared with pain again, this time long and filled with shock. Then he lost his balance and toppled over, landing with a thud on his back. A long shudder rippled through his body and then he was still.
Stallionclaw still breathed, but he was obviously dying.. |
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Post by Jaysong :D on Aug 4, 2009 20:16:17 GMT -5
What was she going to do?A cat was about to die in front of her.All she could do was watch as the tom,struggled to breath,his breath getting slower by the second...
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