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Post by Amber on Aug 4, 2009 10:48:44 GMT -5
Yellowtail was sprinting through the territory, laughing his head off, as his father chased after him. It'd been a while since they could just play like this; as a kit, his father had never had enough time for him. Falconwing caught up and, with a lash of his paw, he had caught Yellowtail across the chest and knocked him over. Then the old tom - (shouldn't he be an elder by now?) - climbed atop his son, pinning him to the ground.
As if in reply, Yellowtail pushed upwards with his front limbs, throwing his father off of him. Brown tabby landed with a loud thump and rolled away..right towards the edge of Mirage Canyon! Jaws parted in a yowl of warning, the black tom-cat jumped over and tried to slide the other away, but tottered backwards on the edge and lost his balance.
Then both were falling, tumbling, plummeting down the canyon, father and son. Yellowtail was lucky; his fall ended abruptly when he landed on his back on the ledge below. With a cut-off cry, he realized he could no longer move. What.. He toppled over, teetering of the edge, unable to balance himself. From where he was he could now see his father's body as it reached the end of it's long fall.
THUMP.
Falconwing's body crumpled like that of a Twoleg kit's plaything. |
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Post by Flamey on Aug 4, 2009 20:15:51 GMT -5
Ravenfrost was taking a short stroll, glad to have some time of from hunting and patrolling, when he heard a yowl. He couldn't tell which of his clanmates it was, but whoever he was, he was most probably in danger. He raced towards the place where he thought the sound originated from, skidding to a halt just a few mouse-lengths away from the edge, sending a few pebbles down the canyon. He peered down and saw a black tom on a ledge below, and a brown one way down bellow. He felt his heart skip a beat. No cat ould have survived a fall like that, but the other one was still definitely alive. How he was going to get him back up was another question altogether. "Yellowtail?" he called out, recognizing the tom from a few hunting patrols. |
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Post by Amber on Aug 4, 2009 20:42:04 GMT -5
"R..Ravenfrost?" went the reply, shuddery but still there. The tom managed to roll over and steady himself. He had quickly realized he couldn't move his back end of his body, but the rest moved fairly well. "Pl-please help me," Yellowtail murmured in terror, trembling all over, "Don't let me end up like Falcon..Falconwing..."
Squeezing his golden gaze shut, he took a few deep breaths and tried to calm down. |
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Post by Flamey on Aug 4, 2009 21:03:50 GMT -5
Ravenfrost started to panic. He had no idea how to get Yellowtail out. "I think I have an idea." he said. He turned away from the ledge and scoured around until he found a good long sturdy branch. He clamped his jaws around the branch as hard as he could, testig its durability. Good. It was hard enough. He hauled the branch toward the canyon and threw it over the edge, careful to hang on to it with his claws and jaw. "Bite the other end." he said, the branch making his words almost inaudible. [/blockquote] |
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Post by Amber on Aug 4, 2009 21:13:13 GMT -5
Yellowtail shrank back in fear, but slowly he eased himself forward enough for his mouth to reach the branch. Closing his jaws around it firmly, he raised one limb to grab at it with his claws in case he lost his grip with his mouth. Although his ears were pressed onto his head with fright, he mustered the courage to nod once to his Clanmate, telling him he could hoist him up now. With one last glance back at his father's body down at the bottom of the chasm, he turned back and squeezed his eyes shut. |
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Post by Flamey on Aug 7, 2009 7:16:40 GMT -5
Ravenfrost pulled with all his might. The branch started to ascend. The progress was slow, and he was afraid that Yellowtail would lose his grip. He pulled harder, until the branch was almost out of the canyon. The branch started to groan. With one last effort, he heaved the branch with all the strength he had left. Finally he let go of the branch, which landed with a thump near the edge of the canyon, and lay down panting. [/blockquote] |
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Post by seasalt666 on Aug 9, 2009 3:21:18 GMT -5
Seasalt was out in the territory stretching her legs and hunting by herself. She realized that it was almost time for her kit's to be apprenticed, and she wouldn't have to be cooped up in the nursury all the time. She smiled, though she loved her kits, she loved being a warrior as well, and she hated feeling like an elder. She approached the canyon and saw Ravenfrost and Yellowtail near the edge. She bounded over, careful not to fall or slip, and stopped beside them. "Are you 2 okay?"
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