Posts by Whispered-Screams

"Yes," Mousepelt agreed softly "Leaving in greenleaf would be a more practical thing to do."

"how did you become a Vampire?" Riku tipped his head to one side. "I am a Vampire by birth, i didn't know that there were other ways." He swung up onto a higher branch, leaning on the trunk of the tree so Lace couldn't see the pain on his face. Inside his head Riku was watching Tammaki get ripped apart over and over.

Riku looked down at Lace. She had lost someone too. He wiped his face quickly and swung down to her branch. "May I?" He asked tentatively, reaching to touch the scar. He was curious. This was different than what he had learned about his race. He never knew that... Maybe it would have... No, It was a good thing that he had never tried it.

Riku Gently took the girl's arm. He touched the scar gently, fascinated by it. He looked up at her face, his green eyes a bit wet. "How did she die?" He asked softly, still touching her scar with his thumb. "It's okay if you don't want to tell me, but I lost my brother So i can understand your pain."

Riku blinked at her. "I"m so sorry, although i'm sure my saying that doesn't help all that much." He sighed. "I am still haunted by my brothers death." He looked back up at Lace "He was only twenty at the time. We were in a small town in Texas, and we were picking up girls." Riku sighed. He had always loved a girl with a Texas twang, however strangely it sounded with his British accent. "We met two and we took them to the bar for a night, even though we were underage at the time. " He laughed softly, regretfully at that. " After we dropped them off, it must have been about one in the morning, we headed back to the woods where we had our camp. As we drove back in the woods where we were staying, a black shape hit the side of the car. Both Tammaki and i got out, thinking it was a deer and we were going to get a lat night snack, but it wasn't. A giant wolf thing jumped out from the darkness and latched onto Tammaki's throat. I jumped on its back, but it ripped my brother apart before i could kill it. Enraged, i throttled the thing to death." Riku released Lace's arm, covering his face with a hand. "that was such a long time ago, but it still haunts me to this day."

Riku reached slowly and grabbed her hand. "I know what you mean. and it never goes away, does it?" He said softly, squeezing her hand gently. "We can only take heart in that we don't have to worry that they aren't in pain any more." The he hear crying coming from behind a tree and shot a glance at Lace before releasing her hand and jumping over to the other tree to see Katerina sobbing. "Are you okay?" he asked her quietly, motioning for lace to come over too.

"What did i say?" Asked Riku quietly.

"I'm sorry. Is it because of your brother Hunter?" He asked. Bothered because of her fear of him. He didn't want anyone to experience fear because of him.

"I don't even know if it was a wolf." Said Riku. "All i know is that it was furry and it had teeth. anyway, it was more than one hundred and fifty years ago, and that thing is dead now.I'm sure it was no relation of you or your brother's" Riku hoped that what he said would help, but he wasn't sure. all this girl stuff was very confusing to him.

Riku jumped back up into his tree and called down to the girl. "And don't ever loose him!" Then he turned to look up at the sky, just turning to dawn. "Ah, 'tis the light which doth herald a bright morn." He said closing his eyes. "And 'tis time for me to take a snooze." he settled himself against the tree trunk in his customary position, feet dangling down, and his head lolling to one side. "If I fall off," he called to no one in particular, "Just turn me so I am facing up. It isn't comfortable to wake with a face-full of dirt." he laughed quietly.

Riku closed his eyes, listening to the faint rustles of Lace's dress and the sound of Katerina's feet pounding against the ground. A bird called from above him, and he sighed, feeling at peace within himself. He couldn't sleep, or he would fall of the branch, but this rest of his mind, even if for a couple moments, was just what he needed. He could hear Lace's steady breathing, and he matched it. then his mind started to slow down, and he slipped off in to sleep...

ooc) it is okay, no worries.

IC) Articpaw nodded again. "I'm ready to try it!" He said, kneading the frozen ground under his paw excitedly. He felt vaguely cold, but all the exercise was keeping him warm. For the most part. He crouched down, his tail flat on the ground behind him. "Let's go!" He said, ready to show what he was made of.

ooc) sorry, i forgot about this one!!

IC) Snowstep nodded. "There will be quite a bit of tension between them. I hope there isn't any fights. It could tear the clan apart!"

Riku was dreaming. In his dream, he was standing on the edge of a cliff, looking down at the frothing waves below. He closed his eyes and felt the wind blowing through his hair. suddenly, the wind became warmer, became breath, familiar words near his ear. he reached out, but there was nothing there. But he could hear her voice. the musical twang making her voice throb. The sound made his heart throb too. but she was dead, died not too long after Tammaki. It wasn't his fault! or was it? the voice encouraged the confusion is his brain, taking one side, then the other, but always out of his reach, his sight. Finally the battle in his mind calmed, he could relax again. he sighed opening his eyes to look back down at the water below. then the wind blew so hard that he staggered back.

As Riku staggered back his arms flew out to grab nothing but air, and he started falling. It was the oddest feeling, he was standing, slightly off balance, but it felt as if he was falling, plummeting to the ground. a sudden impact turned his dream to mist, and his eyes flew open. he was on his back, looking up at the branch in which he was sleeping. there was blood in his mouth, probably from his tongue, which filled it with an unpleasant warmth. he rolled over, propping himself on his hands so he could cough out the sickly red substance. He cursed quietly, he would have to go hunting again soon to bring his blood pressure back up to where it was supposed to be.

Articpaw narrowed his eyes as Badgerfoot pounced at him, aiming to hit his nose. He jumped to the side to avoid it, shooting a paw out to collide with her face, hoping that he wouldn't get her in the eye. That would be the last thing he needed, it wouldn't make Badgerfoot very happy.

Smallpelt wrote:

OOC wait, we have a cat named Mousetail? gahahahaha that's my cat's legit name. He likes to climb on stuff, and one time, he gave me a cut on my hand that needed 7 stitches. LAWL

ooc) dangit, your close though. it's Mousepelt. i was almost about to be all MWAHAHAHA!

Mousepelt came and sat next to the Bluepaw, looking up to see Leafstar on high stump.

honeywhisker wrote:

Ooc: sorry, I couldn't think of it, and you hadn't posted recently, so I couldn't remember it.

it is okay! Mousepelt is a quiet cat, so i don't really do much posting.

IC) Mousepelt watched Leafstar call the kit forward, excitement shining in the little cat's eyes.

Riku let Lace pull him from the ground, wiping the blood from his face. "Bleah." Riku said as he wiped up the last of his blood. "It tastes so much better when it is not mine!"Then he noticed how shaken Lace looked and he put a hand on her shoulder, as much to steady himself as to comfort her. "Are you okay? You look like you just witnessed a murder." he said, not very tactfully, considering...

How much longer is your cat going to be expecting?