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Jumpingpaw blinked, looking at this strange crystal. He decided it was bad and turned away, but the tip of his tail brushed against it and suddenly he felt a jolt. His eyes turned red, his claws grew sharper, and he felt a new strength in his bones. He looked around, grinning. Somehow he felt this urge to attack the cat nearest to him...
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Songpaw watched Jumpingpaw in horror. She poked him. "What happened to you?"
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Imitationpaw jumped off of Giron just in time and tripped.
Sade gasped. He swung the branch he held at the dog.
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Giron leaped to get at Imitationpaw, but was shoved back by a tree branch that hit him. He snarled and turned on the cat who held it, Sade.
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Sade shoved Giron away from Imitationpaw and swiped at the dog's ears.
Imitationpaw stumbled to his paws and unsheathed his claws.
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Giron was shoved back but ducked the blow and rolled into Sade, tackling him to the ground.
Wait... the river has an end. The trees would be much better. Tempestkeeper thought. When he came to the river, he swerved around a bramble bush like he was still running, then jumped into the tree and scurried up it. He was pretty sure his dark black fur would keep him unnoticed as he leaped silently from tree to tree.
Sade paused. Wouldn't he need something to defend himself? He quickly snuck into a large room and took a strange device that could be clasped together and opened again. (It was a pair of salad tongs.)
Then he jumped back into hiding.
Fourpaw sighed. "I've never smelled it before. But... it smells kind of tangy, with a sharper side, and just a hint of... of... of... something else." He tried to explain. "It gives the feeling you get when one sticks their nose into a catmint plant. Sickly sweet, enticing, and wrong."
Sunken paced, wondering what he should do. He kept one eye on the prisoners, and blinked worriedly. The Green Eye's not showing up had made him fretful and gave him suspicion that something strange was going to happen. Ero would never believe him, though, so he pushed away the thought.
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Giron jumped off of Sade and faced Kito. It was another dog... Wait, what? Weren't the dogs all against the cats? He gave the other dog a confused glance, menace shining behind his gaze. "Have you come to help? These two are tough."
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Sade scrambled back to his paws and panted heavily.
Imitationpaw rushed over so the loner could lean on him.
Ooc: uh...no one is paying ANY attention to my character! Not to be rude of anything, but seriously
OOC: I could have Celticus interact with your character, now, if you want.
IC: Celticus blinked and pricked his ears, listening for the sound of another cat. He just wanted someone to talk to besides grumpy old Silder.
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Asuna smiled at Water.
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Silder rested on a branch in the camp to watch what was going on. She noticed Nimbus was going into his nest again, and a new cat was here... another? She couldn't believe it. Maybe they had become well known or something.
Accepted!
(It's fine.)
Tempestkeeper risked a glance back to see Willowwhisper catching up. Great. That really did not work. He thought. Well, she would most likely catch him no matter what. He would turn and face her.
As soon as he thought the other cat was near, he quickly spun around on the branch he was on, unsheathed his claws, and aimed a paw at her.
Rivulet nodded and followed Frost.
Imitationpaw pawed the ground, then followed Nightdapple, mirroring her pawsteps exactly. He tried to test his steps, but it was so time consuming and he finally gave up and just plodded along behind his mentor.
Scarlet nodded. "Ok." She said as she ran out of camp.
Sade frowned. "Fine. bleed if that's what you want." He said, already turning around and starting to stalk off into the forest.
Rivulet took one last glance back, then jumped in after Frost.
Rivulet smiled. "I'm lucky they weren't. Are you going to come with me?"
Ortheus jumped out from the bushes and hissed at the newcomer. He wanted to speak, but he knew it was Amethyst's role if she wanted to speak or not. Who was this cat? Would she be taken prisoner?
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Ok. You count your paws... then you say a phrase and keep going. How about...
Four fish flew fleetly past four fast felines. That was... eight. So now my front left paw is 'out'. Fritz thought.
(Oops. Sorry.)
Rivulet stared angrily at the toms. A trial? At least they got something!
Giron jumped and managed to dodge both attacks. "Fine, then." Inside he was in turmoil. Weak? What does he mean? Cats killed my parents! I'm looking for revenge, and all I get is a bunch of dogs and cats after me.
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Imitationpaw blinked and looked at Sade. The other cat definitely looked tired out. He flicked his tail at him to let him know he could lie down, then bounded towards the battle.
Sade nodded weakly and lay down at once.
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