Posts by Vitality

A very small and ruffled kitten, who was indeed a loner, stood, perched, on one of the slick stones that were dotted along the river, eventually winding up on RiverClan territory, however she seemed to see no purpose to hop that way or behind but rather to the side of her. Peering to her left with her whole body leaning scarily close to the edge of the stone she peered at the frigid water with rounded eyes that blinked slowly, showing her thin eyelids and longish black eyelashes.

Then she suddenly broke the pacific climate with a loud giggle that bubbled from the inside of her throat past her lips and it seemed to go on for a full minute before she became very hushed with only a sparse shake of her shoulders that signaled that she was still chuckling but so quietly that it would be hard to catch.

Fankit then ceased to move but continued to bore her gaze into the clear liquid before she then exclaimed blatantly, to no one in particular,
"I think I'll jump!"

"why your face look so weeeiirrddd? it's melting!"
she crowed with a blink if her odd looking eyes before the tiny kitten giggled hysterically until her face suddenly distorted into a furious rage,
"you shouldn't of done that boy, now you gonna get get."
and if that wasn't confusing enough, she now peered at james with a cheerful smile, her previous rage evaporated as swiftly as dew drops on a steaming summer morning and she skipped merrily over to te older being, a tilted head following after her gait.

"i wanna be an actress someday, with all that fancy stuff. wouldn't you wanna be an actor? it looks so ravishing! but i also wanna fly! fly, fly, fly! you? yes? hmm, nmmhmm!" chuckling sweetly she toppled over her paws before fankit blinked four times, looking somewhat confused as to why she was laying on her bak and staring upwards at a stranger.

rolling on the floor laughing. rofl! hilarious, she just learned that! oh good oh good! but then she was falling, falling, and everything felt so discombobulated and out of her normal swing of the world because suddenly she was just walking through an unknown territory, confused out of her mind. it wasn't uncommon for this to happen; for things just to start spinning and then suddenly she'd be walking around somewhere.

it wasn't new. she'd been born like this, her mother had said 'darlin' sometimes kittens, like you, are just not born right in the head' and her father had said. well her father hadn't said anything, just kinda banged her head around even more once she acted up. oh well! cheer, cheer, cherry! hehehe. now that made her laugh, giggling hysterically as she plodded along the land.

"i'm a pig! a flying pig!"
fankit shouted as she hopped around on all four paws until she suddenly collapsed once her paw had caught on a spare branch, causing her to trip and barely scrape her knee however this sent her into a screaming writhing mess as she started to paw frantically at her face before screeching,
"make it stop! make it stop! please!"

"don't eat meee!"
she yelped before desperately trying to scamper away from riverheart, her kittish sized eyes rounded with timidness and fear before a weird clarity seemed to gaze over them and she smile brightly at the tomcat before meowing pleasantly,
"he-llo! i'm fankit."

it was if her screaming fit had never even happened and instead what took it's place was a bouncing kit that skipped towards riverheart, no concern lingering in her gray orbs whatsoever. she glanced upwards at him before lowering her eyes towards the ground and then finally to her scraped knee in which fankit then pouted.

"owee."

"cloudpaw? like the sky? bees fly in the sky. do you like bees? i don't like bees, one stung me once and didn't apologize. i think it should've apologized."
she grinned wordlessly at cloudpaw after that before she continued her ramble.
"bees, knees, trees, keys, pees, sees, fees, sneeze, candy. yeah. yeah, my mama didn't like bees either, she told me once; 'honey. bees have the same amount of brain power as you do."

smiling she turned towards riverheart as she reached out a paw to scoop the air and nothingness and piped,
"you're the weird, weird, weird one. i'm fankit!"
fankit puffed as she walked carefully along an imaginary line, walking in a random pattern before she turned back around and sat near the two clan cats, still looking faraway in her eyes.

"my mama's not here silly!"
her tone came across as a matter-of-fact one, as if she had indeed answered his question and she then studied onestar with slightly wider eyes that scampered from his large frame back to his beady looking eyes. she seemed to be thinking hard about something, her bright pink tongue sticking out of the corner of her mouth while her eyes narrowed with an intense thoughtful process.

"you're a bear!"
she announced and turned towards riverheart, "he's a bear!" before she then blinked cheerily at cloudpaw, "cloudpaw! he's a bear!"
she seemed obsessed over her newfound discovery and fairly proud if herself for determining what animal the leader was, so proud in fact that her tiny chest puffed out and she gave a lopsided smile to all those who were gathered.

a short pause.

"mama didn't like bears either. she said; 'fankit, one day some animal might just eat you up in one gulp. like a bear for instance. don't trust bears, they're crazy like you."
fankit's voice trailed off as if she recognized her own words and she looked up at the white mammal with puzzled eyes scrutinizing him.
"i think i trust you though. you seem nice. nice and fluffy, like a towel. i like towels...and...i also like the color orange. it's my favorite color."
she now appeared shy, almost as if saying her favorite color was a private affair or one that should thoroughly be examined and she scuffed the ground with her multicolored paw.

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oh thank you! ^_^
originally i was going to have her be insane and somewhat evil but then i change my mind. instead she'll be adorable <3

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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{his nonchalant gaze skimmed over the freshly marked border just before he had taken a deep breath of the frigid air which then tingled his nostrils with it's sudden draft. on his first days as a traveling merchant his frequent anxiety attacks had flooded him with full force once he first set step over a clan's border, thunderclan possibly, but by now he had grown accustomed to entering the claimed territories dotted around.}

_{anyhow, his breaths were shallow and content as he strolled deeper into riverclan with a subtly smug look creasing along his face with furrowed brows that matched his curiosity for wanting to explore the terrain further yet he withheld that thought, for the time being, not wanting to overstep his stay that would surely be welcomed.}

_{"eh-ho! traveling merchant here, ready to barter. got some comfy scarves that are certainly the craze nowadays, a few flashy glasses, hats, piercings, you name it! i got it!"
of course vitality had not shouted out these words until he had finished setting up all of his supplies in a very precise manner that involved him sorting them alphabetically and with that he sat down near his objects of fascination and awaited the clanners.
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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{twitching his thick whiskers in greeting towards the two she-cats he flicked his eyes onto bubblingbrooke with a slight smile on his deep set maw as he mentally noted she seemed interested in some of his wares. "cost? in a way i suppose; you could offer something for trade. usually i only do items but i'm quite famished so food would work as well."
as he spoke he eyed brook with a poorly concealed wary look after he was able to get a tiny whiff of the dislike she seemed to have towards him and almost immediately his guard threatened to rise up with prickly hackles or claws outstretched but he resisted the urge to tense up or do any of those actions...which only caused his anxiety to flutter in his chest.}

_{he was thankful to turn away from his first customer and instead focus on pinkribbons while his ears twittered from side to side. mulling over her words he made his way over to the pile of scarves and while muttering underneath his breath he started to pick through them. resurfacing his paw with a bright neon pink scarf he padded back over to her with a shaking head.
"pink scarf, check. glasses...no. i only have this light maroon color that's the closest. i do however have quite a bit of pink jewelry if you're interested."}

_{the snow leopard then set the cloth gingerly in front of her, as if he was placing a newborn kit on that exact spot, until his interesting eyes lit up with astonishment,
"hmm, where are my manners? two pretty ladies like you waltz up and i don't even introduce my name. i'm vitality, at your service."
he then blinked as vitality peeked a few glanced at feline to feline before he diverted his attention to tidying up the mess he made with the scarves, humming a hushed tune to himself.}

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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{"pleasure to meet you then, miss pinkribbons. oh, and that particular scarf? i'll trade almost anything for it, perhaps a couple of peculiar looking riverclan rocks or maybe a different scarf? just show me what you have to trade and i'll take a look."}

_{he resisted the urge to laugh at her kittish nature and bounces of excitement and it made him recall a time when once he'd made a lion squeak like a teeny mouse. good times, good times. instead of laughing he turned towards his third customer and tilted his head at her inquiry.
"you asked about a piercing, eh? well, hold on a sec."
he lumbered over to his 'p' section and then returned with a photo clasped in his jaws of a human wearing a nose ring and he pointed towards the metal object with a pleased smile.
"that's a piercing. you can wear them in your ears, nose, tail, wherever you want. it's a basically a piece of metal that's lodged in your skin. sounds scary but it barely hurts and you look amazing afterwards. i have all kinds; hearts, feathers, studs, dangling ones. they defiantly set you apart from others."}

_{vitality's optics scanned over kingsleypaw and fixated on prominent places, mostly her ears, as he tried his best to envision her with one of the pierces. "i think it'd look fantastic on you!" he meowed, knowing very well that he couldn't exactly say; they'd look horrible on you. best to butter up his customers however.
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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{from what he'd acquired on his journeys was that skyclan...wasn't what you'd call a 'popular' clan. not popular in the sense that everyone adored them but rather their numbers because it surely wasn't the gigantic thunderclan that every single animal seemed to want to join but in a way the larger mammal thought this would increase his odds. his odds of seeling merchandise that is. his thought process was that these skyclanners really didn't get to see a lot of action, including merchants such as himself, so why not give it a shot? it also gave him an excuse to visit old friends, if they were still here that is.}

_{even after many moons of doing this a small sliver of his anxiety started to creep up once he passed the border until he calmed himself with a light ear flick and a comforting thought about his good ol' home. releasing the subtle tension in his shoulders he contiuned on until he paused at an estimated spot that may of been near the center of the land and with that he set up shop. arranging each of his items in alphabetic order, and having a tiny snack of half frozen snowshoe hare, the snow leopard rolled back on his haunches before grunting a noise of approval.}

_{"e-ho! for any skyclanner that is interested, there is a merchant settled down on your territory! come, take a look at vitality's wares. i do indeed do trades. i have scarves, hats, piercings, jewelry. you name it, and i hopefully got it!"
vitality called out, before he then proceeded to await.
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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{"thank you miss." he replied to the apprentice's first comment and a flicker of pride swam in his silver hued eyes just after his furry chest puffed out gentky until he deflated once things got down to buisness and she expressed an interest towards one of his scarves. he observed as she left, presumbly to get an item to trade for it, and gave a slight nod towards archipelagoisland, signalling he heard her.}

_{"a fossil!" if he was a human, and currentky not standing up, his hands would've clapped together in delight as he examined the piece thoroughly, even sniffing the ancient artifact. sitting back to become eye level with her, he smiled brightly before meowing, "deal! pleasure doing buisness with you, do look around for a bit. i have other interesting merchandise, even perfume." he tacked on the perfume part as it had been a 'hot item' for quite some time before he swapped placed the scarf carefully in front of her and moved the fossil into his 'f' section.}

_{while he was talking it appeared that pinkribbon had returned and his face twitched at what she had; a sofs can. usually he wouldn't accept such a trade however that was somewhat of a lie. he usually caved.
"deal."
vitality responded and did the same with the bow and the can only this time his new item was put into the 'c' section for cans. nodding and stating the same words to pinkribbon as he had to countingpaw he finally focused his attention onto the feline asking for a piercing.}

_{before he could say anything to the older cat he blinked at oceankit and directed her towards the 'n section while purring, "of course, right over there. go take a look."
he then turned towards archipelagoisland,
"my apologizes, a piercing? on the right? what kind; stud, dangly, heart, etc?"}

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ok (:
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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{while humming titanium he strolled smoothly over the hawkclan border with a sense of purpose following his wake before the young snow leopard paused. stopped. sniffed the air. and then continued onward with only the slightest unease tampering with his confidence as an outsider could just see the uneven steps he now took.}

_{taking deep breaths to cool his anxiety, the larger mammal padded until he reached a sparse clearing he carefully unpacked his wares and rearranged them just so, meaning they were in alphabetical order, and even took the extra few minutes to shove away some snow that had been threatening to spill over onto his precious items.}

_{"eh-ho! traveling merchant here, ready to trade and sell! i have piercings, scarves, hats, glasses, pretty much anything! you name it, and hopefully i'll have it!"
vitality called out, to no one in particular, except for the vast majority of the clan. he would've prefered to waltz into their camp however given previous experiences he decided not to...bad idea. bad idea. best to just set up shop near, but away, from their home.
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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{"are you exercising? huh. when i was a little guy, like you, i never bothered with that. i just laid around and ate chips."
it was his small attempt at a joke, deciding that a try towards lightening up the mood wouldn't get his ass kicked, it was worth a shot. this was because he could be considered an 'intruder' yet he went under the title 'guest' as long as he sold his wares on their land. so being a guest meant he could wander around the territory...in his opinion that is.}

_{vitality eyed the apprentice before the snow leopard rolled back on his haunches with his nonexistent brows furrowing as he studied the clan cat further until he relaxed and was able to give a small smile that slid sloppily along his maw as he looked at both cats.
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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{he was doing less than stellar with his chosen career but fuck this was the only other option and not to mention he absolutely loved what he did; what meeting all the clan mates or seeing all the different sights and what not. particularly he loved the items he grabbed along the way, perhaps even more than the animals he met so it was odd when his presence was requested by his trusty messenger bird by someone, it had confused the fellow. him? be required to meet someone? usually customers didn't want to chat face-to-face unless they had something extremely valuable that only his eyes could be laid on, so his heart had fluttered rapidly in his furry chest. until a name was announced at the end.
sober? sober...hmm. the name rung many bells, bells that he didn't particularly want to chime because life at the stupid zoo had been such a drab and no thoughts necessarily popped out of his mind until they all flooded in.
sober! of course! the cheetah cub that he'd befriended through the bars that separated their cages! jesus! what a small world he lived in indeed.
fast forwarding into present the muscular snow leopard peeped out from a bush until he cleared his throat to make sure he didn't startle her before calling a small greeting,
"hello...sober."
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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{it was strange to look at his previous crush with new knowledge beyond his cub mind that was foolish enough to fall hard for an unsuspecting cheetah, and now he was able to just stare back at her as former friends. nothing more sparked there except for long buried feelings that threatened to blaze out of control yet it was highly unethical for him to hope to sway her into his arms as she'd never been in them in the first place. plus he knew what went down in the zoo and kept a respectful space in between them as he had done when it had happened for fear that she'd snarl or lash out at him.}

_{she had changed, he knew that much. grown out of her cub fat and her puffy coat and now he was eyeing the fine specimen that she'd fledged into and instead of unhappiness in her eyes, he only saw the content and perhaps bubbly orbs that greeted him kindly. she didn't seem as timid too. so life had gone easy on her after the zoo? if it had only gave him that blessing and he felt a burning sensation of envy creep into the pit of his stomach yet he was able to crack bak a smile that was surprisingly not that hard to form.}

<sub>"i've been better, had good days and bad. and yes, indeed i am. merchant life kind of sucked me in...enough about me though, you? tell me about your life?"
he didn't want to discuss what went on in his misshapen life or the boring repeated course of his days or his failing job. it would be refreshing for vitality to hear something other than 'i'll trade this for that' for a change. besides, it would be nice to hear stories that didn't involve the ones with him or the zoo. most of all he just didn't want to talk about himself or how he felt he fell short in comparison to what he was currently seeing.

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[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; width: 450px;][align=center]_{it was intriguing really and a griping through that had fascinated him for quite some time; why did his brothers and sisters flee their life of solace to live under a roof with countless of others? what about clan life was so tempting enough to cause them to stroll forward without even a glance over there shoulder? was it love? was it something more ravishing that caused a sudden hunger to scratch at the base of their stomachs? but more importantly, would he ever experience it? however this frightened him to the core as he pondered more on this topic, basking in the inviting life of peace and quiet he saw little improvement, if any, to this lifestyle as it disintegrated his dignity as well as his freedom. as soon as a loner sets foot on a clan's territory and swears their allegiance then they are giving up everything they had been raised to be, everything that had once made them an individual would now be wiped clean and instead replaced by a mindless robot that was once a king. indeed a king, a king that could go where he pleased or do what he wanted without a care in the world and who only lived to live for himself. it was the clear choice but things were still rocky instead of the smooth sails he once thought he'd ride because his type were dwindling in numbers, which puzzled him to no end. give up his life? what was it that was so intoxicating?}

_{today he had relished in his chosen path; chased nothing but the wind, hunted wherever he pleased, even set foot on territories he had never dared set foot on. he appeared too be checking off a mental list in his head, a bucket list of some sorts, because it was time for his death. no the snow leopard was not committing suicide or had somehow foresaw his death but by sundown it was time to 'slaughter' that piece of himself he held so dearly because today he was going to experience clan life for five days. it was his little 'experiment' of some sorts that he felt a bitter disdain towards however at this point he was not going to back down from this private challenge. it was set in stone and he was going to do it and complete it he would.}

_{yet this day would not count, this day was simply just to familiarize himself with the land and the cats for his first 'true day' would start tomorrow. he was now prowling through many of skyclan's connecting tunnels and had been for quite some time, enough too cause a dull ache in the back of his head due to his own affairs, as this place was too enclosed and he couldn't even see the comforting sky but rather if he peered upwards there would be nothing but a mixture of grays. gray was everywhere he turned down these winding passageways and although he looked moderately bored on the outside, internally he was ablaze with spiraling emotions that eerily screeched at him to seek his way out of here as soon as possible before he somehow suffocated. it felt like a zoo. a zoo with no bars and just him in it and the male growled at that thought that was mingled with his irritation of his wandering and the headache he was currently dealing with.}

_{rolling back his muscular shoulders vitality shook his head to clear out any congestion issues but once he fully was aware of his surroundings he found he had evidently wandered into skyclan's camp. if he was questioned it would be an easy fix; friends with sober, visiting, he was also a merchant. he figured the feline's would take that into consideration and being the seemingly friendly clan they'd allow him to stay but deep down he willed them not to. his pride wouldn't be hurt as it was not him turning away the offer of living with a clan but the clan themselves.}

_{he felt like he was stepping into hell.
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