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Post by pantherfang on Mar 1, 2008 20:46:02 GMT -5
Cheetahpelt stalked around the outer side of the fence. He did not realize this was the same plac he had been yesterday. He was probably too groggy from sleeping on the ice in his territory, he hadn't found a cave or anything yet. He spotted a mouse and decided not to stalk it. Instead he rushed forth with tremendous speed and caught it before it had a chance to see him. Killing it instantaniously (long word 0.0), he then crouched down, still stiff, and began to eat. "mouse-brained ice.." he muttered between mouthfulls.
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Post by wynnyelle on Mar 2, 2008 1:01:54 GMT -5
Ghafula was growing older. His legs were becoming impossibly long, his spotted pelt clearer and his size...well...much sizier. He towered over any other cat he happened to meet up with these days, though his build was thinner and lankier. He was beginning to get the inkling that he needed to find a place to settle down, maybe even find a mate someday. Not that he was in any hurry to do that, but he knew the day would come when he would long for some she-cat company.
He was crouched down enjoying the meat of a young rabbit he had taken down earlier, when he heard someone nearby. There across the yard was Cheetahpelt, that same tom he had seen before, that other day.
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Post by coalfur on Mar 2, 2008 12:03:56 GMT -5
Coal watched the young tom till she got bored. Shaking her head she took a running leap at the fence and landed gracefully on top of it. Then sitting abrutly on it she gazed into the next yard. Cheetahpelt was there crunching on mouse. He seemed oddly groggy. With a little skip, Coal trotted down there to meet him. She stayed a fair distance away though knowing that this tom could lash out. "Hello." she meowed pleasently. "Could you teach me how to hunt?" She asked. "My masters aren't feeding me that much. THey're too busy." Coal knew she was being bold but it was true last night after coming inside she had found no food orwater in her bowls and now she was hungry. She waited pleasently for the answer.
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Post by pantherfang on Mar 2, 2008 14:41:02 GMT -5
Cheetahpelt whipped his hea upward in supprise. "Mouse-dung! Even my senses are down and out right now." He stood up, stretching his legs and flexing his claws to loosen his muscles. "Uh, yeah sure. Why do you stay with those crow-feeding twolegs? All they do is neglect you, and you have kits to feed."
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Post by coalfur on Mar 2, 2008 22:16:31 GMT -5
Coal considered the question. She knew why she stayed with them. She wouldn't want to end up like Rick. "Thanks." Coal murmured her good mood spoiled by Cheetahpelt's question. She ducked her head bashfully. "As for why I stay with my master's..... well.... Everyone has a sobb story and well the answer to that question is mine." A small mournful sighed escaped Coal's lips before she could stiffle it. Shaking her self she rallied her good feelings and bounced eargerly. "Well where do we start?"
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Post by wynnyelle on Mar 3, 2008 7:45:16 GMT -5
"Do you want my help? I learned to hunt, I could try and help teach you." Ghafula didn't know if his presence was wanted, but he offered it.
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Post by coalfur on Mar 3, 2008 17:50:12 GMT -5
Coal piveted on her legs and faced the tom. Then with perhaps a small hesitantion nodded her black head. "Sure." She meowed. "If you want, I've got no exceptions. But first Guafula are you sure you can hunt? After all you blundered the mouse catch yesterday."
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Post by wynnyelle on Mar 3, 2008 18:56:44 GMT -5
"That yesterday was a long time ago," said Ghafula, smiling. ooc: since that happened so long ago IRL a lot of time has passed in the game. He's older now. Technically he should be adult by now, but I'm taking it a little slower.
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Post by pantherfang on Mar 3, 2008 19:10:36 GMT -5
Cheetahpelt gazed up at him. "As long as you don't scare anything away." He gave a blunt mrow of laughter, "Its funny... it'll kinda be like training an apprentince." Then he looked at Ghafula again "My you have gotten bigger. What are you, a leopard?" It was kind of Cheetahpelt's way of giving a good compliment. "Well, just make sure you crouch extra low then, and make sure you flatten your ears too." Then he started walking towards the forest. "Keep up you two."
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Post by wynnyelle on Mar 3, 2008 23:15:52 GMT -5
"I'm not a leopard--I don't think." He was not a leopard, but he did begin to wonder. Was he part leopard? That would be really cool if he was. However, he did not remember there being any leopards in his early life. Then again, was he really sure about that? He knew next to nothing about leopards. Only that they were spotted--like him, his brother, his sister and his mother--and Cheetahpelt.
"Okay." He decided not to ruin it if they were all going to hunt together. As usual, those big ears of his tuned in on the sounds of prey that could be heard and not seen. As Cheetahpelt sped up his pace, Ghafula lengthened his stride, using his overlong legs of his to keep up. Generally he did not like to move this quickly when hunting. He was discovering his own methods of finding and killing prey, and it involved moving slowly, often very slowly, right up until all that pentup speed was released into the final pounce.
Hm, there were three of them going on this hunt, it seemed. Ghafula wondered if they could head down to that farm and take down a chicken or something.
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Post by coalfur on Mar 5, 2008 17:17:58 GMT -5
Coal followed the toms into the forest. She had wanted to come in here for along time. If you count three dyas a long time. Cheetaheplt strode with confidence and Ghafula easily kept up with his long legs. She began to fall behind. Panting slighty she cought up to the toms where a couple of mice nibbled seeds. She waited fr Cheetahpelt to let her know what to do.
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Post by wynnyelle on Mar 5, 2008 22:55:59 GMT -5
Ghafula heard Coal's laboured breath. "Are you okay?" he murmured, as quietly as he could. Her panting and his voice, however soft, sounded abrasively loud in the face of the quiet that hunting demanded. Those mice would soon see them--if Ghafula could see them, and he could, then they could see the cats even better, most likely.
Figuring there would be no harm or loss in pouncing now, while they were still there, Ghafula leaped from where he was straight forward, propelling himself into the air from his springboard hind legs. He aimed to bring his two tawny paws down upon the nearer of the two mice.
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Post by pantherfang on Mar 6, 2008 18:26:55 GMT -5
Cheetahpelt let out a wild hiss of dissaproval and sped at the secon mouse and caught it quickly, killing it. He held his tounge before he could call the young tom a mouse-brain. "Be carefull! In the forest the prey is smarter, and if you make a racket like that you'll alert a clan patrol. I'm skilled but i know when i can be beaten in battle. A clan patrol consists of up to six cats! You'll have to learn to hunt like a clan cat." He scolded, but he was also suprised at one: How well Ghafula had caught the mouse and two: That he himslef was speaking like a clan cat again.
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Post by wynnyelle on Mar 6, 2008 18:59:20 GMT -5
Ghafula hissed back at Cheetahpelt, but more in surprise than anger. He was a cat who hissed easily. Growling, he downed the mouse in a few bites. "I caught it...what could be wrong about that? And you're making more of a racket right now than I was." He had spoken only loudly enough for someone very close by to hear." Mentally digesting the second part of what Cheetahpelt had said, he paused, and his ears straightened up again from being laid back. "A clan patrol? What do they patrol for?" Six cats would be easy to hear coming...not so easy to beat in battle. Okay, impossible to beat in battle.
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Post by pantherfang on Mar 6, 2008 19:30:38 GMT -5
Cheetahpelt bristled "Keep it up and i'll make more than a racket..." He tried to keep his calm but it was not easy for him. "You'd be wise to keep my advice." He warned, turning to Coal "Now, lets see how you hunt. Show me."
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