City Lights<->Semi-Lit Alley Cat Roleplay [Open :3]

[MintCat]

Black scented cats, and her first instinct was to run. However, hearing a faintly familliar voice, she padded forewards, blending easily into the shadows. Sitting down when she was within earshot, she hunched down, listening. The larger tomcat was obviously stupid, thinking that the she-cat would listen to him. Something about her was.... Off. Dangerous somehow. Even though she was even smaller than Black was, Black automatically knew not to cross her. "Dumb cat." She hissed, "You're gonna get yourself killed."

Cleo sighed, eyes fluttering half-closed as she laid down, giving up trying to move anymore. With another small sigh, the small she-cat's eyes closed, and she fell into a deep sleep.
(Wb for her.....)

Quicksilver rolled her eyes, and headed towards the place that smelled like grass, leaves, prey, and... Humans. Giving a little shudder, she ran daintily towards the park, tail swishing from side to side. Once there, she got to work hunting for the little tom and the she-cat. She needed to have some allies, or she wouldn't last long. Her guide had ran off, so now she was alone. Perhaps I shall get another tom to listen to me....? She thought, crouching down to snatch up a mouse, I mean, the two cats I met aren't excactly.... Strong-looking.

[honeydont]

"Thank you, Bandit!" Thirteen enthused, tears springing to her eyes. Most cats weren't very nice to her, because they were stupid little kittens who believed all the stupid little lies about Mama. Well, Thirteen knew they were all liars, and she didn't care. Still, she felt a little guilty, taking Bandit's food. Hadn't Mama always said to take care of yourself first, though? Maybe just a bite then...Thirteen bent her angular head down and took a big a bite as her tiny mouth would allow. She chewed it, thanking Bandit again, and licked the sauce off her whiskers.

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Tannaheare had been napping when a strangled cry rent the air. He poked his head outsid the soggy cardboard box, scowling. Obviously nobody wanted him to sleep. This was the third time he'd been awoken, all in less than an hour. Crankily, he climbed out of the box and stretched, flicking his whiskers. He could hear voices coming from up ahead, by the junkyard. He ought to just lave, but the tom was in a foul mood. Tannaheare stalked towards the cats and settled down behind a discarded refigerator, glaring at them from sleepy, half-lidded eyes. Might as well listen into their conversation.

[pancreas]

(I'm not sure whether I want to use Darth Vader again some time. xD He's great. By the way, Foxy still hasn't given up on Morde T^T I just can't remember where we were with them... -too lazy to skip back three pages- /shot)

Foxglove cocked her head, listening intently. There it was again. Cats. Quite a few of them, as well. The she-cat flicked her tail irritably. No doubt it was a bunch a rowdy youngsters fighting over a rotten rat carcass. She almost cringed at the thought. For a moment she wondered whether Mordecai was with them, but quickly dismissed the thought. She wasn't thinking about him. Foxglove squinted in the direction the voices were coming from. They weren't far away, maybe a couple of alleys down. After a second's hesitation, she sprang from the lid of the dustbin she had been sat on to the alley wall and set off towards them. Then she froze as she heard a cat's scream. Flattening herself to the wall, she swivelled her ears. It had come from the alley just beside her; the one near to the junk-yard. Creeping forwards silently, her stomach pressed to the top of the wall, Foxglove moved closer until she was directly above the place where the scream had come from. Beneath her were four cats - one of which was dead. What exactly had happened here?

(I hope it isn't obvious I haven't RPed in a while ;o; Also, Foxglove <3 Layla ;D)

[duckteeth]

Mordecai peeked into the alley Foxglove had deemed unfit for living in for a second and wrinkled his nose in the disgust at the smell. The city wasn't exactly a wonderful smelling place, but some places just smelled so much worse than the others. Mordecai shook his head, trying to rid himself of the scent. Perking his ears, he listened to Foxglove's response. "It's funny, I really can't recall that day either." In fact, moredecai couldn't really recall why or how he and Foxglove had seperated at all. His stub of a tail twitch, which was basically the equivalent of lashing for him. "Bad places like where?" He asked, trying to seem polite by inquiring.

[Nighty daaaaahling~ This is where we were :3 Do you want to just continue from here or would you like to start over?
Also, fdhsgfhdgf Darth Vader. He was awesome xD]

Bandit smiled at Thirteen, shaking her head. The poor, deluded cat. It was sad, really, what that Mama cat she always talked about had done to her. She acted like a kitten but, for the sake of every cat out there, she was as old as a cat. It was sad, really. Bandit noticed Thirteen's hesistation before taking a bite of the chicken. "You can have more, if you want. I'll find something else." The she-cat looked at Thirteen, judging her condition. "You're far worse off than I am."

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"Not all humans are bad." Julian responded. Sure, his humans had left him but it wasn't like they'd really wanted to. Obviously, it had all been a mistake. They'd probably thought one of them had put him in the car but only realized he wasn't there after they'd gotten to wherever they were aiming to go. Humans weren't very intelligent and their sense of direction was awful, so they'd probably forgotten their way back to their old house. They wouldn't have just left him, he was sure of it. He was their prized possession, whatever that meant. Julian figured it was a compliment because whenever they said it there was a happy note in their voice. Julian jumped again when Tom appaeared. "He's right! Kinda!" he piped up at the black and white cat's remark, his voice small but loud enough to be heard. Julian nodded when Tom suggested he leave, but paused. "B-but..." he began sheepishly, "I might have killed him so I think I should make sure it's all okay."

[free.]

Layla.
She merely glanced at the cats beginning to surround them, pushing down annoyance and red hot fury. So god help her if she didn't kill them all. She remained cool, calm, and collected as ever before, and merely acknowledged all their presences with a half nod, nothing more. She ignored Tuxedo Thomas, and instead turned her gaze upward, meeting the eyes of Foxglove. She held the other she-cats gaze for a moment, then let it slide back down to the cats around her. Flicking her tail, she sat up straighter. "Look, whatever happened to this cat is bad, but we can't be around here. I'm sure humans will be coming soon and they'll take whoever they find. And we all know how well that goes." She didn't know what else to say. She just wanted them to leave, go away from her dump heap and leave her and the house-cat be. She wasn't sure who he was, and she didn't exactly care. But she had the strangest instinct he'd be helpful to her in some way. But she merely kept quiet and glanced between the others that had joined her. She glanced around at the others,wondering why this was so interesting to them. It wasn't as if a dead cat wasn't common in the streets. Not knowing what to think, she relaxed her position a bit and steeled herself to wait for these morons to figure it out. But when Julian piped up again, she hardly contained an eye roll. "You didn't kill him, I saw you trip over him. He was obviously already dead. She just ignored his statement about humans, He could think what he wanted about them. She had her own opinions.

[pancreas]

(:DD <3 Ohh, we can go from there~ -drop kicks previous post into oblivion- Aw, I love Darth<3 I'll have to find someone for him. xDD)

Foxglove seated herself on the pavement a few steps away from Mordecai, keeping clear of the alley. She smiled at his reaction to the smell, but her face quickly dropped when she heard his words, "Well, that really is strange. I wonder what actually happened... and why neither of us can remember it?" Suddenly, she smiled impishly at him, "Maybe the humans caught us and wiped our memories!" She glanced away at his next question, falling silent for a moment, "At the edge of the city. There were lots of rats. It was horrible. Like living in a sewer." She shrugged, showing her indifference, before standing up. "How about we walk and talk? I really want to find a place to sleep before night, because obviously I cannot sleep on the ground." She rose to her paws again and turned away, twitching her ears. It was... silent. Completely and utterly silent. That was strange, where was everyone? Sure, they weren't in a very desirable part of the city, but still. No one? "Come on, let's go. It feels weird here. Like someone's watching us, or something."

"Foxglove, I am your father." :U
"Noooooooooooooo!"

(okay so now Foxy is in two places at once that's fine because she's actually a super cat with powers and has a time turner and everything. :>)

[duckteeth]

[xD yes obviously she is. I want to draw that so bad now.]

Julian's eyes lit up at Layla's words. "Really? You're sure? Oh, that's amazing. Oh gosh I was so scared that I'd kill someone because that's a really terrible thing to do, even if I had done it by accident. It woul still be killing someone else and it would have been for no reason but it's not like there's ever any good reason to kill someone anyway. Maybe if they were attacking you or something and you had to defend yourself but still you wouldn't neccesrily have to kill..." The former housecat chattered happily, a wave of relief crashing over him at the news he hadn't, in fact, killed anyone.

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Mordecai listened to Foxglove intently, laughing lightly at her first joke, but quickly shutting his mouth as he realized how awful his breath must smell after throwing up. Gosh, she'd probably been on the verge of doing the same herself when he'd spoken to her before. When she mentioned how uncomfortably silent it was where they were, Mordecai nodded his head, feeling a chill creeping up his spine. "Yeah..." he muttered, glancing warily about their surroundings. It was the city, it shouldn't be this quiet. Such silence could only mean bad.

[pancreas]

(x333 that would be an awesome drawing asdfghjkl)

Foxglove set off at a brisk walk, eager to get out of the silence and back into the hustle and bustle of the city. What was wrong with this place? "Are you hungry?" She asked over her shoulder, slowing for a moment at a street corner so Mordecai could catch up, "When we find somewhere safe to stay, I can find some real food as well. You won't be eating any of that disgusting human rubbish when you're with me. Do you have any idea how fat that stuff can make you?" She gave a delicate shudder and started to walk again, slower this time. She continued her lecture about the unknown dangers of eating from rubbish bins, using that as a cover-up for her nervousness. Finally, she began to hear noises that she associated with the city she knew: cars; human yells; barking dogs; the occasional yowl of a stray cat. Casting a long look over her shoulder, she narrowed her eyes. Something was in there. Something bad. Foxglove span to face Mordecai with a smile, "Here we go! Any ideas on where to stay?"

[duckteeth]

Mordecai laughed inwardly at Foxglove going on about the dangers of human rubbish. He honestly wouldn't mind being fat. It was much better than being a skin and bones twig of a cat. Much better. "Honestly, I'm really not that hungry. Throwing up my lunch sort of killed my appetite for right now. I'm sure I'll wake up starved." Mordecai walked after Foxglove, ears pricked and hungering for any noise despite Foxglove's voice. Not that he didn't love her voice, he did, but the silence surroudning them was making him nervous. It was with relief he let out a small sigh as the familiar sounds of the city returned. "I'm not really sure. This area isn't really familiar to me." After a moments thought, he smiled slightly, "Maybe we could find an old mailbox? Remember that?"

[pancreas]

"Hmm, okay. That makes sense. You should drink something though." Foxglove yawned widely, flicking her tail. Behind Mordecai, the she-cat could hear the voices of a small group of cats. Ignoring the, she turned her attention back to him. "Me neither." She shook her head for a moment, "I used to live down there." She pointed her tail back the way they'd come, then glanced around at the new part of the city. It didn't look like there'd be a shortage of places to stay, at least. The place seemed riddled with alleys and hidey-holes. "Oh yes! I remember," Foxglove grinned, butting Mordecai's shoulder with her head, "That was cosy. I liked that." Shooting a glance around them, the she-cat stepped closer to the tom, "You can choose which way we go first, this could take a while."

(My posts are really short and horrible, so I'm going to go sleep. xD Hopefully my ability to write properly will have returned tomorrow~)