You Are In Charge of Your Own Destiny...[Starting &Accepting

[stormy tom]

Kenton -- panther -- Arthes

"Sometimes," Kenton sat up and rubbed his face. Oh great, she just had to walk in on him. He was a little wobbly when he got up, almost walking back into the wall that had just knocked him out. Why was his face wet?
It seemed a couple of tears had escaped from under his eyelids. Kenton quickly wiped them away and did his best to look normal and not dishevelled. It was hard, since scruffy was his look, and his hair, yes, always looked like this. He looked like a guilty child who'd just been caught taking his trousers off, unsure of what to do next.

[huddson]

Arthes Grizzly Bear☀Rogue☀Female☀With Kenton

"Okay then...", Arthes replied, checking her rabbit for bruises. "You hungry? I caught a rabbit and a fish...", she trailed off, still a bit confused. She took out her pocket knife and started skinning the rabbit. Turning her head around, she asked him. "Youcaught anything today? Or anything different? The only different thing to me so far is finding you"

[stormy tom]

Kenton -- panther -- Arthes

Kenton sat down and folded his legs, putting his hands on his knees. "Caught a moose," he replied. Hmm, this was different. He was...conversing. Yes, that was the word. A proper, civilized conversation. He licked his lips nervously, trying to think of things to say to keep this golden opportunity alive. If things were going this well, he perhaps had a chance.
What to say....?
Hi, I've got a bloody past, but I like chocolate.... What an embarrassment, being unable to talk like a normal person. What about.... "Um, it's a n-nice day."
People always talked about the weather. It seemed like a normal thing to say.

[Nightra]

Name: Aerona Vulom
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Species: Shifter
Animal: Wolf
Position: Rouge
Tagged: Open

~Aerona~
I had finished with the deer a while ago. Most of it was wrapped up in it's hide. I left the innards of it for the wild like carnivorous to feast on and some bones for the mice and other critters. Most of the meat and the more helpful bones I took with me. I had the wrapped up bundle tied to my back as I most just walked through the forest and back to the little cave I had found earlier today. It did not take me long to get there and once I had I placed all my stuff down. I quickly started to get to work with the meat.
I started to cut the chunks into small strips, it made it easier to dry out and preserve it. As I did that I did eat some of it raw. It had taken me a little while to make my body use to it, and even now I could only eat so much of it raw in my human form. If I shifted into wolf, I could eat it with out a problem, but I would have to wait for it to be mostly digested or I would get sick in human, like most other shifters.
After a while I had a good smoking hunt all set up and was working on preserving the meat. With that done, I started to cut the slices very thin and started to hang them up to dry so I could make some jerky. After a while of doing this I went and started to deal with the hide. I put together some type of stand thing and started to get to work with cleaning it off so I could tan it later on. This process take a little while, just like everything else I was doing but it helps be survive and keep things preserved, so it was good.

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Isabella
Female
Leopard
Tagged;Arthes,Synn,Taylor
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Isabella nodded and smiled at pretty much everything she had just said before giving them the food and shifting into a leopard and running of through the woods with out saying anything.She returned a few moments later with the wires and fishing rods, she shifted back "No pay needed!" she said and then said "bye see you round!" before shifting into a leopard and running off into the forest boredly.She ended up running back into Synn and Taylor "Oh no not use two again!" she said in a joking voice before sitting on a branch and shifting back into her human form once more.

Name: Synn Kiing
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Species: Shifter
Animal: Whitetail Deer
Position: Villager
Tagged: Taylor & Isabella

~Synn~
I had just got the trap all set up when Snap, it went off again as a leopard came running in. She did not hit the trap or anything but hit a stick that ended up having the trap go off. I nearly got my hand out of the way in time before the thing when off. All I did was stay there breathing in an out as I calmed myself. Today was not a good day for me, it was the anniversary of my mother's death. Most people don't remember thing like that more for the fake it happens often, but still I remember, after all I was only 7 at the time when it happened. Only the night before has she told me of that story about this world, and then she was gone. So I was on edge today, and really just wanted to rip something apart but I had duties to do and so I held it in.

After a moment of being silent and staying there I looked back to the two females. "Hello again Isabella." I said to the leopard as she made herself at home on a branch. It appeared she had no idea what she did and well it was ok. I watched as she shifted to her human form and sat there. That was when I turned back to Taylor, "If you would like, after this I can help you catch something. Or I can help teach ya how to use a bow if you want." I said to her.

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Name: Taylor Nicole Baile
Spirit: Owl
Tags: Synn; Isabella
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Taylor's head lifted hearing the footfalls of a running four pawed figured, and as it neared she knew exactly who it was. She watched as Bella ran right over the trap that Synn was working on, and opened her mouth to caw a warning too late. Gasping, she quickly flew down towards the trapper, eyeing his hand with a tilted head as she landed on the ground. Hopping to investigate, staying as far away as possible from the trap, she sighed with relief, seeing he was alright. Cawing angrily, she transformed to human, a glare fixed upon the leopard. "You could have just lost a foot and made Synn loose his hand!" she said angrily, eyes scrunched as she glared.
Growling, she turned towards Synn and squatted, mumbling quietly, "You alright?" she could tell something was wrong by the look in his eyes, but what she could not be one hundred percent sure. She eyed his hand, before hearing his question, and she laughed quietly. She adjusted one of the sides of her shirt to reveal her belt, and to reveal a long bladed knife tucked within it. "I always carry something with me in case I do find an opportunity to help out the cave," she said, nodding her head, her smile fading slightly as she thought, though it reappeared when he spoke once more. "Oh, you don't have to do that for lil' ol' me," she said with a small smile, nodding her head softly.

((For _5sos_O2L_ They are in order of when posted too.))

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Name: Loki Baile
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Species: Shifter
Animal: Fox
Position: Villager
Tagged: Lillian

~Loki~
'BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA!!!!!! The words kept repeating over and over again in my head. This female was more of a well Baka then I had ever thought she was. I laid there, watching under some thicket at the insanity of her, I just could not believe it. It was four Flares against her, a horse. If she had some weapons other than her hands then yeah maybe she could win, she did not and she was a horse. Yeah a horse could kick and do damage, but nothing like a tiger, or even a bear. It was better to have fangs and teeth after all. After all these things did not just quit because they were hurt, they would keep coming until nothing was left of them basically, or at least that was what Pa told me. I just watched as she seemed to be so engulfed by fighting three of the Flares she had forgotten about the four. A small growl like sound emitted from deep with in me as I watched the last Flare almost start to sneak up behind her.
'Baka!' I thought to myself, as I yelled at myself for being one too. Why well, out of the corner of the Lillian eyes, all she would see would be a redish blur as I lunged from my cover and to the Flare coming up behind her. I came full tilt at it, before I was only a foot away and shifting. The force of the shifting and the speed form the fox helped me knock the creature over as I instantly shifted once again into to the fox and scooted off to the side out of the things reach.

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[stormy tom]

Lillian -- horse -- Loki

Lillian had not forgotten anything. She had been in street fights more daring than this, against stronger, more skilled opponents. These were just wild animals. She felt no need to draw her weapon, as she was a fighter as a human. Her punches and kicks would do just fine.
Lillian felt infringed upon, and underestimated when the red fox tore her fourth attacker down. She had just been about to turn and land a powerful palm strike, too. Growling she ignored the fox. Let him have the small prey. She'd done this so he could run away....and because she had a hard time turning down a good fight. This was hardly a chance to pass up, and she had summed up her chances carefully. This was not just pure impulse, although impulse was definitely a factor.
Impulse was probably the only factor most onlookers would pick out. Inside Lillian's brain, it was a different story. Six ganged up on her now, whether by intelligence or chance. She was hardly the opponent they had expected...if Flares could expect things.
Lillian showed teeth in a smile that was anything but friendly. "Please, make it a challenge," she muttered under her breath, too quiet for anyone to hear.
Setting her feet calmly, and drawing back her fist, she closed her eyes and let animal instinct take control. Unlike Kenton (with whom she had fought side-by-side with on one lucky occasion), Lillian did not calculate. She was a reactor. Both of them could think quickly in a fight, or rely on instinct, each chose a different one.
Horse had rippling muscle and strong kicks; they were far more beastly than expected. A horse could be a gentle saviour, or a brutal monster. Not as monstrous as a wild beast, or course, but still impressive as a creatures went. Smart, too. Horses had senses that extended beyond a human's yet could connect with them as well.
Oh, this was going to be a good fight. Lillian needed the practise, the exercise and the rush of adrenaline.

[huddson]

Arthes Grizzly Bear☀Rogue☀Female☀With Kenton

Arthes raised an eyebrow. "A moose? All by yourself? Man, that's big" She finished skinning her rabbit and put down the knife. "And ya, it is a nice day. Perfect for fishing, hiking... and, I guess, catching moose", she laughed, turning around. "What's it like in the Community?", she asked him. "I guess it must be so... different, having people around all the time. What's it like to have your friends and family around all the time? When I moved here, my mother died and the rest of my family became rogues, far away. I have no idea what happened to Father, Ben or Lilly Anne. And having your friends around, mine are a day's trekk from here. But you see them every morning! What's it like?"

[stormy tom]

Kenton -- panther -- Arthes

"I don't have friends," he said very quietly, almost too so to hear. Sister's missing. Father's dead. Mum.... Mum's here. Mum doesn't get it." He was half-right. His mother had no idea what was going on with her son, but that was partly because he didn't tell her. He didn't know how to tell her. She didn't know what to do for him.
He loved her. She was all he had left, but she was still his Mum. He didn't have any friends. Friends were different.
He had tormentors, bullies, and even enemies, but no friends.
This was the first step towards one, or even any act of kindness displayed so eagerly. Loneliness was an odd illness, the kind of thing you didn't realise you had until you experienced the other side of the coin, and then was dropped back into the emptiness and cruelly reminded.
Reality was harsh.
But reality was also something one had to grab by the ear and twist if it was beating down on you too hard. At least Kent saw it that way, sometimes, when he wasn't too engrossed in either avoiding people (ironically) or defending his physical integrity. Kent could throw a mean punch, and he hadn't taken classes.

[huddson]

Arthes Grizzly Bear☀Rogue☀Female☀With Kenton

Arthes frowned and her eyes softened. "No friends...", she murmured. She had almost had a taste of that back when Kaitlyn died, but luckily Catherine was there for her. She couldn't imagine life without friends, even though she only saw hers sometimes. She walked over to him and sat down, patting him on the back. "I'm sorry for you", she whispered. "I could be your friend, if you want" She wanted to hug him, but had only just met him and that would be a little odd. So instead she just sat there with a hand on his back. She let her hand fall onto her lap. "And I'm sorry about your family. At least you have your mother. I don't even know if my family is alive, and that's harder than knowing they're dead. They could be alive and have forgotton about me, for all I know", she muttered, looking down at the ground.

[stormy tom]

Kenton -- panther -- Arthes

Kenton wanted to accept immediately, but he knew it couldn't be that simple, not for him. She didn't know anything about him. He hugged his knees into his chest and buried his face in them. He didn't know what to say or do. You don't want anything to do with me. I'm just trouble. Nothing good will come of being my friend...
Was it that easy? Could he just accept, like that, and be done with it? He had an issue with simplicity. He expected everything to be complex and intricate. Like friendship and trust. Maybe he was wrong.
When she kept speaking, his heart nearly stopped. He was lucky, really, in a sense. He had his mother....although his sister, with whom he'd had the best relationship, could be anywhere. Dead, dying, searching....or oblivious. If anyone understood him it was her. She'd been there for him through every trouble. She'd come to his rescue, both emotionally and physically.
"I....I can't just accept that." No. Stop. Shut up. Just accept it, you idiot. "You don't know me. You don't know what trouble I'll put you through. It'll hurt you. I don't want that. Besides," no, shut up, she doesn't need a taste of your problems. Those are yours. Keep them to yourself. His mouth opened. "Last time I trusted anyone I bled for it." Literally.
He'd had a best friend, way back.
It had hurt, so badly he hadn't eaten for days and beyond -- that time was rather blurred. Between blood loss, starvation and betrayal, he'd taken the hit full force.

[huddson]

Arthes Grizzly Bear☀Rogue☀Female☀With Kenton

Arthes' jaw nearly dropped, but she still spoke calmly and sadly. "Then he was a bad friend", she whispered. She was determined to be his friend, to help him through whatever he was going through. And it won't hurt me. I've been through floods, storms, even a tornado once, this won't hurt me" She wanted to smile but felt as if she couldn't. He has to accept. I can't bear to see him go through this anymore! She wanted to cry but couldn't. Not until she was alone. And if he accepted, she wouldn't need to cry.