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

[stormy tom]

Kenton -- panther -- Arthes

I'm a grown man, not a child...why can't I do this? Had he been broken into that many pieces?
The hardest part about pain is that it is intangible, but very real. You can't touch it; it's abstract, but you can feel it. It affects you. Kenton dug his fingers into his legs, squeezing them in tighter. He wanted to flop over, curl up and the world to dissipate around him. He wouldn't mind a dark hole to lie in....
But the light shining into it was tugging him, urging to leave. He wanted that light to stay.
Enough with metaphors. Just say something. Something useful. Don't be an idiot, and take this chance. So what if she makes a fool of you? So what if she too leaves you a scar? You can pull through it again and again. It doesn't matter. Pull yourself together man. Words were easy. Action took effort and will.
"I'm worse than a storm." Huh, you think you're better than a storm? A storm would wipe you out. How big do you think you are? Get back down to Earth with the rest of us. Some part of his mind was shouting logical comments at him. He decided to listen. "I guess it's worth a try." He lifted his head a little to look at her, like a wary beast from the shadows of the shrubbery. His chest had been tightening, but it loosened. Wow, it really was that easy.
At least this step.
What now? He couldn't sit here all day, like a little boy who'd been scolded by his mother and was in time-out.

[underwater kitty.]

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Isabella
Female
Leopard
Tagged;no one
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Isabella panicked when the trap shut almost on her foot but then she sat down on the branch in the tree waiting for the panic to go away "I'm sorry okay I didn't know it was there!" she said slightly annoyed that Taylor was acting like she had done it on purpose.She gave Synn a sorry look but she was annoyed at Taylor for thinking she had just on purposely tried to hurt herself and her friend...who she secretly had a crush on.She had a few scratches on her hand that were bleeding but didn't care,they hurt bad but she was too busy having a heart attack (metaphorically) from what had just happened that she actually started having a panic attack, she sat on the ground against the tree and her hands were shaking badly.

[huddson]

Arthes Grizzly Bear☀Rogue☀Female☀With Kenton

Arthes smiled. He looked like he could use somebody, anybody to help him with whatever he needed. She got up and walked over to the counter. "I got some cooked rabbit and some rabbit fur. You can take it" She picked up the rabbit skin and handed it to Kenton, then climbing down her ladder and taking the rabbit off the firepit. Winter barked and wagged her tail, and hung her head when Arthes shook her finger at the puppy. Arthes looked up, waiting for Kenton. Worse than a storm, eh? I can handle it, she thought to herself, smiling once again.

[stormy tom]

Kenton -- panther -- Arthes

"No thanks," Kenton shook his head. He had no use for those things offered to him. He was a proficient hunter, and the only supplies he'd ever needed were his clothes which he wore now, his pocket knife, and his journal. He was reminded of the past once again, and more brutally, with a twinge in his stomach where the scar was. It was visible only in his human form, standing out white and deep-looking on gently tanned skin. It hadn't ever truly healed, and was thus lightly red around the edges.
It was a slash mark, long and jagged. It's existence was part of the reason he never took off his shirt in public. It reminded him of his weakness, his fault, his mistake, his stupidity. He didn't like to look at it.

[stormy tom]

(Lillian has left Loki. Forget about the fight with the Flares. I don't think Nightra is coming back.)

Lillian -- white horse -- alone

Lillian wandered the forest, alone, bored. She snorted at a rabbit, and it ran away. Although she enjoyed hunting, despite having a herbivore for a spirit animal, Lillian wasn't in the mood. Besides, she preferred something bigger. Rabbits and small things were easy, and not very glorious as catches went. If she was going to hunt something, it would have to satisfy her boredom.
Like a bear. Bear didn't taste too bad. She'd never kill a wolf for food, but if it attacked her she'd sure as heck fight it. Moose were huge. Elk were, too. Deer...a bit on the small side for her, but sometimes they were enough to keep her busy.
Today, she was certainly in bear-mood. Who-knew, maybe she would encounter a human being with enough skill and sense to be worth fighting.
She'd always wanted to fight Kenton....she could tell by the way he moved that he had skill and spatial awareness that exceeded that of a normal person. He was a feline, after all, but his told her....well, they told her was always watching. Not just watching, absorbing.
Absorbing everything.
She wanted to fight him badly, but he probably would care, which made her want to fight him more.
But he was almost impossible to find. Lillian shoved her hands in her pockets and kept walking. Perhaps today she would be lucky enough to stumble upon entertainment.

[huddson]

Arthes Grizzly Bear☀Rogue☀Female☀With Kenton

"Okay", Arthes chirped, giving the rabbit to Winter, who snarfed it down happily. She climbed back up. "Also, now that you know where my home is. I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anybody. My home is supposed to be a secret" She held up the knife tat she had used to skin the rabbit and started rubbing it with a torn rag. "In case you ever need a place to sleep, you can come here", she joked.

Piper Chipmunk✩Community✩Female✩Open

Piper started walking back to her cave and sighed. One sling on her left arm, ice on her right shoulder, and a small cane for her right leg. Not to menton a few cuts and bruises that she had treated. "It'll all be fine. You can climb again in a few weeks", she mocked, then sighed. "But I want to climb and run and hunt now! Doesn't he get that?" She entered her cave, and her mother greeted her. "Hello Piper! How was today's hunt?" She then noticed the sling. Piper rolled her eyes and sat down on her bed. It was in the sme area as the entrance. "Tristan, come look at this!" Her mother started tracing the scratches and bruises. "What happened?" "Well, I fell out of a tree. Kenton saved me", Piper answered, smiling at his name. "Kenton? The panther guy? You sure it was him?" Piper nodded.

[stormy tom]

Kenton -- panther -- Arthes

"You already asked me that." Kenton replied dryly. "And I already promised I wouldn't." He stood and stretched to his full colossal height. He really was impressively tall, but was always so reserved that he often looked smaller than he was. Kenton was a big guy. He straightened his shirt. "As hospitable as you are, I should get going." He gave no hint as to the reason.
He didn't know himself. Nerves? The urge to move? Restless legs? No, Kenton didn't get restless very often. He was quite a peaceful person, in that sense. He could sit still for hours. Rolling his shoulders with various pops and cracks, he headed for the door. He was due some proper exercise. Hunting didn't cut it, at least not today, with the interference he'd had. The blonde needed some proper exertion to stretch his muscles and his brain.
His brain mostly. Not nearly often enough did he get a chance to really work. Weren't challenges the point of living? If everything was predictable, as it was no, there was no fun. No enjoyment. Only boredom.
Kenton licked his lips. This had been the most interesting day he'd had in a very long time, and a good kind of interesting. Sure, the day he'd gotten his stomach scar had been interesting as well, but he wouldn't ever choose to go through that again.

Unless he had to. But Kenton had no-one he'd risk his life for like that. No friends. Just his mother, but then again, wasn't she worth a scar or two? Would he give his beating heart for her?
Of course.
Because she would, too.
And he almost had, once.
Kenton had lost more than he'd gained that day, and he wasn't ready to go looking to get it back. As far as he knew, those things were gone forever.
Was he right, or wrong?

[huddson]

Arthes Grizzly Bear☀Rogue☀Female☀With Kenton / Alone

Arthes looked towards the door as he left. "Bye", she whispered, a curl of hair falling on her face. She didn't bother to push it back, but instead walked over to her bed and sat down. What time was it? Noon? Evening? She sighed and fell back on her mattress. Kenton was a tough nut to crack. Would she ever understand him? Probably not. But I hope he understands me She shook her head. Why did she feel this way? She was only being hospitable. And the guy she was helping happened to be very, very cute. So what? That doesn't mean I love him, she told herself, trying to push him out of her mind. But she couldn't, she just couldn't. Sheesh, what half an hour can do She rolled her neck and sat up, looking out the window and to the river. It was flowing faster now, but she couldn't tell why.

[stormy tom]

Kenton -- panther -- Arthes

Kenton dropped to the forest floor from the opening, rolled to absorb impact and started walking as soon as he came up. Water always fascinated him. He wandered towards the river.
There was am ample sized rock in the middle, with a moderately flat portion. Perfect for standing on. Kenton slid out of his jacket and left it on the bank with his shoes and socks. Trousers rolled to the knees, he stepped with perfect balance over protruding stones and hopped the last little way to his target. Long legs were certainly to his advantage in this instance.
He stood for a moment, and closed his eyes, letting the sound of rushing water drift into his ear and around him. A wave splashed his ankles, but he did not sway.
What a gorgeous day.
Just like that day...
His stomach twinged so suddenly, he doubled over, wrapping both arms around it. For a moment, Kenton though he would lose his balance and fall straight into the river. Regaining himself, the blonde caught his breath and straightened, looking around quickly. He sighed and hesitantly lifted his shirt a little to glance at his scar. He bit his lip and quickly let the shirt fall back over it. It still hurt to look.
Kenton let the water calm him, closed his eyes again, and stood with his hands by the middle of his chest, one fist in the other palm, a meditative state. The world moved around him, and the memories started to come back, as plain as day.

[huddson]

Arthes Grizzly Bear☀Rogue☀Female☀With Kenton

Arthes cringed as Kenton seemed to topple over, and let out a sigh of relief as he got back up. She had a feeling she shouldn't be watching, so she closed the curtains. But she could still slightly see him through the curtains. Turning her head around, she stared at the ceiling. The wood was old and might not last another year, but it would work for now. Perhaps she could buy some wood from the town. She had a feeling she would be stared at if she walked into the town with her backpack and dog. Flipping her hair, she looked back down. There was nothing to see or do. She looked around her cabin, and her eyes rested on an old photo. She extended a hand towards it and carefully touched the glass. "Mother, father...", she whispered, eyes clenched tight. Where they out there? How could she even know? And if they were, had they gotten the virus? It was too hard to think about.