break free | shifter; part one. open

[Ginger.Owl]

Kya : Canine alpha : Coyote : Talking with Halt

"My animal is a coyote. It's great to meet another canine around here." Kya said with a smile. "And yes, I have heard of the kingdom. Only rumors though. Do you think it really exists?" Kya wanted it to exist, needed it to exist. She had this fear that it was all just a myth. Despite this, she had drawn images of what she hoped it would look like. A place where shifters could be themselves. Somewhere that people like her could be free from the weight on their shoulders holding them down.

[flie]

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[i]gender: male; age: nineteen;
sexuality: pansexual/demiromantic;
tags: everyone in coffee shop; locaton: coffee shop

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his large brown eyes grew as he gawked at the sick words from the cat shifter (luka.) "what the-" he cut himself off when his sharp glare locked with a much younger shifter's, and for once he didn't curse in front of a child. growling under his breath, colby stepped up to the counter to order. being so close to two feline shifters was unnerving, and he wanted to get out of the cafe as soon as possible (and in one piece.) "thanks," he forced as he took the strange coffee and threw a ten onto the counter. "just keep the change." with sharp, short words, colby rushed away from the counter and toward the cafe doors in a result from his stoat instincts.

he thought he could get away, go home, and be content in his little bubble of solitude, but of course, something else just had to steal his mind.

there, on the styrofoam cup his right hand sported, is an ink drawing of a castle and the words "remember the kingdom."

seeing only red, colby spins around sharply to face the entire store. "who did this?!" he yells while pointing to the message on the cup. how stupid! the kingdom cannot be mentioned in public or the government will have all of their heads! the stoat curses loudly and growls.

(okay this post is utter crap and im so ashamed but i decided its best to post a crappy post than none at all ^^' plus, we need to get the drama started. and no, this is not the drama post; it is just something for now that can still sir up some drama.)

[bandit;]

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location; coffeehouse | tagged; colby, everyone in the coffeehouse | shift; bobcat

Basil watched with wide eyes as the boy abruptly turned, angrily cursing at whoever mentioned the Kingdom. The bobcat did know that it wasn't a good thing to mention it, but he only did this with fellow shifters who were his customers. All he wanted to do was become familiar with the people around town that were the same species as himself. Was it really so wrong? He hesitated before replying. "I... I..." The boy stumbled on his words awkwardly, in a rush to get them out, but also pulling them back in when he thought about what the stoat shifter might exactly do to punish him. "It was me, sir." His cheeks turned a faint pink, and a knot tightened in his chest. Why was it so wrong to spread the message about the Kingdom? Was it not a favor for the shifters? Basil took a step back, his fingers drumming quicker and quicker against his burgundy apron, out of panic. This angry customer was obviously in a bad mood, and he only made it worse... What will he do when he sees the message on all the other cups, inside books, scribbled hastily in the corner of plates and menus? The bobcat didn't know whether things would turn for the better or the worse...

[whiskers & clark]

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- rilli simundra -
doing; sitting with zach
mood; flustered
community; seafood
shift; giant squid
tags; zach
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❝There might be a lot of fish in the sea,
But tell me, are there any other squid?❞

at the mention of squid, rilli shifted uncomfortably in her chair. she hated the term: squid. what an ugly, squishy, colorless, alien-like thing it brought to mind. horrifying, absolutely horrifying to say the least. she believed that she would be better off if she could shift into an ant. then someone could step on her and put her out of her misery. the giant squid had no known predators - heck, few have even seen a living one in existence!

"i hate squid. i probably have the most useless shift out here," she mumbled, slightly embarrassed and her cheeks flushing in response. "its pathetic, really. and the government didn't even have the decency to give our," she lowered her voice here, "seafood community water deep enough to properly shift. are there any problems with your, uh, community?"

"Oh, uh, I'm sorry." Zach replied in response to her comment on how being a squid was useless. He was about to tell her that living in the antlers community was fine, when a loud, angry voice rose over the rest. He jumped, startled by the sudden outburst, and turned around to see who had shouted. The furious young man had yelled, "who did this," which confused Zach. Was he really making such a fuss about a little drawing scribbled on the lid of his coffee? The deer-shifter shook his head, turning back to face Rilli as the coffee shop returned to its regular noisy state, thinking nothing of it. "I don't know what that was about," Zach stated with a shrug. "But, yeah, my community's fine. A little crowded, but probably not as full as the canine alpha of feline alpha communities. It gets pretty boring, considering there's only miles of grassland and nothing ever changes." He explained.


Lawrence nearly jumped out of his skin when the kid in front of him whirled around, shouting angrily and pointing to the words scribbled on the lid of his drink. Wren was close enough to see that it said, 'remember the kingdom,' with a little sketch of a castle in the corner. "Hey, calm down!" He growled, not appreciating Colby's outburst. He looked up at the boy's face, realizing that he was the same kid from the library, the one whose relative or something had died because of the book he'd wrote. Wren coughed nervously, pushing his shades up his nose nd hoping that Colby wouldn't recognize him wearing them. He heard the young employee at the counter admit that he did it, then everyone went back to their conversations; but he was certain that Colby wasn't ready to brush off the incident that easily.

[ophio]

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[ tags; nicolas, colby, coffee shop folks shifter; reptile, albino boa nickname; masa ]
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❝ "Albino Boa" She responded, smirking slightly. Masa was quite proud of the animal she shifted into, but the conversation was cut somewhat short as a customer started yelling before he made his way out the door. She raised an eyebrow, managing to read the text written on his cup. She glanced at the book she'd tripped over, now placed on the table out of the way. Masami opened it to the ticked page to find something very similar written in small, neat text. She'd only overheard rumors of the kingdom, never listening too intently to pick up any significant details. Another guy cut in to try and calm the first down.

The coffee shop worker from behind the counter fessed up. He sounded scared out of his wits. Masa sighed, clearly annoyed, and also made an attempt to quiet the commotion. "Seriously, chill out. What do you expect to do anyway? Making a big scene out of it doesn't seem like it's helping very much, sweetheart." Though she may have only succeeded in fanning the flame, or directing the attention to herself, the intention of helping was there somewhere. Her deadpan voice and the layer of sarcasm coating the last word suggested otherwise.

[god of calamity,]

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tagged; colby, basil ┇ location; the coffee house ┇feeling; annoyed, defensive ┇crush; none ┇ age; nineteen

"Ｅｘｃｕｓｅ ｍｅ?" the siamese cat choked out, her eyes glued to Colby as he made a huge scene about the kingdom being scribbled on the back of the Styrofoam cups. "Whats so bad about putting hope into peoples heads?" she scoffed, rolling her eyes as she leaned against the counter. "Did you eat nails for breakfast? Because you're seriously uptight, not to mention rude." she growled, eyes narrowed. She didn't know Basil very well, but she felt like defending his purpose. Besides, those little drawings were rather pretty, and she was sure that they gave people hope and happiness -- and there was no way she was about to let some stupid little stoat ruin that for the entire coffee shop, and get all over Basil about it. "Just because you cant grant your own damn dreams, doesn't mean you need to ruin countless others!" she wasn't really sure what she was saying, to be quite honest, she really was just running her mouth. Running a hand through her dark brown hair, she cast her eyes aside. "Hmph. Damned fool." she scoffed under her breath, crossing her arms over her chest and continuing to lean her frame against the counter behind her, disregarding anyone else in line. There was a scene about to go down, and she could tell.

[bandit;]

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location; coffeehouse | tagged; colby, luka, everyone there | shift; bobcat

Basil looked up to see who came to his aid. He knew quite well himself that he was pretty sensitive and usually timidly backed away from a situation. The bobcat never put up a fight, and never defended himself. This time would be no different, but maybe he should get himself together. If he was going to fight for Kingdom, he needed to fight for himself, too. The girl telling off Colby was his coworker, who must have shuffled in without him noticing, while he was busy taking orders. He felt a small slime paint itself across his lips, and gratitude shown in his eyes. He was about to say something, but then quickly pulled the words back in through grit teeth, waiting to see what the stoat's comebacks would be.

[Rated R]

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- rilli simundra -
doing; sitting with zach
mood; confused; nervous
community; seafood
shift; giant squid
tags; zach
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❝There might be a lot of fish in the sea,
But tell me, are there any other squid?❞

rilli jumped when someone on the other side of the cafe yelled. her grey eyes widened slightly - and looked a little more squid-like than usual for a moment as her pupils shrank and she looked at zach to the one who screamed and back to zach again. she shut her eyes and they lost their fishy-like, glossy sheen they'd had just moments earlier. "i'm sorry, i don't do so well with sudden noises," she mumbled after she'd calmed herself down, embarassed.

she swallowed. "oh, okay, that doesn't sound too terrible," she said, trying to continue their conversation, but every so often looking in the direction of whoever had yelled. rilli didn't like yelling at all. it didn't frighten her - it just made her nervous. she was somewhat of a recluse who tried to avoid loud noises and preferred the quiet, and she wasn't used to loud sounds at all. she just didn't like them. it was a bit of a quirk of hers, you could say. "but um, yeah, not too bad...," she trailed off, repeating herself as her eyes shifted from the table in front of her to the other side of the shop. she'd lost a bit of the openness zach had seen from her earlier, but that was because she was nervous. finally, she blurted, "i'm sorry, i'm bad at this...at talking to others."

[flie]

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