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⫷ Last Explore Post (n/a) ● Last Response Received (n/a) ⫸ The first rays of sunlight were rising over the horizon and the calm sea reflected the vibrant spirits of the sky as if it were a mirror. A small fishing boat, surrounded by seagulls, was returning to the port to sell its early morning catch to the guild. The neighbouring island was blurred on the horizon, with a mist that made it seem to float between clouds, with the sun peeking out just over one of its slopes.
A scene worthy of a painting, a work of art, but its beauty could not calm the nerves of Tanausú who, from the rocky beach at the entrance to the cave, looked into the distance and talked to himself, overwhelmed by loneliness.
“Two moons, two whole moons ago, the mother goddess herself came to me to entrust me with the great task of founding a new clan in these lands, a great honor, but… I have been here for two moons now, alone, without meeting a single other cat, there are no intruders who want to take my lands, yes, that is good, but also no one who joins the clan.” he sighed heavily. “Chaxiraxi herself, whom even humans adore* came to tell me that I should form a Clan, she assured me that many cats will arrive soon, but… Two moons waiting… Loneliness is taking its toll on me… I am even talking to a stone!”
Poor Tanausú, at that moment what he thought was a simple boulder moved and a small peak appeared through a crack. With a start, the cat moved away and looked at it confused, he really thought it was a stone.
The chick began to chirp and the mother, a plover, was not long in coming to tend to the chick.
The mother plover, seeing the cat, covered the chick with her body and spread her wings to protect it, but Tanausú was neither hungry nor in the mood to hunt and found the mother's behavior so endearing that he simply turned around and walked away, giving the birds some space.
His new territory runs from the ravine north of the badlands to the southern edge of the city and from the coast in the east to the Thunderpath in the west, beyond the large craters.
Tanausú has not traveled all of it, not even close, just the coast and the tunnels and jameos in which he will shelter the Clan. “Maybe it's time to take a look at the rest of my territories... make at least a mental map.”
With slow and calm steps, without any hurry at all, he walked until he found the twolegs' trail. He had seen them walking around there often, some alone, others in groups, some walking and stopping every now and then, others running but not running away from anything. He knew it was a good reference to get to the twolegs' city in the most direct way possible and a quick visit could help him see if they are friendly or dangerous to the Clan, see if there are dogs, Kittypets, food, water...
The path was much smoother than the sharp and uneven ones of the malpais, there were still stepped areas where he had to climb or descend rocks, but nothing compared to the terrain he usually patrols. He could also see traces of twolegs' footprints and even crossed paths with two.
With a start he immediately moved out of their way and looked at them suspiciously as he walked away, but one of them stopped, crouched down and started making a strange noise like “pspsps”, Tanausú thought it was the strangest thing and came a little closer to see what the two legs was doing.
“pspsps”
He continued to get closer, confused.
“pspsps”
And suddenly he felt something rub against his head and all over his back, his back bristled in confusion, but then he saw that it had been the twolegs who were now walking away saying goodbye to him. “Bye, kitty!”
That had been strange “I really don’t understand the twolegs…”, and after that oddity, he simply rolled his eyes and continued his way down the path at a slightly faster trot. Thinking about what had happened, he tried to think positively, at least they hadn't hurt him, but he soon dismissed that idea, refusing to consider them safe and to be turned into a Kittypet.
A shake of his head and... He finally saw the houses... he finally arrived at the city and it was... smaller and more welcoming than he imagined...
*(Chaxiraxi is Virgin Mary in Guanche, for them she was like a creator goddess or something like that.)
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xxbirds of prey rogues!
