[color=#404080]
I would like to adopt!Number: 4
Picture:
Name: Picatta
Species: Mimic (Parrot/Cat)
Personality: Quiet and reflective, she isn’t one to be a “yes man”
Likes: Mangos{she steals them from Puk at times}, watching her new friends hatch crazy plans, leafy shade, the changing seasons {simple pleasures like long rainy days curled up inside, winter snows}
Dislikes: Poachers, cages, cheese and ice
Background :Picatta swooped in for a berry on a low bush her only thought being the rumble in her stomach. Her hunger outweighed the nervous feeling that had kept all the Mimics restless for the past few days. As the netting flicked swiftly out of the tree around her her heart sunk.”I should have listened” Her struggles to free herself did nothing but tangle her wings further. Sighing she wondered what would happen now.
The man who picked her netting up didn’t even look her direction. Noting but an item to him her worries deepened.
Shivering in the metal cage the man had tossed her in she knew she wasn’t alone, but preferred not to speak.
Thoughts of home only brought tears and her Una had always told her those were useless.
A bright light woke her the next morning, her cage was jarred from it’s position and as her eyes adjusted she could see some of the other creatures who’d been abducted as well. From lemurs to the bright bugs that were bitter on the tongue and all of them were terrified.
The next days were a bit of a blur, and certainly not something she felt like remembering. Shipped, inspected, held in quarantine to make sure they were healthy for market and stocked in an exotic pet store.
Her carefree quiet life had become a whirlwind of terror.
The time as stock was maddening, they were fed and watered and the large trays underneath them removed, cleaned and swapped, but other than the peering eyes when someone came in to look, nothing much else happened. There was the hope of escape and the hope of being purchased, but not much else.
Her stint in the window nearly drove her over the edge but for Chrissa.
Her angel at the time, and her best friend now.
These days the only window she’s stuck in is by choice. The bay window at her new home provides the best nap spot on warm sunny days.
Besides, who wouldn’t love a safe life of air balloon rides, adventures and swiping Puk’s mangos.
A picture you drew: 