by jellybeansmud » Mon Dec 13, 2021 4:34 am
Username: Nemyaen
Name of Shadow Cat: Buckthorn
Prompt chosen: Writing
Prompt answer:
For the first time in long time, Buckthorn was hungry. Food wasn't scarce around these places, no, but none of this food interest it. It had a prey it wanted to get, and it was ready to hunt for it, no matter how long it will take. One of the spirits of this place was unlike any Buckthorn has seen before, and what was in the beginning just a curiosity then has grown into fear, and now, determination. The goal's clear: get this thing out of this place, and Buckthorn's ready to go till the end to do this.
This spirit was something not from this place: their scent wore the notes of cities and metal and newness, all things barely ever seen by anyone here. The air got heavy and tense as the spirit traveled further and further into the woods Buckthorn calls home, going from the places it never knew about, scaring and poisoning life on their way. Buckthorn didn't notice this alien until they were quarter of a day away from it's lair, and didn't start the hunt until it has felt fear of the woods in the air. Now, preparing for a jump, it feared being too weak. Something that can bring do much terror to the peaceful spirits -- what can a single cat do to this danger? But there weren't anyone else, and it could be too late if it went to find someone to share the prey with. No, now the only thing it could do is to fight.
And so it did. Leaping down from a tree in complete silence, Buckthorn aimed for the weakest point in the spirit's almost completely hidden in-between the worlds of the living and the dead body, hoping to not let them to attack back. Cat's paws went straight thought the mist around the spirit's core, while it's teeth crushed it. Spirit started to slowly vanish, returning to it's proper place, leaving only a small trinket they formed around behind. Buckthorn dropped it on the ground, chasing after the slowly thinning mist to feast on it before taking a look on whatever was left.
After there was nothing to eat left, it finally went back to it's newly acquired trophy. It was something quite fancy; a set of two brooches made of sparkling gems and little beads, hold together by a long silk ribbon. It depicted a bee, wings ready for flight, and a crown which proudly held some kind of a white gem in it's center. Little pattern on the ribbon seemed like clouds on the night sky, faint grays and blues across the black. Buckthorn gently lifted the ribbon with one paw and, not without a trouble and the ribbon getting stuck on it's horns, put it on it's neck. Today was a day to remember, and a trophy is something Buckthorn just has to keep.