Wanheda | She-cat | 2 years, 9 months | Location: The Forest
Interacting with: Hades, Iris, Escarcha

She shook her head sightly. "When we become a circus...", her voice trailed off as yet another cat interrupted her sarcasm, by the corner of her eye noticing the joyful behavior the seemingly white ball of fur owned, for unknown and odd reasons, considering the fact that they were complete strangers to her. Her eyes were locked on the she-cat she had shared some words with for a few more seconds before focusing her view on the most recent, unwanted guest, her left ear whirled towards Iris with intent caution. Her light green eyes pierced Essa's blues in a failed attempt to guess why even her walk expressed such... A dangerous mood.

"Oh, just the badger that none of us will share, if that's what either of you wish we do.", she replied circling said meal before sitting next to Hades, a sly grin across her lips. Wanheda took her time to properly observe the felines before them and to inhale their aromas to slowly acknowledge them, though not completely, just in case it could be necessary in the future and in any means. "Is that what you wish?", she'd question after a moment. Her eyes and voice became as soft as the snow beneath them falsifying perfectly a concern expression, yet as cold and misleading; Wanheda had little to no sympathy for anyone that wasn't her brother, and many games to play.

☹ verdammt | ♂ | location: plains | mentions: none | interactions: muune ☹
shocked, verdammt leaped back and hurriedly dropped his prey, trapping it under his needle-like claws. this was the scent he had detected earlier, but where did she come from? did she sneak up on him at the last moment?

"almost two years," the young tom croaked. he stared up at the larger she-cat, appearing calm and collected to hide his (naturally) anxious demeanor. if he was going to be attacked, he better be prepared. unsheathing his claws slowly, he flexed them into the snow. he was probably going to be attacked.

"who are you, anyways..?!"

🍰 hollister | ♂ | location: waterfall/forest | mentions: none | interactions: none 🍰
the young aegean stood at the edge of the forest, having recently awoken from his nap in a comfortable bed of snow. due to his breeds adaptive fur, he was.. well. still freezing cold. the chill of the wind hit him even harder than the snow itself.

padding forward a few steps, he would eye the astonishing beauty of the waterfall. even in the dead of winter it still poured down upon the lake, leaving the area where it met the body of water unfrozen, and the rest still as winter itself.

holi gave an empty purr, shaking the snowflakes from his pelt. he began towards the edge of the lake, feeling as though something was watching him as he padded onto the exposed banks. with no trees to cover him, he felt nervous, almost.

[ Ben ]
Male • 5 y/o • Manx/Turkish Van Mix
Location: Forest | Mentions: Klavier

If Klavier didn't know what he meant by the term housefolk he definitely wasn't a pet. Curiosity piqued, he followed the other tom back out into the unforgiving weather. Ben and Iris had survived almost a whole year in the wilds now and he had learned to adjust to the life of a feral cat, but Ben hadn't found much prey since the snows began. Could there really still be unknown, prey-rich areas in the forest he didn't know about? He was quick to follow Klavier across the frozen landscape toward the lake, the quick, sprinting steps bringing warmth to his limbs. The thought of a possible meal was fuel enough to get him moving. "Do you think perhaps, there will still be fish?"

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[ Torrent ]
Female • 3.6 y/o • Domestic Shorthair
Location: Farmlands | Mentions: Wilbur

Torrent paused as the barn she had spotted from a distance only an hour or so before now loomed a few paces ahead. Its bright red paint had been like a beacon, drawing her in. With farmland came humans, dogs, and possibly other cats, but Torrent was desperate for respite and nothing was better than curling into a pile of the dry. yellowed grasses that could be found inside a barn. She crept forward on cautious paws, alert for danger. The scent of another cat drifted past her nose, but he didn't seem to be around at the moment. 'I wonder if he's friendly?' The gray and white she-cat thought hopefully.

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[ Chigaru ]
Male • 1.8 y/o • F1 Savannah Cat
Location: Forest | Mentions: Melody

The lanky tom slunk forward, eyes narrowed and tail waving in the air as he approached an unsuspecting mouse. His paws snapped on a twig and the mouse suddenly sat bolt upright, dropping the seed formally clutched between its paws. Chigaru rushed forward, chasing the mouse around the roots of a nearby tree until it disappeared back down its burrow. He shoved his paw after it in one last attempt to capture the rodent, but came out empty-pawed in the end. Ears and tail drooping, the spotted cat moved on. Before long the sound of paws treading over snow had his large ears perking up again. Another animal was clearly close by. Sinking back into a hunter's crouch, he crept forward again in the hopes of finding new prey. He waited until the creature sounded like it was just beyond the bush he currently hid behind before surging forward, leaping at the creature with a fearsome yowl. He realized a bit late his target wasn't prey at all, but instead another cat and jerked sideways, landing in a heap of tangled limbs beside the matted she-cat.

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[Sonne/Muune]
Female ~ 3 y/o || Siamese Cat
Location: Plains || Mentions: Verdammt [Directly]

"Munne," she said hesitantly looking at this cat suspiciously. Does he dare challenge a strong cat like me? She thought humorously. She sheathed her claws quickly as her eyes dilated back to normal. She shook out her snow-patched fur quickly before blinking twice at the small tom in front of her. She shrunk back fearfully with a questioning look in her eyes.
"I'm sorry for whatever I did," she said quietly shivering slightly. "By the way you can call me Sonne." she saw the plump mouse wrapped in his claws and decided that a fight was not worth it to her as she looked back at him wondering how in the world did she get here. "By the way who are you?" She inquired slightly curious about what she did to make him mad at her.

🌑 klavier | ♂ |location: lake | mentions: hollister [indir.]| interactions: ben 🌑
"course. they're always hiding under the ice this time of the year," klavier rumbled out in a low purr as the pair rapidly approached the lake. he would signal with his tail to halt as they reached the edge of the trees. he noticed a splotch by the waterfall, and ignored it. it was most likely some other foraging cat.

looking around, he turned to ben. "you know how to fish?" he inquired simply.

☹ verdammt | ♂ | location: plains | mentions: n/a | interactions: sonne/munne ☹
he watched her pupils dilate quickly, as if she had experienced some sort of holy ghost. something was different about this cat, but she seemed more kind now. or perhaps just kind out of fear.

"its fine," he began coolly by accent at first, obsessively making a digging motion with his free paw, "hello- verdammt-- is my name.. e-erm. or ve. is this where you live? i can. leave." his fragmented speech embarrassed him thoroughly, but he was much too focused on everything occurring to obsess over that as well. if she didn't realize her tone had caused him to react in such a manner, she must be totally clueless, he thought.

🍰 hollister | ♂ | location: waterfall | mentions: n/a | interactions: n/a [open] 🍰
hollister treaded carefully onto the ice, light paws making quiet taps against it. when suddenly, it split open.

the feline lost balance as his left hind paw was dunked into freezing water, and he let out a terrified yowl before pulling his foot out and skittering back to the shore behind a dead tree.

"if something heard me, im dead." he mused allowed. he knew some mangy, hungry creature was stalking him from somewhere. he just knew it!!

Quill | Female | Location: In a tree| Mentions: Hollister |

Quill looked in the direction of the yowl and against her better judgment move towards it, she spotted the male and watched him confused as he moved to the tree, she let out a quiet laugh "Are you okay?" she called out to the wet male after she was safely in a tree "Did you walk across the river?" she asked her tail flicking around amused

Escarcha (Essa ; Carcha) | She-cat | Location: Forest | Interacting with : Wanheda, Iris, and Hades

"A badger?" There was disbelief and envy in her eyes. "I would never be brave enough to hunt down one of those. I've always feared them, if you want to know the truth." She looked around the group of fellow cats. "Which....I don't think you do."

She sat among then, silent. She had no idea what to say in the midst of newer, slightly more intimidating cats. They were hunting down badgers and she was proud of herself for catching mice. You will never succeed at anything.

Melody |She cat | 2 Years
Location: Forest | Mentions: Chigaru {Directly} - {Open}

Melody quickly tensed at the sound of a loud yowl behind her, she spun around to notice a cat throwing itself onto its side, and she would have prepared herself to flee the scene, if the cat didn't look so tangled and injured. Had they been trying to attack her? She wondered perplexed as she gazed down at the tom.

He was a strange looking thing with large ears and a bright colored coat, almost yellow that stood out immensely against the bright backdrop of the snow surrounding them. She wondered how he was even able to move comfortably in the intense frigid air with his short coat and lank form. Not even a tail long enough to provide some type of warmth over his paws.

She slowly stepped closer to him, and bent her head enough to peer more clearly at his twisted form. "Are you alright?" She offered as a sign of true concern, and hoped that whatever the cat had been trying to do, it didn't involve hurting her.

Hades
Tom | 3 years, 11 months | Location: The Forest | Mentions: Wanheda, Iris, Essa

Yellow eyes remained with a piercing gaze atop the light colored ragdoll as she seemed to loose all self-confidence she had worn upon herself only moments earlier as she backed up and lowered her feminine voice. Though he showed not even a twitch, not feeling any pity or sympathy for her. She entered the area where two cats stood by their kill. Not a smart move. Body still sitting next to their kill, Hades was aware of his sister moving towards him and circling their kill as she spoke before sitting beside him. But, although he knew of her movements, his hostile eyes did not stray from the chipper ragdoll that still stood near their kill, tail lashing with hostility every few moments.

Then he heard her ask 'a badger?' when Heda said they caught a badger and didn't even bother to nod to her question. There was a badger laying dead behind him, didn't she see? Oh well. Then she spoke about how she would not have been brave enough to kill a badger. Well, he didn't think she was wrong about that one. Not many cats killed badgers- he and his sister were just overachievers. Hungry and violent overachievers. But enough of mingling with strangers. His stomach growled at him to eat and he wanted to do so. He quickly flashed his sister a look that said 'speed this up' as he lashed his tail and lightly touched her with its tip before giving her the look. He assumed his little sis would know he was starving, though.

OOC: Sorry for the delay, I was on a trip :/

🍰 hollister | ♂ | location: waterfall | mentions: n/a | interactions: quill 🍰
holi widened his almond shaped, light eyes flashing images of the white snow as he gazed curiously up into the tree. a striped she-cat was perched in it. smart, he thought.

his soggy foot was starting to get very cold. he sat down and licked it. "yes," he responded quietly and simply, thinking on how long it would take hypothermia to get to him. mind you, he had a very, very loose concept of this.

at least i dont hide out in trees, he felt like adding, but managed to keep his mouth shut with the rhythm of his tongue warming is hind-paw.

ooc: its okay, dont worry! we get stuff happens!

Quill | Female | Location: In a tree| Mentions: Hollister |

Quill tilted her head at the male "I know of an empty foxes den you can sleep in" she meowed out flicking her tail "It should dry you up" the multi-colored she-cat spoke paw she cleaned her paw running it over her ear a few times, she saw up on the branch and almost fell off, she cursed a few times and gained her balance

Flick | Male | Location: By the river| Mentions: None|

Flick rested a paw on the ice before putting his weight on it, the ice cracked under his paw causing him to flinch backward, he twitched his ears at a noise towards his left, he sighed and walked along the bank testing the ice every once and a while not finding a place for him to walk across, the little tom sighed and started to look for a place to sleep

[ Ben ]
Tom • 5 y/o • Manx Cat x Turkish Van • Location: Lake
Mentions: {Directly} Klavier | {Indirectly} Quill, Hollister

Ben was encouraged by the news fish still lurked beneath the lake’s surface even through all this cold. The forest’s streams were often too shallow to offer any fish larger than a minnow and he hadn’t caught even a glimpse of their sparkling silver-green scales since the ice came. Excitement urged the brownish tabby forward, and he picked up speed, pushing off the landscape to give power to his strides. He skidded to a halt once Klavier came to an abrupt stop, his tail raising in a warning to slow down, kicking up a spray of snow in the other tom’s direction. “My apologies,” he murmured with genuine regret, hoping Klavier wouldn’t take too much offense.

As his new companion inquired if he knew how to fish his expression brightened. “Aye. I can fish,” he confirmed. “Much better than I can chase rabbits or squirrels.” His gaze traveled over the lake and its surrounding shores to make certain they were alone before daring to venture closer now that the thrill of the journey there wasn’t clouding his good sense. He spotted only two small shapes closer to the waterfall, but they were far enough away that he wasn’t too concerned about their presence just yet. When he was only an inch or so away from the lake’s edge a startled yowl had his head snapping back in the direction of the waterfall, fur rising.

"We should make sure that cat doesn't need assistance before we do anything else,” Ben stated, not exactly waiting for an answer before he began trotting over to where Hollister and Quill had sheltered among the trees.

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[ Iris ]
She-Cat • 3 y/o • Cornish Rex • Location: Forest
Mentions: {Directly} Hades, Wanheda, Escarcha | {Indirectly} None

The tone of false concern lacing Wanheda’s words did nothing to put Iris at ease, and the downy-furred cat narrowed her eyes skeptically. Another shiver rushed down her spine, both from the frigid weather and the threat these powerful cats could pose should they feel so inclined. Both the she-cat and her gigantic companion were interesting and Iris couldn't deny they intrigued her, but she wasn’t fool enough to set paw down there by herself. She doubted the friendly fluffball would be much help if Hades and Wanheda became violent. “I’d like to remind you I was here first,” Iris pointed out dryly. “In fact, you interrupted my nap.”

Escarcha spoke up next, complementing their kill with more genuine awe than she had expressed. Iris’ tail twitched and she felt a slight pinprick of unease. This cat was no kitten, but she exuded a sense of innocence Iris wasn’t used to seeing from cats away from the human place. Was she a lost pet? She certainly had the coloring of one. Like Iris herself she appeared to be of purebred kind. With a reluctant sigh as her conscience finally got to her, she left her perch, easily winding her way down the tree until she landed beside the Ragdoll in the snow.

“Regardless, we aren’t interested in your badger. We're perfectly capable of catching our own prey,” she assured the siblings, her voice courteous, but holding an icy edge. ”We’ll be going now,” she added before nudging Escarcha in the opposite direction, gaze never leaving Hades and Wanheda as she tried to herd the other she-cat away before a fight broke out.

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[ Chigaru ]
Tom • 1.8 y/o • Savannah Cat • Location: Forest
Mentions: {Directly} Melody | {Indirectly} None

Embarrassment and shame washed over Chigaru as Melody leaned closer to check on him, his skin flushing hot beneath his short golden coat. What kind of cat couldn’t tell when he was stalking another feline? He quickly untangled himself and leaped to his paws, shaking clumps of snow from his pelt before facing the matted she-cat with folded ears and a lowered tail. “Y-yes, I’m fine,” he assured the other cat, forcing an unconvincing smile. "Thanks for asking."

He scuffed at a half-buried leaf with a paw, golden eyes flicking between Melody and the ground. “I’m sorry I almost jumped you,” he meowed, forcing himself to meet her gaze. “I, er...well I thought you were prey,” he confessed. “I’m not very good at hunting yet. There are just so many scents and I can’t make any sense out of them. I thought I was following a squirrel. I hope I didn't startle you too badly."

[Sonne/Muune]
Female ~ 3 y/o || Siamese Cat
Location: Plains || Mentions: Verdammt [Directly]

She stood up a little straighter hoping not to appear to much of a push over. She had to swivel her head a few times and blink to take in all of her surroundings. She shook her head slowly "No, I don't even know how I got here" she said slightly confused. She noticed the plump juicy mouse between Verdammt's claws as she once again felt a small rumble in her empty stomach. She sat down and shook the snow of her dampened fur. "You don't have to leave and I won't make you," she said with a small hint of a smile on her face.