—— panted, she had just finished training. Her grandfather yelling at her once again for loosing focus and all that shit, she couldn’t care at this point. She walked out, walking to her home.

She then walked into her home to her couch, opening the menu of a food place, looking through it she saw ——, just when she thought this day couldn’t get worse. —— always reminded her of ——, which then reminded her of the group.

——, —— and lastly ——, who wouldn’t stop sending her pictures of when they hanged out. She found it annoying how much she missed them all.

She just decided to order from a different place.

—— walked up to —— who was on the rug, playing with the cats who seemed to be throughly entertained with chasing a fake mouse, —— scoffed. ‘ How could those cats ever be interested in those puny toys? ‘ The mentor thought. ( He loved those toys in his cat form. )

—— looked up at —— after hearing his scoff at the cats. “ Oh hey Mr. ——! “ —— smiled at ——. “ What do you need? “ He tilted his head to the side slightly and looked at ——. Who just rolled his eyes. “ I need to tell you something, and you better listen! “ He glared at —— who turned his full attention to ——, leaving the cats to either play with eachother or play dully with the mouse toy.

—— cleared his throat. “ Well how do I put this? Me and ——.. “ ——’s eyes looked to the side as he went quiet. “ Are what? Did something happen? “ He asked concerned. “ No! Nothing happened! Well I mean! Yes.. “ —— had turned back to —— suddenly. Trying to ease the puppy-like boy. —— would sigh. “ Well. Me and —— are dating.. “ He said it suddenly looking at —— who just stared back.

“ Yeah! I knew! “ —— stared at —— shocked. “ You.. Knew?! “ He almost yelled

Snap bit at the Hyena’s as a warning to stay away, she was not giving up her fresh kill in this season. She was deciding fleeing with her food, but decided against it, taking down the group of aggressive Hyena’s, not without a fight of course, there were some pretty deep wounds, hopefully they don’t scar. She felt pretty tired after that fight so why doesn’t she just… sleep?

Hours later Snap woke up to a poke at her side, she scrambled to her feet quickly and painfully, roaring at the foreign animal. “ Woah calm down! Did I knock you to the wrong side of the bed or something? “

She recognized that agonizing humor, looking at the striped body of Laharu, the Hyena who had been bothering the king for food. “ So what are you doing out here? “ Laharu tilted his head, looking at the meat, then shaking his head again to get onto focus. “ I just fell asleep, can you try to persuade the king to come over here so he can help bring the food back? “

Laharu looked at Snap, considering it before saying. “ Can I have a bite if I do? “ Laharu putting his paw over his face trying to hide his drooling face. “ Fine but only after you bring him here. “ She glared at him, as he ran off to complete his quest, food is food in this season after all.

—— sat there deciding what to do, he could send a message, write a note that would take ages and send it.. Hmm, he had just the idea! He would call his friends, after all what better to do than call your friends huh?

—— hovered over the call button on the groupchat, looking over the menu on the groupchat.

23:45, 59%

| Cat lovers! | Call | Settings |

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1/5/XX, 17:56PM - —— sent an image Open image link.

Hey guys!! Look at —— ——, adorable right? ^w^

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He stopped reading, not wanting to read further, he finished hesitating and hit the call button.

The phone buzzed before one finally picked up. “ Ehh? ——? You’re still up? “ The voice questioned. —— nervously giggled. “ Yeah! I just.. “ His vision stirred to the side like the other person who picked up could see him, quickly looking back. “ Couldn’t sleep! “ —— finished. “ Get one of your cats or something - yawn.. - its pretty late to be up.. “ They finished. “ Ah.. Did I wake you up? “ —— asked trying not to pay attention to anything but talking to the person on the other side. “ You did but it’s fine, what would you like to talk about? “

Under normal circumstances, —— would speak his mind, but with a gun against his head, it made everything terrifying. It was hard to talk even to one of his best friends, as he called them. “ Whatever you’d like to! Anything could help me sleep at this point! “ He chuckled looking over at the person who was holding such weapon. He was gonna die at 24:00, exactly. He was lucky enough that the killer would allow him to talk under watch.

“ Haha, well hmm, maybe I could sing something? “ —— still hasn’t looked at the person who was talking, he had bets on either —— or ——, as —— was quiet so it couldn’t be him. “ Yeah, that would be good! “ He tried to sound as normal as he could, his eyes darted over to the time.

23:50, 49%

Perfect, 10 minutes to hear them sing. —— had gotten lost in the song that was being sung to him, eyes looking towards the clock again.

23:59, 48%

—— sighed, the other person not noticing as they continued singing.

24:00.

BANG

The last things he heard was muffled screaming… ' Oh, was that him? ' He couldn’t tell anymore, your blood pooling out of your body suddenly does that huh?

—— sighed, sitting on his couch. The cats had run off somewhere, —— and —— also no where in sight, —— and —— had gone home yesterday. —— not having a choice to be here, she had ignored his texts, leaving no response at all, other than a tiny “ read “ mark.

He’d had a bad day and just needed something to make him feel better. —— hopped off of the couch reluctantly, grabbing his jacket. He yelled a simple- “ I’m heading out! “ And stepped outside. Searching for something, anything, that would distract him.

He walked around for a little, before encountering a cafe. Not only was it just a cafe, infact, it was a cat cafe. He walked in, deciding if the cats weren’t there then why not hang out with cats here? The bell rang as he entered, the cashier greeted him, he looked around at everything, not being hungry or thirsty he decided to buy some cat themed trinkets before paying to go in.

He paid for treats, the trinkets and to go in. Pocketing the paid trinkets, he walked in the door and after the gate, he found a white with grey-black patches, the paws both had an extra toe, making the cat have thumbs. He sat down next to said cat, opening his treat container and giving the cat a treat, which the cat greedily ate. Other cats started swarming him for treats, in which he laughed, giving each a treat or two to especially greedy cats.

☆ ☾ ☼ ☽ ★

After a bit the treats ran out, in which he decided to then play with the cats, a black cat wobbly tried to attack the toy, which —— decided to play with the wobbly cat. Eventually it got bored which led to —— petting it for a little, after it ran off with a little wobble he decided to go bother another cat.

☆ ☾ ☼ ☽ ★

He decided to visit the kittens, he let the kittens climb on him, afterall he wasn’t allowed to pick them up sadly. A black cat looked mad, peering through the window, he decided to pet the angry kitten for a bit, before deciding to look over, at the two kittens cuddling. One of the two was attacking the others tail as it waved in the air, he giggled at that.

Eventually he left the kitten room, then deciding to pet a cat, who was asleep, while scrolling through his phone. It was time to leave, the hour he paid for was up, he walked back home with a smile on his face, feeling nice after that sweet distraction.

He needs to bring his friends there eventually.

Aloith, a young dreamer. He looked at the evening sky with his pink eyes seemingly blazing with determination, the young man looked back at his pastel colored friend. “ You know, I will become the best hero, just wait and see! “ Aloith smiled at his friend who giggled a little. “ Whatever you say Mr. Hero. “ They would jokingly reply.

A few days later he figured out his gift. He was venturing in the forest, exploring and practicing to become a hero! A good hero should always practice safe adventures, in his words. He stepped on a branch and felt the absence of the ground below him. He looked for something to grab onto in a hurry, he managed to grab a thin tree branch. The boy looked down to see the grass below had caved in around the spot. He looked desperately at the branch, would it be enough to keep him from falling? He heard a crack. He fell like a phoenix falling from grace, into the hole in the ground.

He opened his eyes after the fall, he was still alive? He looked around in disbelief, looking down he realised he landed on a small patch of wooden sticks, leaves and other comfy nature things. Aloith was temporarily shocked before getting up. Where was he? He warily looked around the room before noticing a big hole in the wall. He got up, brushing the dust on his clothes that now had small holes in them. Damn those sticks. He decided to walk over to the hole, hiding behind a corner, as he peered over the edge, he saw a simple looking space, filled with darkness, some dust, he assumed, it was too far to tell, a few jewels scattered around.

Aloith walked into the second part of the den foolishly, the wall guiding him through the dark cavern. Aloith stumbled a bit over a big stick of what he presumed until he heard a loud noise, in return he covered his ears reflexively. Aloith looked at the stick, which was strangely red from what he could see in the darkness. Then he saw a blur of movement which made him look above the stick.

The next moment he knows is blurry. Burning, searing and harsh pain took over his body. He didn’t get a chance to scream before he was transported to some weird room.

Aloith looked around stunned and confused, he was supposed to be dead, right? He examined the area closer rather than just glancing at it. It seemed to be some sort of house? Aloith then noticed a menu right in front of him.

> Respawn
> Stay

The menu gave two options. Aloith ecstatically picked the respawn option, ignoring the latter. He decided to sit down while waiting for the weird house to transport them back to the real world. He sat down in a chair, it seemed to be some sort of dining room. On the table there were one of his favorite meals. It looked exactly like his mothers home cooked Goblin-Ferno pasta. His mouth drooled a bit but he wiped it away. He was still a little bit wary to try it out once it cooled a bit but he did so anyway. It tasted exactly like his mothers cooking, the spices blended perfectly, the goblin was just the right texture and chewiness, his mother always liked to make sure it was the best after all. The pasta still felt a little hot from the fire that previously burned bright, it's always a mystery how it’s never burnt as black as charcoal, but it’s always delicious. He finished the dish quickly, then the house decided to transport him right then.

Aloith then woke up in the grass, his skin still feeling like it’s melting off in contrast to the cold night breeze. So much for respawning. Aloith thought before deciding just to pass out there.

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He hoped this was all just a dream when he woke up. It wasn’t, he woke up in that stupid forest again, this time getting his senses back. The sun was just rising, Aloith stared at the sunrise, wondering how this could get any worse. He was just young back then, he wouldn’t know how many times he could fall into ash and be reborn again. Aloith broke himself out of his thoughts, if he hurried home right now he should be able to make some time to relax in his room before school would start.

The sun had officially risen, Aloith went outside and walked up to his friend. They then walked to school with his pastel colored friend. Aloith frantically explains the events that happened last night, missing sceptical looks from his friend. “ Yeah, yeah, are you sure that you didn’t have a nightmare? One of those vivid ones? “ They now looked at Aloith like he was crazy after his full explanation. “ I’m sure! How can you explain these! “ He pointed out the scars that they had, they looked a little new, but not too bad. “ If it didn't happen! “ Aloith would exclaim. The friend rolled their eyes and continued walking. “ You’re just crazy. It’s make-up isn't it? Just take it off sometime before anyone else notices that. “ They sighed. Aloith looked away, why couldn’t they just believe him? He wasn’t lying! He knows what he saw and felt. The walk to school fell quiet after that.

Aloith sighed at the water, looking at himself in the reflection. He still thinks he looks young, but he’s not young anymore, hasn’t been for a while. It must be a side effect of the immortality he got given a while ago. He touched his somewhat scarred face while staring at himself in the deep dark water. His eyes glared back at his face, he almost couldn’t see the resemblance between him and his younger self anymore. He used to have scarless skin, pink glowing eyes that were always determined, and a softer look. But that has changed drastically.

Aloith would’ve missed the star if he hadn’t looked up, snapped out of glaring at himself he looked up. Huh, a shooting star. It’s cool that he gets to see one up close, it does look like it’s heading towards him. Wait. Heading towards him? He didn’t expect to die by a shooting star today. He quickly got to his footing and tried to scramble away. He was unsuccessful, the comet fell into his body. Wait just a moment. This doesn’t feel rough enough to be a star? He opened his eyes and looked at the thing that had hit him. He saw the red hair of the thing that fell on him, Aloith couldn’t properly see the face of the red haired star, as their hair obstructed the view from what he could see. The outfit they were wearing seemed a little fancy for falling out of the sky. Aloith stared at the thing, unsure of what to do.

The red headed thing popped up suddenly, viciously cussing out to the sky unaware of the figure they had crashed into. Aloith took this time to observe the figure better as it was not right on top of him anymore so he could see better. They were wearing what could only be described as a fancy outfit, they wore a mask that could only be described as a multi-colored ocean. It was honestly beautiful if Aloith met with it at one of his past masked waltz. The mask contrasts and blends to the red hair of the thing that crashed into him. Aloith jumped when the ocean themed masked thing looked at him. “ Great! “ The sky comet called out, “ You- “ They flashed out their pointer finger like a switchblade, pointing at Aloith. “ - got me sent down here! Because you couldn’t harness your gift correctly! “ They hissed out angrily at Aloith.

Aloith’s eyes narrowed towards them. They continued to ramble until they looked at Aloith, his eyes might as well be able to kill someone with the glare he was staring with. “ What? “ The man looked at Aloith now confused. “ You’re the reason I have this? “ He harshly snarled and stood up after sitting on the ground being scolded like a teacher would to his student. “ You’re the reason why I have died all this time? The one who destroyed all my innocence years ago and when I wanted to die I couldn’t? “ He hissed, They just looked at Aloith blinking. They tried to say a remark back to defend himself, yet Aloith cut him off, continuing his rage-filled scolding, eventually he said. “ I’m leaving. “ Which he started walking away, his fast pace steps crunching the grass and leaves as he walked.

The now floating person chased after the nature destroyer. “ Wait! “ They yelled out attempting to prove their innocence, Aloith ignoring them, looking for the nearest way to die, after all they can’t follow them if he goes to his domain. Luckily enough for him he saw a cliff near, quick and easy death, lucky. “ Aloith! Wait! “ They shouted out again, Aloith flinched at his name but continued walking towards the cliff a bit faster this time. He didn't stop even if he neared the cliff's edge, eventually the pace he was going at led him to fall right off of it. Aloith closed his eyes while gliding down to the rocky and grass filled bottom.

They tried to dive after Aloith, who fell gracefully towards the bottom. They had almost grabbed Aloith from out of the sky, he fell surprisingly fast, just out of reach, his lifeless body laid splattered on the ground. The ocean-masked person looked a little disappointed, though knowing Aloith would come alive again so it was all fine, suddenly they felt a weird pulling as he was pulled out of the blood rocks forcefully. Nauseating.