OOC: Idk what happened to the post here but there was one here at some point I swear. Apparently I held down the title in the forum, not knowing that doing so would delete the first post. Lemme just rewrite like a really fast crappy one okay.
Fira was lying beside the river, contemplating life and the fact that she was about to be a parent. Soon another Gembound came along.
OOC: okay there. Ark said this was fine, okay. XD
Fira smelled the other Cat long before she saw her. She kept her back to the Gembound, though, continuing to stare down at the river until she was spoken to.
“Nah, you’re not intruding,” she said finally, turning to look at the visitor. She was constantly aware of their location to the den, though she would never make mention of it out loud. She was very protective of her unborn children, but she wasn’t so paranoid as to chase off anyone who just came by the river. What was the point in that?
“What brings you to Polaris?” she asked, trying to be friendly.
Fira hadn’t met many other Gembounds since her emergence. Most of her time had either been spent with Destiny, or hibernating when all the Gembounds went missing. So she was always quite interested in meeting new creatures, maybe making some new friends. But now that she was bound to Polaris and the river, going out and meeting others wasn’t something she ever did, really. She had to stay close by. She had to watch over Destiny, gather food for her, watch out for their children and the den… It sounded as if she hated all of it, but really it was just her life. She relished the thought of having a true purpose — even if that purpose was essentially ‘domestic housewife.’
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“I’m Fira,” the cat replied when Cure gave her name. She noticed when the other leopard sat down a fair distance away, and smiled inwardly, appreciating the personal space. She didn’t mind when others got close — it was more the idea that this leopard knew that personal space might be important to someone and had gone out of her way to keep distance. That sort of thing was an important social skill to have.
“In terms of exploring, you’ve got the river here, then there’s the Generator aways down the river.” She nodded her head in the direction of the great machine that powered the lights.
“Then there’s the dam farther down, but I would suggest staying away from there. The Golems like to hang out over there, and they can be pretty dangerous.” She turned away from the river then, looking towards the tall blue spike that dominated the landscape of Polaris.
“And over there is the Spire, of course.”
“I live here,” Fira continued.
“With my best friend Destiny.” She was thinking quickly now so she wouldn’t attract attention to their den.
“She’s off somewhere right now. Maybe fishing downstream.” The leopard looked at her new acquaintance then, blinking, waiting for a response.
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Fira nodded politely as Cure spoke.
“I was born in Eridanus… I think…” she said, eyebrows scrunching as she tried to remember if that was true.
“Honestly I move around so much I can’t remember… I’ve only been to a few places, though, since — since I recently decided to move here.” She’d been about to say,
’Since Destiny and I decided to have kids.’ She didn’t know why she was so nervous about revealing such a fact. Maybe it was some animal instinct in her that made her wanna hide her unborn children from the world. She wasn’t sure. All she knew was that she wasn’t going to tell anyone about her kids unless it was necessary. What if there was some crazy Gembound who took pleasure in destroying things and she told them without realizing their true nature? That could end very badly for her two opal chrysalises…
“Fish?” she asked, shaking her head to come out of her thoughts.
“Honestly, I’ve never tried fishing before. I hunt the Cave Deer that sometimes roam around here, or take down rabbits and stuff. I don’t know why I never thought of fishing…” Fira gazed into the river, and then a grin split her face.
“Hey, how about we try fishing now? Maybe it’ll be fun.”
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Fira nodded at Cure’s advice about redfangs, and then realized she didn’t know what they looked like.
“Can you describe that type of fish for me?” she asked, and then she spotted a little silver fish darting around near the surface of the water, and became stock still. She watched the lesser creature out of the corner of her eye, and then very slowly turned her body to face the river, trying not to scare the fish away. It was swimming around seemingly without purpose, and Fira wondered how it was swimming so well against the current. She supposed she shouldn’t curse her good luck, though.
Another moment or two, and she lunged forward at the fish and snapped it up in her jaws, biting down hard and until it stopped wriggling. Then she flung it onto the pebbles on the bank at Cure’s paws.
“For you,” she said with a cheeky grin.
“Guests eat first.”
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