ORIGIN - Reluctant Beginnings

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Dark caverns snaked their way along the underground like a coil of knotted snakes. The tunnels had a cool darkness to them. However, some of the caverns were faintly lit by a scattering of bioluminescent mushrooms tucked into tiny patchwork crevices. Barely revealed by the tiny speaking of lights stood a large stone of pale yellowish green hiding in a bend of one of the smaller tunnels. The air was still in an almost peaceful silence. Even the occasional reverberating footsteps of wondering beasts were largely absent at this moment. The moment was short lived, however. Shadows were cast along the opposite wall as the prehnite chrysalis took a small shake. A gash appeared along the edge, cracking like a spark of lightening along the stone. Shards of the gemstone clambered, echoing in the distant tunnels, as a large hole was formed. And from out of that jeweled egg came … Nothing. The echos continued for a while before settling down into relative peace once more. The egg stood motionless as though ignoring the fact that it had just ruptured. And indeed, that is precisely what had happened. Pale green eyes matching the prehnite stone blinked out from the opening. Yet nothing else moved. For the chrysalis, the name entered her mind from either a strange instinct or memories passed on from others of the caverns, was a safe place. No trouble ever entered its confines. This new place … such things could not be guaranteed. Inside it was dark and warm from the trapped body heat. The tunnels were lit, causing pupils to swell, and the air rushing past had a faint chill to it. No, it was not a place to explore when a perfectly suitable home was available. And so nothing happened. Time continued on despite the stubbornness of the new creature. One’s defiance mattered not in the grand scheme of things. Peace once again returned. Only to be interrupted once again. Gurggle. A sharp yow followed the strange sound. It was new! And it gave a sense of dread. And that was how the new being discovered that one cannot simply stay put in their chrysalis forever. ”Hungry,” the word appeared in the beast’s mind. That sound meant that food was needed. Food the gemstone could no longer provide. Food that existed, had to exist, outside in the tunnels. It was a scary proposition but it was discovered that change must occur. With a tiny deep breath, a cream colored paw stretched out of the egg, tapping the ground before jerking back, and settled itself along the stony floor. Soon after followed the tentative orangey form of a rather small bobcat. She crouched down, looking around the tunnel trying to decide what to do next. Speech Thoughts Tags: Notes: Yay, first official RP post here! Woot woot!

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Dark caverns snaked their way along the underground like a coil of knotted snakes. The tunnels had a cool darkness to them. However, some of the caverns were faintly lit by a scattering of bioluminescent mushrooms tucked into tiny patchwork crevices. Barely revealed by the tiny speaking of lights stood a large stone of pale yellowish green hiding in a bend of one of the smaller tunnels. The air was still in an almost peaceful silence. Even the occasional reverberating footsteps of wondering beasts were largely absent at this moment.

The moment was short lived, however. Shadows were cast along the opposite wall as the prehnite chrysalis took a small shake. A gash appeared along the edge, cracking like a spark of lightening along the stone. Shards of the gemstone clambered, echoing in the distant tunnels, as a large hole was formed. And from out of that jeweled egg came …

Nothing.

The echos continued for a while before settling down into relative peace once more. The egg stood motionless as though ignoring the fact that it had just ruptured. And indeed, that is precisely what had happened. Pale green eyes matching the prehnite stone blinked out from the opening. Yet nothing else moved. For the chrysalis, the name entered her mind from either a strange instinct or memories passed on from others of the caverns, was a safe place. No trouble ever entered its confines. This new place … such things could not be guaranteed. Inside it was dark and warm from the trapped body heat. The tunnels were lit, causing pupils to swell, and the air rushing past had a faint chill to it. No, it was not a place to explore when a perfectly suitable home was available. And so nothing happened.

Time continued on despite the stubbornness of the new creature. One’s defiance mattered not in the grand scheme of things. Peace once again returned. Only to be interrupted once again.

Gurggle. A sharp yow followed the strange sound. It was new! And it gave a sense of dread. And that was how the new being discovered that one cannot simply stay put in their chrysalis forever.

”Hungry,” the word appeared in the beast’s mind. That sound meant that food was needed. Food the gemstone could no longer provide. Food that existed, had to exist, outside in the tunnels. It was a scary proposition but it was discovered that change must occur. With a tiny deep breath, a cream colored paw stretched out of the egg, tapping the ground before jerking back, and settled itself along the stony floor. Soon after followed the tentative orangey form of a rather small bobcat. She crouched down, looking around the tunnel trying to decide what to do next.

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Thomas was returning to his place of emergence, Orion, from his adventures in The Core. He was in Polaris in attempt to name things that he had no prior knowledge of having titles. Every color of glow he could think of now had a name. They all started with the base word lum-, and merged into words such as lumeen and lumange. The elk was still thrilled at his discoveries; still captivated in thought. So distracted that he almost missed the cracked up chrysalis right in front of him. He came to a sudden halt as his hooves made a screeching sound across the tunnel floor. Thomas lowered his head towards the green prehnite and observed it's color. He had never seen such a beautiful, pale hue before.

Once again, he was so caught up in his own head that he nearly jumped a few feet in the air when the kitten stepped out of it's old encasing. Thomas shot his head up in the air, his ears perked and his eyes beat down onto the creature. He had never seen another gembound hatch before, so he was quite confused as to how the small beast had sat unmoved in the chrysalis. It was almost as if the elk had forgotten of his own emergence just over one cycle ago.

"Young kitten," he said with a calm voice. Thomas lowered his head somewhat closer to the small creature. His ready-to-run posture relaxed and his stiff muscles loosened. His red and white eyes seemed to give off a soft orange glow, as if it was coming from within. Maybe from using his spell torchlight too much, he did not know.

He heard the grumbling of what sounded like its tummy. "You're hungry?" he asked the kitten. Thomas, much larger than the small kit, knew he had very little to worry about. The gembound may have been a predator of sorts, but it was young and probably frail. If it did try to pounce and dig it's claws into his fur, the elk was more than ready to test out his growing antlers as a defense. Remaining relaxed, he flicked his tail and continued to stare down at the gembound.

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Pale green eyes blinked, adjusting to the light around her as she scanned the tunnels. On one side was a path that leads towards a strange blue glow. Head turning, past the deep brown fur, was another path with a strange flickering of light. Both paths seemed odd- Her thoughts suddenly stopped as her head whipped back to face forward. While her belly had demanded all of her attention, a strange beast had made itself to stand before her. It was a large creature, much larger than her own tiny frame. Red eyes that seemed to nearly flicker stared at her. And those wicked horns! And nefarious hooves! It spoke, but the words were barely heard. Ears flattened against her skull as her pupils dilated. This monstrous beast was so close to her. With ease it could stomp and crush her skull. Or bend down to impale her with it’s horns. What did it want with her? “Hungry?” she breathed as though terrified to repeat the word. It was just her luck that the moment she got brave enough to leave her gemstone cage, another beast would appear to devour her. Tears welled up in her eyes. “N-n-n no! Don’t eat me!” she screeched loudly. Eyes pressed closed and a paw swiped out towards the one before her. Speech Thoughts Tags: @Thomas Notes:

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Pale green eyes blinked, adjusting to the light around her as she scanned the tunnels. On one side was a path that leads towards a strange blue glow. Head turning, past the deep brown fur, was another path with a strange flickering of light. Both paths seemed odd-

Her thoughts suddenly stopped as her head whipped back to face forward. While her belly had demanded all of her attention, a strange beast had made itself to stand before her. It was a large creature, much larger than her own tiny frame. Red eyes that seemed to nearly flicker stared at her. And those wicked horns! And nefarious hooves!

It spoke, but the words were barely heard. Ears flattened against her skull as her pupils dilated. This monstrous beast was so close to her. With ease it could stomp and crush her skull. Or bend down to impale her with it’s horns. What did it want with her?

“Hungry?” she breathed as though terrified to repeat the word. It was just her luck that the moment she got brave enough to leave her gemstone cage, another beast would appear to devour her. Tears welled up in her eyes.

“N-n-n no! Don’t eat me!” she screeched loudly. Eyes pressed closed and a paw swiped out towards the one before her.

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Thomas raised his head back up and continued to stare down at the kitten. When it noticed the growing elk, it seemed afraid. He was confused at this sudden change of emotion; before it had noticed him, the young gembound was curious of something, but far from scared. He tilted his head slightly to the side to show that he was genuinely confused.

Did I do something wrong?

And then the small creature began to speak. "Eat you?" he chuckled in reply. Thomas straightened out his head and allowed a soft look to appear on his face. "Young gembound, I'm not here to eat you. I only eat the plants in Eridanus." He gave somewhat of a grin to the kitten before taking a small step closer to it.

"I've never seen another gembound emerge before. My emergence was only a cycle ago, but if feels much longer." Thomas would've continued blabbering on but he decided to not get carried away. One thing he defiantly remembered about being fresh in the Caves was that he knew almost nothing. Not much more than his name.

Right! Name!

"My name is Thomas." He paused. "Do you know what your name is?"

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Her paw struck towards the intimidating creature before her but to little change. He seemed to dismiss the action, which served to make her at more unease. Her biggest sense of defense meant nothing to the towering beast. She could, perhaps, bite at him but she feared it would do little more than cause annoyance. Then he spoke. His words were softer than expected. This time the sound actually entered and registered in her mind. He did not wish to eat her. Then why on earth was he bothering with her? Rather it was because she was new to the world or simply the same that the gemstone chrysalis had formed her, the young lynx was a simple creature with simple thoughts. Basic instinct drove her actions. There were few motivators she could think of and one of the largest was the search for food. If she was not food for him, what was it that she gave him that caused him to stop and focus on her? She remained suspicious of his altruistic desire for it did not fit her world view. Her thoughts were interrupted as he took a step closer. So lost in her own mind as she was, the action took her by surprise. She mewed softly in surprise, attempting to scooch back and tumbling onto herself. Shaking her head, which caused her large ears to flop back and forth, she tried to regain her footing once more. Then she realized that she was asked a question. “My name…?” For a moment, she didn’t answer. The thought hadn’t crossed her mind before. It made sense, though, that she would have a name. After all, apparently there were creatures here who were, for whatever reason, interested in things beyond fighting and eating. “I am … Selena,” she said after a slight pause, musing over the sound of the last word and rolling it around in her head. Speech Thoughts Tags: @Thomas Notes:

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Her paw struck towards the intimidating creature before her but to little change. He seemed to dismiss the action, which served to make her at more unease. Her biggest sense of defense meant nothing to the towering beast. She could, perhaps, bite at him but she feared it would do little more than cause annoyance.

Then he spoke. His words were softer than expected. This time the sound actually entered and registered in her mind. He did not wish to eat her. Then why on earth was he bothering with her? Rather it was because she was new to the world or simply the same that the gemstone chrysalis had formed her, the young lynx was a simple creature with simple thoughts. Basic instinct drove her actions. There were few motivators she could think of and one of the largest was the search for food. If she was not food for him, what was it that she gave him that caused him to stop and focus on her? She remained suspicious of his altruistic desire for it did not fit her world view.

Her thoughts were interrupted as he took a step closer. So lost in her own mind as she was, the action took her by surprise. She mewed softly in surprise, attempting to scooch back and tumbling onto herself.

Shaking her head, which caused her large ears to flop back and forth, she tried to regain her footing once more. Then she realized that she was asked a question. “My name…?” For a moment, she didn’t answer. The thought hadn’t crossed her mind before. It made sense, though, that she would have a name. After all, apparently there were creatures here who were, for whatever reason, interested in things beyond fighting and eating.

“I am … Selena,” she said after a slight pause, musing over the sound of the last word and rolling it around in her head.

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Thomas was curious as to why this young kit was so scared. Surely he had done nothing wrong. Perhaps his towering size and growing antlers spooked the young'in? He did not know for certain. He continued to observe the kitten and wait in silence as she seemingly attempted to discover her name.

Thomas began to recall his own naming process. He had met Gabriel the dog, whom he now remembered he owed a favor too. It was one of the most confusing points in his life; he knew at the time that he should have a calling of some kind. And with lots of thought, it had hit him like a wall. He knew in that one moment this his name was Thomas.

So lost in his own mind, he nearly missed the kitten speak out her name. "Selena?" he repeated. "What a beautiful name. I have never heard one like it before. Very unique."

Thomas raised his head back into the air. He towered over Selena; his beady eyes staring down at her. "You must be hungry," he said again. "I'm not so sure what you'd eat, though." He paused. "The last cat I met ate meat, so maybe you are the same? We can find you a cave creature of some kind to devour." Thomas took a step back from Selena. He felt as though maybe he was intimidating her with his largeness.

"If you want help, that is. I could use some time to eat," he paused again. "Leaves of course."

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The young kit watched Thomas wearily, perplexed by his actions. Why would he be interested in her? Why was he offering to help her? It was a mental puzzle for her and not one she was fully comfortable with. Was it simply a trap of some sort? It was possible … he could mean to lure her away to do … what? What would he do that he couldn’t simply do there? She didn’t have an answer. It was unnerving and the idea of simply trusting him to be safe was unnerving at best. “Meat….” The gurgle her stomach made in reply helped determine that his suggestion was most likely correct. “Yes … that sounds right. I … I should be fine though! Very fine! Thank you though!” As she spoke, she slowly backed up taking great cares not to lose eye contact with the deer. Those firey eyes almost seemed to burn through her even without giving off actual heat. At the end of her words, though, she turned around and scampered randomly down one of the passageways, not stopping until the deer’s strange eyes was no longer visible in the darkness. After that, she started her search for something to eat. Perhaps a small bug of some sort…. *Selena has left the thread* Speech Thoughts Tags: @Thomas Notes: Sorry I left suddenly! I free you now! XD

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The young kit watched Thomas wearily, perplexed by his actions. Why would he be interested in her? Why was he offering to help her? It was a mental puzzle for her and not one she was fully comfortable with. Was it simply a trap of some sort? It was possible … he could mean to lure her away to do … what? What would he do that he couldn’t simply do there?

She didn’t have an answer. It was unnerving and the idea of simply trusting him to be safe was unnerving at best.

“Meat….” The gurgle her stomach made in reply helped determine that his suggestion was most likely correct.

“Yes … that sounds right. I … I should be fine though! Very fine! Thank you though!” As she spoke, she slowly backed up taking great cares not to lose eye contact with the deer. Those firey eyes almost seemed to burn through her even without giving off actual heat. At the end of her words, though, she turned around and scampered randomly down one of the passageways, not stopping until the deer’s strange eyes was no longer visible in the darkness. After that, she started her search for something to eat. Perhaps a small bug of some sort….

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Thomas watched intently as the kitten wandered from his sight. He curiously waved his tail as she wandered far beyond his vision. "Farewell, young one," he called out after her.

Thomas too turned and made his leave.

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