By the rushing Crystal River, a creature is emerging from her chrysalis.
The hatchling's dull black claws had been tapping away at her shell for the past half a day, but now her efforts became even more eager and the chrysalis shook with her effort.

Finally she chipped out enough to haul herself out, and she nearly fell in with a surprised squeak. The neonate shook herself off before looking at her reflection in the water.

"Huh, I'm alive now," she mused aloud. "That's so fucking weird."
It occured to the neonate that she needed a name. She toddled around the cave, examining various things.
"River? No...Rock? Still no...Fungi? Nah..."
Then she stepped in a patch of moss, which clung to her paw.
"Hmmm...Mossie?"
She liked it. She toddled around the cave, this time very self-importantly, reveling in her new name. But she stopped as another chrysalis caught her eye...

(Jan 23 2022, 05:01 PM)Mossie Wrote: By the rushing Crystal River, a creature is emerging from her chrysalis.
The hatchling's dull black claws had been tapping away at her shell for the past half a day, but now her efforts became even more eager and the chrysalis shook with her effort.

Finally she chipped out enough to haul herself out, and she nearly fell in with a surprised squeak. The neonate shook herself off before looking at her reflection in the water.

"Huh, I'm alive now," she mused aloud. "That's so fucking weird."
It occured to the neonate that she needed a name. She toddled around the cave, examining various things.
"River? No...Rock? Still no...Fungi? Nah..."
Then she stepped in a patch of moss, which clung to her paw.
"Hmmm...Mossie?"
She liked it. She toddled around the cave, this time very self-importantly, reveling in her new name. But she stopped as another chrysalis caught her eye...

(ooc: i am unsure if 'quoting' is how you respond to threads. feel free to correct me.)

A few mere feet away, lay another chrysalis. It tremble slightly, a small hole near the bottom where a small bundle of fur was trying to push it's body through the exit. Only the Gembound's head and front paws were outside the 'cocoon.' It's back legs kicked aimlessly, trying to escape the chrysalis' hold.

Eventually, the gem cracked just enough for the young Gembound to fall to the floor, panting with overexertion.

Only it's pupils looked upwards towards the other first-cycle cat.

Mossie gasped, comically loud.

"Holy fucking shit," she squeaked in her baby voice. "Other people exist! Hi hi hi, I'm Mossie, who're you! Oh wait you wouldn't know you were just born. But I was just born and I know still so-"

She begins to run in excited little circles. "Ooooh maybe we could think up names together! How about. Like, that mushroom over there?" She points.

(Jan 28 2022, 04:06 PM)Mossie Wrote: Mossie gasped, comically loud.

"Holy fucking shit," she squeaked in her baby voice. "Other people exist! Hi hi hi, I'm Mossie, who're you! Oh wait you wouldn't know you were just born. But I was just born and I know still so-"

She begins to run in excited little circles. "Ooooh maybe we could think up names together! How about. Like, that mushroom over there?" She points.

The Pallas' cat clamped her paws over her ears at the other Gembounds- Well, Mossie, as they had said right before she blocked her hearing.

"Peh! Fine, fine!" They agreed, their voice was gruff; but still held that young, squeaky tone, common of Gembound children.

"Yaaaay!" Mossie squeaked, prancing around the other Gembound. "Wait, wait, why're you covering your ears? What'd I do?"