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Torrential downpours cause localized flooding and many upset cats. Along with these frequent rain, from gentle drizzles to heavy rainfall, there seems to be a flux of Magicka drawn in particular to water sources. Occasional jet streams of warm air make narrower tunnels harder to navigate. On occasion, the rain intensifies, becoming howling storms with sleet or large hail. However, the temperatures overall are a little warmer, with snow and ice in temperate caves somewhat receding.
Nov 29 2015, 04:41 AM (This post was last modified: Nov 29 2015, 04:45 AM by Miză.)
MAGICKA LEVEL 100% RESTORED TO 100%
The little bronze blob shuffled around after her encounter with Mi'da. Well she took the wrong turn while he was supposedly leading her somewhere? Miza didn't quite understand that so she would just prance around and test her own body. How it worked, how far it jumped, how high and just how much she could endure. Little bobbed tail flicked behind her while long pointy ears flicked around. Small paws pushed off the ground with grace and landed with elegance. Fiery eyes locked on the distance and sometimes on the ground to make sure she won't face palm anything. When her eyes fell over a rock coming out of the wall, not too high and not too much, but it should hold her small body, right? I will reach it... She murrs to herself in her mind. Eager to get up there and sit regally at the top. Rump pushed up in the air and front part lowered to the ground. The ruby on her chest lightly touched the ground. Tail flicked once and after a few more minutes of gathering her confidence she pushes off of the ground and paws separate gripping the rock. It wasn't so tall after all. Probably Mi'da could reach it if he stretched his... neck? Body? Well both of them up. Back legs pushed against the rock and she was finally at the top. A small proud smile came upon darkened lips and her rump met the stone surface. Chest puffed up and her back leaned slightly against the wall. Ears pointed forward and eyes looked at the ground below. She was the princess that will soon be the queen! It's so nice he'e. I'm lik' a princes'. She thinks to herself and wiggles her butt bit in a more comfortable position. Her body even though small showed elegance and grace who will be treasured and cared for when she grows up. Just as long as she is away from the water...
Tormented by his thoughts, the fox spent many days just passing backwards and forwards between Polaris and his platform where the child stone was swelling larger every day. There wasn't much time left. Soon it would hatch and become a beast even greater than he. It sickened him to know he would be replaced. That everyone would just forget who he was and praise his progeny who would carry his will and spirit with the blood and stone of another fantastical creature. Again he was losing sleep, surely his return from madness wouldn't be that hard as he had found it easy enough to integrate back to the life in which he spoke with others. But it was being able to win this battle, no, the war that fought tirelessly in his head that kept him up at night. Though his gemstone was doing all it could to keep him together, it had no intention of letting itself wind up as rock once again, Louie had a conscience just like every creature in Origin cave and that meant he wasn't some autonomous machine.
Only difference between himself and everyone else was he understood that they were all moving rocks. That there was an end to the caves and then they just hit wall. No one had yet touched the sky of Origin cave and his longing for a set of wings to just touch the ceiling. Some indication that his maddening thoughts made sense. His pessimistic outlook wasn't just him hating his own life. But he did, and he took it out on everyone else. Feeling blood spill on his paws was his enjoyment, but he had only murdered one truly sentient gembound. He had gotten a taste, and no longer was he satisfied with the rats and mice that crossed his path. One day, he would find the opportunity, but that kernel of decency inside him continued to fester, and he hadn't yet committed the deed since that fateful day.
Head down as he entered the adit, he spotted the sweet child as she sat perched so daintily on the rock. So proud and so innocent. It sickened him, Louie's one eye gently wandered over the precious kitten. "Gemling. Your hatch day was so recent." It had been a long time since he'd had witness to such fresh blood in Origin. Forever the cave was populating, but when your light was extinguished who was there to care?
Miza was lost in thoughts how she would be Queen and she would be proud of herself. Doing great deeds and making someone who cares proud. Problem was, did she have someone who cared? Sure.. Mi'da, but.. he was kind of strange at times.. Kind of hard to know if he really cared that much? With a soft shrug of her shoulder the girl pushed the thought aside and she looked around.. Soon her yellow fires were intrigued by a voice. Searching for the form of the creature that spoke truth of her emergence. And finally they found it. Something reddish.. bronze thingy? It looked like her didn't it? Well not exactly. It didn't have her long ears. A paw swats at her own right ear and pushes it down for clarification. Yep.. he's not lik' me. She thought to herself and body lowered into a laying position and looked at the man below her. Tail flicked once as she observed after he had already spoken his words. Lips part and she debates if she should speak or not and then they close without a sound. Awhile longer at staring and just when she turned her head to the right something black with eight little legs was in front of her face. Spider. She squealed in disgust and hurried to push her rump up and get down from the rock. Body gracefully landing on four limbs and she looks up with a pouty face. She takes a breath and then turns towards the red blob. Head tilts as she chirps out with honey like voice. "Hi. A'e you a cat?" She questions and slithers closer, almost like Mi'da did it.. Without the long green body. Sniffling and circling him watching and observing carefully, curious to what he was and what he could do! Maybe we can be fwends! Her inner voice chirped to her mind and she pranced around him a few times before plopping in front of him and watching him carefully. Waiting or an answer if he was a cat or no.
They were extremely jittery, he hadn't met many cats in his time. Heck had he met any? That was beside the point, all gemlings were useless balls of fur that were either too stupid to know how to breathe by themselves or too smart to be of any use to him. This one seemed to be under the stupid bracket as she jumped and squealed at the sight of a measly spider. Just as she had, he put a paw on his forehead and wiped it down the front of his muzzle. This was going to be a loooong day.
"No, I'm not a cat. I'm a fox." That crimson thing that he was the only one of. The lone warrior and witch doctor who had total and complete understanding of the world. That they were all fucking doomed in the end and no matter how much joy and happiness you pumped into it you all became dirt again. Briskly shaking his head to get his thoughts back on track, he felt violated as she looked him over. Afterall, he was the one who reserved that greeting. Merely excusing her due to her youth, he asked his own questions now, "Where did you hatch?" Easily under one cycle old, she couldn't have been born too far from here as one tended not to wander too far from their hatch site for a while. Stretching out his neck and back, he looked down at the kitten like the brat she was, chin cocked and ears forwards, "Wandering around is going to get yourself killed." Did she even understand what death was?
Not this talk again. God he was sick of explaining mortality.
The little girl watched the now identified creature as a fox. She was learning so much! Ears perk while she listened eagerly. He didn't seem quite intrigued by how she acted or what she said so, why should she? But learning was something she wanted to do. It was fun! Her little body shifts and shoulders roll to slacken backwards. As she is asked where she hatched her head tilted to the side and after awhile she looked around. A paw is lifted and she points the entrance behind her where she came from. "I came fro' ove' the'e" She explained and then wiggled her butt up and her face reached up to sniff at his own face. Nose booping against the fox's one. She giggled and stepped backwards before she spun around as he thought about death. "I kno' how to stay safe, g'umpy!" She chirps at him and sticks her tongue out towards his face. I'm not stoopid. She thinks to herself and turns around to look around for any other rocks while starting to prance around and move slowly. Fiery eyes scanning every little detail of her surroundings!
Tail flicks behind her and she finally looks over her shoulder. An elegant move as she watches the adult. "I'm Miza! Who are y'u?" She asked with a small smile, trying to make him talk to her and share his darkest secrets. That's how Mi'da did it, didn't he?
Luckily, she wasn't hung up on the death thing. Possibly an advantage to survive at least for the time being. Idly she waved in the direction she had come from and he raised a brow, before feeling her lean up to his chin and attempt to inhale his dank scent. Lip curling, he reached out to push the child away from him. Too close in his personal space. Though she was already on it and as she backed away he stepped to the side watching her do all the childish things. Had he really been like that when he was an infant? Calling him grumpy, he set his lips in a hard line and sighed, frustrated with her childishness. "M'names Louie." Wanting to continue his trek towards Polaris, he began to walk away from her, not really caring if she followed or not. "Miza, let me give you some advice. There are sick and twisted people in these caves and you come across the wrong one and it will be bad for you." Speaking to a child one had to act like a child. "Not everyone wants to be your friend." Certainly he was included. Dragging his feet, he hoped she would follow. Keep him company to keep the bad thoughts away.
