The future's in your paws. Shape it well.Roleplay in a cat Clan of warriors. Based off the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Takes place in an AU before the cats in the books existed.
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Change. Louse needed change. Maybe that was why Maggot accompanied him today instead of Fish. He didn't mean to pick favourites, that wasn't very fair, but he did spend a lot of time with his brother as opposed to the rest of his siblings... and almost sibling. Almost sibling wasn't a nice way to put it either, Maggot didn't look like him, but he hardly remembered a time without her and his time with his mother he didn't want to remember, so Maggot was just a normal sibling. Except it was a little weird the scraggly cat had chosen to willingly join their unit. He wouldn't of. but he also hadn't been given a choice. Louse would look out for Maggot like the rest of his siblings which wasn't much, but it was far more than the care he took for anyone else.
"I wanted to go see the barn." he mewed to her as they walked "There's quite a few, but I think this one's the biggest and there's strange animals that live at them. You like weird things, and I like adventures and here we are!" In the distance he could make out the shapes of large strange animals, and his claws slid out in excitement- a bad habit he was yet to kick. He was about to run towards them when another shape to his left caught his eye. Amber eyes flicked to it, and he padded closer. The air began to smell sickly, wrong and his dark nose crinkled. Maggot probably loved the smell though.
The shape grew larger, and Louse realised it was the form of a cat, but it was very... still. The tom raised a paw and extended a claw, prodding the mass of fur. It twitched, but it was fairly unresponsive. The smell of sickness emanated from it. Something was wrong with the cat, and he began to feel a sense of foreboding. Amber eyes searched the cat, trying to figure out was wrong. There was a metallic smell too he realised which he quickly came to realise was blood. Louse took several steps back, shooting a look towards Maggot. "What should we do? I think they're alive, but... Something isn't right."
Everything felt hazy. Distorted - as if he was submerged in a thick fog. Pain radiated from every inch of his body - threatening to consume him. He had left Gouge behind, desperate to find food - yet he found himself alone, in the barn, on the brink of death. How many days ago did he leave his companion? Unknown. His vision was blurred - swimming in and out of focus. The world around him was a blurred, hazy mess of shadows and shapes. He could almost make out mosaics of loved ones.
He heard a faint sound of approaching footsteps, but he was too weak to lift his head - a flick of his ear was the only indicator he was alive. Their form was blurry and distinct. The gentle prodding at his side sent waves of fresh agony, but he was too exhausted to respond.
"What should we do? I think they're alive, but... Something isn't right."
[size=31]The large animals were just up ahead. Maggot flicked her tail, eyes wide in wonder. What are we waiting for? They looked to where Louse's attention had diverted. "What is it?" she mewed as she padded behind her brother, entranced by the smell drifting from the mystery. Their question blew away with the wind as it became very apparent what it was. A cat. And more importantly, a cat's body. "Wow!" they breathed, drinking more of the blood smell. Louse tried prodding the tom's belly. It's ear flicked, clearly breathing, but too sick to do anything. Maggot knew exactly what was happening. Her brother seemed lost.
"He's dying," they half-purred. While watching him fade, watching his life seep away with his blood, a smile formed on Maggot's little maw. Excitement buzzed in their paws. The stranger would be dead soon and nothing he did could change that, but she and her brother were alive, free to do whatever they pleased. And since they found it, it was theirs to keep. Maggot turned to her brother with that excited smile, beckoning him forth with their tail. "Come closer, he can't hurt us." They didn't understand his aversion but nor did they mind it, just as long as he was willing to help with their next request.
Maggot glanced up. "The birds are ready to eat him. I guess we could let them. Or..." As she turned to hold Louse's gaze, the light hit her shining silver eyes, making her pupils contract to slits. "I have a burrow not too far from here. Not the biggest, but will fit him with a bit of quick digging. We just have to bring him there. Then he'll die more... peacefully. I bet he'd rather have worms take care of his remains rather than birds eat him alive, right?" The truth was the mangled corpse of an adult cat wasn't as fun to watch decompose as a perfectly intact one, especially when she had never gotten her claws on one before. This tom, whatever his name might have been, was a gift. A gift Maggot would accept with open paws. But she couldn't do it alone. "So will you help me carry him?"[/size]
"Ah." was all louse said. It was a little obvious the cat in front of them was dying, he was more asking about the why he was dying. Nor was he afraid of dead cat, he'd killed before after all. Though, the apprentice had been an accident, and all the cats over yonder were rather upset with him over it. It wasn't his fault, he had defended himself, all he wnated to do was play with his rocks. The apprentice really had been no different to them either. The black tom sprawled before him was almost as still as those rocks, his laboured breathing the only difference. Who knew how long he had lain there, trying to get up. He didn't even acknowledge them, and if he was as close to death as Maggot suggested... "I could kill him now." meowed Louse blankly "I guarantee dying in your burrow would be less pleasant than my claws, we can carry him there after the deed is done."
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