Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2016 7:44:23 GMT -6
For Indra
but also open to others if anyone wants to join!
It was . . . four? Four months since her sister disappeared and she sighed softly, her brown gaze drifting across the glowing horizon. So far in her life her company was tied only to deathclan cats, yet she felt strangely repelled from those territories. Maybe it was the blatant use of death in the name which put her off a little, and anyway since Rift was gone there was no point in joining. The canyon caves got too cold to sleep in the winter so, here she was, on the Great Plains. There were no trees; just long, coarse grass, taller than the little cat quietly making her way through. And as she made her way through the twists and turns of the golden maze, she felt a vast sense of carelessness cloud around her. She didn't know how to hunt, the scent of coyotes was everywhere, and her last emotional connection was with the little red leaf she was carrying. A leaf. "a leaf!" she hissed in frustration, her worn out legs collapsing from under her. Strelka's eyes narrowed at the redness of the leaf. She could almost feel its suspicious glare, judging her obviously refined navigational skills, as if it could do any better. "DO NOT QUESTION MY GENIUS!" she screamed and started sobbing. You may inquire, why not just destroy the dam leaf, the cause of all this emotional turmoil? Well, it kept her company. A memory tied to her sister, Rift, and a cat called Indra who she met in the Caves. It was all she had left. "i'm sorry, Fluffy" Strelka whimpered, rubbing her feathery cheek fur against it. Her tearful eyes gazed longingly at the rise of the crescent moon, refracting its cold silver light. Maybe now, in the darkness, she would will herself to get up and give hunting another chance. But it was just too much for her, and she was just too tired.