Jerry's Tree [p]

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Loki

Jordan was humming to himself as he was walking through the plains, heading to Jerry's Tree. Well, humming as much as a cat could. Their vocal chords weren't really built for music, so he did his best. 

It was a bit of an odd sight, seeing the clean, soft-looking kittypet so blatantly wandering out into the plains. His collar was his mark as a kittypet, ratting him out instantly to any cat he passed. He flashed a pleasant expression to anyone who bothered to look. They usually gave him a look which had him awkwardly straining his expression.

Some people just weren't willing to look past superficial details.

He blinked as he came upon Jerry's Tree, seeing someone peering into the hiding place he'd carved out underneath its roots. He seemed apprehensive, tentatively steep forward, his ears folded back a little. 

He wasn't planning on being hostile, it was simply... This was unexpected. No one had ever found his little niche before. He hadn't really shown it to anyone before. Especially since er... Some of the habits he and his kittypet friends had when exploring each other's houses. They tended to trash them. So... Yeah. No trashing Jerry's Tree!

"Uh... Hey there, uh, friend?" He tried.

[Loki]

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oki had been wandering about when he came across an unfamiliar tree, which wasn't exactly an odd thing, but there was something especially different about this one. It just seemed, wrong, to him. So, being the brave cat he was, he went to check it out, but was disappointed to find that it was simply another cat's den.

And apparently that cat had just arrived. Loki whipped his head up, his eyes a little wide, but as soon as he spotted the cat, he relaxed immensely. It was just a kittypet, courageously making camp in the middle of loner territory. He smiled a terribly wicked smile and responded to the cat's greeting. "I don't think I've ever seen you around here, before."

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Jordan hadn't really meant to startle the cat. The dark-furred stranger had seemed almost like a deer in headlights, but apparently relaxed quite a bit once he got a good look at Jordan. He absentmindedly wondered if it was the collar's fault.

Still, he liked to not cause stress for other people. Unless it was a prank, of course.

The smile he was presented with was... Uh... Kind of creepy, but he decided to give the stranger the benefit of the doubt. He offered a friendly smile in response. "M'name's Jordan. This neat little hangout is where I go from time to time. Always during the day though. My housefolk get worried, y'know?" He figured there was no point in attempting to conceal the fact that he was a kittypet. It was blatantly obvious.

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oki began circling hte cat as he explained himself in a very trusting way, but why did he have to lie and play games? He had no worries in the world, at least, not yet. Loki could tell that he just wanted to be friendly.

Well, he himself didn't feel like being overly friendly. He had lost his personality since the time he got to this place, and it was bothering him beyond words. He used to be extremely crafty, and intelligent, but the cats here made him feel the exact opposite.

He swished his tail, glancing over the cat with an unreadable face. "It's not what I would call... fun," he answered, casting a glance back at the tree. "But it works for you." As he said the word 'you,' it came out in a somewhat of a menacing hiss, though he didn't mean it to.

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Jordan wasn't sure really... What this stranger was up to as he started circling around the kittypet. Honestly, he was starting to feel like an ant under a microscope. It was a bit unsettling.

He still wasn't going to start being rude, however. He was a gentlemen, well, he thought he was. So, he was going to meet the admittedly chilly response with friendliness. Maybe the stranger would warm up eventually, once he saw that Jordan lacked any ulterior motives... Though, he imagined no one really thought kittypets had ulterior motives.

He couldn't tell what the stranger was thinking, but apparently he was decidedly unimpressed with Jerry's Tree. He supposed it... Lacked meaning to others. He looked towards the Tree as well. "It's a special little place to me." He replied simply, turning his ocean-blue gaze back towards the stranger. He took a step back at the hiss.

"Uhhhhh.... Was it something I said?" 

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oki spotted circling suddenly, a small smile plastered to his face. His brow was slightly furrowed, however, so it still wasn't a friendly smile. Kittypets were different, and Loki enjoyed pestering them, for some odd reason. Well, he wouldn't call it pestering, that wasn't the right word. Maybe playing with their minds was the direction he was going, and it seemed to be working for Jordan.

"Not at all," he said, looking up at the cat, as he was looking at the ground. He rose up to his full height and stood elegantly, looking at the smaller cat. (Guessing he's smaller cuz he's younger and Loki's pretty tall XD). Loki brain was going in a million directions. Ever since his brother returned, he couldn't think straight anymore. A million thoughts bombarded him, and he found himself thinking about a thousands possibilities of him saying one thing. He now overthought his responses. Being menacing used to be quick and easy for him, but now, it was more like a second thought, not his first. He was still quick with snappy comebacks, but it wasn't the same.

(( wow this is written badly XD ))

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((Yeah he's probably shorter. Since I don't think Jordan is adult-y yet? I think I'm writing him as like.... A teenager. Like 18, but still a teenager.))

Jordan was starting to get a faint impression that a genuine smile from this cat would only be obtained after pulling a few teeth. Though, he wasn't about to do that. He didn't do that in general. He supposed he'd get a smile from the stranger when he got it. He took pride whenever he managed to make someone smile. It was always a wonderful feeling. 

".... Okay then." Then a thought seemed to occur to him. "So, what's your name? It'd be pretty weird if I went around calling you the dark stranger. Makes you sound pretty shifty." He said, lightly chuckling to himself. He thought he was pretty funny. Whether he was actually amusing was rather subjective. He and his friends tended to have... A certain type of humor. Which... Could be a toss up on how much it was actually appreciated. He found younger cats rather than older ones enjoyed his humor more. He wondered what exactly it was, honestly.

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oki hid back an amused smile. "I wouldn't mind being called that, but my name is Loki," he replied. Even though he was creepy and tricksy, he found no reason to hide his name. In fact, he wanted many cats to know who he was. But then again, that didn't matter much to him anymore.

(( awh, i guess he is getting kinda old, but being a senior warrior isn't being old. they just have more expierence. a cat isn't old until they're an elder. ))

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((Eh... Technically your age doesn't have to correlate to your post count.... To a certain extent. There are some old as heck accounts with less posts as newer ones that post every other second.))

Jordan had never heard a name like Loki, but then again... He was a wild cat. Wild cats had pretty weird names, so he didn't really question it. "Loki. Huh. So... You're fine with being a shifty guy?"

((please excuse my terrible posting))

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oki made a slight frown. He didn't want to hide in the shadows and be that weird dork of a cat that everyone thought was weird. That's what came into Loki's mind at the word 'shifty.' But moments before, he had told the cat that he was okay with being the 'shifty character.'

Loki just never describe himself as shifty. Charming, yes. Extremely intelligent, of course. Lethal while fighting, absolutely, but shifty never popped into his mind. He is an expert liar, which probably isn't the best thing to be. "I don't believe that word describes me very well," Loki said simply.

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Jordan was met with dislike from Loki, at being called shifty. Alright. So, he didn't like being shifty. Honestly, Jordan would be offended as well if someone called him shifty. He was a nice guy! Really! He did his best to be friendly and courteous, unless he was pulling a prank. However, he'd only do that among friends.

"That makes sense. I wouldn't run around calling myself shifty, either." He commented.

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oki nodded, "I don't think anyone would." It certainly wasn't a very nice word, and it was meant to be more of a retort than a compliment. If someone ever called another cat shifty, that cat would probably be pretty upset and offended.

(( jordan needs to tell loki he plays pranks at some moment XD ))

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((lol yeah.))

Jordan shrugged. "Well, you never know. There might be some cat out there who likes to be called shifty. A shifty lover. Lover of being shifty." 

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oki blinked slowly and internally rolled his eyes. Sure, that could be true, but the way Jordan said it was quite amusing.

(( these keep getting shorter and shorter XD ))

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Jordan could practically hear the crickets. He roughly cleared his throat before walking past Loki to peer underneath the roots of Jerry's Tree. "Don't mind me, just checking everything's in working order..." He meowed as he scanned around the den. It seemed to be as how he left it. He backed out and looked back at Loki. "Things seem to be all good. My friends and I tend to have a love of pranking. We usually just mess around with each other in our houses... But if one of them found Jerry's Tree, well..."