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Post by Freyja on Apr 5, 2013 1:34:49 GMT -5
[ Open but please let Kah post first, thanks! And set....a day or two after the meeting, I guess?] Something in the back of his brain reminded the young adult male that he had to search out prey and catch it for himself before he starved. It wasn't that he was incapable of doing such, just that he'd been distracted by his first few days back in the pride he'd been born into. An absense during the later years of teen-hood had opened his eyes to world...but there was nothing wrong with his homeland, he thought, so why not simply return one day when he was done?
He'd chosen a particularly dark and stormy morning to try and find some breakfast. With a growling stomach he took to the thickly-leaved trees above the dens, trying to nab a small nest of speckled eggs with his fine claws, reaching out to swipe every minute or so that he drew closer, but never quite within striking distance. As a child he'd been provided for by his parents, and then after leaving, Earendal had very quickly learnt that food wasn't simply handed to you. And he wasn't a bad hunter either, but he'd preferred seeking out company and then swiping their meal if possible. Always more fun to see a reaction from someone who wasn't the prey.
The thought of a particularly gratuitous memory lost him for a moment and he almost fell out of the tree, quickly scrabbiling at the bark to regain his grip and shifting his hind so that he neatly lay parallel to the branch again. With a huff, he moved forward slightly, cringing as the tree creaked a little under his weight. Being thin and wiry had it's advantages, he found, despite an early jealousy of his heavier-built siblings. He very much doubted that they could climb trees as he did, or run as fast as him....he'd proven it many times before, but it had never been enough.
With a frustrated growl he swatted at the nest again, this time finally catching it on a sharp thorn of a claw, drawing it in closer to himself slowly.....before hearing a twig snap beneath him. Losing his focus, one egg fell from the nest, presumably splattering whoever had stepped beneath the branch. Earendal desperately held on to the nest, holding two remaining eggs, not even daring to peer down and see who had disturbed his 'hunt'.
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Post by kahara on Apr 5, 2013 3:04:08 GMT -5
STATIC DONOVAN
[/i] Static said in alarm and irritation. "What're you doing?" She then asked.[/ul][/blockquote]
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Post by Freyja on Apr 5, 2013 21:02:26 GMT -5
Very, very slowly and with care, the black male inched that nest further down the branch, eventually having to shuffle himself along to continue moving. A very awkward and strange-looking process. "Trying.....to get...breakfast...," his voice tight with concentration, before suddenly exclaiming "Aha!" His back feet touched the base of a lower branch so he could bring himself down, grabbing the nest in his teeth and climbing down to a lower, more secure branch.
Eyeing the female who'd disturbed him, Earendal warily placed the nest down again, but didn't leave the tree. He didn't trust anyone not to steal his breakfast. Green eyes darted from Static, then to the two eggs, and then back to her, until he finally grabbed them and crunched the shells, eating and swallowing without a hint of grace. When he was done, a pink tongue darted out to clean his mouth, a smug smile stretching across his face like he'd accomplished something great.
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Post by kahara on Apr 5, 2013 23:28:05 GMT -5
STATIC DONOVAN
[/i] Asked Static slowly. The spy tried to mask the fact that was very amused; perhaps in vain.[/ul][/blockquote]
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Post by Freyja on Apr 6, 2013 21:55:18 GMT -5
"Wait....what?!" In response he let his head drop to the branch in disbelief, hitting his forehead on the bark. "I completely forgot we had one of those!" His body shook with melodramatic sobbing. "Why, why are you so cruel?" Removing himself from the fork in the tree Earendal clambered down the trunk and leapt off, landing on the ground on his fours and raising dust around himself, before straightening his legs and standing up and giving the female a look-over. "Do you make a habit of scaring people, or what?"
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Post by kahara on Apr 7, 2013 8:18:26 GMT -5
STATIC DONOVAN
[/i] The 'ess said between laughter. "Oh man that's just great. Sucks to be you I guess. But maybe you won't forget about it next time, eh?" Said the spy as her laughing came to a slow cease. She took a step back to give him space. "Do you make a habit of making yourself an easy target? .. Nah, I kid. I was practicing my spy methods and all that. Meanwhile you were.." Her eyes fell slowly on some of the egg shell bits on the ground. ".. Playing with eggs."[/ul][/blockquote]
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Post by Freyja on Apr 8, 2013 2:54:32 GMT -5
He feigned pain at her laughter but found it infectious instead. "I'm certain." He guffawed at her next words. "I was not! I was trying to get an honest breakfast. At least i'm not a SNOOP." She should be off spying on the enemy...whoever they were! Earendal honestly had no idea at this point, but thinking about it, he wanted her rank now. "Who made you a spy anyway?!
(( omg short i'm sorry ))
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Post by kahara on Apr 10, 2013 7:08:46 GMT -5
STATIC DONOVAN
[/i] She paused to lean in and poke him with a paw. "Rather a snoop who can remember the fresh-kill pile than a forgetful egg-snatcher." Teased the spy. Once her little laughter and chuckling fit had died down, she shrugged. "I did. Picked the path myself and followed it through and through. Who made you an egg-snatcher?" It appeared as if Earendal had just earned himself a nick-name.[/ul][/blockquote]
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Post by Freyja on Apr 13, 2013 19:58:53 GMT -5
[ Oh my god I didn't see your reply. Getting to this! /stupid again sorry sorry sorry I should probably keep a bookmark for this or something ehh? ] "I am NOT an egg sn- oh, I kind of am. Whoops." Earendal grunted, admitting defeat. "Aaaand with that threat, i'm sure i'll never forget it again." He sat down opposite her, tail tucking over his paws. "I did. There is no higher authority on egg-snatching than I. But...don't call me that! It's a secret." He stuck his tongue out at her with a laugh. "When's the next big snoop meet-up? Do you all talk about your snooping or who you've snooped on or whatever juicy snoop gossip you find? Do you talk incessantly about handsome egg-snatchers?" Unconciously, he puffed he chest out a little at that last remark.
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Post by kahara on Apr 14, 2013 6:45:25 GMT -5
It's okay! I miss roleplays I need to reply to too sometimes.. intentionally.. >w>
STATIC DONOVAN
[/i] She paused to look around, as if someone was watching, to make sure that they were truly alone. Then the 'ess leaned in toward him. "We snoops often discuss handsome egg-snatchers and what they're up to. But that's a secret, you won't tell, riiiiiight?" Static asked, quite amused at this point but enjoying their conversation nonetheless.[/ul][/blockquote]
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Post by Freyja on Apr 16, 2013 2:51:57 GMT -5
"Oh, it's 'sir' now? That suits me fine." A smug grin split his face when she leaned in. "Not a word, cross my heart." He mimed the action with a paw. "Well, madam snoop, care to show this egg-snatcher what you do? A few pointers? I clearly need to work on my technique if you found me so easily." Next time his meal wouldn't be interrupted! "That is, unless your snoop techniques are secrets. But we're already sharing some, why not more?"
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Post by kahara on Apr 16, 2013 16:57:21 GMT -5
STATIC DONOVAN
[/i] Static said with a snicker. Oh she would definitely call him Sir Egg-Snatcher at some point. In private, in public, it didn't matter. All in good fun, after all. Not like the Donovan actually sought to upset the male. "Hah," She began, rolling her eyes. "Well for one, your stomach was growling. Two, you went up a rather well leaf'd tree. Talk about making noise. Third? Well you must have gotten lost in some hell of a thought, seeing as you nearly fell out of the tree.. Heh." Static seemed most amused. Spy techniques were no secret; or at least these ones. He made himself an easy 'catch'. So no harm done in telling him what went wrong on his end. "And, well, I could go on. Bottom line though, you made yourself easy to detect. Rather heavy on the paws if you ask me. And now, perhaps you could give me some expert egg-snatching advise?" Teased the 'ess.[/ul][/blockquote]
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Post by Freyja on Apr 17, 2013 5:38:31 GMT -5
"More interesting than boring old Earendal. This place needs to lighten up a little anyway." It was all a bit too serious for him most of the time- it was very tiresome being surrounded by bloodthirsty, evil murderers all the time who didn't seem to have any record of being particularly bloodthirsty nor evil...nor murderers. Why couldn't people just be content to not murder each other? He mentally shrugged; any killings that went on in the pride didn't necessarily bother him, but he didn't really see the point either. Just a lot of ego boosting.
"Heavy on the paws?! I'm as skinny as a bone and you're calling me fat! Hmph." He'd always been the narrowest out of his litter and there was a small amount of pride in that, the male found. "Well at least I don't make it my business to step on sticks. Egg-snatching, on the other hand...," Earendal stood up and looked around in the trees above them to little avail. "If there were any nests close by we could have some practice....know any?"
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Post by kahara on Apr 26, 2013 2:32:03 GMT -5
STATIC
[/i] She said though gave no time for a reply as she went on. "It does. There's really nothing wrong with just relaxing, chilling out, having a good meal with a friend -- friends! Now there's a concept that seems foreign to Meurtrier. If only they'd all lighten up and make /friends/." Joked the 'ess lightheartedly. Static gave him a quick assessment and then nodded quickly. "Yep yep. Heavy on the paws, pal. Thump thump thump thump. Like a monster." Of course she was joking, and her tone displayed that. "Oh you're serious about the egg-snatching now?" But still, she gave a good look around. You either hit or miss in the Veldt. Today was a hit. She nodded her head off to a few trees not far off. "I see a lot of birds flyin' into those ones. A bit high up some of them, but not terribly so. Gonna teach me how to egg snatch, sir?"[/ul][/blockquote]
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Post by Freyja on Apr 29, 2013 7:47:35 GMT -5
"Yes, it's all- let's kill him or she's the traitor or he stepped on my tail!" He guffawed, a little more serious than usual. He wrinkled his nose at her impression. "Are you calling me fat?" Heavy on the paws indeed...he sniffed, forgetting it when his eyes followed hers to the trees she indicated. "Certainly, madam. Watch and learn."
And with that the black male strode off in the direction of the trees, smugly pulling up to the base and digging his claws firmly in to hoist his butt and back legs off the ground and onto the bark, before further pulls with his forelimbs saw him making progress up to the first branch with loud swipes. Sitting himself down so he could poke his tongue out at Static, his green eyes then wandered upwards to the foliage above. With a loud huff, he went back to climbing, but upon reaching the top(and poking the nest with the tip of his nose), the diamond-marked got a nasty surprise. A decent sized bird- parent of the eggs, obviously - leapt out with a loud screech, diving for his nose and drilling a large beak towards his face rapidly. With a cry, Earendal accidentally scooted himself off the branch, falling a metre in the air before managing to grab a middle branch with his claws.
The bird watched him with beady eyes as he nervously turned his head to look down, holding on with all the strength he could but starting to feel the pressure of having his entire body dangling. "Uh....change of plans."
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