I'm not intruding am I? [Antares/Kayalee]

[Hazelstar]

"A wasteland.... That sounds interesting.... There may be new creatures there and herbs I can bring back for Ebony!" Kayalee meowed, padding next to Antares. Kayalee's pace sped up involuntarily as she saw the beginnings of the wastelands. She slowed when she heard Antares's question. "The only time my ability worked was when I saw a vision of The Plains Tribe's camp." Kayalee meowed, with a shrug. "I guess the ability only works when it knows what you really desire." Kayalee meowed, in a tone wiser than her years. Kayalee took in a long smell of air, the sweet smell of grass was receding and in place of that was the smell of dry dirt and the feel of dry air. Kayalee coughed, "I don't know if I'll like this place much...." She meowed, her tail drooping.

[Aries]

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[Hazelstar]

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[atrb=background,http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii113/HanHanBBadE/Kayalee3Mid.png] "I guess so." Kayalee meowed, hoping the adventure would come to a peak when the traveled through this barren, empty place. Kayalee's step quickened until they were at the edge, almost there, almost there! As the pair set paw into the new land Kayalee's excitement surged up and suddenly without a warning she was on the ground, writhing with pain. She yowled in terror as fiery pain surged throughout her body. Suddenly it was over. She stood up, everything looked smaller. "My head..." She groaned, lifting a paw to her head, which throbbed because of the abrupt change. "Wait a second... Did I evolve again?!?!" Kayalee looked down her side and across her back to her now lengthy tail. She gasped in surprise. "Just like Ebony, can't wait to show him!" Kayalee meowed, partly to herself. CONGRATULATIONS, OCCULT KAYALEE HAS EVOLVED INTO ABSCONDING KAYALEE!!

[Aries]

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[Hazelstar]

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[atrb=background,http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii113/HanHanBBadE/Kayalee3Mid.png] Kayalee took a deep breath then sat in front of Antares, it felt weird having to look down to talk to him. "Yes... I'm fine." Kayalee meowed, trying to slow her racing heart. Kayalee collapsed, letting her front paws shoot out in front of her, almost slamming into Antares. She lifted her back slightly and hopped backwards, pulling her now laying down body back. She sighed. "I'm so tired.... And hungry..." Kayalee groaned. "That's the worst part...." She lifted her head and sniffed at the air, hoping she could smell something... She wanted prey so badly. She smelt nothing... "Ugh... Of course nothing.... This is a wasteland after all." Kayalee meowed to herself. She pulled herself back into a sitting position. "So, what now?" Kayalee asked, looking expectantly at Antares.

[Aries]

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[Hazelstar]

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[atrb=background,http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii113/HanHanBBadE/Kayalee3Mid.png] Kayalee's mouth started to water when Antares presented the plants. "It is a good idea to always come prepared, I should have brought some of that buck with me." She meowed, the last half of her statement really to herself. She began to gnaw on the different plants. The tastes intrigued her, so many different flavores packed into the small plants. It was almost better than meat. Almost. "Thank you, Antares." She meowed after she had finished the various plants he had given her. "Shall me continue on?" Kayalee meowed, slowly pulling herself to her paws. She looked towards the barren lands in front of her, there were so many things there just waitin to be discovered.

[Aries]

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[Hazelstar]

Kayalee shrugged. "It was me as an occult, River, another Occult, and Ebony, an absconding. It wasn't very hard." Kayalee meowed, then he realized she sounded pretty cocky with that statement. "Well, it was harder than most prey is to catch." She added, even though it was a pretty obvious statement. "If you don't mind me asking, why does hunting bother you so much? I mean it's a food chain thing and our bellies are made for meat." Kayalee asked as she began to pad after Antares, letting him lead by a few paces. What he does with those plants is almost like what we do with the deer pelt... Kayalee thought, staring at the little pouch on his back.

[Aries]

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[Hazelstar]

Kayalee could understand Antares's reasoning, to a point. "I guess if you put it that way it makes hunting seem rather cruel." Kayalee meowed. "But I could never give up the feeling of having soft, tender meat in my belly..." She sighed, longing for some of that buck. Yet there is no point in longing for what you don't have so have padded along silently. "The idea of having a child interests me, how does one accomplish this feat?" Kayalee asked, changing the subject. Not knowing her parents, if she had any, she had no way of knowing what to do if it ever came to her having a child.

[Aries]

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[Hazelstar]

"Doesn't meat have certain vitamins we need to survive?" Kayalee asked, cocking her head to the side. "I don't think it's strange that you eat fruit instead of meat, just different." Kayalee meowed. "Sleep under the trees?" Kayaler mused. "Then... Then where did we come from?" Kayalee wondered, she had no memory of parents and assumed many didn't either. "Did we just appear here?" He wondered, then she heard a terrifying noise. "What the...?" She hissed, shocked Kayalee was to startled to notice that Antares had started running. She pelted after, only catching up because her strides were slightly longer than his. She skidded to a halt when he stopped, almost barreling into him. There was this snake, it was ten times larger than the one that had bitten River. She gasped, there was also a few dead birds and a small white chick screeching as the snake looked at it hungrily. Sh obeyed Antares's command and leaped at the snake and bit it on the tail, causing it to spin its head around and bare its poison fangs in her direction. She launched at its middle and bit hard, nearly snapping the creature in half. It writhed and almost grazed her with its fangs. She was quicker than it was and she lased out and bit it right behind its head. She tossed its dead body to he side and looke over Antares's shoulder, her ears flat back on her head. "Is... Is is OK?" He asked, panting from the strain of the fight with the giant snake.

[Aries]

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[Hazelstar]

"I've never imagined a fruit that was so like meat, it's so interesting." Kayalee meowed, cocking her head to the side. "I'm not one to judge." Kayalee meowed with a chuckle. "I wonder how the trees can make us themselves... I remember when I was born... There was no one else around... I wonder if I was the first..." Kayalee meowed half to herself.

Kayalee lowered her head and sniffed at the chick, it didn't smell like snake venom, but she had to be sure it was alright. "You're the second of anyone I know to choose to adopt a creature... Ebony rescued a young rat a few days ago." Kayalee meowed, watching the large bird hop into Antares's shoulder. She looked down at the nest and saw the dead body of a stunning black raven. "These birds are amazing indeed, that black one is gorgeous." Kayalee purred. "I agree, I don't want to get bitten, or want you to get bitten by one of these monsters." Kayalee meowed with the hint of a growl in her voice.