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The thunderclap outside sounded rather innocuous, all things considered. Everything kind of did within the safety of his house. There was another boom that sounded slightly closer, loud enough to convince Keoghan to flick open an eye. Nothing seemed quite wrong, so he silently waited to fall back into slumber. Just before everything went dark, he heard a snap and looked up just in time to see the top of a wire-tree fall through the roof, leaping backwards to safety.
Mind moving miles a minute, Keoghan wondered what exactly he was supposed to do next. Not just large but fully engulfed in flames, the sudden intruder on his peaceful night quickly caught the carpet ablaze and he shirked before the brilliant orange flame beginning to enclose around him. My humans! They'll summon the Ones in Red! He had seen fire before, of course. Whenever it threatened to consume a twolegplace building, the people inside simply called upon the Ones in Red, other humans that came equipped with a weapon that shot water.
Sadly, it seemed that his mind worked a bit faster than his legs in this case. In fact, it appeared they were set on not working at all. Finally, his humans awoke and quickly stormed into the main living room, hands shaking with a shiny black brick clutched within one of them. Judging by their expression, they were feeling much the way he was. By now, he was being forced to slowly backpedal away, far enough that he could not meet with his humans without running through the fire or burning himself. With a sorrowful expression, his two humans shouted words he could not understand and moved in the opposite direction, out of sight.
Moments later, the sound of a slamming door could be heard and Keoghan realized he had likely been abandoned. In truth, his family was simply trying to protect themselves while they called the Ones in Red, but Keoghan did not quite have the presence of mind to hope for such a thing. Instead he simply gritted his teeth and began moving, backing up to make a running leap and landing just inside the ring of fire. Facing pain unlike he had ever felt before, he threw himself forward and rolled, crashing into some wooden stools and standing immediately.
Being quite the outdoor sort of cat, prone to looking for entertainment while his humans were away doing whatever humans did, his owners had installed a cat door out to the front yard. Keoghan looked back momentarily at this thought, stuck between rushed gratitude and remarkable anger at how they had turned tail instead of saving him. Shaking his head decisively he walked through the door, every step forcing himself to stop being foolish. There was no place for him here anymore, not really.
He ran towards the forest, not really caring where he ended up at the moment. To get away from the fire and the rain and the howling wind would be enough. Finally coming to a stop in a patch of somewhat tall grass, his feet gave out under him in silent acknowledgement of just how tired and terrified he truly was.
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Mind moving miles a minute, Keoghan wondered what exactly he was supposed to do next. Not just large but fully engulfed in flames, the sudden intruder on his peaceful night quickly caught the carpet ablaze and he shirked before the brilliant orange flame beginning to enclose around him. My humans! They'll summon the Ones in Red! He had seen fire before, of course. Whenever it threatened to consume a twolegplace building, the people inside simply called upon the Ones in Red, other humans that came equipped with a weapon that shot water.
Sadly, it seemed that his mind worked a bit faster than his legs in this case. In fact, it appeared they were set on not working at all. Finally, his humans awoke and quickly stormed into the main living room, hands shaking with a shiny black brick clutched within one of them. Judging by their expression, they were feeling much the way he was. By now, he was being forced to slowly backpedal away, far enough that he could not meet with his humans without running through the fire or burning himself. With a sorrowful expression, his two humans shouted words he could not understand and moved in the opposite direction, out of sight.
Moments later, the sound of a slamming door could be heard and Keoghan realized he had likely been abandoned. In truth, his family was simply trying to protect themselves while they called the Ones in Red, but Keoghan did not quite have the presence of mind to hope for such a thing. Instead he simply gritted his teeth and began moving, backing up to make a running leap and landing just inside the ring of fire. Facing pain unlike he had ever felt before, he threw himself forward and rolled, crashing into some wooden stools and standing immediately.
Being quite the outdoor sort of cat, prone to looking for entertainment while his humans were away doing whatever humans did, his owners had installed a cat door out to the front yard. Keoghan looked back momentarily at this thought, stuck between rushed gratitude and remarkable anger at how they had turned tail instead of saving him. Shaking his head decisively he walked through the door, every step forcing himself to stop being foolish. There was no place for him here anymore, not really.
He ran towards the forest, not really caring where he ended up at the moment. To get away from the fire and the rain and the howling wind would be enough. Finally coming to a stop in a patch of somewhat tall grass, his feet gave out under him in silent acknowledgement of just how tired and terrified he truly was.
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