VICIOUS BEAST // lizard attack

[Galeforce]

↞ RACE THE WINDS

It had been a while since he had last felt safe enough to venture out of the camp without fearing death descending from above at every second. Well, there was still a chance of course, so he wasn't dropping his guard entirely. Galepaw carried himself out across the moors until he was finally able to reach Outlook Rock. He had been eager to get there for a while, so as he ascended to the top he gave an exhale of much needed relief. The young tom gazed out across the territory that he called home, admiring the way in which the seasons blended in physical passing. Leafbare was coming but it continued to be adorned in hues of amber, orange and golds.

Galepaw longed to be lost in the sight, but he was thrown from his attempts to focus by something nipping his tail. At first he tried to ignore it, but it was persistent and he could no longer tolerate it. Whipping round with a hiss he confronted the source of his irritation. Though he felt some minor disappointment when he laid his eyes on that of a small lizard. A small, angry lizard. "Pffft! Aw, aren't you a cutie. What are you doing lil' gu-AAAAAAAAAAAA!" The second his paw extended out to poke the lizard it immediately bit him. Hard. The apprentice flailed frantically, screaming at the top of his lungs as he tried to shake the lizard off.

It finally detached and landed somewhere in the grass below the boulder, leaving Galepaw to wheeze and shuffle about on the rock in fear. "Oh no-nononono! Where did it go?"
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[MALLOWLARK]

Oh, the screaming- the cry of a hawk, almost, yet not an avian screech. No, no, this one was certainly feline, curdling blood in its potency. Who would unleash such a horrible sound, for what reason? A terrible, terrible reason, surely! Eyes set wide and grin in its place, for an expression of gladness was sure to soothe the soul of whoever had fallen victim to something so frightening, the tom bounded toward the noise oblivious the fact that his too-wide eyes and dog-fanged smile was in no way reassuring. Clockwork-quick, his attention snapped to the flailing tom atop Outlook Rock. A laugh threatened to escape him, bubbled up in his throat- and as soon as he thought it might be contained, whatever has fastened to Galepaw's foot went sailing through the air, landing with a thud on the grass only a few mouse-lengths away.

A cackle burst forth, though the only aspect of his face that shifted with the sound was the opening of his mouth. The thing was probably dazed, for it moved not an inch- with a horrid choking sound he forced back his giggles, striding over to the creature. "Down here!" he called, humour skipping across his words. Giggles continued as he reached forward a night-painted paw, holding it in place by the tail. "Y'know, I heard if you rip the tails off these things, they grow back- don't even bleed or anything! NYAHAH- hahaha!" His distinctive laugh rang out as if he had just told a joke- in his mind, the very idea of something so violent with a stark absence of blood was hilarious! ​

[ PENNED BY PIN ]​

 

[SHREWTUFT]

umber tinted ears would shoot up in alarm at the sudden shriek that pierced the serene silence of the moors, eyes drifing towards the direction outlook rock where the noise had come from. shrewpaw abandoned her current task and carried herself over the hills and as the apprentice neared the towering perch she'd notice the two figures of galepaw and mallowlark.

"who in the hell is screamin' bloody murder? thought someone was gettin' mauled by a badger or somethin'!" brows would furrow in clear perplexion because nothing around them carried any air of danger in fact, mallowlark was clearly cackling in merriment whilst an inky dipped paw was placed ontop of something. upon closer inspection, she noticed it was just a lizard which only confused her even more.

the cogs were slow to turn as a honey gaze flicked back and forth between the toms before the realization hit her. "wait. . .don' tell me that this little ol' thing of a lizard is what made ya jump outta yer fur, galepaw–" her voice tried to stay steady but shrewpaw was unable to help the way laughter began to spill from her maw.

[penned by cobi]​

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[SOOTSTAR]

Good stars... she was on the same page as Shrewpaw. Her blue fur is just a bristling when she nears the stretch of camp Galepaw had himself in. Her emerald eyes looking around for blood or something to indicate trauma has occured here. Yet all she fines is the annoying giggles and cackles of the jester, his ebony paw outstretched and pinning the tail of a lizard down.

That was the fuss? You had to be kidding... an unamused look just flies onto her face. "Kill it and throw it in the pile." Sootstar suggests, they ate lizards back in the marsh group... Not all would have the stomach for it, but someone would. ​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 10/19

( primary character / "speech" / ic opinions )​

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 31 moons . pisces. ages on the first
╰ ‣ windclan leader . marsh-born . believes in starclan
╰ ‣ former soldier of the marsh group

╰ ★ ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells like heather and wet dirt , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue smoke . scarred chest, difficult to see through fur . green eyes

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ESTJ-A ❝ EXECTUTIVE ❞ , Slytherin, Lawful Evil
╰ ‣ Cunning, brash, fierce, confident, self-reliant, envious & selfish
╰ ‣ finds great difficulty in relating to others . can be cruel, usually shows mercy to those she can find sympathy with
╰ ‣ Appreciates titles such as "miss, m'am" etc

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· SOOT CLAW x PEBBLE BREEZE, sister to Pebblenose
╰ ‣ heterosexual. romantically interested in Weaselclaw
╰ ‣ mother to owlpaw & shrikepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.

 

[Galeforce]

↞ RACE THE WINDS

Humiliation burned beneath his thick pelt and he couldn't help but bristle uneasily as he realised that he was not alone. Mallowlark at least had caught the lizard, the culprit for his scare and now sore paw. "I don't care about weird facts like that! Just kill it!" He demanded loudly with a growl. If it was killed then hopefully it wouldn't attack him again. "It bit me, Shrewpaw! That lil' bastard is a vicious animal! I bet you'd scream too if you were in my paws!" Great, why did it have to be her! He puffed out his cheeks and snapped his gaze away in a huff whilst his ears heated sharply. And if his sense of pride wasn't wounded enough it was now in tatters with the appearance of Sootstar. The tom sank down with a groan and he draped a paw over his face in a bid to hide away from the world. "Why me?!"
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[SUNSETBREEZE]

That scream had made Sunsetpaw lose her mouse she had been tracking down. Annoyence instantly prickled in her fur, why?. Because it had taken her forever to track this mouse down!. Annoying lil things who was good to hide underneath all of the fallen leaves and holes in the ground. Huffing, the apprentice a sour expression was across her maw while taking herself through the grass to appear to Outlock rock where that awful scream had come from. Maybe the hawks had come back again killing one of thier own again. She felt uneasy about it until she actually appeared by the scene and much to her relief there was no blood or agony cries going on. Ugh. She really couldn't handle stuff like that very well.

What was going on here?. Sunsetpaw listened to the conversation around her until her red-brownish eyes settled on the culprit behind that scream who had cost her lunch. Galepaw. That tom was always a such loud one. It was a mystery to her how he not yet had lost his voice. Still, he was far from being the most...annoying face in this clan.

So a lizard had caused her denmates distress?. She didn't laugh like some of them did maybe because she personally had her own fears...like spiders. Such disgusting and ugly things they where with thier long hairy legs. " Yeah, just kill it, lizards are gross." she adressed Mallowlark deciding to give some sort of helping paw to Galepaw. Once it was dead he might calm down...Her ears twitched when Sootstar spoke up suggesting something...unusual. Throw the lizard in the pile?, to eat. If any other cat sould have suggest a such idea she would have sticked her tongue out in disgust...but now it was Sootstar so..." Sootstar has right. No food should get wasted." she sided in with Sootstar, being the biggest simp she was for her leader. Of course she would never eat the lizard herself but she was sure they could give it to someone...like Emberfang or Mallowlark...Both of them were weird so it fitted them very well to eat weird food she figured.

" Just ignore her Galepaw. Take the time you need to...calm down." She spoke up in Galepaw defence while sending a bemused look at Shrewpaw who looked ready to roll over on the ground to laught her heart out at this. Hmp!. Maybe she should put cockroaches in her nest!. Lets see who would have the last laugh then.


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[MALLOWLARK]

He couldn't stop himself- the peals continued, refusing to shut up, but he didn't care! Oh, such a small thing, and the screamer was still a skeleton out of his skin, shivering at the sight of something so tiny. And everyone around- oh, they kept going, demanding it dead! If it hadn't already died from that fall- it still did not struggle, its little bones (did lizards have bones?) likely shattered, loose in the bag of its scaly skin. How horrible to die like this, surrounding by giants demanding your demise- poor thing! It would make a good meal, and a good investigation, at least. That should soothe its soul when it ascended.

Cackles continuing, cleaving the air and causing claw-sharp pain to start striking his gut, he made swift work of the thing. He could not be done yet, though... if a lizard could grow its tail back, could a tail grow its lizard back?

A burning question- but one he did not let burn for long. Springing from an ebony cage, his claws- or rather, claw, for this was an art in precision- sundered the tail from the body. And now, the corpse- it was to be someone's meal, correct? "Whoever wants it for lunch, CATCH!" Cheered in tango with his laughter, the lizard's corpse spun through the air, keen to strike whoever was closest if they failed to catch it.​

[ PENNED BY PIN ]​

 

[Galeforce]

↞ RACE THE WINDS

Galepaw blinked in disbelief when Sunsetpaw instructed him to ignore Shrewpaw, and he tried to take the advice to heart. He took a couple deep breaths to help settle himself before he sat up straight with a look of greater refinement, rolling his broad shoulders and puffing out his chest. He bore witness to the lizard's demise as Mallowlark despatched it, though he was somewhat confused when he removed the tail. Just what was going through his head? Scratch that, he didn't want to know. The apprentice watched as the rest of the lizard was flicked towards a victim, and Galepaw prayed it would hit Shrewpaw. "Well, that's one less beast on the moors."
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[SOOTSTAR]

Unfortunately for Galepaw, but fortunately for Shrewpaw, his dream of the lizard carcass smacking Shrewpaw does not come true. Sootstar has swift reflexes, and with a lunge she manages to grab the flying lizard by one of its limbs. It now sits in her maw, it's vague taste reminding her of her birth-home, the swamps. Perhaps if no one else would have it, she'd take it... Or maybe show it to her kits? She'd like them to be introduced to the food she use to eat... If they turned their noses to it, Weaselclaw?

She moves to depart from the scene, but she gives a final word to Mallowlark, "Don't go wasting that tail..." suspicion is laced in her voice. Yet she doesn't investigate further, she pads off.​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 10/19

( primary character / "speech" / ic opinions )​

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 31 moons . pisces. ages on the first
╰ ‣ windclan leader . marsh-born . believes in starclan
╰ ‣ former soldier of the marsh group

╰ ★ ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells like heather and wet dirt , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue smoke . scarred chest, difficult to see through fur . green eyes

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ESTJ-A ❝ EXECTUTIVE ❞ , Slytherin, Lawful Evil
╰ ‣ Cunning, brash, fierce, confident, self-reliant, envious & selfish
╰ ‣ finds great difficulty in relating to others . can be cruel, usually shows mercy to those she can find sympathy with
╰ ‣ Appreciates titles such as "miss, m'am" etc

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· SOOT CLAW x PEBBLE BREEZE, sister to Pebblenose
╰ ‣ heterosexual. romantically interested in Weaselclaw
╰ ‣ mother to owlpaw & shrikepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.