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Post by Mini on Jun 12, 2006 19:13:05 GMT -5
The teopard trotted into the formation, sitting down behind the rocks, lowering the bundle he carried in his teeth. It mewled, protesting the cool dirt it was placed on. Rift nuzzled his son, scratching up the dirt and adding some grass and leaves to make as comfortable a nest as he could make. He nuzzled the cub one more time before leaping onto the rocks, lifting his muzzle to the sky and roaring, calling to the healers of the Clans.
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Post by Cascade on Jun 12, 2006 19:30:31 GMT -5
Setsumo made her way swiftly into the clearing of the formation. There was a definate disturbance ,and it was growing stronger by the minute. Her deepest fears were soon realized when she heard the wail of the cub, "No...!" she said softly, concerned. "This can not be, it is agianst the sacred laws!" but alas, it was. The Lynx healer bent down and sniffed the tiny cub. Although she was unable to see, the two scents were as clear as day to her. Turning sharply to Rift, her closed eyes opened wide, revealing their milky white color, "You..." she said, "You had a cub with...Annika?!"
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Post by Mini on Jun 12, 2006 19:33:18 GMT -5
Rift flattened his ears, even though he knew the blind healer would not see. "Yes..." he murmered, sitting down. He leaped down, standing next to the Lynx Clan healer, lowering his head and licking the tiny scrap of fur. "The only survivor of our litter," he murmered, his striped tail drooping.
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Post by Xarae on Jun 12, 2006 19:42:29 GMT -5
A lithe silver form padded into the clearing, the emotional shell around her body stated she wasn't about to take any crap the healers would throw at her. Rules were made to broken..the phrase rang in her head and she smiled in grim satisfaction. Instantly she ran over to her cub, curling around the shivering bundle and licking his head. She cooed softly to him and nuzzled his head. His silver eyes glinted in the moonlight as she glared out at the clearing, daring anyone who had a problem to challenge her.
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Post by Cascade on Jun 12, 2006 19:48:12 GMT -5
Setsumo closed her eyes once more, what was the point anyway? Her ears flickedi n agitation, "Annika..." she didn't care what the younger healer said, but she would make sure she would listen, "Why owuld you do such a thing?" she asked, question directed at both of them, "You know it is in the forbidden laws, and yet you selfishly, selfishly had a litter of cubs together? What were you thinking?"
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Post by Xarae on Jun 12, 2006 19:54:17 GMT -5
"I was thinking I loved him! That I finally found someone who I could care about!" She screamed, her hair raising. "They deserved so much better though! SO MUCH!" She was hoarse. "I am selfish, and stupid! Six bodies, Setsumo! Six that never even saw light!" She hurled at the she-cat, her back shaking in stress. "I'm a monster!" She yelled, more at herself than anyone else. She slumped down against the rock, drawing the one cub closer to her.
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Post by Cascade on Jun 12, 2006 20:00:45 GMT -5
Setsumo growled, "Stop that. Screaming at yourself will solve nothing. Did you think there owuld not be consequenses for your actions? Did you believe Rikuanu would just 'let it go'? Those cubs that now lie lifeless in your den...I highly doubt they will be happy in the afterlife...whichever afterlife they arrive in." she sighed, Rikuanu's rage was surely aimed at the cubs. 'Those who inherit the blood inherit the guilt,' after all. "If you wanted to have a mate and cubs, why did you choose to become a healer knowing it could never be so. You oculd have prevented this...you could have said 'no."
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Post by Mini on Jun 14, 2006 15:04:04 GMT -5
Rift flattened his ear, padding over to Annika and sitting nearby, looking down at their cub. Images of the five other bodied laying outside their den flitted unwelcomed into his mind's eye, and she made a small whimpering sound, a completly unexpected sound to come from a fullgrown cat such as Rift.
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Post by Xarae on Jun 15, 2006 15:19:46 GMT -5
Annika growled. "Could've should've would've but I didn't." She spat. Her ears laid flat on her head as she curled around the small shivering bundle of her cub. "Let us stop bickering and discuss other matters, such as Tiger Clan's absence of a healer." She muttered, glancing up at the full moon above.
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Post by Cascade on Jun 15, 2006 17:30:13 GMT -5
ooc: Oi, that's the second time! The Outcasts havn't been announced to anyone, and Tundra hasn't spoken of them yet. Rikuanu can't read minds XD
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Post by Mini on Jun 17, 2006 7:49:56 GMT -5
ooc: NYAH CAS POST  |
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Post by Cascade on Jun 17, 2006 8:09:53 GMT -5
Setsumo growled at Annika's arrogance, "You should be preparing for your son's inevidable fate instead of spitting at me for staitng the ovious." she sighed, shifting her weight to her back paws and sitting down. Annika would just never get it, not if she lectured or screamed or bickered or pounded it into her head...she would just never understand. "It is indeed a problem that the Tigers are without a healer. It makes them sussecptable to deseise and their wounded are without medicine. It has become so bad that I have had to travel to the Tiger clan and provide assistance when one of them was hurt." she sighed, "But as I grow older and weaker, my achiong paws can no longer make the trek. And I am not as familiar with the Tiger clan's land."
If she wern't blind, she would have glared at Annika, "You were to have taken over by now, but you clearly can not." she was indicating Klein. "And think, what of Sendatsu? He would never accept a half-breed into his clan...especialy one with tainted blood. The cub will be driven out, and then you would have to leave yourself to protect him. Then there would be two clans without healers! I'd have to help all three clans instead of one. Tell me, do you hate me for some reason?"
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Post by Xarae on Jun 19, 2006 15:39:10 GMT -5
"No..I don't hate you..." She muttered. "Someone has to accept him! Someone will." She hissed quietly, licking her son's head and muttering quietly to herself. "All I know is that a healer needs to be born to...Tiger...clan..." Her eyes widened as she glanced down at her Teopard cub, a wicked glint in her eyes.
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Post by Cascade on Jun 19, 2006 15:48:14 GMT -5
Setsumo growled softly, "Don't lie to yourself. You say someone will accept him, but the truth is no one will. It is pointless to tell yourself what you want to here, even when it is blatantly untrue." she sensed the tone in the Leopard's voice and her own tone grew dark, "Don't even think about it. You're cub is not ment to be Tiger healer, and if you deprive them of a true healer just to provide false security for the cub that should never have happened, well...that would only be hurting the cub as well as the entire Tiger clan even more."
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Post by Mini on Jun 19, 2006 15:53:20 GMT -5
Rift sighed, padding over to Annika and lowering his head, nuzzling the cub. he had fallen asleep, and stirred slightly as his father licked him, squeaking quietly before going back to sleep. Even with the scar across his face, he was pretty cute. The twisted paw added character...right? Rift looked over to the lynx healer, sighing. "Could you lighten up? Yes, we did something wrong, but could you give her time to grieve for the cubs that never saw the world?" he growled lowly, his eyes glinting with something like anger.
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