"Keep watch for whom, Monsieur?" Scrounge called out, watching from
the shadowy branches of a tree. She knew that only her eyes, and
her ever infamous cheshire grin would be visible, and she let out a
fit of giggles. "Oh my! Is that a petite souris I smell?"
She purred, peeking towards a certain dormouse. She hummed a quick
little tune as she waited for a response
Her heart skipped a beat as she saw an all too familiar
signature grin. Valentin yelped, scrabbling backwards as if her
life depended on it. Her usual weary body was alarmed and
trembling, the Dormouse was like a cornered mouse-quite literally.
"Wh-what are you doing here at this hour, dear?" She nervously
chuckled, shakily getting back up as she obviously tried to
recover.
Anistair: Keeping an eye out for you, you bloody cheshire! //he
said triumphantly, pointing his cane at Scrounge/ You cats have
been terrorozinv my friend and trying to steal my hat but no more!
//he stood up a little more straight and trying to make himself
sound and look as heroic as possible but Anistair was really only
making a fool of himself
Elliot returned Valentin's smile with
one of his own, his amethyst eyes glancing down to where the Mad
Hatter's hat lie, no doubt having found its way there during one of
Anistair's clumsier moments. Poor Dormouse, though, worrying so
much and so often about what the Cheshire cat might be up to. Well,
any of the Cheshire cats, really. Just as he was about to attempt a
comforting motion of some kind, Anistair stepped in and promised to
catch 'that bloody cat', hitting his head and finding his hat in
the process. Well, the Great Hat Caper was solved pretty quickly,
but the Mad Hatter was right. They should be keeping an eye out for
that cat, both Anistair and Elliot, so Valentin would be safe. And,
speak of the Devil, one of the Cheshire cats appeared seemingly out
of nowhere, only a pair of floating green eyes and a stretched grin
visible. Instinctively, Elliot stepped between the Dormouse and the
Cheshire cat, not quite blocking Valentin but there to protect if
needed. He didn't really like fighting, it was a sort of last
resort for him, but he was adept at it and could fight someone if
necessary. It seemed as if Anistair was doing his best to appear
tougher than Scrounge, a good idea actually as it was something
another cat would do to intimidate, but he seemed perhaps a little
less confident in himself than Elliot was. Having known the Mad
Hatter for a while, he was confident in his abilities. Despite
being just as crazy--if not more so--as Elliot, Anistair had quite
a bit of control over himself. Excluding, of course, the occasional
slaughter of fallen humans. But, then again, even Elliot himself
couldn't deny he did the same. Although, his were perhaps more . .
. quiet than most. Still, if the Cheshire cat chose to try
something against Valentin, then Elliot would back up Anistair if
needed.
(( Sorry for not being present yesterday, got a bit busy. I
made a bit of an assumption about Anistair, but he does seem in
control, save the few bumps on the head. I will also be posting
something for Sakiko, but I have something I gotta take care of
first. ))
". . . Mother? . . . You can call me
however you like, my child."
"When humans fall down here, strangely... I... I often feel like I
already know them. Truthfully, when I first saw you, I felt... ...
like I was seeing an old friend for the first time."
Cyris looked at the wonderful wonder of the trees "I should really
go out more, but I have jobs to handle" She said and walked and
walked and walked over the oddly colored grass and ignored her
duties for as long as she wants to.
Cedar crawled through the forest looking for tasty prey for the
pack. She could smell a gopher or something that smelled like one
running around and maybe some... lil ones too. She couldn't tell if
there were more but she smelled them and that's all that mattered.
The Bandersnatch's ears twitched, her head twisting to face the
direction from which she had heard voices. She clamored over roots
and logs, steps silent and deliberate, the only sign of her
presence being the scarcity of animals and the brief glimpses of
spots shifting in the foliage. She caught the scents of rabbit and
mouse, and perhaps cheshire -a rare delicacy, even for the
Bandersnatch. She could almost never catch the sly felines due to
their teleporting abilities. A wicked grin flickered across her
monstrous features, faltering as her keen scent caught traces of
something almost foreign to her. Almost. She almost gave a purr of
delighted surprise as she placed the scent, quickening her pace in
the direction of her soon-to-be prey. How something as large and
dangerous as her managed to stay silent and almost unnoticeable was
astonishing, to say the least. She glimpsed into the clearing she
had neared, confirming her suspicions. It had been long since she
had last seen a human, nevermind one she hadn't detected in the
forest before. She couldn't stop the low rumble of a snarl begin in
her throat, almost unnoticeable at first, as her large, angular
topaz eyes glimmered in the brush. By the time it took for her
usual prey to notice her prescence, she had already pounced upon
the closest figure -he smelled of rabbit- her savage claws tearing
his sleeves as her massive weight kept him pinned. Her monstrous
features curled into a snarl that conveyed her most prominent view
of the rabbit. Dinner.
Scrounge tilted her head, still grinning. "Aw, you should not be
worried about a little cat like me, Monsieur! Or you,
Mademoiselle-" she addressed Valentin, ignoring Elliot for the
moment. She scented the air, and slightly frowned- even shuddered
maybe- at the scent she smelled. Within a second, her grin returned
and she glanced at the audience before her. "Ah, you really should
be more worried about the monstre running about. The one
that smells far too close for my liking-" she stopped mid-sentence
as some creature leaped out of the shadows and attacks.
The Bandersnatch's head snapped up as she took into consideration
the other creatures in the clearing, her maw opening to bare her
sharp teeth in anticipation. With a snap of her jaws, she had
clamped her teeth around the rabbit's shirt collar, tearing holes
through the fabric as she dragged him backwards, into the forest, a
savage grin plastered across her face.