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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:47 am
Reserved for an aim log rp.
Please do not post unless you are Lorne or myself. Thank you.
Characters: Noir, Caitan, Tabia and Katapatan
Word Count: --
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In the land clearing, at the edge of the wastelands he saw a figure. Katapatan had spoke to Ajani that had spoke about a leopard in the lands wanting to join. Well, wasn't that cute. She also told him that Tabia was behind it and though Noir had a hatred for the cheetah- a mission was a mission. Joining rogues were a lesser priority but still on a priority list. Not everyone could join their pride. For males, he judged more harshly than females of course, and if they could survive the wastelands then... Just maybe..
He laid in wait in the caverns. Watching from the darkness, with a huge rock hedge over head. He had saw the form coming up, surely Tabia told him the ground where he would be tested, only then did he ever see rogues look so determined. It was a game of chess so to speak. As long as Tabia didn't tell him exactly where the pride was- then maybe he would spare her, and he wouldn't know that until the leopard got closer or further from the desired entry point in where other guards were watching as well. Waiting, just in case a merchant was near by to escort the leopard in. But he doubted that since Tabia was involved..
Lying in wait as they all watched him from crooks and crannies of the rocky wastelands.. Water was nothing but scarce in this land. Only water deposits down in the caverns would help aid a dry tongue but only the pride members knew those secrets. He would see if Tabia betrayed them..
Noir was ALWAYS on the look out for traitors though..
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:14 pm
 Caitan walked carefully up the dry wash, his green eyes wary as he placed one paw in front of the other. He knew they were close, one had been careless, or arrogant, it didn't matter which, and had been upwind of him just long enough for him to catch his scent. That one was east of him, he was fairly sure along the craggy ridge.
Tabia hadn't been specific, she'd been purposefully obtuse when giving him the vague directions that had guided him, and he used the word guided loosely, so he'd known it was a test. Barely into adulthood, she'd expected him to survive the wastelands, or not...then survive the maze of dry washes to get here...to the..welcoming committee so to speak.
He'd deal with her when he found her again. Those pretty golden eyes of hers wouldn't bat their way out from under his paws this time. Keeping his muzzle expressionless, he moved to a patch of scrubby shade and waited, removing the ibex leg sack from over his shoulder, and finishing the last of his water, before chewing the rough skin of the limb.
Caitan knew he was being watched. He figured they'd come down to him when they were good and ready too. Best to take the moment to drink a little and eat a little. Never waste a second when it is given.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:19 pm
He was watching with a close eye. Hoping that the other would make a straying move for the right direction so they could tackle them down but that wasn't going to happen. He looked around too much to be going the right way. The movement of his paws, the position and everything. Maybe he was even a little smart to bring his own food and water, and that was also something to note that someone could have given him too much information but of course, that was again stunned when it was only very little and he watched as another gave the order. Of course, he was mostly in charge but there was a time where he would do so much freelance missions that it was almost impossible to everyone's knowledge if he was there or not.
For a moment he thought the orders were given to charge at him but then, they were all staying still. Not an inch moved, and he waited like that til almost sun down.. When the light was slowly disappearing on the other side of the pride.. Thats when they surrounded him. The order was given and it was like movie clips. One second they were coming at of the ground and in the next completely surrounding him. Who better to announce her worth to him..
 Look what the cat dragged in.. Katapatan had been the one to know about judging characters but she never had the ability as of late to join them. Judging them was one thing but bringing them in was another. She had been the last one to move, and when she did, she was sly and waiting til the intruder was contained and restrained before she even came close. Lifting her chin in the air before she raced to him, breaking the group almost in half before skidding in front of him. Lifting up the rock and dust off the ground.. She was wearing some kind of headgear before she lifted it with her paw. Exposing her beautiful face and almost if not more adoring yet excitable eyes. Ones that loved danger and adrenaline.
"Caitan was it~" A perking smirk came out of her. "You don't look to good~ do you~" Hinting a tease..For some reason, he knew as well as her that she was a bit to reckless and though the order have been given to move in, she shouldn't have teased them like that. Not yet anyways. He watched, with a smirk on his face to what other stunt Kata would pull. She reminded him of a cheetah he met back when.. a black and blue cheetah that he would probably never forget, but did after not seeing her in so long. They had been cubs- and that- for- Noir was too long to remember. Lifting his chin from his laid position, chuckling inwardly.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:45 pm
Caitan had smelled them, and seen glimpses as they had moved into position, but had stood his ground as they came at him, stepping out from his shade, though he kept the tree at jumping distance in case he needed it for an exit.
He bared his teeth at those who came to close, warning them politely that he was not prey, that he was as much a predator as they were and he was allowing them to restrain him, that had he wanted to, things could turn bloody quickly.
When the lovely female raced up, he turned dead, disinterested eyes to her, not lowering himself by rising to her bait. She was older than he, but younger to the game, still drunk on the power this little show gave her over those that wished to become part of the Pride. A small pawn in a larger game...not worth engaging.
Still, he answered her question to his name in a toneless voice, " It was." His green gaze fixed firmly on the dark male leopard behind her, the one he could sense was the much larger threat then the female.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:41 am
The cheetah watched as the male growled, he was so strong but somehow he wanted this to happen. "I'm guessing no fool in his own right would go this far in to the wastelands to not get captured." A smile crossed her lips with an impish gleam.. "So you really want to join us... " Looking up at one of the many faces that was holding him down. He wasn't that strong and she shew-ed away the ones in the back as she heightened herself.
"We'll have Noir check him out." Some of the others laughed when she spilled that commanding request out. They all for the most part thought he was insane. Killing without remorse like a true solider. But he even killed his own kind, the ones whom broke rules.. She rose her throat and called out to him in a different call unknown to most. Hard to replicate, it was hers.. and hers alone for Noir. When she finally did- the others looked at each other and only a brave one or two had stayed while the rest of the pack fled.. The ones who did stay, walked backwards a bit- letting go of Caitan..
He guessed it was his que. He knew that much when she rose her head. Already drawing to his as his chuckle subsided.. In the shadows he lurked and when he came out of the ground.. he was behind Caitan and looked hunched back as he looked like a stalking lion on the prowl.. Then stopped a few paces away as the other two brave ones fled as well.. Leaving Kata and Noir to bring in the new member, if he were to be a member.
"So Caitan.. Why did you follow our entertainer? Why do you think- we should choose you. Why... do you want to be one of us. " She said with a very good sense of self even without him being restrained. Several missions under her pelt and assassinations that it made her not feel scared, that's what Noir taught her. Fear, was a weakness. "What makes you~ We're dying to know." She had good posture, as she walked now even closer to him, dangerously close. Fully knowing that if she were attacked- Noir would step in a heart beat.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:26 pm
Caitan's only movement as he was let go was to get his back legs under him. That branch was still above and to his left, not out of his reach if he needed it. When he felt someone moving behind him, he bared his teeth only just, a low warning growl leaving him. Not enough to be insulting, but enough to let the other male know that Caitan was aware he was behind him. When she spoke, he brought his cold eyes back to her, his voice the same even tone as before, “ I did not follow your Entertainer. She told me if I survived the wastelands, the Nera would find me..or I would them. It would seem it was both.”
To her other question he merely smiled, and it was not one that was friendly, it lit his light eyes in the same way Noir's lit his. It was a light that let you know that the male in front of you was not fully sane, that he needed a leash, and a strong feline holding firmly to the other end, “ My father came from your pride, let's just say..I'd like to come home.” His tone was filled with an darkness that could have been Noir's twin.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:53 pm
(Noir) "On your stomach." He spoke firmly. With that glint in his eyes, Noir knew that he would certainly be something in the pride.. Almost as easily, and breathlessly jumping up and grabbing Caitan in a death roll, bashing the male's head in to the ground in that exact spot.. before looking up at Kata- demanding what seemed to be the pelts.. You could have plainly see that he had done this several times before. There was the art of it that other's could only dream of having..
(Kata) It shook her inwardly for a moment, those kinds of eyes, on Noir seemed so normal and no one had them til now... It, made her insides turn.. Knowing full well what they would mean. So badly she wanted to possess them only believing that those were the eyes of warriors but little did she know.. Little did she know as Noir gave the command, Taking a step back in surprise.. Then lowered her ears, watching Noir from the smoke. Did he know? That he pocessed that same trait? Then quickly being awakened to bring the hyena hide to him.. In merely seconds did she bring it back and already went in the process of binding him.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:07 pm
Caitan went limp when the words were spoken, his whole body relaxing so that when Noir tackled him there was no resistance. His mind was screaming at him to fight back, but his will was far stronger then his mind, and it was what won out.
So when the black leopard struck his head, and blackness came for him, he was ready for it. The last thing his pale eyes saw was the pretty little cheethess, and the flicker of uncertainty that slid behind her gaze as she watch him. It brought an amused smile to his muzzle, then there was only darkness.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:20 pm
Kayta
It was over in seconds, and when she quietly came over to the male.. Somehow. It caught her. Something just soaked her up and as she went to put on the hide. She knew she was being watched closely by Noir, but somehow he never gave a damn about what she did, just as long as the mission called for it. As she put on the hide, pulling it in the correct place, she felt.. drawn in. That danger that she sought out with Noir now with someone new that she didn't quite know yet. Putting the pelt down over his face and somehow feeling.. different about it. She took her time, and care to it- unlike she did with others. Then looked up at Noir with a hard nod to pick him up and carry him through the rest of the wasteland..
Noir
Upon arrival, he sought out Tabia's companionship to announce the new member to Nyoka. Of course, this was a minor set back for him since usually he would have claimed it as his own but he was in his own way Lawful, with Kata at his side as the body fell from his back. Looking directly at Tabia's den in wait. Ears pinned back
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:22 pm
Tabia looked at Noir, her own ears pricking forward and half snarl on her lips. She had no love for the black leopard, and now that her place was secure and her union with Ny blessed with the soon arrival of their cubs, she had no need to be more then polite to him. She treated him exactly as what he was, a leashed killer. Which meant you walked a fine balance between showing him no weakness, and not insutling him. It was the most difficult dance she had every done.
Looking at the package, the pale coated leopard brought thumped to the ground in a heap, she raised one delicate eyebrow before answering in her smoky, throaty voice, “ So, he manged to survive the wastelands and you Noir. I am impressed, as I am impressed with your protege. Caitan must have liked you Kata to not have hurt you or your men. He and Noir are cut from the same cloth.”
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:24 pm
For a moment she didn't feel the need to really look at the female when she came out. Along with the point of last time's confrentation with Noir about Tabia. Which made her alienate herself from the entertainers dens for quite some time before she was complimented. Her ears up as she looked at Tabia- surprised and bowed her head as if she were a royal. Then the next words to follow made her heart jump for just a mere second- which made her react to the words. Eyes wide for a moment, and trying to act to play it off but she wasn't accustomed to that. "Then how did you survive- if what you say is true." Lifting up her chin.. eyeing the male to seek out more information.
Noir's face was direct. Though things had been roughed with Tabia from the beginning and the news of her pregancy- he had little to know time to take it in. Not with his kids whom he kept locked up from harm's way to avoid what happened to their mother. Death. Or so he thought. Eyes looking more and more cold by the day.. now that N'gombe was gone. She was lucky that Caitan was alive to get her good graces to the queen. "Tally your graces." He spoke, finally. "I don't need it." Before turning tail and leaving the body in front of them. Though Kata didn't move from her spot.. Not til she found out more.. or more she was dumstruct.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:24 pm
Tabia kept her smile to herself, pleased that she had managed to keep Noir at paws distance. If she were lucky for the rest of her's, Ny's and her cubs lives she would be able to do so. Her children would be royals, just as his were and as long as she and Ny kept the Queen and King pleased with their service, her family was safe from his claws. It was worth every mission, every death, every cruel and twisted thing she had done..all the blood that covered her paws to hold the seat she now had on the council. She'd not regret one moment, or any moment that came after. If Noir thought she did not count her blessings, he was a fool.
Turning her attention back to Kata she purred at her, her tail flipping back and forth behind her lazily, “ Caitan is, was, one of the many males I used to entertain, or rather the gang he ran with was. They served their purpose for me, and he was sick of them. We came to an understanding. He killed them. I let him know there was a place I knew that could use a leopard like him. He spared me. Providing what I said turned out to be true. If not, he'd find me and slit my throat. I never doubted him for a moment.”
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:25 pm
She hadn't been completely sure of when she saw her death in Caitan's eyes. That's the feeling she had, and somehow she ...liked it. All ears to Lady Tabia as she spoke, when she grew to council, things went a lot smoother.."I see." Then looked down to the male..slowly pulls the hide from him and untying it with her maw- seemingly so absent with her actions of almost caring. Which she had not realized, what was going on. Something had rattled her and when she looked at his face. Damp from the sweat of the hide she gazed- until she was again awakened by the feeling of someone watching her, of course Tabia. Bowing to her again.. "If you ever need me again council lady, please let me assist you.." Before slowly turning tail and walking away with a knot in her throat and chest. Kata was raised like her hopefully dear father wanted. A soilder... someone to whom won good graces with the higher ups. Isn't that what she had done up til now? But father would be ashamed of her if something were to occur.. so she hid it in her to walk away.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:28 pm
Tabia smiled her slow knowing smile, clicking her tongue as she looked down at Caitan. How wonderful, he already was proving useful. On the floor, Caitan growled low, before pulling himself slowly to his feet, his teeth bared at Tabia.
She held up a paw, her khol lined eyes filled with none to subtle a warning, “ Careful Caitan, I am not just Tabia here. Your next words could be your last.”
Caitan watched her, his cold eyes holding a fierce intelligence. With a slight smirk, he bowed low, his voice hollow as he spoke, “ It is a pleasure to be brought to the Kuroi'Nera, how may I serve its council and its Queen?”
Tabia raised her eyebrow, a chill going up her spine, he was dangerous, his leash needed to be set and soon. She inclined her head to him, “ I will take you to meet our Queen. Come.” Slipping from the carved stone with an easy grace, she paced from the den, the male leopard on her heels, though he stopped once outside, his pale eyes resting on the slight form of the cheetah working her way down the dens. Tabia smiled, “ Fancy her do you?”
“ She and I will meet again, and I will kill her.”
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