*The rumours of Unreal*

[growl1]

Kimya was having an absoulutly wonderful dream when suddenly she felt something trip over her and Aurora. Her eyes opened groggilly and she asked,
"Who was that that just tripped over me?"
As her eyes focused, she saw a weird bluish-colored looking lioness and another big cat with her. She jumped up, teeth bared, ready for anything if these strange cats attacked. She jabbed Aurora lightly with her paw while whispering,
"Aurora, wake up. We've got company. Now!"

[Kirsui]

Skell had finally reached his destination as he got the first glimpse of the waterfall. He commanded his cloud to go lower, and soon enough he was floating in front of the waterfall. He looked around to see if someone had followed him... He had this odd feeling that he was being watched...

Shrugging as he saw nothing, the dark tiger pounced from his cloud, landing on the other side of the waterfall. A good surprise to him was to see that Enaku had finally come back.
And Inari was still there...

"Hello, ladies.." he said, nodding a slight greeting to his winged friend. His red eyes glared at Inari momentarily, a faint smirk was playing on his lips. Inari seemed to flinch slightly at the smirk, but otherwise she was still calm.
"Well...?" Skell spoke, sitting down on the cave floor as he looked Inari.
"Do you now know why I see these odd things about those two tigers?"

Inari, however, kept her mouth tightly shut. She glanced at the winged feline suspiciously. Skell got the hint.. and laughed.
"Hah, I have told her about the tricks my mind is playing with me" he said. "So let it all out already."

Inari pulled her gaze away from Enaku and looked Skell right in the eyes.
"I admit, I know... I know what is wrong with you, why you see those memories..."
She smiled faintly. Skell lifted an eyebrow at the word "memories".
"Yes, they are memories... from your own past. You do not remember them properly, and you do not recognize yourself as that young tiger... Because you have been cursed."

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Enaku's head turned around as she heard a slight thud on the ground. Skell had finally returned. He greeted the both of them and she nodded in greeting to him. Skell started to speak to Inari, asking her a question, and Inari looked at Enaku, without answering. Skell stated that he'd told Enaku about his mind tricks, and she simply smiled a sarcastic looking smile at the female.
Skell continued to talk to Inari, and Enaku just sat by and watched, she didn't want to disturb them, after all.

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Nishati waited for a reply from Lorien, but the female didn't even open her mouth. So Nishati continued to speak.

"We'll go looking for her in the morning. That will give us all time to rest, and as soon as the sun comes up.. and we all wake up.."

She looked at Fire with her last words, with a smirk upon her muzzle.

"... We will go looking for Rhea, and Inari."

[Lorien]

Lorien took one last glance out into the forrest before retreating into the cave. "Yes. That's a good idea, Nishati." With that, she walked slowly to the back of the cave and lay down. She didn't know what was going on, and quite frankly, she was frightened.

[Tamber]

Rhea chased affter the tiger, who floated happily upon his cloud above the forest. A few times she saw him look back, as if he knew she was there. But she was lucky enough to keep him oblivious to her presence.

Rhea soon heard the roar of a waterfall, and in chasing the tiger, she found him floating...behind the waterfall? Rhea assumed that there was some sort of open space ehind it, and that was where the tiger was hiding. Was Inari back there?

Rhea dashed up a steep assortment of large rocks and boulders, and eventually reached a place where she could see behind teh falling water and into the space behind it. In the darkness, there was not much she could see, but she knew they were back there, the gier, and Inari. She listened as the tiger spoke something about memories...about two tigers...Rhea had no idea what that meant.

Then she heard Inari speak. She was fdefending herself on some strange subject. Visions of tigers, young tiger...cursed? It sounded like Skell was saying that Inari used to be a tiger, and she had been cursed in some way. The blue lioness was so confused, and at the moment, she just wanted to make sure she stayed hidden and that she could har. Most of all, she needed to stay out of the moonlight. If it were to shine upon her, she would be brought into a trance, and her eyes and shoulder would light up and give her away.

[Kirsui]

((OOC: sorry, long.. XD I just want to get some stuff slipped into this RP... =P))


Inari remained silent after she had let out those words... She examined Skell's expression, but the tiger seemed to just stare at her, as emotionless as ever. Inari flattened her ears slightly, feeling rather uncomfortable in the precence of the tiger and his winged companion.

Then, Skell broke the silence.
"Cursed...?" he questioned, making sure he had heard right.
Inari didn't reply.
"You're joking, Inari... I couldn't possibly be... cursed..."
The grey lioness laughed, but she was far from amused.
"You wanted your answer, and you got it, Skell..." she snapped at the tiger.

Skell didn't seem satisfied, though... His expression was filled with suspicion towards Inari and what she had said. But yet... Inari never lied.
"How...?"
Inari sighed, shaking her head faintly.
"I don't know the details, Skell" she said. "I have lived for such a long time... Too long, if you ask me. But I have seen cursed creatures before, a very long time ago. The other tiger in your memory is the one who laid the curse on you, but who he is, and where he is", she shrugged, "I do not know."
She paused, looking momentarily at Enaku.
"You have forgotten who you are, Skell" she continued, turning her head at the dark tiger again. "That is what the curse has caused. You are unstable, if you do not mind I say that... One day you might become a creature who remembers nothing, not even those who you used to know. Do you want to become like that?"

Skell was silent. He glanced at Enaku with his completely red eyes that didn't seemed to look anywhere. He had done some things that he couldn't explain, without any good reason, even.

The grey lioness chuckled, as if she had expected Skell to go silent. She turned at Enaku, a questioning shine in her eyes.
"Would you?" she asked faintly. "Would you want to see him turn into something that does not remember you? To a state where he would just keep attacking others he sees, until either he or his target dies?"

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Enaku sat there, perched upon the floor, her head watching the two as they spoke. She wasn't paying all that much attention to what Inari was rambling on about until Inari asked her a question. At that moment she heard a noise and stood up, spreading out her wings, and flying up through a small whole in the top of the cave that only one who could fly could get out of, and completely ignored Inari. When she landed upon the cave roof, she looked down at a lioness, watching everything that was going on. She swooped down and landed behind her.

"And what do you think you're up to, my dear?"

She asked her, her eyes locked upon the lioness, with a slight smirk upon her face.

[Tamber]

Curses curses curses...what was all this mumbo jumbo Rhea was hearing?...

Suddenly she heard someone appear behind her. She jerked around, eyes wide and mouth open in fear. She looked up to the black winged lioness that stood there. Rhea's era went back. Her eyes became narrow with anger at the word "my dear." She hated that pharase. She found it so patronizing. "Don't you call me dirt names like that." Rhe alowered her head and bared her fangs at the dark stranger. She looked a few feet away, where there was a pool of lunar light that continued for quite a while. If she were to step out there, she would become very powerful, but mindless. She was prepared for anything.

[Deleted]

Enaku chuckled at the lionesses reply.

"I will call you whatever i wish, dear."

The winged lioness took a step forward and looked the lioness in the eyes.

"I suggest you leave before something terrible happens.... like, someone getting paralyzed. After all. It is dark. Isn't it past your bedtime?"

Enaku glared at the lioness, waiting for a reaction, and prepared to use her powers if needed.

[Tamber]

Rhea chuckled at the be-winged lioness before her. "You expect me to just say, "Oh, ok, my mistake," and prance off, don't you? I'm not as weak as my persona may lead you to believe, dear."

Rhea sat pleasingly, staring at the stranger.

Isn't it past your bedtime?"

Rhea laughed out loud at this. "Hahaha! Oh far from it, darling!" she said with a look upon her face that suggested she almost had pitty for the black lioness.

[Fire]

"All 'three' of them?... What, they can't keep track of themselves enough that they can't stick together?" Yeesh..." Fire rolled his eyes at Nishati and then sat down on his spot, looking around for a moment and seeming to sort of recover from his dazed state. "Where shall we start, or in this case, who are we gonna look for first?"

[Lorien]

Lorien's ears perked up as she heard Fire speak. She would listen to the plan, but...she really didn't feel like talking at that moment. The days events...had been more than she had witnessed in her entire life. She had finally met others like herself, but was it worth all of the dangers that it possessed?

[growl1]

Kimya was near the waterfall and thought she saw a black winged lioness and another lioness nearby. She took a deep breath and walked up to them and said,
"Excuse me, am I interrupting anything?"

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Enaku chuckled at the lioness.

"Very well then.."

The winged lioness stared at Rhea, and her eyes turned pure white. That could only mean one thing. She was absorbing Rhea's strength.

"You're lucky i'm in a good mood. Otherwise i would be paralyzing you, isntead of just stealing your strength."

Her eyes then turned back to their normal colour and she smiled unpleasantly at Rhea.

"You should collapse in a moment or two.."

She simply warned her and winked.

[Kirsui]

Inari shook her head with a sigh as Enaku stormed away through the hole on the roof.
"She does not care now, does she...?"

Skell glanced at Inari with a blank expression as she spoke out these words. But his attention was soon enough pulled at what he heard over the enormous noise that the waterfall was keeping. He heard Enaku speak... and someone answer to that. What was said, however, was unclear. But the voice of the one replying to Enaku was familiar...

Apparently, Inari had heard it too, and was now examining Skell's movements even more closely than a moment ago. Skell moved under the hole on the roof, his head pointing up as he listened closely.

And so he didn't notice what happened behind his back. Inari rose to her feet so silently and so quickly that for a moment one could wonder if she had been standing all the time. She glanced at the waterfall, then back at Skell. Her eyes begun to glow.

The tiger didn't have time to move around when Inari used her telepathy. The falling water suddenly changed it direction at Inari's command and threw itself on the tiger. He was blown away by pure surprise, and when he was back on his feet, his fur soaking wet, Inari had escaped through the tunnel that Enaku had used when she had walked into the cave.

Skell growled and pounced through the waterfall, creating his cloud below himself as he begun the chase. Inari was already racing down the path leading up to the waterfall. Skell saw Enaku talk to Rhea, that odd lioness with whom Skell had talked earlier. Also, there was this other feline, a lioness, who Skell had never seen before.

Unfortunately, the dark tiger had no time to think of them as he chased the escaping lioness. He thought Inari knew more than she had said...

[Deleted]

Nishati lay there in the cave with Lorien and Fire, turning she saw Lorien sleeping and again looked at Fire "we will sort things out in the morning, we all need rest now".

Feeling restless she quietly rose and made her way out of the cave.

Stopping, she laid down and rested her head on her paws and looked thoughtfully up at the night sky. While staring at the soft glowing moon, a smile appeared on her face. Looking over her shoulder quickly to see that no one else was watching she moved all the stars around till a heart shape was formed, then placed the moon inside.

Giving a small sigh, she lay there letting her mind wander over all that had happened the past few days and how Fire and herself had begun a journey of their own., one that would have to be pushed aside for now till they found the others that were missing.

Rising up, she gave one last backward glance and moved towards the cave. About to go in she heard running water, the temptation to give into the one thing she loved doing the most overcame her.

"Fire, I'll be right back, I'm just going for a quick swim" she whispered into the cave.

Turning, the lioness made her way towards the water, a smile on her muzzle she stepped into the coolness, watching as it swirled around her. About to lower herself, she looked over at a bush that was covered in lush flowers. Using her power she saw the flowers rise up and come through the air and float on top of the water surrounding her.

Moving further into the water, she felt the ripples touch her fur, relaxing her body while standing there with nothing but silence surrounding her. In that moment she knew she had to tell Fire what was on her mind.

Swinging around, she lifted a paw determined to get back to the cave, but something cold and sharp held her paw firm, again she pulled, but it was dragging her back and pulling her under. The more she struggled the further away she was carried.

Fear made her body shake, and her eyes were filled with desperation. As she was dragged under the water, the last thing she saw was her heart slowly fading up in the sky, darkness engulfed her and in her mind she saw only a picture of Fire fading slowly away.

(OK..sorry but Nishati is now out of this roleplay)

[Katari]

OOC: Yay!

IC:

The day had been a long, hard one, full of the never-ending sun's rays beating down upon him as he walked across the empty plains. It was times like these that he was thankful to have been born with a light coat; it would have been hell to have had a black one. And he knew all too well what that felt like.

It had started out all right. Well, as close too “all right” as things ever came for him, anymore. The young gazelle he'd taken by surprise had been an easy catch, though hardly enough to ease his hunger pains for long. More like a mouthful, really. He would need to remedy that; even now, he could feel the dull ache of a slow starvation. It had been far too long since he'd had a ready supply of food. Not since his homeland, and that was out of the question, for many, many reasons....

You must learn the true nature of dream-walking, Tanis. Only then will you find your destiny. How many had his mother said that to him? Too many. The words themselves told him nothing; how was he to walk the path of dreams if he could not control the dreams that were given to him? The experiences he'd had with the powers endowed upon him had bordered on the horrific, the chaotic, wild and uncontrollable. Surely that was not the true nature of what he was. What he had been...or what he was yet to become. Cryptic thoughts, and not at all convenient.

What would have been convenient was something to eat. Dreams and memories were all well and good, but a vision couldn't keep you alive, couldn't sustain you. It really was like an endless circle, when Tanis thought about it long enough: kill to survive, survive to kill again, which would allow you to survive a while longer, which led to killing, and so forth. On, and on, and on. An endless circle. A "Circle of Life," as some foolish souls put it. Tanis pitied them. For him, life no longer held anything of beauty, not real beauty. It was a cold, hard world he walked through, and that was how he preferred it: if the only ones you encountered were enemies and prey, there was no way they could harm you. Physically, yes, but there were far worse pains than those of the body. Tanis knew. He had felt them.

Grunting, shaking himself to put aside the complicated thoughts running through it, he lowered his head and continued on, to whatever fate held for him this night.

A sudden noise from up ahead grabbed his attention. Straining to see what the cause was, he spied a figure, coming in his direction at a fast pace. He stopped, waiting. The lioness that emerged -- running as if all hell were at her back -- was among the strangest sights he'd seen all day. Or for a great deal more time than that. His eyes widened as she came fully into view. Her fur was gray, almost silvery. Black lines of fur, beginning at her eyes, ran down her sides. And, to top it all, her ear fur, eyebrows, and tail tuft -- if tuft was the right word for that great hairy thing -- were, of all things, blue. Blue! A strange sight, indeed. His own brows raised at the odd convergence of colors that was this unknown lioness.

He looked her over carefully as she came still closer.... She didn't seem a threat to him. Rather than attacking her, as instinct suggested, Tanis chose to wait -- she might not have even seen him, and even if she had, she might well go on her way instead of stopping. His mind reeled with the applications of this: A lioness almost certainly meant a pride; and that meant male lions, or at least one, and none too keen on sharing their land and its bounty. He stood as still as possible in the night's darkness, waiting. Survival. It did have its moments....

[Kirsui]

((OOC: Very good, Katari! ))



Inari kept glancing backwards all the time while she ran. She knew, from past experience, that Skell was quick in his movements, and good at tracking down... Especially from air. At the moment, it seemed her best option was to keep running under trees...

Well, would have been if there had been enough trees to actually do that. The grey lioness was glad that she couldn't see Skell up at the sky on his cloud... But it didn't mean she had escaped from him. Not yet.

It was then when she suddenly caught a glimpse of another creature, and the pure shock made her stop. She was sliding forward at the soft ground, and when she finally stopped, she quickly turned around to face the other creature. Had Skell reached her already?! Part of her was greatly relieved when she realized it wasn't the dark tiger... But the other part warned her of a possible new danger, for she was standing face to face with an unknown male lion.

Inari flattened her ears, her deep red eyes wide. For her, this lion seemed slightly frigtening. She had her abilities, and could protect herself with them... But she was still smaller than lionesses usually were, and her abilities had their limits. So she stood there, staring up at the male lion...

And had for a moment completely forgotten that she was being chased.

[Tamber]

Rhea felt herself become woozy as the light from the lionesses eyes piecred her. The light seemed to seep through her eyes and into her bloodstream, trickling through her every nerve and numbing them. She felt herself falling, as f she had not slept for days and could no longer keep her eyelids up. But in her last ounce of strength and thought, she stepped a few feet to her left, directly into the moonlight.

Suddenly she felt awake again. She stil felt woozy, for the black lioness continued to gaze at her, but Rhea's eyes lit up as well, bright white, and glared at...nothing in particular. All of her fur transformed from its regular marbled pattern into a dark blue, the color of that night's sky, and the crecent on her shoulder llit up as brightly as her eyes. It was that time...night...the moon was shining upon her, and there was nearly nothing that could stop her, for her thoughts were empty. Her mind was on nothing but the moon and its power, and it gave her all the strength she needed. Rhea stood still, her eyes lit aflame, and in her blind rage, she let out an almighty roar at the black lioness. It was so loud that it pierced her own ears, ringing clearly and sharply even over the thundering waterfall she stood next to. In her nightly trance, Rhea lost her fear, and her fangs bared and snarled menacingly at te enemy before her.

[Fire]

Fire nodded to Nishat when he had heard that she wa going to be right back. He had trusted Nishati enough that she was all right on her own and that she wouldn't get into serious danger because of her strange ability to be so quiet when she walked. He lay his head down onto his paws and stared out into the entrance of the cave, wondering what Lorien and himself were going to do next.

His throat felt slightly parched and he looked over to Lorien with a smile. "I'm going to get a quick drink of water. You can come, if ya want. It'd be cool to have your company along" His smile grew a little as he said this before started to walk out towards the waterhole in which he was famished for

Upon approaching it, his eyes got drag-marks on the 'shore' of the waterhole and shook his head sadly. Poor soul.. He thought to himself before bending down and lapping at the water. He perked an eyebrow as he felt some hair in his muzzle and then reached his paw off to lick the hair onto it, seeing the hair was.. blue? Blue hair.. Looked like feline..

"N-No.. No!!... NISHATI!!" He dove straight into the water and swam frantically around, trying to see if she was still at the bottom of the shallow water and swimming around to see if there was any sign of her.. Nothing.. He broke the surface of the water and tried desperately once more, wanting to find some hope in finding her... Nothing.. at.. all..

He swam back to the shore and was coughing up water immensely, standing on the ground with tears in his eyes mixed with the dripping water from his fur. She's gone.. He thought as now he was broken into tears, thinking over and over in his head of this thought:

I never got the chance to tell her that I loved her...

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Enaku watched the lioness before her as she seem to have got her strength back. She chuckled ever so slightly.

"Oh, very nice my dear!"

She then brought her paw up and patted her on the back, before sticking one of her claws into the lioness.

"Have fun being paralyzed, dear."

And with that the black furred lioness spread her wings and flew down to the lioness below. She hovered above the ground for a couple of seconds before speaking.

"I suggest you make her.."

She motioned towards Rhea.

"... and yourself disspear by the time i return. Unless, of course, you would like to become paralyzed too. Oh, but don't worry. It only lasts for a couple of hours."

She smiled sarcastically before flying off, after Inari and Skell.

[Katari]

Tanis wasn't entirely sure of how to proceed with this encounter. His hopes of remaining unseen had been shattered for good when the lioness, in spite of his best efforts at remaining still, had come just close enough to notice him through the darkness.

She hadn't made any aggressive moves -- if anything, she appeared almost relieved, despite her much smaller size and the obvious peril she must be in; whatever was after her must be terrible -- and so, it appeared, was not one he should consider a threat...for now, at least. It appeared he was to be the instigator of any conversation, as well, as the lioness had not yet deigned to speak to him, appearing too shocked to say anything at all. She wasn't expecting to come upon anyone unknown; this territory -- if it was, indeed, her own homeland -- must be a secure one, for any strangers to be looked upon with such surprise.

Clearing his throat, Tanis decided to end this stalemate...or begin it, however one wished to look at it. “And who,” he said in a low voice, “are you?” He looked at the lands around him, taking in the grasslands, the trees, all of it. Fairly usual, for a plentiful stretch of savanna. Not everyone could be as fortunate, as Tanis knew well. “And,” he continued, “where am I?” Not so impressive a start, no, but at least it was something to break the silence. He only hoped that who- or whatever was pursuing her might be delayed a bit.

[Kirsui]

Inari was startled from her stare as the male spoke out. She blinked her eyes and shook her head slightly, trying to clear her thoughts to bring out some kind of reply to the lion.
"I would be known as Inari" she said.
"As for the second question, I have no answer... I do not quite know where I am, for I was unconscious when brought to this area."

She now glanced back at the direction where she had come from, gaxing also up to the sky momentarily. Atleast she couldn't see anything coming towards just yet, but she was also aware that it would not take long from Skell - and also possibly from Enaku - to locate her, especially from the air.

Her attention was drawn back to the lion in front of her. She assumed he was a wanderer, for such an image the second one of his questions had given her.
"And who do I have the pleasure of speaking with...?"
Inari tilted her head slightly, lifting an eyebrow curiously as she waited for an answer.

[Tamber]

Rhea suddenly felt a sharp claw pierce her back. She jerked herself away as the lioness informed her of her upcoming paraliysis. It did not frighten Rhea, for she was unthinking. All she knew right now was that the moon was on her side, and that was all she needed, after all.

She felt her limbs start to give out, and, thinking quickly, she looked up to the sky, seeing the bright white luminescence of the full moon. Her eyes glowed even brighter as she looked upon it, and she felt her body slowly become stronger. Her mind became clearer, her muscles more relaxed and ready for any fight. Rhea could feel this strange power run through her as her legs agreed to play along and keep her standing. At least for now, her paralysis would not affect her, for the gravity of the moon was making her movements for her.

She looked back upon the lioness that had taken off into the night sky, feeling such hatred for her. Normally Rhea would not have known what to do, but because she was unthinking, her instincts alone lead her actions. She had to find Inari. She used the strange vision her eyes had come to use, and scanned the area. She used all her senses wisely, all of them being overpowered by the moon above her. She came to a conclusion, and, soaking in the moon's rays one last time, she ran off in the direction she just knew Inari would be.

[Katari]

Still wary, but feeling the slightest release of tension, as he now felt no immediate danger, Tanis chuckled a bit at the flustered reaction of the odd-looking lioness before him. “Inari.” He smiled. “A lovely name.” A little flattery now and then...it did have its uses.

So, she did not know where they were, either. Wonderful. Simply wonderful. And she -- Inari -- had been unconscious when she was brought here, hmm? Useful knowledge. It, and the way she turned and fearfully watched the skies behind her, was more than enough to confirm that Inari was, indeed, being followed, and by something larger and more dangerous than herself. Something that could fly...? Tanis wasn't sure what that might mean; the only fliers he'd come across were of the bird kind – loud, often irritating creatures, but not what he'd consider any kind of threat. Certainly nothing that could knock a grown lioness out cold and take to a strange territory against her will.

Tanis found himself eying the horizon, as well. He cursed himself mentally for that; it wasn't his way to be really afraid of dangers, whether aerial or bound to the earth, but this business was making him nervous. It was...strange. And in a way that he couldn't entirely put his paw on.

Inari's query and her questioning gaze demanded that he concentrate on the moment. “I am called Tanis,” he said, inclining his head slightly. “A rogue. And as for pleasure, that” -- he smiled at her with as much warmth as he could muster; that being only a small amount -- “is all mine.” Though it was usually not his way to befriend strangers -- or anyone, for that matter -- it made sense here to at least feign such friendship. They were in the same straits: alone and completely without direction. Wanderers. It might be better to stay together, at least for the time being.

And, he though with another glance at the skies, they do say there's safety in numbers. A lot of good it had done his pride.

But she could just as easily be drawing him into a trap, watching, not for a foe, but an ally, one to remove this threat to their land. Lying, to put it bluntly. That was always a distinct possibility when dealing with strangers. Or friends. Tanis decided it would be best to cut to the chase. To borrow the expression. “You may as well tell me what's after you.” He drew a little closer, not smiling; not threatening, either, but moving with caution, his modus operandi. “I'd hate to run across it...unprepared....”

[Kirsui]

Inari examined this lion for a moment as he asked what was following her. This lion - Tanis... He seemed nice enough to be trusted. This, though, seemed to amuse her, for would he believe what it was she was trying to escape?

She pushed the amusement aside, deciding that it was better to just answer what he wanted to know.
"As I said, I was brought here unconscious" she begun, keeping her gaze at Tanis to examine his expression.
"The one who brought me here is a tiger, Skell. He wanted some information from me, answers to some questions he had - and possibly still has... I escaped from him when his attention was not on me but on something that was happening nearby. I have a very good reason to believe he is now following me..."

She paused, gazing once again at the direction where she had come from. Her eyes narrowed slightly. Was that dark cloud on the sky moving towards them?
Her ears flattened, and as she spoke again, her voice was low and quiet.
"I believe he has also found me..."

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Skell cursed under his breath as he stood on his dark cloud, gazing at the ground below. He had momentarily lost Inari from his sight. The dark tiger hadn't yet noticed that Enaku had took off and was following him now, as he was too much focused on his chase.

Then, a grin appeared to his muzzle. He saw a light grey figure at the ground, not too far away from him. That had to be Inari! But then, his eyes narrowed slightly, as he noticed another figure with her. Who was that now?

Skell shrugged as he commanded his cloud lower in the air. When it was only a few meters above the ground, the dark tiger pounced down, landing softly at the ground not too far from Inari and the unknown lion. He glared at the two momentarily, turning his completely red eyes at Inari.
"You..." he spoke, a slight growl mixing into his speech.
"I'm not done with you yet!"

[Deleted]

Enaku, still soaring through the air trying to find a sight of Inari, or Skell at least, Flew lower to the ground so she blended in with the darkness of the trees, incase one saw her.
All of a sudden she heard a familar voice. She flew full boar ahead and landed on the ground lightly, in the darkness, bushes sheilding her body. Inari seemed to be with a new face. How many new faces were there in this place.

She stood there silently, still as anything, waiting for the moment when she was needed.

[Tamber]

Rhea dashed along without mind or feeling, simply following the instincts and gut feelings that lead her on this path. Her senses were of full use, and she could feel herself growing closer to Inari. As if it were reflex, she constantly stayed in the moonlight, in order to keep herself strong and in this current state. Every once in a while she would leap through a shaded area and feel herself grow limp, but she would immediately bounce back and shake off the strange feeling of...normality.

But suddenly she saw a dark shadow moving over her. The darkened area of land penetratedher soul, and suddenly she was in a weakened state, panting horrible and trying to figure out where this sudden show was coming from. Looking up, she could not see the moon, not even the sky, but simply one big, black cloud. It hovered directly in the moon's light of fire, weakening her. But the cloud was moving quickly, and before she realized it, the moon was shining back upon her. Her strong instincts once again told her to follow thte cloud. Her subconcious knew exactly what it was.

She ran along once again, and at last she reached the grey lioness, a new lion, and the be-skeletoned cat upon the cloud that had weakened her. She sped down the hill toward them. She would protect the good ones, destroy the bad. Rhea was in a mad, insane rush.

But she couldn't reach them without running through small areas of shadow. Between these tiny areas, she never completely recovered from normality, and in this time as she ran along, she stopped to hink. She pulled her exhaused body into a shaded area, and she sat there, thinking again, realizing what she was doing. She was going to just barge in on them, attack someone mindlessly. Shocked by what her insanity had nearly brught her to, she pushed the hair out of her face and loked at them. Inari had met someone new, and Skell, upon the cloud, had just found her and was following her. Rhea knew th black winger lioness must be near.

Rhe anow knew what she had to do. This time around, she would have to tay in the shadow of the forest trees, just to keep a normal state of mind and be able to think. f worst came to worst, she would step into the beloved moonlight again, but for now, it was her responsibilty to protect herself and the ones she was trying to save.

Determined to stay on their path, Rhea followed them, prepared to dash after them in any direction, as long as it was one with shade.

[voluptuous♥penguin]

A strange, black and white lioness sprinted across the open land. She was running, running to escape her bloody past. She could still hear the sounds of her fallen friends, still smell the scent of chaos and death, and still see her dying friend gasping out his last words to her. She shook her head and kept in her tears. She felt tears a sign of weakness, and being weak wouldn't help her survive.

She saw a strange bluish creature dashing after a cloud and she immediately began to follow, her black and white form darting after the bluish one. She looked up and felt the moon upon her and saw the dark cloud ahead. She was perplexed by this strange sighting, but did not let it affect her speed or awareness of her surroundings. She knew this was new territory, not to be messed around with. She knew friend nor foe here and thought it wise not to let her guard down and be spotted.

She saw the bluish creature grow limp in shade and entertained the thought of the creature getting its power from the moon. She stepped close to the creature and whispered a greeting, "Hello, azure one."

[Katari]

Inari seemed sure of herself...and her story, as well? Tanis wondered. She didn't strike him as the type who would lie, not with intent to injure anyone else, at least. But to say that she had been unconscious upon entering this land, She was friendly enough -- not that it mattered overmuch how friendly she may or may not have been, but it was useful information to know. He tried to appear nonchalant, equally friendly, at ease. Casual. If she didn't feel that she had anything to fear from him, she would continue to speak freely, or so he hoped.

A...tiger. What in the name of all that was holy was a tiger? And it was, as he had suspected, following her. Wonderful. Tanis didn't doubt his ability to defend himself, but he didn't like not knowing what from.

When Inari said that he had found her, Tanis felt a slow tingle run across hia own body, the sinking feeling in his stomach matching Inari's wilting expression.

The tiger was a sight to behold, descending from a cloud and advancing towards them, threatening. Red eyes. Tanis's own eyes narrowed as he met that cold gaze. "No," he said, standing tall and moving between Inari and the dark figure. "But I've just started with you." He didn't like this -- any creature that could walk on air was probably as dangerous as he appeared -- but he wasn't going to walk away, either. "What do you want with Inari?"