Pawprints in the Snow [Open]

[Riley LaRose]

Fall 35th, 511 AV

Dropping down low on her forepaws, the Clouded Leopard wiggled her rear in the air, her eyes growing wide as the pupils expanded. A playful growl erupted from her throat as her tail swished through large white snowflakes and she pounced, landing with all four paws into a layer of untouched, freshly fallen, white snow.

Riley found snow much more amicable than sand, and even though it chilled her pads and made her ears tingle with cold, she loved playing with it.

With another chime of a wiggling rump, she pranced out of the snow and landed in another large mound, sending white dust flying around her form. She paid little attention to the Vanthas passing by, her focus entirely on the snow she was currently frollicking in.

With a full-body wiggle the Kelvic nuzzled her form into the snow and began creeping through it, pretending she was hunting again like old times in Southern Taldera and Cyphrus. Another growl passed her muzzle and fangs and she launched herself at the tallest mound of snow yet, her paws going to work digging in it as soon as she struck. Later on, she knew she'd regret this game, but currently she couldn't help herself. It was snowing! She had to have fun!

[Rhaeol]

Rhaeol flopped into the snow and spread his arms. He was all alone, but the snow around him was just too much to ignore. He couldn't wait for someone to join him in his childish revelry. He pulled his arms and legs in then threw them back out again. The white flakes drifted down lazily onto his face, glinting in the sun. Life was bliss. He stood up and shook the snow off his back, then turned to look at his handiwork. Whumph. A cloud of snow burst into his face. Rhaeol blinked in shock at the sudden cold. After returning from the land of the unexpected, he sought out the perpetrator. His eyes quickly landed upon a large cat of some sort. Apparently it hadn't noticed him. His eyes became a mischievous bright orange. He snuck up behind the cat and dove into the pile of snow beside it, creating a similar explosion of cold white powder.

[Riley LaRose]

Without warning, the pile of snow next to Riley exploded and her long tail immediately fluffed as her fur stood on end. In shock, she hopped back, her tail stiffened behind her as she looked for the source of the snow explosion, and when she saw the Vantha she got low again.

Her ears folded flat against her skull, her tail pointed straight behind her, and her rear was lifted as her hip wiggled. Without warning, she jumped at the Vantha, landing in the snow next to him and using her wieght to make yet another explosion erupt in his face.

With a flick of her tail, as though saying "You're it", she hopped off into the next pile of snow and sent up a massive flurry as her paws began to dig in it again. The snow flew at the Vantha, and when it cleared she'd have jumped into another pile of snow and was watching him carefully.

[Rhaeol]

As Rhaeol was getting up, he found himself faced with yet another faceful of snow. He looked over to the cat (of course he didn't consider how strange it was for a wild cat to be in avanthal) as it flicked it's tail towards him. This cat seemed to have an almost human intelligence. Then again, Rhaeol had always suspected cats of knowing more than everyone else assumed. He was about to dive into the snow next to it again, when it bounded to another pile and kicked the snow towards him again. "Oh, it's on." He said with a beaming smile. He grabbed some snow into his gloved hands and formed it into a snowball. He carefully aimed, threw, and missed. "Don't laugh." he said to the large cat, regardless of whether it understood him or not (though he certainly suspected it did.) He formed another snowball and threw again. Right after, though, he dove into the snow beside the cat, attempting a double attack.

[Riley LaRose]

Riley could have laughed as the Vantha beamed. She had found a sort of kindred spirit for this type of thing, and for that she was incredibly proud of herself. Her tail flicked as the snowball missed, her only show of laughter in this body, and her temporary unnattention was rewarded by a snowball to the flank and a coat full of the fluffy white stuff.

She jumped again, but instead of hitting the Vantha with another pile of snow she put an incredibly cold paw to his forehead and then delicately tossed snow at him. Afterwards, she jumped into the next pile of snow as well and caused another eruption to almost match his own. If her species was able to purr, she would have started to, for she was enjoying herself like no real cat ever knew how to.

Her long tail twitched as she awaited the next attack from the man, her silvery-emerald eyes pinning on him in his own pile of freshly fallen snow.

[Rhaeol]

Rhaeol yelped and fell back into the snow as the frigid paw pressed against his forehead. It was certainly surprising, not only because of the cold, but also because it seemed an action slightly too humanesque. In any case, he suspected their was more to this cat then met the eye. It was watching him again, waiting for him to move. He stood up slowly and carefully made his way over to the cat. He tried to show no emotion, though if the cat was able to understand what his bright orange eyes meant, he was failing miserably. Upon nearly reaching it, he suddenly dropped down, scooped up as much snow as he could carry, and tossed it on top of the cat.

[Riley LaRose]

Riley's whiskers twitched at the Vantha's yelp of surprise, glad she had brought out such a reaction in the person with merely an icy paw to the forehead. This was honestly the most fun she'd had in some time, and she loved it.

Her eyes watched the Vantha rise and start towards her. She was in too much of a playful mood to use Auristics or any other magic discipline and she didn't understand the colours of his eyes since so many Vantha had varied eye colours (although she'd remember orange for this particular Vantha now), and was paid for that by an entire coat of snow.

Her whiskers twitched again as she shook her fur wildly, sending snow flying around her, before she began to wind along his legs in the fashion of normal house cats. She made sure to press her weight into his shins so he'd lean on her subconsciously, before she wound along the back of his legs and discreetly shoulder-checked him so he'd fall over. She didn't know if it'd work, but if it did she'd begin to kick snow at him to bury him in it.

[Rhaeol]

The cat wound it's way around his legs. "Oh, I see, you think you can lure me into a false sense of security or something. Well it's not going to work. I--" The cat rammed into him sending him sprawling into the snow. Then, Rhaeol felt the cold, snow being piled on top of him. He could feel the weight of the snow slowly building. "All right, all right. You win! Whatever you are, you're very intelligent, that's for sure." Rhaeol sat up with his hands in the air in surrender. He shook the white powder out of his hair briskly, and eyed the cat critically. OOCI know this is REALLY short, but I don't really know what else to write.

[Riley LaRose]

The cat sat there, her chest poofed out proudly, as the Vantha declared defeat. Her eyes glittered mischeviously from the sheer amount of fun she was having. Something like this was never allowed in Ahnatep! It was too crude for the high-bred Eypharians and Snake-People! These Vantha were the BEST!

She wondered what the Vantha would want to do next, or if he'd be tired of the snow. What if he was tired? Would he know what she was? He had remarked on it, but he hadn't declared her a Kelvic yet. Maybe he didn't know about them? Which, she realized, was impossible as Kelvic were everywhere in this city, moreso she felt than any other place in the world.

She'd have to wait and see.

OOCIt's okay~!!!

[Rhaeol]

OOCBah! Sorry this took me so long, I got caught up in school and completely forgot about MIZ! The cat's eyes glinted. And it wasn't necessarily a feral, animalistic kind of glint. There was something personable about it. There was something more about this cat than simply 'cat'. He had a feeling he'd seen this kind of behavior before in an animal, though he couldn't quite put a finger on it. He plopped down into the snow and sat thinking. It must have seemed odd to the cat as he became so focused on figuring this out that he completely ignored it. Not to mention the fact that his eyes suddenly became a vibrant yellowy-green. And then, it made sense. Of course he'd seen that quality before in an animal. That almost human quality, but still with a tight hold on the animalistic side. He'd seen it in the icewatch bears. This cat, was clearly a Kelvic. He looked up at the cat again and bluntly stated his findings. "You're a Kelvic aren't you."