it's a wide world we live in (OPEN)

[CAST.AWAY;;]

without hesitation, a long tail swished through the bushes, and, racing down to the sandy surface, stood a very pretty young tortoiseshell she-cat with amazing yellow-green eyes. she lifts her head and glances around, eyes narrowing. she was searching for prey. anything. she was starving. she had been forced from her home yet again and had found refuge here on the shores. she hadn't eaten for days now, and her stomach was really starting to complain. so, as she searched, soft sand squishing between her pads. her body suddenly tensed and she glanced slyly in the direction of a scuffling noise. relief spread through her limbs as she crawled foreward. mouse. her jaws parted and her tail quivered slightly. she inched foreward. closer, closer. she pounced and let out a startled yelp to find that the mouse heard her and had scuttled away. snarling in frustration, and racing after it she looked tired and very, very hungry. she kept chasing it, hoping it would tire. but it dove down into a mouse hole and disappeared. she sat down, looking deeply embarassed and upset.

her ears perked, a bird was rapping at the bark above her, to intent on it's own prey to notice her. this was her only chance at a meal for a few hours. she tensed her shoulders and went to leap when something caught her attention. another bird watching her from the bushes. she ignored it and leapt. an ear splitting call sounded and her only chance at food has broken, snapped like the twig she had pushed off of. she let out a yowl of total annoyance and anger and walked off, empty-pawed deeper into the undergrowth. she wasn't about to show herself to the beachside cats. not with a hungry stomach. it would make her seem weak.

[<BERRiE>]

a large black shape was darting through the trees, purple eyes glinting in the slight sunlight. he noticed a small shape of a painted looking cat racing through the bushes after something. perhaps prey. he stopped short and watched her. his eyes played the emotion of annoyed. with all the racket she was making, she would scare all the prey into their holes. he followed her through the bushes, his jaws parting to follow her scent. when she had stopped, looking very annoyed with herself, starry black waited until she would turn around to speak with her. his very annoyed look was laid on her eyes, and he bristled with anger.

[/size]"what did you think you were doing. you scared the prey into all their holes. now what am i supposed to do to find food. i have a family you know!"

he then turned to walk away, muscles tense in case attack. his annoyance was ebbing away, though he would have to find a new area to hunt. blue diamond would be hungry. like he always was.[/blockquote][/size][/color]

[+ adderoo]

from the distance, a black and white tom lurked at the edge of the water, on the boulders parallel to the forest beside the sea. his eyes hungrily watched the tortoiseshell, taking in every feature, like an oasis in a desert. it took all of ethan's willpower not to make a move, and finally, he decided that it was the right time to come forward.

ethan sprang off the boulder easily and started a calm, brisk walk towards her when a black shape sprang out of nowhere. another tom? was it her mate? fear didn't come easy to ethan... it was hardly an emotion to him. the black and white tom coolly walked forward along the sandy shore of the beach and came up to the grassy area where she stood.

'hey, gorgeous'. he purred, lifting his chin with confidence and pausing just a few tail-lengths from her right shoulder. 'looks like you struck out on the prey. can I lend you a paw? or, possibly, all of me?'

ooc// that's not meant to sound sexual or anything, by the way. o.o

[CAST.AWAY;;]

ears too intent on listening to the sounds of a cat moving through the darkness towards her, she did not realise that yet another tom was sneaking up behind her. the black tom's eyes were narrowed in anger, almost warning her. "what did you think you were doing. you scared the prey into all their holes. now what am i supposed to do to find food. i have a family you know!" was very loud and clear, he seemed to very much enjoy yelling. she let out a screech of alarm at his sudden appearance and aimed a blow. missing and backing off, spine rising, flur along her spine lifting menacingly. she then darted away, though for no very importance, as the tom had already turned to leave. not bothering to scold her again. she admitted in embarassment, she had cost a lot of other cats a lot of valuable prey. the she-cat stalked angrily right past where the second tom was walking quietly. she had not yet noticed the tom, even as he had started to walk foreward.

it was the slight pawsteps of his pads against the sand that notified her slightly of his arrival. she lifted her head abruptly, letting out a sharp hiss of annoyance. something about this tom made her pelt prickle. something. something interesting. his purr rumbled around the air around her ears, and they sub-consiously twitched, taking in their rythm. she shifted and looked at him, her light yellow-green eyes taking in his own features with a slight interest. "yes, i did fail at hunting. but do i look like i need help from you?" she retorted sharply. her eyes narrowed in slight embarassement.

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[+ adderoo]

at the harsh words of the pretty young cat, ethan suppressed a purr. she reminded him a lot of his former lover... a beautiful, small thing who died a few moons before. he wasn't one to blame himself for things, so he tried to accept it as fate and move on, though he felt he had a part in her death- he had forced her to swim.

forgetting about the pain for a moment, he raised his head and looked again at the other cat. 'well, you look rather attractive,' he cocked his head to give an innocent appearance. 'and I'd hate to see you go thin.' he finished his sentence with a cocky smile and the look in his eyes that was normally hard to resist. ethan already loved the personality of this gorgeous young cat.

ooc/ she can give him a good scratch over the muzzle, if you'd like xD he deserves it more than you can imagine

[CAST.AWAY;;]

ears twitching at the sound of his purr. memories seemed to dance in his eyes. her annoyance was rising again, and she seemed to back off, fur bristling. she watched him raise his head, and she bared her teeth slightly. "well, you look rather attractive. and i'd hate to see you go thin." that unsufferable tom! was the only thing on her mind. she hissed and swiped her paw across his muzzle, leaving thin scratches. she growled and glared.

"how dare you! you mange-ridden tom!" she was getting very angry.

[+ adderoo]

as scarlet drops of blood flooded the stinging wound on his neck, ethan couldn't help but chuckle. ah, a fiesty girl she was! after her comment about him being mange ridden, he lowered his head and stepped back in withdrawl. 'it's okay, my dear, I may be range midden-' he spoke softly, with a charming tone. 'but I'm a one star tom, and with a five star babe like you, we'd be better than perfect'.

he knew the comments were a little overboard, but they were dashing and of course attractive, right? despite what this spirited filly said, ethan was determined to prove that someone would find him to their liking, as no one had since his previous darling had died.

[CAST.AWAY;;]

huffing in approval at his new wound, she narrowed her gaze and watched him. his chuckle made her again annoyed. he seemed to really be interested in her. he really felt like she liked him. well, there was room for another retort. though ruffled, this tom did look very attractive. he was also one like her, flirty, with a sharp tongue and stunning eyes.

slight interest sparked in her gaze as he spoke. a one star tom with a five star me? wow, he was desprate. she let out a small purr of amusement and moved foreward, allowing her pelt to brush his, teasingly.

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[+ adderoo]

as the she-cat's mood switched from threatening to teasing and taunting, ethan winced back the urge to bare his fangs. she brushed her fur teasingly against his own, with a calm look in her eyes that seemed so say, wow... how desperate are you?

[/u] 'yeah,' he muttered almost inaudibly. 'how desperate am I?'

he had flirted from one she-cat to another ever since his previous lover's death at his paws. from the moment she had passed to the afterlife, he had fled her body and fled her memory, filling it in with other females to keep himself as busy as possible. this she-cat was unlike the rest, though. she didn't give in to his taunts, just held a mirror up to him and showed him how desperately he needed help.[/blockquote][/size]

[CAST.AWAY;;]

her teasing gaze continued, her dazzling eyes watching his. noticing the urge to snarl at her almost, she smiling lightly, almost carefree. whispers of annoyance came her ears, though she did not hear them. she suggested she was getting some sense into him.


more notion of memory flooded his gaze once again. reflections of another she-cat, dead with water lapping at her sodden pelt. sudden sympathy flooded her own gaze again as she watched him. but she was still teasing him. doing more or less what he had done to her.