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[palani.]

[align=center][div style="width: 450px;; text-align: justify"][size=8pt]Oh dear. He'd felt like he'd fallen asleep for a long time, his back ached and his fingers creaked; except he didn't have any. Blinking hazy dark brown eyes awake, he found himself in what seemed to be a small tunnel, wide and shallow. He rose to his paws, claws gleaning in the dirt, as he padded forward, reaching towards the light in front of him. He raised his head, stretching his nose forward, eager for the cool, fresh air, but his senses were met with a rancid smell, and scuffling pawprints from behind him.

Suddenly, a heavy weight shoved into him, bowling him over, out of the cave and out into the light of day; scrabbling away from his attacker to take a moment to let his eyes adjust, he barely gained sight of a gigantic tree before the other animal dashed for his body again, claws outstretched. Dashing deftly to the side, he firmed himself before making a counterattack against the monster, unable to even recall what the thing was. Before he could register what he did, the animal was dead on the ground, blood pooling from a gash he'd landed on it's throat.

Recoiling from the rancid smell, he moved back, and noticed the pus around the animal's legs, surrounding a rough wound left untreated. Foam bubbled from the throat of what he recognized as once a cat - whatever it was, it was already dying fast. Taking a moment of silence to back away from the body, he panicked for a moment, and quickly checked all the possible wounds he would have had - thankfully, nothing had broken skin, but he shockingly noticed a massive pair of wings behind him he hadn't felt before, jet black, with the exception of red-tinted feathers encroaching from the 'shoulder' of the wings to the tips. Taking a moment to marvel, he stretched them wide, before tucking them back, alarmed by a sound he heard nearby.

Hesitating, he froze, glancing from where he heard the sounds to the body and to his surroundings, he felt trapped, unsure of where to go, his feet seemed to lock to the ground with a pounding weight, as his body overcame him with shock.

( tl;dr: very dark brown tom with dark brown eyes, with a lick of caramel fur on his chest, and black wings with red tips (will buy mutation on my main once i've posted this btw!), he came across a non-BC cat with either a bad fever or rabies that attacked him and was swiftly killed, he has no idea where he is and is kinda freaking out. )

[nightkit]

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it has now been incorporated into the child's routine to wander the territory in search of something to do. he didn't mind if if was something mediocore like going to get a drink of water or something like picking flowers. he just didn't like to stay cooped up in his room - don't get him wrong, he'd love to stay in bed and wiggle around in the soft blankets - when there was an entire world beyond the walls bekoning him; calling for him to go out and explore it. everyday was an adventure to him and the child was bustling with such a wild imagination, it's a wonder how he hasn't ran off yet. nightkit knew where the territory ended and he knew if he were to leave he would be alright considering he wasn't clan born. the officer had a complicated past that sounded like a fictional story all on it's own, but that's something we'll get into on another day.

trotting, or rather, bouncing through the territory, lollipop in mouth and stubbed tail wagging energetically, the angel continued on his merry way without a care in the world. on his last adventure, he came across a stranger who needed assistance on getting home and nightkit eagerly provided him with aid. it was nice playing by himself, but he'd much rather have someone to play with. wadanohara hasn't been around for a while, but the angel knew they was safe. kav and price are super nice to him, but they were probably busy doing something else and he didn't want to bother them with his childish requests. wadda was the closest to his age so bothering them was something he didn't have to think twice about. the dark feline needed that constant socialization to remain happy and energetic, but sometimes solitude isn't so bad.

drawing his tongue over his nose, nightkit hummed softly to himself as he umped over a small rock, only to instantly stop in his tracks when he noticed someone in the distance. blinking a few times, the child adjusted the shades resting on the bridge of his nose before scampering over to them. as he closed in, the scene started to come into view and he noticed the dead body and the shocked expression on the stranger's face. swallowing hard, he slowed his pace and called to him, "m-mister? are you alright?" he stopped beside him as he tore his gaze from palani to the corpse. "w-what happened?" the child continued, eyes wide.

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[checkers]

[align=center][div style="width: 450px;; text-align: justify"][size=8pt]Shuffling his paws, Palani only stood blankly when he realized the source of the sounds. Glancing to the small kitten, he didn't know what to say. "Okay, so, I know this looks bad," he told Nightkit with feigned confidence, his British accent coming through cleanly, before clearing his throat and quietly moving forward to the smaller cat, reaching down next to him to look him in the eyes. Offering warm smile and a gentle slant of his head, he mewed, "But I swear this was an accident."

[purgatory]

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every bone in his body wanted him to reply with a sarcastic tone, but the child felt the situation didn't need his sass at the moment. he'd definetly use it another time but he felt now wasn't very appropriote. the male was obviously shocked and a bit confused just as the kitten was. so as palani spoke, the child decided to listen to what he had to say instead of jumping to conclusions. nodding his head slowly in agreement, he watched in silence as he lowered himself to his level to speak to him. "an accident?" he echoed in disbelief. tearing his gaze from the male to look a the corpse once more, he continued. "how is this an accident? how do you accidentally take someone's life?" he realized his tone was becoming more demanding than quizzical which is something the kitten had no idea he could do. dropping his gaze to his paws, he shuffled them before looking back at him. "i'm sorry... i'm just trying to understand what's going on here." he looked around as if searching for someone before looking back at him. "we can't bring them back so are you alright? i need answers, mister, please." he wanted to try and sort this out before the others in his clan arrived. he wasn't sure how they'd handle the situation, but the child was going for something more peaceful and verbal.

[ made an official sub for him~ ]

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[merrick]

[align=center][div style="width:450px;text-align:justify;margin-top:10px;color:#000;"][font=verdana][size=8pt]Woah, what was that noise? Jay fluttered nearby, his bright colors not doing much in the department of keeping him hidden while he looked for the source of all the noise. As he neared the area, a waft of a disgusting smell hit him, causing his wings to slow for a second in fear. What was that? His interest was now peaked, and he fluttered closer, this time being careful to approach slowly. He swallowed thickly as he came upon the area, seeing the blood and puss covering a dead body on the ground.

Damn. This wasn't good, was it?

His eyes followed the trail of blood, leading him to look toward Palani. Oh, man. Oh, man. And he was close to a kid, too? Shit. He fought back the surge of fear that worked its way into his system. He was just a little bird. There wasn't much he could do in the fighting department, but... Maybe he could talk them out of this. He hesitated for another second before flying forward, fluttering close to the stranger's head.

"Hey. Take a step back from the kid, man."he said, fighting hard to keep his voice from shaking. He landed down in front Zebulon, glaring at the blood-covered winged cat before them. There wasn't much he could do to protect the kitten, being a green jay bird, but, hey, he was trying his best here. "Who are you? What are you doing in Bloodclan territory? What are you doing killing others in Bloodclan territory?"

[checkers]

Oh joy. Palani swiveled his gaze between the two newcomers, before looking them both in the eyes, and glancing back to the first that arrived, the small kitten. "I didn't know this was anyone's land. I'd just woken up after being knocked out by... something." he mewed, before looking to Jay. Not wanting to make anyone less hesitant to kill him, he stepped away from the younger of the two, but he tried to step away from the body. The sickening smell was getting to him. "I woke in this nearby hollow," he mewed, glancing to the small cave, before back to the other two. "Once I came out, I was jumped by whatever... that was." he turned his gaze to the body, and reluctantly, moved back over to it, and used his paw to raise it's head, to notion to the puss and frothing around the deceased's mouth. "Whatever this was, it wasn't of sound mind. It attacked me relentlessly and I had no choice to fight back, disoriented myself. Do you see this? This animal was sick. It has wounds from something that wasn't me. That enough for you? aside from the killing blow, it's wounds are old, and infected." he dropped the head of the body with a resounding thud onto the wet grass, now growing dark with blood. Now turning back towards them, he rustled his wings to strengthen his resolve, before giving a slightly annoyed glance to the other two animals. His paws were now covered in blood that he wanted to wash off as soon as he could. "There's proof that it was self-defence." he grumbled. "I don't know where I am or how I got here. I just woke up, fucking got attacked by a crazy animal. If you want me to leave, I'll leave. So sorry that I was trying to keep myself alive."