sunsets and icy jets
07-31-2013, 11:29 AM
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The stage was set with intricate pillars and carvings and loops of ice - creating towers that reached up out of the frozen lake. A firey sunset lit whole scene with a rainbow of colors. Every shade of autumn fire was reflected in the curves and crystals. The ice scuplters cast long shadows upon the surface where four giant paws padded. The tips of the snow leopard's fur were stained yellow, and she seemed to glow in the light- and then vanish into the shadows as her journey carried her along the banks of the seemingly endless lake. As the sun went down and the dusk took over, it darkened enough to see the glowing water-creatures - like under water fireflies - chasing at her steps as she walked around.
Another place of lonely beauty found. Silverback halted. It seemed like it was lot in life. She could've been a spiritual embodiment of the land itself. Forever living and breathing and traveling... forever lost in snowy solitude. The only conversations she'd managed to have lately were with creatures of the dog clan. Beggars can't be choosers, she just hoped she wasn't starting to smell like one of them.
Sooner or later she would need to find a place to spend the night. Sheglanced up at one of the self standing cliff faces of frozen water. Perhaps up there? A ripple was sent through the thick feline form as she crouched back. Her kind was able to take impossible horizontal leaps of up to fifty feet! And when it came to vertical climbs, lucky watchers swore it to be sorcery. Perhaps in the morning she'd play hopscotch along the tops of the ice scupltures. It was simple enough for her.
But before she could make her jump, she paused, scenting something new in the air.
07-31-2013, 11:54 AM
From the shadows came a new creature, something sultry and beautiful, darker than the inky blackness from which she appeared. Cautious as the prey she hunted so passionately, the demoness crept around to get a proper view of this new creature. It had scented her before she appeared, yet she needed to get a good look at it, to decide whether a conversation was worth it. Seeing as the creature was probably not going to attack her, because it would have already if the desire was there, she let her tense muscles relax. Feminine hips would sway attractively as she approached the big cat, long tail sweeping through the air behind her. She stood a fair distance away from the creature, awaiting some form of speech from it. The cat seemed to be female, so the two would have that in common, and that would probably be it, the female thought to herself. While she waited, she surveyed the lands around her. A cold lake, filled with strange glowing creatures, like stars reflected on the surface, only there were yet to be that many stars in the sky. Collumns of ice, like dismembered legs of some great ice beast, stood proudly all around. She sniffed in disdain, as she could not see her own gorgeous face reflected a million times over within the great pillars. Looking back to the big cat before her, she continued to await acknowledgement, compliments, something that hinted at intelligence.
07-31-2013, 12:07 PM
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The coiled power in her hind legs eased off a hair, when Silverback saw the newcomer approach. Grey-green eyes took in the dark form of, yes, another wolf. The mutt didn't bother to say anything. No gasps of surprise or shock or fear at the sight of something so strange and beautiful as the snow leopard. Oh well, Silverback's was not the sort of vanity that fed off the opinions of others. Oh it was much too strong for that. She was a cat after all. But the arrogance of the others gaze was rather amuzing. The silver siren paused and let out a rumble that could've been a growl or a purr. "Pray tell, darling. Is this lake already claimed?" She had hardly been expecting others to be out here on this frozen slab of water. Well not anything other than a cat at least. But of course there were none of those. Silverback had found that she was starting to get used to the disappointment. Or perhaps it was just that she was tired and numb to whatever troubles the day might still hold. Maybe this entering specter would prove a point of interest in an otherwise boring day, or perhaps it would be one more episode to log away in the dusty corners of her feline brain.