Chickpea's Willow Grove {Private}

[Starfall]

Originally Posted by Pathos

The corners of Belladonna's mouth quirked up in a smile, a hint of something gleaming in her gaze. She loved to talk about the Syndicate to outsiders, to watch the excitement in the eyes of her new friends ever so slowly diminish away as they lived their life in her home. It was a sick thing, bringing innocent cats into the Dusk Syndicate to watch them flounder, but she thrived in the feeling. She only wished that there were many pure and kindhearted cats just outside of their territory for Belladonna to ensnare in her little trap. "Well, Elders are too weak to hold their own, and Healers don't do anything besides heal! They don't fight or hunt or help us in a good way. The Dusk Syndicate prides itself on its skills in fighting!" she grinned, gaze flicking away from Chickpea to watch the ball of moss for a few seconds. Blinking and switching her stare back to the molly once more, she started humming a quiet tune to herself. "You're coming with me? That's delightful," Belladonna purred, kneading the ground with her paws and swishing her tail in excitement. "The Dusk Syndicate is rather far from here, I would think, seeing as it's nearly sundown already! Maybe about half a day to a quarter of a day away. I didn't pay too much attention as to where I was going, but I think it was," Bella flicked her tail in a direction opposite of the river, "that way. Ah, and if it isn't any trouble, I would love to stay the night here; it wouldn't be much fun to have to take a long walk through the cold. We can leave at sunup tomorrow," she decided, oblivious to the what her friend was feeling. Belladonna was ecstatic at her success in recruiting another cat to the Dusk Syndicate. Now, they would only have to wait until tomorrow until the real fun began.

Chickpea smiled sweetly and nodded "Of course we can stay here! I live in that willow over there, it's hallow so it's very spacious." she purred, her pastel eyes sparkled with excitement. The silver molly turned and made her way to the tree she pointed out. She kept a steady pace so she didn't leave her new friend, making sure that she didn't leave belladonna behind. Once they made it to the wide tree she smiled at her companion and launched herself up the tree, a few of the limp branches catching onto her silver pelt, petals falling down below her. She made her way to the hole in the tree and heaved herself in with a grunt, she turned and looked down at Belladonna "Do you need help?" she asked, cocking her head to the side as she awaited the other molly's answer.

[ameko]

Originally Posted by starfall

Chickpea smiled sweetly and nodded "Of course we can stay here! I live in that willow over there, it's hallow so it's very spacious." she purred, her pastel eyes sparkled with excitement. The silver molly turned and made her way to the tree she pointed out. She kept a steady pace so she didn't leave her new friend, making sure that she didn't leave belladonna behind. Once they made it to the wide tree she smiled at her companion and launched herself up the tree, a few of the limp branches catching onto her silver pelt, petals falling down below her. She made her way to the hole in the tree and heaved herself in with a grunt, she turned and looked down at Belladonna "Do you need help?" she asked, cocking her head to the side as she awaited the other molly's answer.

(Sorry for the really late reply :C I don't have an excuse besides just not having the motivation to write.)
Belladonna watched Chickpea, her eyes alight with curiosity as she padded after her. She had lived in the Dusk Syndicate and had never gotten out much, so to visit the den of someone not from where she resided would be a delight. As she caught a first glimpse of the tree, she let out a quiet noise of appreciation. "It's big," she murmured, hesitating at Chickpea's offer of help. "Ah-- no, I've got it!" she decided. Bella was most definitely not one to back down from anything; she'd climbed trees before, but that was a long time ago. Well. Let's hope I still retained some of that skill, thought Belladonna before lowering her haunches and leaping into the tree. Latching onto the bark and scrabbling for her footing, she paused for a few moments. Bell harrumphed, telling herself that she would not let a tree best her. Keeping that thought in her mind as she clawed up the tree, she made her way to the hole, not pausing to catch her breath until she was sure she was not going to fall. Belladonna had never taken a liking to heights, even though she wasn't even very far up, and she always overreacted. "Hmm. That wasn't very hard!" she grinned, glancing out of the hole for a split second before turning her attention back towards Chickpea. "This is very nice," she meowed with a flick of her tail. "I think I'd like to live in a place like this - well, if it wasn't in a tree, that is. Maybe just in this general area."