Atari Territory

[HerbalTea]

Originally Posted by SnowheartTC

Ace
White fur with ginger and gray striped splotches; scratch scar on cheek; Golden eyes
She/her || 9 moons || Atari Initiate

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Ace sat there for a few moments, not noticing the cat, before she heard a scuffling sound. She looked over and widened her eyes in alarm, grief forgotten. It was the cat who was staring at her! She scrambled back frantically. Nobody needed to know her personal feelings, certainly not a stranger who had been watching her. She couldn't- couldn't have this, her only friend died, she didn't need anyone interrupting her grief. Can't cats just leave her alone to adjust?

Suddenly she was hit with paranoia. He had been watching me before, she thought. Was- Did he- Going to- Kill her?! she could hardly form the thoughts in her panic. Like (NPC sister)? She knew that she was being irrational, this wasn't the same cat. But he could be working with them! She was too distraught to think clearly. She backed away, hissing, "Leave me alone!," before turning and running blindly across the rocks.

Ace ran, and ran, not looking where she was going, over large boulders and steep inclines, until surely she would've lost him. She took a deep breath in the sharp air to clear her head, and looked around, seeing where she had gone. It was a flat, large area with the remains of what looked like a bigger version of the bird nests she had seen in her brief time in the forest, and looking around, past her immediate surroundings- she caught her breath. She could see everything! The camp, another spot near the camp that she didn't know yet, craggy cliffs and points and boulders everywhere. She was so close to the sky she could almost touch it. And the ocean. She had never seen the ocean before. A glittering, blue expanse of water as large as the world.

It was beautiful.

She was staring around in wonder. The world was so much bigger than she had ever imagined. Then she got hit by another wave of grief. If only (NPC sister) was here, she knew (NPC sister) would love this place. A single tear streaked across her furry face.

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Open for anyone who might be passing by- or, @Luminous, mentioning you if you want to interrupt her. She is at Eagle's Landing right now, though she doesn't know, and she doesn't know that she isn't allowed.

Squid followed the scent, swiftly dodging and weaving until the outsider was locked in his sights.