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**BEAR.** · #**161** Yesterday, 11:46 PM

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It'd been a few days since the Quarantine had been issued in full, and Wolfhive was... well, exhausted! It wasn't like he was getting any better paired with a general lull in activity around the makesickft camp. He was basically a puddle of icky vibes and sadness.

But enough about him, that wasn't important. What was: a creature's appearance in camp. A mischief of rats had gotten chilly and huddled together for warmth, only to find themselves stuck together at their tails by sap. The ensuing panic had caused their tails to knot together, forming a Rat King.

The phenomenon was incredibly rare, and as the noise of squeaks roused Wolfhive from his uneasy rest it took him a moment to understand what he was even seeing. The rat hydra had found the prey pile, and was tearing at various pieces - even going as far to snap at each other in their frenzy for food.

It took a moment, his gaze sweeping over the knotted bundle of five rats before he shakily pushed himself to his paws. Wolfhive could hardly walk - let alone handle an enemy... "Anyone... able bodied! We got.. rats... in the prey...!" Then he'd collapse, his energy spent on yelling.

--- The only NOT SICK cats in the area should be Spiderthroat and Weepingwillow! Everyone else who responds to this should be sick. ---

A Rat King is raiding the fresh-kill pile. For those unfamiliar with it, it's a group of rats that are stuck together by their tails due to getting tangled. This Rat King has five rats in it, meaning all 5 need to be killed. They behave like normal rats but have limited movement ability.

Everyone is free to react and try to handle the rats, if you do opt to kill one please only do one at a time so others get a chance to post!

***Rani*** · #**162** Today, 04:23 AM

There's cats in the prey? Isnt thats were cats are supposed to be? Getting food and stuff?

Completely not hearing anything through the muffled ringing in their ears (plugged from the pressure of their also plugged nose, ew) and the coughing fit waking up prompted Mudhound completely missed the initial chaos that started up behind them. Ew ew ow, everything was bad Mudhound had just left a giant snot splat on the den wall they were facing, sick was awful.

Ugh why was everyone screaming didnt it hurt their heads? Mudhound had a headache and the idea of yelling and bothering their hurt throat was not something they were in to.

Hell just rolling over in their nest to face whatever was going on was exhausting and Mudhound kinda panted for a moment before realizing- hey thats a big mean ugly rat(s?)! Bad, they needed to be taken care of and gotten rid of, dont worry though Mudhound could handle adult dogs this was gonna be ea- oooooh ok maybe not. The tripod nearly fainted trying to stand alone, maybe in this state fighting wasnt a possibility.
Helping was though, Mudhound wasnt not gonna help!

As the rat kinda drifted within striking range of the tripods nest a giant front paw fell with full force and SPLATTED a rat, killing it instantly. It was Gross, really gross and as the paw withdrew it almost took a clinging biting rat with it as the rats had instantly tried to maul Mudhounds blunt force weapon. The rats seemed to not wanna stick around the cat who'd squashed one of their number however, and quickly moved out of range of the hornet dragging their dead member, rendering Muddy useless.

Welp theyd got one, got bit for it, and wasnt well enough to even stand to go after the others. The rest was on everyone else, good luck!
"Kittens come hide by me! Rats are dangerous so stay away or let me shelter you!"

@Minkuu @Blossom Cry @olive-shine @flowsie

**Minkuu** · #**163** Today, 05:00 AM

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Quackkit
THc kit. She/Her. 4 Moons
Sticky Pads

[ @Rani ]
[Mud mention]

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RATS.

Achoo. Fight, fight, fight, Quackkit wants to fight! Cough. Those rats look cool by the way. Kind of weird. But unique. Slightly entertaining too. Hehe, it's like a chompy rat disc! But oh no. Muddyhound told her rats are dangerous. She wanted to do something! "But I wanna fight them.." she could pounce on one- oh ducks, nevermind. Upon closer inspection those rats look terrfying. But it's cool still! This is her first time seeing them all combining into a single entity like that! A single sneeze sent her wobbling back a few steps, which brought her back into reality. She was acting all powerful though immediately scrambled back to Mudhound as soon as one of them caught glimpse of her and started glaring at her with those beady eyes, trying to approach her though it seemed to struggle by being tied up to it's other...knot members. Did it want to eat her or something??? Nightmare fuel!