Offspring

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<sub>Laura sat on a bench reading, short legs swinging in rhythme to each other as her brilliant blue eyes crawled slowly along the pages. She could speed read, but she loved reading the words in her mind to better envision them. She imagined each detail, the castle, the knight, the lovely damsel with golden hair, just like her. She closed her eyes, sighing, ears laying back as she smiled to herself. It was so ROMANTIC! Thats how she wanted her life! She wanted to be a damsel in distress and for her prince charming to come get her. She swooned, opening her eyes and instantly glaring, ears laying back angrily as her creamy colored tail flicked. Her brother. She loved her brothers and sisters, she just couldn't stand Geoffrey for some reason. His short black hair annoyed her, just like his black ears and tail. His blue eyes rivaled her own, but they were darker, had more depth than just the shimmering brillance of her own. He looked over at her, as if feeling her eyes on him. They made eye contact and she looked away, snuggling behind her book and ignoring him.

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Geo let his mind wander as he watched a grasshopper, getting up and stalking after it. He crawled along the grass silently, tail flicking and dark blue eyes never leaving the thing. His nose twitched slightly and just as he was about to pounce he heard a sigh and the insect hopped away. He sighed too, sitting up and looking around to see where the noise had come from, meeting eyes with one of his sister's Laura. She glared and stuck her nose back in her book. He continued to stare at her. He didn't know why she didn't like him so much. They were brother and sister. He looked around, seeing the jungle gym and running off before jumping up a slide and hidding in the plastic tubing, blue eyes gleaming from the shadows...</sub>

((I'll post Lauret when Marie comes in cause he has to be following his sister ^_^))

["Parker!"]

Geeze. What a book worm! The skinny little cat pranced along the area, danceing. Danceing was so fun! Especially when you made up you're own beat! Laura never danced with her. She always had her nose in some book. It sometimes upset the little girl that her sister would rather read a book than hang with her-- but she'd immediatly forget with something else in mind.

Ari had just finished her leap in the cool grass, giving a bow to her fake audience. She heard a few claps from her older brother, Garath, and she grinned with a wave. She was skinner than most of the children, wearing short jeans and a shirt that just barely came above her waistline. Her hair was short and naturally messy, but in some way it acually looked good. Her slick cat eyes, glanced to a running Geo, seeing him climb up to the tube. She smirked as she slinked scilently over crawling above the tube before jumping out,

"RAWR!"

She aggressivly pounced on him, laughing in the process.


[Garath will come in...later.]

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Clarette felt like a warrior...no, she /was/ a warrior. She screamed a war cry in french, and grabbed Lauret's hand, pulling him towards the play area. Yeah. Some would say she was too old for this behavior, but Clarette was as wild as ever, and she rarely cared what other people thought. Marielle's warning hung in the air behind her and Clarette wasn't listening. She let go of Lauret's hand when she got to the slide and scrambled up the ladder faster than seemed humanly possible. "I am the Queen of the playground!" she announced to everybody who was within a ten mile radius. "You can all be my servants. Or you can fight me for position of Queen. And somebody has to be King."

She spoke as if they'd all been placed there for her amusement, as if they had all come specifically to play /this/ game with her. "Whoever can catch me can be King. Even the girls. Some girls are better runners than boys." She announced, sliding down the slide (which seemed like a really tall cliff). She arrived at the ground with a jump and scrambled off. "Who'se playing?!" she demanded loudly.

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<sub>Geo heard one of his siblings coming and pounced on her when she said rawr. They tumbled out of the playground equipment laughing, rolling around and trying to pin the other. Geo kicked at her, being on bottom even though he was bigger than she was. Ari was a fast little thing. He laughed though, having fun.

"Fine fine! You win!"

His ears laid back slightly in a 'i give up' sort of way. He smiled at his sister, rolling sideways and getting away from her. he got up, dusting himself off and helping her up. She was his favorite sister. Of course, with the other one hating him and all.

"I dont understand how someone so small can move so fast. You're a scrapper Ari. S'no fair, you know I'm not the fighter of the family, I'm the adventurer."

He puffed his chest out proudly, teasing her. He was the explorer and the thief. Of course they were all quiet when they wanted to be, you had to in a family with the hearing and eyesight of cats.

His ears twitched as he heard a new arrival. His tail flickered as he looked at the girl racing towards them. His interest perked, of course with a kitten boy that was an easy feet. He listened, watching as she leapt up onto the latter and climbed to the top of the playground equipment. Her challenge thrilled him. The word 'Game' itself instantly making every kid on the playground friends. Everyone was welcome to play. He grinned.

"What are the rules? We just gotta catch you or pin you or what?"

He was ready, hardly able to conceal his excitment, eyes blazing with sudden energy.

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Laura watched from the bench. A game? Her light blue eyes turned to see the boy who had followed the new girl. He seemed shy, shuffling around the outskirts of the playground. She wondered what he was thinking. She shrugged, attention going back to the girl who had slid down the slide. Maybe she should play? She shook her head, looking back into her book and reading. She was too mature for this kind of thing. So what if she was only eleven? She could act like she was older. She ‘hmphed’, returning to her book and looking up, unable to help herself. Maybe…if someone asked her to play…maybe she would. If they wanted her to n all…

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Lauret was dragged behind his sister, white bangs flying around his head as she let him go and he stumbled to a stop. He wished they could be back at ridding lessons. He loved the horse under him, making him strong, fast, almost invulnerable. He struggled to go forward, wondering if he should join the game his sister was setting up or just sit down somewhere. He looked over in time to see a cat girl look away from him and down at her book. He watched as she looked up to the other players, looking like she wanted to play. Should he go talk to her? His eyes went back to the kids now watching with interest. They were all cat kids! They had cat ears and tails! He bet his sister thought they were cool. He watched, wondering what would happen next.</sub>

((I keep thinking about their powers... what powers will the chillun's have?))

["Parker!"]

Ari laughed as Geo was giving up way too early as he usually did. Sissy! She batted at his chest with her paw but was caught off guard by the girl. It was a human girl, her long hair whisping behind her as she sprinted and clambered up the heap of metal. The girl announced that she was queen. Queen? She automatically pinned her ears back with a frown. If anything she should be queen. Letting Geo go and play his little stupid game, she sat on the ground, wisking her tail. Her eyes caught the boy that had come with the little 'queen'. She tilted her head lightly before jumping up and slinking over to the boy, beckoning him with a grin,

"Hey you--are you playing?"

She questioned, one ear going to the side as her tail flickered around her, her mitts now on her hips as she scruncized him with a little 'up and down' look.

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<sub>Lauret looked up as there was a cat girl coming over to him. She was smiling at him. He was struck with the idea that she was intimidating followed by the thought that she was pretty. He was over the 'cooties' stage, had been for a long time. He stood back a bit warily as she looked him up and down. He felt exposed. He shook his head, white bangs falling into his deep blue eyes slightly as the rest of his brown hair fell this way and that. He gulped. He was gonna have to talk. He looked past th girl to his sister. WWMD. What Would Marie Do? He took in a breath, trying to gather his mind and be outgoing like his sister.

"uh...No?"

He faltered. Okay so there hadn't been much to say after all that. He blushed lightly, holding his hands behind his back and messing with his fingers. He tried smiling at the girl. Oh gosh, what was he spose to do?</sub>

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Clarette grinned at Geo, her eyes matching his with excitement, "Whichever you can manage, boy!" she said with a bell-like laugh. "GO!" she screamed suddenly, and pumped her feet faster. The chase had begun. Other kids that had been hanging on the sidelines were after her as well, and the girl watched the world blurr by, letting her feet move faster, a few of the kids almost caught her, and she swerved here and there, seemingly made of boundless energy. Her eyes streamed a little at the speed she was going, and the grin was still alive on her face. She passed Lauret a few times in a whoosh, jumped by other kids with short shrieks that added to the excitement.

Screams always seemed to keep everybody's energy up, and she screamed again when somebody almost caught her. She jumped over the bench where a girl was reading and made a circle, under the slide, up on the monkey bars, dodging between the swings! Her blood was racing inside her. She felt faster than...than a cheetah! She was a gazelle! Still, she was gradually loosing speed...then again, so were the other children.

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<sub>Geo watched as she suddenly screamed and started running. He lunged, almost falling as his cat instincts kicked in. He crouched, watching her run all around, eyes wide and focused. Other kids were jumping and running after her but little by little they started falling away. He turned his head, bright blue eyes watching her closely. It was killing him not running after her. He stalked forward slowly, muscles tense and tail flicking smoothly back and forth. His ears twitched at her as he saw she was slowing down. She screamed again, putting on a burst of energy and nearly escaping another kid. She was amazing at running. He watched as she hopped over Laura sitting on the bench. She looked amazed that a kid who was not a cat girl could jump so high but Geo was impressed. He grinned, seeing her speed weakening more. He shot off, darting after her with a great speed that hadn’t been used. He jumped, pouncing off the ground and flying at her, connecting and knocking her down as they rolled across grass. He had her straddled, trying to hold her down and tickling her sides. He laughed, victorious.

”I WIN! MWAHAHHAAA!!!”

He tickled her mercilessly, fingers crawling quickly all over her sides and armpits.</sub>

((pleas tell me she’s ticklish…^_^))

["Parker!"]

Ari's mind didn't really see him cute at first. He was just some random boy with white hair. Wait...white hair?! Woah! She looked up entertained by his hair. When he spoke she blinked and grinned, her tiny but sharp teeth gleaming. He wasn't very talkative- but that made her more friendlier. She was happy he wasn't in the game.

"Sweet! I don't feel like running anyways eventhough I'm really fast. We should race sometime- I could probably beat that girl! Who was that girl? You're sister? Whats you're name? I'm Ari!"

She talked on excited that she was meeting someone new. She was usually stuck with her brothers and sisters, and on rare occasions she'd meed someone new- like this boy!! Her white tail swished with grace behind her, her cat like eyes staring friendly at him. She turned to see her brother win the game and she grinned at her brother. See- cat kids were fast!

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Clarette felt something sail into her and they fell with a hard thump. The cat boy who had spoke first tickled her and Clarette screamed loudly (the ticklish scream, not the terror scream). She fought his arms off but he was moving them quickly and she screamed again, out of breath. She finally managed to stop his arms from touching her but she was giggling the entire time. "Hello, King!" she beamed, pushing him off her roughly and getting up. She dusted herself off and then curtsied with an invisible skirt. Then she turned to the kids of the playground, who were holding their aching sides, or grinning, "ALL HAIL THE KING AND QUEEN!" She shouted, and few of the kids cheered.

Beyond her, three dark children had walked into the park, adn the eldest looked around her, interested. "King and Queen?" she asked Marie Clarette loudly. Clarette nodded. "Yeah. I'm Queen. He's King. He caught me." She explained. Janine frowned. "I want to be Queen." she said in an annoyed voice. Clarette glared, "You can't. /I'm/ Queen."

Janine growled, "Fine. Here's what we'll do. Half of the kids are YOUR subjects, and half of them are MINE. And we can have a war."

The idea pleased Clarette, who turned to Geo, "We're in WAR!" she whispered excitedly, "Okay, sure. Let's do that." she called to the girl, who grinned at her with white teeth and blazing brown eyes. "Good." The girl stated. About half of the kids in the playground wandered over to her side and stood around, looking interested.

The other half wandered over to Geo and Clarette. Clarette beamed at them. "We have to capture as much of the other side as we can. Fight, if you have to!" she said, looking across, where the other 'team' was huddinling and looking at them repeatedly and pointing. "Geo, we'll need a base. Where do you want our base?"

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<sub>Lauret smiled as she started talking to him. He nodded, sitting down with a plop. Only his bangs were white, the rest of his hair was brown, but the splash of white was misleading. He looked up at her, feeling better that she was talking more than he was. At leats she was giving him a conversation. If he had someone talkative like this girl or his sister he could talk. Maybe not a lot, like them, but he could talk. He found his voice, going on when the girl gave him a chance. Not that he minded not talking. He was a good listener.

"Yes, thats my sister, Marie. I'm Lauret. It's nice to meet you Ari. You're... half cat? I've seen half animal people around before sometimes when we go to the marketplace. Is it cool to have a tail? Is it rude of me to ask?"

He didn't want to be rude or offend someone he'd only just met. He pulled up his legs indian style and wrapped his arms around them, watching her with wonder. He didn't know he was older than her, but it wasn't by much, and she seemed cool enough, almost liek his sister. It made him more comfortable talking to her. She didn't exactly seem as hot tempered and pushy as his sister, but she had about the right amount of excitment to her.</sub>

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<sub>Geo grinned, finally getting off as she declared him King. He nodded, yeah, of course he was king, he was cool like that. His ears twitched and he turned to see three more children coming. He grinned at them, the oldest dark girl speaking out. Geo's tail lashed as his excitment rose again. War! Yeah! Marie was beckoning him over, asking where they're base was going to be.

"Hmmm I say the slide, it's harder to climb for the normal kids, It should be easy for me. Hope you can manage."

He grinned at her and raced to the slide, climbing it like his feet were glue as he stood at the top and watched her with a c.ocky grin.

"Come my Queen! Subjects! We must defend the Castle!!!"

He held up a fist, stoked at the turn of events and the new turn in the game. He waited for Marie to climb. It'd be easy for him to go up and down or he could slide down to knock any kids off who were trying to climb up. It was an awesome plan!</sub>

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Clarette grinned at him, and raced after him. Her subjects in tow. She stoped at the base of the slide to give them more instructions, "Some of you go hide and try to take them from behind. Some of you-- stay here, and push them away. We'll keep them off the slide." she whispered, They nodded eagerly, and a few of them melted from sight, while others stayed at the pase. Marie climbed the ladder and grinned at Geo. "What's your name, by the way?" she asked, him with a grin, her eyes not really looking at him now, but at Janine, who was staring back at her.

Janine's plans were a little different. "They're impuslive, and unorganized. Half of you have to rush the castle and try to get them off the slide. Yulia, could you try to get the shy kids to join our side? I need extra reinforcements. The other half...Wait-- Rorr? Where are you?" The boy tugged on her shirt and she grinned. Janine picked him up and put him on her shoulders. "I'm leading the charge, guys. Don't be afraid to bite."
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Yulia scampered off to find extra reinforcements and ran up to Lauret and Ari. "Hey guys, do you want to play? We're trying to get them out of the castle! It's going to be really fun!" she said in a quiet, but eager voice. Her eyes shone excitedly.
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Janine started the sharge with a mighty yell, running over with Rorr on her back, screaming his lungs out as well. It was pretty cute. And scary. There were five kids running at you full speed. Janine arrived to the castle first, plowed through the weak centries and she and Rorr grappled at Marie's and Geo's heels, trying to pull them off. Marie kicked her hand off, pushing her and half sliding down the slide before climbing back up again. Her knees were read from the impact and she had twisted half off the slide. "NOW!" she screamed, and her people came from behind to pull Janine and hers away from the slide.

["Parker!"]

As the boy plopped down Ari gently placed herself down, her lightweight self barely matting down any grass. Her eyes were a crisp blue color which had barely noticeable light orange tints in them. Only when the sun hit them at an exact spot, it looked like she had orange eyes. The boy started to warm up to her, and she nodded listening to him completly, iggnoring the group of noisy kids. Them and their stupid, fake war. She felt almost sorry for the boy for having such an annoying sister- but Geo kind of reminded her of the girl... they were both energenic and estatic.... She smiled feeling diffrent that he obviously noticed she was a cat.

"Yeap- my ma and dad are both half and half. I love my tail!"

She cirped as her tail came wisking around to the front. Ari's claws captured it as it batted playfully in her hands. When the girl came up to them, Ari looked up almost skepptically. She frowned slightly feeling the need to say 'no way, go away!' but she hestiated then shook her head,

"Not right now... I mean, do you wana play, Laurent?"

Her large sparkiling eyes looked to Laurent, being pleased if she was just around her new friend.

[Melodia]

His eyes studied her. Every movement in position, every twitch of her ear. His own set of ears, gray and tuffed with white, were perked on high alert of the hunt. Messy gray locks of hair blew in his eyes from the wind and he blinked them away, his lip curling into a snarl of annoyance. Slowly he crept forward, the world numb around him, every tense second of energy focused on one thing and one thing alone.

"WHATCHA READING?!" Fenton yelled. He had come close enough to his sister's ear without her hearing, and then pounced out from behind the bench and cuffed her over the head, flipping and landing on the grass on all fours and somehow in the process snatching her book. His scratchy cat tongue ran over his sharp teeth, his tail curling in pleasure as he clutched it between his hands. His honey-yellow eyes scanned over a few words, and he started to laugh. "You're such a sap!" Fenton exclaimed, preparing to tear out a few pages just to get a reaction from Laura.