Shadow's Road (Open)

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Simba padded alone through the alleyways. The sun was setting and shadows where creeping from every corner. The alleys seemed so... eerie...
The friendly, dark tabby felt like there was someone there with him, following so close that they barely touched each other. He'd glance to the side every once in a while, but, from what he could see, no one was ever there.
He asked himself why he was here. He could have been enjoying the forest, or maybe even the marshes farther north, but no. He'd chosen to spend the night here in the dark, shadowy alleyways.
Something seemed to call have called him to the twoleg place when he'd first entered that evening. Maybe he was halusinating. Maybe he was crazy. But it didn't matter now. Trying to leave would be pointless now. Not with all of the street cats out.
Simba sighed. Looks like I'm going to be here a while...

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Ears pricked, Salem waited for any sign of another cat. Then he heard it - the soft padding of paws. His fur bristled nervously, he hated these alleys. They were so dark and creepy. Hunger drove him here. His stomach growled softly, reminding Salem that he had not found anything to eat in the metal trash bins.

Salem peered out from the shadows, hiding in their dark embrace. He hesitated, wondering if he should call out to the tabby that had intruded on his scavenging, but he knew street cats had a reputation for being hostile.

He lifted one paw, once more hesitating. He sighed softly, putting his paw back down, though perhaps a bit too roughly. The slight movement caused the small silver bell on his collar to jingle unusually loud in the silent alley.

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Welcome To My Domain

A pair a two red eyes flew open at the sound of two cats... Unfamiliar with them of which he saw he growled deeply to himself as he sat upon a small building. He ran the allies, the fierce tom had grown a bit colder than what he normally was. Skapha wasn't clearly thinking lately but no cat dared to cross him, his crew even more now after what had happened to Tigerfang. Well at least what had happened to him after Skapha had it out with him.

The tom drew his ears straight up to catch more sounds from the cats, then came a jingling from a bell. The tom moved fast and quick he leaped to the top of an old garbage can an glared down to the two toms. " Hello kitties..what might I asks brings you to my streets?" he mewed with a grin that spread across his face.

Lets Play A Game

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Salem was about to walk away from Simba when Skapha jumped on top of the garbage cans. Fur instantly became bristled, his bell twinkling softly as he backed away. His first instinct was to run, and run far away. Salem was too scrawny to be a fighter, but something caused him to stay put. Fear? Recklessness? Suicidal thoughts? He didn't know which, but his paws would not let him turn tail.

Thoughts of different retorts flew through his mind, but Salem kept his jaws sewn shut. Slowly, he got his mind to logically figure out a way he could leave this alley alive.

"I apologize," he began, forcing his fur to smooth back down. "I did not realize that these were your streets. If you will excuse me, I'll take my leave." He spoke to Simba, "I suggest you do the same." Tentatively, Salem backed away from Skapha's looming presence. He tried not to shudder at the sight of the large tom's massive cheshire grin, no matter how eerie it was. He felt, deep down in his instincts, that showing fear would be a very, very bad move.

((I had to keep looking back down to see how Skapha's name was spelt xD Does it mean anything in particular?))

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Can You tell the Difference?

Skapha wasn't always cold he had a good side to him as well as other cats. He let his grin pull down to normal size and not be held as the toothy grin it once was. He hopped down from the green bin so that he landed in front of the tom. He sat down and nodded to the tom in a friendlier greeting "Please, stay.. feel free to catch a mouse or find what you can in the streets I will warn you of huge monsters that travel along the thunderpath though that is... if your paws dare to lead you that way" he mewed cocking his eyebrow to the tom then he looked from Salem to Simba and to Salem again.

"So what brought you to such a place of darkness and loud sounds?" he asked curiosity striking the tom like a dog to a cat's sent. He wondered what qualities the allies and city drew cats to come to it. He waited tip-tapping his bone covered claws slightly on the ground.

Trust? Or Run?

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The tension was popped like a balloon that had blown up far too large. The massive tom in front of him had suddenly relaxed and became a much more friendly cat than before, when he was on top of the garbage cans like a king on his throne.

Salem wasn't convinced he was completely in the clear yet. Paranoia warned him of danger, but curiosity won out.

"I came here because I had no other place to go," he said slowly, calculating Skapha's mood change. Eventually, Salem gave up. Skahpa's sudden altered personality was inexplicable. The tom's stomach growled audibly. Salem shifted uncomfortably.

Curse this stupid ringing collar, he thought to himself, though he knew he would never willingly part with it. The tapping of Skapha's claws against the ground slightly annoyed him, as did the sounds of a dog barking far away. Salem realized he didn't much like being here, in this city, but he was willing to stick it out to satisfy his curiosity, if nothing else.

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Come Into Darkness...

Skapha stopped tapping his bone covered claws on the ground and looked at the tom with interest "hmm.. where did you come from?" Skapha held a new question around his mind a offer in fact. He smiled as he waited for the tom to answer his question and grew a bit impatient waiting for a response but didn't let it show through..

Once he had said to him of where he had come from only then did Skapha ask him of the offer he looked to the tom his grin as big as before "What.. what would you say to joining me?" he asked wondering how the tom would react to his offer. "Mind this question carefully I rarely ask of this to new cats I have just met but I will however answer any questions you have about me before you give your answer" he warned the tom.

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Salem had remained silent as Skapha questioned him. He felt the need to choose his words very carefully. His tail swished as he thought.

Finally, he spoke. "I am what some cats would call a 'kittypet,' at least, I was." He decided to keep some things about his past short, sweet, and to the point. This large tom didn't need to know that his twolegs had vanished, leaving him to the mercy of a very squishy-faced female twoleg. No, Salem decided, it would be better if he gave the impression that he left cushy kittypet life for a life of danger and intrigue.

When Skapha offered a chance to join him, Salem was taken aback. "Join? What do you mean?" he mewled, his voice hardly over a squeak.

This cat is really unpredictable, Salem thought, but something about Skapha piqued his interest. He had been alone for so long, perhaps joining him would be his chance of finally feeling like he was a part of something bigger, that he wasn't all by himself in the world anymore. Of course, he was still as hesitant as ever. Being paranoid of everything and everyone was a hard habit to break.

Skapha had told him that he could ask any question he had. Was this supposed to make him feel better? Salem had no answers, only hope that perhaps, he could feel part of a family again. Like how he felt before his twolegs disappeared.

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Simba leaped at the sound of cats talking. He wipped around to see two toms. When did they get here...? A shiver ran down his spine as he recognized one of the two cats. It was Skapha. He'd never met the cat in person, but he'd heard many stories about him since he'd arived. He didn't know who the other cat was, but, if they were with Skapha...

Half of him wanted to ran away, but the other half pulled him towards them. Mousebrain, mousebrain, mousebrain! he screamed at himself as he felt his paws splipping towards them. Maybe there was still time to run... Maybe...

He felt his paw smack the side of a garbage lid-hard. The tabby yelped in pain, jumping away. To late...

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(lol Skapha, Simba, and Salem S.S.S.)

Rules Of The Game

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Skapha was just about to answer the toms question when he heard a loud bang come from the green trash can he had recently been standing on. It was Simba the tom hadn't really said anything so far and it confused Skapha now to the sudden noise to come from the tom. He looked to Salem "By join I mean to become apart of the ally cats.. become one of use live by our ways in the streets, rules though come to play everything passes by my judgment no if ands or buts about it, you get into a fight thats settled on your own terms and any reports of cats found steeling or trespassing come to me.." he explained to the tom. They where quite simple rules to follow the cats can live where ever they want in the city but everything passed by him and him only..

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Simba let out a sigh of relief. Skapha didn't seem to mind him being there. That's a realief...

Simba listened intently as he awnsered Salem's question. So he wanted Salem to join his group of alley cats, huh? By what he'd heard, it sounded... interesting...

I wonder if he'll ask me if I want to join...?

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Salem shook his head. "I'm not too sure about it. It seems kinda strange to me," Salem said before turning to Simba. "What do you think? I'm actually kinda hungry. Maybe we should go hunting for some scraps," he purred pleasantly. "My name is Salem, by the way," he mewled, padding down deeper into the alley, ears alert for any signs of prey.

OOC: Bleh, kinda weak, but it should get the thread started again, no?

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How could Salem let down such an offer? If Simba were him, he'd be begging to join! Well, Simba's not exactly what one would call a normal cat...

The dark brown tabby's stomach growled as to agree with him. "I guess I haven't eaten in a while, huh?" he meowed, embarassed. "Oh, my name's Simba. Nice to meet you! Hey, do you want to be my friend?"

Here we go again...

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Salem smiled slightly. "Sure," he mewled. "I'll be your friend." He was still slightly jumpy from the encounter with Skapha, but was determined to put all of that in the back of his mind. Yeah, he really did want to belong somewhere, but he had a strange feeling that something just wasn't right with the offer the other tom was trying to sell him.

Salem's bell tinkled with every pawstep. Sure, it prevented the brindled tom from getting a decent meal, but it was the only reminder of where he came from and who his family was. "The city is kinda eerie," he remarked, opening his jaws to taste the air. Nothing abnormal, but the fur on his neck was still ruffled. Paranoia struck him hardest at nightfall.