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Post by X2 on Jan 26, 2015 18:45:50 GMT -5
Keiiji was able to make some subtle observations of Charla without making it too obvious, but he knew the queen was smart and probably already was expecting Keiiji's vigilance. He was almost impressed by her quick recovery to hide anything she may have given away. He let his own observations slide and his focus went onto the conversation. "The jellicles are quite large in number. However, Aly, not all of them like sweets. I think we've got enough to bring back, don't you?" Keiiji heard Charla's last suggestion, and did nod vaguely to it, but it was a gesture that 'if you blinked, you missed it'. "That's always an option, but not on the same night and in the same shop." Raiding a store twice in a week could be a bit risky, but twice in one day was a recipe for disaster.
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Post by eliaza on Jan 26, 2015 21:45:30 GMT -5
Alyssa took another long, wistful look around before nodding at the other two's suggestions. "I guess this's enough for one trip," she sighed dramatically. "Oh, I will so definitely be doing this again," she added, looking at Charla. "Nothing would keep me away for long!" She raised an eyebrow at Keiiji's pointing out that not everyone liked sweets. "Some people don't like this stuff? That's insane! After tasting one of these puppies, I feel like I never wanna eat regular food again!"
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Post by Moonstruck on Feb 5, 2015 13:30:39 GMT -5
Charla had only noticed slight movement from Keiiji, and effectively missed that is was a small nod. However she discarded it, there'd been no hostility from him and their entire situation was calm and good-natured. And Alyssa's open personality made Charla doubt that from this point things would go south. The other queen's comments even had Charla chuckle lightly, "Just give it some time for the owners to calm down about the missing goods. Maybe try stealing from more than one place." She barely really registered her words, the simple strategy of not stealing from the same place frequently was so ingrained into her mind that the words were spoken with little thought to them. "Too many sweets can give some cats headaches or stomach aches Alyssa. Besides, just think if less cats like the sweets then there's more for you to eat of them."
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Post by X2 on Feb 11, 2015 16:01:44 GMT -5
Keiiji's eyes were still intensely focused on any outside dangers, and let the two queens converse. He was oddly grateful that Charla could handle Alyssa's chatty, inquisitiveness. Not that he didn't like her, but she was so different to his own mannerisms, that it felt so foreign for them to even be breathing the same air. Alyssa's quip about not fathoming how anyone disliked sweets, had him thinking deeply yet again. Certainly she knew every individual had their own likes and dislikes. Still, he figured if he ever needed a favor from her, he now knew he could bribe her with sweets. You two ready to head back?"
((I do apologize for the wait, and the shortness. As Alyssa and Charla are more talking to themselves. I wasn't sure what to do with Keiiji. XD))
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Post by eliaza on Feb 24, 2015 8:05:01 GMT -5
Alyssa took one last, longing survey of the roomful of sweets, then nodded. "Yeppety yep. I'm ready. Well, till the next time, anyway." Her eyes glinted mischievously. "I will definitely be back. This is far too much fun and tastiness to leave forever."
((sorry, mine was even shorter XD))
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Post by Moonstruck on Mar 2, 2015 22:46:32 GMT -5
Charla didn't mind Alyssa's chattiness, it was a bit of a welcome relief after having traveled silently on her own to the city. And she'd lived with chatty cats most of her life, mind you those cats usually talked up and distracted others so the quieter ones like herself could steal something. But silence wasn't something that had hung around her life too long unless Charla had managed to sneak off for a few moments of it. Blinking slowly she refocused on the current sweet shop they were in, not much good would come of thinking of her family. Heading back. She glanced quizzically at Keiiji for a moment and thought over his wording carefully. Her attention was brought back to Alyssa with the other queen's easy reply, though as she spoke Charla glanced back at Keiiji, "Back, I presume you're talking about the Junkyard? Exactly how open are the Jellicles to outsiders?" Well dancing around the subject probably wouldn't get her anywhere at this point and Charla figured she may as well get her hopes shot down now if it was going to happen at any time. Hopefully they wouldn't, but it was a decent possibility.
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Post by X2 on Mar 2, 2015 23:14:59 GMT -5
The burnt orange tabby stretched slightly while his sharp caramel eyes remained on the dark alley. But it was time they moved on, even if no one was around, they were already sticking around the shop for too long. It was much better to do an in and out grab, but Alyssa was hungry for adventure and sweets, so he let it her have that extra time. With slick movements, Keiiji jumped down from the counter onto the floor below. He had caught Charla's eyes on him, and only allowed one of his eyebrows to quirk upwards in question. Though the quirk was more of a twitch. His voice was low as he moved passed her. "They accepted me." He sounded more ominous then he had intended, and almost a lingering threat, but his emotionless speech probably didn't immediately connect it to a 'threat'. "Alyssa here." He spoke more clearly, so that Alyssa would catch on. "Is brand new. She can tell you more."
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Post by eliaza on Mar 4, 2015 17:58:13 GMT -5
Alyssa jumped slightly when Keiiji turned to her. "Huh?" She had still been thinking about the sweets. "Ooooh," she laughed turning to Charla, "yeah, I just joined! So far everyone I have met has been super nice. As for being open and accepting people, well, they seem to. Just as long as someone's not a murderer or something." She thought for a minute, then added, "But that doesn't mean you have to have lived some great or perfect life before, either. Most of us have interesting backgrounds. Well, I was with humans my whole life before going to the Junkyard, and somecats at the 'yard hate humans and can't believe I would have lived with them! But no one hates me because of it or didn't want me to join just because of that." She shrugged. "I guess what I mean is, they're pretty accepting. Basically we're just together to help each other out, for safety in this crazy ol' city and world, and for fun and generally not-lonesomeness. Nothing else really matters too much." She stopped to catch her breath, then asked, "So are you thinking of joining?"
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Post by Moonstruck on Mar 10, 2015 23:23:08 GMT -5
Since this time she was focused more on the tom, Charla actually managed to catch the twitchlike quirking of his brow. Her own brows twitched in reaction to his words, definitely noting the ominous tone and she actively had to resist her inclination to narrow her eyes in suspicion. Neither he nor Alyssa had shown any hint of aggression - quite the opposite actually. It wouldn't do well to react to the ominous tone. So taking a moment to remind herself of that and of Keiiji's rather general lack of displaying much emotion or tonal range she relaxed to just catch the tail end of his words.
However Alyssa's easy chatter relaxed her further, and managed to plant a small seed of optimism. Though she was slightly amused that having a human seemed to constitute to being an interesting background in the tribe. Perhaps she'd need to edit a bit of her history with her family. Charla smiled gently and nodded, " It's the reason I came to the city." the gray queen admitted with a small shrug.
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Post by X2 on Mar 15, 2015 16:24:03 GMT -5
Keiiji listened to their conversation from where he was. But didn't actively engage in it, and wouldn't unless he was directly talked to or questioned. Keiiji walked along the counter, and the leapt onto a table near the wall that showcased a variety of donuts. He did slip two underneath his bandages, and then jumped up to the sill higher up, where they had all jumped through the window. One leg hung over the side as he looked at the two queens. "We'd better get a move on."
((Sooo short and awful! But figured this thread was coming to a close soon. And figured we'd go to the thread where Old D is. If it's still active?))
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Post by eliaza on Mar 26, 2015 17:15:06 GMT -5
Alyssa clapped her paws in delight. "Wonderful!" she exclaimed. "You'll love it, you really will... Well, you'll have to talk to our leader..." She glanced up as Keiiji reminded them it was time to go. Quickly she scrambled up after him. "C'mon!" she called down to Charla. "We might as well find him now!" She looked at Keiiji. "Right? I mean, if we can find Old D."
((Sounds good! ... I'll have to go hunt that thread down, I can't remember...))
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Post by Moonstruck on Mar 31, 2015 14:23:39 GMT -5
Charla hesitated for a moment out of sheer surprise with exactly how easy that had been. She'd definitely anticipated a lot more work to be involved in getting to see the leader of a tribe, maybe it was just this one? From her travels it was the one with the more benign reputation. When the gray queen came out of her surprise both cat were already at the window, so she made quick work of jumping up to it and through the window. "I'm sure we'll be able to, after all shouldn't a leader be accessible by his tribe?" With that Charla's hope was bubbling just under the surface, barely kept in check by her normal pessimism.((sounds good, and I believe it is still active -> click here. Do we want to exit everyone from this thread now, or do another post?))
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Post by X2 on Apr 16, 2015 3:53:17 GMT -5
((I think it's safe to go ahead and exit now. Seems like it's already ended on a good note, with Charla's bubbling hope, goodies in their bags and already out of the store. Sooo...))
[Exit Keiiji]
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Post by eliaza on Apr 27, 2015 21:02:57 GMT -5
[Exit Aly]
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Post by Moonstruck on Apr 28, 2015 0:11:37 GMT -5
[Exit Char]
[[DEAD]]
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