Of Cats and Dogs - rp

[Shmiley]

Shaking in his handmade boots, Shiki peeked around Sissy and gazed at the waist of another figure. Eyes widening, ears craning back, his gaze followed up, up, up the figure's form to stare into cold wolfish eyes. Lower lip trembling, tail wrapping around his thigh, Shiki softly whimpered and his large eyes filled with fear. How could someone be that TALL?! It was impossible- in little Shiki's mind- for someone or something to be that tall.

He should be stronger, fearless, terrifying like his father. He should be the idle heir, the idle son... instead he was a whimpering fool who ran from battles and conflicts.

Shiki mewls again and returns to hiding behind Sissy.

[Miranda_]

Unsmilingly, Phelan nodded. "That is correct; I am Phelan, and this is the Beta Male Apprentice, Harley, and the Alpha Female Apprentice, Lupa. We see no point in frivolous formalities; instead, we should just get straight to business. The ruins are down this path; we may speak there now if you want, or you can find someplace to settle first. We have already chosen our temporary settlement."

Phelan's eyes roamed over the cats, taking them in. He saw that there were two Snow Leopards, but what a difference between them. One he put down as a cowardly fool and discounted straight away; the other, the female, was strong and scarred from battle. She would be a force to reckon with, as would be the other warriors who walked behind the Princess.

[spirit_queen]

Cecy had let Felina pick the warriors to come along; the crown princess trusted the fierce leopardess with her life, and knew that she would pick the most skilled and most loyal or warriors.

As Phelan spoke, she made a quick decision, something she'd been trying to pick up from her father since childhood. "Half of our party will scout out suitable camping grounds. Felina shall oversee them. We will accompany the wolves to the ruin along with a party of four warriors. Shiki will decide for himself which party he shall go along with." She was far too nervous to drop her royal act, the royal 'we', which gave her a (false) sense of security.

She managed to quell her own shaking, but only just. She could hear her father droning on about appearing confident when staring down the enemy, about keeping up appearances to intimidate...

And, yet, she was sure she appeared to them as naught but a doll, an inexperienced puppet, sent by her father to deal with an 'inferior' race.

[Shmiley]

Looking between the wolf leader and Sissy, Shiki tightens his hold on the back of her dress. He softly mumbles, "Shiki will stay with Sissy..."

He looked back up at the tallest of the three wolves and shuddered, shrinking back behind his cousin's comforting form.

[spirit_queen]

"Good," Cecy said.

From where he stood, Harley had to struggle not to smile; that little snow leopard- oh, gods, he couldn't take it. He was so innocent- how had he even been chosen to come on his trip? He might as well have been a kitten, coming out into the world for the first time.

Was he the bratty princess's ... 'play thing', perhaps? He clung to her a lot. And, yet, he didn't seem at all world weary or used. A younger brother? No, no, of course not; the ruling family was a lion family.

Whatever he was, the blatant fear that had Phel sneering was charming to Harley, and his lips twitched slightly at the corners, betraying his otherwise stoney expression.

[Cheshire1996]

"With that settled perhaps you would care to move on? Into discussion, that is," Lupa suggested, looking from Cecilia to Shiki. She saw no point in delaying the inevitable, in fact, given the choice Lupa would have chosen to have been in discussion with the Cats as soon as the Wolves had claimed their temporary territory. Skirting around the feline party in the hope of avoidance was not the sort of behavior she was interested in at all.

[Miranda_]

"Fine then," Phelan replied, his lip curling in a sneer as he saw the obvious fear on the faces of both the Princess and her friend.

"But the camping grounds we have chosen will stay ours. You will agree, I think, that since we arrived her first, we have that right."

[spirit_queen]

Cecilia actually snorted, her annoyance with Phel's attitude overcoming her nervousness at failing. And, with that, finally, her formality left her. "Please! It's not worth arguing over; the sooner we get to work on the treaty, the sooner we can all go home. I don't know about you Canines, but this place has been abandoned by our ancestors for a reason, and I'm not keen to stay here."

Sure, she could almost respect the female dog leader, but the male one was p*ssing her off so much by this point that she coulnd't help but retort back.

Watch out, world. B*tchy Sissy has come out to play, and she doesn't leave until she gets what she wants. She lifted her chin and directed a level, dignified glare at Phel, nodded to Lupa, and began to head in the direction of the ruins.

Ooc: please leave the description of the ruins to me. ^^

[Miranda_]

"I doubt it was a good reason, whatever it was," Phelan replied. "In any case, suit yourself. I'd hate for one of you cats to stay here too long and perhaps get a speck of dirt on your fur."

Felina had already chosen the warriors to accompany the Princess. She had gone with her picked band to carry out her orders.

[spirit_queen]

"Less talking, more walking," she said as he lifted her skirts and trudged down the path.

Harley rolled his eyes; the girl was everything he'd expected of a cat.