Sunny Retreats +Open+

[Sybil]

Sunlight trickled through the thick canopy’s above, gingerly dancing in subtle glow against the high branches of chestnut hue in time to the swaying of the foliage. The day was still so young morning dew having vanished not long before, the cool due still dancing in the air. Beneath the forest shrubberies the svelte figure of a feline crept, her plush pelage flowing with the subtle breeze that managed to push past the barrier of the tree lines. The feline was plush, thick with a pelt warm enough to withstand the harshest of cold. Alabaster coloration blemished by midnight spots in an array of sizes as they trailed the length of her small body.

She’d never have pictured herself as a morning person, she had always been the type to sleep in till the early afternoon hours, sleep had always been her favourite pass time. She had been so carefree once upon a time. Now she had to pick and choose carefully her times to sleep and lengths. An internal alarm clock was now her greatest asset in this strange world of alienation. No longer did she suffer the trivial stresses of school, homework or social drama. Now she worried about far more important things, what to eat, how to catch her meal, keeping herself alive. Survival was a constant challenge.

Her thick paws gingerly stepped through the forest’s tree line, breaking free of the darkness and out under the bright midday sky. Not a cloud in view, just pure blue and a devastatingly bright sphere of yellow beaming down against her, blinding her and heating her core, pupils narrowed as chocolate eyes strained against the intense lighting change. There was absolutely nothing for her to do, she didn’t care to wander into a more social area; she preferred her solitude. Under her thick pelage she could barely handle the heat that the sun caused and yet it reminded her of better days. Gingerly she padded out further into the open, making her way to a large flat bed of pale rock. Numbing sensation danced through her body, a fissure flowing through her joints and muscles, physically visible to any spectators, slowly her body morphed and stretched, fur seeming to melt away while a low growl escaped her, the discomfort never seemed to dull when she shifted.

From where the feline had stood, now a young woman in its wake, her ivory skin a glow in the sunlight, her exposed body slowly crawling onto the flat rock, laying her belly on the warm rock, her back to the sun as she sighed. “Now this reminds me of better days.” A smile formed her full lips, her long hair cascading down her spine, only to be removed by a swift motion of her hand, falling into the crook of her neck and down the length of her now resting arm.

[Raven]

The steady thrum of the jungles creatures caused a stir deep within the heart of natures chorus. The rippling of shadowed white fur, the pigmentation discoloration streaks of black seemed to vibrate and shimmer as the elongated body of the over-sized cat stretched. Front paws kneading into the ground, body pushing backwards into an arch. A form of a yawn escaped his maw as he plopped back down.

Wedged under the destroyed root of an over sized tree he surveyed the area around him. The 'eb and flo' of life continuing as normal in the over populated lush environment. From somewhere off to his right he could hear the cataclysmic rage of monkeys fighting over territory. Dark colored hues watched as another feline of the jungle world rushed past his position, stalking through the grass after some prey or another. Deciding that his lazy day had come to an abrupt end, he clawed his way out from under the root of the tree, his shoulders squaring upwards causing more of the aged, weather beaten wood to crack and tear apart.

His claws slowly compressed the Terra under his feet, tearing furrows into the surface. His over bearing size began to saunter through the underbrush. Jumping onto and over roots bigger then most humans could manage. Climbing partially up a tree only to jump off to another angle and land upon the ground. He continued his pointless walk with no real purpose or goal in sight. Moving to the edge he gazed at a water-fall his hues watching calmly for anything that would make a move upon him. Death was prime in the animal kingdom, even he wasn't the top of the food chain. Lovely thought, but wrong either way.

He compressed the muscles of his back legs, and groaned, a flash migraine dancing across the fore-front of his mind. Shaking his head he pushed off the surface of the earth, and began to soar through the air, his body falling off the top of the cliff only to dive bomb into the water below. The impact of the five hundred pound cat upon the still surface of the nature made water source caused ripples to shimmer across the top. Surfacing slowly he poked his head above water, and slowly moved to the parting where earth met water. Climbing out of the water he shook himself off and looked around. [/i]