Street Animal (Open)

[Frosty]

A small black cat pushed away the loose cement slab under a bench. He was being hunted down with the rest of the homeless animals. They were put up for adoption for 2 days, then killed. There was nearly no actual animal food, so they survived on garbage and discarded food. There were many homeless animals here, and mostly they knew each other. They helped each other, and formed a band called Animal Squad, or A.S. They lived in different tunnels underground that Merlin, the black cat, had dug with some help. It was a safe way of getting around. Merlin pushed his way into the tunnel and scooted into his spot. A pickle hung in his mouth, a leadership stance on his body. He was the leader of the A.S., and he was the one who decided if someone was to leave, join, or sometimes, die. He licked his lips after eating the pickle and sighed. He was a playful cat, and wished for a home, but it was almost impossible in this city.

[Becky]

A german mix was walking in an ally, avoiding the animal control van.
He walked wirdly, moveing his head side to side, his right eye had a scar over
it. in that eye, he was blind, even though he was just two, he had been
though alot. He wore a chain around his neck, with a lock on it.

[Frosty]

Merlin squeezed through a tunnel entrance and looked at the dog. Dogs could fit in the tunnels, so he wondered if this dog was part of A.S. he twitched his ears. "hello?" he asked.

[Becky]

Gaz looked up, his ears swerved trying to find were the voice came from.
He looked too the connecting tunnle. "hello" he replyed with no emotions,
personly her hated cats, cats were the reason he whent blind in his right eye.

[Frosty]

Merlin dipped his head. "I see you are not part of A.S., or animal squad. We are a large group of dogs and cats that help eachother in surviving here" he said. "I am Merlin, the leader. We have a network of caves that we use to stay unnoticed. Would you like to join?" he asked.

[Becky]

Gaz looked at the cat, how could a cat come up with something like that?
"um" was all her said at first, unsure what to say. "sure"

[Frosty]

Merlin twitched his tail. ""Excelent! I shall show you your nest. Then we can show you around" he said, and slipped into the entrance, padding to an empty hollow in the tunnel. "That is your room" he said, indicating the hole.

[Becky]

Gaz sqeezzed into the tunnle and looked at the cat supprized. why dont you guys
Just use that abandond building at the far side of town" he asked, his voice was
deep and a mideum soft.

[Frosty]

Merlin's tail fluffed up, and he hissed. "We had half of our pack killed there. We never speak of it" he growled, but then returned to normal. "Get a comfy nest" he said. Her grabebd a long red ribbon from above the hole. "And put this on. Everyone wheres ione so we know if there with us" he said. "Then come see me. Others will help you find me. Than I will tell you what you are to do" then he laughed. "I hope you didn't think you wouldn't have to work" he chuckled, running to his den.

[Becky]

Gaz smirked, "i'v worked as a cop dog for most my life.." he said tieing the ribbion
the best he could, onto his chain. Then he sat down, he was tired. Just this morning he had out ran that anamil cop van.

[Frosty]

Merlin padded into his den carefully and lay down in the nest, closing her eyes for a second. A small yellow cat padded in as a spaniel lay outside. "We finished the patrol" she said with a dip of her head. "And we scented a strong scent of mouse, and a stale scent of a strange rotwieler" she said. Merlin dipped his head to her. "Good" he said. The cat padded out, and the spaniel padded in. "The hunting patrol was succesesful" he said. "We dropped of half a hamburger, some chicken, and half a bag of chips into the main den. We gave a mouse to Cinder so her pups would stay strong" he reported, and left.

[Knight]

The grey cat that prowled silently through the streets' fur was scraggly and bedraggled, sticking up in odd places, and matted almost everywhere with blood, mud, and other such things to be found in the cities streets.
Her ribs were very easily countable, but the she-cat had survived this long on the streets, and she wasn't going to give up now. The cat's green eyes gleamed as she launched herself at the trashcan, slamming it into the ground with a clatter.
She pushed the lid aside with her white tipped front right paw, sticking her head into the trashcan, licking her whiskers. A few moments later, she'd pulled away with a chicken bone, though there was still a few scraps of meat on it.
The female's tail lashed from side to side as she demolished what remained on the bone, and she crouched protectively over her meal.
The wind that stirred her fur caused her to wrinkle her nose, "Ah, the scents of the city. Gotta love 'em." she sniffed in disgust, dipping her head to pick up the chicken bone before padding on her way.
Her name was Mariana, and she wasn't going to be captured by any human. She was a street cat, she'd been born as a street cat, and she'd sure as hell die as one.

[Frosty]

Merlin walked out of his den and out into the streets. He paused to sniff the air. The scent of chicken came to his nose and he padded silently, coliding into Mariana. He jerked back and sniffed. By her scent alone he knew she wasn't part of A.S. He dipped his head respectfully. "Sorry m'lady" he said. "I see you are not part of Animal Squad. Have you heard of it?" he asked. "Its where cats and dogs work togeather to fiind food and protect eachother" he said for refrence.

[Knight]

She should've seen him coming, she realized in retrospect, as he smashed into her, leading Mariana to drop her chicken bone on the ground, though she hardly noticed it. Mariana shook her head vigorously, moving back a few steps to examine the male, "Animal Squad?" she echoed back at him, her tone alone making it clear she'd never heard of it.
"It sounds nice." she added a moment later, wistfully, subtly moving the bone back towards her body with her white tipped paw. "It sounds nice."

[Frosty]

Merlin shrugged. "Its pretty nice. I was wondering" he smiled. "Would you like to join? We have plenty of dens. And even then we COULD dig more out if we need to" he said, and looked at her ribs. "We could offer you food and protection if you camit to the same thing" he said with a smile.