The Road Not Wanted

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[A massive, primitive-looking creature appears on the Plane, vaguely resembling a snow leopard, but bigger. Stockier. With longer, shaggy fur. It's paws are huge; its teeth long enough that a half-inch of fang protrudes down from its upper lip. Its tail is a long gray plume.

A glint of metal peaks from the nest of hair on the crown of its head. A spark plug, embedded in its skull. Cy shakes herself, the smell of snow and thick musk rolling off of her. When she speaks, her voice is deep and rich and wild.]

I fell in. Fell in? The pool should be covered, the Road should be blocked. How could I just fall in?

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[noking.livejournal.com]

[Surprised, Shenzi tries to flick out of the plain with the cat on her back- potentially dragging them into her reality, I have no idea]

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[Potentially the mun is a sadist. So there's a moment of disorientation on Cy's part, and she releases the hyena and backs up, her head whipping around as she tries to orient herself.]

1/2

[noking.livejournal.com]

[completely forgetting the fight for a moment, Shenzi looks dismayed and glances around]

All that effort and this was all it took?

[noking.livejournal.com]

[... then she remembers she really is on her land and grins]

Still feisty, kitty?

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[And now the massive predator is backed into a corner, which only makes her more pissed, because she'd rather be pissed than scared. She answers with a snarl and lunges at the hyena, the scent of the clan that permeates the place making her half-wild with panic.]

[noking.livejournal.com]

[Shenzi darts away, quickly moving to pacing and starting forward then back as she lets out increasingly loud whoops to summon her clan]

Bad move, cat.

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[Turns in a circle, making little guttural noises, her hackles up. She takes nervous swipes at the hyena each time she comes near, so lost to panic that she doesn't even consider retreating to the Plane. She doesn't know where she is--she can't feel the Roads. What she can feel is the old strength starting to work its way out of her bones.

And then she hears the hyena's clan answer.]

[noking.livejournal.com]

[Shenzi gets hit across the cheek in one of the swipes, reminding her of Simba and getting her back up even more. At the clan's reply, Shenzi starts working herself into a frenzy, cackling and whooping and pacing like mad]

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[Cy is starting to feel worn down. She hears the approaching clan and snarls, charging Shenzi and slamming into her sideways, trying at the same time to get her claws into the hyena's back and flip her.]

[noking.livejournal.com]

[Shenzi, in her pacing, is getting her blood up so much she can only think of how easy it will be, once the clan arrives, to take their aggression on one little cat; she manages to avoid the better part of the slam, getting raked down her flank as she turns to counter with a rush of her own biting at Cy's shoulder or neck before trying to dart away again and wait for backup]

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[Pain, the heat of blood gumming her fur. She snarls, charging again, slowed by the shoulder wound, and tries to get her teeth into the back of Shenzi's neck.]

[noking.livejournal.com]

[Though limping a little, Shenzi continues to try and just stay out of reach, and failing that snap at whatever bits of Cy come near]