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acacia katherine montgomery

Where she had come from before wasn't important. Not that she was of a background of pervert family members or sleepless nights full of risen voices or days that dragged on and on because the only thing that occupied her mind was staying alive until the next meal. To be frank, it was quite the opposite.

Acacia had always been fed, always had somebody to share a word with, always had a comforting bed to sleep in. The farmhouse life was simple. And perhaps it was because of this simplicity that the notion that life shouldn't be so effortless  had nagged at her for so long. It was true that she had it easy; her masters took good care of her and her siblings, not to mention her parents, who were valued for their longevity and hard work on the farm. Not much was required of them; their biggest task was herding the simple minded cattle a mile or two down the road to the next pasture. Sometimes they would work with the sheep, whom were even dumber than the cattle, which only served to increase the tediousness of the task. Acacia appreciated this bit of added difficulty. Well, she tried to. The sheep on the ranch were illiterate and couldn't follow along with a simple sentence. She always tried to keep a conversation while she worked in an attempt to distract herself from how banal it was but this proved quite impossible. And, well, that was why Acacia had found herself in the midst of this little beach town. She loved her family but her heart belonged somewhere far more extravagant than the farm. She wanted to be lascivious and risky; she needed an adrenaline and, quite frankly, a source of conversation. Life where she had come from was exhaustingly repetitive.

If she had had any qualms about leaving her family, they quickly dissipated as she padded down the boardwalk. The colorful houses almost overwhelmed her to look at; hues of colors she didn't even know existed reached out and engulfed her. The unfamiliar smells inundated her senses as she put one paw in front of the other at an almost agonizingly slow pace, caught up in the wonderous unfamiliarity of everything. Somebody could have reached out and grabbed her tail and she wouldn't have even noticed, being on such a high from the rush of adrenaline that this place gave her.

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acacia katherine montgomery

From where she'd come from, there had been several felines running around but they had had their own private cat affairs that the farmdogs had left alone. Having grown up with nobody to learn from other than her own family, Acacia had assumed that species normally kept to their own kind. Thus, the Shepherd's surprise was even more proliferated when Ilijas' words tugged her out of her stupor.

Acacia hastily swivelled to face the bengal, cocking her head ever so slightly with interest. Her blue optics were brimming with curiosity as she regarded the Sunhavener. She had never seen such an exotic looking feline before. The dark bengal markings that crawled over his silvery pelt were rich and elegant. Acacia had never known that something so monochromatic could hold such an extravagant air. "Hi," she spoke in a confident voice, hoping she didn't appear too thrown off. Any one of her brothers or sisters would have been immediately struck speechless by this breathtaking character, but that's why she was the one who was here and they were still back home with the sheep. The canine shifted into an easy stance, her lithe neck straightening so she was her full height.

"No, I'm not from around here. I kinda wish I was -- it's so beautiful. Are you?" She blinked at him, her gaze unwavering as she continued to drink in his appearance. Acacia could have stood there all day, observing the Sunhavener just as she had done the colorful houses in the beach town, except her attention was suddenly seized by a rubbery tap on her flank. She swerved around to face a creature that she had never seen the likes of before.

She struggled to regain her composure but it was quite likely that she hadn't been able to hide the flash of awe that twisted her features for a heartbeat. His words were kind, but she had never heard an accent like his before. It was a sensory overload. So many unfamiliar sights and sounds inundated her brain and she had to sit down to comprehend it. The creature in front of her definitely resembled a cat, and was gray, sort of like Ilijas, but that was where the resemblance ended. The farm dog had never seen a normal aquatic creature before, much less a mutated one. She was taken aback, yes, but at the same time secretly exhilarated. This was why she had left. This was what she was looking for.

[b]"Oh, shoot, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that I was trespassing." Did this mean that each of the colorful abodes that lined the boardwalk was occupied by some creature? This was their.. territory. It suddenly hit her that the cat-fish had spoken a word that she had never heard before. [b]"Sunhaven..." she spoke aloud, satisfaction coursing through her as the word passed her tongue.  She tried to avoid looking at his numerous teeth, which were very sharp, instead focusing on the black pupils that slashed through the male's pearly eyes. [b]"What is that? Is that where I am?" Where there more creatures like him out here? Even while she spoke her heartbeat quickened as she noticed two more felines wordlessly joining the group. They all carried themselves with an air of purpose. It was amazing; exactly what she had come for.

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