04-01-2021, 11:17 PM
~ ☼ Giving a quick glance around herself, Onyx felt relief wash over her when she saw that nobody was following her at the moment. She knew it might not have been a good move, to check every minute, in fact it probably just made her look more suspicious on her way here every time, but it needed to be done! No one could follow her, no one could discover the location of her candy stash, because she knew the moment that anyone found it, Winter was going to find out, and when he found out he would probably try and take it from her, for 'her own good'. She was just fine, there was nothing wrong with the amount of candy she ate, in fact she regulated just how much she took from her stash every week! Ok, so maybe some days she went back and just ate what she wanted instead of sticking to her allotted candy of the week, but she didn't do it super often!
Regardless, her stash was a secret for a reason, no one, not even Swords, knew just where it was, even if she did share some with him on occasion! It was hidden well too, a good distance down the beach by the tree-line, in a bag, buried under a bit of sand, sure if someone got close enough they might be able to catch a bit of a scent, but she doubted many had as good a sense of smell as she did. Finally close enough to start making out the spot where her stash was, the haziness of her sight that came with distance clearing away, she saw something that absolutely shook her to her core. The sand was disturbed, right over the spot where she knew her stash was, a few feet away from the tree with that one weird, twisted branch. Rushing over, her paws dug quickly into the sand, digging away at the grains, hoping to find something below, only to be met with nothing, it wasn't here, her bag was gone!
Head snapping up towards the tree-line, her tongue flicked out rapidly, trying to catch a scent, something that could give her a clue as to just what had happened here, rage sparking to life in her eyes. It was all too easy, to pick up on the sweet scent, with how close it was, but the dead giveaway was the soft noises she heard just beyond a brush patch further inland. Paws pounded upon the sand as she ran for the brush, barreling straight through the obstacle and to the other side, eyes scanning across the now grassy ground for a moment before landing right on the source of the noise. A group of raccoons, three of them, all gathered around a black bag, a very, very familiar bag, with various wrappers and plastic strewn all over the ground around it, their dirty, grubby little paws full of her candy. "That's my stuff, you filthy trash pandas!!" she shouted, letting out a deep, half-hissed growl as she rushed for the thieves, all of them turning tail and running, and one, in particular, taking her bag with it. Unfortunately, weighed down as it was, it didn't get very far.
Diving forward, her paws found purchase on the raccoon's hindquarters, her jaw shooting forward to clamp down onto his leg, sinking her fangs straight into his thigh. The creature let out a screech, turning around to give her a bite of its own, and attempt the was quickly foiled when she unclamped her jaw and leapt away, giving her enough distance to escape retaliation. Her baleful eyes watched as her enemy hissed, slowly backing away from her, bag now left forgotten on the forest floor as the two had a stand-off. A drawn out hiss of her own was pulled from her, as she watched, ready for any sudden movements, for whatever would come next, and what did...it wasn't what she was expecting. It didn't jump at her, like she had expected, in fact it even stopped hissing...and started making some sounds that couldn't be anything but cries of pain instead. It turned to gaze at its hindleg, batting furiously at it with its paws, stumbling to the side and...and was it just her, or was it leaning heavily on one side?
Onyx watched, rage forgotten for confusion as she watched the thief fuss over its leg for a few more seconds, before taking another step backwards...and collapsing to the ground. The more she watched, the more she noticed that its hindlegs didn't seem to be working right, once was entirely still, and the other only twitched occasionally. It was...kind of scary, actually, the way its front legs followed as minutes ticked by, all while it gave out those cries, until finally it was still, save for the movement of its chest that indicated it was still breathing, and those wide, panicked eyes. "I...w-what? What the hell just happened?" she muttered to herself, taking a step closer to the nearly motionless creature, watching in equal parts confusion and morbid curiosity as it continued its cries, entirely immobilized
[tldr: Some raccoons stole Onyx's candy stash, she caught and bit one of them in the escape, and now it's paralyzed on its side, crying out in pain, and she is beyond confused]
Regardless, her stash was a secret for a reason, no one, not even Swords, knew just where it was, even if she did share some with him on occasion! It was hidden well too, a good distance down the beach by the tree-line, in a bag, buried under a bit of sand, sure if someone got close enough they might be able to catch a bit of a scent, but she doubted many had as good a sense of smell as she did. Finally close enough to start making out the spot where her stash was, the haziness of her sight that came with distance clearing away, she saw something that absolutely shook her to her core. The sand was disturbed, right over the spot where she knew her stash was, a few feet away from the tree with that one weird, twisted branch. Rushing over, her paws dug quickly into the sand, digging away at the grains, hoping to find something below, only to be met with nothing, it wasn't here, her bag was gone!
Head snapping up towards the tree-line, her tongue flicked out rapidly, trying to catch a scent, something that could give her a clue as to just what had happened here, rage sparking to life in her eyes. It was all too easy, to pick up on the sweet scent, with how close it was, but the dead giveaway was the soft noises she heard just beyond a brush patch further inland. Paws pounded upon the sand as she ran for the brush, barreling straight through the obstacle and to the other side, eyes scanning across the now grassy ground for a moment before landing right on the source of the noise. A group of raccoons, three of them, all gathered around a black bag, a very, very familiar bag, with various wrappers and plastic strewn all over the ground around it, their dirty, grubby little paws full of her candy. "That's my stuff, you filthy trash pandas!!" she shouted, letting out a deep, half-hissed growl as she rushed for the thieves, all of them turning tail and running, and one, in particular, taking her bag with it. Unfortunately, weighed down as it was, it didn't get very far.
Diving forward, her paws found purchase on the raccoon's hindquarters, her jaw shooting forward to clamp down onto his leg, sinking her fangs straight into his thigh. The creature let out a screech, turning around to give her a bite of its own, and attempt the was quickly foiled when she unclamped her jaw and leapt away, giving her enough distance to escape retaliation. Her baleful eyes watched as her enemy hissed, slowly backing away from her, bag now left forgotten on the forest floor as the two had a stand-off. A drawn out hiss of her own was pulled from her, as she watched, ready for any sudden movements, for whatever would come next, and what did...it wasn't what she was expecting. It didn't jump at her, like she had expected, in fact it even stopped hissing...and started making some sounds that couldn't be anything but cries of pain instead. It turned to gaze at its hindleg, batting furiously at it with its paws, stumbling to the side and...and was it just her, or was it leaning heavily on one side?
Onyx watched, rage forgotten for confusion as she watched the thief fuss over its leg for a few more seconds, before taking another step backwards...and collapsing to the ground. The more she watched, the more she noticed that its hindlegs didn't seem to be working right, once was entirely still, and the other only twitched occasionally. It was...kind of scary, actually, the way its front legs followed as minutes ticked by, all while it gave out those cries, until finally it was still, save for the movement of its chest that indicated it was still breathing, and those wide, panicked eyes. "I...w-what? What the hell just happened?" she muttered to herself, taking a step closer to the nearly motionless creature, watching in equal parts confusion and morbid curiosity as it continued its cries, entirely immobilized
[tldr: Some raccoons stole Onyx's candy stash, she caught and bit one of them in the escape, and now it's paralyzed on its side, crying out in pain, and she is beyond confused]
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[align=center][font=georgia]Onyxpaw ✧ Palmclan Gladiator ✧ Tags ✧ Played by Machiro
