08-21-2018, 06:23 PM
[align=center][div style="text-align: justify; width: 60%; font-size: 11pt;"][font=georgial]The fox. It was a cunning and wily creature, and this particular vulpine had no clue what he was doing so deep into clan territory. At first, it'd been a self-inflicted dare to see how far he could push himself without getting caught, but Duke had managed to get deeper and deeper without anyone batting an eye. It made relative sense, the russet coloured creature absolutely reeked of the ocean, and keeping to low cut foliage meant that his presence wasn't totally out of the ordinary. The game had been rather fun and simple, all up until Sunhaven's town entered his vision, then it turned into a quest. Empty market stands filled to the brim with foods and accessories that could make him look like some badass pirate... it was too good to be true! A stomach growling had been enough to set the fox too deep to turn back now. Through sheer god damn luck this time he was still undetected, that, and because it looked like some random guy was having a meet and greet out in the open. The sight caused him to smirk, intrigued at the unintentional collaboration between complete and utter strangers, Duke would have to give him a gift basket of gratitude later or something.
Ankles gazing against the floor with how low he was sinking, Duke's sudden lightheadedness made him realise that he wasn't breathing properly. He was holding it, as if exhaling was gonna attract the attention of the Great Gods that watched over this place. Aladdin would've played out a whole lot differently if the street beggar had gotten smited down, if the fox was desperate enough to steal food he at least wanted a good story to be made out of it! Then again, normally he'd target loners, here he was a little fish swimming in a pool full of sharks, at least there was no blood to be sniffed out yet. Carefully he breathed out a hitched breath, tail lashing as the adrenaline kicked in once more. Currently behind a stall, he heard the voices of many strangers, only separated by some thin pieces of wood and cloth. Duke's nose wrinkled as it became clear that this was a fishmonger or something along those lines and it was a disappointment that he couldn't help but grumble at. Fish here, fish there, even if he wasn't in the right place to be a chooser, he would've thought these clan types would've found some variety somewhere. "Ah crap!" the male suddenly yelped out in surprise as a pain shot up through his tail, turning his head to see what was up.
A crab... a freakin' crab... had decided that it wanted to pinch his precious fluffy baby. "Get off," he hissed quietly to the bugger as he lashed his tail about, but this crustacean was a stubborn thing. In his panic to get the scarlet devil off of his bushy appendage, Duke bumped into the leg of the stand, the hard 'clunk' sound being followed with a fish net and its deceased contents falling on top of him. An ebony paw pushed right through one of the holes when it stuck to his form, but the other limbs scrambled about hopelessly. Heartbeat roaring in his ears, sure that his antics had attracted some attention by now, the vulpine started cursing repeatedly under his breath. Movements slowed down drastically from his initial panic, as if scared to move a muscle in case Zeus had a thunderbolt with his name on it. Instead, Duke lay there, blue eyes squeezed shut with his head and ears perked towards civilisation. Blanketed by sea bass, it seemed that the best thing to do at this point in time was to play dead, and that was exactly what he did. Please be deaf, please be deaf. You gotta be deaf right?
Ankles gazing against the floor with how low he was sinking, Duke's sudden lightheadedness made him realise that he wasn't breathing properly. He was holding it, as if exhaling was gonna attract the attention of the Great Gods that watched over this place. Aladdin would've played out a whole lot differently if the street beggar had gotten smited down, if the fox was desperate enough to steal food he at least wanted a good story to be made out of it! Then again, normally he'd target loners, here he was a little fish swimming in a pool full of sharks, at least there was no blood to be sniffed out yet. Carefully he breathed out a hitched breath, tail lashing as the adrenaline kicked in once more. Currently behind a stall, he heard the voices of many strangers, only separated by some thin pieces of wood and cloth. Duke's nose wrinkled as it became clear that this was a fishmonger or something along those lines and it was a disappointment that he couldn't help but grumble at. Fish here, fish there, even if he wasn't in the right place to be a chooser, he would've thought these clan types would've found some variety somewhere. "Ah crap!" the male suddenly yelped out in surprise as a pain shot up through his tail, turning his head to see what was up.
A crab... a freakin' crab... had decided that it wanted to pinch his precious fluffy baby. "Get off," he hissed quietly to the bugger as he lashed his tail about, but this crustacean was a stubborn thing. In his panic to get the scarlet devil off of his bushy appendage, Duke bumped into the leg of the stand, the hard 'clunk' sound being followed with a fish net and its deceased contents falling on top of him. An ebony paw pushed right through one of the holes when it stuck to his form, but the other limbs scrambled about hopelessly. Heartbeat roaring in his ears, sure that his antics had attracted some attention by now, the vulpine started cursing repeatedly under his breath. Movements slowed down drastically from his initial panic, as if scared to move a muscle in case Zeus had a thunderbolt with his name on it. Instead, Duke lay there, blue eyes squeezed shut with his head and ears perked towards civilisation. Blanketed by sea bass, it seemed that the best thing to do at this point in time was to play dead, and that was exactly what he did. Please be deaf, please be deaf. You gotta be deaf right?
JUST GOTTA KEEP MOVING FORWARDS .
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