GOODBYE TO A WORLD --- open, joiner

[coldblue]

no stranger to the danger

COLDBLUE "BLUE" ROUX — MALE — THE TYPHOON — BETTA — MEDIUM

no person can stand to stay in the nursery with goldie and guru for very long without losing their sanity. it did not take coldblue very long to learn this of his mother and his sister. his mother has a...unique personality which makes her hard to stomach. he doesn't have to be an adult to recognize guru's disinterest in his existence. and his sister? well she's his sister. sisters are annoying. that is why the young male escaped at the first opportunity, choosing the dangerous freedom of the outside world over the slow road to insanity which awaited him with his family.

small paws guide lean limbs over and around obstacles as he sneaks from the family home. blue is young, so he has yet to master the art of sneaking, but for a kid he is oddly graceful; a born predator. he wonders which parents he inherited that skill from. guru or pincher? perhaps both. what blue does know is that he looks more like his father. the pale grey pelt with soft, fawn brown rosettes and piercing blue eyes for which he was named is a decidedly pincher-inspired appearance. nothing like guru's sleek, brown-ticked pelt.

the boy pokes around camp for a bit, only to find himself drawn to the allure of the world beyond. he has heard the older animals talk about the railroad gate, though he never got the opportunity to explore it himself. blue does not think anyone has noticed his absence yet, so he decides to take the risk. he takes cover in the shadows, light dappling through the leaves of the bushes like a hundred different spotlights upon his beautiful pale grey fur and soft brown rosettes. big blue eyes gleam with an unreadable emotion--unrealistically perfect, almost like a doll's.

drawn to the heavily accented voice at the border, blue approaches as quietly as he can manage. he observes the situation with subdued curiosity. compared to the hulking size of lucifer, séamus and keona might as well be ants. and although coldblue stands taller than the pair of rusty spotted cats, the young boy is no different. "you are very small," states the savannah kitten matter-of-factly as he peers at the stranger. actually, all of them are strangers, but blue is pretending like he is familiar with everyone since he is the captain's son.

his words are not intended to be rude, blue is still at the age where he has not yet learned that some things should not be said even if it isn't exactly bad. "my name is coldblue roux. who're you?" and apparently he also speaks in verse.

#psychosocial.