Afternoon catnap (Open)

[Calmay]

It was a warm afternoon with a gentle breeze that was flowing from the north. The sun was out but occasionally it was covered by clouds. The sound of the river can be heard around the area. In one particular location slightly west of the river lay a cat. However this was no normal cat this cat was wearing a scarf and and small band on its left arm. It was crawled up in a ball and sleeping. It had been there for a while and at first glance it looked dead but upon closer inspection one could see that it was breathing.

The cat sleeping there was Silvio. He had gone exploring because he was bored. He had gotten lost but he did not care much about it one bit. The problem occurred was when he encountered the river. He was fine getting lost and even being hungry, but he could not stand water. Other liquids were fine, but water just scared him. He had walked up the river hoping to find a bridge to cross it. After some time he found a flower patch and decided to rest a little bit. He lay down and before he knew it the warmth of the sun caused him to fall asleep. Of course Silvio did not mind taking a nap. He had no where to return to so it did not mater.

[Jezbel]

Jez walked along the river without a care in the world, she had just caught a rabbit earlier and cooked it. Now it's remains where resting in her pack, rapped in a few stripps of cloth. Smiling she saw a small flower patch, walking a bit closer she saw a cat. Do to her animal side she new the cat wasn't dead. 'Good for the cat,' she thought. She had never tried cat, but if it didn't have a tag or owner near by she wouldn't have objected to trying it. Walking a bit closer she crouched down, and rested her hand on her kness.

She picked a flower she didn't know and started taking off the petals. She then quietly, so not to startle the cat, said, "You know you shouldn't sleep out in the open like that. People could think you were dead, and then you might be." She had finished this flower and picked an other. This one had less petals and was a dark purple, an Iris, she thought. Although her hands picked near the tips of her boots, just incase the cat turned on her.

[Calmay]

Silvio purred in his sleep, a rare event for him while he slept. But that might be that lately he had been sleeping in his human form. He did not even notice that there was someone approaching him. He would not have noticed that there was some one there if they had not spoken. He quickly got up and hissed at the girl. The mark on his forehead glowed slightly as he growled. He stood there ready to attack, but he did not change to his human form. It was too much of a hassle.

He looked at her keeping a defensive pose took in her scent. He watched he pick he petal off of the flower. He did not like people that harmed flowers. He then picked up the scent of rabbit and his stomach growled. He was hungry but not going to admit it. he could hunt his own prey. He was not going to ask for food. He had too much pride.

[Jezbel]

Jez jumped slightly at this cats hiss, she dropped the flower and grabbed a knife from her boots, holding up. She watched as his forehead glowed. "Demon." She whispered, not calling the cat a demon just the mark. She'd been around enough to know what one looked like. She glanced at her knife and set it down slowly. Not showing she had its mate in her other boot.

She sat on her knees and looked at the cat. "I'm not going to hurt you. I was just warning you." She looked at the cat and showed a small smile, "Would you care to join me for a bite to eat?" She twisted around and pulled off her bag, keeping one eye on the cat. Pulling out the rabbit she said, "It's really good, cooked it earlier." She pulled a bit off and tossed it to the cat. "Don't worry, I won’t charge you for it, so long as you don't attack me." She winked, but there was a serious undertone.

[Calmay]

Silvio looked at Jez suspiciously, he did not like that word around him. It just reminded him what had been done to him. He looked at the knife and then at Jez again. He did not trust her, she did not smell like other humans did. He did not trust other beings. However he moved towards the rabbit that she had tossed towards him. He looked at it and sniffed it. He did not smell any poison on it which was a good sign. He picked it up and dragged it away from her. He wanted to stay out of her arm length. He put it down and then took a bite out of it. It tasted good.

He sat down and then took his human form and grabbed the rabbit on the ground and scarfed it down without a second thought. He looked at Jez. "Thank you." He then started to like his hands trying to get the taste of the rabbit from his hands. His tail swished in satisfaction. He kept one eye on Jez in case she decided to attack him. But he could not help but slightly like her just because she gave him food.

[Jezbel]

She was glad that the cat took the food and even surprised when he shifted. Tilting her head a bit she looked at him and said, "I hadn't realized you were a shifter like me. What can i call you?" Watched him lick his paws and tale swish. She felt the slightest bit more comfortable around him now, knowing he was like herself.

Jez thought about her own form and realized she hadn't shifted for a few days. She always liked being a panther more then her human self. It was faster, a bit stronger, and definitely more intimidating. She pulled a bit of rabbit for herself and nibbled on it. Putting the rest down and rapping it loosely. She looked back up to him and sat quietly unaware that her stance had eased ever so slightly.

[Calmay]

Silvio looked at Jez when she said he was a shifter. He had no idea what a shifter was. He just knew that he was a cat that was cursed by a demon. He looked at her and smiled ar Jez. "I'm no shifter. I'm a cat." He wiped his hands on his clothes when he was done licking them to dry them. He noticed that Jez had relaxed slightly. He looked at her and smiled.

"My owner called me Silvio." He the started to stretch out and lay down and looked at Jez. He wanted to be petted by her but held himself back. He was a lot more relaxed now that Jez had started to relax as well.

[Jezbel]

She looked at him with a questioning look about her, "What do you mean? You can turn from a human to a cat. So that means you're a shifter." She was quite confused and it got worse as he said, 'owner'. "Wait, I'm confused can you explain it to me? You don't have to." She knew not to press issues of the past. After all she doesn't like to talk about her own past.

She looked down at him surprised once again. He was lying down, well only a few minutes ago he had been hissing at her. 'He's not like anyone I've ever met before.' This was the fun part of traveling meeting people that you never would have dreamed up.

[Calmay]

Silvio looked at Jez confused. He had said that he was a cat. Was it hard to understand? He loked at her and smiled while lifting th hair on his forehead revealing a paler version of the mark that he had when he was a cat. "I'm a cat. This thing makes me human. Its owner did this to me and made me part human." He would have use the word cursed if he knew that it was such. However, the demon never explained it to him. However such details did not bother Silvio he just liked to travel and have fun.

He looked at Jez. "What is your name?" He had not herd her name yet and he was getting curious to about it. It was one of the nice parts of being human. He could speak human languages. That was something he could not do when he was just a cat. Though it had taken a long time to learn how to speak it and he was not good at it.

[Jezbel]

Jez sat for a minute thinking. "I get it. So the owner made you part human, but you were a cat." She nodded understanding. She didn't say demon since he didn't, 'He must not like the word,' she thought. Switching so that she was cross legged she said, "My name’s Jezbel, but you can call me Jez. No one’s called me Jezbel since-" She broke off suddenly and looked down, afraid the tears that where threatening would over flow.

She was remembering what she was trying so desperately to forget. The one thing that scared her more than anything in the world, just a mere memory. A night so many years ago. Pain long since suffered. Her body shook slightly. She took a few short breaths trying to calm herself. Slowly she did.

Regaining her composer she smiled and said, "It's nice to meet you. Anymore rabbit?" She wouldn't look at him but just above his head.

[Calmay]

Silvio looked at Jez as she spoke. He noticed that she was about to cry. Something mus have happened to her to make her sad. He crawled over to her and lay down beside her. He would have become a cat but he could not talk then. instead he just placed his head by her lap and purred. It was what he did with his owner when she was sad so long ago. It seemed to help her so many times in the past. Maybe it would help her.

"No. I don't need any more." He was still hungry but he was not going to ask her for any more. "It's okay to cry if you are sad."

[Jezbel]

Jez was shocked by Silvio. 'He's been doing that a lot today.' She looked down at him, and slowly smiled. "But it's not. That would mean they would win, and that can't happen." She said quietly. "I bet your owner loved you," She found herself saying, "You're helping a complete stranger. And not many people would do that." She smiled, a real smile something she hadn't done in such a long time.

She was glad that she had Silvio here; he helped her, even if he didn't realize it. It was good for her to talk about it with someone, even if it was a complete stranger. Jez felt like she could trust him.

"You know I've been traveling for years now. And I don't think I've ever talked about what happened. It was so long ago, I didn't think it had mattered anymore. I had changed, well at least I had thought. But I guess I’m still that sad little girl."

[Calmay]

Silvio looked at her and smiled. He did not get why she was not willing to cry. H thought it was normal to cry when one was sad. "She liked me until the thing came. But she liked this and you do not smell dangerous. You should not be sad, you look better smiling." His tail started to wave back and forth.

He did not know why he was sad, but he would stay there as long as she needed him to lay beside her. It was what was normal for him even if she thought it was strange. After all he was a cat and he still did not understand what humans thought was normal. He just acted on his desires.

[Jezbel]

Jez smiled once more and said, "Well, I'm glad you're not afraid of me." But to herself she thought, 'But how could she not? He's so wonderful and caring.' She felt a pang of anger at his owner and the demon, but it was also mixed with sadness. She looked down at him and watched his tale go back and forth.

Just acting on a limb she ran her fingers through his hair, almost a pet. She absently did it again. Today didn't turn out how she expected at all, but it had a turn for the better. She grabbed a few loose strands of hair and re-did her pony tail. Looking off across the patch of flowers, "What’s your favorite flower?" She asked looking down at Silvio.

[Calmay]

Silvio purred as Jez ran her finger through his hair. He liked being petted and stroked. He could not help it, it was part of what he was. No matter how much time he spent as a human he could not shake off he true nature. He closed his eyes and continued to purr. He wanted her to continue stroking through his hair. Of course he had forgotten again that he could talk. It something he forgot when he was enjoying himself or when he was in danger.

His thoughts were brought back when he heard Jez ask him a question. "Butterfly orchids. You can extract strong smell from them and put them in perfumes and other items to make the smell." He was not going to say that he dealt with poisons to earn money. It would only make the conversation take a negative turn.