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12-25-2014, 05:49 PM
No, I don't particularly like the idea of being on a floating island. Of course I've seen it, floating high in the sky. But that doesn't mean I've had any interest in being on it. That being said... Curiosity killed the cat. After watching so many venturing up to the island, I've found myself wandering toward the veins where those wingless souls may travel up into the clouds. The lack of solid footing as I move upward toward the floating land is nerve-wracking, and my hairs stand on end with my teeth bared as I go higher in altitude. After what seems like AGES, the cloud form deposits me onto the island, and though I know I'm no longer attached to the earth, the appearance that I am comforts me. I dig my claws into the soil, clinging to it as if it might suddenly disappear. No, I don't like this flying through the sky thing. If I was meant to fly I'd be given wings.
But here I am, and I suppose I need to accept that this is as good as it is going to get. I move forward, one step at a time, following what appears to be a crowd that is heading toward a large tree, raising high in the skyline. I follow them silently, not bothering to greet those I know or don't know. I stay out of the way, not wanting to become a new toy to giggle and point at, as there are many here who I don't know still. (Not that I mind that.) I see a turtle - the Earth Turtle, I hear? - beneath the large pine that is decorated with baubles and bells. Is this... a celebration? I've never heard of this winter celebration, but then I have never been part of any celebration. Zima and I rarely even celebrated birthdays. We didn't have parents to encourage any felicity. I sneak up toward the tree, and toward the Earth Turtle to delicately sniff his shell. "Hello, Wise One." Perhaps it is the presence of a creature endowed with such magical spirit, but I feel my soul comforted, and I lie down in the shadow and purr softly. Right now, I am no predator, but a furry feline who likes a bit of love just as anyone else. "Speech." WC: 386 Awww, cute Saffron! Merry Christmas from Silk, Saffron, Andromeda, Arvakl, Rostislav, (and Tempe)! SAFFRON |
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*You may do anything you wish with Saffron excluding dismemberment and death.
