Two Weeks Before the Ball

[Exodusyria]

Arizona and Valentine

Ari yawned. “I would’ve slept better if my human hadn’t worked odd hours last night. She ‘s always late.” She linked arms with Cao. Sometimes she could just be plain annoying with her ‘ I’m perfect love me’ attitude but that was Cao. “ Good morning, Cassandra, “ Zona said to the regal , mysterious brown queen. She always admired the way the queen acted. Ari looked around and saw her half brother. Actually she didn’t care that he was only her half-brother. He was her whole brother as far as she cared. “ Vally, come over here.” Ari said.

His sisters voice startled Valentine. He looked over to see Zona standing with Strella, Cao, and Cassie. He hoped that Cao would one day get off her high horse. ‘Don’t think that will ever happen.’ he thought to himself as he walked over to where his sisters were standing. He came up behind Cao. “ Boo.” he whispered in her snowy ear.

[electricia]

ASTRELLA

Nodding at Cassandra Strella faked a grin at Coa's question: "Yeah, I slept very nice - 'til I activated one of my objects by accident!" Wrinkling her nose slightly embarrassed Astrella scratched her ears. She couldn't oversee the warm greeting Caoimhe offered to her sister but it wasn't a great problem to Aster; being honestly she didn't care: "Something new into the 'Human territory'?", the orangish tabby asked beaming before she turned head and attention around to Valentine, smiling widely: "Heya! Good morning!"


ELECTRA

With her eyes still sticking onto her sons Electra didn't realize Quaxo approaching until she got the peck. A bit surprised her ears jerked but she smiled when she nuzzled her less older brother: "Good morning, Quaxo. Yeah, I still take effort on a somewhat decent appearance", she joked and chuckled quietly; her best years were already over and Electra knew that. The times when she could impress the other toms by bounces and brawling were over ... the old memories made her giggle.

"Are you fine?" Asking in a rather passing tune Electra studied her tal partner with a suppressed concerned look; she really took great effort but it was the curse of being Gumbie Cat. That she worried often in general or just needed to hold everyone comfortable.

[Electra11]

NARCIUS

Narcius looked out at the yard, surprised to see quite a few little groups of colorful kitties alive and scratching. He smirked again, his version of a grin, and sauntered out into the yard. He paused for a moment, seeing Xochipilli. Should he go to her? Well, if he did...He should, he should be a good mate. He bit his lip, loosing some of his air of confidence. He sighed then slowly began making his way to Xo. No, he shouldn't sigh. He loved her. Well, less then he had done, but still he did. It was just these early morning chats that were so...awkward. Well, actually, most of their chats were awkward.

Mairisse and Asher (so that's where he was) were with Xo, Naricus noted happily. Things might not be as uncomfortable with two others around. He walked over to them, grinning at Callista as he passed. "Good morning, my love," he purred to Pelli, wrapping a paw around her waist. "Hey Ash, Mairi!" He smiled at the two.

GEORGE

George looked around himself, wondering if Rumpelteazer or Jemima were around. He was disappointed not to see them and hoped they'd come soon. Oh, well. Had to allow the ladies to do their primping. And they had longer trips than he did. He scanned the yard again. There was Teo with Sommer. Cenwig was near Callista. No sign of Henya.

Satisfied that he at least knew where most of his family was, he decided to join Quaxo and Electra who were talking together. He grinned as he approached them. "Morning you two! Mind if I join you?"

AVISAE

Avisae opened her eyes. She heard voices outside her den. She smiled, hoping one of her friends was up. They'd have to be. She pushed herself up and limped out of her den. She scanned the yard, happy to see so many Jellicles. She wanted to rush around and hug people, but...she glared down at her bandaged leg. Stupid thing...She wished she could actually walk. Normally. She shifted her weight onto her bad foot and winced. It was really painful this morning. She looked lonigngly at the socializing cats. Well, for now, they'd just have to come to her. Carefully, she settled herself back down to the ground, leaning against a cardboard box. Avi knew it was smart to look after herself, but it was so boring!

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HENYA

Henya laid curled up on her human's bed debating whether or not to get up. Jessie, her human, was still sleeping soundly, but the young, gray princess could not will herself to go back to sleep. Henya rolled over onto her paws and leapt out of the bed, heading for the family's kitchen where she quenched her thirst and hopped up on the table to sit on the newspaper the human tom was reading. After a quick scratch behind the ears Henya let him return to his reading as she left through her own little "cat door".

It was a lovely morning and the young cat arrived in the yard in no time at all. She even managed to practice a few dance steps on her way. She entered the yard, passing her older half-brother Cenwig, but she decided not to bug him since he seemed busy hunting. Among all the other cats she spied Avisae sitting down beside a cardboard box so Henya walked over to her.

"Mornin', Avi," she grinned.

CARBUCKETTY

Carbucketty walked through the junkyard still in a half asleep state. He'd slipped out of his human's home the other night and had been roaming around most of the night. The Junkyard would be a fine place to relax until he felt more like himself.

The black, brown, and white tom found one of the old chairs in the junkyard and crawled onto it. From his perch, Carby's blue eyes could survey the whole yard which was just fine by him. From this vantage point it'd be easy to spy anyone he might feel like pouncing on later. Though he was an adult, Carby still loved a good, playful pounce.

[Electra11]

AVISAE

Avi turned when she heard Henya and beamed. "Hiya, Hen," she said. She was so happy to have someone to talk to, someone to socialize with. "Oh, you just saved my life. I thought I'd have to sit alone for the entire morning. But that's beside the point. How're you this loverly morning?" She studied the silver queen for a moment, then glanced out at the toms in the Yard. Yes, Henya was on the young side for a mate, but that didn't mean Avi couldn't look around...

SILLABUB

Sillabub stepped out of the trunk of the car she shared with Coricopat and Tantomile. She looked around hopefully, wanting to see Carby or Misto. Were they...? No. She sighed and leaned back against the cold metal of her home. Oh, there was Sommer! Sillabub took a step towards her daughter, then stopped. No, she shouldn't disturb the socializing teenager. Much as she wanted to run to the golden-brown queen and pull her into a tight hug.

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CALLISTA

Callista noticed both Cenwig and Cao, batted her eyes, and gave them both a flirtatious grin. They were both gorgeous cats who caught her interest. Then Narcius passed by, giving her a smile. She returned the smile before returning her attention to Cade. She gracefully sat down next to him. He seemed to be questioning why she was here, so she gave him an answer. "Just wanted to have someone to talk to, and you looked like you could have used some company. But if you prefer your solitude, I understand."

ODYSSEUS

Ody looked at his father and gave him a smile. Yes, Munkustrap was getting old, but he was still a great leader nonetheless. "It isn't bad to be like grandfather. He was one of the best leaders, just like you," he said, nuzzling his father. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Cao looking at him. He grinned.

Bringing his attention back to his father,Ody said, "You know, father, I can take over watching the tribe for you. You seem like you need your rest."

DEMETER

Demeter's ears perked up and her eyes began to open at the sound of her soulmate's voice; it was the best thing to wake up to in the morning. Sitting up, she stretched, yawned, and smile at Bomba. "Good morning, Bomba dear," she greeted, nuzzling her mate on the cheek. She purred out of content, her eyes glistening. Being with her soulmate always made her feel young. "Did you sleep well?"

[Exodusyria]

Rumpleteazer

The orange tabby queen allowed her emerald green eyes to look over at her brother. He needed to wake up but right now it was quiet. She made up her mind. She jumped off the windowsill where she had been sort of asleep. She smoothed down her orange coat. She may be getting older but in her opinion she still looked good. She sighed. ‘Face it girl, you are getting old.’ she told herself. She shook the thought away and left the house. She went to the junkyard. She wondered if George was there. She walked up to the tunnel, went through it, and saw different groups of cats around the junkyard. But then she saw Electra, Quaxo, and her love, George. She went over to him. “ Hey love, where’s Cenwig?”

[lykaios]

HENYA

Henya grinned replying, "Always glad to be helpful." the grey princess sat down and wrapped her tail over her toes. "And I'm great. It's such a lovely morning." She turned her head up to the warm sunlight, taking in it's rays. She noticed the silvery Avisae look out across the yard at some of the young toms. Playfully, Henya purred, "Oh, what are you looking at?" She gave the other cat a sly grin.

CARBUCKETTY

Carby picked up his head as he saw Sillabub over by the car where she lived. Now, that was a friendly, and lovely, face he wouldn't mind talking to. With more energy he hopped from the chair.

"Morning, Silly-bub," the tom purred as he approached his mate. He tried to hide his tiredness with a smile.

CENWIG

The tom caught thw ink from Callista and felt a response coming, but the sound died in his throat so he just grinned. It was easier than trying to think of something to say since Cenwig was sure he'd sound rather silly.

He spied his mother enter the yard and caught the tail end of her question. "I'm right here," he smiled, once he was close enough to be heard. His tail flicked from side to side as he felt more comfortable. "Mornin', Mum. Mornin', Dad."

MUNGOJERRIE

The black and orange striped tom heard his sister get up and sat up on the window sill where the two had spent the night. He sat up feeling a few bones crack. "You're getting old, Jerrie," he sigh, streching and feeling more joints crack. "Or you could have just slept funny." The tom ran his fingers through his head fur until he could see that it wasn't sticking up funny in his reflection in the window. "You're a handsome devil, old or otherwise," Mungojerrie assured himself as he got down from the window sill and headed for the junkyard.

Once he arrived he spied his sister, but she was talking to george so he let her be. Finding a nice spot to sit the older tom found reprieve from the early morning sun under the shade of a piece of scrap metal.

[Msterope]

SOMMER

Smiling, reaching out with one paw and "testing" his biceps, Sommer did a full look over of Teodors. Sure, she was flirting a little. She was old enough to know when was the best time to stop.

"I suppose you'll do." She giggled with a little wink. But then she felt that tying pull mentally and she glanced over her shoulder. Seeing her mother, a bright smile crossed her face and she turned a little bit to wave at her. She knew how much her mother missed her and she knew her mother wanted a hug, but would wait for her to signal that she wasn't 'socializing'.

"Hi Mum!" Her attention was suddenly diverted when Cupio showed up and stroked her cheek. Nuzzling it gently, Sommer smiled warmly up at the attractive bohemian tom. Now here was a tom who knew how she wanted to be treated; like an adult! None of that babying crap you'd otherwise see... She couldn't help if she found him outraeously attractive to boot.

"Morning Cupio. How're you?" She purred in a sweet tone, her blue eyes slitted with pleasure of the events.

ADRIEL

Suddenly pounced upon, Adriel laughingly spun around and nuzzled his cheek against his mate's. Looking up at her fondly, he turned enough to capture a small kiss.

"Morning my lovely. How was your sleep?" Nuzzling her cheek and getting a lovey-dovey look in his big blue eyes, Adriel looked fondly at Dornaa. Oh she was such a beauty! Almost moreso than her sisters Callista and Velarcissa.

VELARCISSA

Speaking of that queen, the silver and scarlet tabby sauntered through the entrance of the yard, looking up towards where her father normally kept watch if he had a night shift to do. He was there, along with Odyssey. She raised her paw in a greeting to her father and moved on. Cissy had a good body and she flaunted it as she walked. Maybe it was that little extra cock she put in her hip, maybe it was the way she seemed to roll back her shoulders just enough to make it noticeable. Who knows? Her entire nature was sexual and she'd be d**ned if she didn't sell what she had.

Looking around for something interesting, she spotted Callista with Cade. Raising an eyebrow, one hackle started to raise. She'd always like Cade. In his own way, he was sexual; just more reserved. That would be more interesting than sitting and waiting for someone to come talk to her. Changing course, Velarcissa fluffed her longer mane into teasing her shoulders lightly as she walked up to Cade and her half-sister.

"Morning Cade, morning Callie. I trust you both slept well?" Putting a sweet smile on, Cissy fluttered her eyelashes and winked at Cade.

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CADE:[/b]

Cade eyed her thoughtfully, and didn't even seem bothered that she ignored him long enough to flirt with a couple others in the distance. Which most toms would probably be a little bit jealous, but not really having a romantic side, and knowing that Callista and him ever getting together was highly unlikely, he simply took her flirting and her personality in stride. Once her attention was back on him, he shrugged. Placing a paw on her cheek, he drew her closer to him. He was not flirting, well he didn't see it that way. "Well if you have something more interesting to do, I'm open for suggestions-." Slowly, he moved his head seeing Cissy there. And was she winking at him? His paw slowly dropped and he gave the silver queen a nod. "Velarcissa. Mornin'."

ILLUMINA:[/b]

Min dashed down the streets, heading towards the junkyard. She was in such a good mood, and if she were honest with herself she wanted to see her family and catch up with her friends. Plus, with the ball approaching so quickly. Well, it couldn't hurt to see if there were any interested individuals. Though she was the type that didn't NEED a date to the ball, she hadn't had one the past few balls, and going with a friend or friends didn't really count. She scrubbed a paw through her hair, trying to get any of the dogs fur out of it. She was found of the pup, but it shed like crazy. Running quickly into the junkyard, she awkwardly collided with Teazer's shoulder, and fell backwards. Looking up from the ground, she saw her mother there, and her apologetic face turned to one full of joy. "Oh, MOM! Sorry about that."

JEMIMA:[/b]

Walking in, Jemima gazed around the yard. She had woken up in her humans house quite early just so she could be here to see everyone wake up. Perhaps talk to some of her wandering children. Help Electra in the infirmary. Upon arriving, she saw only Mairisse, Valentine, and Henya occupied. Electra was also engage in conversation. Spotting Mungojerrie alone, her ears twitched on top of her head. The two weren't incredibly close, but Jemima liked to think she was somewhat friends with all the ones of her generation. "This spot taken?" Jemima grinned, walking up to Jerrie. She would visit with her mates when she saw them next, and she wasn't about to cut in on her children's time. Least, not yet.

TEODORS:[/b]

He grinned, despite the pinching of his biceps. He licked at his bottom lip, the small part that was black. Before he could say anymore to Sommer, Cupio was suddenly there. He gazed at the tom wondering if the tom had suddenly came up with a gizmo to teleport him directly there. How cool would that be? Which it didn't matter, Teodors still instantly had a arm around the toms shoulders, pulling him in for a hug. "Cupio! Buddy!" He pulled away from the hug slightly, to look Cupio in the face. "What's new?!"

XOCHIPILLI:[/b]

Xo smiled at her friend Mairisse, and waved to her. "Hey..." Though she tensed slightly when she saw Narcius coming around. The very thing she wanted to avoid so early in the morning. Why the mornings were especially bad, but they were. They were always the most awkward. Still, they were mates, and for whatever reasons for becoming mates, it was simply logical to show your mate some attention. Smiling at Narcius, she pecked him on the cheek. "Good morning."

[Cayran]

(CAOIMHE AND CASSANDRA)

“Yes, humans can be bothersome at times. I sympathize dear sister…” Cao cooed, pursing her lips and fluffing her mane. Then Valentine joined them…

“Vally darling!” Cao squealed, reaching out with her free hand to squeeze her younger brother’s cheek. She knew her antics annoyed him to some extent, but she didn’t care. Val was her little baby brother, no matter how big he got. Leaning forward, she planted sisterly kiss on his cheek before pulling away to grin and Arizona. “You look adorable this morning, doesn’t he Zona.” Cao said, eyeing Val over. She was pleased that he actually took time to make himself look presentable this morning. Any child of the Rum Tum Tugger needed to look good, and it absolutely annoyed her to no end when one of her siblings just didn’t care.

As her eyes left her little brother, she was quick to notice Ody smiling at her. A faint pink blush rose to the white queen’s cheeks, and as she directed her attention once more to the group she was currently occupied with, she winked at him. Ody was far to handsome for her to ever ignore, and so, she was eating this up.

Cassandra continued to try and ignore the interactions between her son and Caoimhe. Cao was a sweet girl, at least she had always been kind to her, however Cao wasn’t exactly what she pictured her son with though. Oh well. Looking at Stella, Cassie smiled and sat up. “Nope, nothing at all my dear. Humans are humans. How is your mother and father fairing Aster darling? Well I hope.”

(CUPIO)

Cupio couldn’t help but chuckle brightly as Teo hugged him, and he graciously returned the hug, ruffling his friend’s head fur playfully in the process. “I’m doing well, and up to nothing much really. I have been working on a night light of sorts, however, for some reason, it isn’t wanting to work. Oh well though. Finding breakfast?” He asked, slinging his free arm around Sommer’s shoulders. “Mind if I join you?” Cupio didn’t want to bore them with talk of his failed inventions, and so, he quickly tried to change the conversation. A successful invention was another thing.

Speaking of inventions, he still hadn’t created anything pretty for Sommer yet. Most queens in the junkyard had a “gift” from Cupio, however Sommer had yet to receive one. Well now, he would just have to work on fixing that, wouldn’t he.

(QUAXO)

Nuzzling his sister in return, Quaxo clasped his hands together and placed them between his knees. The tux shrugged his shoulders before his brown eyes drifted Electra’s way, smirking. “I’m doing fine I suppose. I’m not as young as I use to be Leccy, and a couple of my joints are beginning to ache. I suppose that comes with age, right?” He asked, tilting his head slightly. Quaxo hated to admit it, but it would be only a few more years until the heavyside claimed him. He wasn’t a bouncy kitten anymore, and now he was beginning to realize that.

As George approached, Quaxo snapped back into reality and smiled at his friend. “Morning George! And of course, pop a squat.” Chuckling, the black tom elbowed his friend before motioning to Electra. “We were just…excuse me. *I* was just talking about how old we are getting.” The Teazer popped up. Ah Teazer. His trickster of a mate. “Morning Teazer…” he purred, nodding his head towards the tiger queen.

[Exodusyria]

Rumpleteazer

Teazer looked at her son.” Sleep good?” She felt something collide with her and she almost fell down but she grabbed George’s shoulder and steadied herself. When she looked on the ground she saw her daughter. She fought back the urge to laugh and she helped Illumina up. “ Good morning to you, Min How are you?”



Exotica

Xottie nuzzled Bill in her sleep. She could hear the junkyard was awake. She needed to get up but she didn’t want to. She loved the peace of their den. She sighed. She opened her blue eyes. Sure enough he was still out. He worked so hard at the train station. She was proud of him just like she was proud of Azrael. She wondered where her son was this morning. She finally untangled herself form Bill’s arms. After straitening up, she left their den and went out into the junkyard

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CALLISTA

A flirtatious grin spread across her face as Cade placed his paw on her cheek. Noticing her half-sister, Velarcissa, she nodded and said, "Morning Cissa. I did sleep well, in fact. I hope you did as well, " then began to play with the fluff on Cade's shoulder. She scooted a little closer to him. The young queen leaned into his ear and whispered, "I was thinking that maybe we could escape this junkyard, go out on the town, and cause a little trouble," hoping that her half-sister wouldn't hear what she was saying to the tom.

[Electra11]

SILLABUB

Feeling like she was a teenager again, Silla ran and threw her arms around her mate. "Carby!" She said in his ear. She pulled back to look at him. "You look tired, love," she observed. She heard a voice behind her say 'Hi, Mum!' and she turned. Sillabub beamed when she saw that it was Sommer speaking to her. She waved happily to her daughter. "Morning, darling!" She called back before leaning her head into Carbucketty's shoulder. "Oh, she's so pretty..." She smiled as she watched Sommer drift back to Cupio. He was a good looking tom, sweet. She hoped that Sommer wouldn't get in over her head with anyone. She knew what had happened with Xochipilli.

GEORGE

George grinned back at Quaxo, until he mentioned growing old. He frowned. "Heaviside, that's not something I like to think about in the morning. You shouldn't worry, I'm a year older then year." George shuddered and looked around for something to distract himself. Ah, here was a lovely little thief. "Morning, hon." George gave Rumpelteazer a crooked grin and wrapped an arm around her waist. He kissed her neck. "My baby boy? Erm..." George looked behind himself, only to see Cenwig actually standing there. "Oh, there he is." George laughed. "Wow, everyone seems to be turning up. Morning, Mina." He winked at the young queen, feeling like he was caught up in a whirlwind with everyone appearing at once.

AVISAE

"Nothing for me," Avi replied with a grin, prodding Henya playfully. She laughed merrily and then clapped a paw to her moht. "Oh wow! We only have two weeks until the ball, don't we? How could I have forgotten?" Avis scolded herself. She needed to get busy, otherwise there wouldn't be many couples attending. (Obviously the toms and queens in the Yard couldn't work out their love lives without any help.) "Sooo...Are you hoping to find a date for it or are you going solo?"

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CENWIG

"Yeah, pretty good," the young tom nodded, scratching and ear absent mindedly. The idea of going back to sleep still seemed like a tempting prospect but Cenwig knew he should waste his day sleeping. He knew that if Hallandor found out he'd probably never hear the end of it. He jumped slightly as Illumina came "crashing" in. Wiggy looked down at her and couldn't help but shake his head good naturedly. Ah, Illumina, never adull moment. "Mornin' to you too," Cenwig laughed as he extended a paw to help his half-sister up. "I thinks it's bit early for all the running around though."

MUNGOJERRIE

Mungo's ears perked up as he heart the other cat's voice. He looked to see Jemima smiling at him. It was a welcome. "No, actually," he said with as straight a face as he could, though a smile was already forming on the edges of his mouth. "It's for my friend here." The tom pretended to put his arm on the shoulder of the empty air next to him. He laughed saying, "Nah, there's always a spot open for you." Jerrie let his arm fall back down to his side. He patted the ground good naturedly, inviting Jemima to sit down next to him. She wasn't the closest cat to Mungo but he wasn't about to turn down company.

CARBUCKETTY

Carbucketty nuzzled his mate affectionately as she wrapped her arms around him and he did the same to her. "Just a little tired," he assured her. "Nothin' to worry about. He grinned as Sommer called out 'Hi mum!" And no hello for dad? he joked inwardly. Carby didn't really mind though as he watched his daughter run off toward Cupio.

"Hm?" was his first reaction to Sillabub's question as his tired mind had made his mind wander. The tom quickly recovered answered, " Well, of course she is." Carbucketty's tone became more playful as he continued. "How could she not be? Look at her mum."

HENYA

"I dunno," Henya shrugged, looking out at the young tom's in the yard. "I'm solo right now." They grey and white princess pulled her knees up to her and rested her head on them. "I don't need a tom tieing me down. I gotta be free." Hen made sort of flapping motion with her arms. She briefly imagined thinking of a more graceful form of that motion and how she could incorporate it into her dancing but the thought quickly passed. "But I bet you've got a million guys just falling all over you, Avi."