Wild Rye Fields The Dirt In Which Our Roots May Grow

Playtime for @Chimera and/or @Sphinx <3
Set in the fields not far from the pond, with adult(s) assumed watching from nearby.

- Afternoon, Clear - 87 ° F/31 ° C

Capable of more than we know, we call this fixer upper home

The new world was so big, all this outside, so much of it, how could he ever hope to explore it all? His legs were too short, they hardly got him anywhere no matter how fast he ran. In the end someone always caught up, to drag him back, long before his thirst for adventure was sated. He liked his home, the golden grass was fun to hide in, and housed all manner of interesting creatures. But already, the youngest Avalon was growing tired of it all, he knew the rye, its birds and bugs and critters, he wanted more. But he was stuck here, held captive like he had been as a babe in the den. This jail was larger, but he was no less confined.

One day he would escape his captors, but until then he would do his best to get whatever fun out of them he could. Playing tricks on the adults set to guard him was one of the young sparrow’s favorite things, second only to playing them on his siblings, which he did whenever the boredom of his imprisonment really got to him. Like now. They had all been resting in the sun after their midday meal – the new stuff their parents had started bringing them fell heavy in young stomachs – but now Gale was growing restless, his puppy energy far too intense for him to sit still for long. So he went searching through the grass, using his developing sense of smell to sniff out the nearest of his littermates. And as soon as a dark back came into his view, the mousy pup collected his paws, butt wiggling a few times before he threw himself at the unsuspecting victim, releasing a vicious yip as he attacked.

Word count: 294

(This post was last modified: Jul 02, 2017, 09:49 PM by Griffin.)

Today was a good day by little Sphinx's standards. As of right now, she found herself bulged belly side up in the warm afternoon sun as her stomach made slow progress at digesting this new thing Mama and Papa insisted on feeding them lately. The rays of sunlight filtering from above only aiding in keeping the young child in a zen-like state, tiny tongue lolling out the side of her partly agape jaws. Whatever it was she hadn't gotten around to asking, but her stomach seemed to like it for the most part which was fine by her. It always made her feel really groggy shortly after she ate it, though, and it never failed that once she had her fill a nap would follow suit amongst her littermates.

Rolling onto a speckled tummy once some room was made and it didn't hurt to actually lay on her belly, a content sigh escaped the young girl's maw before settling back into a light slumber. Little did she know though that unlike her relaxed self one of her brothers was once again finding himself some mischief. The target locked squarely onto her dark tinted back. Curse that drowsy meal their parents had provided! Like a wild banshee cry the vicious yip that came from her brother was the only warning Sphinx would earn before the weight of her littermate came crashing down like a mighty wrecking ball to whisk away the pleasant dreams she was having of chasing a field mouse through the golden grass of their vast home.

Closed lids quickly shot open and a shrill cry of her own filled the surrounding air in surprise, no doubt a high enough octave to catch the attention of the adults watching the youngsters. "You fat! Mouse gone!" Surprise quickly morphed into anger and then sadness as the words were growled out, pinned body wriggling beneath the weight of her brother to try and grab an oversized ear. She was just about to catch that mouse too and then her brother had to go and ruin it with his body slam! Oh, he was on!

Word Count: 353

If Griffin and Sphinx thought a full tummy would knock him out, they had another thing coming. His appetite was growing by the day and each time either of his parents returned with a tasty new morsel, the tiny fireball inhaled his share within a matter of seconds. One of these days, this over zealous enthusiasm of his would get the better of him. But not today!

With his belly still full, but not quite as sore from the meal of the day, the dark furred boy huffed as he peered through the grass at his sister. He and his brother were outside, full of energy and exploring. And she was just content to lay there and snooze?! Tiny brows furrowed, unable to make sense of the appeal of lazing around like a log. He meanwhile, had been a busy body. Through the tall, wheat colored blades of grass, he was on the hunt! His prey...grasshoppers. Curious brown green looking critters with beady black eyes, spindly legs and a long body. And boy could they jump! "Gon git you..." He whispered, the upper half of his body lowered, paws splayed out.

And just like that, just when he was ready to pounce, the elusive bug sprang away, out of reach. Taunting him. His head shot up, lip curling back to expose budding puppy teeth. "Back 'ere!" He declared with a stomp of his paw. Didn't the grasshopper want to play? Bah, it was a poor sport anyhow. But Griff on the other hand...who he spied creeping towards their unsuspecting sister...he was a different story. His larger brother was always down for some fun, and in this case it was no different. Sitting still, he watched as he raced forward with a most fearsome war cry, plowing right into Sphinx.

Their sister was none too amused with the antics of her brother, struggling under his weight to retaliate. But oh if she thought she could take on Griffin by herself, then she was sorely mistaken! This, this would be a tag team effort! Peeling around from behind, Chimera raced towards the exposed back of dark fur. With a warriors cry, the smallest Avalon reared up on stubby puppy legs to come crashing down with his forelimbs and growing paws wrapped firmly around his sis's head. They had her now!

we can be blue as a neon light, singing them sad love songs all night
Niles is currently traveling with Chimera and may hop into this IC thread!

Sorry for flaking on this, life kinda happened >.> But I'll be faster next time.

Success! His front paws landed square on his sister's dark shoulders, chest slamming down against her back as the rest of his weight followed behind. His fierce shriek was squashed into an ‘umph’, then replaced by a victorious snarl. Tail beating triumphantly behind him, the boy pushed himself upwards, pressing his victim even harder into the dirt. But Sphinx was no meek prey, squealing and wiggling beneath him, her teeth searching for a hold while he fought to hold her down. Cocky as ever though, he retorted: “Ha! Lazy! Catch nothing lying ‘round!” Instead, she was the one who had been caught. She didn’t take it lying down though. Gale had to pull up and back to avoid her jaws, stumbling backwards a little, threatening to lose his hold on the writhing she-pup. Then a third body suddenly appeared on the scene, barrelling out of the grain to join the fray. The larger boy yipped in surprise, but his brother was not aiming for him today, instead tackling Sphinx’ head, to help hold her down. Gale grinned broadly, wiggling his way back up on the girl’s shoulders, in a bouncing way that would be anything but comfortable to his victim. Now he found himself face to face with Chimera’s brown ears though, jiggling so tantalizingly as his brother fought to hold down their sister. Kasai’s attention was preoccupied with their victim, and unable to control himself, Gale snapped out, trying to grab hold of one of those tempting, sepia ears. Word Count: 250 "Speech"

dawnthieves.de

(This post was last modified: Sep 05, 2017, 10:03 PM by Griffin.)

Have some brothers they said. It'll be fun they said. Wrong.

This wriggling she-pup was growing more agitated by the second after each failed attempt she made at grabbing some part of her brother with the snapping of her jaws, his hefty weight crushing her into the dirt below and the worst part of it all was that he had the audacity to allow his cocky attitude to shine through in his retorted response. Alas, the cat had become the mouse and to make matters even worse a second cat was hot on their tail and about to join the scene of raising hell for poor Silva.

Like a flash of explosive lightning and a warrior's cry to be the thunder, a new weight was being added to the already crushing amount that rested on her back in the shape of her brother but this time its location had decided to engulf her head with growing black paws that could belong to nobody else but Chimera. Ugh, just her luck. Down, down, down poor Silva went under the wrath of her troublesome brothers, her cries of protest muffled beneath the pile of puppy fur she was being drowned under.

A grunt of further protest escaped the speckled child as Griffin thought it a good idea to wiggle-bounce his way back up her shoulders now that she was surely secured beneath the iron grip choke-hold of their brother. "Nuff, nuff!" She growled while flailing her paws to try and shove off against the closest brother she could reach, refusing to go down completely without a fight. Why did they always have to play so unfairly?

Luckily for her though, Griffin had the attention span of a goldfish and those fluffy, sepia ears that wiggled so tauntingly in front of his face would be her golden ticket into getting out of this mess. One...two...snap he went at those ears and up Sphinx bucked to send her tawny brother tumbling backward into the dirt. That was one problem dealt with, but now how to handle Kasai and his annoying hold on her poor head?!

"Nuff, nuff!" Silva protested. Kasai's black stump of a tail whipped about behind him. Though, as Griffin's attention shifted, so did their target. Silva's executed her revenge, warding their brother away from her with a buck of her legs. As for Kasai, well, he did what he could to keep that tawny head in the crook of his little elbow. He and Griffin were gonna win and there was going to be a proper puppy pile yet.

His own paws flailed about and his confidence on keeping his hold had left him without a thought as to where his hind feet ought to have been in the dirt. The more his sister floundered about, the more he side-stepped and the more his nails dug into the ground and loosened the earth underfoot. "Noooouuuuuuu!" he protested in half a puppy-yowl. She just wasn't going to make this easy, was she?

Kasai toppled over with a thud, but all was not lost. His arms tucked to his chest and as he stretched out his neck to graze his teeth along his sister's side, he spotted an even better target than Silva's head. Her tail. Like a worm, he wriggled about on his elbows and belly until he could reach that dark tail, attempting to secure it in his teeth.

we can be blue as a neon light, singing them sad love songs all night
Niles is currently traveling with Chimera and may hop into this IC thread!