Closed The Colony All the leaves are brown | Viper

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The air like a cool mouthful of water… The wind that whispers through golden-red leaves… Bare branches clacking in the breeze… The smell of faint rot… There's no doubt about it: leaf-fall is there. And the others can say what they will about the cold season and hunger: Dunny can't help but love this time of the year. Perhaps it is because he was born in this season, but he finds it beautiful.

That's not to say it's easy: hey, give it half a chance and it will eat you whole, just like it's meaner sibling leafbare. Bears and badgers and foxes, everyone's in a tizzy with the cold snapping at their heels, and the prey knows to make itself scarce. Plus the rain is a real nightmare. Still! The sunlight is so beautiful, and the air is so crisp! And as he's padding through the muddy undergrowth, he's glad that he gets to share this time with his little brother.

"You'll see,"

he tells the younger cat, tilting his head to throw him a smile.

"There's nothing like the taste of a mouse fat on leaf-fall seeds."

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• ooc: @viperpaw brotherly bonding!!

• DUNNY — HE/HIM･ 25 MOONS ･ COLONY CAT ･ PENNED BY @Kangoo

  A solidly built flame point/red tabby chimera with golden eyes and a small nick across his lips.

 

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He liked the leaves, the scenery it gave, but that didn't mean Viper wanted to do more with it. It sent a shiver through his pelt, and as his ruddy paw pads pressed against the cold earth, he couldn't help hate it more. "

But mice already taste good. Are you saying they taste even better now?

" Viper asked, tilting his head a bit and crushing his eyebrows together as he followed along behind his older brother.

"

I don't even smell anything

," he groans, trying to sniff the air. But all he could smell was, well, chestnuts, and a smell that made his insides curl. "

Besides you, anyone can smell you from a thousand fox tails away,

" he taunted, even moving a black paw over his nose as if to prove his point.

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"Well… I think so, at least,"

Dunny hums, whiskers twitching in the breeze.

"A little nutty and rich… fattier than any other time… Hedgehogs are my favorite in this season, but mice are wayy easier to eat."

Viper's ribbing has him frowning dramatically, ears pinning back like he's gravely insulted before giving a twitch -- almost breaking character.

"Bold words from someone I had to pin down and groom by force until not so long ago,"

he sniffs. In truth his baby brother had been adorable, all ruffled with kittenish outrage at being tongued clean.

"And I'll have you know many cats have complimented me on my scent before, so there."

Though it had been a while… He hasn't had much of a social life since taking in his sibling. He gets a little too focused on making sure the younger cat is fed, and with everything that's happening in the colony lately…

He bumps his shoulder into his brother's, chuckling past a shiver of dread.

"Come on, get your nose closer to the ground -- that's where the mice are. I'm sure you can pick something up."

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ooc Information

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• DUNNY — HE/HIM･ 25 MOONS ･ COLONY CAT ･ PENNED BY @Kangoo

  A solidly built flame point/red tabby chimera with golden eyes and a small nick across his lips.