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[majorum_pride]

Who: Rhade the Liger
What: Trying to rub on friends, eating large quantities of meat, being big and fluffy to those interested in big and fluffy things. Oh, and also generally pretending that he can't talk. But he makes up for that in fluffy.
When: During the flood
Where: All around the Barge.
Warnings & Notes: None intended. But I insist that

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Battle Cat!

[majorum_pride]

OOC: I'm leaving this open to fit the scenario of whoever rides him.

Battle Cat!

[scarlet_discord]

Wanda had to go change the water as it got drunk, spilled or dirtied up. She was changing the water and adding some to the meatpile, talking apparently to herself, her back somewhat carelessly to the garden section of the Deck.

"It'll be okay, it's just work for us twolegs. I'm up to it..."

Battle Cat!

[majorum_pride]

Plants? Smelled better than usual. And you know what? They were tastier. He had found a melon of some sort to chew on, carrying it out of the greenhouse in his mouth like a cat with a stuffed mouse would carry their prize.

He saw Wanda's back first, and there was a loud thump as he dropped his melon and stepped over it to head her way. Because she was not getting out of this without getting rubbed on.

Battle Cat!

[scarlet_discord]

Wanda heard the thump and turned around. Her eyes got huge. "Um, guys? He's either a friend or you're gonna need to abandon ship in a second."

She stood her ground, watching as he drew closer. He didn't seem excited, but she suspected what would happen if she ran. "...hi?"

Battle Cat!

[majorum_pride]

His tail flicked slowly from side to side, and he stared at her for a bit. But it wasn't so much a predatory gesture, as it was accompanied by that slow blink that cats of any ilk do when they're happy to be in the presence of someone. Well, at least content, if not happy.

He came forward, pushing his head forward to try and rub his forehead into her stomach if she let him get close enough. A deep, throaty chuffing noise of greeting he made along the way.

Re: Battle Cat!

[tadwizard]

Hearing Wanda's warning that they might have to abandon ship in a second, he woke up, then scurried out of the pocket he'd crawled into for a nice nap. That was when he saw the liger. Suddenly, he felt panic, and an intense desire to scare the liger off. He began to bark threateningly.

Battle Cat!

[scarlet_discord]

"Wow." She swallowed, but noticed the big cat's body language and knew enough (from dealing with Grimalkin) that she relaxed slightly. But, of course, being rubbed on nearly knocked her on her butt. She giggled slightly--

--and the came the barking. Which took her a minute to figure out, since she didn't remember picking up any teeny little dogs. What the--oh.

"It's OK, Tony...it's ok. If he was going to hurt me he would have just straight out done it." But still...just...wow. "I feel like I'm hanging out with Aslan's chill brother." She touched the huge beast's mane tentatively.

Battle Cat!

[majorum_pride]

The barking came as a surprise! It made the big cat snort and take a step back, laying back it's ears because what in the world was making that huge noise yet was so small.

And then he flicked them back forward, now trying to nose at the tiny loud thing. He didn't seem to mind having his mane touched. As it turned out, this whole petting thing was something that he highly approved of. Because everywhere felt like it needed to be groomed.

Re: Battle Cat!

[tadwizard]

Tony went silent and his body went rigid with terror. He knew Wanda was right, he'd have just attacked them if that's what he'd intended. Still, you never knew when instincts would just...take over.

Battle Cat!

[scarlet_discord]

Wanda cupped her hands around the little guy soothingly. "Easy, easy. It's OK." She hoped. Bending down, she touched noses with the enormous beast.

"Hey there. He's protective of me. It's nothing personal." And she would much rather the liger bite her than Tony if he chose to bite anyone. She might actually survive it.

Battle Cat!

[majorum_pride]

He sniffed her face then, since the sugar glide now had been tucked safely into Wanda's hands. Though he still wasn't speaking. Instead, he chuffed again and licked his massive tongue up her face.

Hope she didn't mind having her bangs flicked up.

Re: Battle Cat!

[tadwizard]

Tony curled up in Wanda's hand, shaking slightly, but telling himself that everything would be okay. Clearly the human that the liger had been was still in control. After he calmed down, he poked his head out, asking, "Who are you?" At least, that's what the liger would hear. Wanda would just hear quiet sugar glider noises.

Battle Cat!

[scarlet_discord]

The slurp broke the tension; Wanda scrunched up her face and giggled a little hysterically. "Acpth. You got me!" She knows it's an act of mercy, perhaps a pointed one; he could have ended her with one claw.

Absently petting Tony's head with one finger because one can only resist the cute so long, she chuckles. "Rarely been so glad that someone likes me." Then she lifted her chin and hrmphed, licking the liger on the nose.

Re: Battle Cat!

[majorum_pride]

Both the lick and the sudden rodent head made the liger pull back his head and shake out his mane. "Gaheris Rhade. More literally of the Majorum Pride now, I suppose." All the words came out in grumbles and muffled snorts to human ears, but were understandable to other animals. "Don't worry. I've kept full so I wouldn't try to eat anyone."

Chase and run and bat? That was another story.

Re: Battle Cat!

[tadwizard]

It wasn't anyone he knew, but Tony still felt more comfortable thinking of this as a person turned into a big cat, rather than a big cat that was being nice for the moment.

"I'm Tony Foster," he said in a voice that to Wanda would just sound like more sugar glider noises.

Battle Cat!

[scarlet_discord]

"Okay, you guys are having some kind of conversation, but all I hear is cute." A soft sigh. She had never realized she could be an animal person before, but it made all the difference when her friends and neighbors were the ones changed.

Then it hit her. "Are you guys bored?"