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"Hey!" Neko spat at Blade. "Don't yell at girls!" His mother had always taught him to be nice to girls. He hadn't really met any his own age before and the older woman always seemed to steer clear of him, something about his tail, but his mother's teachings wouldn't go to waste. He would try to be nice, even if they weren't. But this other boy was grating on his tiny nerves.

Glaring up a storm at the other boy, Neko moved away from him and stood next to Poke. He wasn't really sure what he was supposed to say, especially to a human, but what the heck. "Umm..so...what's your name?" He asked a little unsure.

Once placed back down Tobi trotted in circles as happy as a clam. He yipped once, twice, and then stumble / ran toward Blade. In the last couple of feet Tobi completely lost his balance and rolled to a halt at Blade's feet, but that didn't seem to bother him. He just laid on his back looking up at the boy, his tail wagging fiercely as he yipped again.

Finally, the noise seemed to be bringing Mitsu around. Large blue eyes fluttered open as she stared up at the clear sky. But there was something amiss. Hadn't she fallen asleep in the cave next to her brother? And why was it so warm? Sitting up she took in her surroundings with a general curiosity. This wouldn't have been the first time she had wandered off and woke confused....but she didn't know there was a place like this so close to home.

Standing she took in the people around her, eyes finally settling on the only adult in the area. She didn't seem to be frightened, nothing much scared her. But maybe this man knew where she was so she could get home. No doubt her brother would be mad.

"Hey, mister!" She said a little loudly. "Where is my cave?" It was something between a demand and a question, her tiny finger pointing at him so that he knew she was talking to him.

Blade was going to say something back to Neko but Atticus's comment stiffened him. His dark red eyes narrowed at the adult but he had nothing to retort with. As he started to turn away, a puppy had rolled out before him. The puppy sure seemed pretty happy, probably because of all the kids around.

Speaking of the others, they seemed to be just as clueless as to where they were as he was. Whatever. He wasn't going to stick around. Ever since that day he never really stayed around one place for long. He tended to try and stray from other people too, including those around his age. Nowadays they just made him angry, like they were doing now.

"You should try and find a home, puppy," he told the dog before tightening his grip on the sword and started to storm away in Riyo's general direction. He didn't want the jerk's candy.

"Who needs friends anyway," he mumbled to himself.

"Poke?" Neko tried to smile though it was awkward. "My name is Neko." He looked to Atticus and the candy. With a shrug he took a piece and sniffed it curiously. "I really have no idea where we are," Neko said still inspecting the candy. "I usually don't, I just wander around." Slowly he peeled back the wrapping still unsure. He had never really had candy before.

"Beh," Mitsu huffed out her frustration placing her hands on her hips. What use was this adult? Adults were supposed to know everything! Or maybe that's just what they wanted you to think. No matter, Ginji would come to find her soon enough. He always did, no matter where or how far she went.

Her frustration, however, was short lived as she watched Atticus retrieve his hat and search around before withdrawing something. What was it she wondered? Curious she moved over to the trio and looked around the cat boy to see what the man was offering. "What is it?" Her blue eyes seemed to sparkle with interest.

But in her ADD state that wasn't enough to hold her attention. Without even waiting for an answer Mitsu caught sight of the little wings on Atticus's back and pointed wide eyed. "Mister! Mister! There's a bird stuck to your back!"

As Blade moved away, Tobi gave a bit of a whimper. He was being ignored! That just wouldn't do. Rolling over so that he was right side up again he trotted behind Blade until he caught sight of the little girl hiding behind the tree. Another person to play with! Bounding over happily the pup gave a yip, his front paws extended in front of him, his tail and rear high in the air. This one had a toy and it looked like fun!

Catching some movement and hearing a soft voice, Blade paused and saw a girl hiding nearby. He didn't really have a good answer to the question.

"It's too much of a hassle to try and make them," he huffed. The puppy apparently had followed him somewhat, but decided to bumrush the girl once she came into view. Riyo seemed to be fairly scared of the little dog though, judging her reaction.

With a 'hmph', he looked back to where he was walking. He really had no clue where he was headed. So for the time being he just stood there, feeling bitter and trying to figure out what he should do exactly. There was no telling where the nearest town was... and the only survival skills he really had were on the streets. In a town or city he could get a meal fairly easy... but hunting was a little beyond him.

Neko paused in his inspection of the candy to look at Poke. How could she have found the hardest question to ask? "I never knew my dad." He said flatly looking back at his candy with intense interest now. "And my mom died not long ago." But Poke was off as quick as a light to help the fallen cat girl. Uncertain, he followed behind her to help as well trying to mentally forget about the question he had just answered.

As soon as Riyo was down Tobi attacked.....with kisses. She was now at his level and he didn't hold back in his vicious licking. Sparing no remorse to what he was doing he covered as much of her arms and face with saliva as possible only pausing a moment to sniff the doll and then her face.

Everyone ran off and Mitsu was left to stare at the candy in Atticus' hand all by herself. Should she take a piece? She had heard of fruit, some of the older wolves that wandered out and came back months later had what they called dried fruit and it was always pretty good. "So where does it come from? My elders said that fruit grew on trees, does this grow on a tree as well? And what about the outside? Do you eat that too?" She was bound and determined to get to the bottom of this candy business one question at a time.

"It comes from people? What kind of people?" She seemed intent to ask questions but did finally take the candy from his hand. Only briefly did she look at the candy before she popped it into her mouth. The flavor was a surprise! She had never tasted anything so sweet. What kind of wonderful people made this incredible delicacy she wondered?

About to open her mouth to ask another question Mitsu was cut off as if speechless. In her attempt to draw breath through her mouth she had accidentally pulled the piece of candy down her throat and it was there now blocking her airways. It only took her a second to realize this was a bad situation and began to flail about unable to scream, cry, or make any noise for that matter.

Tobi gave a yip as if to answer Riyo's question, his tongue hanging haphazardly out the side of his mouth. Anticipating a pat on the head Tobi began to tilt his head forward but the pet never came. Confused he turned back toward the girl and gave another yip. Maybe she had forgotten?

(I'll wait for Poke to post before I post with Neko. Poke should also post in the main rp 8D *hint hint*)

With some of the others somewhat gathering a little behind him, Blade glanced back to see Tobi slobbering all over Riyo. They seemed to be having quite some fun there. When Poke and Neko came by to see if Riyo needed any help, he wandered off some distance and plopped himself against a tree. He still needed to figure out what he wanted to do, and that wasn't too likely to happen with the other kids too close by.