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How had life come to this? One day, he simple remembered waking to this strange new world that was now his own. Lonely, endless days spent avoiding the company of others. Hunting for food endless in the back lot of places far and wide. And like some form of cruel irony he'd...become one of them. Slowly but surely his animal form passed to that of the things he'd avoided all his life; humans. While he'd known his day would come, Switch found it strange.

Half his face had been marred by another cat many years ago. Despite this, Switch had grown strong. Angry and hostile, but no less prideful and courageous. Not that it mattered much. Life had taken a change for the dramatic, and he needed to clear his mind. "Whatever.." Switch muttered under his breath, rubbing the back of his neck. That left the feline staring across a board walk.

The ocean gleamed like a thousand golden fire flies. Pink and grey blue cloud lazily sailed across the afternoon sky. It was later than he'd realized initially, but it did little to rob away from the beautiful scene. Mismatched royal purple eyes gazed with silent approval. The necklace around his neck made him self conscious, every so often he'd idly touch it, reminded of the scaring that hid underneath.



((Note; this is a carry over from the old guild. We will be continuing it so we can finish it out and move on with them))

His ears perked up at the sound of what was unmistakably music. His tail flicked, growling just under his breathe. It wasn't like he was expecting anyone..so clearly that meant it was a stranger. Lowering himself into a crouch, the feline stared at the source disturbance. Eyeing the other feline-like humanoid and his so called 'walking tree' he winced. That clearly had to have been painful, and earned a single brow arched in vague amusement. "Nice going." he muttered out loud, slinking closer stalking his would be prey.

Once within arms reach, the blue and black haired male coughed rather loudly into his gloved palm, drumming his fingers lazily as he waited for a response. What did he have to lose? Whom ever the blonde was couldn't even stir away from a stationary object. Hard to be intimidating at that point, not even HE himself could have recovered from such an idiotic move. "Yo. Are you alright?" He scoffed at the other when all he did was sit there looking around. Although he had to admit the look on the other males face was priceless, and made the corners of his lips twitch in a half smile. Granted, Switch refused to admit such things. He hid the start of the smile behind his glare and pointed look. He wasn't incapable of joy nor happiness. Switch just happened to be angry at the world, and owned one to many short fuses.

Switch wasn't sure what to make of the cat. Between the tripping, stammering and nerves it was the simple, honest truth. He -must- be insane he reasoned; that or a complete space cadet. As harsh as he could have been with the other feline...something about who ever the hell this was, would not be rewarded with his usual cruelty. Switch couldn't bring himself to be angry with the flailing mess. "I'm...not what?" He finally replied, crouching down before the other. Shaking his head, blue and black bangs swinging in every which direction. Staring at the distance between them, Switch sighed impatiently as he reached out, brushing off some of leaf matter. Force of habit his mind reasoned.

A short laugh followed one of blonde's questions."No. I wouldn't imagine something like this. I assure you." Switch added quietly, surprised by how calm he felt. Normally, he'd have been in a fight or worse by now..or uncomfortable about his scars at the least. "Get up." his words came out harshly. Yet for just a moment, his expression softened just enough to make up for his lack of please.

Almost rudely, Switch grasped at the others hand offering to pull him to his feet. "No need to be sorry, just calm down already will you?" His one visible violet colored eye shifted back and forth, his vision was poor at best that much was evident. His mismatched eyes told the story, words he himself would not dare speak openly. Let alone to a stammering ninny...the poor thing looked like a mess. A hopeless, lost mess. So what if he wanted to be helpful? It wasn't a CRIME after all. Waving his hand dismissively, Switch began to walk along the pier once he was sure the other was secure on his feet. Sighing, he glanced back over his shoulder at the other. "You..can come if you want?" he shrugged, a sigh of his own escaping his lips. What else did he have to do? The answer of course was nothing. He had -nothing- better to do beside talk to this crazy kid.

Switch gave the smaller male a long, considering look. He...seemed so air headed. He had a feeling he might regret tonight, that just maybe he should have remained alone as was per usual. In all reality, he wasn't sure how to take the others searching, demanding eyes. It was almost like he could see past his carefully constructed mask -- effortlessly. The other feline hadn't seemed to not notice, which perhaps was for the better. Yet still his mind kept coming back to the same question How could a stranger have done this? Here he was, asking the other to come along. Pray the little fool did nothing to piss him off. "Don't worry about it." He replied with a shrug of his own. The male blinked in response to the others continued jittery stammering.

Shaking his head in dismay, the cat sighed at Cross once he was done brushing himself down. Scoffing, he flicked his tail in response. His blue and black bangs shadowed a portion of his face, laying smoothly without any needed fussing. His lips moved as if to say something, instead Switch closed his eyes and sighed a half crocked smile turning up at the corner of his mouth.

"Hey now. Desperate isn't the right word." his ears laid back, wrinkling his lip up a fraction."Anyway. You'll have to keep up, but yeah come on." The smug smile actually resembled something akin to a genuine smile. As with most of his expressions they were fleeting. "And if you were a bother, I'd have left you there." Switch arched a brow at Cross, tsking at the other. Without looking back to the other male, he trudged along the pier with a clear direction in mind. At some time and point he led the other away from the docks, and down what looked like an old worn trail. Several rocks lay scattered about, some stacked upon the other. Without explaining, the cat quickly climbed up seating himself with legs folded under him. The view was stunning. He wasn't sure if the other even gave a rats a**, but he wanted to bring him here. The fading horizon bled bright oranges and pinks. The sun reflected lazily off dark blue waves as they rolled lazily.

"Say. What's your name anyway?" Switch asked him flippantly, leaning back on his palm as he spoke to his would be companion.

He gave the other a curious look as he laughed nervously. Cross as he called himself seemed to be a nervous cat at best...and while that was almost borderline pathetic the cat wasn't the worst company he'd ever kept. He wasn't interested in fighting, not now anyway. This wasn't over territory, he was a rogue for a reason. Switch had no set place in mind he truly called his own, just an apartment to go home too as needed to stay warm.

Once they'd reached the top, he adjusted his now seated position so he could lean back and talk with the other. The sunlight had just started to dip into the horizon, and night was quickly approaching. "Nice too meet you Cross..." he tested the others name on his tongue before shrugging. "People usually call me Switch." He concluded after a moment his tail flicking. "I don't have a lot in the way of friends...but with any luck maybe you'll change it." He jumped when his mp3 player in his pocket started playing some song at random. He quickly fished out the device and paused it, giving it a well deserved dirty look. Pushing it back in his pants and resting his chin on his palm as he spoke with Cross.