ElvishSorceress (8:24:34 PM): As the wind blew a gentle breeze, the moonlight seemed a little silly tonight. In fact, the moon was a bit "in your face" bright. "Heh! Silly moon! You can't beat the awesome glowing aura of my staff!" cried out Jayden. Yeah... Jayden is a silly cat, but tonight he was down for some glow sticking action! After befriending a beautiful girl, he was all for enjoying the rest of the day by heading towards a Rave Party deep within the city. "Bump bump be bump ba bump ba bump!" he sang as started to get hype up. Unlike some ravers and their need to get it going with the new energy drink craze, Jayden just needed a good beat to fill fully energized! Nothing could stop him tonight! But then again, sometimes life is just full of random surprises.

xxmarzipanzxx (8:31:14 PM): Owen had been lounging lazily on top of the highest building in the city. It had lots of cool vents to hide inside and tons of interesting shiny things to prode at but he just sprawled out and soaked up the sun. Now that it was night time he figured he could go be more active and gobble down a few rats in the alley. They weren't the tastiest of meals but he did get a confidence boost whenever he successfully caught a plump pest with ease. He decided to take the fire escape down, seeing as how it lead right to the ally. It was easy going down all those metal steps but the thing was he had to jump from a good fifteen feet or so off the ground because the latter was pulled up and Owen certainly couldn't get it down all by himself. He got on the very edge, squeezing between the bars and swaying his hips to get a good stance. Finally he leaped forward but there was a CLING and sudden lack of oxygen. Before Owen knew it he was dangling from from the edge of the fire escape, making all sorts of bangs and crashes against the metal stair case. He grabbed a hold of the bars finally and tried to pull himself up but he could only hold himself up long enough to take quick breathes and cry out for some assistance, because he couldn't do this on his own. "Help! Anybody, help me!" He hoped there was a cat nearby who was generous with their time.

ElvishSorceress (8:50:10 PM): Bump bump be bump ba bump ---- "Help!! Anybody, help me!" --- "What the.... that's not apart of the beat...." uttered Jayden as he looked around wondering who was crying out for help. Bash bash, clank clank! "Er....." Checking left, and right, Jayden was really confused.... He couldn't see anyone in need of help on the ground level, but the cat did seem really close by. Scratching his chin, he looked towards the sky pondering if there would be a clearer sign as to where this cat was..... "Oh.... how did he get up there o3o!" lo and behold, there was his sign! A strange cat suffocating by his collar that was caught on a fire escape.... and Jayden thought he had seen random things.... this was just beyond comprehension. "Poor guy...." he uttered as he found a ladder to help him get closer to the unfortunate cat. "I thought cats were suppose to be bad luck.... not get bad luck...." he thought to himself as he manuevered his way to the top, until he reached a point where he figured he could hook this poor fellow with his staff. "Bada boom!" Waving his staff towards the cats collar, he started to try and fish for a good opening to where the fella could just slide down the staff...."And.... eh.... there....... we go!" Bingo! Jayden was able to hook his staff into the collar.... now to wait for the fella to slide down...... Oh wait a minute.... won't he crash into........ er... this can't be good.

xxmarzipanzxx (8:58:43 PM): Owen heard a commotion (yes, even over all his clanking and banging) coming from below. His eyes strained to look down or at least to the side and he saw that there was an interesting looking cat with a large glowing staff. Well, the fact that he looked funny in all that gear wasn't the first thing Owen thought of. He just wanted to get down. When the glowing stick came closer and closer to him, trying to nudge it's way into his collar Owen choked a little more but hoped that this guy knew what he was doing. Soon, he heard a slight rip, signifying that part of the material that was caught had torn and he felt his body suddenly set in motion. He slide down the length of the stick and was soon tackling Jayden off his perch on the ladder and they fell hard on the ground. Well, at least Owen had a soft landing. On top of the raver that is. His first instinct was to gasp for air, and next came the thanks. "Oh god! Thanks man! I thought I was going to choke to death. Ugh, screw this thing... it's going to get me killed!" he rubbed his sore neck and soon came to see that he was still on top of Jay. "Woah, sorry 'bout that..." his British accent lingering loosely in his words.

ElvishSorceress (9:10:47 PM): As Jayden was knocked down by the strange British cat, his head began to spin. "Ugh.... note to self.... never do that again" he uttered under his breathe. As the British cat kept yacking away about his collar, instead of getting off of him, Jayden wondered why it was taking him a while. He knew he was good looking, but he didn't swing that direction. He liked woman waay too much, even if his sexuality could be questioned here and there. As the cat rolled off of Jayden, he quickly sat up and rubbed his head hoping he didn't get a concussion. That wouldn't be cool if he just fainted while in the middle of a dance. Shaking his head quickly, he eyed the guy and smirked as the British cat kept tugging at his collar. "I remember when I tried getting rid of that stupid thing.... Oh by the way, the name's Jayden! And you're on my staff...." he commentated as he pointed at the Brit's feet, wondering why the guy hasn't tripped or fallen off it yet. But boy.... he was glad that thing was so sturdy... it would be a pain to have to buy a new staff.

xxmarzipanzxx (9:18:35 PM): When Owen came to notice Jayden was speaking with him the Chartreux flicked his ears in his direction, feeling them twitch with excitement. "Dude, you freakin' saved my life!" he tried to keep his cursing to a minimum because of his respect for the other and he didn't seem like the cursing type. "Hey, Jay!" he said in a clever rhyming sort of way. "The names Owen. Thanks for not letting me choke to death and all." He was totally thankful to say the very least. It was clicking now that the male didn't seem to be a teenager. He seemed to be an adult, just like Owen was. Finally! Another adult to talk to! No more kiddy problems! This thought was shoved rudely to the back of his mind when the man brought up the fact that Owen was on top of his stick thing. "Woah! Sorry Jay. Hope I didn't chip the thing." He shuffled off of the glow stick and bent down, picking it up in his arms. "Huh, funny thing you've got here." He said handing back the glowstick to his new friend. "Say, you were talking about how you got off your collar? Hm... say, do you wanna maybe assist me in getting this fuc- um... thing off my neck?" He stared at the male with a hopeful smirk.

ElvishSorceress (9:30:26 PM): Grinning, Jayden stuck his hand out and held his staff firmly. Ahh his pride and joy and best companion! "Heh.... no problem... you're lucky you made a huge ruckus. I was definitely in the zone.... Yeah.... I'll have to ask you how you got into that situation one day...." Standing up, he dusted himself off and smirked as as Owen started to ask him about how collared days. "Well you see.... I tried tearing it off with a flint stone.... but that didn't work out to well... I mean it wore out, but not enough for a clean cut. Then one day, this chick noticed the darn thing, thinking it was really hideous and just cut it off with her knife. Forever thankful, I was curious about the girl.... which led me to what I am today.... a Raver!" Noticing he was chattering a bit too much and not getting to the point, Jayden eyed Owen's collar. "Well it looks like yours is ready to fall off...... ya might want to thank the fire escape.... cause it loosened it up for you" he said chuckling since Owen could have been worse off, and forever stuck to his collar. "Maybe we can find someone at the party with a blade.... or a sharp rock somewhere.... Might be easier if I helped ya out cause... yeah.... wouldn't want bad luck following you" he snickered and stuck his tongue out at Owen.

xxmarzipanzxx (9:36:38 PM): With his stories and his hints of blades and stuff Owen could feel his stomach bubbling with excitement and a bit of fear from the danger of such objects. This day had been filled with all sorts of excitement for him. Okay, so maybe there was only one sort, and that wa the nearly dying kind, but still. His blood was pumpping from the experience still. He humored the cat and looked up to the fire escape with a good act put on his expression of thankfulness. "Oh thank you fire escape! Thank You!" He clasped his hands together and looked sincere but in a matter of seconds the act was dropped and his focus was back on Jayden. He chuckled and watched as he came to the conclusion that a good way to get the collar off would be to have somebody at the party he was mentioning to cut it off. "Huh, what kind of parties do you go to? Heh, where people carry around dangerous objects..." He shrugged and figured it was worth a shot. When the male stuck his tongue out Owen wrinkled his nose at this and chuckled before socking Jay in the shoulder lightly. "Take me to this party of yours... I want this collar off asap!"

ElvishSorceress (10:05:34 PM): Wincing slightly as Owen socked him in the shoulder, he nodded, "Yeah yeah yeah.... we're in the city.... and people get drunk.... I'm pretty sure someone ie armed and ready to go with shanks! But as for parties, I tend to go to Rave Parties, tis why I carry around my glowstick staff..... For crazy ninja glowsticking action, hehehe." Looking down, he started to head down, from the stairs. "Race ya down there Owen!" They may be grown men, but men certainly loved being competitive! Instead of staying on the safe route, Jayden decided to hop over the stair case, falling in mid air, hoping his feline legs to get him to the safety of the ground. "Whoooooooo!" he exclaimed at the adrenaline rush of it all...... Yeah.... boys will always be boys...

xxmarzipanzxx (10:12:11 PM): What Jayden had to say definitely made sense to say the least. There were certain dangers in the city and certain cats did tend to protect themselves. Surely they could stumble upon one feline with a nasty sharp blade. The tricky part was to see if they were friendly enough to let them use it to decollar Owen. "Ah, hm... that's pretty cool. I mean, who could resist some crazy ninja glowstick action." He chuckled and started to make his way down the stairs when all the sudden the man exclaimed and blasted off, making a quick rush to the ground below. "Hey! No fair! I didn't even get a warning or anything!" He rushed his way down but he was rather slower than he usually is because he had this fear in the back of his head right now that his collar was going to get snagged on something again. Owen hopped down and landed next to Jayden moments after the boy had landed. "Ugh, you little cheater! You're such a bosh!" he laughed and shoved Jay playfully. He was glad he had another male around his age he could mess around with.

ElvishSorceress (10:20:27 PM): Lightly shoving Owen back, Jayden chuckled, "Yeah.... life's not fair and then you die..... although for us.... I guess it's different since we have 9 lives.... 8 in your case, hehehe!" Nodding, Jayden was ecstatic to have a new pal around, one with not too much drama since Jayden was always one to get in trouble with the ladies... "So hum.... collar... right.... Well the party is just a few blocks down.... Just play it cool and be relaxed and I'm sure someone will be willing to help you..... unless they are way too gone.... then I'll be out of ideas... Yeah..... well let's go!" Slowly walking down the street, he looked at Owen, pondering how he was. Even though the guy got himself together really quickly, he might still have some small trauma after effects... after all he did just have a crazy near death experience...

xxmarzipanzxx (10:55:53 AM): Owen listened to the tom with a small chuckle in his throat as the other made a joke out of his near death experience. "Hardy Har Har! You're hilarious!" He spoke in an overly sarcastic tone but had a smile plastered on his mug to show that he was only kidding around. As Jay began to plan out how things might go Owen was more than willing to try any of his ideas. This cat seemed rather clever, but not in the usual sense. It was hard to explain. He just seemed to know what he was talking about. "Right, so..." he tried to strike up a conversation with the other, so that things wouldn't be so silent and awkward. "This party... if it's anything like my friends types of parties I doubt we'll find a single soul who's not completely wasted or high." He crossed his arms over his chest as he continued to walk side by side with the raver. "But, judging by how you dress I'm going to say that yeah, it's exactly the same thing." Lana was his sexual buddy. They were great friends but they fought a lot. Still, he didn't mind going to clubs with her and dancing his butt off. She usually gave him pills and stuff to help zone out and relax.

ElvishSorceress (11:05:46 AM): Blinking Jayden cocked his head to the side as he continued to stroll down the streets, "By how I dress eh? So you know other ravers too? That's pretty cool! Finally someone who knows what I'm about!" he exclaimed as he recalled his earlier encounter with Belle. As much as a sweetheart she was, it was nice not having to explain what he was about. Nodding in approval, Jayden knew Owen would be a cool friend. Before he could think of something to say, Jayden gasped as he caught site of a large coliseum! With much excitement, he pulled his staff out in a sword light pose as if he was ready to fight. "Now this is what I'm talking about!" he cried out loud as he began to hop in place, letting the loud music fill his body with undying energy. "Ok Owen! Do your thing and I'll be close behind you incase you need any help! Whooooooo!" Bump bump bump ba bump!

xxmarzipanzxx (11:13:11 AM): Owen glanced at the male with surprised eyes when he suddenly started to explode with what appeared to be excitement. "Damn, you're a firey little guy, aren't you?" He chuckled but turned his attention towards the large coliseum and titled his head at the deep booms that viberated his entire body. "Heh, Alright. Good to know I have you to back me up," his head gave a confident bob and he began to rush over to the crowd of dancing cats. Yeah, this seemed to be like the kind of clubs he went to Lana with. He glanced around, trying to see if any cats had any visible weapons that they could use. His eyes locked onto this one cat with a knife hanging from a hoilster on her thigh and he approached cautiously as she danced around. "Excuse me!" he yelled over the booming sound but the girl only bumped him out of the way so she'd have more room to dance. "Ugh! Geeze.... Hey Lady!" he yelled at her so she'd pay attention but she only glared his way and walked to the other side of the dance floor. "Great... no help..." He looked around and tried to locate his friend again. He spotted Jayden and wandered over to him through the crowd. "Ugh, this is going to be harder than we thought.

ElvishSorceress (11:42:59 AM): As Owen wandered off for a bit, Jayden decided to command the attention of people near him by using his glowstick staff to move everyone in a safer distance away from him. Bump bump bump ba bump! "Here we go lady and gents!" he cried out loud as he began to twirl his staff around and then simultaneously, did a kick flip backwards! Over and over again, Jayden was on a roll between his flips and spinning his staff as if he was a ninja, but in actuality it was just one crazy dance! Had the light been dimmer, the light from his glow stick would have made it seem as if the light was bouncing around and flying constantly around as if it was alive. "Hyaaaaaah!" And soon just like that, his crazy dance was over..... "Whooooo! That was good...." Saluting to the watching eyes, Jayden gave off a playful wink and went off to find Owen. "Now where is that guy...." he thought to himself.

xxmarzipanzxx (11:47:34 AM): Owen had him in his sights and walked over, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and tugging lightly. "Hey, Excuse me. 'Ellooo... over here." He grabbed his attention from everything else and chuckled. He hadn't had the honor of seeing Jayden dance because he was far to busy trying to gain the attention of that girl over there. "So... Jay, I can't really get somebody to help me. Ugh, let's just... I don't know." He was going to say lets just go but he didn't want Jayden to leave because he seemed to be having a good time. "I'm just going to leave," He wasn't in the mood for a party right now because his mood was slightly dampened down. He nudged his way out of the coliseum and to a more open spaced area where he dragged his fingers across his collar. "Damn this thing. Damn it to hell..."

ElvishSorceress (12:01:52 PM): Tilting his head curiously, Jayden noticed Owen was leaving. "Aww poor guy!" he thought to himself and shook his head, "Hey Owen!! OWEN!" he called afterwards, but his voice was being drown out due to his fatigue and the increasing noise of the music. "Hmph.... He can't hear me.... Go figure!" he mumbled and spead of his pace until he found Owen in a wide open space... well as wide as it can be for a party. "OWEN!!!" he said as he grabbed the guy his collar, tugging on it a little too tight. "Oops..." he uttered after realizing that probably wasn't the best way to get his attention.... especially after the 'incident'.... SNAP! "What the......." he thought to himself as he heard a strange snapping noise....

xxmarzipanzxx (12:06:18 PM): He heard his name being called but really wasn't in the mood to explain so he didn't bother turning around. Apparently Jayden was desperate to get his attention though because soon he felt a tug on his collar and a flash back from before caused him to let out a hiss, but almost instantly there was a SNAP and the sensation of a cool breeze blowing on his neck. He widened his eyes and his hands shot up to his neck, feeling that there was no material to constrict his neck. He turned around, flabergasted and stared at Jay with wide amber eyes. "Y-you... you got it off! s**t, Jay! You're a life saver!" He wasn't usually one for male to male affection but he flug his arms around his friend and patted him on the back a few times before letting go. "No more choke hazzard!"

ElvishSorceress (12:24:39 PM): Looking at the mess of a collar in the grip of his hand, he suddenly felt Owen fling himself onto him in what was a giant hug. "Ehehe.... no problem Owen... Guess that collar of yours was more weakened than we thought....... But now the question is..." he left off in a dramatic pause..... "What the hell do we do with this tattered mess? Chuck it in the trash?....... Throw it at someone? Well.....?" he looked at Owen expectedly for an epic answer to end the night. Then again, the night was already epic, partying, girls.... freedom... music.... freedom. What else could he ask for. Tossing the collar up and down he stared at it for a while.... but no dramatic scheme was coming out from it. "Hum..."

xxmarzipanzxx (12:28:13 PM): Owen smirked at the other and got a devilishly wicked idea. What he wouldn't give to watch that hell born piece of fabric burn. "Say, why don't we torch the sucker!?" He looked around and thought he had seen a flame around this club somewhere. He walked over to a decorative torch on the wall for the sitting area where some druggies were popping pills and he grabbed it off the wall before scampering back to Jay. "I wanna see it turn to ash!" He had a hint of cynical intentions in his voice, of course.

ElvishSorceress (1:28:21 PM): As Jayden looked at Owen, he returned smirk and nodded, "Fire is always fun..... I swear if glowsticks didn't exist I'd be spinning a staff of fire. Hahaha!" Looking around he saw a trash can and an idea popped into his head. "Well we better be safe and burn that sucker in there...." he pointed to the half empty can "...after all we don't wanna scare everyone!" he chuckled as he made his way over to it and tossed in the tattered collar. "To freedom?" he asked Owen as if he was making a toast at a wedding.

xxmarzipanzxx (1:34:19 PM): As Jayden explained his own clever thought Owen couldn't help but imagine what it would be like to just burn it without the can. People would be freaked if they saw two tom's swinging around a flaming color. Yeah, they'd be labeled as pyros for sure. "That sounds like a safe idea, Jay." He walked over to the can with his friend and watched as the collar was tossed into the can, clinking and clanking from the metal clasp hitting the metal can. Freedom? Yes, Owen guessed this was all to his freedom, not to mention a little revenge, but he figured he'd keep that emotion to himself. "To Freedom!" he exclaimed before shoving the burning tip into the can and catching the material on fire, having it shrivel and smoke until there was nothing left but some ashes and a memory.