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 Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:02 pm
Maleficar did not often, other than to drink, stop a streams or watering holes. There was a lot that could go wrong when one when to such places, and if possible, she liked to stick to small puddles for her drinks to avoid the trouble. She was not one that liked to risk encountering a scaled water predator like the ones that seemed to lurk in many of the watering holes and streams, especially during the dry part of the year. Those creatures did not seem to care if one was a prey animal or a fellow predator. They viewed everyone as a potential meal.
Of course with her dislike of such places, it stood to reason that Maleficar would have steered clear of the stream that she had come across. She should have and would have normally, and yet today she did not. The leopardess checked around carefully for any sign of the lizards that usually lurked in such places and found none. The water seemed to be very clear, so it was unlikely that anything large lived in it. There would have been mud kicked up all through the water if there were large creatures living in it.
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:10 am
Maleficar walked around the area checking and double checking to be sure that she had not missed some sign of a lurking danger to herself. By the looks of things there was only the occasional little fish swimming about. When she found nothing to raise her suspicions, the leopardess waded into the water and waited. Again, nothing moved to make her suspicious, so she got a drink and waded into the water further. The cool liquid felt wonderful on her sun heated dark pelt, and she fully intended to enjoy the feeling of the water if she could.
Maleficar kept her eyes open for those water lurking lizards, though, just in case. One could not be too careful when it came to those things. She knew how dangerous most creatures were, even if she had not had to experience it firsthand. She was a cruel creature, but she had learned early in life to sit back and watch others try something before you tried it yourself. It was far easier on oneself if someone else demonstrated the stupidity or success of something on the first attempt.
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:30 am
Maleficar had seen a lioness taunt a water lizard and end up eaten for her stupidity. The leopardess was quite aware that she was smaller than that lioness had been, and she certainly did not want to find out just how much easier it was for a water lizard to eat HER than it had been for one to eat the lioness. The dark feline would rather be paranoid and watch for anything to sneak up on her than do something stupid and end up lunch for something.
At least so far, Maleficar could enjoy the water without anything showing up. She did scare off a fish or two by wading in, but she was not too worried about those. Perhaps if one came back while she was standing in here, she would try to catch it, and if she did catch it, she would make it into her lunch. Fish for lunch really did sound good to the leopardess. She would have to see about making that happen. She kept an eye out for the return of a fish.
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:41 am
Maleficar was in about the middle of the stream and the water was only up to her belly, but this was certainly fine by her. Shallow water was easier for her to wade in, and it was harder for water lizards to hide in. The leopardess liked these features quite a lot, since they were both greatly to her advantage against being eaten. The only problem with them was the fact that it made it harder to be in the water without disturbing the fish, and to have a fish for lunch, one had to be able to get it to come close enough to catch.
Maleficar stopped and sank down to her knees to get more of herself wet. She wondered if she could get down the whole way and soak herself good. The leopardess sank down further, laying her belly on the bottom and just got the water over her shoulders. A dip of her head got the last bit of her wet, and she raised it back up only to dip it another time or two. When her head was dripping well enough, she stood back up and let herself drip into the stream. Now she was ready to wait for a fish for lunch.
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:07 am
Maleficar stood as still as possible while her fur shed a bit of the water back into the stream around her legs. She worried that the dripping might keep scaring off the fish, but it turned out her worry was for naught. Soon enough a fish came swimming over and nearly swam right into her. The leopardess grinned darkly at the stupidity of the fish. They apparently were dumber than other prey, well look at her good luck. She reached a paw up very slowly and got her paw positioned under the fish’s scaly belly. She hesitated like that, watching the fish swim back and forth above her paw.
Maleficar had heard from others that fish were very slippery things, so she would have to be careful in maneuvering this water prey. She did not want to lose the thing when it was lined up so well for catching right now. A flick of the leopardess’ paw had a fish on the bank of the stream. She went after the flopping fish, and she pounced on it before it could flop back into the water. The now very smug, female ignored her wet fur in favor of her meal. She could dry herself off after she ate, and that was exactly what she intended to do. With as good as the fish tasted, she might have to get another, but that could wait for now.
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