A search for food (OPEN)

**Comet** · #1 May 12th, 2021, 07:25 PM

Comet felt alone and cold as she walked through the streets. The tall walls of red stone looming over her making her feel tiny to the world. The hard ground made her paws ache. "How can Housefolk deal with this?" She wondered as she padded on. She was used to the fuzzy stuff her housefolk used, but she pushed that away, "they abandoned me! Why should I be mourning?" She then realized how hungry she was. The pain pierced her stomach as she kept walking.

**gs29513** · #2 May 12th, 2021, 08:12 PM

Sucking a breath into her lungs, Rip padded along the alleyway. She was no stranger to these paths of the twolegs, although this one was new to her. A dog had taken up residence in her normal alley, preventing her from accessing her sole source of food, the scrapcan. Now she had to range far for a meal, and her sides, once with a layer of fat, showed every rib clearly. It was getting harder and harder for her to go far enough to find food, but she had to keep trying. Giving up wasn't an option. She had lived for too long to just.....die, fizzle out. Her nose twitched once, then again. Something was ahead. Breaking into a shambling run, she reached the food, almost turning away. A few salty bits of twoleg food, pale and unappetizing. But she wasn't in any state to be picky, and she crouched above them, a bit of drool appearing unbidden. @Comet

**Comet** · #3 May 13th, 2021, 04:22 PM

Comet dragged her paws, about to give up, until she smelled it. Food! She dashed as quickly as possible to the source of this scent. But disappointment flooded her when she saw that the food was already being consumed by another cat. She then tried to slip away unnoticed. @gs29513

**gs29513** · #4 May 15th, 2021, 06:41 AM

@Comet
Rip hadn't wanted to share, and if she had it would have been too late. The salty, yellow twoleg sticks were already gone, having vanished down her throat the instant she was over them. Looking around as she finished, she caught a bit of movement in the corner of her eye. Who are you? Come out here now! she hissed, a kernel of fear bringing out hostility. Whoever they were, she wanted to know now, not when they attacked her. (Sorry for the late reply!)

**Comet** · #5 May 17th, 2021, 07:36 AM

Comet felt fear pulse through her. She slowly walked into view her eyes were widened and looked terrified. She had never been in a fight. Would this be her death?

@gs29513