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Post by The Mad Hatter on Jan 17, 2007 23:41:20 GMT
"Oh! Excuse me sir, would you be so kind as to-" Oh what was the point, no one could understand her anyway. All anyone that was not a cat heard when she spoke in this form was 'meow mew mew meow'. She could shift into her half-cat form and ask for directions in a language that people understood but one, she hated to change form as she was very sensitive about her appearance and two, it didn't look as though any of these playing card people were listening anyway. They seemed far to busy painting the pretty flowers.
"Ugh, useless" She sighed, flicking her tail a little. Dinah was in her full cat form as usual, small with jet back fur that in some lights seemed to shimmer green, but only if you looked close enough. Her bright green eyes scanned the surrounding aria for someone else to ask, or meow at until they fed her. Everyone she had met so far in this place seemed a little strange. She would liek to speak to someone at least a little bit normal... or someone that spoke cat.
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Post by The Cheshire Cat on Jan 17, 2007 23:51:04 GMT
Hidden among the rose bushes, a pair of slitted amber eyes glinted, as well as one of the largest smiles in history. The smile belonged to a tom cat with fur as black as night and seemed to flow off the sides of his face, as impossible as that was. The cat's teeth were startingly white and sharp as could be. A dark blue silk ribbon was tied in a bow around his neck, suggesting that he belonged to somebody, and there was another ornament adorning his tail. Said tail was wrapped around slender black legs, tapping silently at the ground. Mmm...you need help, pretty kitty? The tomcat asked, amber eyes glinting in the odd sort of mad look that everyone in Wonderland seemed to have. If that is so, all you need to is ask the right person, and an answer you shall have!
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Jan 18, 2007 0:03:38 GMT
At the sound of a male voice, Dinah turned about, her tail fluffing just a little. The last thing that cad called her a 'pretty kitty' had been a wolf and right after saying it, the wild dog had tried to eat her. "Oh" She smiled politely and nodded her head a little, seeing that it was another feline. "Would you be the right person to ask? I'm trying to find my way out of this nasty ...place" With that last word she glanced around, it was quite obvious by the look on her face that she didn't much like it here. It never even crossed her mind that his male cat most likely lived here and might not be to happy about her acting like she was to good to be here. But she was good at that, just doing and saying things without really thinking.
She was starting to get used to that look of madness that hung around the eyes of everyone here. The cards looked crazy, that freaky Caterpillar had looked crazy and that (literally) bloody goth had looked crazy too.
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Post by The Cheshire Cat on Jan 18, 2007 1:07:24 GMT
The cat gave a small chuckle, his voice dreamy and supposedly disinterested with the conversation already. Hmm...that depends on what question you have, darling...I could be the one to ask, and I could not be...all in all, it is your choice if I am right or wrong. The tomcat slowly pulled up one ebony paw and lesuirely licked it, amber eyes affixed on Dinah. And, if I may be the one to question, then the whole thing would start over again. And I do have an inquiry...if you dislike Wonderland... Here his smile seemingly grew another inch. Then why, oh, why, are you here in the first palce? He tilted his head to the right, blue bow woppling slightly. He awaited his fellow cat's answer, all the while giving her that dreamy, yet penetrating yellow-orange stare.
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Jan 18, 2007 1:16:18 GMT
Oh yes, this one here, definitely crazy. She thought about that for a moment, remembering that she had been chasing a rabbit one minuet when it disappeared down a hole all of a sudden. She was to close behind it to stop in time and she fell right down after it. "Its going to sound silly... but i fell here" She turned her bright green eyes down to the ground for a moment then back up to him, as if embarrassed that not only her answer sounded ridiculous but also the idea that she had 'fallen' anywhere. Cats didn't fall and if they did, the always laded on all fours totally unphazed and got on with there day.
"I just want to get out of here..." She said, taking a few small steps towards him. Well she would rather be close to one of her own then to a loud of freaky card people. Besides, even if he was mad, he was the first person here to actually speak to her.
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Post by The Cheshire Cat on Jan 18, 2007 1:25:20 GMT
The Cat uttered a small laugh in his native tongue. To anyone but Dinah it would have sounded just like another meow. Oh, pretty kitty...that's alright. A lot of people seem to be doing that nowadays--Rabbit reels them in like fish on a line. All in all, it is a rather common occurence. And, if you want to find a way out of here, why, then, just ask me! More chuckles, more reason to believe the tomcat under the rosebushes was mad as...well, a hatter. Though he himself would never used such an expression, of course. I am, after all, the Cheshire Cat...Here he stopped again, this time looking critically at his spotless black paw. But, please, call me Cas. What's your name, pretty kitty?
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Jan 18, 2007 1:39:59 GMT
She did not much like the idea that she had been tricked into falling by a rabbit. Rabbits were not smart enough to trick cats, that was just... well there was no point getting all annoyed about it really so she just nodded her head. "Its nice to meet you Cas, you're the first person who's talked to me. Even if they don't understand us, people outside of this Wonderland place don't ignore cats like they seem to here... or is it just me?"
She sighed, realizing that she was babbling and took a few more steps towards the male cat. Not far away from him now she sat down on the grass. "My name is Cleo but i prefer Dinah" Why Dinah? It sounded nothing like Cleo. She kept that name because it was what a lovely little girl called Alice had named her. Yes the same Alice that was no longer loverly or little but a crazy knife wielding girl in her teens.
"So... how do i get out? She asked, again her eyes moving over the other cat. She decided at the back of her mind that it should be her calling him pretty, not the other way around. He was a loverly jet black and not the kind that shimmered green the way her fur did. She quickly stopped thinking about the green thing, it only made her self conscious.
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Post by The Cheshire Cat on Jan 18, 2007 1:50:50 GMT
Cas smiled, amber eyes glittering. Aye, kitty...though, of course, wherever I go, be it Wonderland or Neverland or elsewhere, I generally get kicked in the hindquarters. Well, at least there no one tries to stab me...Oh, sorry! I'm getting away form the subject, aren't i? You wanted to know how to get out? Well, actually, no one really knows the way...but, I'm sure if you walk with me a while we'll find a way... and if we avoid those darn flowers...and Mr and Mrs. Don't-get-mad-get-homicidal...and Hare...and wolves...and a lot of other stuff... ((Brain-dead...))
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Jan 18, 2007 2:01:13 GMT
Dinah smiled brightly. Walk with him and find the way out. that sounded perfect because she did want to get out and she did most certainly not want to have to find the way alone. "Thats very kind of you" She almost purred the words.
As he listed the many scary sounding things that they would have to avoid she couldn't help but giggle just a little "If you are trying to frighten me, its working" But she was only half serious. It did sound scary but she wasn't quite as spooked now that she had company. "Aside from you all that i have met here so far is these card people painting flowers, a bug smoking a bong and a goth playing with a lighter" All of them too busy to pay her any attention, though the guy in black had taken off his hat and hugged it at the sight of her, as if she were going to try to take it or something.
((tis OK I'm knackered so mine are sucking at the moment))
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Post by The Cheshire Cat on Jan 18, 2007 2:08:56 GMT
If Cas had been human (at the moment), he would have paled. Er...where did you happen to see that g-goth? He's...well, he's Mr.Homicidal...Alice is his Missus. We should watch out for her, too...she's blonde, very pretty, has blue eyes, and wields a butcher knife that has a taste for kitty blood. As he spoke, Cas stroked his black tail with his equally dark paw and gulped. You see her, you must run, if you're fond of your tail. I'm not trying to frighten you, dearest, but I think I'm perhaps the sanest person you'll meet in these parts, and I don't want such a pretty kitty such as yourself to turn into a Manx cat. Be glad they didn't pay attention to you...
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Jan 18, 2007 2:16:39 GMT
Where had she seen him? Was he kidding? All of this place looked the same to her, she didn't know what was where or which way she was coming and going. "I don't know where, in a tree... it was a wile ago but I don't even know for sure if I've been walking in a straight line so i can't say if it was close or not" She told the male cat, licking at the fur on her chest for a moment before looking back up to him again.
"Alice?" She repeated. Alice, Blonde, Pretty... Chasing a Rabbit... a common occurrence. "This Alice... Did she get here about 10 years ago...the same way i did?" It was a long shot, a very long shot but if there was a chance that her Alice was here.... Wait! Butchers knife?! Oh no that couldn't be her Alice, her Alice was a loverly sweet girl.
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Post by The Cheshire Cat on Jan 18, 2007 2:24:57 GMT
Cas had to think for a moment. Time seemed to have no meaning in Wonderland...at least, not for him. 10 years was only an hour, a millenia only a day. Mmm...I suppose so. I can't be sure...but I'm fairly certain she fell through the Rabbit Hole. I tried to lead her out, but then I guess she couldn't understand what I was trying to tell her...and she went insane. A shame...she was such a sweet lass before hand. He dug his claws into the soft green turf beneath him and blinked at Dinah. Why do you ask, pretty kitty?
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Jan 18, 2007 2:33:58 GMT
Her bright green eyes turned form scared and impatient to sad all of a sudden. "Insane..." She could not picture in her mind Alice with a butchers knife trying to cut off a cats tail. That was not her Alice! "I'm not a real cat, i use this form for an easy life" She admitted, smiling briefly despite the fact that she felt a little upset by the idea of Alice going mad. "I've lived with many humans, one of them was a little girl called Alice... but she disappeared. Shes the only one I've ever missed"
She shook her head and stood up. "Never mind, i don't think its her... the name is coincidence" She walked over and stopped at Cas' side, looking across at him and tilting her head a little "Before we go i don't suppose you would know were i can find something to eat do you?"
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Post by The Cheshire Cat on Jan 18, 2007 2:41:50 GMT
Cas still wore his alarmingly huge smile, despite the sad tone of the conversation. His tail flicked rapidly, almost catching him on the nose. Oh, certainly...I know a prime fishing spot that's not too far from her. And, of course, we could always go scavenging... He stopped suddenly, giving a whole-body shake. Mmm...you say you're not a real cat? Well, that's just topital...neither am I. I don't want to change right now--those guards right there just might decide to haul me off to the Queen again--but I'll show you when we get to the fishing spot, okay? Ooh...you don't know how happy I am to meet another half-cat around these parts...
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Post by The Mad Hatter on Jan 18, 2007 2:53:09 GMT
"Fishing sounds like fun" She purred, perking up quite a lot at the suggestion. One of the great things about living with Jepetto was that he had a fishbowl. She used to spend a lot of time trying to hook out goldfish. She wasn't really sure why but she really enjoyed it, even if she didn't catch anything.
At first when he said he was also not a normal cat she got very exited. A ware-cat like her? A shape shifter? An Anthro? She had never met another half-cat before. She had only ever met a few other ware-animals and non of them had been cats. But then she remembered her ware-cat form. She might have a bit of a green tinge to her black fur now but at least that was hardly noticeable. Not compared to her color in her half form. Oh no she did not want him to see how weird she looked. "I don't like to change.... i look... i mean" She shook her head "It doesn't matter... lets to see this fishing spot"
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