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Your name is Karkette Vantas and you’re going to die. You finally did it, you fucked up real good. You strayed too far from your lusus while on a monthly hunting trip and got yourself cornered by a wild/feral prowlbeast. It’s seething with rage and its drooling with anticipation to gnaw your face off. It clawed your sickle right out of your hand and it backed you up into a tree. This is it. This is how your life ends. You recall all the highlights so far of your life. You honestly think it could have been better. The beast ready’s a swipe and you raise your arm over your head and scream to the top of your lungs as you await its claws to sink into your flesh. But it never comes. Instead you find yourself covered in its blood.
“What the hell?!” The beast is lying dead in front of you, claw marks on its body, and standing over it, a boy. A boy with claws coming from his hands, drenched in the beasts blood is standing next to the recently fallen beast. “Oh my fuck don’t hurt me please!” “Im not gonna hurt you I purromise!” ohthankgodhesunderstandsme “Holy shit thank god” He puts away his claws. “So are you ok?” You get up and wipe the dirt off your legs “Yeah more or less I guess” You glare at the dead beast. “Fuck that thing” You give a strong kick to its stomach. “He can’t hurt ya anymore, calm down.” You sigh and slump your shoulders. “Yeah yeah alright sorry.” You face him. He looks nervous, don’t know why though. “Uh anyway what’s your name?” “Leon.” He says shyly. “Cool im Karkette but some people call me Karkat. To shorten it I guess.” He perks up “Like…the animal cat?” And the tail he has starts waving excitedly. “Yeah except spelled with a k instead of a c.” “Still, cat :3” He seems really happy now. That’s a good sight. “Yeah yeah.” He scratches his head. “So uh, where’s your lusus? If you don’t mind me asking that is.” He shrugs. “No its cool, and he’s probably looking for me right now.” “Oh so you got sepurrated?” You bite your tongue. “Yeah that’s it.” Truth is you got into an argument and ran from him because you’re a stubborn idiot. Shut the fuck up. No u, hey he’s talking listen. What? Fuck.
“I hope you guys can find each other :3” How is he so damn cheery all the time? “Thanks I guess” He kicks some dirt. “So wanna sit down?” “Sure” He sits next to the fallen beast. You sit the opposite side of him, away from the dead animal. “So how are you so ok with killing these things?” He chuckles “Oh I kill these guys for food, my lusus taught me how to hunt since I was just a kitten! :3” Your eyes widen “Wait that’s cool and all but like why do you hunt for food?” He shrugs “I dunno I just I guess, I mean I live in a cave hive in the middle of the forest so…” He shakes his head. “What about you do you live around here?” “Yeah about half an hour away, it’s basically the nearest suburb near this place.” “Oh ok…wait why do you come here then?” You sigh. “My lusus likes to hunt, he brings me to show me how to in case something happens due to my-“ You shake your head “Never mind.” I can’t believe I almost let that slip out! Ugh. He waves his tail “Well uh ok then. :3”
You look around for a moment. “So uh what made you save me? I mean I’m thankful as fuck I suppose don’t get me wrong, but still I’m just…curious I guess…” he looks down at his shoes and twiddles his fingers, blush basically making his face glow. “I-I couldn’t let such a p-p-pretty girl die y’know?” Your eyes widen with shock while your face heats up. Did he just say im pretty? Your moment is put to a stop by a loud skraw in the distance. “Aw hell” you exclaim. “Whats was that?” he says. ohmygoddidhisearjusttwitchwhenhesaidthatthatwassocu- wait what cute? “Its my lusus” you nearly stutter out. “Oh ok, um, I guess this is goodbye then?” He says and you swear to god his eyes start getting watery. Shitshitshitfuck just a little longer damn it crabdad, wait maybe… “Hey do you have a computer?” He blinks a bit and then shakes his head “Yeah why?” his tail starting to wave again. “Got trollian?” He perks up. “Yesh! :3” “My handle is called unfazedreaper. Add it alright?” You hear another skraw, louder this time. “Shit gotta go, talk to you later!” You run to the direction of the roar while waving goodbye to your new friend. Pissed off you couldn’t say anything else.
You eventually find your lusus and get scolded about how if you do that again he’ll just leave you. And that you’re grounded. You try arguing and he’s too mad to hear it. He picks you up and sets you on his head, saying were going back home.
After about half an hour of silence you tell him what happened when you went into the forest and how Leon saved your life, he says he’s surprised; not many trolls care for another anymore these days, and that things are getting better around here, also you grounded even longer now. Whatever. Huh. Maybe He’s right. Maybe things will get better…
==> Be the boy before the beast was slain.
Your name is Leon Leijon and you are bored. So very bored. You’re riding atop your lusus carrying your bag and just looking at the trees as you pass by. After a while, you decide to get off your lusus and explore around the area. You’re jumping off the trees, finding nothing still. Maybe you’ll just turn back and- hang on. You see something. Its. A prowlbeast, and it looks like its pinning something. You go to see what it’s approaching and, wait. “Oh my god.” It’s going to kill somebody! You are probably the only one near here who can save her, but wait, doesn’t she have a lusus nearby? Fuck it. She’s in trouble lusus or not I’m saving her! You draw out your clawkind from you sylladex and leap from the tree. Next thing you know your claws are deep in the beasts body, blood everywhere. You love it when their blood splatters, though you don’t know why.
Eventually, you manage to intiate a conversion with this girl, though the only thing you could think about most of the time was how beautiful she was, and how cool she seemed. But then I did the stupidest thing efur and called her pretty out loud! Not that it isn’t true or anything, but god it just, made efureything awkward! I’m actually kinda glad her lusus called fur her, it would’ve been the most awkward thing efur! Anyway she gave me her trollian handle, so im gonna add her when I get back to my hive, and, try to wipe this dumb smile (that I can’t honestly control) off my face. :3