[FIN] I Thought No One but Myself... (Riot & Nikita)

[GunSniper]

Nikita pulled her head back and turned attention to where Riot had been motioning to. More dunes to climb. It shouldn't be as bad, now that she had more of a direction to where she was going. Or someone to warn her of the incoming incline. This would also be the perfect opportunity to show how good she was at climbing the dunes. Even if her first try didn't end well... did he see that? Na.

Though, his mentioned discovery brought her thoughts to him again. Earths were strange. She'd have thought something soft would be where one sleeps. Warm rocks were alright, she supposed....

"You sleep on rocks?" She inquired as she looked back at Riot in a side glance.

Her tail flickered a few times before settling on the "c" shape, just as his. This one seemed smart, and because he was bigger he probably knew the world better. Sound cub logic.

 

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Riot's attention scanned the sands Once More. His shoulders bobbed in a little shrug. Well, sometimes....

"rocks are hard, but it protects against the wind and the sand." The cub answered, he didn't mind sleeping on rocks....well, flat ones. And the cool was nice in the dune place-but if she was fire... She must have not like the cold.

"Are you okay with it? If you get too cold, I can keep you warm." Riot let her know, the more he thought about it. His tail twisted, as his head turned back to look at her once more. His head lowered, as azure eyes gave a slow blink. Waiting her answer.

He found he didn't want this one to be uncomfortable or cold-especially since it was his idea. The temperature of the desert was going to start dropping rather quickly.  

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Nikita's head turned back so she could look upon Riot fully. Once again his logic proved to be sound enough. He had been right about the shelter, though, she had thought about it in another way. Him being able to meld with the earth... or something. Her logic wasn't as sound. In time she would learn. Especially if she hung around him.

Crimson eyes widened a little to his kind offer. Her head bobbled up and down slowly. He wasn't fire, but it was warmer when they were closer. Notably her posture perked again while a wide smile formed on her maw.

"I like that idea. It's not as warm as the mountain around here... and you are pretty hot. So, you are already good at that. Maybe you got a little fire with your Earth..." Nikita offered her input with proud flick of her tail. "Lead the way, I'll follow you."  

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Hearing Nikita's answer, Riot's brown tail tipped 'twitched and flicked' almost in snyc with the Nahtill. His own head seemed to bob just a little in agreeing nod, as well as reflecting understanding.

After all...

The cub thought his own logic was sound, he just found he liked the earth and the rocks helped when the wind really picked up, and kidded up the sand to a unpleasent dagree. The brown coat of his, might have been steardy and hardworking, but it always coudn't protect against the blowing sand. He found he didn't want the other cub to suffer such a harsh treatment....

Riot turned his head, letting his head raise proudly. 'hot' and 'a little bit of fire, with his earth.' The cub had to admit, he liked the sound of it...what ever it fully ment, it sounded pretty awesome to his upright ears. His maw opened for a moment in delight....

"Alright, then."Riot spoke with with a toss of his head toward the collective pile of dunes.

Digging his paws in the sand, the cub propelled himself foward. His tail curved into a 'perfect' 'c' as he started to 'hightailed' it though the soft earth. Something aside from Nikita telling him, that she would fallow him.  

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As if pulled by a string, Nikita's head pulled back while her tail mirrored Riot's own before she followed after him. Running was an amazing thing. The thrill of the wind rushing past one's ears, caressing the fur in a wild yet comforting embrace was pure bliss. Running with a 'friend' made the experience all the better.

Yes, friend. That's what this was. She enjoyed being around the new cub. They had only known each other literally a few minutes, but somehow she felt a strong connection to him. He was smart, fun, and seemed to know his way in this new world. That's what friends were. In addition to good company. Not being alone was nice.

Hightailing it through the sand was a bit more difficult for Nikita it seemed. Her smaller paws didn't seem as adapt to run in the sand. Well, he was earth after all. It would make sense for him to run better on this terrain. Just wait until she could show him the fiery mountain! Maybe... eh... Boring thoughts, shifting to something fun. Nikita was determined to be able to run circles around him no matter where they were. That would make him impressed!!

With a sudden burst of determination Nikita tried with everything she had to get her nose past Riot's. She did say she would follow, but technically she was still going to the same place he was, so it counts.  

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Riot's attention had been stright ahead, hearing Nikita fallowing behind him, his pinned ears flicked up. Turing his head, he was surpised to see her along side him. Blinking, Riot's head tucked back.

He wasn't racing, but he was really surpised to see her by his side. Having run by himself for so long, feeling even the wind rush past him-he didn't think anyone could keep up!

Impressive

This Nahtill was okay, he liked her.

A blissful mhew left the kitten as he bounded foward, just as stubbornly not wanting her nose tip to pass his. He as leading the way after all!

As if racing the setting sun, Riot proceeded to chase after the horzon. The finishline, the cluster of rocks for shealter.  

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Despite Nikita's best efforts to pass Riot's nose, she could only accomplish such a feat for a very brief time if at all. Though she had been wandering, she was not as adapt to the sands nor had time to be used to them. She found the faster she tried to go, the more she had to keep her paws from catching the sands.

Her own maw opened in a bit of a pant, and her mewling came out in more of a squeak than any noise she had ever heard herself make.

Despite not being able to fully pass him, she continued to be ambitious in not falling- (lol rolled a 2?!)

Before Nikita could comprehend making it to the piles of Rocks ahead of Riot she felt her feet floating from the earth and pulling to meet her hind legs. Her nose was immediately aquatinted with the ground while her tuckas was revealed to the sky, and in cycle they both took turns kissing the earth. Too fast on a surface she had yet to be familiar with. Just as quickly as the world came tumbling around her it came to a sudden halt. Her hind toes were practically resting near her ears, front paws pulled back behind them, and chin square on the ground.

It was one thing to fall alone, but falling in front of someone who knew a lot and probably never ever, as far as she believed, fell in their life time because they were so smart, was embarrassing. A new feeling to add to her brand new experiences today. Such a feeling that pounded mercilessly behind her crimson eyes and caused the bridge of her nose to burn, and chest to clench.

Maybe he didn't see that.  

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They where almost there, Before the thought could leave his maw, he heard a terrible sound of something muffled. Slowing, Riot turned his head to see that his friend was no longer fallowing beside him. But instead had completely disappeared.

Stopping, in a hop Riot turned his head to see the white and red fluff sticking up in the sands. The sun was fading so, it was almost hard to make out-but she had indeed tumbled.

Without a pause, the cub loped over to where the fallen Nahtill landed. Lowering his top half, Riot's nose searched out that of Nikita's Sniffing making sure she was okay. A curious tail turned and curled, as paws stretched out and pawed at the sand.

"Hey you okay?" The cub asked curiously, his tail swaying back and forth. Perhaps she wasn't use to the sands just, yet. He seemed to have a easier time because of his large paws....though it wasn't like he hadn't fallen in the sands before when he had first met them.  

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Nikita sniffled a few times as she held back that obnoxious pounding on her eyes. It caused the world around her to become glossy and unrecognizable. Was he still running? Maybe the earth really was no place for fire.

However, before the thoughts could become monstrous the brown blur of the sand suddenly formed a pink blur with two azure blurs peering upon her. He came back. She blinked hard and sniffled, demanding any form of what nearly exploded in emotion to get back where it had come from.

Crimson iris looked back into his eyes as she nodded slowly.

Carefully she slid her front paws forward and lifted her head. Suddenly, instead of embarrassed she felt calm and more secure than before. This is what friends do, encourage.

"Yeah... I think the ground grabbed me. You ran so fast, it came up and grabbed me. " She spoke softly, trying to mask the bit of shaken emotion in her voice. She cracked trembling smile for him. "But I got close. Did you see? "  

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Something tugged in Riot'a chest as the other seemed to looked distrought. Drapping tongue over the other cubs cheek, he did what he could only think of to comfort the other. His eyes closed to the little guesture, and with a nudge of his head he tried to encourge her more to get up. It was okay....

He had fallen a few times too...

"I think you are right." Riot chuckled as he took paws back as he looked at Nikita as she rose. "The ground does that sometimes." The wild cub commented with a smiled open maw.

Nodding to Nikita, he smiled all the more. Yeah, she could catch up to him, and it was amazing.

"Yeah! You are amazing!" Riot nodded with a hop back, as he dropped the top half of his body. He ducked in prepounce only brorught on by excitement.  

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Nikita closed an eye as she received the comforting nudge. "I'll have to be more careful..."

With the encouragement from Riot, Nikita practically sprung back to her four paws with fur slightly puffed and tail arched in a "c". He called her "amazing"! Well, even with a tumble like that, maybe she was? It must have looked cool.

"Yeah, well, you are amazing."

As Riot hopped backward Nikita's ears swiveled backward and her chin pointed downward. Her rear end lifted while her front end ducked a little. Yeah, it was late, yeah, she just tumbled and nearly released the kraken of tears, but her mind shifted focus so quickly to a positive mood. Especially when he was around.

Bed could wait. Round two.

Nikita's tail stiffened a second before she bound in strange kitten hops toward Riot's ducked self.  

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Riot's head bobbed up as the other cub dropped down, and actually started to hop toward him

He was just being playful, and hadn't been counting on an 'attack'. Surpises. She had seemed to be full of them.

Hopping up, Riot's clawless paw batted at Nikita as he quickly rose arching his back as his head turned to look at her, he took a 'side hop' back of his own. Determinded to keep his eyes on her as she hopped after him.

Twisting his body, he made for a little bound away and to head back to their desination.  

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Nikita bound most of the way toward their destination. It may have looked silly, but at least this time she didn't fall this time.

Once she reached the rocks, she came to a hop than a sudden stop. Her tail flicked back once before resuming the "c" posture. Her head lifted as her eyes shifted from the rock formation to Riot, back, and repeated cycle. She may not not have had a heads up in sand running, but tackling was something she could do without sand-issues.

Though, she did lift her front end more so than her normal attack posture. Just in case.

"Are there rocks that look like your fur, where you came from?" She nodded, indicating the pink tuff on his head. Her slight-tackle posture remained.  

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Riot's body turned as he hopped around to see Nikita ready to pounce. Strightening on his back paws Riot's front paws wobbled in the air at her. His tail arched to help keep balance on his two back legs.

Slowly his stance lowered, as he sat down to look at the rocks that kept bouncing her attention. Letting his front paws rest on the rock before him, Riot's head tilted back to look behind him.

Oh, they where there.

Rotating his head around, he looked back to Nikita and her question. Tilting his head, he pounder the question.

"I didn't see any...." The cub spoke. "..but!" Left Riot with a flick of his tail. "there has to be." The Tahtll added, full of determation. If he was 'Earth' there had to be rocks that where the color of his fur on his head.  

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Nikita reared back up on her hind legs and only half jumped, morew like fell with her front paws forward after standing up. Her own tail flailed around for balance.

Once both paws were on the ground she wiggled her tuckas, than leveled her front and back end.

"Maybe you took the only one." Nikita hummed rythmically. "But just in case, we should look? Unless, there is something else we should do?"

Nikita settled her gaze fully on Riot, the smile growing stronger on her maw. Her eyes had dried for the most part, showing only the minorist of signs that she had almost cried in front of him.

"'cause... I wanna stay close to you."