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Writer's Guild / Hunting

« on: November 26, 2009, 04:11:13 PM »

Jonas silently crept along the forest floor, his padded paws muffling any sound. The air was still—the fox’s scent uncarried by its breeze. After swivelling his ears to make sure he was alone, Jonas lowered his head to the ground and took a deep sniff. Dirt, leaves, and squirrels filled he nose—but the hunter blocked them out. Only one prey was important—only one scent mattered. Jonas followed the aromatic trail deeper into the trees, constantly flexing his ears to check for other predators after the same quarry. Within minutes he had found it—a rabbit sitting in the shade of a tree, oblivious to Jonas’s presence. Without making a sound he slipped through the brush and positioned himself behind the creature. Drawing on his most primal skills, Jonas leaped out of the bushes.

The rabbit never saw him coming.

Helplessly pinned beneath the his paws, the rabbit was motionless as Jonas snapped its neck. The fox extended his claws and cracked open its torso before feasting upon its milky flesh. As the smooth chocolate met his tongue, Jonas revelled in the success of the hunt. Sometimes the instincts just need to be satisfied.

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Writer's Guild / Re: Meeting

« on: November 25, 2009, 12:35:14 PM »

Thank you very much. I'm going to add a few more spaces to keep the speech out of eyesight of the text.

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Art Gallery / Re: Cartoony Drawings

« on: November 24, 2009, 07:44:14 AM »

Not sure what to say... it's so weird seeing a picture of you without a dramatic pose 

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Writer's Guild / Meeting

« on: November 22, 2009, 11:15:31 AM »

Again, this is set in the Pig and Whistle universe.

A man enters a forest clearing and sits down on a fallen log. Quietly he sits; five minutes pass, then ten, then twenty, but he continues to patiently wait at this spot. In time, he turns in the direction of a rustling bush, and sees a wolf emerge into the clearing. The man is not afraid. For a moment, the two do nothing but regard each other before the man places a small package on the ground. The wolf slowly approaches and cautiously inspects the item. After taking in its scent, the wolf looks up at the man, and he sees confusion reflected in its eyes—a flicker of a long forgotten memory. It lasts but an instant before the wolf takes the package in its jaws and makes its way back into the woods.  Only after its image fades into the trees does the man rise from the log and make his own way out of the forest.




“Happy Birthday, son.”

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Game Room / Re: Earth Eternal Character List!

« on: November 22, 2009, 07:55:06 AM »

Uhh, Jonas Belford, fox mage.

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Random Topics / Re: Furries on the BBC

« on: November 22, 2009, 07:54:18 AM »

I once put on the head of the Toronto Raptor's mascot, does that count?

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Writer's Guild / Re: The House in the Hole

« on: November 21, 2009, 01:31:35 PM »

Very much reminds me of Virmir's story about a hole in the ground. But I think that's just the title similarity.

This would be a great start to a story. It's very personal...I really connect with your character. You avoid over-elaborating on the exact specifics of description and instead focus on the character's reaction to it. I also read the Fool in the Fox story and I very much liked that as well...*places your work on "Favorites:Books&Reading:Writers'Sites"

Hehe, thanks a bunch. I'm not very good a descriptions myself so its easier to just write about how a character feels about an environment rather than how they see it if that makes any sense. The name is sort of an in-joke for me, since I've gotten into the habit of naming all of my PaW stories The ____ in the ____

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Writer's Guild / The House in the Hole

« on: November 20, 2009, 05:51:46 PM »

This is just a little viginette I wrote about Jonas's den. Its set in the Pig and Whistle universe and contains a few small references you won't understand without reading this => http://shifti.org/wiki/The_Fool_in_the_Fox. Enjoy!

If I had to name what I felt was the weirdest thing TFOR did to me, I wouldn’t mention being turned into a fox or having my aging skewed—but rather that it gave me a preference for sleeping underneath things. I suppose it’s a survival instinct since I’m so small, but I still think it funny at times that I’m more relaxed sleeping beneath a bed rather than on top of it. The reason I bring this up is because whenever I mention that I live in a den, people tend to ask me why I don’t keep an apartment—or at the very least why I don’t stay in Flynn’s guest room. The truth is that I simply don’t like houses that much. They’re too big and I’m simply not comfortable with the way the furniture towers over me. It’s a silly anxiety I know, but it’s just the way things are for me. My den is one of the few places that are perfectly designed for me. The ceiling is low enough that I don’t feel smaller than I already am, the floor is soft dirt instead of hard tiles or wood, and everything is at my level instead of sitting on counters or tables I need a stool to reach.  People say to me that I can’t be very comfortable in a hole in the ground, and to them I say they’d be surprised. My night vision is good enough that I only need a small nightlight, and its batteries last for months at a time. I keep my clothes and personal items off in small pockets, and my bed is mass of pillows and blankets. Sure, I’ll never be able to invite my friends over for dinner, but it’s a small price to pay for a space that’s completely and unequivocally mine.

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Art Gallery / Re: Cartoony Drawings

« on: November 20, 2009, 06:52:53 AM »

Yes, he does look like he's scheming about who to throw the snowball at. On a less-positive note though... he looks more like a fox with a leopard tail than a lynx.

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Writer's Guild / Re: Noname: A MK Story

« on: November 13, 2009, 02:48:36 PM »

Unknown (Begger Boy) – Child
Reginald (Accountant) – Squirrel
Lackaday Takern (Beer Trader) - Shrew
Loridor Copper (Gem Evaluator) - Mole
Ms. Rosetta (Matchmaker) – Woman
John Ritanoose (Executioner) – Wolverine
Happy (Fortune Teller) – Child
Carrage (Undertaker) – Monitor lizard
Harkens Senderjay (Wares Seller) – Polecat
?

Noname finished reading these aloud from the foot of his bed. He still remained a polecat. “There are three more identities on the list. Each with their own personalities, stories, and occupation. Of course, none of these people actually existed except for the brief time that I portrayed them. But, I'm so rarely myself...I'm not even certain who I really am, so how can the Curse desultory on whom to curse?”

I don't get this part. Are these the changes he went through while asleep after hitting the wolf's arm? If so, why do they have names/jobs/personalities/stories?

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Art Gallery / Backgrounds

« on: November 13, 2009, 10:27:48 AM »

I want to add a background to my userpic but all the ones I try just end up looking blotchy, anyone have a reccomendation?

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Art Gallery / Re: Cartoony Drawings

« on: November 11, 2009, 02:24:07 PM »

What I said was funny?

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Art Gallery / Re: Cartoony Drawings

« on: November 11, 2009, 09:38:19 AM »

Its not a bad thing. You know how in cartoons/anime there's usually that one character who tries to hit on every girl he sees? The pic sort of gives off that vibe to me.

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Art Gallery / Re: Cartoony Drawings

« on: November 11, 2009, 06:46:38 AM »

In the larger version, the expression kind of makes it look like you're trying to seduce the camera.

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Art Gallery / Re: SAI Circles

« on: November 09, 2009, 12:59:04 PM »

Blarg