originally posted in:The New Dojo
[b][u]Puma's Secret[/u][/b]
[i]Near Ollimand, 22:30[/i]
Chase sat in front of his campfire, a bucket of water next to him.
His tent (Aka, a pitched tarp over a tall, metal spit) was behind him. He had a sleeping bag in the tent.
His puma, sat next to him. The spit over his fire was empty. Chase picked up the bucket of water, "Alright Tigress, I might hit the sack, in this cold tent."
He poured the bucket of water over the fire, putting it out.
"Puma... keep working on keeping out the fire."
"I will, Chase," his Ghost promised.
Chase crawled into his tent, "Good night, Puma."
"Good night, Chase," Puma replied, "Sleep well my Titan."
"Good night, Tigress," he told is big cat.
Tigress purred, laying next to him.
Chase got into his sleeping bag. Puma transmatted a pillow under his head. The black-haired Titan fell asleep.
Tigress walked out the tent.
After she did this, the puma would writhe in pain for a few minutes, as the puma would shapeshift.
Tigress had turned into an Awoken. An Awoken Huntress wearing Frumious Hunter armor and no helmet.
She had a pale magenta skin, light blue eyes, and deep cobalt hair.
"He's asleep, right?" She asked.
"Yes, he's asleep," Puma said, "Why?"
"You know I don't want him to find out," she replied.
"Vanessa... I'd to like say I'm sorry. When I first revived you in your puma form... I thought I had ressurected you as a mistake. I had no idea you were a shapeshifter."
"Hopefully, that taught you a lesson," Vanessa replied, "Never judge a book by its cover."
"I know... But why do you hide it?"
"Puma.... if something followed you around, like a pet for years, only to turn out to be not what they thought, what would you think?"
"Everything would be so confusing and I would question everything."
"Exactly," Vanessa replied.
She looked up to the stars through the branches. Her escape to the stars had made her an Awoken. Her eyes began to wonder. Space was the final frontier.
One day, she was going to explore it.
[spoiler]Open. You didn't see this plot twist coming.[/spoiler]
English
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"Not much, no," she replied.
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[i]"Why not?"[/i]
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"Because I'm Awoken. I can never rest," Vanessa replied.
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[i]"Awoken?" [/i]
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"Yeah. Not exactly human and two souls. Actually, not sure what makes us different than humans, other then the skin and eyes."
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[i]"Two souls? What?"[/i]
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"I told you, no clue. Just guessing."
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[i]"Oookay. Well, this is definitely a first - Attractive blue chick and floating pumas." [/i]
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"Floating pumas? Oh you mean my Ghost," Vanessa replied.
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[i]"Yeah, floaty guy." [/i]
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"Yeah. He's a Ghost. His name is Puma," Vanessa explained. She fell silent for a few minutes, until she spoke up again, "You ever go hunting?"
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[i]"Never, no. Why?" [/i]
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"It's something I do often," she replied.